Tabernacle Presbyterian Church (PCA)

Come join us on April 19th from 7-9 pm at the church to enjoy an evening of tasty appetizers and terrific auction items to benefit the Guatemala mission trip.  Some of the auction items are three 1-hour horse back riding lessons, car washes, a night at The Inn At Ragged Edge in Gettysburg, manicures, massages, wine basket, Mary Kay goodies, Little Debbie basket and much more. Invite your friends and come join us!

Join us for the first Tabernacle Chili Cookoff/Talent Show on Sat., Feb. 18 at 5:30 PM, to benefit the Guatemala Mission Team.   Sign up for food especially crock pots of chili which will be judged and prizes given out for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th places.  You can sign up for the talent part of the show as well.  There will be decorated boxes for donations on each of the tables that will help the team raise the money they need for this trip.  Please invite friends and family for an evening of great food, wonderful fellowship and delightful talent.

Did you know that in the past three years Tabernacle and Holy Cross have collected almost 13,000 pounds of food to benefit the Verona Community Food Pantry?  Let’s add another 5,000 pounds to that total!  On Sunday, July 24, please take 25, 50, or 75 collection bags home with you after worship and distribute them among your neighbors.  You’ll also need to collect them on Thursday, July 28, and return the food to the church by the following Sunday.  This is a fantastic way to worship the Lord, serve the hungry, and involve your neighbors!

What is an ‘Indigenous’ Missionary? It is Columbian Christians training local pastors in Columbia, Burmese Christians planting churches in Burma, and Iranian Christians evangelizing in Iran. Come find out more about indigenous missions during Sunday School on June 5th to hear an overview of Advancing Native Missions, some of Tabernacle’s past involvement with this ministry, and opportunities available now to partner with the Body of Christ around the world. All ages welcome.

A great organization that serves as a voice for foster children is CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children.  CASA volunteers are trained advocates who assist abused or neglected children in court.  They thoroughly investigate a child’s situation from all angles and are a valuable resource to judges, social workers, and most importantly children.  No previous training is required.  All that you need is time and the desire to be a voice for foster children.  Go to casaforchildren.org for more information.

Mission to the World (MTW), our denomination’s mission agency, has issued the following appeal for Japan:

“We are committed to making a strong response. We do know that God has placed us in a position of strength with the depth of our team, their broad presence, and long ministry history in Japan. Please join MTW and our Japan team in urgent prayer that God will open many hearts to the gospel and that His Church will grow.

If you or your church wishes to give, the account is 93993 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. More information is available on MTW’s website at www.mtw.org/caring.

Thank you for loving the people of Japan in word and in deed.”

The Guatemala team has started a blog at http://homeofrefuge.blogspot.com.  They plan to keep us updated this week and throughout their trip with prayer requests/needs and updates on the work in Guatemala.

This morning in our worship service we heard about another ministry project in our Summer of Compassion: a project to bless some of the 200 foster children in the Waynesboro and Augusta County area with backpacks filled with back-to-school supplies. Caring for widows and orphans is part of the very foundation of the mercy we’ve been called to show as those who have received abundant and undeserved mercy and grace through Christ.

Do you remember the great joy of receiving a package, and discovering small gifts, one by one, and delighting in each one?  As we fill these backpacks, let’s pray together that the foster children in our area would be filled with delight as they discover the treasures that will help them in school this fall.

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.   James 1:27

Our team is preparing for the Summer of Compassion trip to Guatemala.  Please pray for them as they raise money and set up plans for their trip.

Guatemala Team Members

In January of this year, a new ministry, Orphan Hope, developed in the sister congregations of Tabernacle Presbyterian and Holy Cross Presbyterian, consisting of individuals and families burdened by the global orphan crisis and a desire to encourage and support those called to foster and adopt.

In June, a team will be volunteering at an orphanage in China and in late July, others are heading to Guatemala to an orphanage there. The participants consider themselves one team with two destinations having the same goal—to care for orphans in their distress (James 1:27). We yearn to see our churches mobilizing to bring the promise of God’s hope and future to some of the world’s 143 million orphans!

Please Pray for Them!

• For travel safety as these groups go to China and Guatemala
• For health and wisdom
• For necessary financial support
• For the orphans they will be seeking to love
• For the staff they will be seeking to encourage
• For the families back home while they are away