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Update: Remaining Connected and Preparing for Dialogue

This week’s podcast features some important updates on some important decisions we will be making in the weeks ahead and also a word of encouragement to lean into the tension.

Audible reports for the Church-Wide Business Meeting on July 28 will include:

  • Financial Update
  • Constitution Committee Update
  • Important Updates on the Building Renovation
  • Pew Cushions

We will also discuss the following items with a plan to vote on August 4:

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Good News: A 15 minute snapshot about life of the church in the week(s) ahead, 6.13.19

So many good thing are happening in the life of the church. This week’s 15 minute update includes: 

  1. Our Hungary Mission Team leaves tomorrow
  2. Our Pastor’s Education Trip/15th TBC Anniversary Gift to Greece/Turkey begins next week
  3. Community Ministry Director job Description in the works + 2nd Saturdays have begun
  4. Exciting updates on the Row Houses and also the renovation of the main building
  5. Constitution and Church Manual need to be updated to make it easier to mobilize more people in ministry through the Church. 
  6. An opportunity for you to learn about your unique spiritual gifts. 
  7. New TBC App is coming to your smartphone soon.
  8. Sign-up for the Tab, our weekly e-news

Many thanks to Ryan Corbitt, owner of Grove Avenue Piano, and Tabernacle pianist for the music in the podcast. 

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Sizzling Summer Reads, Shameless: A Sexual Reformation

Christians have been obsessed with sex… but not in a good way. It’s time for a new sexual ethic, one that helps us understand how to be healthy and whole sexual beings, not just one that gives us a list of things to avoid. Listen in as Meg Lacy and Art Wright discuss Nadia Bolz-Weber’s newest book, Shameless, the first in our Sizzling Summer Reads series!

BTW: Here’s a link to the series Dr. Art Wright mentions in the promo podcast. 

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Camp Alkulana Work Day

At 7am on a Saturday morning, a drowsy group of five drove together, willing to spend their day working at Camp Alkulana. As we arrived, Beth Wright greeted us with a warm smile and big plans for our day. As she spoke about the ideas she had for our work that day, our minds were filled with creative plans for how we would complete our tasks. A small group of us began creating new outdoor seating using wooden planks, created by other church groups, made out of trees found on the property. Another small group built a new staircase using rocks that were dug up during the installation of the new retaining wall. As we asked for help, communicated our ideas, and worked side-by-side, the daunting tasks we had been assigned were efficiently completed by newly-formed friends. Tabernacle’s hard work this past Saturday is only a small section of the work many churches are contributing to Camp Alkulana. Church groups had come before us, preparing the property for the work we completed that day. From creating the wooden planks to digging up the rocks, our tasks would never have been possible without the community of churches who had come before us. This community of churches, whose tasks helped to prepare for the tasks of others, is one of many communities that will be created on the property of Camp Alkulana this summer. 

   

              

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Summer Encouragement Letters

During our worship service this Sunday (June 9th), we invite you to choose an envelope from the display in the back of the sanctuary. You may choose more than one envelope, but everyone is encouraged to choose at least one. With these envelopes, we ask that you write a letter of encouragement to the young people going on different trips and camps this summer. Inside the envelope, you will find a short note with some instructions on what we hope you will include in the letter you write. 

There is a group of Tabernacle members going to Hungary next Friday, June 14, to help with a baseball camp. In the back of the sanctuary, you will find envelopes with the names of those going on this trip. We ask that if you pick up an envelope for someone going on the Hungary trip that you bring the envelope containing your letter to the church by this Wednesday, June 12th. This will ensure that these letters are sent with the group to be opened during their time in Hungary. 

The other envelopes contain the names of students going to camps such as Passport, Animate, Music Camp, and Clue Camp. Each envelope is labeled with the name of a student and the camp they are attending this summer. If you pick up an envelope for any of these camps, please return the envelope with your letter by next Sunday. This will ensure that each student receives the letter you write for them during their camp experience. 

These letters are meant to bring words of encouragement as our children, youth, and  adults spend their summers worshiping and experiencing the love of God. Thank you for your love and support for our young people as we enter a summer filled with excitement, possibilities, and spiritual opportunities.