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Tahoe Community Church Notes, Announcements, Needs and Reminders
January/February 2015 A friendly Nevada Church, Teaching the Word of God, Sharing the Love of Christ, and Building Stronger Families.
Sunday Worship Schedule 9:00 a.m. Worship and Sunday School
- Worship Service in Sanctuary
- Adult Bible Study “The reason for God” in Office
- Adult Bible Study “2 Timothy and Titus” in MPR
- Children’s Sunday School 1st –6th grade in Annex
- Preschoolers in Nursery
10:00 a.m. Praise Team Warm Up in Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. Coffee/Fellowship Time in MPR
10:30 a.m. Full Family Worship (Nursery and
Children’s Church Available)
145 Daggett Way — Stateline, Nevada 89449 — (775) 588-5860 — [email protected] — www.tahoecommunitychurch.org Office Telephone extensions: Pastor Paul-11, Jonathan-13, Ted-14, Beth and Preschool-19. Note: Extension 10 no longer functions
Welcome to 2015!
This issue of the newsletter will feature high-
lights from last year and things to look forward to in
2015.
We started the New year with a
special Prayer service on January
5th, 2014.
Also in January Johnathan Blose
joined our church staff.
February 8th: A special class was conducted on spir-
itual gifts. Are you aware of your Spiritual gifts? Are
you using them for God’s glory?
February 9th: TCC was pleased to have Bruce Parra
representing Forgotten Missionaries International as
our guest speaker.
March 6th: Tahoe Community Church started sup-
porting “The Good News Club” at Zephyr Cove Ele-
mentary School.
April 4th: Out Youth sprang into action with a Special
Youth Night Photo Scavenger Hunt.
He has Risen!
He has Risen in Deed!
April 20th: As part of our
Easter Celebration, the
Praise Team presented the Cantata “Jesus is Alive”
Also in April, Church Family Missions: TCC was repre-
sented this year by Liz and Jeff Cordero, and Jerry
Klosterboer who traveled to Honduras on a Construc-
tion and Medical Missions trip.
The Highlight of May was the marriage of our pastor’s
daughter, Gabriella Tracy, to Elder Mark’s Son Caleb
Peterson. It was a grand event!
Weekly Church Activities Monday 6:00 p.m. Men’s Bible in the Church Office
Tuesday 6:00 p.m. Young Adults Home Group
Wednesday 7:00 a.m. Men’s Bible Study Fellowship at
Lakeside upstairs restaurant.
3:30 p.m. Awesome Kids
5:30 p.m. Awesome Families Bible Study
6:00 p.m. Praise Team Practice
Thursday 9:00 a.m. Women’s Morning Bible Study
5:30 p.m. Women’s Evening Bible Study
Friday 2:30 p.m. Food Pantry
Two New Sunday School Classes
“2nd Timothy and Titus”
This class Starts January 18th at 9:00 a.m. in the
MPR. Contact Suzette or Jan for more information
“The Reason for God”
This class, developed
by Timothy Keller, explores
Belief in an Age of Skepticism.
The class has already started
and meets in the Church Of-
fice at 9:00 a.m. You are wel-
come to join this class any
time!
The Daly Report (Continued)
- Hinduism! Our team has started to invest time in
learning more about Hinduism and how to share
Christ. We frequently are visiting temples. We have
found that the # 1 way Hindus follow Jesus is through
miracles. Please pray for God to show his power to
Hindus.
- Pray for my team and I to be grounded in the truth
of Jesus and not believe the discouragement that the
enemy so easily sows in our hearts.
Merry Christmas!!
May the Lord encourage your hearts in his joy this
Christmas!
Jesus in the reason,
~Hannah :)
The Daly Report
"These stones are to
be a memorial to the
people of Israel forev-
er..." Joshua 4:7
Hello Treasured Possession of God!
In this email I want to walk down memory lane
to remind you and myself of what God has done this
year through your support of reaching unreached
people here in NYC and beyond! I studied the book
of Joshua earlier this year and if you're familiar with
the book, it is about God bringing his people into the
promise land. One particular story in the beginning is
that God takes the people through the Jordan river
and then tells them to build stones to remind the peo-
ple for generations to come of God's faithfulness! They
build a pile of stones to remind themselves of God's
goodness. As I studied the book, I noticed that three
other times (Josh 7:26, 8:39 & 10:27), large stone piles
are erected after key events happen. We need to be
in constant practice of reminding ourselves of what
God has done in our lives, so we have hope for our
future. Let's Remember:
- About 40 Discovery Bible studies with over 130 Inter-
national students took place (or are still taking place),
through our team in NYC.
- About 10 new believers were baptized from several
different nations; Nepal, Bangladesh, China, India
(picture above is of a student getting baptized over
Thanksgiving)
- God sent more workers to the harvest field. We now
have over 60 missionaries working in NYC amongst
unreached people (Luke 10:2).
- God provided me and my teammates with great
apartments to live in.
- God has daily provided for me financially.
- Pioneers (my missionary organization) sent out 130
church-planters around the world this year (me being
one of them).
- The gospel has been shared with many people, most
of them hearing the good news for the first time.
- God has opened up doors for me to teach exercise -
and sports activities to over 30 Pakistani women every
Saturday!
- We are starting to learn Hindi. Namaste! Prayer Requests:
- Language learning! We have started learning lan-
guage. Unfortunately our language teacher wasn't
able to continue teaching us. We have already in-
vested 30+ hours to learning and already are able to
talk and see God open doors. Please pray for another
language helper to be provided soon!
Hospitality Ministry Kathy Pavich and Suzette Waite have taken
charge of the Hospitality ministry and are looking for
volunteers. People are needed to make coffee, and
bring goodies such as cookies or breads for the fel-
lowship time in the MPR each Sunday 10:00-10:30 am.
They also need volunteers to clean up after the 10:30
service. If God is calling you to serve in this way
please talk to Kathy or Suzette or sign up on the minis-
try clipboard in the foyer.
Announcements being run again We have started running announcements
again on the screens in the sanctuary before and after
the 10:30 service. Please take time to look them over.
If you have an announcement
you would like to make in this
format please talk to Ted. All
inputs are need by Thursday the
week prior to when you need
the announcement run.
It’s Easter Cantata Time! The praise team is already preparing for our
Easter Celebration which will be on Sunday, April 5th.
The Cantata selected is called “Worthy is the Lamb”
by Sue Smith and Mason Brown. When it comes to a
Cantata, the more the merrier! We would like to invite
anyone with a heart and voice for the Lord to join the
Praise Team in this presentation. Please contact Ted
as soon as possible if Interested.
The Year In Review
(Continued from page 1)
May: “The Fruit of the Spirit” Sunday school class be-
gan. This was the first of several taught by Jan Hurst
and Suzette Waite.
June means VBS!!
This year we invited our kids to
become special agents and
join Agency D3. The teachers,
lead by Jacky Daly and
Rachela Fazio, got into the
spirt assuming the roles of Field
Agents with special code
names. A great time was had
by all and the Lord blessed us for our efforts.
July: Tahoe Community Church began a new out-
reach effort at The Farmers Market this year. The
goal was to man a table, pass out tracts, and talk to
as many people as possible about the Lord.
August 17: Annual
Church Baptism
We were pleased to Baptize
three individuals this year:
Cindy, Jacob, and Nicklaus
In September we started Two new Bible “studies. The
Sunday Morning Class dove into “Crazy Love” and
the Women’s morning group looked into Beth
Moore’s “Children of the Day.”
Church Website Update Completed After months of hard work, Jonathan completed the
update on our Church Website. The site was put in a
new, easier to use format and all the information
was updated. Thanks Jonathan!
Merry Christmas from the Stauffers! But the angel said to him,
"Fear not, for behold, I bring
you good news of great joy
which will be for all people; for
today in the city of David
there has been born to you a
Savior who is Christ the Lord." -
Luke 2:10-11
Thank you! We would like to express our gratitude to
each of you for your consistent prayer and support
this year. God has been good to us as he has lead us
through many blessings and trials this year. We know
that he works through prayer so thank you once
again! God is good.
- Ministry Opportunities
The past month was full of many ministry opportunities
as we prepared for celebration of the birth of Jesus!
1.) The Christmas Concert was an excellent oppor-
tunity to share the Christmas story to parents through
the songs of our students!
2.) Danielle organized an event called Christmas
Around the World in which elementary students got
to learn about Christmas traditions around the world
with the focus being on the Birth of our Savior. God
really worked through this event as I opened the
event with the telling of The Three Trees story that
shared the life of Christ and why celebrating his birth
is so important because of his death.
3.) Elementary Chapel skit, "What God Wants for
Christmas". All the teachers performed a play that
explained that what God wants for Christmas is for
you to surrender your life to Christ.
4.) Student Discipleship. Ryan has been meeting up
weekly with one young man for the purpose of disci-
pleship.
Praises and Prayer Requests
1.) We're home for Christmas! It has been such a
blessing to be renewed and to spend needed time
with family and friends this Christmas. Pray for contin-
ued rest and rejuvenation to be prepared to go back
January 1st, 2015! (Happy New Year!)
2.) Praise God for his direction as he leads us in next
steps and opens doors for further ministry. More on this
later when things are more finalized.
3.) Praise for Danielle being mostly recovered from
chikungunya. Pray for complete healing as there is still
some lingering joint pain.
4.) Praise for seeing God's hand and his grace in the
midst of trials.
5.) Pray for our school as we finish up everything
needed for accreditation
The Year In Review
(Continued from page 3
Not all Church
Milestones are hap-
py. In September
we said good by to
the Scudder Family
who moved to the
Bay Area after
many years of
faithful service to our Church, especially in music!!
September also brought the resignation of staff mem-
ber Rachela Fazio who submitted her resignation af-
ter almost 30 years of faithful service.
In September TCC also began a Bible study series
called “The Foundations.” We explored the con-
cepts of New Earth vs Old Earth and the literal inter-
pretation of the Book of Genesis. Pretty heavy stuff!
November brings Shoe boxes and
Thanksgiving meals!
The Shoebox Packing Team! The Inspiring Leader!
This year we exceeded out goal once again and
sent off over 350 shoebox missionaries!
The Food
Pantry’s
Thanksgiv-
ing meal
give away
involves
the entire
church.
Together
we provided meals to over 160 families in our com-
munity.
Participant Lineup with Pastor Paul Greeting
Receiving food with great appreciation!
Truck Loads of Turkeys and Hams were given out
In December we celebrated the birth of Jesus, our
Lord and Savior. On December 20th our “Awesome
Kids” presented a Christmas Pageant during the 10:30
service. It was well done and well received.
Wow what a year! And this was only the highlights!
This look back did not include a lot of our weekly ac-
tivities and bible studies.
One thing revealed to me while doing this article was
how much we were blessed by the Lord, through the
good times and the difficult.
Please be in prayer for all that will take place in 2015!
Happy new Year!
Here to Serve You:
Elders: Jeff Brumbach, Bob Daly, Leonard O’Malley, Mark Peterson, Pastor Paul Tracy, Gerry Wright
Deacons/Deaconesses: Susie Brumbach, Jacky Daly, Jerry Klosterboer, Bob Pavich, Kathy Pavich, Tootie O’Malley,
Suzette Waite, Ted Beverage
Church Staff: Pastor Paul Tracy; Jonathan Blose, Director of Ministries; Ted Beverage, Music Director
Preschool Staff: Beth Peterson, Director/Teacher. Teachers: Franca Tracy, Maria Arreola, Monica Chan.
Teacher Assistants: Rosy Martinez, Harpreet Singh, and Lauren Marshall.
Tahoe Community Church
P.O. Box 6598
Stateline, NV 89449
Editor’s Note: Please submit anything you would like included in this publication to me no later than the 15th
of the month. All feed back is appreciated. In Christ’s service, Ted Beverage
More Announcements - Young Adult Home Group: Meets Tuesday Evenings,
6:00 p.m. at the Blose Residence. Contact Jonathan
for more information. (480) 861-7770
- Women’s Evening Bible Study: The Women’s Thurs-
day Evening Bible Study has started up again! They
meet at 5:30 p.m. in the MPR. Contact Lisa Brocket if
you are interested in attending. (775) 790-4714
- Egg Cartons for the Food Pantry: The food pantry is in
need of egg cartons. We receive our eggs in flats or
large cartons and need the cartons from you so that
we can divide them up and serve more participants.
You may give them to Bob Pavich or Jonathan Blose on
Sunday’s or drop them off at the Church Office any-
time.
Miscellaneous Announcements - Church Fellowship Meals : The next Fellowship
Meal will be on February 8th for a meal prepared by
Karen Beverage.
- Workers Needed: Workers are needed in a variety
of ministries for the Lord at this local body. Check
out the clipboards in the sanctuary foyer for details.
- Volunteers are needed to help with Children’s
Church and Nursery for both the 9:00 am and 10:30
am service times. Contact Jonathan.
Scripture Memory Verses for January/February
- January 4th Colossians 1:27028
- January 11th 2 Corinthians 5:19-20
- January 18th 1 Thessalonians 2:4
- January 25th 1 Corinthians 9:19
- February 1st Review Week - February 8th 1 Thessalonians 2:8
- February 15th Romans 3:10-12
- February 22nd 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9