Prayer

Sabbatical Excitement is in the Air! Next year, Sterling will celebrate ten years of service to TBC! In honor of this milestone, the deacons voted recently to grant Sterling a three month-sabbatical during the summer of 2014. This will be a significant time of growth and renewal for Sterling, and for the church. There is much planning to be done for this special time and your input and questions are needed. Plan now to attend lunch and a brief town meeting on Sunday March 3rd after the worship service. In the meantime, here is some information about the process. What is a sabbatical? A sabbatical is a paid period of leave from work for research, study, travel, and rest. A sabbatical is not a vacation, but a time for intentional exploration and reflection, and for...

SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA BOUND: SUMMER 2013 The team headed to southeast Asia this summer wants to express its grati- tude for your generosity! We have come a long way in funding our trip, but still have a good portion to go. Please consider what your contribution might be to help send Dan Schumacher, Wint Wint Zaw, Sai Lat, Patrick Braford, Say Wah Htoo, and Samuel Lian to Singapore and Malaysia. We trust this is a trip God is overseeing and look forward to how it will not only transform those of us going, but also be used to serve our congregation here! Contact Dan@tbcrichmond.org for more information.   Checks can be made out to: Tabernacle Baptist Church. The memo line should read, Malaysia/Singapore...

WANTED: MEN’S CLOTHING FOR CLOTHES CLOSET Once again, we are asking you to help by donating men’s clothing to the Tabernacle Clothes Closet. Our inventory of men’s pants, shirts and shoes is very low. At this time, we have one pair of men’s pants. This ministry helps the homeless and needy, and we strive to have clothing available for our patrons. Please clean out your closets and donate items to the TBC Clothes Closet. Thank you for supporting this valuable ministry.

We prayed for many years for God to bring children back into our collective lives as a church family. God has answered our prayers as life abounds.  The blessing God has bestowed upon us comes with great joy and also great responsibility. I would like ask each of you to find a way in 2013 to invest more resources and energy into the nurture, care, and spiritual development of our children, teenagers, and their families. The staff and leaders in this ministry area will continue to find ways to equip the congregation and also provide opportunities for service. Some opportunities will involve major time commitments while others will be minimal. The opportunity I would like to share with you this week falls under the “minimum time commitment” column but...

Greeting visitors may seem like a small thing, but it makes a huge difference in the first impression we leave on our guests. Greeting at Tabernacle is incredibly easy; you just come to your designated location (inside the Sanctuary or outside on the sidewalk) about 15 minutes before worship and then act like your normal sunny selves! Ideally, we’d like to have about 20 greeters (or couples who greeted together) in 2012.   Everyone would be on the list about five times during the year. Families, including children, are invited and encouraged to participate! All you need to do in order to participate is sign up (click here for link)  (You can, of course, trade if you have a conflict). Thank you for your support of Tabernacle Baptist Church SIGN-UP...

The nominating committee is requesting your help!  We are looking for your recommendations of those who should be asked to serve as Tabernacle Baptist Church deacons for a 3-year term, beginning January, 2013.  Please share with the committee those persons you recommend that are already ordained, but not currently serving, and those you wish to recommend as a good person to be considered for ordination as a new deacon. You might use the profile below as a guide to identify those members of our church who you feel should be nominated.   You do not need to ask the members you would like to nominate about their availability to serve.  The committee will use the information for each nominee you provide and be guided by the working of the Holy Spirit in following...