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PLAN FOR SATURDAY’S OUTING

Hello all. Heres our plan for Saturday. 

11:00 – 1:30 p.m. Youth help with Fan Feast

1:30-2:30 Youth will hang out in the youth room

2:30 some of the youth will opt to head home while others will go to see Justice League at Bowtie. 

Sterling and Laura will drive kids to the movie theater in the church van. Chaperones will sit on the other side of the theater from the youth to give them some space. 

3:30. Justice League Starts. Previews will take a while and the movie lasts about 120 minutes. 

5:50.  Group heads back to the Church. 

6:00.  Parents, try to get to church on time to pick-up your kids. 

Sterling will purchase tickets ($8.50) tonight for: Hazel, Preston, Wade, Brynne, Cole, Sarala, and Grace. Have heard from some parents but still waiting to hear from others. More than happy to order a second round of tickets. I’m a little fearful the tickets will sell out as it’s opening weekend. 

• Please let me know if you want me to purchase tickets for your youth. 

NEXT OUTING: Many thanks to SaraAnne and Heather for organizing our next Youth Event. The Christmas Party will take place directly after the Christmas in the Fan Concert on Dec. 17. Thank you, Crislip for hosting! 

YOUTH MINISTER UPDATE: The Deacons will vote to approve the Youth Minister Job Description on Sunday. We’ll present it to the church for a vote on Dec. 3rd. I’m hoping to start advertising the position on Dec. 4th. I think it’s possible we’ll have somebody in place in January or February. 

IMPORTANT MEETING, NOV 26 @ 9:30 a.m.

We need to get schedule a meeting with Youth Parents, Youth, and Youth Mentors. The main purpose of the meeting would be to schedule some outings for the youth to spend time together in the winter, and nail down our summer camp plan. I think it’s important for us to hear the youth out. That said, I’m guessing we’ll hear lots of different thoughts and will need to find a good balance of events. Please mark your calendars to join us the morning of Nov. 26, during the SS Hour. Ideally, we’d like at least one parent from your family to join the meeting. 

LASTLY, WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE MAKE-UP OF OUR YOUTH TEAM

We would love to have a circle of 5-7 folks to serve on a youth team to coordinate youth activities and help to setup our new Youth Minister for success. Would love to hear your thoughts on the make-up of the team and recommendations for folks to serve. I think it would be a good idea to ask 2 youth to serve on the committee. What do you think?

Can you even begin to imagine how many thousands of lives have experienced the transformational presence of Jesus Christ in, and through, Tabernacle Baptist Church over these last 130 years?  

God’s goodness to this congregation is cause for deep gratitude and abiding joy. Sunday, November 26, is Christ the King Sunday. We will give thanks for another year of life and ministry together and celebrate an “offering of financial commitments” for the upcoming year.

Will you take time to pray about your financial participation in what God will do in and through Tabernacle in the year ahead? And as an expression of your intention, will you please complete an online commitment form indicating your financial participation for 2018?  Your information will remain confidential. You may also print a hardcopy (click here)

Some of the highlights of this last year include: 

• • Creation of a Statement of Welcome, through a process of respectful and prayerful dialogue. The model we created together will be used by sister congregations in the years ahead.  
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  • Relocation of family members to remote regions of the world for the purposes of sharing the Gospel, sending multiple teams to NYC to serve in Hell’s Kitchen, supporting refugees in our community, and the feeding of hundreds of our immediate neighbors in need. 
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  • The equipping and sending of both Rev. Kristen Koger, our Pastoral Resident, and Samuel Lian, our Youth Ministry Intern. We also welcomed Jacque Green, our beloved Pastoral Intern, into our midst.
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  • Our worship themes centered on openness to God’s leadership and an openness to others. God helped us to “make the road by walking” and guided us to make space “for everyone born….a place at the table”. We have “looked backward” to see God at work through the imperfect lives our fore-bearers so that we might “walk forward” in faith with an understanding that our work isn’t finished yet. 

Let’s take this moment as an opportunity to affirm God’s transformational work, each and every week, inside and outside our buildings. Let’s all dig deep as Tabernacle once again finds itself in an exciting season of saying yes to whatever God has for us. And let’s give with a spirit of gratitude and in humble expectation of what God is going to do next. Thank you for all that you mean to this congregation, and to the gospel of Christ. 

Sincerely,

Sterling W. Severns

Pastor

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