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An informational meeting will be held Sunday, Oct. 4 at 4:30 p.m. in Pate Chapel about the Women’s ministry trip to Guatemala on Feb. 22-27. Volunteers will be feeding hungry children, caring for infants, delivering food and supplies to villages, sharing Christ’s love with orphans and attend the dedication of a new clean water well.
More information can be found here.
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TRBC members will leave Tuesday Oct. 6 for Atlanta, Georgia to team up with Samaritan’s Purse and help those affected by the recent flooding. Transportation will be provided and volunteers will be housed at the West Ridge Church where Brian Bloye is lead pastor. Meals will also be provided, except during travel. Volunteers will return to Lynchburg on Sunday Oct. 11.
E-mail Tim Grandstaff or call him at 434-592-4669 for more information.
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A group consisting of both Jr. High and Sr. High students from here at Thomas Road went to Danville, Va this past Saturday with one purpose in mind: get the word out to people in Danville about Dan River Church. The way this was going to be accomplished was putting door hangers on doors all through out various neighborhoods. It sounds like a pretty easy task…when doing it in dry weather!!! On Saturday, it rained pretty much all day – NOT FUN!!
The majority of the students that went had no idea the huge impact they were making on the Kingdom of God by simply putting a door hanger on a door.
I asked Micah Hasty, asst. middle school pastor, to write about the experience on Saturday. Click here to read from what happened from his eyes.
Thanks Micah for the blog and one student ministry for teaming up and making a difference!
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The staff at Gleaning For The World have been preparing supplies in case of a natural disaster and now they need your help! Gleaning will be at Sam’s Club this Friday night (4:30-8:30) and Saturday (9-6) to collect items to send down to the flood victims in Georgia. Gleaning is in need of volunteers to help pass out flyers and load their truck of the supplies being purchased at Sam’s Club for this project. If you are able to help Friday night or on Saturday, please let Mandy Wood know by sending her an email – mandy@gftw.org . They will be working shifts of 3 hours on Saturday: 9-12, 12-3, and 3-6. If you are available during any or all of them, please let Mandy know!
GFTW is accepting the following supplies as well for this huge need in Georgia:
Used clothing and used shoes will not be accepted.
GFTW welcomes any financial contributions to assist with the cost of shipping necessities such as bottled water, blankets, and shoes to communities destroyed by flood. Please go to Disaster Network to partner with Gleaning for the World. You can also contact GFTW @ 434.993.3600.
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Every fall TRBC Children’s Ministry hosts a Kid’s Karnival. Toy Hine, TRBC Children’s Ministry Director, needs at least 100 adult volunteers to Team Up and make this event a success on October 31, 2009.
Contact Toy Hine by clicking here to send her an email or by calling her at 434.592.4289. Which time will YOU team up to serve at?
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Thomas Road’s first satellite church will launch on Sunday, October 4 and we need your help to get the word out.
On Saturday, October 3 a Coach bus will be leaving the main TRBC parking lot at 7:30 a.m. to take volunteers to Danville to spread the word about Dan River Church. Volunteers will canvass local neighborhoods with door hangers and help with an outreach block party and sports ministry.
Lunch will be provided, but it is recommended volunteers bring snack money. Dress should be comfortable and modest. The bus should return to TRBC by 5 p.m.
For more information contact Tim Grandstaff.
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Approximately 80 Pre-school ministry leaders met for a dinner and training session Monday night. Pastor Matt Willmington encouraged them to be diligent with their own spiritual lives so their lessons would be real and not just curriculum.
The Pre-school ministry reaches children from two years old to Kindergarten, and they still need teaches and leaders to work on Sunday from 9:15-10:50 and 10:50-12:30 with the twos, threes, Pre-K and Kindergarten groups. AWANA leaders are needed to help with Puggles (2) and Cubbies (2 ½ to 4) from 5:15-7:30.
Wednesday evening help is also needed from 5:45-7:30 for the Shining Star Club and Little Acorn Choir from 5:45-7:30.
Team Up right now in the Pre-school ministry by clicking here to contact Jani DeSaegher or by calling her directly at 434.592.4281.
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This past weekend 150 women who are leading this year’s Bible study came together at the Master’s Inn for ministry training.
Coffee Break began last night with 350 ladies from all over the community. Awaken, a girls worship band from Liberty University lead the worship time and the room came alive with excitement as ladies made new friends and learned how to incorporate their faith into their personal and professional lives.
There is still room available. Any women interested in joining the study of “Discerning the Voice of God” by Priscilla Shirer can come on Tuesday nights from 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. in Pate Chapel or click here if you have further questions.
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The Virginia Christmas Spectacular is only only a few months away and preparation has already begun. Last Saturday more than 250 volunteers attended the kick off party in Pate Chapel.
After a time of fellowship Charles Billingsley introduced volunteers to this year’s leadership. Director, Lorie Marsh, then took time to share the vision behind this year’s script.
Every volunteer is like a link in a chain, according to Marsh. If one is missing, things won’t go as they should.
After the meeting volunteers broke into groups based on the area they will be serving in. The choir rehearsed the music, the cast read through the script, stage hands discussed the set and seamstresses began cutting out fabric for costumes.
Offstage positions with costumes, props, decoration, stage hands and hospitality are still available for those who would like to serve in this unique ministry. Men are also needed to help prepare and tear down the stage. For more information about teaming up with VCS e-mail Kathy Jordan by clicking here or call the music office at 434-832-2003.
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The past 7 weeks, Pastor Jonathan Falwell encouraged the entire TRBC church body during the SENT series to go from the seat to the street and serve.
Couples for Christ, a small group that meets Sunday mornings, decided to do something a little bit different today. Instead of meeting in their room for Bible study, they decided to team-up and serve on the guest services team the whole entire morning!! Over 30 people from Couples for Christ did an amazing job welcoming people onto our church campus.
A HUGE thank you to Rick and Tamera Raspberry and the entire Couples for Christ group for stepping up to the plate this morning!!! You guys were AWESOME!!
Who will be the next TRBC small group to step up and serve?
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Youth from grades six to 12 have the opportunity to be a part of Thomas Road’s first satellite church.
On September 26, the Jr. and Sr. High school departments will be piling in buses and heading to Danville, VA to canvass neighborhoods with information about Dan River Church.
They will leave from TRBC Main Street at 9 a.m. and return around 2 p.m.
To reserve a spot on the bus contact Tammy Sahadak. Click here to send her an email or feel free to call 434.592.4670.
Teenagers teaming up to serve…making a difference in a local community.
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The summer is drawing to an end, students are returning to school and the chill of fall is starting to creep its way over the mountains. While the temperature is cooling down, things here at Thomas Road Baptist Church are just beginning to heat up.
On September 23, TRBC will offer another exciting session of Community Groups. Community Groups are hobby and interest based groups that connect the interests, and needs of the community to the church. We need your help to make it the best season TRBC has ever seen. September 9, there will be a dinner and brief meeting for anyone that is wanting to lead a group. If you have a hobby that you would love to share with others click here to contact Anthony Randall or call him at 434.592.4888 to learn how you can lead a group this fall.
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Tim Grandstaff, TRBC outreach pastor, along with 18 other individuals from TRBC went to Charlottesville, VA for the day on August 29. The purpose for the trip was to help a new church plant, The Point, with their Block Party. Nate Rockey, director of outreach at The Point, had the following to say to Tim Grandstaff in an email today regarding TRBC volunteer involvement:
“Wow, what a weekend! I can’t begin to once again express our deepest gratitude for you and your ministry team’s help! We had five different families decide to join us for our first preview service the next day as a direct result of the outreach.
Please convey to your team what a blessing they were and that you should be proud of their obvious desire to do whatever it takes to serve and evangelize the community!!! That was our first outreach event, so I hope that despite not knowing what to expect, it was still a very profitable time for you and your team. We are already in the works of planning a second block party event for the day before our launch on October 11. I want to firm up some details before we announce it to people, but I wanted to put that thought in your head. I can keep you posted as we move closer to that date.
Once again, it was an absolute pleasure to do ministry with you, your wife, and your team this past weekend. Thank you for your help financially and otherwise!”
Click here for more information about The Point.
