darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that
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January 2018
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Volume 15 Issue 01
“I Sill Have A Dream” Youth Oratorical Contest open to Students of all Grades will be held on
Monday, January 15, 2018. The contest will be held at Love Memorial Baptist Church 311 E.
Walnut Avenue Gastonia, NC @ 9:00 a.m. Theme: “What is Your Dream and Hope for Tomorrow.
For application & information contact Pastor
Wavey Williams @ 980.253.8025 or
Minister Dorothy Guthrie will speak for the Clover MLK observation on Monday, January 15th. The program will be held at the Clover
Community Center @ 6:00 p.m.
Gaston Citizen & Clergy Coalition MLK Program will be held on Monday,
January 15th @ 10:30 a.m. on MLK Plaza.
2nd Annual MLK Breakfast on Monday, January
15th @ 9:00 a.m. at the Historic Dallas
Courthouse. Guest speaker will be Senator
Joel Ford. Tickets are $10. For more info
contact Stacey Thomas @ 704.675.3684.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out
hate: Only love can do that." Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
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MINISTRIES
JANUARY 7
JANUARY 14
JANUARY 21
JANUARY 28
FEBRUARY 4
DEACONS
C. Diggs, W. Dunovant, J. Bynum, T. Dawkins
J. Bynum, T. Dawkins, H. Grant, T. Ross
H. Grant, T. Ross, W. Sims, B. Williams,
W. Sims, B. Williams, T. Chisholm, L. Bivens
T. Chisholm, L. Bivens, C. Diggs, W. Dunovant
DEACONESS
Linette Dawkins Marie Bivens Patricia Dunovant
TRUSTEES
A. Lee, R. Foxx G. Barnett M. Bell
J. Clemmer, T. Slade, R. Jiggetts, S. Costner
D. Blair, D. Nichols, G. Barnett, E. Wilson
D. McMillan, J. Hoyle, E. Thompson, C. Powell
A. Lee, R. Foxx G. Barnett M. Bell
MINISTERS
Will be informed
Youth Sunday
Will be informed
Will be informed
Will be informed
SECURITY
T. Davis, K. Lipscomb, C. Hunter, R. Turner, R. Hopkins, W. Giles, D. Massey
B. Setzer, D. Bryson, C. Hunter, R. Hopkins, F. Miller, R. Turner, B. Hopper, C. Mack
C. Hunter, R. Hopkins, D. Dounvant, D. Hunt, J. Freeman, D. Massey, R. Turner
F. Tate, D. Bryson, C. Hunter, F. Miller, R. Turner, V. Floyd, T. Carter (BET)
R. Turner, C. Hunter, R. Hopkins, K. Lipscomb
USHERS
Men & Women Ushers
Men Ushers
Women Ushers
Youth Ushers
Men & Women Ushers
GREETERS
D. Adams, M Gibson, S. Hinton, S. Campbell N. Lindsay, P. McCauley, D. McKinnon, C. Phillips, C. Greenwood
S. Howard, V. Barnes, S. Fields, A. Lee, T. Neely, L. Friday D. McMillan,
B. Adams, D. Lowery, R. Miller, V. Crawford, N. Tate, C. Powell, M. Smith, C. Meeks
P. Smith, T. Floyd, D. Smith, S. Hunter, M. Carroll, J. Adams, W. Graham B. Carroll C. Brown
CHOIRS
Hymn Choir &
VIP Choir
YFC Mass Choir
VIP Choir
Men of Distinction
Hymn Choir &
VIP Choir
HEALTH & WELLNESS
*Angela Lee, Grace Jiggetts
*Cassandra Williams, Chandra Foster
*Shonta Jennings, Alicia Stinson, Reggie Cummings
*Juano & Rose Duff Tarvis Freeman, Doris Byrd
*Abigail Webber, Karen Creech, Deborah Oats
ALTAR
C. McMillan, R. Milner, D. Funderburk, S. Funderburk, L. Dawkins, C. Williams
C. Cooper, M. Partlow, B. Setzer, R. Glenn, U. Davis, P. Covington, K. Strother
H. Watson, T. Davis, J. Williams, S. Rhodes, V. Hunter, K. Hunter R. Smith, T. Dunovant
A. Williams, P. Brown, C. Williams, M. Hines, T. Milner, B. Bynum, D. McKinnon
AUDIO VISUAL
Ronnie Hunter Courtney Thomas
Ronnie Hunter Courtney Thomas
Ronnie Hunter Courtney Thomas
Ronnie Hunter Courtney Thomas
Ronnie Hunter Courtney Thomas
LCD
Monique Marcia
Nathaniel
Tanya
Annette
Doris
Tanya Diane
All Ministry Leaders are asked to email your schedule by the 3rd Monday in each month if there is a change! Email: [email protected]. Your help is greatly appreciated! (*Point Person for Health & Wellness)
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Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow! We give glory to God for His extended grace, marvelous mercies, and phenomenal favor. As we have
come to the close of another fiscal year of favor, we have so much to praise God for. He has shown Himself
faithful and mighty to us in so many phenomenal ways. Tabernacle, we have collectively accomplished many
great things together through God’s providential guidance and provisions of grace. As we close out this year,
we pause in deep gratitude to God for all of His bountiful blessings. We look back over this year in reflective
thanksgiving for what He has done. This is our history. We also look expectantly by faith in God and position
ourselves for 2018 and beyond, which is our destiny. God has marvelously shown us what He has done
through us as His testimony. I am thoroughly convinced that if we whole-heartedly trust Him, obey His Word,
follow His Spirit-led directions, and live in faithful fellowship with Him, God will show us even greater miraculous
manifestations. One of my favorite Biblical affirmations is Jeremiah 33:3. God says, “Call on Me, and I will
answer you and shew you great and mighty things which you did not know.” This is just God’s countless
providential promises. I believe God wants to do greater and mightier things in our lives.
Earlier this year, the LORD gave me a sermon series that has become a rhema word and a powerful
mantra for our church: “Elevate Your Faith and Expand Your Thinking.” As we prayerfully prepare for 2018, the
LORD said, add to this faith mantra, “Expect Greater from God!” Thus, our thematic focus for 2018 and beyond
is, “Elevate Your Faith, Expand Your Thinking, & Expect Greater from God!” (Isa. 55; Job 5:8-9; Eph. 3:20) I
believe in the power of God’s divine possibilities. We must position ourselves in God through Christ to do the
greater Kingdom work He has called us to for His glory. As a 21st century church we are not called to just talk
church or to do church work within the confines of the wall with a business as usual mentality. God is calling us
to be Christ-Centered, externally focused and a forward-thinking church. This means our focus should not just
be on our own issues, needs, and concerns. God is calling us to look beyond the walls of Tabernacle to see the
hurting, hungry, the hopeless, and the homeless in the greater Gaston County region and the world. The
Christian mandate for the church hasn’t changed: Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the
works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father (John 14:12).
Jesus’ Resurrection Mandate has not changed either:
“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore into all the world and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matt.
28:19-20).
Our “greater” in God is not just what He does for us, but what He has called us to do for His glory. I pray
that God will ignite our individual and collective passion to be a greater witness for God through extended
ministries and global outreach. When we follow His plan, we can experience His unlimited possibilities and
promises. Stay Focus & Watch God!
Elevate, Expand, & Expect!
Dr. Benjamin Hinton, Senior Pastor
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Our Father, The giver and maker of every good and perfect gift to You be glory. Sometimes when I look back over my life and I search for what I could say to You to let You know how I feel in my heart about how You have blessed me and kept me from seen and unseen dangers and the secret counsel of the enemy. I say thank You and I say Hallelujah and yet You are worthy of so much more. Father, it’s almost the dawning of another year You have allowed me to be in the mist and for that I say thank You. Father, I don’t know about tomorrow but I know You do because the sun has set on so many loved ones this past year. I know it is a reminder that there is an appointed time on the way for me and I pray I will be ready when it comes. Thank You for the legacy of loved ones that we can remember and rejoice in the mist of our tears. So today I pray for the body of Christ and the TBC family that we can forget those things that tried our Faith in 2017 but pushed us to a new level of hearing the voice of God and staying focus on your word that will stand forever and no body is mad but the devil (LOL). In the name of Jesus, I pray, I (we) refuse to except any wrong demonic prayers, wrong words, declarations and decrees spoken over this house and the body of Christ. The Lord rebuke future schemes, plans, distraction of all types, mind control and demonic evil influences in 2018. I thank Him in the name of Jesus for the shifting in the spirit. I thank You for Bible Study classes that will increase so we will be equipping the Saints for Victorious Kingdom Living in 2 Timothy 2:15-17, “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God a worker who does not need to be ashamed righty dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and idle babbling, for they will increase to more ungodliness. And their message will spread like cancer.” I thank You for whatever we are believing You for in 2018. It’s already done! Father, Oh! How I love You, Oh! How I praise You for just being my Father. You just keep on blessing me over and over again. Most of all Father, I thank You for the lost souls on their way for salvation in the name of Jesus. “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him” (I Corinthian 2:9). I pray this pray in the mighty name of Jesus as I wait in expectation for Your Will to be done. Amen & Amen The Intercessory Prayer Ministry
Got a Prayer
Request?
Prayer Forms are available on the mailbox across from the church office. Fill out
form and place it in Prayer Box.
Please join us for Morning Prayer @ 6:15 AM James 5:13-16
January 2018 Mondays & Wednesdays Prayer # 1-605-475-5950 Passcode 73843#
Family of Lillian Ingram Cousin of Rosaline Smith
Family of Glenda Pronty Sister of Robert Burton
Family of Robert Lee Johnson
Cousin of Mary Gibson
Family of Mark Crawford Cousin of Mary Gibson
Family of Charlie Brown
Cousin of Mamie Chisholm, Cousin Joyce, Debra &
Trammelle Hoyle
Family of Sharon Sadler Mackey Sister in law of Frances Sadler
Family of Lewis Kitchings Father of Victoria Kitchings
Family of Janice Freeman
Step mother of Tarvis Freeman
Family of George Campbell Uncle of Shirley Glenn
Family of Michael Smith Cousin of Shirley Glenn
Family of William Thomas
Cousin of Shirley Glenn
Family of Harvest Lee Williams Cousin of Patricia Butler
Family of Pinkie Blair
TBC Member
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Financial News by
Sis. Charrissa Powell,
TBC Business Manager
Saving for the New Year
According to Moody Analytics, young Americans have stopped saving money and by young we are talking about
adults under the age of 35 – the so called millennial generation. That compares with a positive savings rate of about
3 percent for that age 35 to 44; 6 percent for those 45 to 54 and 14 percent for those 55 and older. Find a minute
to find yourself in the statistical lineup. Are you behind or ahead in the savings game? If you aren’t saving you need
to be. And if you are, you need to save more. Start the New Year off by making a plan and sticking to it. Listed
below are five ways that any determined person really can spend less to save more.
1. Become your favorite creditor. Take an envelope and write your name and the amount you intend to save
from each paycheck and place it in the front of your “Bills to Pay” file. Make this the first bill you pay each
month. If you use online bill pay, add your savings account as the number one creditor – the most important
bill that is paid automatically each month.
2. Stash a C note. Crash-save until you have enough in coins and currency to exchange for a crisp new $100 bill.
Stash it into a very safe place known only to you. Whenever you get the urge to purchase something or feel
overcome by a case of the “I wants,” tell yourself, OK you’ll need to go home and that $100 bill. For some
reason, the urge will pass quickly. Knowing you can if you want but choose not to has a wonderful
preventive effect. You are going to be amazed.
3. Live on Less. Rein in your lifestyle so that it fits into 80 percent of your net income. Reduce spending in
every area of your life by a small amount and you will be able to achieve this probably sooner than you ever
dreamed. The other 20 percent? Tithe 10 percent and save 10 percent. You’ll never be broke again. Not to
mention giving fills your soul with gratitude and contentment.
4. Attack toxic debt. High-rate credit-card debt is dangerous for your wealth and your health! Make a plan to
pay off all your credit-card debts quickly. Yes this is going to require sacrifice, but it will be for a short time.
Reaching $0 balances on all credit cards is critical to your financial health.
5. Consider cash. It’s a proven fact that you spend about 30 percent more if you depend on plastic (debit or
credit cards) to pay for day-to-day spending. Leave the plastic at home. Live as much as possible with cash
and save the difference. Inconvenient? Yes. That’s the point.
Until next time
EXCITING NEWS! It’s time for a New Church Pictorial Directory
There are open slots for Friday, January 19th and Saturday, January 20th that you may signup Today. Members that have up to date photos may submit them for the directory. More photo dates will be available at a later time. Please check the bulletin for dates and
time or call the Church Office.
FYI: If you do not want your address or phone number in the directory, please check that on the form that you get before you take your picture.
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Demather Cathey Eric Cathey
Eric Cathey, Jr. Ivy Cathey
Jae’dah Thompson
Kapriah Thompson Mitchell Davis
Nathaniel Faber
Rev. Anthony Sanders Dr. Doris Sanders
Trinity Sanders Makiah Sanders
Wynona White
Kyhreace Eaves
Darlene Martin
Sydney Jones Samara Jones
Aquasia Smith
Willie Johnson Pictures by U Can’t Blink Photography Willie Meekins - 704-864-0406
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January 2, 2018
Charlie & Mitzi Hines, 27 years Marvie & Tawana Walker, 25 years
January 17, 2018 James & Andrea McClain , 37 years
January 21, 2018 Corey & Karen Creech, 23 years
January 25, 2018 Coy & Chlarissa Harrison, 10 years
Married couples, if your name and anniversary
date (m/d/y) did not appear above, please help by turning this information into the church office as
soon as possible. Thanks! Email: [email protected]
Please email you prayer request to:
1 Teena Floyd
Bobby Guthrie, II
Isaiah Hopkins
2 Joseph Clemmer, Jr.
Kristie Huntley
3 Faith Palmer
Mary Ann Smith
4 Kenyata White
Wyonna White
Tyler Wilson
5 Robin Roberts
Doris Sanders
Eunice Thompson
6 Christopher Diggs
Barbara Howard
Jara Smith
7 Lee Brooks
Sonja Cathcart
Chenita Freeman
Beryl Miller
Jaylen Orr
8 Hugh Grant
Charles McNear
9 Bengie Lowery
Glenda Palmer-Smith
10 Tomicya Johnson
11 Carlise Clark
Anthony Powell
12 Patricia McCaskill
Courtney Thomas
13 Joyce Hoyle
Dante McGill
Abigail Webber
14 Chomeka McCormick
Derrick Miller
Sean Sadler
Sylvia Simpson
16 Virginia Kee-Barnes
Shannon Phillips
17 Bernetta Gregory
Tracey Lineberger
Courtney Matthews
Andrea McClain
18 Arnold Floyd
Dorothy Guthrie
Walter Vanderpuye
Walter Walmsley
19 Tevin Johnson
Kenron Powell
Steve Samuels
20 Flora Biggers
Connie Bratton
Martha Chambers
Keenen Foxx Kasedia Holland Ann Wilson
21 Nancy Holmes Cornelius Mack 23 Patrice Duff 24 James Graham, Sr. Derrick Stinson 26 James Dunlap 27 Caleb Hines 29 Jaedah Thompson Kimani Jacobs
Quanteen Phillips 30 Karen Pride
Tongee Strong 31 Stephanie Fields
** Please note if your birthday
is in January and your name is
not on this list,
please call the church
office @704.864.4051 or
TBC BIRTHDAY SQUAD
The Birthday Squad would like to wish all
of our Church Members with January
Birthdays a very special day. To recognize
your specialness as a member of
Tabernacle Baptist Church, we invite you
to drop by the TBC Chapel on Today
immediately following morning worship
to pick up your member treat bag.
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Meets on the 4th Wednesday of
each month @ 7:00 PM in The TBC Chapel.
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CIA CHILDREN MINISTRY The CIA Children Ministry will be going to the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts and Culture in Charlotte, NC on Saturday, February 3rd @ 9:35 a.m. Parents are asked to sign up your child if you would like for them to go on this outing. The sign-up sheet will be posted on the clip board next to the church office and at the Information Desk. Please sign-up by Wednesday, January 31st. For more info please contact Minister Sumner Rhodes @ 704.864.2527.
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NEW CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TBC will begin a new Capital Campaign and would like for each of you to join us on this Spiritual Journey toward debt-liquidation.
Vision 2 Victory Overflow Moments: January 28, 2018 – Vision 2 Victory Overflow Campaign Introduction: Let’s Pray Together
February 4, 2018 – So why This Major Stewardship Effort Now?
February 11, 2018 – What Gives?
February 18, 2018 – How Much Should I Give? What Am I Being Asked To Do?
February 25, 2018 – The Impact of Your Giving.
It’s not too late to sign up to give blood with the Community Blood Center following church today. Students; Faith Thomas, Derrick Stinson, and O’Korie Nueman are competing for a $1000.00 by recruiting donors for the drive. Blood is vital for children and adults battling cancer, surgery patients, accident victims and other ill and injured people. If you donated blood and didn’t get you tee shirt, you can pick it up today in the life center. Light refreshments will be served to donors following registration.
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**The Newsletter Staff thanks you
for your support.
Reminder: All items for the February 2018
Newsletter must be turned in by Monday,
January 15th. You may email information to
[email protected] or drop it off at the
church office. Let us hear from you.
Minister Paxton Brown 704-995-7081 Minister Barbara Bynum 704-736-0343 Minister Peggy Covington 704-301-8171 Minister Gary Crawford 704-823-9236 Dr. Tamisha Davis 919-638-7265 Dr. Derick Funderburk 704-718-7459 Reverend Raymond Gardin 704-734-1018 Minister Elana Graves 716-903-8330 Minister Dorothy Guthrie 704-864-5775 Minister Mitzi Hines 704-974-7255 Minister Tangela Hinton 704-864-4051 Minister William Holmes 704-864-4051 Minister Valerie Hunter 704-866-8039 Reverend Clem McMillan 704-460-8396 Minister Beryl Miller 704-517-4527 Evangelist Martha Partlow 704-866-8997 Reverend Dr. Wilfort Powell 704-865-4331 Minister Sumner Rhodes 704-864-2527 Reverend Anthony Sanders 919-349-5769 Reverend Dr. Doris Sanders 919-985-0264 Minister Kimberly Strother 704-905-7774 Evangelist Hermeta Watson 704-923-6308 Minister Arnitta Williams 704-460-4787 Minister Jeremai Williams 704-648-1717 Minister Robert Williams, II 704-853-0815
Attention: Members! Have you had any personal changes lately?
Such as a change in your address, phone number, marital status or relocation. If so, please call the church office at 704-864-4051, Membership Info Card or email
us at [email protected] to let us know. Thank you.
STAY CONNECTED!!!!
The Victory in Praise Television Broadcast can be seen each Sunday night @ 7pm on Channel 18 WHKY in Hickory. Catch the rebroadcast of Sunday's service on our website www.tabernaclegastoina.org or on our Youtube Channel- Tabernacle Baptist Church each Tuesday at 5pm. FOLLOW Us ON TWITTER- @tbcgastonia Add us on Snap @tbcgastonia Like us on Facebook- Tabernacle Baptist Church-Gastonia
The Impact Center needs non-perishable food items. If every member brought one non-perishable item, it would help this ministry to be a blessing to those in need. Items can be left in the Family Life Center or in the binds located in the TBC Chapel. Your donations will be greatly appreciated! For more information contact Mary Gibson @ 704-914-7378.
The Couples Ministry Presents "Forever My Love" Couples Ball
Cost: $100 Per Couple Date: March 2, 2018 Time: 6 pm - 11 pm
Place: Courtyard Marriott 1856 Remount Road Gastonia NC 28054
For more information or to purchase a ticket see
Antonio Lee, Angela Lee or Tina Hill.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 BET 12 Noon
Wednesday Worship & Word 7 PM
4 5 6 Prayer 9 AM
Bible Study10 AM
7 Holy
Communion (9:30 AM)
8
Trustee Board 6 PM Basketball Practice 6 PM Aerobic 7:15 PM
9 10 BET 12 Noon
& 7 PM
Deacon Board 6 PM
Greeters 6 PM
Hospitality 6:30 PM
11 12 13 Prayer 9 AM
Bible Study10 AM
14
Baby Dedication 9:30 AM
Community Blood Drive 11:30 AM
Dr. Hinton @ New Destiny Church MLK Service 6 PM
15 GC3 MLK @
MLK Plaza 10 AM
NAACP MLK 3 PM Basketball Practice 6 PM
Aerobic 7:15 PM
16 17 BET 12 Noon
& 7 PM Teacher’s Institute 6 PM
18 By-Law Committee 6:30 PM
19 Photo Directory Times: 2-8:30 PM
20 Prayer 9 AM
Bible Study10 AM
Photo Directory Times: 10 AM - 4 PM GYS 11 AM
21 22 Basketball Practice 6 PM
Aerobic 7:15 PM
23 24 BET 12 Noon
Young Adult Coffee + Jesus 7 PM Faith & Family Fellowship 7 PM
25 GCMBA Training Institute Meeting 6 PM
26 27 Prayer 9 AM
Bible Study10 AM
Deaconess Board 11:30 AM
28 29 Basketball Practice 6 PM
Aerobic 7:15 PM
30 31 BET 12 Noon
& 7 PM