the vision - Terry Parker Baptist Church

the vision - Terry Parker Baptist Church

THE VISION
Love God, Love People, Share the Good News
Volume 27
December 7, 2014
Issue 16
Annual Christmas Card Exchange: Send your Christmas cards to all your TPBC friends
through the Lottie Moon Missions Offering Mail System located in Fellowship Hall.
Don’t forget to check your mailbox for Christmas cards this month.
Christmas Eve Worship
6:00PM December 24th
Merry Christmas!
Sunday, December 28th
“We Make The Road” Bible Readers’ Lunch & Review following morning worship
Esperando el Año Nuevo con la familia de Dios 6:00PM – 12:00AM
“Feliz Año Nuevo”
“Happy New Year”
Holiday Schedule
The office will be open only Monday and
Tuesday the week of Christmas Day.
“We Make The Road”
Bible Readings & Reviews
Our Community Christmas Eve Worship
Reading for Christmas
Isaiah 60:1-3
will take the place of all our regular
Christmas Eve activities at 6:00PM in the
Sanctuary. This is a wonderful opportunity
to invite extended family members, friends,
neighbors and co-workers to celebrate the
Week 18: December 22 – December 28, 2014
Psalm 117
Matthew 2:1-12
Luke 2:25-32
Lunchtime Review: Sunday, December 28
“Reason for the Season”
The office will be open Monday through
Wednesday the week of New Year’s Day.
In order for gifts/donations to be counted in
the 2014 fiscal year, they must be received
in the office before 4:30PM or postmarked
before January 1, 2015.
There are no regular program activities
scheduled Wednesday, December 31,
New Year’s Eve.
However, pastor Lorenzo and our Hispanic
members are hosting a New Year’s watch
from 6:00PM to Midnight in the Family Life
Center LOFT.
December is a very special month in
the life of Christians everywhere. We
recognize a major historical transition
in God’s relationship to all mankind and
in turn the kind of transition God
expects his people to make toward our
fellowman.
Christmas calls us back to grounding
our lives in the reality that God chooses
To Be “with us,” “even to the end of
the world.” The Bible readings of the
New Testament begin with the stories
of God’s advent in Jesus; Emmanuel.
John 1:1-5; 9-10; 3:19-21; 8:12; 9:5;12:35-36, 46
Week 19: December 20 – January 4, 2015
1 Kings 3:1-28 Luke 2:39-3:14; 3:21-22
1 Timothy 4:6-16
Week 20: January 5 – January 11, 2015
Isaiah 61:1-4 Luke 4:1-30; 5:1-11
2 Timothy 2:1-9
Lunchtime Review: Sunday, January 11
Week 21: January 12 – January 18, 2015
2 Samuel 11:26-12:15
John 2:1-12 Mark 1:21-28
Evening Review: 6:00pm Sunday, January 18
ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE
Sunday Morning, January 11, 2015
Members who have left this life during the
previous year will be remembered during the
Sunday Morning Worship Celebration.
The family of Jeanette Kalkines wishes
to express their sincere thanks to the members of
Terry Parker Baptist Church.
“Our mother joined God on November 25, 2014
and there was a beautiful ceremony celebrating her
life on November 29th. She was a member of Terry
Parker Baptist Church for more than 50 years and
was very much an extension of her family life. She
met and enjoyed the company of her most endearing
lifelong friends among the members of Terry Parker
Baptist Church. She is missed very much and we
appreciate the love and support we have received
from her church family.”
Pastor Lorenzo
Lucas: 2: 8-20.
¡ES NAVIDAD!
Bueno al menos es la época mundialmente reconocida
en la cual se conmemora, se recuerda, y se celebra, el
nacimiento de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, Emmanuel que
traducido es, ¡Dios con nosotros!.
Es la época del cumplimiento de la promesa del
advenimiento del Mesías, el Cristo, aquel Jesús el cual
salvaría a su pueblo de sus pecados, es la época cuando
Dios mostró a plena capacidad su Buena voluntad para
con los hombres, ¡Aleluya!. ¡Gloria a Dios en las Alturas
y en la tierra Paz!, fue el mensaje del coro celestial.
Sin embargo me gustaría aclarar en honor a la verdad,
que esta no es la época que realmente la biblia enseña
fuera el nacimiento del Señor, puesto que los pastores
estaban cuidando de sus animales a campo abierto, lo
cual indica que tendría que ser en temporada de mucha
lluvia, pero tampoco muy fría, y seca como suele ser
el invierno, así que pudiera estar señalando finales del
verano, principios del otoño.
Pero cualquiera que haya sido la época no podemos
por eso restarle importancia al más notable nacimiento
de toda la historia de la humanidad entera. Así que
tomemos un tiempo en esta temporada, para repasar
los hechos que en ese divino día acaecieron, y digamos
a nuestros más cercanos, y queridos el verdadero
sentido de la navidad, que por cierto muy romántico,
amistoso y místico, pero no es Santa, Noel, o como se
le llame, tampoco figuras de antiguos soldados de
madera, ni Rufo el venado, mucho menos los regalos de
MACY, SEARS, o HOME DEPOT el centro, ni el foco
principal de esta, ni de ninguna navidad, sino por el
contrario el verdadero benefactor es el Padre Celestial,
el regalo más importante, el del cielo, JESUS el
Salvador del mundo.
Pasemos pues este mensaje a todo aquel que
podamos, y paremos de hablar junto con este mundo
acerca de Santa a nuestros pequeños, digámosle que
Dios les regaló a su Unigénito hijo para la salvación de
sus pequeñas, pero muy valiosas almas.
Siempre a Vuestro Servicio: El Pastor.
Pastors and Staff
Jim Robinett, Interim Pastor
Roger Smythers, Pastor of Administration
Dale Nixon, Pastor of Discipleship
Development
Lorenzo Rosas, Hispanic Pastor
Victor Rosas, Student Ministry Assistant
Lenore DuClos, Receptionist/Secretary
Blimp Davis, Interim Music Director
Weekly Activities
Sunday
Sunday Bible Study
November 23
93
November 30
76
December 7
83
Worship Celebration
November 23
86
November 30
78
December 7
106
Hispanic Worship Celebration
November 23
43
November 30
37
December 7
36
Thanksgiving Dinner
160+
Stewardship Report
Received the week of
November 23
$ 4,119.25
November 30
$ 6,913.56
December 7
$ 13,764.06
Weekly Budget Requirement $7,537.31
Fill Sylvia’s Truck
We collected 637 pounds of food for a cost of
$955.00 given to Arlington Community Services.
Thanks to everyone for your donations.
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TERRY PARKER BAPTIST CHURCH
7024 Merrill Road, Jacksonville FL
32277
Office: 904-744-6577
FAX: 904-744-0307
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.tpbc.org
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Weekly Activities
Sunday
9:15 AM
English Bible Study Groups
10:30 AM
English Worship Celebration
4:00 PM
Hispanic Bible Study
5:00 PM
Hispanic Worship Celebration
Monday
8:00 AM
FunWalkers
Tuesday
10:00 AM
Keenager Choir Rehearsal
Wednesday
8:00 AM
FunWalkers
6:00 PM
TeamKID
6:00 PM
Student Ministry
6:00 PM
Prayer Meeting
6:30 PM
Adult Bible Study
7:30 PM
Adult Choir Rehearsal
7:30 PM
Hispanic Prayer Meeting
8:15 PM
Hispanic Bible Study
Thursday
12:00 PM
Craft Class
Friday
8:00 AM
FunWalkers
Saturday
6:00 AM
Morning Prayer
All Adult Christmas Dinner Party – Friday, December 12, 6:30 PM
Deacon Meeting – Saturday, December 13, 8:P30 AM
Community Soccer Fellowship – Saturday, December 13, 1:00 PM
“He Is Here” Choir Presentation – Sunday, December 14, 10:30 AM
Church Council Meeting – Sunday, December 14, 4:00 PM
Kingdom Conversation – Sunday, December 14, 5:00 PM
“We Make the Road” Review – Sunday, December 14, 6:00 PM
Special City Election – Tuesday, December 16
No Clothes Closet – Wednesdays, December 17, 24, & 31
Student Christmas Gathering – Wednesday, December 17, 6:00 PM
Christmas Holiday – Office Closed, Wednesday, December 24
Christmas Eve Worship – Wednesday, December 24, 6:00 PM
“We Make the Road” Review – Sunday, December 28
No PM Activities – Wednesday, December 31
Hispanic New Year Gathering – Wednesday, December 31, 6:00 PM