Announcements & Connection Links 11/22/25
Hi TBC Family & Friends,
In less than one week it will be Thanksgiving 2025. I'm sure some of us are among the 81 million people who will travel 50 miles or more! Others of us are hosting the 81 million of us who are traveling at Thanksgiving! I want to encourage conversation around the table, or during pie and coffee and share what you are thinkful to be thankful about. It will be encouraging. Speaking of being thinkful....
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!
Let me give a brief update about our focusing process that many many of you have been a part of since July 20 when we began our summits. Well, three summits were spent looking at our past, present, and Lord willing our future as our church family discerned and prayed, discussed and dreamed of what God was calling TBC to in our communities around us.
From your input the Leadership Team and Focus Team met in a retreat to synthesize what was gathered in our three summits and began to put feet to focusing on reaching our community as the hands and feet of Jesus to share the love of Christ found in the Gospel of Jesus! We look forward to sharing a workable discipleship pathway from someone coming to visit TBC to them being saved and discipled as a new convert, then becoming a growing follower of Jesus who shares their faith. We looked at what our focus could look like the next 5-7 years and what our inward, upward, and outward focus could be for the next 12 months. The Leadership Team is tweaking all this information, and we look forward to sharing this vision that all of us have been prayerfully discerning. Lord willing we will unveil this after the first of the year.
YOUR PRAYERS AND DILIGENT INVOLVEMENT HAS BEEN VITAL TO THIS DIRECTION! Thank you and keep praying as we gear up and finalize this process.
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.
You are loved,
Pastor Pat
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. WE WELCOME NEW DEACONS: Steve Muchiri and Dave Pepe will be our two new deacons. Our other deacons are Vic Borovkoff, Elvis Chidozie, Scott Powell, and Jay van Achterberg.
2. POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS: TBC members are going to be voting on the following people for membership on Sunday, November 30th: Billy Gillen, Billy Gray, and Kirsten Muirhead.
3. TBC MEN'S & WOMEN'S MINISTRY & FELLOWSHIP: The men and the women (including teens age 12 and up) will meet separately for a time of encouragement and community on Sunday evening, November 30th, at 6pm. We will have a Fellowship meal afterwards around 7:15pm. We are asking each family to bring a large main dish or dessert to share in the theme of "Thankful Again." Please bring enough food to feed your family plus a few others. Thank you!
4. CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PROGRAM REHEARSALS: We are beginning to practice for the Children's Christmas program that will be held on Sunday evening, December 14th at 6pm. For now, rehearsals are happening during the Junior Church time on Sunday mornings. We are asking that all pre-teens join the rehearsal by coming down with the kids immediately following the music time in the auditorium (when kids are dismissed). Pre-teens will practice for about 20 minutes and then come back up to the main service. If you have any questions, please see Amy Pepe!
5. RAISED IN GLORY WORSHIP DANCE PERFORMANCE: Anyone interested is invited to join us for our closing worship dance performance on Saturday November 22nd at 5pm in the auditorium! There will be snacks and dessert following the service.
6. DRAMA PRESENTATION TICKETS: Everyone is invited to attend the Truth Teen Drama performances of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever on December 5th & 6th. "In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids—probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem—and the fun—when the Herdmans collide head-on with the story of Christmas! The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is adapted from the bestselling Young Adult book, and has become a holiday staple for groups across the United States. The crowd-pleasing comedy features a few favorite Christmas Carols and lots of laughs. It is family friendly! Tickets are free, but tickets are required to attend. Please reserve your tickets at this link for the performance time you plan to attend. We will have concessions available for purchase to raise money to cover the costs of the play.
7. CHRISTMAS CARD TABLE: Lists are available in the lobby with the names of the regular attenders. We will have a table set up in the lobby beginning December 7th where everyone can exchange Christmas cards with each other, an annual TBC tradition.
8. SAVE THE DATES:
- November 14-16 - Weekend to Remember
- November 30 - PM - Men's & Women's Ministry & Fellowship
- December 5 & 6 - Teen Drama Presentation
- December 14 - PM - Children's Christmas Program
- December 19th - Teen Gingerbread Building Activity
- December 21 - PM - Christmas Meditations Night
- July 13-17 - VBS 2026
WEEKLY CONNECTION OPPORTUNITIES & LINKS:
Sunday, 9:15am - 2's - 5's Sunday School Class
Anyone in this age group is invited.
Sunday, 9:15am - 1st - 2nd Grade Sunday School Class
Anyone in this age group is invited.
Sunday, 9:15am - 3rd - 4th Grade Sunday School Class
Anyone in this age group is invited.
Sunday, 9:15am - 5th - 6th Grade Sunday School Class
Anyone in this age group is invited.
Sunday, 9:15am - Junior High Boys Class (7-9th grade)
Any boys in this age group are invited.
Sunday, 9:15am - Junior High Girls Class (7-9th grade)
Any girls in this age group are invited.
Sunday, 9:15am - Teen Class (10-12th grade)
Any guys or girls in this age group are invited. Fresh baked snacks available most weeks. :)
Sunday, 9:15am - Ladies' Bible Study and Prayer
Join us as we take a walk through the Old Testament Minor Prophets. From Hosea to Malachi, twelve in all, we’ll gain insight as we learn the who, what, where, why, and when of each letter, along with how each one applies to us. We meet in a classroom in the gymnasium, all ladies are welcome!
Sunday, 9:15am - Parenting Together
Join Eli and Madeline for a series called Parenting Together. Parenting Together focuses on helping couples strengthen their marriages while also leading their families. Starts at 9:30am. Their class meets in the room across from the teen room.
Sunday, 9:15am - The Book of 1st Peter (In Person & Zoom)
This class is studying the book of 1st Peter. We are seeing that Almighty God has called us out of an idolatrous, demonic world to be His ETERNAL ambassadors of light for Him in time. We are also seeing our ETERNAL position in Christ, contrary to that of a subjective, demonic position of darkness. We will pray from 9:15-9:30 and have some brief fellowship before diving into the Bible and discussions right around 9:30am. Anyone is welcome to join in the Young Adult room in the gym.
Sunday, 9:15am - Membership Class (Zoom By Request)
Pastor Rowley is teaching a rotating class focusing on what we believe and why we believe it. This class has time for Q&A each week and meets in the Junior Church classroom below the auditorium. Anyone is invited to join at any time.
Sunday, 10:30am - SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE
The livestream can be accessed on Facebook and YouTube and our website 10-15 minutes before the start of the service.
Sunday, 10:50am - Junior Church
Junior Church is for children ages 2-9 and begins after the morning worship time in the auditorium.
Sunday, 5:00pm - Prayer Time for Church and Community Needs (Adult Classroom in Gym & on Zoom)
Anyone can join and pray with us!
Sunday, 6:00pm - SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE
The livestream can be accessed using the livestream button at the top of our website. Childcare and a Children's program (ages 2-9) are provided.
Tuesday, 7:00pm - Joseph & Rebecca Pondugula Life Group (Zoom Only)
This life group is studying the book of Exodus and is open to anyone via Zoom.
Wednesday, 10:00am - Chuck Jutras Life Group
Everyone is invited to join this life group that meets across from the church office at 10am on Wednesday mornings at the church. They are currently studying the love of God.
Wednesday, 7:00pm - Women's Bible Study
All ladies are invited to join us as we study the book of Revelation.
Wednesday, 7:00pm - Teen Group
Any teens are invited to join in the teen room at church. Pastor Rodriguez leads the teen group.
Wednesday, 7:00pm - Rudy Nelson Life Group
Everyone is invited to meet to discuss the Bible passage and sermon presented in the Sunday morning worship time. We meet downstairs in the Junior Church classroom under the auditorium from 7-8:30pm.
Wednesday, 7:00pm - Ron Radziewicz Life Group
We share snacks, fellowship, encouragement, prayer, and we'll discuss "Answers to Your Questions About Heaven" by David Jeremiah.
Please accept an invitation to our TBC Life Group meeting each Wednesday, at 7:00PM, at the home of one of our members.
Wednesday, 7:00pm - Pastor & Deanna Rowley Life Group (Zoom Only)
We study various Bible topics and books of the Bible. Anyone is invited to join via Zoom.
Wednesday, 7:00pm - Kevin Tower Life Group
We study various Bible topics and passages. Anyone is invited to join in person at church.
If you would like to join a Life Group or Adult Bible Fellowship group, please text or call Kevin Tower at 860-916-5062.
If you have a prayer request or need help in some way, please contact the any of our staff and/or the Care Team at CareTeam@truthbaptistchurch.org.
Looking Unto Jesus,
TBC Staff
