July 14, 2013

7259 Sheldon Road Tampa, Florida 33615-2328

Voice: (813)886-3946 Fax: (813) 888-8719

www.tampachurch.org

On the Horizon

Today — Richard O’Connor

Fellowship luncheon

5:00PM— Small Groups at

church building

L o o k i n g A h e a dL o o k i n g A h e a d

July 18—Men’s Dinner Outback

July 19—Scrapbooking

July 25—Elders, Ministers, and

Deacons Meeting

July 28—Deadline to signup for

SonQuest $50 deposit

August 10—Rock, Paper, Scis-

sors School Supply handout

Aug. 30-Sept. 1– SonQuest

Sept. 6-7— Night of Joy

Family News

VBS … July 28 to July 31

6:30PM—8:00PM

Welcoming Tom Seals

as our adult speaker.

Welcome Richard and Kim O’Connor

After the worship hour, adults will

have a combined bible class in the

auditorium taught by Richard,

with a question & answer session

to help us get better acquainted.

Be sure to stay after bible class,

for our fellowship lunch which

will make for a more informal

setting while getting to know

Richard and Kim. We will have

Rick’s bar-b-q pork for lunch,

along with all the sides and des-

serts our members have

brought today.

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Note of Thanks…

Be sure to check the bulletin board for Thank you cards.

Home Bound… Please take time to pray for, visit or call our home-bound

members:

Toni Carver Keith and

Marylyn

Lupton

Shirley Mills

Serving Our Country...

Chris Borden

Davy Brogan

Reed Gibbs

Will Kidd

Marc Venditti

Tara White

Attendance Cards… Members & Guests, please fill out an at-

tendance card for your family and drop

in the collection

Our Missionaries…

Honduras: Esteban Portilla

Haiti:

Perceval Jackson Jackie Pierrot

No Food or Drinks… As a reminder,

please DO NOT bring anything other than water

or snacks for small children into the auditorium.

Kid’s Kingdom

If you have ever peeked into Kid’s Kingdom and saw children playing with games, you may have mistakenly thought that all we do is play and babysit. Please give us the opportunity to share with you what we really do in Kid’s Kingdom.

We begin our time with games, puzzles, or craft centers. These centers begin when the first

child arrives. This gives our children a time to fellowship with one another as well as our help-

ers and teachers. Just like when you arrive and leave church you enjoy meeting and greeting

your friends, this builds those relationships with the children. When visitors arrive we invite

them in and pair them with children their age. We hope when our children reach adulthood

they will have learned how to be hospitable and greet others with a warm welcome.

A few minutes after 9:00 we put away the games and we begin worship. Just like the adults

the goal is to be reverent and worship God in a way that is pleasing in His sight. We sing songs

of praise, geared toward children and teens. These songs are interactive and teach, such as

the Books of The Bible and many of the songs the teenagers sing in youth group.

Included in the worship are an opening prayer and a closing prayer. The Lord’s Supper is of-

fered to baptized Christians each Sunday. The children are taught each Sunday the importance

of the why we take the Lord’s Supper and to be respectful when others are taking the Lord’s

Supper. We also have an offering. The offering goes toward supporting Dennis Lobo; who is a

child in Honduras that Kids Kingdom specifically sponsors through Compassion International.

The children bring in their offering each week. They have a picture of Dennis and they pray for

him on a regular basis. Many times we discuss how in church our offering covers many things,

but in Kid’s Kingdom it helps Dennis and his family. The children are shown pictures of Hondu-

ras and are very familiar with the living conditions and how we can all help others.

We currently have a four year curriculum that covers 2 years of Old Testament and 2 Years of

New Testament. The children are taught a lesson each week from the Bible. They are also en-

couraged to learn a memory verse at home and know it by the following week. Learning and

loving God’s word is our top priority. We often have object lessons and activities that go along

with the lesson to enhance and encourage the children to remember the importance of what

they learned. To back up our regular lesson, we have a cast of Royal Puppets that give us a

moral lesson each week; this is a favorite among the children. After we conclude our worship

time, if the worship service in the auditorium is still in progress, we may have a little time to

fellowship again or a favorite of the kids is to sing VBS songs.

As you can see Kid’s Kingdom is a busy place where learning God’s word and how to worship is

brought to a child’s level. We are blessed to have five rotating teams that help with this won-

derful ministry. Many thanks are extended to our teenage helpers who are way too many to

name. We have been blessed with the following Kid’s Kingdom Leaders; Jaroch, Chase, McDan-

iel, Baldock, Bonk, Haskins, Berry, Nizol, Lake, Stewart, Williams, and Whelan. If you love chil-

dren and would like to assist in this great ministry, please feel free to let us know. We would

love to make you a part of the team. If you ever have any questions please feel free to ask us;

we love the children at Northwest and our desire is to assist the parents in encouraging faith at

home.

Susan Berry and Cindy Bonk

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On the Horizon... In Our Prayers… Our Northwest Family:

Health Issues: Ingrid Albert, Robert

Berry, Pat Flanigan, Edna Haskins,

Bonnie Hites, Greg Hutchison, Matt

Ingram, Liz Kirkhart, Marylyn Lupton,

George Olson, JoAnn Maute, Ruth

McCurry, Shirley Mills, Nicole Nizol,

Larry Page, Mary Sayago, Mary

Twachtmann and Tara Satterfield.

Personal Struggles: Amie Brown, Erin

Cubero, Chris Daniels, Faulk family,

Michael Fenceroy, Joy Hix, Liza Ilion,

Kelly & Vera Matthews, Tom Moore

family, Ellen Ray, Richard Trexler, Kitt

Swanson, and Curtis Walker.

Our Extended Family:

Ben, 5 year old cousin of Tricia S.

starting therapy soon. Danielle, (13

yrs. old) daughter of friend of Lori

Johnson, congenital heart defect.

David, brother of Norma Lake, health

problems. Carl W., husband of Re-

gina, surgery. Constance, mother of

Regina, health. Delmus, brother of

Teresa C., personal struggles. Don C.

father of Don C. health. Don donating

kidney to Shelby, Richard B.’s brother

and nephew. Heather, daughter of

Tom & Beverley, health. Baby J,

health issues. Juana, mother of

Teresa C., health. Judy, Torocco fam-

ily, declining health. Kaley, known to

McDaniel family, auto accident. KC,

friend of Marie W., complications

from surgery. Lillian, mother of Leah,

stroke & heart problems. Lou Ann,

friend of Lewis & Rama, cancer &

heart problems. Peggy, daughter-in-

law of George & Marlene, cancer.

Peggy W., former member, life

threatening health issues. Ron, friend

of Lisa S., health. Ron, friend of Con-

nie E. pancreatic cancer. Tracy, niece

of Liz, tests.

Please provide the office with updates for those on the prayer list.

We are extremely excited to

announce the theme for this

year’s SonQuest. This will be a 3

year series:

2013 XTreme Love

2014: XTreme Life

2015: XTreme Legacy

SonQuest 2013 welcomes back

David Skidmore as their keynote

speaker and B. Chris Simpson as

their Sunday morning keynote.

This is for all incoming 6th

through 12th graders. Sign up

on the teen bulletin board. $50

deposit on July 28th. SonQuest

is a positive impact on all; heart-

felt worship, challenging and

good Christian fun! Plan to be

blessed in an XTreme way!

24 ways to prepare your daughter to

be a lovely woman:

#1. Proverbs 15:1

James 3:17

Philippians 4:5

1 Peter 3:4

24 Ways to prepare your son to

become a gentleman:

#1. Proverbs 1:7

Deuteronomy 10:12

Psalm 111:10

Refer to this quarter's F@H handout

for all 24 ways!!!

VBS July 28—July 31

6:30pm—8:00pm

Bring your friends & family and

join us on an amazing adven-

ture across the seven seas as

we learn God’s plan in our life

through Biblical stories of wa-

ter. SHIPWRECKS! STORMS!

WHALES! With the wind to our

backs we will set sail on a jour-

ney only God could lead! Sign

up in the lobby.

Senior Trip Update

1st stop—Stone Mountain, GA

What do you surrender to God?

Men’s Dinner

Don’t forget to sign up for the Men’s dinner at Outback, at Citrus Park on July 18th. 6:30PM

Please sign up if you’re planning on coming, so we can call ahead.

S t a f f :

Matt Bancroft

Youth Minister

bancroft@tampachurch.org

Matthew Betz

Family Life Minister

matthew@tampachurch.org

Rick Bonk

Worship Minister

rbonk@verizon.net

Keith Boyer

Minister

keith@tampachurch.org

Tonia Boyer

Administrative Assistant

tonia@tampachurch.org

Toni Torocco

Secretary

office@tampachurch.org

S h e p h e r d s :

George Forcht gforcht@tampabay.rr.com

886-7815

Tracey Gray traceygrayemail@gmail.com

727-474-2533

Bob Matthews bob@tampachurch.org

949-4515

Lewis Patterson lewis@tampachurch.org

926-5473

D e a c o n s : Mark Berry Rick Bonk Doug Cline

Daniel Greaves Jacob Groves

John Marincin Chip Price

Mick Whelan Don Williams

Assembly Schedule

Sunday Worship 9:00AM Bible Class 10:15AM Small Groups (PM)

Wednesday Bible Class 7:15 PM

For the Record Kingdom Growth 2013

Baptized 4

New Members 11

Attendance Last Week

Bible Class 201 Worship 295 Giving

Contribution $ 14,146 Weekly Budget $ 10,500 YTD Contribution $ 273,949 YTD Budget $ 283,500 Haiti Memory of Hayward $ 2,730 Mission Sunday Support $ 11,500

Worship Guide

#440—Glorify the Lord with Me Shout To The Lord

Welcome: Matthew Betz

Opening Prayer: Chuck Haines

Here In This Place

Celebrating the Lord’s Supper

Presiding: Mark Berry

Giving Our Gifts #309—In My Life, Lord, Be Glorified

Mighty God Shine, Jesus, Shine

Scripture Reading: Ian Moore Philippians 2:6-7

Message: Richard O’Connor “Are you a Servant?”

#790—Lord, Take Control

Days of Elijah

Parents of children in Praise Time and/or Kid’s Kingdom should leave to get their children during the final song.

Sunday Morning Adult Classes

Adult Class (Fellowship 1)

“The Ways of God” Tim Thompson

Adult Class (Fellowship 2) “A Godly Attitude Adjustment”

John Swann

Adult Class (Auditorium) “Walking thru the Old Testament”

Mark Cain

Wednesday Evening Adult Classes

Adult Class (Fellowship 1) “Walking thru the New Testament”

Matt Betz

Adult Class (Fellowship 2) “Isaiah”

Thomas Mason

*NWT Small Groups/SUMMER 2013

~ Serving our Savior ~ Trexler/Moore

*More information is posted at the sound booth.