We are seeking to be a church community that exists for the sake of service, as we build one another up in Christ in the church and live sacrifically on behalf of the world. Hopefully this web page will come to reflect those commitments.
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If our church leadership can do anything to assist you in any way, or if you desire to join the church, please contact Pastor Rich Lusk (980-5739; rwlusk @ bellsouth.net), or one of our Elders: Gilbert Douglas (ke4nrl @ bellsouth.net), David Smolin (davdes @ bellsouth.net), Mark Winstead (vwinstead4886 @ charter.net) and Phillip Woods (PWoods @ resourcemgt.com). For assistance with special needs, please contact one of our deacons, Jerry Hampton (jrh7864 @ yahoo.com), Rod Honeycutt (rodcathy @ earthlink.net), Ryan Nash (ryannash @ charter.net), Jed Park (archdeacon; jpark @ brighamwilliams.com), or Karl Petersen (Treasurer; Karl.Petersen @ BellSouth.com). To add an item to the prayer list, please contact Cindy Douglas (candouglas @ bellsouth.net).
To see our "Service Opportunities and Procedures Manual" click here (forthcoming). This is to help our members better serve one another in the week to week life of the church.
Covenant renewal worship services are held each Lord’s Day at the Berney Points Baptist Church facility at 9:00 AM. A time of fellowship follows, and then Sunday School begins at approximately 10:30. Our children are dismissed to children’s choir, then to their classes. On the second Sunday of each month, we have lunch together in the Fellowship Hall.
Flowing out of covenant renewal worship, we provide several opportunities for continuing the life of discipleship, community, and mission throughout the week. We gather together as an integrated body each Lord's Day as God's royal priesthood; we then disperse for service and work in the world the rest of the week. But we also desire to build on the Lord's Day gathering with other times of specialized instruction and fellowship. Some major, recurring events in the life of our church include "Second Sunday" lunches together after worship and Sunday School, monthly gatherings for women, "Trinity Tavern Thursday" each month for men, and Bible studies for college students/young adults and youth.
TPC desires to minister to people in all sorts of life situations -- young and old, married and single, rich and poor, and so forth. We believe the church should embrace and reach out to humanity in all its diversity, drawing all sorts of folks together into a united family of faith through the gospel. We also believe the family is a basic building block in God's created order, and thus we seek to strengthen the family. This includes teaching each member of the family his or her biblical, covenantal responsibilities. It means especially training husbands and fathers to take responsibility for their homes, enabling and equipping them to lead their families as Christ leads the church. Some ministries in our church focus on particular segments of the church body (e.g., youth and college Bible studies), but we especially encourage whole-family events and ministries. We want families to be strengthened, as they worship together, serve together, show mercy together, work together, and enjoy God's world together. We want our households to be places of grace, where the life of the kingdom is manifested and extended on a daily basis.
To promote the development of mature, biblically faithful family life and culture, we offer the following resources for your edification:
"Questions for Heads of Households" (by Stewart Jordan; pdf)
"Women, Ministry, and Liturgy" (pdf)
Selected articles:
"Community and the New Tribalism," by Rich Lusk
"God Is Not Enough," by Rich Lusk
Coming soon: our "Ministries Manual." Click here to view.