This Week at Tabernacle
This Week at Tabernacle Church
THIS WEEK AT TABERNACLE CHURCH, UCC
July 12th, 2026
Our monthly vigil on the steps of the church was cancelled last night due to rain.
It has been rescheduled for next Tuesday, July 14th at 5 p.m.
REMEMBER NO SERVICE AT THE CHURCH OR ON ZOOM THIS SUNDAY!
TAKE NOTICE>>>>
INSTEAD CHURCH SUNDAY SERVICE
AND PICNIC AT THE WILLOWS!
Sunday, July 12th,2026
10:00 A.M.
Look for the Tabernacle Banner!
Join us for 10:00 am Worship Service at the Willows followed by
fellowship time and BBQ lunch.
Music will be provided by Bob & Jen Strom.
Burgers, Hot Dogs, Veggie burgers will be provided
Please bring beverages, side dishes and desserts to share
Here is the link to sign up on thee Sign Up Genius
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0949A5AD2FA7FECF8-64700159-tabernacle#/
BE SURE TO BRING A CHAIR
We’ve been lucky in the past, pray for good weather again this year!
Contact Jack MacLean (jakmak60@gmail.com) with any questions.
The Title of Reverend Joe’s sermon is :
‘What does Paul mean: Set your minds on the Spirit?’
A message from Reverend Joe………
Dear Members and Friends,
I love church. I think you know that! I especially love when the church is being the church, which means a lot of different things. As an Open and Affirming Congregation we live up to our affirmation, especially our rainbow doors, hosting the Interfaith Pride Service, and our social justice vigils on the front steps, all those mission projects collecting things for Salem Pantry, bread tabs and can tops. One of Jesus’ mandates in the Gospel of Matthew is “I was sick and in prison and you came to see me.” We often pray for those who are in need and as a pastor, I visit our shut ins and those in the hospital as much as possible. Speaking of which, Dolores Zelinski turns 95 on July 16th! Drop her a card care of The Residence, 224 Salem Street, Apt 109, Swampscott, MA 01907. Some of us stay in touch with Mark Ternullo who is an inmate at the Bridgewater Correction Facility. Mark reports that his parole attorney has informed him he will be coming up for parole this fall. He has repeatedly asked me to thank those of you in the congregation who have stayed in touch with him and asks your prayers for his parole hearing.
This weekend is another wonderful opportunity to be the church, not just on Sunday morning. Saturday will be the scattering of ashes of Anna Porter from the Finback at sea. Thirty folks will be aboard for this great send off for a great church member, including the Threshold Singers, singing the hymns Anna requested, and Rev. Holly, who covered for me when I was away and was instrumental in getting Anna into hospice care. The O’Donnell Funeral Home will be videoing the service at sea so I’ll let you know the link when it becomes available for those who would like to watch.
Sunday is our annual church picnic, one of my favorite activities/services/potlucks for the entire year. Do plan to come to the Willows, bring a dish to share, your chair (if you are able) and even invite friends. What a great way to have fellowship, a meal, and share the good news of Tabernacle church with the rest of the community who may pass by! Several have commented on my T shirt from the past two years, “The Sermonator”. This year I have another one you’ll enjoy, a gift from our Chair of Deacons. You’ll have to show up to read it!
See you at the Willows!
Reverend Joe
The Deacons for the month of July are Brenda Lewis and
Dave Woolfenden.
The lighting of the Steeple for the month of July is provided by
Annette Carter in celebration of her Mother’s 93rd birthday on
July 4th,2026!
NEW ITEM FOR SALEM PANTRY
JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER
“Reading is Fundamental”
To support the Salem Pantry during the months of July, August, and September, Missions is collecting donations of new or used (good condition only please) books for all ages (all languages welcome).
The growing literacy crisis is troubling and Missions is aware that our previous donations of reading materials were a great hit at the Pantry.
Books can be left at the church in the narthex. Missions has put together an amazon wishlist & has provided amazon with a delivery address of a mission’s member that will be automatically supplied if you choose to use the wishlist. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/8Z9UN68AM89K?ref_=wl_share
Monday Theology Circle
The Monday afternoon Theology Circle Group will be meeting Monday, July 13th, , in the Bigelow room at 3 PM.
Our theme for the next several weeks will be “Mothers of the Church”.
Curious? It doesn’t require a lot of reading. In fact you can just come and listen and you will learn a lot. Join Us!….
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Please join the Missions Committee and the Friends & Family of
Marc Lemieux for the annual World Needs You Here Walk
Sunday, August 2nd at 10am.
Register at the link below and join Team Tabernacle in memory of Marc. More details about that Sunday’s service will follow.
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WE NEED HELP SERVING LIFEBRIDGE MEALS
Sign-up Sheets are on the board in the Bigelow Room
or Call Martha Bagby: 508-932-0221
CHOOSE YOUR MONTH TO SERVE
4-6- P.M. the fourth Monday of the Month
WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS WE CANNOT MAKE THIS MOST IMPORTANT COMMUNITY SERVICE HAPPEN!!
AND WE ARE 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, July 12th, 2026
10:00 a.m. Worship Service at the Willows
Followed by Tabernacle Picnic
Monday, July 13th 2026
7:00 p.m. Alanon Meeting downstairs in the dining room.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
5:00 p.m. Vigil on the front steps of Church
6:00 p.m. Zilber Beatles Rehearsal downstairs classroom
7:00 p.m. Jubilet Choir rehearsal in the Bigelow Room
Wednesday, July 15th, 2026
7:00 p.m. Bible Study via zoom
Friday, July 17th, 2026
6:30 p.m. AA meeting downstairs in the dining room
Sunday, July 19th, 2026
10:00 a.m. Worship Service in Emerson Hall
11:00 a.m. Fellowship Time in the Bigelow Room
BIBLE STUDY TONIGHT
July 8th, 2026
7:00 pm via Zoom
TONIGHTS READINGS
HEBREW BIBLE READING
Psalm 65:(1-8), 9-13 Your paths overflow with plenty
65:1 Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall vows be performed,
65:2 O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come.
65:3 When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us, you forgive our transgressions.
65:4 Happy are those whom you choose and bring near to live in your courts. We
shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.
65:5 By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation; you
are the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
65:6 By your strength you established the mountains; you are girded with might.
65:7 You silence the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the
peoples.
65:8 Those who live at earth’s farthest bounds are awed by your signs; you make the
gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy.
65:9 You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of
water; you provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it.
65:10 You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers,
and blessing its growth.
65:11 You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with
richness.
65:12 The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills gird themselves with joy;
65:13 the meadows clothe themselves with flocks; the valleys deck themselves with
grain; they shout and sing together for joy.
CHRISTIAN TESTAMENT READING
Romans 8:1-11
Living according to the Spirit
8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin
and of death.
8:3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending
his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and to deal with sin, he condemned sin
in the flesh,
8:4 so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the
flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of
the Spirit.
8:6 To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and
peace.
8:7 For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not
submit to God’s law–indeed, it cannot,
8:8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
8:9 But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in
you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
8:10 But if Christ is in you, then the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life
because of righteousness.
8:11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised
Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his
Spirit that dwells in you.