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Newsletter, May 2016 PASTORAL
SEARCH
TEAM
Finding Our Next Pastor
Your Pastor Search Team (The Team) has been diligent in properly starting the process of finding the Pastor God has chosen for Tomahawk Baptist Church. Our journey began with training provided by Tom Ingram, Capital Area field Strategist of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Rev. Ingram outlined the various responsibilities and functions of the pastor search team. This was followed by a question and answer session. The information provided detailed outline/timeline of how the search should proceed. We were provided with Pastor Search team Handbooks to aide us in the process.
We elected Jeff Easton as our Chairman and worked to get several tings we felt were necessary to build our relation-ships with each other to build a solid foundation for the work to be done. We requested sue Stout to contact the lead-er of the Prayer Ministry Team and discuss possible ways to incorporate prayer in the serach process. The Team re-quested the Prayer Team request the congregation to pray weekly for the search process and the members of The Team. It was decided a good time for the congregation to pray would be at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays when our Team meets.
We wrote covenants to demonstrate our commitment between the Congregation and The Team and also a covenant between the members of The Team to solidify our relationship and commitment to one another. We developed a written description of Tomahawk to be used in our advertisements.
On March 8, 2016, we had a joint meeting of the Pastor Search Team and the Transition Team to go over the Congrega-tional Survey Results. We identified key survey findings to be used in the development of the TBC Pastoral Profile.
March 13, 2016, the Prayer Ministry Team presented The Team’s request for prayer during the worship service. I want to assure you the prayers of the congregation provides us comfort and strength for the task we have before us.
Following all the important preliminaries needed to begin, we began our search by creating the mechanism to adver-tise and receive resumes. This requested the assistance of Mark Jones in creating the email address for The Team to receive resumes from potential candidates. Once the email address was established, we requested Robin Tarr to put the advertisement on the church website. We then posted print ads in the Baptist Global News, Baptists Today, BGAV newsletter and the CFBVA newsletter. A fee is paid for the Baptist Global News and Baptists Today web postings. The BGAV and CFBVA postings are free. We also reached out to numerous individuals with the BGVA and CFBVA for recom-mendations.
We have received more than 80 resumes and more are still coming in. We have begun the strenuous job of reading each resume, determining if they meet the basis requirements and developing a list of “A” candidates which we will then examine with intense detail until we can produce a short list of the best candidates. This is tedious and stressful work which we are all excited to begin.
The Team is committed to taking whatever time it takes to ensure we reveal the candidate we believe is sent by God to Tomahawk. We remain committed to keeping the congregation informed as we proceed. Much of the work we will do must be kept confidential as it involves personal information about candidates. However, we will keep you informed, as best we can, of the progress we make.
Jeff Easton, Chair Paul Hare Sue Stout Sally Waldrop Burt Walker
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6:00 PM Dinner & Blessing of Meal (Serving Begins @ 5:50) 6:30 PM Praise Team Children’s Choirs Youth Choir Adult Studies 7:15 PM Youth Group (2nd & 4th Wednesday’s) Mission Friends & CIA ends at 7:45 PM Adult Choir ends at 8:30 PM
Thank you to all those sending in up-dated information and corrections! YOU are instrumental in helping keep our records current.
Newsletter Deadline for June is May 18.
~Thank you!!!
Fellowship Hall Improvements Through Special Offerings Thank you to each of you who contributed to this Special Offering! As of last Sunday, we have raised $3,344! Thanks to the Men’s Sunday School Classes for volunteering to do phase one—cleaning and waxing the Fellowship Hall floor. Fellowship Hall area improvements to be completed in phases as additional contributions of Special Offerings are received.
. Phase Two- replacing plumbing fixtures in the Men’s Restroom, $2,950. . Phase Three- replacing the plumbing fixtures in the Women’s Restroom, $2,279. . Phase Four-new partitions and tile in the restrooms, $4,000.
Contact Earl Cheatham with questions. Please continue to donate to this Special Offering to improve these restrooms which were installed 35 years ago.
Parent – Child Dedication
Parent-Child Dedication on Mother’s Day, Sunday May 8th and/or Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19th.
If you have a child you would like to dedicate, please contact the church office.
Graduation 2016
If you have a high school senior in your family that you
would like to be recognized on Graduation Sunday in
June, please contact Elaine Liebgott or Sue Stout.
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Robert’s Rules of Order Class Sunday, May 15, 2016
12:30-1:30 p.m. May 15, 2016 after Church in the Genesis Sunday School Room - Robert’s Rules of Order is the process through which all business meetings at Tomahawk Baptist Church are run. This brief one hour class will in-clude information on (1) the purpose of the Rules, (2) how meetings are organized (3) how discussion is structured and (4) how various motions are made, changed, adopted or defeated. Handouts of the synop-sized Rules will be distributed to those who sign up by May 11, 2016. This class will be conducted by John Bateman.
Mission Mania will be held Saturday, June 4, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.. Spaces cost $25 per space. You may begin setting up no earlier than 7:15 a.m. Bring your own table and lawn chair. Please call the church office, Jeanie Hill (790-1122) or Bonnie Cheatham (561-2890) to reserve your space.
THANK YOUS Dear Tomahawk Baptist Church Family, Thank you so much for the prayers, cards, visits, and other expressions of caring over the last few months and at the recent passing of our wife and mother. A special thanks to Jim for leading her special memori-al service, to Darla for playing all the hymns she loved, and to Shirley and all the kitchen crew that helped prepare and serve lunch to our family and friends after the service. We truly appreciate the love and sup-port! - Charles and Becky King Boswell A huge “thank you” for all the donations of food to Clay’s Lighthouse and clothing. The items have been taken to Mercy Mall. I want to let you know that they are very appreciative of everything that is given and your generosity touches many lives.—Pete Zangardi, Missions Director Dear Sweet Church Family—We would like to thank you for supporting us during Jake’s accident and his continued healing. We have felt your prayers lifting us up and know that that is what has gotten us through some very dark moments. The power of prayer is amazing, and we must never lose sight of this power. We are grateful our prayer warriors started right away (thank you Guys and Dolls for jump starting the prayer chain) and continue to pray today. Thank you to so many that sent cards, called and reached out to us. We are truly blessed with a loving, caring church family. With much love—The Waldrop’s—Robby, Sally, GR, Jake and Conner
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Youth Spring Retreat
April 29—May 1
As I write this, we are getting ready to leave the last weekend in April for our middle and high school Spring Retreat at Watermarks Camp in Scottsville, VA. We are super excited to have a group of 14 total (11 youth + 3 adult leaders) and can’t wait to experience what God has in store for us!!! The weekend will be filled with worship and praise, music, and lots of fun group activities! We will be partnering during worship time with the youth group from Broadus Memorial Baptist Church in Mechanicsville, VA and we are looking forward to praising Him with our new friends in Christ! The theme for this year’s Retreat is “Act, Love, Walk” taken from Micah 6:8. - Elaine Liebgott
We have some great activities and missions opportunities planned in the month of May. Signup sheets will be posted on the youth bulletin board so we can plan for food and transportation accordingly. As always, invite a friend to come along!
MAY YOUTH SCHEDULE:
Sunday, May 1 - Youth return from Spring Retreat at Watermarks Camp approximately 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 11 - Youth Choir starting at 6:30 and Youth Bible Study from 7:15 - 8pm
Friday, May 13 - Volunteer Opportunity at Chesterfield Food Bank - 5-7:30pm - all are welcome to join us! Meet at the Chesterfield Food Bank on Iron Bridge Rd. 5-5:30pm. If you need a ride and want to meet at TBC, please contact Elaine Liebgott. This is a great way to serve in our local community!
Sunday, May 15 - We will not have youth group after worship today due to leader's out of town travel
Saturday, May 21 - Youth Family Night at the Diamond - Parents, Grandparents, & Siblings come join us! Game Time 6:05pm and Fireworks display afterward - we will also invite our friends at Oak Forest - be on the lookout for more details and a signup sheet on the youth bulletin board
Wednesday, May 25 - Youth Choir starting at 6:30 and Youth Bible Study from 7:15 - 8pm
Sunday, May 29 - 5th Sunday - Feed the Homeless - All are welcome to join us! We will meet in the Fellowship Hall at 9am to start preparing bag lunches, leave TBC at approximately 10:30 to distribute food, and return to TBC at approxi-mately 1pm. A donation signup sheet will be posted on the youth bulletin board for food items needed.
Please see Elaine Liebgott or Sue Stout with any questions.
National Day of Prayer
May 5th
Thursday, May 5, is the 65th annual National Day of Prayer. This year’s theme is “Wake Up America” emphasizing the need for individuals, corporately and individually, to return to the God of our Fathers in reverence for His Holy Name. This year’s theme is based on Isaiah 58:1, “Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet.”
Let us join together in praying for our community, our Commonwealth and our nation.
Want to know more? Go to: http://www.nationaldayofprayer.org
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Volunteer at Chesterfield Food Bank
Friday, May 13
Meet at the Food Bank at 5 PM.
12211 Iron Bridge Rd.
Richmond, 23831
We have changed to the 2nd Friday because it seems like they have had a shortage of
volunteers for that night. Remember, all are welcome. We are usually there between
5 p.m.-7:30 p.m. However, if you can get there earlier, set up starts around 4 p.m.
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GUYS AND DOLLS
PRESENT
"Having Fun with Music"
Monday, May 23, 2016, 2016
10:30 AM
Fellowship Hall
We’re going to give you a hymnal for an old fashion “HYMN SING” with Susan Kish at the piano. We are going to play “Name That Tune!” with old familiar tunes. The Hope Ensem-ble will add in a few songs—plus a few more SURPRISES!!
THIS WILL BE FUN!!!!
This is our last program of this season and to celebrate, there is no charge for lunch...
COME AS OUR GUEST
If you can, please let us know you are coming by signing the sheet on the G&D bulletin board or call Ruth 337.8916.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
All of us in Prayer Shawl want you to know we would love for you to join us! It doesn't matter what your skill level is, we have people in every
level. We help each other. We can teach you if you are a begin-ner........and we also go out to lunch together. Come and enjoy the fellowship while doing something supportive for someone else. There is no commitment, just come when you can. We meet each Monday, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 AM, except on the fourth Monday, we meet at 9:30 AM.
Grades 4 and 5 Sunday School Class begins Sunday, May 8, 2016. Susan Cheatham will be the teacher for this class.
Vacation Bible School
Theme: Weird Animals Dates: August 1-5, Evenings 5:30-8:00 p.m. There is a sign up sheet on the “What’s Happening” board in the hallway, if you would like volunteer. Please see Elaine Liebgott, Sue Stout or Crystal Rosse if you have any questions.
May
1—Jim Cheatham
1—Laura Easton
2—Conner Waldrop
5—Ken Tarrant
6—Bonnie Cheatham
8—Sherry Graves
8—Clyde Cottrell
20—Willis Connell
13—Marguerite Coates
16—Dan Cheatham
16 –Nick Wisner
17 –Pam Bennett
21—Nancy Barden
22-Brooke Easton
24-Andy Thornton
Prayer Concerns
Tomahawk Members Joann Anderson Nancy Barden Rucker Barden Ashton Blankenship Chris Chance Marguerite Coates Family of Jim Cosby EB Davis Ed Hamlett Dorothy Holland Chuck Jennings Charles King Lloyd Mawyer Jim Mayhew Harold McCabe Judy Midkiff Jake Waldrop Brent Walker
Friends and Family Martha Carter (S. Graves) Jim Jessee (B. Cheatham) Jeanette Johnson Rawle Mahadeo (Zangardi) Family of Gordon McCabe Janet Morrisett Serving in the Military Stan Gibson – U.S.S. Eisenhower Jason Hehl – Pentagon Melanie Hehl—Fort Bragg Ryan Hehl - Ft. Bragg Mark Redman – Ft. Bragg Jacob Sansbury - Iraq Pastor Search Team Process
Deacons on Call…
Our May deacons of the month will serve as ministers “on call” if you need assistance. Don’t hesitate to contact:
Doris Wampler—745.9138 Elaine Leibgott—389.9160
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Clay's Lighthouse has a new job! It is waiting for each of us to help keep it full of groceries...You will find it in the hall just
behind the sanctuary.
The idea is for each of us to bring one item each time we gro-cery shop and put it in the Lighthouse. When the Lighthouse
is full, we will take the food to Mercy Mall to be given to people who need it.
LET'S TRY HARD TO DEVELOP THIS NEW HABIT
IT'S SO HARD TO BE HUNGRY
Sunday Morning Prayer Time Gather with others at 9:45 AM in Room 218 to pray for Tomahawk Baptist Church, the Intentional Interim Process, the Transition Team and for God's leadership as we move into His future.
Prayer List
The prayer list is updated once a week. Please notify the office of any additions or changes. Copies are available on the Office bulletin Board in the hallway. Extra prayer request forms are located there as well.
Financial Reporting
Facts and Figures March 2016
Income: $24,424.66 YTD: $72,546,08 Expenses: $20,012.45 YTD: $67,594.39
If you have questions, please contact Kim Jones, Chair of the Budget Committee, at [email protected]. Thanks!
Our sympathy to the family of Gordon “Chip” McCabe who passed away on April 19, 2016. Our sympathy to the family of Jim Cosby who passed away on April 22, 2016.
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Tomahawk Baptist Church
12920 Hull Street Road
Midlothian, VA 23112
Phone: 804-744-2044
Fax: 804-744-7841
www.tomahawkchurch.org
Dr. Jim Vaught, Intentional Interim Pastor
Susan Kish, Music Director
Kenny Taggart, Organist
Robin Tarr, Website Coordinator
Jeanette Johnson, Administrative Assistant
MAY Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
PSM 10:30AM
3
Pastor Search Team 7PM
4
Dinner 6:00 p.m. Activities 6:30 p.m.
5 National Day of
Prayer
6 7
8 Baby Dedication
9 PSM 10:30AM
10
Pastor Search Team 7PM
11
Dinner 6:00 p.m. Activities 6:30 p.m.
12 13 Volunteer at
Chesterfield Food Bank 5:00-7:30PM
14
15 Roberts Rules of
Order 12:30-130PM Genesis Classroom
16 PSM 10:30AM
17
Pastor Search Team 7PM
18
Dinner 6:00 p.m. Activities 6:30 p.m.
19 20
21
22
23 PSM 9:30AM
Guys & Dolls 10:30AM
24
Pastor Search Team 7PM
25 Dinner 6:00 p.m.
Activities 6:30 p.m. Last Wed. Dinner Until September
26 27
28
29
Feed the Homeless
30 Memorial Day Office
Closed PSM 10:30AM
31 Pastor Search Team
7PM