Hill Country Bible Church

Hey Church,

What a summer! While most of you are preparing to get back to school and bring to close your summer vacation – I just loaded up the car and tomorrow me, Bridget and the Tripp head out to Ruidosa, New Mexico.  Finally!!! Vacation for the Henderson family.  We are looking forward to the rest, renewal and refreshment before we start another great ministry year at Hill Country UT.  

Lots has happened this summer around Hill Country UT while most of you were away. Just a few highlights:

• We partnered with multiple campus ministries in our summer missional training program. Over 80 of our students participated in the mid-week training program.
• We just concluded a six-week study called Threads. We looked at spiritual gifts through the Sunday sermon series and then followed it up with discussions about how God created each of us to serve Him effectively.
• Our tech team has been hard at wok doing some much needed tech updates to our worship center. Projects include installation of all new house lighting, updated stage lighting and installed hi-def video camera’s for our vodcast and on-line video venue.
• If you are reading this right now – means that you are on our new website. It has been months in the making and we hope it will help you stay more connected to Hill Country UT and you will find the resources that will be provided on the site very helpful.
• Lastly, we have just buttoned up our ministry plan for this coming school year.

Speaking of this coming ministry year – I am very excited to see what God is going to do among us. Our staff, elders and ministry leaders have been very prayerful in the planning process asking, “God what do you want to accomplish this year at Hill Country UT?”  Through the prayer process we have discerned that God was calling us to three major objectives for our church family:  

1) Devoted Heart: This next year we are putting a huge emphasis on seeing people grow in greater devotion to God through their personal quiet time, prayer life, stewarding of finances and personal evangelism.  When thinking through the ministry year we have put great consideration in trying our best to resource our people with tools so they can experience the fullness of Christ in their personal walk with Him.  

2) Committed Church: Also this year we will be placing a huge emphasis on seeing each one of us commit to the body of Christ – His Church.  Our desire is to build in each one of us a heart that invests in authentic relationships and that Hill Country UT is place you can call a “home away from home.”  

3) Missional Mind: We will also be placing a huge emphasis on staying missional this year – seeing missional communities continue to grow and multiply throughout the people groups at the University of Texas.  

I am very excited to see what God is going to do in each one of our lives. I pray that we will all have great anticipation that God will do exceedingly, abundantly more than we could ever ask or imagine.  

Well, so long… Talk soon. Now time to head to the mountains to refresh and rest and know that He is God! 

Peace. 

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