Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Packing Party

On Friday, November 15, Chicago HBF had an amazing opportunity to host an Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Packing Party. Operation Christmas Child is an all-age service project with a mission to share God’s love through a simple shoebox filled with gifts. These boxes are far more than gifts. Each box enables us to reach children worldwide with the news of Jesus Christ and the true meaning of Christmas.  It opens up a world of life-changing opportunities for each child, their family, and their communities.

Thus, HBF’s vision and purpose for the Shoebox Packing Party:

Inner Fellowship and Community Building

Through a service project, HBF members and leaders are able to better create unity and fellowship through Operation Christmas Child. Through this one even, we are able to expose the students to needs of other communities and begin to pray for the salvation of the kids who will be receiving the shoeboxes.

Local High School Outreach

The High School students will have an opportunity to tangibly express their faith personally with their friends through inviting their friends to this event. Not only does a shoebox carry a tangible expression of love and compassion, it also carries the message of Jesus. Jesus love is just not limited to those receiving boxes, but his love is also meant to touch the even high school students here in Chicago! Jesus’ love has no bounds, and current HBF members will have an opportunity to share with their friends about receiving the greatest gift of all- Jesus Christ himself.

Making a Difference around the World

Through giving shoebox gifts, HBF will impact, empower, and open up opportunities for churches overseas to share the Gospel.

By God’s grace, the event went extremely well and Chicago HBF students and leaders packed a total of 45 shoeboxes!  Praise God!  Thank you to the parents for your prayers and support.  Let’s pray that our HBF students remember Jesus- the greatest gift of all. 

Senior Night 2013 Video

Congratulations HBF Class of 2013!! We will miss you all. God bless your new lives in college!

Here's a link to the video:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0i_urbzpefUUl9VRzd3ZGc5ZDg

Praise Night with the Germans

We had a a great time in fellowship and Bible study with the Germans on 8/16/2013. We will miss you all. God bless you guys!

John Piper: In the Beginning was the Word

Here's a link to the sermon we started at our last Praise Night 4/19/2013.



http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/sermons/in-the-beginning-was-the-word

I pray that our time spent in John's gospel may be a time of getting to know Jesus in an intimate and personal way.

Matt Chandler on Suffering

Here's the sermon we heard at Praise Night on 2/1/2013. We watched the first half.

http://t4g.org/media/2010/06/preparing-your-church-for-suffering-session-viii-2/

Matt Chandler delivered this message at a "Together for the Gospel" conference in 2010 just 6 months after having a large mass removed from his brain followed by intense rediation and chemotherapy treatment. I believe he shares the same spirit with Apostle Paul when he says in Philippians 1:21, "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain."