There are no Children and Adult Discipleship classes during the month of August. New classes will begin on September 7. Thanks and blessings to everyone who served faithfully as teachers and substitutes this year!
Our 2014 VBS “Faith Expedition” is July 21-25 from 9am – 12noon. Join us for an exciting week of learning from the Bible with songs, crafts and activities!
P.S. Apologies to those that relied on the incorrect calendar info shown on this page! It has been fixed. Our daily schedule is 9AM-Noon.
We will be starting our next newcomer’s class on Sunday, March 2. This eight-week class will meet on Sunday mornings at 9:45am in the Mezzanine. Our goal will be to address two basic questions: the first is “What does Tabernacle believe?” and the second is “Where do I fit at Tabernacle?” Please email the church office at office@tab-pres.org to RSVP. The class is open to all, and is a prerequisite to membership at Tabernacle.
Come explore the most monumental story ever recorded: a story filled with intrigue, drama, and real life accounts of God at work in the universe. This new series will walk us through the whole Bible from creation to consummation. The series will be taught by a number of teachers and will utilize the book,What’s in the Bible? by R.C. Sproul & Robert Wolgemuth and will include individual reading, group discussion, a survey of “hot topics” and a season of prayer. Books cost $10 and will be available in the foyer this Sunday. Please join us this Sunday morning at 9:45am in the Sanctuary.
Tabernacle had its quarterly vision meeting on Sunday, Nov 10. Below is a link to the minutes from that meeting.
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 at 7PM Monday evening for a service of Lessons & Carols.
The Christmas Eve Service of Lessons and Carols is an order of worship which Christians have used since 1880, when the Bishop of Truro in Cornwall, England organized a 10 PM service on Christmas Eve in a temporary wooden shed. The liturgy has since been used around the world, most notably at King’s College in Cambridge, England. The Lessons and Carols Service at King’s College has been broadcast every year since 1931, even in the extreme cold of the cathedral during World War II when the stained glass was removed for preservation amid the very real threat of bombing.
Tabernacle is pleased to be hosting the fall meeting of the Blue Ridge Presbytery, September 21-22. You are welcome to attend any or all of the presbytery’s functions, but we would especially invite you to come and worship with the other pastors and elders from our region on Friday at 7:00pm.
The presbytery’s business meeting begins Saturday at 8:00am.
During the month of September the adult discipleship class will focus on FAITH and be led by Pat Patterson. We will look at what it is, how we live it, how we grow it and obstacles to the exercise of our faith. So bring your faith stories and come join the discussion.
Below is an open letter to Tabernacle’s members and attenders as we start a two-services schedule and our pastor returns from sabbatical.
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Dear Saints,
In addition to having extra family time, study time, prayer time, etc., one of the great things about the sabbatical has been attending worship at Tabernacle on the Sundays we’ve been in town. I think one of the best indicators of Tabernacle’s health is the vitality that exists here without the constant presence of the pastor. I heard wonderful things about the 84 backpacks for foster kids all being filled and the amazing missions night with the Guatemala team! Not to mention the truly remarkable way this church worships without depending on your primary preacher—I trust you all share the tremendous respect I have for our ruling elders who filled the pulpit in my absence!
Every pastor wonders if the congregation will miss him when he’s away. It’s tricky actually. A pastor shouldn’t be missed so much that the church can’t function without him, but neither should he be considered an ancillary appendage that the church can do without. I’m really thankful to be called to Tabernacle as your pastor. I’m really looking forward to being back, and to being a part of our multiplying ministry as we go to two services.
Are you ready for two services!? None of us are entirely. It will be different, and there will be things you’ll miss about the old schedule, but we believe God wants us to welcome more people into the Tabernacle family, and that He wants to bless us for our faithfulness. Two services will not only relieve our crowding on mornings like this past Sunday (201 people!), it will create an earlier opportunity for people to worship who might not be able to (or want to) come to an 11:00am service. So pray about how you will help and who you’ll invite, and I’ll see you at either the 8:30 or 11:00am worship service this Sunday!
His and yours,
Essen
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