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Vote Needed For HVAC System in Community Room

Community Room HVAC Replacement

Background: 
Around 2004-2005 Barbara Spain led the way for an engineering review of the entire main church facility to determine the best approach to provide heating and air conditioning.  As a result of that analysis, the congregation agreed to install five York HVAC systems in 2006-2007.  These systems have served us well.  Based on their age, we are now in need of repairing and fixing them to properly maintain heating and cooling. 

Back in April-May of this year you may recall that we replaced the HVAC systems that service the Choir/Youth Room areas and the Blue Room/Welstead classroom area, replacing the same kind of York system that services the Community Room area now.  The HVAC system that services the Community Room area has a leak in the coil. Repairing the leak would cost over $5,000—more money than is reasonable to spend on such an old system.  We attempted using a sealant refrigerant in the coil to repair the leak; that attempt failed.

Vassars Services is recommending and we are asking for your approval to replace the interior unit of the system that services the Community Room area at a cost of approximately $9,000.  This work will be scheduled to be completed as soon as your vote of approval is received. 

Note:  The technicians believe that we will probably get another two-three years of service from the exterior unit of this system, understanding that it does not have the roof exposure that the two systems have that were replaced earlier this year.  Therefore, we will monitor this system closely.  We urge that we move forward right away with this replacement request to be sure we continue to meet the FDA requirement of keeping food in this area at 72 degrees F.

This expense and required funding has been approved by the Administrative Board.   Voting is open now and will close on November 20, at 3:00 PM. You must be a member of TBC to vote and you may only vote once. A paper ballot will be available in the back of the Sanctuary on Sunday, November 13 and Sunday, November 20, for those who do not wish to vote electronically.

Please CLICK HERE to vote electronically.

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Voting for Deacon Board & Nominating Committee

2022-23 Deacon Board & Nominating Committee Vote

The Administrative Board is bringing the following recommendations to the members of the church for your vote.  Voting is now open and will close on Sunday, November 13, at 5 PM. You must be a member to vote and are only allowed to vote once. A paper ballot for those of you who do not wish to vote electronically will be available in the back of the Sanctuary on November 6 & 13.
Recommended for the Board of Deacons – John Burgess, Bill Gradwell, Jerry Jones, Carol McMurray.

Recommended for the Nominating Committee – Mary Jo Dailey, Nathan Hatfield, Linda Southworth, Tori Tyndall

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SDZ65VDCLICK HERE to vote electronically.

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CBFVA Youth Retreat – November 11-13, 2022

Hello Youth Families:   This year’s CBFVA Fall Retreat is happening November 11-13 at Eagle Eyrie in Lynchburg. This event is open for all middle and high school students (and their friends)! 

The cost to attend is $95/person but we have scholarship funds available for those that may need it.
The deadline to sign up for the Fall Retreat is Friday, September 30th. Payment is due by the time we leave for the retreat on November 11th. 
Please complete the form by CLICKING HERE for each youth who plans on attending. There may be more forms to fill out for CBFVA in advance of the event, but we will get those you when we have them. 

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Finding Your Place


We launch into this fall season with confidence that God will give us the resources we need in accomplishing the important work of the church.  It is our hope that every member of the church will:

1) Deliberately take a deeper step in their faith walk
2)  Every member will find one area to regularly serve (weekly or monthly)

Which of these many opportunities  would you like more information about?  A member of our staff will reach out to you to answer questions and help with your discernment process.

Please CLICK HERE to take the survey. Please click on the boxes to find out more information on how you may serve.

PRIORITIES:

CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL (9:45 – 10:45 AM)  – Cindy Hutchinson is our week-to-week lead teacher. We need a minimum of one adult to serve with her.  We’re likely looking for a rotation of adults to serve once a each month. (background checks required)

YOUTH GROUP MENTORS (Sundays, 12:30 – 2:30 PM)  Sterling Severns is our week-to-week leader. We need 2 other adults to serve beside him.  We’re likely looking for a rotation of adults willing to serve once each month (Background checks required)

DIALOGUE FACILITATOR (serving larger community) – ExCell is beginning a new zoom based program which gathers a small group of preschool parents together on a monthly basis. Facilitators will be trained in a 1.5 hour session and then commit to facilitating a conversation for 1 hour….once a month.  We’re looking for facilitators with these attributes and attitudes:
– Positive and uplifting leadership with others Guide conversations through keen observations
– Demonstrate curiosity and interest in learning from others
– Share patience and a sense of humor with others
– Ability to listen responsively (demonstrate to the speaker that you are listening and
understanding what is being said, which encourages the speaker to continue)
We’re looking for a total of 10 facilitators.  

YOUTH EVENTS:  We have a handful of upcoming youth events requiring additional chaperones. Check the box if you’d like info on events and dates. 

TABLE PREP AND/OR FOOD PICKUP:  Mid-September, we’re beginning a new Wednesday night program called “Dinner Church”.  We’re looking for folks willing to pickup food and deliver it to the fellowship hall on Wednesday afternoons and others to help prepare the tables (late Wednesday afternoon) 

ONCE A MONTH

CLEANING AND ORGANIZING:  We’d like to have a list of folks that will be willing to come into the building, once a month on a weekday of their choosing, to help tidy up and/or organize classrooms and hallways. 

HANDY PEOPLE:  We’d like to have a list of folks that would be wiling to come into the physical building to help with basic “handy” projects. Think – hanging frames, powerwashing, preparing walls for painting, etc.

SHORT TERM PROJECTS IN THE BUILDING:

SANDERS:  use a belt sander and mouse sander on small oak classroom desks  

STAINERS:  Stain some of the furniture out sanders have prepared. 

TECHNOLOGY:  organize our cables, test equipment, and/or install AV in classrooms

“AT HOME” PROJECTS  

SEWING:  new cushion covers for sitting stools, a sitting bench, light blocking curtains, and cushions for “This End Up Furniture”

BASIC FURNITURE BUILDING: Break down a piece of furniture and use the wood material to create a basic sitting bench (we have a leather cushion for the bench)

Please CLICK HERE to take the survey. Please click on the boxes to find out more information on how you may serve.

We’ll continue to post other opportunities as they arise and appreciate you discerning YOUR place of service. 
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Spaces of Belonging

Joseph Myers in The Search to Belong, with the help of sociologist Edward T. Hall, identifies four kinds of spaces in which we find a sense of belonging. DISCIPLESHIP HAPPENS IN ALL FOUR OF THESE SPACES. Each intentional space has a unique purpose and set of expectations.

Our goal is to prompt each one of us to take a deeper step in our walk with Christ.

PUBLIC SPACE:A generously inclusive space for the “masses” 

Public space is about sharing a common experience in a larger space, like a public worship service.

WE SHOULD EXPECT to come to worship with expectation of encountering the living God, prepared to listen to stories about the in in-breaking of the Kingdom of God, and leave with a renewed sense of purposefulness.  We should not expect this space to do the challenging and long-term work of transformation. 

WE SHOULD NOT EXPECT this space to do the heavy lifting in the long-term work of transformation. While this space may feel intimate to those participating,  it isn’t meant to be a replacement for the smaller spaces where people can be vulnerable and practice accountability.    

AT IT’S BEST, corporate worship becomes missional if it reshapes people to inhabit God’s story in their everyday lives. 

COMMUNITY SPACE:  The prime building block for the church. A generously inclusive space where people from all walks of life become a missional community.

Community space is where people select a community – people with whom they want to go deeper – to belong to. In our congregational setting, this space is more like a mid-sized group of 20 to 40 people.  The It’s small enough for people to experience authentic community, but big enough to mobilize. 

WE SHOULD EXPECT this space to facilitate deeper relationship building and  lighten the load by spreading out the work.  

WE SHOULD NOT EXPECT the deepest levels of vulnerability and accountability to take place in this space. 

AT IT’S BEST, this space gives people a foretaste of the Kingdom, where people are known and, together, we’re living out love and relationships in meaningful ways.  

PERSONAL SPACE:  A generously exclusive space where relationships are deeper because of the trust we build through accountability. 

Jesus discipled the disciples through constant invitation and challenge. Personal spaces of belonging are small by design, 5-12 participants, and are uniquely suited for a deeper formation.

In this closed and temporary space we invite people to live out a common rule of life and share in habits together that will help us to have eyes to see, ears to hear, and practices that will encourage us to live out the mission of God.

WE SHOULD EXPECT accountability to happen in this space because Christ calls us to help one another explore our unique struggles, hopes, and callings. In this space we invite and challenge one another to open up honestly. We create safe space a shared commitment to expectations and embracing the importance of keeping trust in the holding of one another’s stories.  

WE SHOULD NOT EXPECT everyone to feel comfortable to participate (yet) and we shouldn’t assume this is space where we expect the “naked truth” of our lives to be fully revealed.  

AT OUR BEST, The farther we move from the public space into personal/intimate spaces, the greater the accountability and vulnerability becomes and the more intentional we should be in fostering the invitation and challenge to walk with Christ into a hurting world. 

Higher depths of accountability and vulnerability don’t come easy for many of us. Trust takes time to build.   Whereas, we should assume that everyone is expected to go deeper, with each step they take with Christ, the stride and pace of those steps will vary dramatically.  If you’re ready to step into something that promotes vulnerability and accountability, we’ll have a space for you now. If you aren’t ready yet, it’s ok. We’ll be ready when you are. 

INTIMATE SPACE:A generously exclusive space where the “naked truth” is shared, without us feeling “ashamed”.

This is like the space Jesus had with  Peter, James and John. Whereas, we aren’t yet ready to invest energy in creating intimate space, we want to be mindful of it’s importance! 

Explore our fall programming guide

Short on time? Here’s a snapshot of what to expect this fall

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Discipleship Pathways

“What would the church look like if everyone in the church used their God-given gifts and talents to equip the rest of the church in such a way that the entire church became more like Jesus?”  For if the whole church looked and lived more like Jesus, how much more would our neighborhoods and cities look more like heaven?

– JR Woodard

The Pastoral Staff has been hard at work in preparing to equip the church in this next season of life together. Early this week, we’ll share the details of what the church can expect. This document will serve as a primer in better understanding why we’re beginning “here” and what to expect from each space we’re creating. Our goal is to prompt each one of us to take a deeper step in our walk with Christ; we make the road by walking. 

DISCIPLESHIP IS THE GOAL

It’s all about equipping the people of the Church to be more like Jesus in a world that needs the love of Jesus.  Christian discipleship is about calling others to join us in practicing a way of life in which we embody (flesh out) the life of Jesus in the context of the world as we journey to fulfill God’s mission together.

  • Discipleship is a way of life, not an intellectual assimilation of ideas or a program.*
    • We must deliberately practice discipleship in our daily lives, if we want to disciple others; It’s essential for us to practice what we teach. 
    • Discipleship is about inviting people to become whole again, to become more like Jesus, overcoming destructive habits and building life-giving habits
    • Discipleship takes place in the street and the sanctuary, the classroom and the living room, its about being “with people” in everyday life
    • Discipleship happens when we are on mission together, joining God in the renewal of all things.

Explore the primary tool we’re using to develop three unique spaces of belonging in Fall 2022.

Explore our fall programming guide

Short on time? Here’s a snapshot of what to expect this fall

* Adapted from Jr Woodard's Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World

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Graveside Service for Margaret Anne (Fulks) Alcorn

We continue to lift up Eloise, Massie, and the entire Fulks family, as they grieve Margaret Anne’s death and celebrate her homecoming.

Alcorn, Margaret Anne Fulks, 66, of Boise, ID, formerly of Richmond. VA, joined her beloved ancestors and her Heavenly Father on August 4, 2022.

She was the third child of Melvin Earl Fulks, Sr. and Margaret Broach Fulks. Margaret Anne was a loving, caring, and mighty child of God. Though quiet and willowy she had an unyielding personal sense of justice that would summon her into immediate action when a stranger, dog or cat needed help. She leaves behind her two children, Matthew Alcorn and Samantha Alcorn, as well as ex-husband, Scott Alcorn.

Margaret Anne had a long career as a meticulous, cheerful legal secretary in Boise. Her sense of humor and many hijinks kept everyone laughing. Her siblings, Melvin Earl Fulks, Jr. (Lynn), Eloise Fulks Hines (Vic), George Massie Fulks (Betsy) and Darryl Wayne Fulks will miss her greatly. She also leaves behind seven nieces and nephews and a host of great-nieces and great-nephews.

There will be a Graveside Service at Forest Lawn Cemetery on Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.