Announcements & connection Opportunities 6/24/23
Dear TBC Family and Friends,
It looks like we are in for a few days of rain! I thought in the summertime there was supposed to be no rain. Summer means having sun, but apparently not in Connecticut. I guess it's good for my grass though!
Please join us tomorrow for corporate worship. Pastor Eli will be preaching. He will be continuing our study in Ecclesiastes. I look forward to hearing how he will challenge us with Scripture and encourage us to live and worship God in our lives.
Please also return Sunday Evening to hear Pastor Rowley. When a spiritually dead, sinful, lost person is saved they are placed into the Body of Christ -- the Church. Like an organ transplant, the Body's immune system would never accept them unless tremendous radical supernatural changes are made to that person before they are installed into Christ's Body. We have seen that this process was called a mystery and began as a complete surprise on the Day of Pentecost. The Church will end in a similar mysterious way. Sunday evening we will begin a two week series on Why, How, and When the miraculous Body of Christ will be removed from the world. Please come so you will be better able to know, defend and live Bible truth.
Looking forward to worshipping with you all tomorrow.
In Christ,
Pastor John
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. CHURCH FELLOWSHIP: This Sunday evening is our June church fellowship right after the evening service. Please bring one of your favorite large main dishes, salads, or desserts to share. Everyone is invited to attend and spend some time building into each other's lives over some good food.
2. VBS VOLUNTEER MEETING: Our last VBS volunteer meeting is this Sunday morning, June 25th after the morning service. Please make plans to attend! You can also share the link for registration with people you would love to invite to VBS this year! Please also sign up your kids. VBS is July 10-14th.
3. NEW CLASS OPTION: Jesse & Kim Christophel and Eli & Madeline Rodriguez will be co-leading an adult class starting this Sunday morning at 9:30am up in the adult classroom on the balcony of the gym. The class topic is Engage and is seeking to address the issues of raising Christ-following kids in a social media generation.
4. TEEN CAMP RIDES: Any teens going to The Wilds of New England this week should meet at TBC at 11:30am on Monday morning to ride the bus. Please let Eli or Madeline know if your teen needs a ride. Teens will be return home on the bus on Saturday around 11:30am.
5. VBS FLYER DISTRIBUTION: We would love to have a group of people coming out to pass out some flyers for VBS this Saturday morning, July 1st at 10am! We can use adults and kids 12 years old and up without their parents or younger kids going with their parents. Also, if you want to take a map to distribute flyers on another day, please see Hannah Bush!
6. THANK YOU! Thank you to everyone who came out to help with our cleaning day at church today! We had a great time, and so much work was accomplished. If you would like to look through things that we are donating this week, please see Joseph Lanyon.
7. NICARAGUA MISSIONS TRIP: If you are serious about going to Nicaragua with Pastor John in January, please let him know this week so he can get a count of how much interest we have.
WEEKLY CONNECTION OPPORTUNITIES & LINKS:
Sunday, 9:15am - 2's - 3's Sunday School Class
Anyone in this age group is invited.
Sunday, 9:15am - 4's - 5's Sunday School Class
Anyone in this age group is invited.
Sunday, 9:15am - 1st - 2nd Grade Sunday School Class
Anyone in this age group is invited.
Sunday, 9:15am - 3rd - 4th Grade Sunday School Class
Anyone in this age group is invited.
Sunday, 9:15am - 5th - 6th Grade Sunday School Class
Anyone in this age group is invited.
Sunday, 9:15am - Junior High Boys Class (7-9th grade)
Any boys in this age group are invited.
Sunday, 9:15am - Junior High Girls Class (7-9th grade)
Any girls in this age group are invited.
Sunday, 9:15am - Teen Class (10-12th grade)
Any guys or girls in this age group are invited. Fresh baked snacks available most weeks. :)
Sunday, 9:15am - Teachings of Jesus
Join us as we work through Jesus' sermon from Matthew 5-7. We will discuss the reality of living as followers of Christ in the presence and power of the Kingdom of God within our everyday world. This class meets in the middle classroom off the gym (the Young Adult room).
Sunday, 9:15am – The Covenants (Zoom By Request)
The Covenant's class is a study of the 7 key promises (covenants) that God makes to mankind and Israel in His restoration of all things back to His original design, including the Adamic, Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Palestinian, Davidic and New Covenants. If curious ask Skip Mission for more details. Anyone is invited to join. This class meets in the classroom across from the church office.
Sunday, 9:15am - Discipleship Training Class
Kevin Tower is teaching a 12-15 week class for those interested in getting training in how to become an effective disciple maker. We encourage all regular attenders to attend this class at some point! This class meets in a classroom down below the auditorium lobby. Anyone is invited to join!
Sunday, 9:15am - Ladies' Bible Study and Prayer
Beth Mission is teaching an Old Testament survey class to women. They meet in a classroom in the gymnasium. All ladies are welcome.
Sunday, 9:30am – Marriage Class
This class is doing the FamilyLife's Vertical Marriage series and then will follow that series up with another study on the topic of marriage. This class is meeting in an upstairs gymnasium classroom. Anyone is invited to join!
Sunday, 9:15am - The Objective History of Idolatry (In Person & Zoom)
This class is studying the objective history of idolatry in the Bible. We are seeing that Almighty God has called us out of an idolatrous demonic world to be His ETERNAL ambassadors of light for Him in time. We are also looking at our ETERNAL position in Christ contrary to that of a subjective, demonic position of darkness. Anyone is welcome to join in the Junior Church room (under the Sanctuary).
Sunday, 9:15am - Basic Bible Doctrines Class (Zoom By Request)
Pastor Rowley is teaching a Bible Doctrines class that has some time for Q&A each week. This class meets in the gym. Anyone is invited to join.
Sunday, 10:30am - SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE
The livestream can be accessed on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube 15 minutes before the start of the service. Gather the whole family to worship with us for our morning service either in-person or via livestream on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube.
Sunday, 10:50am - Junior Church (Zoom by Request - Text Melanie at 860-906-6783)
Junior Church is for children ages 2-11 and begins after the morning worship time in the auditorium.
Sunday, 5:00pm - Prayer Time for Church and Community Needs (Adult Classroom in Gym & on Zoom)
Anyone can join and pray with us!
Sunday, 6:00pm - SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE
The livestream can be accessed using the livestream button at the top of our website. Childcare and a Children's program (ages 2-11) are provided.
Tuesday, 7:00pm - Joseph & Rebecca Pondugula Life Group (Zoom Only)
This life group is open to anyone via Zoom.
Wednesday, 7:00pm - Teen Group
Any teens are invited to join in the teen room at church. Pastor Rodriguez leads the teen group.
Wednesday, 7:00pm - Rudy Nelson Life Group
This life group is studying the book of 2 Peter. Anyone is invited to join at church.
Wednesday, 7:00pm - Ron Radziewicz Life Group (Zoom Only)
The world teaches us to revolve our actions, thoughts, and beliefs around ourselves. “It’s all about you!” we are encouraged to think. In the world’s philosophy, we become the author and hero of our story. But the Bible teaches a different view, one where another hero—the actual Author of life—takes center stage. In the book of Job, God asserts his preeminence and displays his power. Join Francis Chan in this eight-session series on Job as he explores the overriding truth that we exist not for ourselves but to glorify the God who deserves all worship and praise. - Anyone is invited to join.
Wednesday, 7:00pm - Pastor & Deanna Rowley Life Group (Zoom Only)
Anyone is invited to join via Zoom.
Wednesday, 7:00pm - Kevin Tower Life Group
This life group is studying the life of Christ through the Gospels. Anyone is invited to join in person at church.
If you would like to join a Life Group or Adult Bible Fellowship group, please just join in via the links above or text or call Kevin Tower at 860-916-5062.
If you have a prayer request or need help in some way, please contact the any of our staff and/or the Care Team at CareTeam@truthbaptistchurch.org.
Looking Unto Jesus,
TBC Staff
