Haub Update

Haub Update - October 2009

Dear Calvary Family,

Our fall FamilyLife conference season is under way!  We kicked off the season September 11th in Tampa, FL, where 45 people made decisions for Christ!  Praise God!  Our team has been working extremely hard to get ready for 57 Weekend to Remember outreach events this fall.  We have over 45,000 seats to fill with couples who desperately need to hear God’s blueprints for marriage and family.  Every seat represents the potential for a changed heart, a reconciled family, and a transformed legacy of godliness for the next generation!

We began the season by leading our staff in a time of intercession around 2 empty chairs, representing seats in ballrooms this fall. We are asking God to fill every seat with marriages and families to be impacted for eternity.We pray that thousands will come to know the reality of a Christ-centered marriage and for couples to capture a renewed vision for their family.  We know that it is through God’s power alone that hearts are truly transformed.

We also celebrated a major milestone this past week.  Over 2 million people have now heard the good news of the gospel at FamilyLife events!  We just received a Facebook message from Scott and Sherry who attended the Weekend to Remember conference a few years ago.They said,
"Sherry and I went to our first Weekend to Remember after we divorced on our 14th wedding anniversary in 2005.  God used the conference to show us how we both had contributed to our path to isolation.  He then used it to give us the tools to be married, with Him at the center of our lives!  We have since remarried, volunteer on the local FamilyLife team, and are leading the marriage ministry at our church!  God is good!"

It is such a joy to be used of God to see incredible life change and hear so many stories of God’s ability to radically transform and REDEEM marriages and families for His kingdom.  We are deeply grateful to be your hands extended to families across the nation and around the world!

With much love,

Gene and Rene’ Haub
Missionaries with FamilyLife

Family Life Update

Gene and Rene Haub

Dear Calvary,

Can one weekend really change a marriage?  Mark and Briana didn’t think so as they argued on the way to a Weekend to Remember conference.  Briana said, “We didn’t even like each other when we stepped into the ballroom.”  The conference was an eye-opener for both of them as they heard God’s purpose and plan for marriage.  One phrase that struck both of them very powerfully was, “My spouse is not my enemy.  My spouse is a gift given to me by God.”

Briana said, “Grasping that truth was a turning point for me and Mark.”  However, the best is yet to come!  She went on to say, “The most important thing that happened was that Mark and I prayed and invited Jesus Christ into our lives!  I had heard people in our business talk about finding God and I wondered what that really meant.  Having Christ at the center of our lives and marriage has been huge…  When I first heard about the Weekend to Remember, I wondered how one weekend could change marriages that were so close to ending.  I no longer have to wonder.  Mark and I just have to look in the mirror and remember what God did in our lives and legacy.”

Praise God for nearly 3,000 couples this year who have bowed their hearts to the lordship of Jesus Christ at our outreach events.  What an exciting time to be building into marriages and families across the nation!

We have never been so excited about the vision that God has placed on our hearts… “Every Home a Godly Home!”  A year of strategic planning and assessment is now beginning to bear fruit.  We have always been about directly helping people experience God’s plan in their marriage and family.  We’ve shared many testimonies of the impact God is having across our nation.  However, we have brought into laser focus the truth that a radical movement of God for reformation in the family will only happen through YOU and the body of Christ… the LOCAL CHURCH .

FamilyLife is now clearly focused on the objective of “Helping You Help Others” and “Helping the Church Help Others.”   This means producing a whole new range of resources to enable you to effectively minister to the many hurting families all around you.  We have also redirected significant resources to develop an entire series of tools for the church called LIFE READY! 

Most churches today lack an intentional, coordinated, proactive strategy for building healthy, Christ-centered marriages and families.   LIFE READY will be an easily adaptable, proactive strategy to equip pastors and lay leaders to get in front of the problem.  Our goal is to begin rolling out strategy seminars and the first LIFE READY modules this coming spring.  We can hardly wait!

God is moving powerfully in marriages and families across our nation, bringing healing and hope to many, many families who are “separated from Christ… without hope and without God in the world.” (Eph 2:12).   Please pray that God will continue to provide wisdom and direct our efforts to lead couples to the foot of the cross… where families are truly transformed! 

Thanks, Calvary , for being a part of every family that is impacted for Christ and every legacy that is changed for eternity! What an honor and privilege to be an extension of your hands and hearts to others!

With love and grateful hearts!

Gene, Rene’, Ashley, Allison, and Alesha Haub
haub.familylifestaff.com

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