This Week at Tabernacle
THIS WEEK AT TABERNACLE CHURCH, UCC
September 28th, 2025
Join us this Sunday at 10:00 am in the Sanctuary for our Sunday Service followed by Fellowship Time in the Bigelow Room. For those of you joining from home the zoom link is provided below.
Looking for Volunteers to help with Open House and Tour…
On Saturday, September 27, we again will be hosting an Open House in coordination with a visit from students in a History of Mission class at Harding University in Arkansas. The professor has been bringing his class here for about a dozen years. We will need volunteers for the Open House from 11am – 3pm. The Open House will include the visit from the Mission class.
Last month we had about 15 folks walk through our Open House, plus our tour folks. Please contact Betsey Bennett(508-843-5780) if you have questions or would like to help.
A message from Reverend Joe….
Dear Members and Friends,
Many of you keep asking me about what’s happening at Second Congregational Church in Beverly and do I have any updates. At our local UCC clergy gathering this past week I learned from their pastor that they will be closing the end of this year as a congregation. We just received an invitation to their closing ceremony on November 16th at 3 pm. Here’s the info and place to RSVP if you’d like to attend.
We warmly invite you to join us as we celebrate the life and legacy of Second Church. This will be a special time to gather, reflect, and honor all that Second Church has meant to so many over the years. 3:00 p.m. program with refreshments to follow.
RSVP to E-communicationsAdmin@beverlysecond.com by October 31st. We will also be having a choir and if you would like to join in please let us know.
If you’re unable to attend in person but would like to share a message, video, or photos, please send them to E-communicationsAdmin@beverlysecond.com by October 31st.
We hope you’ll be part of this meaningful celebration, whether near or far.
Zoom link for remote attendance will be added closer to the date of the event.
I thought you’d want to put this on your calendar. Their pastor met with members of our Next Step Committee and gave us great ideas on how to do some of the things we will need to do over the next three years, even though our situation is a bit different since we’re not closing but we are selling our property and will have to make a lot of decisions about what’s in our building. We’ve learned from their experiences, especially about working with the purchaser and letting the neighborhood know what’s happening!
It’s sad to see the last UCC congregation in Beverly close, but we celebrate their past and the missional way they are leaving their building to LifeBridge!
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Reverend Joe
It’s That Wonderful Time of the Year…
Halloween in Salem…
WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF HALLOWEEN PARKERS!
This year we are starting our parking earlier than usual….
Our parking lots are conveniently located to all downtown shopping, events, and restaurants. We need at least three people for every shift, but four is better.
NEED FOR THE FOLLOWING DATES:
October 5th, 11th, 12th, MONDAY the 13th ,18th,19th,25th,26th,
Sign- up sheets are in the Bigelow Room or contact Betsey Bennett via text
at 508-843-5780 to volunteer
The Deacon for the month of September is Betsey Bennett.
The Deacons for the month of October are Sara and Dave Woolfenden.
The Lighting of the Steeple for the month of September is provided by Amy Anderson Grover and Family in loving memory of Amy’s parents, Dick and June Anderson.
The Lighting of the Steeple for the month of October is provided by Sarah and Tom Davin in loving memory of their parents, Tom and Mary Davin, and Richard and Janet king.
NEW MISSIONS COLLECTIONS>>>>>>
COAT DRIVE AND MORE…
Missions is joining the Coat Collection at St Peter’s-San Pedro Episcopal Church in Salem. We are asking our church community to consider donating gently used items as you change from your summer to winter clothing. We are collecting coats, jackets, scarves, gloves, and hats for adults and children. Please place your donations in the baskets in the narthex.
This collection is now until the end of October.
We appreciate you participating in this project.
Missions Group
IN ADDTION>>>>
WE are also collecting gently used sweatshirts and hoodies for
The Clothing Connection which serves adolescents in the
Salem Public Schools.
FINALLY…..
COMFORT FOOD SUPPLIES FOR THE SALEM PANTRY
Missions Action Group has designated September, October, November, and December as comfort food months for the Salem Pantry so others can enjoy yummy treats for the holidays of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
We are asking for donations of spices, flour, cooking oil, sugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar, molasses, dried milk, evaporated milk, and cans of pumpkin.
Reasonably priced spices can be found at Walgreens, Market Basket, and Ocean State Job Lot. You will find baskets in the Narthex to place your contributions.
Thank you as always for your support.
Missions Action Group
AND STILL COLLECTING …..
Missions is collecting plastic tabs from bread and fruit bags, and the pull tabs from cans. Collection Jars are in the Bigelow Room.
Calendar
Sunday, September 28th, 2025
10:00 a.m. Worship service in the Sanctuary and via Zoom
11:00 a.m. Fellowship Time in the Bigelow Room
11:00 a.m. Halloween Parking
12:00 noon till 11:00 p.m. Magic show in Emerson Hall and the Bigelow Room
Monday, September 29th, 2025
7:00 p.m. Alanon Meeting downstairs in the dining room
Tuesday, September 30th, 2025
6:00 p.m. Zilber Beatles rehearsal downstairs classroom
6:00 p.m. Jubilate Choir rehearsal in the Bigelow Room
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
7:00 p.m. Bible Study via Zoom
Friday, October 3rd, 2025
Afternoon and Evening Magic Show in Emerson Hall and Bigelow room
6:30 p.m. AA meeting downstairs in the dining room
Saturday, October 4th, 2025
9:30 a.m. Halloween parking
Magic Show all day Emerson Hall and Bigelow room
Sunday, October 5th, 2025
10:00 a.m. Worship service with Communion in the Sanctuary and via Zoom
11:00 a.m. Fellowship Time in the Bigelow Room
11:00 a.m. Halloween parking
12:00 noon till 11:00 p.m. Magic show in Emerson Hall and the Bigelow Room
S.O.S
WE NEED HELP SERVING LIFEBRIDGE MEALS
CHOOSE YOUR MONTH TO SERVE
4-6- P.M. the fourth Monday of the Month
Sign up Sheets are on the board in the Bigelow Room
or
CONTACT MARTHA BAGBY (mhbagby@gmail.com)
WITH OUT VOLUNTEERS WE CANNOT MAKE THIS MOST IMPORTANT COMMUNITY SERVICE HAPPEN!!
Bible Study tonight
September 24th, 2025
7:00 pm via Zoom
Tonight’s Readings are:
PSALM 91
1 You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High
and pass the night in the shadow of Shaddai,
2 say: “YHWH, my refuge and my mountain fortress,
my God in whom I trust!”
3 For YHWH says: “I will rescue you from the snare,
and shield you from poisoned arrows.
4 I will cover you with my pinions;
under my wings you will take refuge;
my faithfulness will shield you.
5 You have no need to fear the prowlers of the night
or the arrow that flies by day,
6 the plague that lurks in the shadows
or the scourge that stalks at noon.
7 Though a thousand fall at your left side
and ten thousand at your right,
it will never come near you.
8 You will see it pass you by,
and witness the punishment of the corrupt
with your own eyes.
9 Because you have made me your refuge
and have me as your stronghold,
10 no evil will befall you,
and no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For I will command my angels
to guard you wherever you go.
12 They’ll carry you in their hands
so you don’t hurt your foot on a stone.
13 You’ll tread on the young lion as easily as one does a
cobra; you’ll trample down both lion and serpent.
14 Because you love me, I will deliver you;
I will rescue you because you acknowledge my Name.
15 You will call upon me, and I will answer you;
I will be with you in trouble;
I will deliver you and honor you.
16 I will satisfy you with a long life and show you my salvation.”
1 Timothy 6:6-19
Pursuing God’s justice
6:6 Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment,
6:7 for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it,
6:8 but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
6:9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
6:10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
6:11 But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.
6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
6:13 In the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you
6:14 to keep the commandment without spot or blame until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
6:15 which he will bring about at the right time–he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
6:16 It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
6:17As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our
enjoyment.
6:18They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share,
6:19thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.