The Waters Church

PLACE is a program designed to help Christians find their “Place” within the ministry.  After becoming a member of The Waters church we ask that you attend a PLACE workshop.  It combines your unique personality profile with your particular skills, passions and life experiences to help identify the ways in which you can serve where you’ll be happiest, the most fulfilled and the most effective!  The next PLACE class is scheduled for May 26th and 27th.  It is a 2 day workshop to be held at the Waters Church on Saturday then continuing after church on Sunday (location to be determined).

The class is a lot of fun but it is a workshop… so if you’d like to sign up, please be prepared to attend all of both sessions.  There will be a $20 cost to cover meals and materials, which you’ll keep when the class is finished. 

Space is limited so please sign up today on the form listed below.  If you are signing up you and your spouse, please list both names.

Men… get ready for a two day, one night adventure in Pattison, Texas, May 18th and 19th.
 
The address is:
     1308 Clemons Switch Rd
     Pattison TX

Times: 
Arrive anytime Friday afternoon.  This is an overnight event.  You can sleep in your vehicle or in a tent.  Event is over on Saturday.  Stay as late as you want.
 
Some details you need to know…

• Ages 17+ only
• Bring what you need to survive a cold night including food, drinks, guns, ammo. 
• There will be fishing and skeet shooting, fire pit and general hang out time. 
• Alcohol is permitted. 
• There will be a short (~50yd)  gun range setup for target practice Saturday morning.

 
The directions from Katy are as follows: 
- Take I10 West to FM 359 (exit 732) and turn right (north)
- Continue to 90 and turn left (west)
- Continue to FM 359 and turn right (north)
- Follow FM 359 through “downtown” Pattison until you reach the intersection of FM 359 and FM 1458. 
- DO NOT turn right on FM 359
- Continue straight on FM 1458 until you see Clemons Switch Rd and turn left,
- Keep driving until you see a “dead end ahead” sign and just keep going, you will eventually see the signs for MvW .

 
Men of the Waters
Back to Back
Brother to Brother
Back To Our Roots

Well we didn’t get the response that we needed for this ceremony… no biggie.  We will just have a better one next time  The next ceremony will be October 28th.  Please mark your calendars.  We will send out an announcement closer to October for those interested.

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This Sunday is Mothers Day and what better way to celebrate Mothers Day than to have a Baby Dedication Ceremony. 

If you would like to participate in the ceremony, please fill out the form below.

If you have any questions, please email us at info@iamthewaters.com

This Sunday afternoon there will be a Golf Tournament starting at 2:30 p.m. to help raise money for the H2O Summer Camp.  The tournament will be at Bear Creek Golf Course located at 16001 Clay Road, Houston, Texas 77084. 
 
$80 Per Person
OR
$300 Per Team (Teams of 4)
 
 Cost includes the following:
-  Green Fee
-  Cart Fee
-  Range Balls
-  Professional Tournament Services
-  1 Month Players Club Membership
-  $5 Merchandise Credit
-  5 Raffle Tickets
There will be a raffle.  You can buy 6 tickets for $5.

Waves is heading up a drive to provide meals for the Fleak family while Madison is in the hospital waiting for a heart transplant. The idea behind this is to have individual frozen meals for Tabitha and Austin to take to the hospital with them.  Very important: all meals must be gluten free. Click here for some gluten free meal ideas. Even more ideas here!

There will be someone at the Fleak home every other Saturday from 12pm to 1pm to accept meals.  We would like to have 8-10 people signed up for each slot listed below (feel free to sign up for multiple weeks). When you sign up for a date, Melissa will let you know where to take the meals.

This family has been in our hearts and in our prayers for many weeks now.  Let’s make some waves and bless their socks off!

April 28th: 1 signed up
May 12th: 1 signed up
May 26th: 2 signed up
June 9th: 0 signed up
June 23rd: 0 signed up

Ladies get ready for an amazing weekend.  This weekend the Oasis Women’s Ministry will be having a retreat at the Cat Springs Retreat with speaker Dana Miller.  It is going to be amazing.  Here is the information for those that are going but may have misplaced your retreat information packet.

The Oasis Women’s Retreat will be held April 20 – 22, 2012 at the Cat Spring Retreat Center located at 14852 Hall Road, Cat Spring, Texas  78933.   Below is the information needed for the weekend.

Emphasis:  The Cat Spring Retreat is a non-profit Christian retreat center.

Parking:  All vehicles are to be parked in the designated parking area.  No cars may be driven to cabins.

Cabins:  Women must furnish their own towels and bedding.  A sleeping bag works well since there are twin and double beds.  Please do NOT sleep directly on mattress.  In order to prevent an invasion of insects, no food is allowed in the cabins.  Also for your safety, TCSR would ask that you NOT sit on the porch rails.

Meals:  Meals will be served at times listed on Agenda.  There is also a dorm size refrigerator and microwave for your use in the café.  You may want to bring your own sodas and snacks.

Waterfront / Rock Pool:  There is no lifeguard on duty.  Swimming is allowed in the rock pool as well as in the lake. 

First Aid:  The Waters is responsible for providing first aid and contacting emergency care, emergency transportation and trained medical personnel as needed.  Neither TCSR nor The Waters Church is liable for any illness, injury or medical care.

Activities:  TCSR has the following activities available:  volleyball, basketball, softball, canoeing, swimming, hiking trails and campfires.  Necessary recreational items (basketball, softball, paddles, etc) will be provided.  Please bring your own baseball gloves if desired.

Prohibitions: 

• Fireworks are prohibited at The Cat Spring Retreat
• Only God can make a tree or an animal so no trees are to be defaced or chopped down and no animals maimed or killed.  YES THIS INCLUDES SNAKES.
• No profanity, immoral conduct of any nature, or immodest dress will be allowed
• No illegal drugs shall be permitted on the premises nor shall anyone who is under the influence of either drugs or alcohol be allowed on the premises.  TCSR reserves the right to refuse service to anyone.
• No pets allowed
• Because of fire hazards, no campfires or fires of any nature are permitted, except scheduled campfires facilitated by TCSR staff.
• Because of fire hazards, SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED IN OR AROUND ANY BUILDINGS OR FOREST AREAS.  Smoking is permitted ONLY in the parking lot.  Please place cigarette butts in the parking lot’s black trashcan.
• Feminine products and paper towels MAY NOT be flushed down the toilets because of the septic system.

Departure:   Please take bagged trash and place outside cabin door.  Please sweep out all cabins used by your groups.  Please sweep the Big Barn.  If any damage has been incurred to the property or facility, the Oasis Women’s group will be held responsible.

What Retreaters Need To Bring

• Bible
• Sleeping Bag / Bedding
• Pillow
• Towel
• Toiletries
• Snacks / Sodas
• Flashlight
• Clothes
• Earplugs (if you are a light sleeper and snoring bothers you)

(TCSR does not have any additional supplies.  If needed there is a Wal-Mart in Sealy, TX or Brenham, TX)

Map to The Cat Spring Retreat Center

14852 Hall Rd., Cat Spring, TX  78933

Men come get your grill on this Friday, April 13th from 6 p.m. – midnight.   Bring cooked meat or raw… grills will be available. No veggies allowed!!!! There will be darts, throwing knives, throwing hatchets, firepits and branding.  Clint will be giving a short devotional on how to be a Godly man.  Bring lawn chairs if you have them.

Clint will be presenting the seder meal which is also known as the Passover meal. If you have never seen this presentation you definitely need to come.

The service is this Friday at 6:00 p.m. at The Waters Church. Also come join us for dinner afterwards.

Easter this year will be a little different than usual.  We will be having 2 services on Easter.

9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

We will not have bible study on Easter however will resume with the Deep End Bible Study the following Sunday.

We truly believe the Easter Presentation will be a blessing to all that attend.  We hope to see you at one of the services.