Why haven t we built a new building yet? It s been a long time!

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1 TABERNACLE TIMES OCTOBER 2017 Can we get an update? Why haven t we built a new building yet? It s been a long time! I wanna see that CLC built before I die is that something I can still hope for? How much more do we need? GOT QUESTIONS?? WE LL GIVE YOU ANSWERS! WHAT: CLC BUILDING UPDATE & CONGREGATIONAL MEETING WHEN: SUNDAY OCTOBER 22 nd during the Sunday School time 10:00-10:50a.m. WHERE: We ll meet in the TUMC Sanctuary There are a lot of questions about our building program (called the Christian Life Center - or CLC) these days. Maybe even you have some questions. Or perhaps being relatively new to TUMC, you weren t aware that we were even talking about adding to our ministry center. Pastor John and our Building Committee are calling a CONGREGATIONAL MEETING for all of our TUMC family so you can hear an update, see where we stand, and help us begin the process of assessing our next steps. In order to facilitate the majority of our congregation s presence, we will meet at 10:00 for a presentation and a brief Q&A session. THIS MEANS WE WILL NOT HAVE ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL ON THIS DAY, (although there WILL be regular Sunday School for our children, Newborn - 5th Grade that day). Please be in prayer about this meeting and the opportunity it will give for us to come together as a church family to talk about our proposed building project.

2 TRUNKS-OF-TREATS HALLOWEEN NIGHT 2017, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 5:30-7:00PM Fall is here and Halloween is just around the corner. If you ve ever been to Tabernacle on Halloween, you know it s CRAZY! This year Tabernacle will host our 14th annual Trunks-of-Treats celebration on Halloween Night. This is a huge outreach event for our church and we need everyone's help. And, you can help by donating candy! Place your donations in the box in The Commons area; only individually wrapped candies, please. Now, we need LOTS of candy, but we also need volunteers: 1. To bring your car, with creatively decorated trunk, and help distribute candy to Trunks-of-Treaters. 2. To help man the Inflatables and Games, and cook and/or serve during the Hotdog Supper. Please contact Amy Ehrhardt at (336) if you are interested in helping in any of these ways... Thank you! Here are a few trunk decorating ideas......just have fun with it!

3 Tabernacle U.M.C. Newsletter OCTOBER nd Annual Homecoming Tailgate Party & Food Truck Event On Friday, October 13th, Tabernacle will host our 2nd Annual Homecoming Tailgate Party at the ball field before Southeast High s 2017 homecoming game. SEHS s Homecoming Parade starts in our parking lot, then travels down Methodist Road before turning on Woody Mill and ending at the high school. Our ball field is the prime location for people to gather to watch the parade and tailgate before the game. Currently we have five food trucks and vendors: Presto by Elizabeth s pizza, Rockin Grill burgers & fries, Chef Matt Koonts sliders & wings, Sunset Slush Italian Ice, and Grace & Mercy ice cream! We are inviting the entire southeast community to gather for fun, food, and fellowship before the big game. Tabernacle, this is an all hands on deck kind of event. We need your presence! Break out your corn hole boards, Kan Jam games and picnic blankets and join us between 4:30 and 7:00pm on Friday the 13th! We will need help with set-up and clean-up as well as people to greet and assist visitors. For more information on specific volunteer opportunities, please call or text Amy Ehrhardt at (336) Each food truck and vendor has agreed to donate a portion of their proceeds to Honduras missions, so while this is a fundraiser for our international mission trip next summer, it is also a huge evangelistic opportunity for us as a church! Bring your own food or help support our next missions trip to Honduras by purchasing from one of the food trucks or vendors, but please join us on the 13th and help us welcome the community onto our campus! INVITE YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS!

4 Attention Ladies! Our annual Festival of Tables is Saturday, October 14th, 2017 at 5:30pm, with many great things in store for you! You ll meet several notable Biblical women from both the New and Old Testaments, and enjoy good food, friends, and fellowship! Come enjoy dinner with us! To purchase tickets, $15 each, please contact Janice Horney at Hope to see YOU there!

5 CHARGE CONFERENCE OCTOBER 29, 8:00 P.M. This is our annual church-wide meeting to gather and report to the our Western NC Conference all the work of our church for God s Kingdom over the past year. CROP WALK 2017 A group from Tabernacle will be participating in the Greater Greensboro Crop Walk on October 15th! Registration is at 1:30pm and the Walk begins at 2:30pm. To join us, sign up online at: hunger.cwsglobal.org/site/tr/? fr_id=20869&pg=entry Kingdom Kids Mini-Crop Walk Same day, 2:30 at our TUMC Ballfield We have been authorized to meet on Sunday, October 6 th at 8:00pm (immediately following our scheduled Church Council). Everyone is welcome to attend, and members of the Church Council are allowed to vote. The nominations for congregational leadership will be made at this meeting and we will vote on our denominational apportionment acceptances and Pastor John s compensation for Please join us as we witness to our ministry here. From your Tabernacle Finance Committee Fall is beginning, vacations are being wrapped up, and school is back under way. As we return to our normal routines, we also need to focus on our church commitments. Throughout the summer, giving to the operating budget has not met our monthly needs. Planning for 2018 has begun and there are many areas in which we can focus our prayers, presence, talents, witness, and tithes. Over the next few months, please continue to be mindful of the commitment you have made to support the operating budget of our church and know that this support allows us, as a body of believers, to touch lives in the community, state, nation, and throughout the world! YTD Budget Giving/Support $442, YTD Budget Actual Expenses $445, YTD Budget Estimated Support Need $521,024.57

6 Regular Children s Ministry Weekly Schedule God s Little Zoo -ages 3-5yrs- Lessons & 4:30pm Children s Choir -K-5th Grade- 5:00pm Kingdom Kids -K-5th Grade- 5:30pm, Lessons & 6:00pm October st- Regular schedule for GLZ & KK 8th- Regular schedule for GLZ & KK 15th- Mini-Crop Walk for Pre-K-5th Grade on TUMC track 2:30pm; NO GLZ or KK 22nd- Children s Sabbath Practice for 5pm; NO GLZ 29th- Children s 9am & 11am Services; NO GLZ or KK 6-12th Grade October st- Youth 5pm 6th- Varsity Pre-Game Meal Service- 2:30pm 7th- Youth For Christ Brunswick Stew Prep (service opportunity) 4am 8th- Youth 5pm 13th- Homecoming Tailgate Party 4:30pm 14th- Urban Ministries Food Drive (service opportunity) 15th- Crop Walk 2:30pm, followed by Youth Group dinner at CiCi s Pizza (meal- $5) 22nd- Youth 5pm 27th- 5th Quarter after SEHS Game (last one!) 29th- Halloween Party for Youth Group 5pm 31st- Trunks-of-Treats 5:30pm SMALL GROUPS MEET YEAR-ROUND, WEEKLY! (unless specified by group leader) MS Boys Wednesdays 4:30-6:30pm (John Woods ) 2201 Hunter s Ridge Dr, Pleasant Garden MS Girls Wednesdays 4:30-6:30pm (Teresa Ehrhardt ) 6219 Monnett Road Julian, NC HS Girls Thursdays 5:30-7:30pm (Savanah Aldridge ) 3520 Old Climax Road, Climax HS Guys Thursdays 7pm (Roger Kendrick ) 7039 Old 421 Road Liberty

7 Urban Ministry Food Drive Saturday, October Food Lion on Randleman Road We re looking for TUMC volunteers to help us collect food that will be used locally at Greensboro Urban Ministries. Though this is an all-day food drive and volunteers will be working in two-hour shifts. Please contact Laurie Scotton at ldscotton@bellsouth.net if you can help! Picture yourself here can you see it? If you can, join the UMM for Beach Pier Fishing, October 19th-22nd at lovely Atlantic Beach! Leaving TUMC at 9:00am, October 19th, we ll load up the bus and drive to Atlantic Beach for a few days of pier fishing at it s finest, then we ll make our way home and return by 5:00pm on October 22nd. Cost is $125 per person and includes both lodging & group transportation. Please bring your own fishing gear! Call to reserve your bed or with any questions: Steve am until 9pm 4 Mini-Market Workshops on Thursday nights are now concluded. If you have items you are still working on and need help with, whether it be packaging or pricing, please call Gayle ! Also, please contact Gayle with details about the inventory you will be selling as she will use this information when planning the display areas in the Fellowship Hall Market Day is coming soon: November 4th! Get ready to SHOP!

8 PGYBA Church-League Basketball Registration for ages 6 through Sr. High will be: Tuesday, October 10 from 6pm to 8pm Sunday, October 15 from 2pm to 4pm Monday, October 16 from 6pm to 8pm Cost is $30 and at least one parent must be present to register their child to play. Visit PGBBALL.com for more information. We are also looking for coaches for some of the teams. If you can and would like to be a coach this year please contact Andy Griffin at or Andy@AndyPV.com I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 Children s Sabbath Sunday, October 29th Jesus said, In as much as you have done it to one of the least of these, you have done to me. [Mt. 18] For over 20 years the Children s Defense Fund has sought to raise the awareness of the plight of children here in America and around the world. We live in a world where more children die than soldiers die from war; where 35,000 children die of malnutrition each day, and 1 in 5 children in America live in poverty. On October 29th, our service will revolve around children and God s call for us to care for each of them as they help lead us in our worship. Invite a friend and come to be blessed by this very moving service.

9 TUMC is now taking orders for fresh-cut Frasier Fir Christmas Trees! Orders due by November 20th; Pick-up Friday, November 24th! Order forms available in the Church Office, or see a member of the Honduras Missions Team! Do you love a freshly-cut Christmas tree? Do you find yourself, late in the season, at a tree lot or grocery store to purchase your tree? If so, consider TUMC as an alternative! This year, our youth and adult Honduras Mission Teams are selling fresh-cut Frazier Firs trees, wreaths, and White Pine garland from a local tree farm in West Jefferson, NC. Varying sizes are available. Please see one of the members of the Honduras Mission Team to place your order, bring your payment to the Church Office, or simply visit our website at to place your order and pay online. Pick up will be at the TUMC ball field on Friday, November 24th. All orders must be placed on or before Monday, November 20th. We appreciate your support of our upcoming trips, and are happy to offer this service! We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. 2 Corinthians 4:7 Have a safe and happy Halloween Eve!

10 Backpacks TUMC Groups meet every other week beginning Tues. Oct. 3rd, and Wed. Oct. 11th! Tuesday Group Kay Kiger Dan & Janie Cockman Frank & Diana Hairr Richard Baker Jane Miller Sherry Proctor Nancy Steelman Wednesday Group Gayle Price Dan & Betty Hobbs Brenda Stephens Larry Daffron June Coyle Lynn Hale Substitutes: June Sofley, Barbara Ross As cooler weather approaches, please begin to think and plan on how you can support our efforts to feed and clothe the homeless. We will soon be collecting cold-weather gear like hats, gloves and socks, for distribution later in the season, so think about what you can donate when the time comes. We will place a collection box in The Commons area soon and will notify you at that time and thank you ahead of time for helping us support our local Church Under The Bridge Ministry! THE TUMC FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM SAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! The Food Supplement Program, supply list consists of specific items: canned ham & chicken, chicken noodle soup, vegetable soup, tomato soup, spaghetti noodles & sauce, macaroni & cheese, Ramen noodles, rice, dried beans, canned green beans, canned corn, canned carrots, canned white potatoes, canned peaches, canned pears, canned fruit cocktail, cereal pancake mix & syrup, cornbread mix. biscuit mix, saltine crackers, peanut butter, jelly, Jell-O, and pudding mix. While we appreciate all donations, please be sure the expiration date on the food is still good. At present, we have an ample supply of green beans and corn. Any donation you can make, whether food items or a monetary donation to The Food Pantry Fund, helps keep us well stocked. If you are interested in serving with us weekly, please contact Sarah Daffron at , or Gayle Price at

11 Mission Opportunity in Guatemala 2018 Is it time to step out of your comfort zone and take part in a mission opportunity in Guatemala? The dates for our trip are January 12th-22nd, 2018, and we will be continuing work on a church started last year. This church is in a very poor, rural area but despite that, the people have a Godly faith one can see displayed every day. Along with helping build the church, we will also interact with the children in the community, distributing school supplies, and engaging them in other activities. If you are interested in accompanying us, or would like additional information, please contact Brad Ehrhardt by , or by teresa321@triad.rr.com. Applications must be completed and received by mid-october as final plane reservations are made in November. We hope you will prayerfully consider this opportunity to serve God with us next year! SAVE THE DATE/MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW for the TUMC Golf for Honduras Missions Tournament June 2nd, 2018 at Country Hills Golf Course! What better reason to dust off those clubs than to help send two missions teams to Honduras and in turn benefit the Honduran people? More details to come, but start putting your teams together for a great morning of golf, for an even greater cause. $50/golfer - $200 per/foursome. Price includes greens fee, cart, and lunch.

12 OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS Angela Mackie-Jones 10/1 Kelly Younts 10/1 Michelle Griffin 10/2 Sarah Turner 10/2 Edward Barber 10/3 Pierce Burkey 10/3 Marielle Ely 10/3 Patsy Seay 10/4 Fran Griffin 10/5 Kristy Eubank 10/6 June Sofley 10/8 John Webster 10/8 Jimmy Caveness 10/11 Joyce Jackson 10/11 Raymond Eubank 10/12 John Stafford 10/12 Brianna Kendrick 10/13 Bobby Layton 10/13 Beth Burton 10/14 Charon Guffey 10/14 John Furlough, Jr. 10/15 Willie Holder 10/15 Bill Jones 10/15 Sandra Ensley 10/16 Margaret Coley 10/17 Bob Greenawalt 10/17 Mary Morrell 10/17 Sharon Neece 10/17 Hayes Bradley 10/18 Martin Callaway 10/18 Brad Ehrhardt 10/18 Thomas Younts 10/18 David Wilson 10/19 Sandra Pratt 10/20 Nicole Younts 10/21 Tony Routh 10/22 Shellia Williamson 10/23 Gaynell Dunlap 10/24 Rhonda Branson 10/25 Sierra Webb 10/25 Ethan Fogleman 10/26 Faye Holt 10/26 Tamra Layton 10/26 Luke Newman 10/26 Scott Brawley 10/28 Don Watts 10/28 Neil Horney 10/29 Jean Rankin 10/29 Mary Wilson 10/29 Lynda Gordon 10/30 Lee Heath, Jr. 10/30 Stephanie Roach 10/31 Take a minute to send a card, or simply give a someone special a call! Ronnie & Stacy Copeland 10/2 Mack & Ingrid Scott 10/3 Jonathan & Marcia Manz 10/4 Edward & Sloan Barber 10/5 Kevin & Wendy Fogleman 10/6 Vernon & Jean Penry 10/6 Robert & Mary Claiborne 10/7 Alex & Dee Bradley 10/10 Lane & Carol Lambert 10/13 Alan & Rhonda Branson 10/14 Chad & Kathy Edmondson 10/14 OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES Bruce & Dee Wolff 10/14 Dennis & Liz Wyrick 10/14 Tom & Paula Barnhill 10/15 Aidan & Claudia Murphy 10/15 Gary & Connie Williams 10/15 Martin & Robin Callaway 10/16 John & Kim Furlough, Jr. 10/17 Kenny & Kim Worthington 10/21 Matt & Joanne Kraft 10/23 Vimal & Vincey Lawrence 10/23 Betsy & Robert Lowder 10/23 If your birthday or anniversary is not listed appropriately, or is omitted, please call the church office right away so we may correct it: !

13 OCTOBER 2017 CALENDAR Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Scouts 6:30p Backpacks 10a Foundations 7p No Boys or Girls Small Food Pantry 11a Finance 6:30p Youth Varsity Meal Prep 2:30p Youth For Christ Friendship 7p Group Tonight Brunswick in the Kitchen Stew Prep 4a-5p JAMES 4:30p TOOLBOX 5p Scouts 6:30p UMW Rehearsal Confirmation- 7p Backpacks 10a Food Pantry 11a UMM 6:30p UMW Set-Up Tailgate Party & Urban Ministry Food Drive 7p No Foundations Annex Food Truck Fund- UMW Festival of UMW Rehearsal raiser 4:30p Tables 5:30p 7p FH Congregational 10a Scouts 6:30p Sunshine 7p Backpacks 10a Foundations 7p UMM Fishing Trip leaves 9a Private Frye Reunion 10a-7p in the Sanctuary Trustees 7p Food Pantry 11a UMM Return 5p Regular Sunday Evangelism 7p School for Newborn-5th 10a Crop Walk 1:30p Mini Crop Walk for Pre-K-5th TUMC NO JAMES today JAMES 4:30p TOOLBOX 5p Scouts 6:30p Missions 7p Foundations 7p Backpacks 10a Adult Fellowship Outing Scouts BBQ Sale 2-8a Scouts BBQ Sale until 9p 8:45a 5th Quarter last Food Pantry 11a one til next year! Children s Sabbath 9a & 11a Scouts 6:30p Backpacks 10a Trunks-of-Treats JAMES 4:30p 5:30-7p TOOLBOX 5p No Foundations Church Council 7p Youth Group Halloween Party 5p

14 OCTOBER SERVANTS Serving in Worship October 1 October 8 October 15 October 22 October 29 Offering Counters Terry Bradley Jane Rousey Terry Bradley Jane Rousey Terry Bradley Jane Rousey Terry Bradley Jane Rousey Terry Bradley Jane Rousey CD Delivery Kay Kiger Betty Marley Renie Jefferson Barbara Ross Terry Spence Sound Richard Dunn Pete Cox Andy Griffin Brian Williamson Brandon Burke Acolytes Killian Piner Isley Morrow Lily Stewart Lily Morrow James McKnight KT Thomas Marielle Ely Charlotte Stewart Bailey Dunn Sophia McKnight Hospitality 9:00am 9:00am 9:00am 9:00am 9:00am Chris & Amy John Bradley, Chris & Amy John Bradley, Chris & Amy Ehrhardt, Kirston Braxton, Ehrhardt, Chris & Amy Ehrhardt, Steve Redmon, Chris & Amy Bryan Newman, Ehrhardt, Bryan Newman, Gil Strader, Ehrhardt, Steve Redmon, Steve Redmon, Steve Redmon, Steve Swain Katie Kendrick, Steve Swain Pete & Brenda Steve Swain 11:00am Janie Cockman, Steve Redmon, Gil Strader 11:00am Jay Gordon, Stephens 11:00am 11:00am Dick & Nancy Brown, Jay Gordon, 11:00am Betty Marley, Jay Gordon, Jay Gordon, Chelsea Kiger, Jay Gordon, Bruce & Dee Wolff Kay Kiger, Betty Marley, Betty Marley Kay Kiger Bruce & Dee Wolff Bruce & Dee Wolff BBQ & Bluegrass, Saturday, October 14th 4:30-7:30pm Low's Lutheran Church located at 2136 Hwy 61, Liberty. Serving up BBQ and live music by Spiritual Strings hot dogs and a bounce house available for children! This is a FREE EVENT for the community but donations will be accepted for Low's Parking Lot Repavement Fund. or call with any questions: lowslutheranchurch@gmail.com or Piedmont Singing Men in concert Sunday, October 15, 5:00pm - FREE EVENT Cobles Lutheran Church, 5200 Coble Church Rd, Julian. This ecumenical men's choir comprised of 30+ men, from 20+ congregations in Cabarrus, Rowan, Mecklenberg and Guilford Counties, will perform a variety of patriotic & gospel anthems with a reception following!

15 ONGOING PRAYER CONCERNS Carolyn Allred, Ed Barber, Katie Berrier, Edd Bigham, Diane Boit, Sarah Jane Bowers, Rosie Brien, Averi Burke, Gail Causey, Mary Claiborne, Carolyn Cox, Jeannine Duke, Red Dunlap, Brookie Eddinger, Lisa Faulkner, Pat Ferrell, Lacy Fogleman, Megan Gill, Paige Hedrick, Don Helms, Susan & Matt Henney, Herb Jones, Anna Karavally, Susan King, Carrol Knight, Linda Lambe, Carol McGuire, Edwin Mirise, Mary Lee Pike, Bill Price, Cookie Sheffield, Jewel Shephard, Zayne Smith, Ralph Worley, Kenneth Worthington, Sr. Buffy Youngs Ministers: The Tabernacle Congregation Pastor: Rev. John Woods (cell: ) Church Office: Daycare: Website: Rev. John Woods (Pastor) Savanah Aldridge (Minister of Youth) Kimberly Cripps (Children s Ministries) kcripps@tabernacle-umc.org Carla Ely (Music Ministries) cely@tabernacle-umc.org Richard Dunn II (Worship Leader) richardldunn@me.com Antonela Frashëri (Pianist) afrasheri@tabernacle-umc.org ADDED TO PRAYER LIST THIS WEEK: OUR SUPPORTED MISSIONARIES: Sandra Raasch (Honduras), Kenya Partners, Alger & Joyce Morris (Cambodia) Joyce Sosnowski (Finances) Allen Haywood (Maintenance) Ashley Walters (Office Administrator) jsosnowski@tabernacle-umc.org ahaywood@tabernacle-umc.org tabernacle@tabernacle-umc.org OUR MILITARY: Luke Rebertus, Jason Caesar Wolff, Joel Woods, Conner Worthington OUR SHUT INS: Irene Blake, Bob & Mary Claiborne (Friend's Home West, #5102), Bill Early (Abbottswood, #B-315), Nancy Fisher (Abbottswood, #C-306), Martha Love (Brooksdale NW, #9), Meralyn Meadows (The Laurels, #E-201), Vernon & Jean Penry (Abbotswood, #A- 216), Julia Sosnowski (Morningview), Sandra Greeson (Clapp s, #303-B), Betty Varner (Abbotswood, # C-124), Frances Whitt Stephen Ministers are available to pray with you each Sunday after the 11:00am service, in the Dyar Library. NEWSLETTER / BULLETIN DEADLINES: The deadline for the Friday Newsletter (prayer list, announcements, etc.) is Thursday at 12pm noon. The deadline for the Sunday Bulletin is Wednesday at 12pm noon. The deadline for the Monthly Newsletter is the 20th of the month prior to the month of the newsletter. Please make requests to the Office Administrator for all upcoming events/meetings (even if it is an annual event). Please specify date/time, what area of the building will be used, sound (including any specific equipment needed), or if kitchen facilities are needed. Due to quite a few of our staff members being new to TUMC this will help to ensure all details are clear, staff/committee members are in place, and there are no conflicts in dates.

16 Tabernacle United Methodist Church 5721 Methodist Road Greensboro, NC umc.org T a b e r n a c l e U M C i s a p l a c e t o P r a i s e G o d G r o w D i s c i p l e s S e r v e t h e W o r l d