Weekly Update
HITC's 10 Year Anniversary: Field Staff Testimonies This Sunday!

Field Staff Testimonies: Sharing Kingdom Stories

This Sunday!

You may not know it but Hope in the City is ten years old in August and has been invested in "Loving the Nations" ever since we were planted! As part of a celebration we have invited our HFN Field Staff, who live all over the world and are home this Sunday, to share stories about how God has changed lives as they have served the nations. It is a honor to have this part of our “family” back with us, they are home for a conference this week, and we know, without a doubt, that you will be encouraged. Join us this Sunday!

HITC's 10 Year Anniversary: Videoing your Testimonies & Stories

Videoing your Testimonies & Stories

Celebrating HITC's 10YR Anniversary in August

WE would love to hear YOU ALL tell stories of HOW GOD HAS WORKED IN YOUR LIVES through the ministry of HITC. For example ...

  • Coming to Christ
  • Getting baptized
  • God restoring your marriage
  • Healing or other testimonies of answers to prayer
  • Experiencing community through your Hope Group

We would also enjoy hearing your fond memories of the early days when we worshiped in the cafeteria or gym at Austin High. If you have funny stories, even better!!!

There will be people with video cameras roaming the halls and foyer each week hoping you will take a minute and speak into the camera your story. Look for them and be ready with a story to bless others.

HITC's 10 Year Anniversary: Planning a Churchwide Potluck!

A Churchwide Party!

Help us plan starting today...

We need a team of volunteers to help plan our potluck and party on August 29. If you are willing to serve on that team, which will be crazy fun!, please contact Meagan (meaganb@hopeinthecity.org) a.s.a.p.

 

Guy's Shooting Outing

Guy's Shooting Outing

July 24 | 9:00am

Come out, shoot skeet and sporting clays at Onion Creek Ranch on Saturday, July 24 at 9am. Contact Chase Brown for directions and details: mchasebrown@yahoo.com.

Click Hereto find out more about SUMMERGE events and get a brochure. Questions about SUMMERGE? Contact Meagan Brown at meaganb@hopeinthecity.org.

SUMMERGE | Guys Movie Night

Guys Movie Night

July 30 | 7:30pm

HITC Community Room

Fellas, Flix, Food. Bring your own dinner & snacks. Contact Russell Grigsby at 917-8659 or rgrigsby@austin.rr.com.

Welcome Lunch

Welcome Lunch

August 1 | 12:30pm

HITC Community Room

Would you or anyone you know like to meet the pastoral staff and learn more about Hope in the City? Join us for lunch immediately following the service August 1, in the Community Room in the Worship Center. This will be a fun, informal time of getting to know our staff and other newcomers. Children are welcome and we will have childcare provided by reservation only. If you would like childcare, please RSVP by, July 28. Email Meagan Brown at rsvp@hopeinthecity.org to register.

Women’s Planning Evening

Women’s Planning Evening

August 5 | 7:00pm

HITC HFN Room

We have a great year ahead for our women! It will be full of fun events for new friendships and ways to grow together in our walk with Jesus. We’re planning such things as an on-going day and night Bible Study, a Night of Worship in October, a fun event to launch the Fall in September and a Christmas Tea to close the semester in December. If you would like to help plan any these things, plan to join us for a fun evening on August 5.

Unceasing 24 Hour Prayer

Unceasing 24 Hour Prayer

August 7 | 24 hours

Once again, we have the privilege of covering our amazing city in prayer for 24 hours! Sign up RIGHT NOW for your hour to pray for Austin by emailing us at unceasingprayer@hopeinthecity.org. Give us your name, email & phone #.

If you can't remember if or when you signed up, you can email unceasingprayer@hopeinthecity.org and we will help you find out. You can also find a prayer guide for your prayer time clicking on DOWNLOAD A PRAYER GUIDE

This is a GREAT time to get outside and prayerwalk your neighborhood - or in one of our beautiful parks or greenbelts. What an awesome opportunity we have to be a part of God's dreams for our City.

D-School: A New Year, A New Class

D-School: A New Year, A New Class | Information Meeting

Sunday, August 8 | 12:30pm

HITC Community Room

We're recruiting for our NEXT YEAR'S Discipleship School, HITC D-school 2011. Please join us in the Community Room, right after the Service on August 8 to hear more about it. A LIGHT LUNCH WILL BE SERVED.

You are not making a commitment to the school by attending and you may find that this is exactly what you are needing this year. In the D-school you will be challenged, you will grow, community is inevitable and your relationship with Jesus will prosper.

It is our desire to see the whole church engaged in discipleship and reaching out to the community God has given us to be Jesus too. Come learn more, enjoy some light snacks before lunch and find out how challenging, awesome and exciting this is.

Questions about the information meeting or d-school in general? Please email us at d-school@hopeinthecity.org.

Transformational Ministries | Healing, Prophesy & Soaking

Monday Night Transformational Ministries

June 21 - August 23 | Healing, Prophesy & Worship

If you need physical healing, encouraging prophetic prayer or just want to spend the evening soaking in live prophetic worship, come to the Hope in the City offices on Monday nights this summer starting this Monday, June 21st through August 23. Ministry teams will be available to pray for you, or your friends outside our church, each week 7-9 pm.

Appointments can be made by calling the church office 892-HOPE or emailing office@hopeinthecity.org. Walk-ins are accepted for physical healing prayer. We are not accepting walk-ins for the prophetic at this time so please call and make an appointment. We are filling up fast every week so keep this in mind as you plan your schedule and get on the list!

We love to pray, God is moving and He longs to minister to you through His Church, the Body of Christ. We believe God wants to pour out His love and supernatural power among us in astounding ways this summer!

Kid's Ministry

Kid's Ministry

Sunday School Teacher Needed | Infants

Our Sunday infant class needs an adult or two to hold and snuggle babies for these dates: August 1, 8, 15. See Trudy Landis to volunteer, trudy@hopeinthecity.org.

2009 Upside Down Kids Camp CD ON SALE!

2009 Upside Down Kids Camp cd is in! Come get some great tunes for just $2 at the Connection Center or the table outside the preschool area.

Rent-A-Student

Rent-A-Student

Starting Now | All Summer

Need some manual labor done this summer? Between now and August the HITC Youth are available for "rent" to help raise money for their Youth Summer Missions. Some ideas of work: yard work, painting, cleaning out closets, moving, deep cleaning your house, garage sale, and more.

Contact Amanda Roberts, the HITC Youth Administrator, at hitccoreadmin@gmail.com or 512-963-6782 to get more information and/or to rent-a-student.

Family Devotions & Quiet Times for Kids

Family Devotions & Quiet Times for Kids

Free Downloads Available

Don't Let Summer Get Away From You! Keep in touch with family devotions and quiet time training for elementary kids...see the HITC website for a link to weekly devotions for families and a guide for kids quiet times. They're called God Time Cards and Refrigerator Door Cards!

What's happenin with the HITC Youth?

THE CORE | YOUTH MINISTRY

Youth Hope Groups | This Week

Middle School hope groups WILL NOT be meeting this Sunday, July 25, but will stay in the service. We don't you to miss out on all the great missionary testimonies being shared. God is doing some amazing things in the world! High School will meet together on Wednesday night, July 28 at 7:00p.m. for the Truth Project.

The C.O.R.E. | Meeting this Sunday!

The CORE is meeting this Sunday, July 25. All Middle School and High School students are invited to join us from 5 - 7:00pm as we worship God together and learn more about Him.

*For more information on anything you have read regarding Youth or how you can get plugged in, email Amanda Roberts at hitccoreadmin@gmail.com. Amanda would love to help you.

Visit the Core Website at www.hopeinthecity.org/core.

Friday Night Worship is ON!

HOPE 242 | College Ministry

FRiday night worship

The first Friday Night Worship is coming up on August 27th at 7:30 at UT! For more information, contact Ryan Walker at ryanw@hopeinthecity.org.

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