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E v e n t s f o r Fe b r u a r y February 3, 2016 - The History of Ideas

February 9, 2016 - Prayer Rally with Franklin Graham - Columbia, SC

February 21, 2016 - Light Lunch

February 26-28, 2016 - Youth Ski Trip

PASTOR’S DEVOTIONAL If you are interested in receiving Pastor Brad’s weekly email devotional, “Prayer Points,” please send

him an email to be placed on the distribution list. brad@tegacaybaptist.org

Reaching Our Culture:

I recently finished the book Onward: Engaging the Culture Without Losing the Gospel by Rus-

sell Moore. The book is about reaching out to our communities in a rapidly changing

world. Moore describes a new world in which Christianity is foreign. He says, “We will

be forced to articulate things we once could assume.” The Christian message is becoming

ridiculed and followers of Christ are viewed as strangers in America.

The church simply cannot keep doing things the way we’ve always done them. We can reach into our godless

culture without compromising the saving message of Jesus Christ. But we must be courageous. We cannot be

paranoid that our little societies of Christian circles will become contaminated by the world if we let go of

tradition.

We must never compromise the inerrancy of Scripture, the substitutionary atonement of Christ, and His

resurrection. We must not let go of the moral high ground as defined by the Bible. We must remain clearly

pro-life and biblically sound the definition of marriage. We can do this lovingly to a society that is hostile to

truth.

Followers of Christ will be seen more and more as freaks. Moore states, “Our message will be seen as in-

creasingly freakish to American culture. Let’s embrace the freakishness, knowing that such freakishness is the

power of God unto salvation.”

So, let’s get busy praying! Let’s get busy building intentional relationships for the purpose of sharing Christ!

Let’s get busy making disciples! Let’s get busy changing! All in a world that no longer recognizes Christianity

as serious. Spiritual life will come to our communities only through prayer as we share the gospel and make

disciples.

In Christ Alone,

Pastor Brad

From Pastor Brad

MINISTRY GROUP FOR FEBRUARY

Mercy Ministry Group: Deacon: Mark Daubenspeck

Ministerial Staff: Brad Ferguson

The Mercy Ministry Group is devoted to sharing the love and the light of Christ in our church and communi-

ty. This group works with the Elder of the Mission's Ministry Group.

This group taps into the spiritual gifts of Evangelist, Exhorter, Pastor/Shepherd, Mercy, Giver, Administrator.

Please pray for them as they exercise their spiritual gifts in the church.

Benevolence Ministry: Team Leader: Becky Porter

Serving our Neighbors (S.O.N.): Team Leader: Lisa Daubenspeck

Palmetto Pregnancy Center Ministry: Team Leader: Becky Porter

English as a Second Language (ESL) Ministry: Team Leader: Melanie Burns

Community Garden: Team Leader: Lisa Daubenspeck

Every Second and Fourth Saturday - Men’s Breakfast and Bible Study

Every Third Saturday - Ladies Breakfast at Cracker Barrel

February 9, 2016 - Prayer Rally with Franklin Graham - Columbia, SC

February 21, 2016 - Light Lunch

February 26-28, 2016 - Youth Ski Trip

March 13, 2016 - Daylight Savings Time Begins

March 13, 2016 - Evangelism Explosion Sunday

March 19, 2016 - Annual Mission Conference

March 26, 2016 - Winter Jam - Charlotte, NC

March 27, 2016 - Easter

March 28, 2016 - Church Office Closed

Join the Men - 2nd and 4th Saturday each month at 6:45-8:00 a.m. for breakfast

and Bible study. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to fellowship with the

men of the church. Mark your calendar.

Breakfast at the Barrel (Cracker Barrel at Carowinds) - This enjoyable ac-tivity takes place every 3rd Saturday of each month. February 20th from 9:30-10:30am will be our next breakfast. Get away on Saturday morning and delight in a big breakfast that you do not have to cook!

Ladies Book Club - The book for February is “Thief of Glory” by Sigmund Brouwer. If you

have any questions, please contact Terry Van Dyke at tvchatta72@yahoo.com. Come and be a part of the

Ladies Book Club Monday,

Serving Our Neighbors (SON) The Pantry at our church continues to provide for a lot of families in need. The Pantry can use canned meat (like chicken or tuna), peanut butter and jelly, canned fruits, canned vegetables and canned pasta (like ravioli). You can drop off donations in the Pantry at the back of the Sanctuary. Please contact Lisa Daubenspeck at

mdaubenspeck@comporium.net or 803-448-7901 if you can help or if you have questions.

Evangelism Explosion Sunday

Don’t miss church March 13! Our guest speaker Langdon Stewart will encourage and equip us to reach people for Christ. Stay afterwards for a free lunch and evangelism training from1-4pm by Langdon. This will be followed by a thirteen week class on Wednesday nights starting Mar. 30 in the East Wing 6:30-8:30pm. During the first 4 weeks we’ll stay at church and concentrate on role-playing but starting week 5, those that feel ready will be going out to share the Gospel! Even if you’ve taken EE before, please attend to help support and train the new folks! We’ll be using some new video based training called XEE.

What led western culture to conclude that God is dead?

How did we get into this mess?

Spring 2016 Class:

The History of

Ideas

Wednesday

February 3rd

7:00-8:00PM

West Wing

This 8 week class will explore how western

thinking developed, and specifically how it

moved away from Christianity. Why is it im-

portant to understand this? First, Christians

need to protect the church from wrong ideas

which constantly try to creep in. Second, the

better we understand western culture, the better

we will know how to reach it for Christ. This

class will be taught by Adam Johnson.

PLEASE JOIN US

Prayer Rally with Franklin Graham

SC State Capital

February 9, 2016 12:00 p.m.

Capitol North Side

1100 Gervais St.

Columbia, SC 29201

For questions or

further details,

please contact

David or Becky Dafoe.

Missions Banquet Saturday, March 19, 2016 * 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Focus: The Philippines

Please Join US! Come and learn what God is doing in the Philippines.

Consider how you can use your skills, talents and passions

to share God’s love to the people in the Philippines.

Pray and consider a short-term mission trip in the future.

UPCOMING EVENTS

The plans are to drive up to

Winterplace on Friday evening

February 26th and return Febru-

ary 28th. Forms due Feb. 14th .

If you have any questions, contact

Adam Johnson by email:

1freedbyjesus@gmail.com

TCBC Student Ministry

February 26-28, 2016

Youth Ski Trip

March 13, 2016

Evangelism Explosion

Sunday

March 26, 2016

Winter Jam

Sundays 4:30-6:30pm

Grades 6-12

February 26-28

Form due Feb 14

Bring your friends to the EDGE on Sundays at 4:30 pm. We

are studying the book of Ecclesiastes during this semes-

ter. Some of the questions we will be answering during this

study are: What is the meaning of life?

Can life have meaning without God?

Plans are underway to attend

Winter Jam 2016 @ Timer Warner Arena

Charlotte, NC

March 26, 2016

Watch for details on Facebook or

through email from Adam Johnson

Special thank you to Joyce Root, Cullen Keen, Ramona Bergvist, and Julie Stover

who faithfully serve in our nursery during worship on the 1st Sunday of each

month. Please remember to thank these fine folks for their ministry to our church

family!

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

News from . . .

SAVE THE DATE FOR VBS

Mark your calendar now for

June 26-30th

Plan to be here for

“Cave Quest”

as we learn what it means to follow Jesus.

Volunteers and Youth Volunteers Needed: We are still in need of a few more able

bodies to serve in our nursery and preschool classrooms during worship on a

monthly (or quarterly) basis. If you can fill one of these needs, please get in touch

with Cynthia Keen. Youth are welcome to serve with an adult, but there is a train-

ing process to ensure the safety and well-being of the children.

Sunday Night L ive (SNL)Sunday Night L ive (SNL)Sunday Night L ive (SNL)

Location: Building 3 Time: 4:30-6:30pm

Ages: Kindergarteners through 5th graders

We had a great SNL kick-off last Sunday. We will not

be meeting Sunday, February 7th but please join us on

February 14 when we start our first unit topic on the

“Armor of God” and bring a friend with you. Contact Melissa Burgess: 803-517-6775 or

msburgess@comporium.net if you have questions

VBS will be June 26th-30th, from 6-8:30pm for children ages 4 and up (with a limited number of spots

for children who have not completed Kindergarten, depending on the number of volunteers). Please

see Cynthia Keen to sign up to help with this amazing outreach event!

February 2 016

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat

1

Rick Laws

2

3

Billie Delane

4 5

Gina Johnson

Mitchell Johnsen

6

7 Eldon Por-

ter

8 9

Beverly Burgess

10 11 12 13

14

Eva Ward

15

Presidents’

Day

16

Scott Keen

17

Marissa Huddy

18 19 20

21

22 23 24 25 26 27

28 Jacob

Romero

29

Staff & Contact IStaff & Contact Innformationformation

Dr. Brad Ferguson, Senior Pastor

brad@tegacaybaptist.org

Adam Johnson

Assoc. Pastor of Students & Adult Discipleship

1freedbyjesus@gmail.com

Keith Simpson, Financial Administrator

admin@tegacaybaptist.org

Sandra Phillips, Administrative Secretary

sandra@tegacaybaptist.org

Website: www.tegacaybaptist.org

Phone: 803.548.2600

E-mail: sandra@tegacaybaptist.org

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

IN THE LORD’S HOUSE

Jan. 17, 2016 Jan. 24, 2016

ATTENDANCE

Worship 10:45 AM

174

147

WEEKLY RECEIPTS

General Fund $ 7,912.40 $ 3,584.00

Weekly Budget Needs $ 9,259.29 $ 9,259.29

YTD General Fund Receipts $ 147,427.74 $ 147,963.49

YTD Over/(Under) Budget Needs $ (40,806.31) $ (46,481.60)

YTD General Fund Expenses $ 147,427.74 $ 148,065.39

Building Fund Receipts

YTD Building Fund Receipts

$ 50.00

$ 1,984.00

$ 00.00

$ 1,984.00

Missions Fund Receipts $ 225.00 $ 25.00

YTD Mission Fund Receipts $ 3,375.50 $ 3,400.50

Other

Total

$ 2,496.00

$ 10,683.40

$ 595..00

$ 4,204.00

TCBC Deacons

Mark Daubenspeck 803.389.6227

Andy Hanschu 704.287.0687

Tyler Johnson 803.548.5119

Randy Mabry 704.293.8203

Mike Tullos 803.448.3902

Ralph Van Dyke 803.417.8614

TCBC Elders

Brad Ferguson 803.548.2600

Tim Bradberry 803.396.8895

John Jones 803.548.4923

Cullen Keen 704.743.3230

John Root 704.621.8778

Please come join us in praying for our Church Sunday

mornings at 8:30 in the East Wing.

Regular Weekly Schedule

Sunday

8:30 AM Prayer Time

9:15 AM Sunday School

10:45 AM Worship Service with Nursery & Preschool

Monday

7:00 PM Ladies Book Club (last Monday of the

month)

Tuesday

6:30 PM Ladies Bible Study

Saturday

6:45 AM Men’s Bible Study & Breakfast (2nd and

4th Saturday)

9:30 AM Ladies Breakfast at the Cracker Barrel

(3rd Saturday)

(See TCBC calendar for ALL scheduled events.)

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat

1 2 Staff Meeting

4:30pm

Ladies Bible

Study 6:30pm

3 “The History

of Ideas”

Class 7:00pm

4 Homeschool

Co-0p 8:00-

3:30pm

5 6

7 Dance Rehearsal

1:00pm

8 9 Ladies Bible

Study 6:30pm

10 “The History

of Ideas”

Class 7:00pm

11 Homeschool

Co-0p 8:00-

3:30pm

12 13 Men’s Break-

fast & Bible

Study 6:45am

14 Valentine’s Day Dance Rehearsal

1:00pm

Youth Band

Practice 2:30pm

SNL, EDGE,

FPU, ADULT

CHOIR 4:30PM

15 Presidents’ Day

16 Staff Meeting

4:30pm

Ladies Bible

Study 6:30pm

17 “The History

of Ideas”

Class 7:00pm

18 Homeschool

Co-0p 8:00-

3:30pm

19 20 Ladies @ the

Barrel

9:30pm

21 Dance Rehearsal

1:00pm

SNL, EDGE,

FPU, ADULT

CHOIR 4:30PM

22 23 Ladies Bible

Study 6:30pm

24 “The History

of Ideas”

Class 7:00pm

25 Homeschool

Co-0p 8:00-

3:30pm

26 Youth Ski

Trip at Winter

Place

27 Men’s Break-

fast & Bible

Study 6:45am

Youth Ski Trip

at Winter Place

28 Dance Rehearsal

1:00pm

Youth Band

Practice 2:30pm

Deacons & El-

ders 2:30pm

SNL, EDGE,

FPU, ADULT

CHOIR 4:30PM

29 Ladies Book

Club 6:30pm

CHURCH CALENDAR

FEBRUARY 2016