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What is your worth? I have seen

people struggle all their life because of the incorrect way they determine their

worth or value. I have seen lives wrecked because they were told by someone they love

that they are worth-less, that they will never amount to any-thing in life. I have

also seen people who thought they were important be-cause they were good-looking, or they

have a lot of money, or because of their position of power. Some people who

find their worth based on affinity or relationship to some-body famous.

So, what is it that gives us our worth? The simple, Sunday

school answer is that

because God cre-ated man, man finds his worth in that. This may seem simplistic,

but it is actually a logical and biblical explanation for our worth. For example, if you realize that

one your bosses is the son of President Reagan, you would be excited about this

fact. The respect and admiration for President Reagan is immediately passed on to his son, whether

deserved or not. Logically, in the same way, because God

created man, our re-lationship to him, or more properly, his relationship to us-- creator and creature

-- gives us worth. Biblically, it is even greater than that. In

the creation account,

God pronounced

everything he cre-ated "good." On the sixth day, after he created man, he pro-

nounced his creation "very good." The language of Genesis is even more telling: "Then God said, 'Let

us make man in our image, in our like-ness...'" (Genesis 1:26). In the more

detailed account of man's creation in Genesis 2, it says this: "The LORD God formed the man from

the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and

the man became a living being." (v. 7) The word "formed" is the same word trans-lated "intent" in

Genesis 6:5. Cont. on p. 3

Mark Your Calendar:

AUGUST:

6TH-DAY OF PRAYER AND

FASTING

14TH-DEACONS MTG.

21ST-CLT MTG.

21ST-LORD’S SUPPER

SEPTEMBER:

11TH-PATRIOT DAY

SUNDAY EVENING HOME GROUPS MOVING FORWARD

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WHAT IS YOUR WORTH? (CONT.) DAY OF PRAYER

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CVBA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE HORSE WHISPERER

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STUDENTS CHILDREN

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August 3, 2011 Volume 1, Issue 17

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Sunday Evening Home Groups!

Join us at one of the following homes for Family Home Groups:

201 Churchill Blvd. (Sam & Tracy Torbett)

6706 Grand Canal Court (James & Nina Reid)

208 Edinburgh (Lakan & Kim Mariano)

30 Clare (Ryan & Kira Connel)

5833 Dearborn (Charlie & Becca Woods)

2102 Johnson St (John Bilberry)

Note: There will be no nursery during the summer.

Bring your entire family with you to home group!

So God "formed"

man with a definite intention for his exis-tence, which is to "image" him. Notice

also in v. 7 where God was the one who "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life." God was not

simply giving man ability for animation, but he was giving man his very Spirit, to

allow him to fully commune and fellow-ship with God, and to enable him to "image" God.

Of course, man sinned in Genesis 3, and man died spiritu-

ally, God took his Spirit away from man, and he also died physically

(Genesis 5, with the

exception of Enoch). But even in fallen man, there are the signs of his original

purpose. Man's exer-cise of his will, his creativity, his sense of morals and ethics (even some atheists

insist that you can have morality and ethics apart from God), these all point

to God, and to God's purpose in man. Here is the beautiful part of understand-

ing our worth. Jesus Christ paid for all of our sins on the cross that we might be chil-

dren of God. What was lost in the fall of man, Jesus recap-tured by his death

and his resurrection.

Jesus bought us with his own blood, his very life.

If you buy a new car and have it insured, the insurance people will ask you what is the "worth" of your

car, meaning what did you pay for it. In the same way, a be-liever's worth is what

Jesus Christ paid for him in the slavery market. Believers are pretty expensive stuff, not because of

who they are and what they have done, but because of what it cost God to save

us.

Lakan

What Is Your Worth? (cont. from p. 1)

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San Angelo Area Day of Prayer and Fasting Saturday, August 6th

Hosted by College Hills Baptist Church Sanctuary open from 10AM-4PM

Prayer Guides Available Leaders will read scripture and pray each half hour.

You may stay and pray as long as you wish. Coordinator: Pastor Bobby Roger (Calvary Baptist)

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“Transformational Church Goes to Sunday School” (Free Book for All Participants) Sunday, August 14th, 3:00—5:30PM Paul Ann Baptist Church 2531 Smith Blvd, San Angelo Author, Speaker, Teacher—Dr. David Francis Director Sunday School/Discipleship Lifeway Christian Resources, Nashville, TN Childcare will not be provided by the Host Church

2011 CVBA Bible Study Leadership Conference

Paul Daily of Wild Horse Ministries will share the gospel while he “tames” a wild horse.

Date: Thursday, September 22nd Location: First Community Credit Spur Arena Time: 7:00PM Come early and enjoy the following! FREE burger meal FREE country music entertainment by Clifton Jansky

Meal & Music from 5:50—6:50

(This special ministry provided by the churches of the Concho Valley Baptist Association.) For more information, call 653-4314 or 653-4898.

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Wednesdays this Summer— This summer the kids (Grades K-5) will have a great time learning about God and His plans for their lives.

August Schedule: 3rd— Jesus Comes to Serve

10th— Redemption 17th— Back To School Celebration

FOR MORE

INFORMATION ON

THESE OR OTHER

CHILDREN’S AND

FAMILY MINISTRIES,

PLEASE CONTACT

PHILIP CROSS

Student Ministries

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Outreach… Angelo State University move-in weekend

begins August 19th. We will be offering our help to the students and also serving lunch. We need your help to

accomplish this. We are preparing a meal of hot dogs, chips, and cookies for 300.

Listed below are the foods we are in need of: Wieners Hot Dog Buns Chili Grated Cheese Hot Dog Relish Mustard Chopped Onions Ketchup Chips Water Home Baked Cookies

If you can help by providing food, money, or your time please contact Ryan Connel or the church office. If you’d like to donate money, please place it in the offering or send/bring to church office, designated “ASU Move-In”.

On August 31st, we will be hosting the Wednesday lunch for the Baptist Student Ministry at ASU.

If you can help prepare, serve, or clean up, please contact Ryan or Kira Connel.

FMI ON

STUDENT

MINISTRIES

CONTACT RYAN

CONNEL AT THE

CHURCH OFFICE

OR 227-1778.

Coming Soon 08-21: Parent/Youth

Team Mtg.

09-07: Outbreak Kickoff

09-12: Saturation

09-18: Home Group

Kickoff

09-28: See You At The Pole

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Extended Session Teacher Schedule for August: We appreciate all our extended session workers!

2’s&3’s: 4’s&5’s:

08-07 Rex Stephenson/Brittany Guevara Taylor Stephenson/Presley Fisher

08-14 Rutherford/Stephen Guevara Amber Minor/Jordan Fisher

08-21 Dalgliesh/Mackenzie Shanafelt Larmon/Blake Weber

08-28 Jessie Rike/Tye Weber B Haskins/Valton Lewallen

NOTE: Extended Session Workers should be in their places by 10:25AM each Sunday. If you are unable to

fulfill your obligation, please immediately contact Cathy Blair @405-496-5769. Thanks for your cooperation.

Volume 1, Issue 17

Men’s Small Groups

Women’s Small

Groups

For more information

on Men’s and Women’s

Small Groups, please

check the website, the

foyer information ta-

ble or call the church

office.

2102 Johnson

San Angelo TX 76904

325-949-5788

325-949-6877

[email protected]

Look us up on

We’re on the web:

www.collegehillsbc.org

DEACONS OF THE WEEKDEACONS OF THE WEEK (These men are responsible for hospital visitation the month of August and are

available to anyone who has needs.)

Aug 07 Rex Stephenson…………. 942-9537 Aug 14 John Bilberry……………..942-1012

Aug 21 Jerry Walls……….……..944-1876 Aug 28 Bob Gilliam………………655-6067

Sep 04 Fred Rike……………….227-4208 Sep 11 Charles Harrison…………..653-4386

Coming Soon to CHBC

08-06 Day of Prayer

08-14 Deacons’ Mtg @3PM

08-19 ASU Move-In Lunch

08-21 Elder Affirmation

Lord’s Supper

CLT Mtg @4PM

08-22 First day of school

08-28 Elder Ordination

Last Summer Sunday

Evening Family

Home Group Mtg.

08-30 REMEMDY:

College Worship

Partnership Kick-Off

08-31 BSM Lunch

09-07 AWANA resumes

09-11 Patriot Day and

Picnic at Pecan Creek

YOUR CHURCH STAFFYOUR CHURCH STAFF

Lakan Mariano.……………..Senior Pastor Philip Cross………....Family & Education Pastor

Ryan Connel……….…..Pastor to Students Micah Mariano……………...….Worship Pastor

Cynthia Hickey…..……..Ministry Assistant

CHURCH OFFICE HOURSCHURCH OFFICE HOURS

Monday—Thursday: 8:30 AM—Noon/ 1:00 PM—4:00 PM

Friday: 9:00AM—Noon/ 1:00PM—4:00PM

Fall Semester Study: Isaiah Pt. 2 Meets Tuesdays at CHBC Fellowship Hall 9-11AM (Nursery provided for B-PreK)

Teacher: Candy Blackwood

Deadline for having money turned in for workbook ($20.25) is August 29th. If you plan to attend you must have a workbook. If you are unsure if you have paid please contact Denise Hatcher at

617-2132.

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