January is almost here and so is 2026! Perhaps this will be the year of Christ's return....Yay!!  

To all our new folk at TBC: If you have been attending a few weeks or perhaps in the last year we want to invite you to Pizza w the Pastors after the service Sunday, Jan 4th downstairs in our fellowship hall. Come enjoy some great pizza and meet our staff. It's an informal and delicious way of getting to know each other. Just answer this email with your name and how many will be with you so we can plan food. It is always a fun time and we always look forward to this time together. 

Don't forget Jan 11th we begin our new sermon series, "Loving Thy Neighbor." Also we will present our vision re-focusing in the morning and evening services! This comes from 3 summits of thinking and praying together and a leadership retreat to hone in and from our summit results prayerfully see where God wants TBC to focus our outreach and mission. This roll out will also help us as we soon begin the pastoral search for our next pastor. This is an exciting time to be TBC as God continues to use us in the spaces we occupy at home, school, work, and neighborhood. 

Merry Christmas season, TBC family and friends!

Well, this is the final weekend before Christmas, and I am sure many of you are busy! So I will keep this short....no really I can do that :-)

Sunday night at 6 pm will be our community Christmas Meditations service. Bring a friend and come let us adore HIM Christ the Lord! We will have refreshments after the service in the lobby (you don't need to bring anything)! 

Merry Christmas season, TBC family and friends!

Sunday morning we will be looking at another Christmas season topic, and Sunday evening, Pastor Rowley will be bringing the message on the topic of "How Could God Allow This to Happen?"  Pastor Rowley will help us look at an incident in the life of David, that seemed like the worst thing had happened, but God was doing a great work which no one could have foreseen.  This message will help us not to lose hope when all seems lost.

I hope you will make plans to be with us this Sunday at 10:30 AM as we begin our new Christmas season sermon series called Christmas greetings from Isaiah. I want to encourage you to invite family and friends out during the holiday season leading up to Christmas.

Don’t forget this Sunday night at 6 PM. We have our men’s and women’s groups meeting separately and then coming together for a fellowship meal afterwards. If this is the only Sunday night service you can come to each month, e really want you to come to this one. Then bring an entrée or dessert to share as we will have dinner afterwards in the gym.

This Sunday we plan to finish our series called, "Be Thinkful."  This is a great Sunday to invite family and friends as we give thanks for all God has done in our lives. The message plans to have an element where many of our church family will be giving thanks via a cardboard testimony. One after another will share their thankfulness to God without saying a word! It is quite unique and you will be blessed and amazed how God has worked in lives!  So be sure to be at TBC this Sunday at 10:30 am, and bring someone with you!

Also, Pastor Rowley, our Pastor Emeritus, will continue his series Sunday night at 6 pm on the role of emotions in our walk with God. He brought a great message last Sunday night. Do not miss his last installment in this timely series.

Folks are responding to our cardboard testimonies that will be part of the sermon next Sunday the 23rd. Will you tell your testimony of God working in your life? You do not have to say a word!  Your cardboard testimony will say it for you. This is simple, fun, and will brag on Jesus. Carol and I each will be participating!

Pastor Rowley, our Pastor Emeritus, will continue his series Sunday night at 6 pm on the role of emotions in our walk with God. He brough a great message last Sunday night. Do not miss this timely series.

For Sunday evening at 6pm, Pastor Rowley will be starting a 3 message series on the subject of emotions, feelings, faith and truth.  God has created us with emotion and feeling. Wrong or seemingly uncontrollable emotions can destroy relationships, create anxiety, lust, anger, insane jealousy, and even drag one into depression. Emotions under the control of the Spirit can bring joy and strong motivation for good, bringing God's blessing. This series will not only help ourselves but enable us to help others.

Guess what?  Sunday is......ta daaaaa TIME CHANGE SUNDAY!!  Be sure to set your clock back 1 hour before going to bed!  The downside is it will get dark at 5 pm, but that is why God made light!!  Sooooo if you do not set your clock back, do not despair just  come to Sunday School this Sunday at 9:15 am! It's a WIN-WIN!

Our annual TBC Harvest Banquet is Saturday, Nov 8th. Have you registered yet? Who are you bringing? Co-worker? Family? Neighbor, Friends, someone you met in a divine appointment? The cost is $10pp (click here). So, if you can treat your guest to the beautiful seasonal turkey dinner we will have together with all the trimmings, that would be great. 

Tomorrow is the last message in our series, "Jesus Said Whaaat? Messages from the Sermon on the Mount.  What a powerful sermon Jesus gave to His followers. Tomorrow Jesus teaches us about authentic vs counterfeit. How do we know the difference? Join us at 10:30 Sunday morning and bring a friend. 

Sunday evening join us at 6pm as our men and women's ministries meet. Our kids meet together and young people through adults meet for awesome teaching for women and also a great time together for the men! Then we have dinner together in the gym afterwards. Bring a large "one pot wonder" entree or salad and dessert to share together. 

Join us tomorrow as we continue in the Sermon on the Mount series called, Jesus Said Whaaat?  We plan to be in chapter 7 for 2 weeks. Tomorrow we look at judging. Are we supposed to be the judge, jury and executioner of people?  Just what is judging?  Is it ever right to judge and if so how do you do it?  Join us at 10:30 am tomorrow at Truth Baptist Church...and bring someone with you.

Today I want to chat about the Harvest Banquet coming up Saturday, Nov 8th. What a unique opportunity for friends, co-workers, neighbors, and family to hear the Gospel in a safe, fun and delicious evening.  This Gospel outreach is what Summit 2 showed us as we reach out to our mission focus group who are from the community.  Who do you plan to invite? The tickets are only $10 each and are available now. This price is half as much as you would pay in a restaurant and the menu will be fabulous! Begin now in lining up your guests...and if you can afford it treat your guests to the evening by paying for their meal.

Pastor Bim, our Pastor Emeritus, has been teaching us on Sunday nights about the sin of narcissism. It's been soooo helpful! There are many authority structures in life, ordained by God such as:  Government -- people, husband -- wife, parent -- children, pastor -- people, employer -- employee, commander -- soldier, teacher -- student and probably others.  What if your authority is flawed, selfish, unwise, unconcerned about your well-being?  Can God use this situation for good?  What should our response to such an authority be?  What if they become dangerous toward us?  What should our response be toward them?  The study of Saul is an inspired account of such a leader.  We live in the real world where we face such trials.  This study can help us know God's will and be pleasing to Him in such difficult situations.  Join us Sunday evening at 6 pm.

We plan to be back in Matthew 5 this morning as we look at the Sermon on the Mount.  We will see that we are salt and light and that we are on earth to affect the atmosphere of this ol' world for Jesus!  The Lord has such great plans for His Kingdom and we are a part of it! Come see how! 

Awesome weekend coming up!  We are in week 3 of the message series "Jesus Said Whaaat?" Join us at 10:30 am Sunday as we continue looking at the Sermon on the Mount. It's counter-cultural for sure and gives us the mind of the Lord on a variety of life issues.  On Sunday evening Pastor Rowley will look at the characteristics of a narcissist by studying the life of King Saul.  If you work for, are married to, or have a necessary relationship with a person who has these characteristics, how does God want us to relate and respond?  A narcissist tries to control and intimidate those around them by making them feel like a failure or inferior. We can learn how God would have a believer relate and respond by watching godly people like Jonathan and David as they interact with Saul.

In light of this month of murder our series on "Jesus said Whaaaat? " and His upside down kingdom teaching really becomes relevant for us as Followers of Christ as we study His teachings on how to flourish. Join us Sunday at 10:30 am as we continue.

Tomorrow is name tag Sunday as we kick off our fall season at Truth Baptist Church.  Our life groups will begin to meet again and we have several new life groups beginning too. We urge you to find community at TBC and we can help!

This Sunday the 31st will be our closing message on peace-making and conflict resolution. We plan to visit the story of a runaway slave named Onesimus who has a life-changing encounter with Jesus and Paul helps bring reconciliation between Onesimus and his old owner Philemon. There are some real lessons to learn in this true story of reconciliation and resolving conflict! Join us at 10:30 am Sunday morning and bring a friend!

Sunday night I will be talking more about how to share your faith story.  I hope you can come back at 6pm this Sunday evening.

We only have this Sunday and next as we learn how to resolve conflict when it comes. I have had great conversations with people this week about being peace-makers. I am glad to speak to you as you figure out how to reconcile conflict. God is working...let's pray for our church during this series!

Sunday evening is our men's & women's ministry night.  We are going to be having pizza for our fellowship afterwards, so bring a dollar per person, and bring a side dish or salad big enough to share with people if you can.  These nights are a great encouragement to us all!

Lord willing I will see you Sunday! Bring someone with you this Sunday at 10:30 am.

I hope you will join us Sunday at 10:30am as we are back in to our series on conflict resolution. This Sunday we will seek out peace (Psalm 34:12-14) "What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good?  Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it." This week we want to learn to avoid mere peace keeping and pursue peace making. What's the difference?  We will also be observing communion.

Sunday evening we will have Matt Rowley preaching on Matthew 24:1-3.  I hope you can come!