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Tahoe Community Church Notes, Announcements, Needs and Reminders
February 2017 Worshiping Together, Making Disciples, Reaching our World
Sunday Worship Schedule 9:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Study Classes
- Adult Bible Study “The Book of 1John” in the MPR.
10:00 a.m. Praise Team Warm Up in Sanctuary
10:10 a.m. Coffee/Fellowship Time in MPR
10:30 a.m. Worship Service (Nursery and
Children’s Church Available)
5:00 p.m. Youth Group in the MPR
145 Daggett Way — Stateline, Nevada 89449 — (775) 588-5860 — [email protected] — www.tahoecommunitychurch.org Office Telephone extensions: Pastor Paul-101, Ted-103, Sarah and Preschool-107.
Weekly Church Activities
Wednesday 7:00 a.m. Men’s Bible Study Fellowship at
Lakeside upstairs restaurant
8:30 a.m. Prayer Gathering in Sanctuary
3:30 p.m. Awesome Kids
6:00 p.m. Praise Team Practice
Thursday 9:00 a.m. Women’s Morning Study
5:30 p.m. Women’s Evening Study
6:00 p.m. Men’s Bible Study
Friday 2:30 p.m. Food Pantry
Tahoe Communi-
ty Church says
good bye to Pastor
Paul Tracy
After 16 years of service at
Tahoe Community Church, Pastor Paul has decided
to step down. Paul was hired in September of 2000 to
be the director of the school of music. Paul is a great
musician, and has a passion for teaching piano to
students of all ages and levels. He primarily taught
younger students, including our preschool kids twice
a week, and he thoroughly enjoyed leading VBS
each summer. (Continued on next page )
And the Story of the Month is…
Snow!!
After a number of years of drought, God
brought snow. And when God decided to make it
snow, He went big! The weekend of January 22nd
brought over 3 feet of snow at lake level. That on
top of the over 3 feet already on the ground made
for a lot of snow.
For the first time, church was cancelled on
January 22nd for the safety of our church family.
However, a few folks did not get the message. Kai
Keith and his family, and Elder Jeff Brumbach came
and held service for the two other people that
came. So our record of always having a Sunday
Church Service is in tact!
The Church property is dug out now and
ready to go thanks to the many hours of our hard
working snow removal team: Leonard O’Malley,
Bob Pavich, George Waite,
Jeff Brumbach, David Mutz,
and Bill Kolstad. There may
have been others that
helped as well. Thanks
men! You are greatly ap-
preciated.
From the Pastor Search Committee!
By Kathy Pavich
The Pastor Search Committee
has received 80 resumes to
date. We have sent and re-
ceived Step 2 questions from
11 candidates, who will go
on to the next step. There
are also a few more new resumes for the committee
to pray over and discuss.
We will be checking references and getting
ready to do initial interviews soon. We have closed
down some of our open pastor position postings that
are online, and will probably close down the rest in
the next week or so.
The Church Profile, that took us quite some
time to put together, has been very helpful to the pas-
tor candidates as they were able to learn about our
church and the community. It has also proven very
helpful to the committee in knowing what to look for
in the resumes that have come in. The Church Profile
is available for you to read at the office - please call
Ted for available times.
Just a few of the things that we are looking for
in the resumes are the candidates' beliefs, education,
experience, family if married, sermons, culture, church
government beliefs and more!
Each committee member has signed a confi-
dentiality agreement as we are dealing with not only
the candidates personal information, but this is also
an employment issue where we cannot divulge cer-
tain information. We can discuss generalities and
what steps the pastor search committee is taking dur-
ing this process. Please feel free to ask us these ques-
tions.
The committee members are asking you to
please continue to pray for us to receive God's guid-
ance, wisdom and discernment as we go forward to
learn who God has called to be our next pastor.
Pastor Search Committee Members:
Bob Pavich, Kathy Pavich,
Carol Borsos, Jan Hurst
Sandy Erridge,
Anna Rose Salvador,
Dan Wilkinson, Bill Kolstad,
Kathleen Huggins,
and Elder Bob Daly
Words By Elder Leonard O’Malley
A few weeks ago, while at church, I was ap-
proached by someone who wanted to tell me some-
thing. My first thoughts were “they wanted to share
about a prayer request or get my opinion about a cer-
tain topic.” So, we moved over to a quiet corner of
the room.
They shared their words of encouragement to
me. Their words struck deep within me. To a place
where emotions were tender and raw. I was over-
whelmed and nearly came to tears. I fumbled at
words to say (which I do most of the time). I was trying
to process these words and talk at the same time. I
awkwardly mumbled something and thanked them
for the kind words.
As I write this, I’m still struggling to find the
words to express the joy and encouragement that
their words meant to me. They used their spiritual gift
of exhortation to lift me up!
I am so encouraged and filled with pride (the
good kind) with how this Church body functions. So
many of you use your spiritual gifts to help one anoth-
er. Thank you for using your administration, your helps/
serving, your giving, your discernment, your encour-
agement, your evangelism, your intercessory prayer
and your faith!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
On behalf of the Elder board, May I say that it is a joy
to serve our Lord with you.
(Pastor Paul Continued)
Paul is a very gifted piano player and vocalist. He led
the praise team for while and loved making music for
the Lord. He is shown above with Jacky Brown Steven
Morton and Rhodin Scudder.
Pastor Paul became the second Senior Pastor
of Tahoe Community Church when Pastor Sam Worley
retired in 2008. One of Paul’s his favorite key words
was “connections.” He felt strongly that we as a
church need to be connected in order to be more
effective for Christ. That is why we call our fellowship
meals “connections.” (Continued on page 4)
From Elder Bob Daly
It has been 500 years since Martin Luther nailed
his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wit-
tenberg. It was an event that changed the world.
Think of what the world would look like if there
was no reformation? Spend a few minutes thinking of
all that the protestant church has brought to man-
kind? We will spend some time this year observing
what the reformers taught, and proclaimed from scrip-
ture.
Note: Join Elder Bob on Sunday Mornings as he is
teaching on the Five Solas in our Sunday Study Class
Knifity
Knitters for
the King
Inviting all who knit, crochet and enjoy play-
ing with yarn to join us Wednesday mornings as we
create hats for newborns. "Knifty Knitters for the King"
have donated almost 400 hats to Barton hospital for
their newborns. Each month we pray for the babies
who will receive one of our hats that they will ulti-
mately receive Jesus.
We would love to have you join us Wednes-
day mornings at 9:30 in the MPR as we knit hats and
friendships in Jesus' name.
For more information please contact Tina,
Sandy, Kathleen or Karen
Food Pantry Update The Food Pantry team has
decided to go back to being open
every Friday. We had been open
only the 2nd and 4th Friday of every
month, but our clients and even the
volunteers were confused about
which days we were open, so we
went back to our original days. This looks to be work-
ing well.
We are grateful for the continued delivery of
bread, pastries, and dairy products from Safeway by
Gabriel and Julia, who have done this for many
years. Please pray for them as there are some
health issues for both of them.
In His service!
Kathy Pavich
Pushpay being Used In November we intro-
duce electronic giving at Tahoe
Community church. Those that
are using it say it is simple once
you get started with it.
There are flyers in the
back of the church that provide
all the information you need to
help you get started.
If you would like hands-on training, talk to me
and I will put you in contact with someone who is using
it and is willing to walk you through it.
- From your phone: text tahoecc to 77977
- The easiest way to get started is to download our
church app or the Pushpay app.
- You can also go to our Church website:
tahoecommunitychurch.org
Click “about us” and go to the “giving page.”
We highly encourage all of you who can to use
this system. The finance charges are more reasonable
if we get more users. Ted Beverage
Missionary News & Prayer
From: Carol Borsos
Mirco & Nada Andreev
Skopje, Macedonia/Missions to
the Balkans
Pray for two church
plants. Struga has a building that already existed
and renovations have been made. The landlord
wants to sell it, not rent it. Please pray for God’s will
and provisions to buy the property. It is a very small
congregation and they do not have the money. If a
down payment is made the landlord would allow 2 -
3 years to pay it off. This church is in a strategic loca-
tion to reach many Muslims.
A second church plant is to open in Ohrid,
near Struga, in February. It is a main tourist place in
Macedonia with hundreds of Orthodox Churches.
The people there are very proud being the center of
the Orthodox. Pray for the new Evangelical believers
there to stay strong in their faith and to continue to
do God’s will in their lives.
Kyrgyzstan
Things are going well with our language tu-
tors. Two people come 3 times a week for 3 hours
each day and help us learn the Kyrgyz language.
They also help with our son while we're busy learning.
We took a much needed break for Christmas,
as well as going to a conference with our organiza-
tion in early January, spending time in Thailand.
Praising the Lord for these times to recharge and get-
ting into a good rhythm of life. Learning to say yes
and no to things is helping us thrive. Our son is eating
solid foods and sleeping regularly. We got a car and
ownership finished.
Prayers:
- Wisdom in how to best learn this language. Many
people study language for years and years and
don't learn anything! We want to learn this language
well so we can serve and love these people better,
but also want to serve and love them along the way.
- Visa issues to be completely taken care of. Recent-
ly new laws were passed making having a vi-
sa MUCH more difficult. Please pray laws will be re-
pealed!
- Pray for unity and understanding with worker team
and resolution to some misunderstandings.
- Pray for protection against spiritual attacks, disci-
pline to rest, and for us to be united as a couple .
Pray for Kyrgyzstan:
- Pray for 2% of the Kyrgyz to be reached by 2021.
Pray that the believers be united and obedient to
God's commands.
- Pray for the orphans here to know the love of God.
- There is a lot of witchcraft practiced here. Pray the
stopping of Satan's activity and Christ's power to be
supreme.
- Pray for needed justice in the government.
Pastor Warris in Pakistan
Forgotten Missionaries International
The organization has dropped using the full
name and is referred to as FMI now due to the in-
crease of terrorism in the regions they work. The initials
represent their commitment to Facilitate, Mobilize, In-
spire, national church planting partners.
Director of FMI, Bruce Allen is traveling in South-
ern Asia. He met with our pastor in mid-January.
Please pray young pastors have learned from
Pastor Warris’s mentoring in evangelism and disciple-
ship at a conference in January. Also pray for church
construction site projects for a few of these young
pastors, the people God has brought and will bring to
worship there, and that they grow in their grace and
knowledge of Jesus Christ.
The persecuted family has safely relocated.
Pray the father’s employment situation improves and
his personal ministry would bear much fruit!
Pray for effective and thorough discipleship of
new believers who have come out of Muslim back-
grounds, and that God would provide courage, wis-
dom, and harmony to the churches they have joined.
Ryan & Danielle Stauffer
Lima, Peru/International Christian School
Praise God that students and their families are
coming to Jesus as Savior and growing in the Lord!
(See Article on next page for more on the Stauffers)
(Pastor Paul Continued)
One Paul’s duties as Pas-
tor was baptizing believ-
ers in Christ in Lake Tahoe
each summer. He is
shown left with Rachelle
Fazio and Cindy Johnson.
Pastor Paul is an
extremely gifted preacher
and teacher who I personally learned a lot from. He
did many sermon series over the years but the two I
enjoyed the most were his one on 1st Kings, which was
primarily focused on Solomon, and his last series on the
book of Luke which he like to call the Gospel of Doc-
tor Luke. (Continued on Page 5)
2017 Prayer and Support Update “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made,
And by the breath of His mouth all their host.
Psalm 33:6”
Praise the Lord that we have entered into 2017.
His creation is sustained by his word and for His glory.
This new year marks our fourth year on the mission field
with the Network of International Christian Schools.
2016 presented both blessings and trials; however, re-
gardless of any situation we continue to work to our
Lord's glory through serving at the International Chris-
tian School of Lima.
What's New for the Stauffers? We continue to serve as missionaries with the
Network of International Christian Schools in Lima, Pe-
ru. We are now a family of three! Adelynn is now 9
months old and keeping us busy! This year Ryan is serv-
ing at International Christian School - Lima as the Ele-
mentary Principal. He also teaches two high school AP
English courses. Danielle has been serving the school
on a volunteer basis as the Local Member Care Associ-
ate which has allowed her to stay at home with Ade-
lynn. Danielle leads a team of teachers who work to
serve the teachers and the staff of the school ensuring
that they are spiritually, emotionally, physically, and
mentally cared for so that they can have the strength
to persevere in the work God has called them to do at
ICS-Lima.
Praises:
- Praise God that we have moved to an apartment
closer to the school so that we can be more effective
in our ministry and have a comfortable home
- The teacher and staff who consistently serve at our
school
- God’s provision for us
- A healthy and safe family
- A great time with family during the Christmas break!
Prayer Requests:
- Salvation for students and their families
- Increase in enrollment this semester. Many families
moved out of the country during Christmas break.
Prayers Continued:
- Wisdom for Ryan as principal and the leadership
team as they make decisions
- Prayer our marriage to grow and be set on the firm
foundation of Christ
- Wisdom for us as we raise our daughter in the Lord.
- Pray for continued provision financially
Adopt a Student to Pray For!
As Ryan serves as
the principle, he works
with many students who
have challenges. These
students may be strug-
gling behaviorally, have
a tough home life, or
struggle academically,
but ultimately we wish to
see God transform the
lives of our students
through His salvation.
Our students need your
prayer! If you would like
to adopt a student to
pray for please e-mail Danielle at dstauf-
[email protected]. We will send you a brief profile of a
student to be praying for. Thank you!
(Pastor Paul Continued)
Pastor Paul had
many roles over the past 16
years. He was a musician,
praise team leader, and
director of the school of
music. He was a preacher,
a teacher, and an Elder.
And of course, Pastor Paul
was our pastor.
For me personally
he was my fellow musician
on the praise team. I loved
playing with Pastor Paul, it
was always a joy. I also enjoyed all the years of
doing music for VBS together. Our first one was
Outrigger Island in 2008. Pastor Paul was my co-
staff member, and my boss. But most of all, Pastor
Paul was my friend, and I will miss him very much.
Pastor Paul we wish you and your family all the best
in your new endeavors. May God bless all that you
do.
Ted
Here to Serve You:
Elders: Jeff Brumbach, Bob Daly, Leonard O’Malley
Deacons/Deaconesses: Susie Brumbach, Jacky Daly, Jerry Klosterboer, Bob Pavich, Kathy Pavich, Tootie
O’Malley, Suzette Waite, Ted Beverage
Church Staff: Ted Beverage, Music Director
Preschool Staff: Sarah Tran, Director/Teacher. Teachers: Lauren Marshall and Kimberly Sims.
Teacher Assistants: Raeanne Wilson, Julie Ryan, and Jeannie Oller. Office Manager: Thomas Tran
P.O. Box 6598
Stateline, NV 89449
More Announcements
- Church Directories Available: Copies of the Church
Directories are now available in the back of the sanctu-
ary. Please contact Ted if you find any errors or omis-
sions. I can also e-mail one to you if you would like.
- Workers needed for Nursery and Children’s worship:
We are looking for volunteers to help out in this vital
Sunday Morning Ministry. Please contact Suzette Waite
for more information. No experience is required, just a
loving heart and a willingness to learn.
- Giving Statements: The 2016 giving statements have
been mailed. Please see Ted if you have any problems.
Announcements
- Fellowship Meal: Our next fellowship meal will be
on February 5th after Church. Please join us for a
great time of eating, talking, and getting to know
each other better.
- Church Meeting: Our next church meeting is
scheduled for February 5th following our fellowship
meal. Topics currently scheduled are: Music and
Worship, Food Pantry, and Missions
- Chili Cook-off postponed: The Church Family Mis-
sions chille cook-off fundraiser was postponed due
to bad weather. The new date is TBD. -
- Scripture Memory Verses for February
- February 5th Psalm 19:1
- February 12th 2 Corinthians 8:7
- February 19th Ephesians 2:5
- February 26th Ephesians 3:12
Upright Piano for sale
The Church has a beautiful upright piano that it
would like to sell. It is a spruce, Schafer and Sons piano
in excellent condition. Its value is estimated to be
around $1,500. Please contact Ted if you or anyone
you know might be interested.