| September 29, 2024 |
| ** If you are NOT receiving these Announcements via email and would like to, please click HERE to sign up for the church in Tacoma mailing list. Follow the simple instructions by checking the boxes to “Opt-In” to the mailing list. Once submitted you will immediately receive a short verification email that also must be check-marked and returned. If you complete this, you will have the best chance of receiving the Announcements consistently into your email Inbox. Morning Revival: Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (Vol. 1), Week 2 Special Notes: December Semiannual Training is December 23rd – 28th. The deadline to register for the training is October 27th. Registration can be completed at: https://churchintacoma.org/training-registration/ The video training schedule on Zoom will follow the live training schedule in Anaheim. NW YP Retreats (Middle School and High School), October 18-20 * Dear saints, We would like to extend an invitation to all High School and Middle School young people including parents to the respective retreats that will be held on the same weekend of October 18th-20th, 2024. The topic of this retreat will be on the book of Genesis from Adam to Noah. Please have the young people read Genesis chapters 1-10 before the retreat. All three young peoples’ retreats–High School (grades 9-12), Middle School Girls (grades 6-8), and Middle School Boys (grades 6-8)–will be held on the same weekend of October 18th-20th. The High School retreat will be held at the Double K Retreat Center and Middle School retreat will be held at Camp Koinonia. The two retreat centers are located about 10-15 minutes apart. Both are located between Easton and Cle Elum off of I-90. The middle school retreat will still be conducted with separate meetings by gender but held within the same facility at Camp Koinonia. Cost: $155, registration ends the evening of October 6th and late registration ends the evening of October 13th (with a $10 late fee). https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/Fall2024NWYPRetreats We encourage all the young people to read Genesis before the retreat. Some localities use Bible Challenges (https://www.biblechallenges.com/) to support Bible reading schedules. Please share this information with the families in your locality; more information will soon be available at: https://www.nwypretreats.org/ Middle School Retreat Coordinators Eric Eilmes, eilmese@gmail.com David Hoekema, David.Hoekema@idwr.idaho.gov Neftali Rodriguez, neft45@hotmail.com High School Retreat Coordinators Isaac Fu, isaaccfu@gmail.com Paul Lee, paul_lee@icloud.com Tim Washington, timothy.a.washington@gmail.com * The NW College Retreat will be held October 25-27 in Ellensburg. Registration is now open: https://www.cognitoforms.com/Churchinbellevue1/Fall2024NWCollegeRetreat * This year’s International Thanksgiving Blending Conference will be held in Atlanta, GA, from Thursday, November 28 through Lord’s Day, December 1, 2024. We would like to extend an invitation to all the churches and individuals to participate in this gathering. The meeting schedule is as follows: 1st meeting: Thursday, November 28 ………………….. 7:30 PM 2nd meeting: Friday, November 29 …………………….. 10:00 AM 3rd meeting: Friday, November 29 ……………………….. 7:30 PM 4th meeting: Saturday, November 30 ………………… 10:00 AM 5th meeting: Saturday, November 30 ……………………. 7:30 PM 6th meeting: Lord’s Day, December 1 …………………… 9:30 AM All the meetings will be held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom, located at 265 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303 and will be open to the public. To make room reservations at the LSM discounted rate, the phone number is: 1-800-228-9290. This information is also available at www.lsm.org. There will be translation into Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. Some additional languages may also be included. *Conference with Brother Minoru Chen: October 19th-20 in Portland. Please make hotel reservations in advance and be sure you can cancel them if necessary. * Puget Sound Blending Conference: November 15-17th at the church in Bellevue * Holy Bible Recovery Version App: For getting the most out of the Recovery Version App please use the following link to helpful videos: https://recoveryversion.bible/app * Living Steam Ministry YouTube channel Selected videos of Witness Lee’s messages are now available on “YouTube”. To access them use the “YouTube” search function and type in Living Stream Ministry. We encourage all the saints to watch the six videos on The World Situation and God’s Move. In this particular series Brother Lee refers to maps on the board behind the podium. We recommend that you watch this series on the largest screen you can so you can see the maVideos are being added weekly, so we suggest you check the YouTube channel for new content. Lord’s Day Meeting: * Those who are not able to come to the hall, may connect on Zoom starting at 10:00 a.m. You will be able to observe the Lord’s table meeting and the prophesying meeting. The Zoom codes will be the same as those sent in the emailed version of the Announcements * Every week the church sends the announcements via email to all the saints. If you do not receive this email or if you would like to, please contact the service office. * View the church announcements at: https://churchintacoma.org/announcements * We have a webpage where you can update your household information including your phone number for the phone list at https://churchintacoma.org/update * Living Stream Ministry has updated the Ministry Books website with many useful features including a free and subscription option. Go to: www.ministrybooks.org to view a video presentation. * There will be an ongoing need of support for the saints in Ukraine and the countries throughout Europe who have received the refugees. Please mark your offerings for this need: “For Ukraine”. We will combine all such offerings and send one check to LME promptly. * The church prayer meeting has moved to Tuesday’s. Please use the Zoom codes you normally use to join the prayer meeting. * Many useful gospel tracts and resources are now available especially for use online: www.rhemabooks.org Recent Articles www.bfa.org Share the Good News * Offerings are still being collected at the meeting hall and our financial obligations remain the same. Your gifts can be dropped in the mail slot or mailed to the hall at: 5012 N. 14th St., Tacoma, WA, 98406 * The church is now able to receive offerings through the online service, Zelle. The church email to use in making an offering is: offering@churchintacoma.org * First, download the app to your device and create your account. Not all banks participate in Zelle. So, be sure to check with your bank. When making an offering through Zelle, in the place that says, “What is this for?” please designate what the offering is for, such as “Offering” or “Books” or “Retreat” or “SST” or “Training Registration”. Any offering which is not designated will be accounted to the General fund. To make online donations to Living Stream Ministry: www.lsm.org/donations. This website may be used to make one-time donations, designated offerings, and fixed recurring donations. * Reports from many European countries can be viewed at: amanatrust.org.uk/page/reports LSM Publications: * To receive a paper copy of the Holy Word for Morning Revival delivered to your home, go to: https://www.lsm.org/dms.html and set up your Direct Mail Service account. * A digital newsletter “Having this Ministry…” from Living Stream Ministry is now available. To subscribe go to www.lsm.org Free eBooks from LSM can be found at www.lsm.org/digital or by clicking on these links: https://www.lsm.org/lifes-healing https://www.lsm.org/lifes-satisfying https://www.lsm.org/lifes-regenerating https://www.lsm.org/living-law https://www.lsm.org/law-of-life https://www.lsm.org/righteousness-powerdos https://www.lsm.org/lifes-principle https://www.lsm.org/revelation-life-building https://www.lsm.org/lifes-purpose https://www.lsm.org/dispensing https://www.lsm.org/bible-romance https://www.lsm.org/Gospel-God https://www.lsm.org/universal-battle Items for prayer: * Pray for the Lord’s present move in Europe. * Pray for more local churches to be established in the mountain states, the mid-west and Bible-belt states of America. * Pray for Gospel-ize, Truth-ize, Church-ize America (www.GTCA.US) 2022 cities: · Columbus, OH · Nashville, TN · Normal, IL · Omaha, NE · Tampa, FL · Virginia Beach, VA Please pray for these family members now serving in the military: · Aaron Ingersoll, Army, (JBLM) · Kevin Jiang, Marines, (PSNS Bremerton) · Lt. Col. Phil Sakamoto, Air Force (New Jersey) · Cpt. Travis Park, Air Force (Travis AFB, CA) · Jacob Kim, Army · Alex Xu, Army (JBLM) *. David Montiel, Army, (JBLM) · 2nd Lt. Jerrett Canovas, Army, (JBLM) Click to edit Email Preferences or Unsubscribe from this list. church in Tacoma 5012 N 14th St Tacoma, WA 98406 – US Telephone: 253-759-0209 |