Christmas Decorating This Saturday!

“Following Jesus and Loving People”

 

 

You are invited to

Christmas Decorating

at Highway Tabernacle

This Saturday starting at 10 AM

 

Come help us beautify our church for Christmas!

And we will also be assembling new furniture for Open Door Café!

 

Christmas Ornament Challenge

Bring a Christmas ornament that represents you!

Give (secretly) to Becky or Maria R. in the next couple weeks,

and we will guess which ornament is yours after caroling on December 20th!

 

 

 

 

 

Give on-line: http://give.highwaytab.org

Highway Tabernacle, Resurrection Life, SGA, and NextGen

You can now help support our school, Spring Garden Academy, when you use Amazon Smile. We are listed under Highway Mission Tabernacle. Every time an order is placed through Amazon Smile, a donation will be made to help our children in Philadelphia.

 

Here is our link to Amazon Smile.

https://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-1365244

 

Weekly Schedules

Highway Tabernacle: Morning Prayer @ 9AM; Sunday Worship @ 10AM; Resurrection Life: Sunday Worship @ 12Noon

 

 

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E-bulletin 11/23/15

HIGHWAY TABERNACLE ~ RESURRECTION LIFE

“Following Jesus and Loving People”

 

As we look ahead to Thanksgiving, it’s easy to find all kinds of tips on how to cook and present the special meal. As a follower of Christ, I am thankful for living in a country where good food can be found and purchased, but there are much bigger issues than the meal. Thanksgiving is a reminder of our relationship with God. Here are a few “tips” from my heart on the giving of thanks to our God.

1) The Lord is worthy of our praise and thanks. Even Jonah, the “reluctant” prophet declared, “I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity” (Jonah 4:2). To know that God wants to be gracious to us, rather than quickly judging and destroying us, should bring praise to our heart.

2) Thanksgiving is an act of drawing near to God. Our human nature is one of grasping for what we want or need and then leaving. When Jesus healed the ten lepers, the Bible tells us, “One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him- and he was a Samaritan” (Luke 17:15). When we take the time to thank the Lord and worship him, we break away from our old nature and draw near to our Savior.

3) Thanksgiving is based on obedience to God’s Word, more than on our emotions or circumstances. This morning I read the Book of Habakkuk which described the difficult times ahead for the nation of Israel. The people had turned from God and would eventually be conquered by the Babylonians. Even in light of this, the prophet declared, “Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior” (Hab. 3:17-18). We make a choice to thank the Lord!

I pray your Thanksgiving would be a day filled with joy and that we would all practice gratitude to our God as a way of life every day.

Pastor Mark Boucher

 

TUESDAY, 6:30PM, SGA Thanksgiving Dinner & Service at Resurrection Life Church. (Pre-service music and presentations begin at 6PM.)

If you can bring a dish, set up, serve, cook, clean up, or give a donation, please contact info@springgardenacademy.org or call 215-226-1000.

No Family Night Ministries this week.

THURSDAY, Happy Thanksgiving!

SATURDAY, 8AM-1PM, Love In Action Brunch & Baking at Gift of Life House.

SATURDAY, 10AM, Christmas Decorating at Highway Tabernacle.  

SUNDAY, NOV 29, 10:30-11:30AM, “Learning to Follow Jesus” Class at Resurrection Life Church.

SUNDAY, NOV 29, 6PM, “Meat and Greet” Fellowship Dinner at Highway Tabernacle.

Upcoming...

Þ You are invited to our Meat and Greet Fellowship Dinner for Highway Tabernacle and Resurrection Life Church! We will be celebrating fellowship between our church families and honoring those who are new. Join us next Sunday, November 29th at 6PM at Highway Tabernacle.

            If you can bring a side dish or dessert, please contact Nicole at office@highwaytabernacle.org or 215-563-9192.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Give on-line: http://give.highwaytab.org

Highway Tabernacle, Resurrection Life, SGA, and NextGen

You can now help support our school, Spring Garden Academy, when you use Amazon Smile. We are listed under Highway Mission Tabernacle. Every time an order is placed through Amazon Smile, a donation will be made to help our children in Philadelphia.

 

Here is our link to Amazon Smile.

https://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-1365244

 

Weekly Schedules

Highway Tabernacle: Morning Prayer @ 9AM; Sunday Worship @ 10AM; Resurrection Life: Sunday Worship @ 12Noon

 

 

If you are having trouble viewing the E-Bulletin or wish to be removed from the mailing list, please send an email to: Office@HighwayTabernacle.org

 

 

 

E-bulletin 11/17/15

HIGHWAY TABERNACLE ~ RESURRECTION LIFE

“Following Jesus and Loving People”

 

We are told that knowledge is power. I would ask the question, “What do you mean by knowledge?” If knowledge is simply the accumulation of information and facts, we should be the most powerful, well-adjusted people in all human history! A simple observation of our societal problems reveals that knowledge alone cannot “save” us. Believe me, I am not against knowledge. It beats ignorance by a long shot. However, the Bible reveals to us the limitations of knowledge as well as challenges us to pursue godly knowledge. In my devotional reading of Hosea, I discovered the people of Israel had neglected the knowledge of God. To the Israelites God said,

 

            “Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
            for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
            There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;
                there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
            they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed”
(Hosea 4:1-2).

 

The Israelites abandoned the knowledge of God. Did this “freedom” from God and religion help them find a better life? Just the opposite…“my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). What we don’t know about God or his ways can ruin us. The only answer to finding knowledge is through the Bible, God’s Word. The Word is not just another “religious book” showing a path to God. It is God revealing himself and his ways so that we might know him! The reason we speak so highly of God’s Word at church is so we might know the Lord, please him, and experience our greatest life possible. What are you doing to increase the knowledge of God in your life and family? Are you reading and studying daily? Are you hungry to hear the Word at church and Bible study? Are you reading the Word to your children and talking about it daily? The knowledge of God leads to right relationships with God and others, enabling us to make wise choices. The most important challenge I can leave with you is, seek the Lord and his knowledge and wisdom! “For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding” (Prov. 2:6).

 

Pastor Mark Boucher

 

THURSDAY, 7-8:30PM, Family Night at Highway Tabernacle.

FRIDAY, 5:30-7PM, Understanding Children Parent Class at Resurrection Life Church.

FRIDAY, 6-9PM, Family Night at Resurrection Life Church. 

SUNDAY, NOV 22, One Day to Feed the World Special Offering.

SUNDAY, NOV 22, 10:30-11:30AM, “Learning to Follow Jesus” Class at Resurrection Life Church.

SUNDAY, NOV 22, 6PM, Submerge Worship Night at Highway Tabernacle.

 

Upcoming...

Þ This coming Sunday we will receive a special offering for One Day to Feed the World, a program administered by Convoy of Hope to provide daily meals to hungry people all over the world.  Please prayerfully consider contributing one day’s salary to this cause.  You may give a designated offering at any time by noting “One Day” on your check or envelope, or by selecting “One Day” when you give on-line at http://give.HighwayTab.org. We will forward the offering to Convoy of Hope as a Thanksgiving offering.

Þ You are invited to Spring Garden Academy’s THANKSGIVING FAMILY DINNER at 17th & Tioga on Tuesday, November 24th, beginning at 6:00 PM! Please sign up to attend the dinner by this Friday, November 20th. If you can bring a dish, set up, serve, cook, clean up, or give a donation, please contact info@springgardenacademy.org or call 215-226-1000.

 

 

Give on-line: http://give.highwaytab.org

Highway Tabernacle, Resurrection Life, SGA, and NextGen

You can now help support our school, Spring Garden Academy, when you use Amazon Smile. We are listed under Highway Mission Tabernacle. Every time an order is placed through Amazon Smile, a donation will be made to help our children in Philadelphia.

 

Here is our link to Amazon Smile.

https://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-1365244

 

Weekly Schedules

Highway Tabernacle: Morning Prayer @ 9AM; Sunday Worship @ 10AM; Resurrection Life: Sunday Worship @ 12Noon

 

 

If you are having trouble viewing the E-Bulletin or wish to be removed from the mailing list, please send an email to: Office@HighwayTabernacle.org

 

RSVP for Thanksgiving Dinner!

HIGHWAY TABERNACLE ~ RESURRECTION LIFE

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

“Following Jesus and Loving People”

 

Spring Garden Academy

Thanksgiving Family Dinner

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2015

At our 17th and Tioga location

Parking available 

 

 

 

6:00 PRE-SERVICE MUSIC AND PRESENTATIONS

6:30 P.M. THANKSGIVING SERVICE LED BY THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH

7:15 P.M. THANKSGIVING SCHOOL FAMILY DINNER

 

We invite our school and church family to join us as we say thanks to God for all His provisions and celebrate his blessings together.

 

NOTE:  Please sign up to attend the dinner by Friday, November 20th.  Feel free to invite grandparents, family, and friends, but try to give us an accurate count by Friday so that we have enough food.

 

If you can bring a dish, set up, serve, cook, clean up, or give a donation, please let us know by email or phone. 

 

info@SpringGardenAcademy.org

215-226-1000 or 215-563-9192

 

 

Give on-line: http://give.highwaytab.org

Highway Tabernacle, Resurrection Life, SGA, and NextGen

You can now help support our school, Spring Garden Academy, when you use Amazon Smile. We are listed under Highway Mission Tabernacle. Every time an order is placed through Amazon Smile, a donation will be made to help our children in Philadelphia.

 

Here is our link to Amazon Smile.

https://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-1365244

 

Weekly Schedules

Highway Tabernacle: Morning Prayer @ 9AM; Sunday Worship @ 10AM; Resurrection Life: Sunday Worship @ 12Noon

 

 

If you are having trouble viewing the E-Bulletin or wish to be removed from the mailing list, please send an email to: Office@HighwayTabernacle.org

 

E-bulletin 11/10/15

HIGHWAY TABERNACLE ~ RESURRECTION LIFE

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

“Following Jesus and Loving People”

 

In Paul’s introduction to his famous definition of the armor of God in Ephesians chapter 6, he reminds us that we are in a battle; that "our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." (v. 12)

We know that we will face many struggles in this life, but this knowledge need not intimidate us, because we understand that we have the support and protection of our Commander and Lord, who not only equips us with spiritual armor but also goes before us into the fight.

When the Israelites were on the verge of entering the Promised Land, they shrank back out of fear of the giants who stood between them and their inheritance (Numbers 13), failing to consider that the God who promised is bigger.

What giants stand between you and your promise? Addiction? Health? Finances? We must face these giants, not shrinking back from the fight (Hebrews 10:38,39), because he who is with us is greater than all of the giants in our way (I John 4:4).

This month, we celebrate Highway’s anniversary. It's a great opportunity to look back in thanksgiving for the veterans of spiritual warfare whose faithfulness in the face of giants has helped to carry this church for 121 years. Even today, we are strengthened and sustained by spiritual warriors who, although they may no longer be able to fellowship with us, have never stopped wrestling in prayer for us. It is appropriate for us to honor them, to thank God for them, to pray for them, and to send them a note of thanks.

This week, our country celebrates Veterans' Day. It's a great opportunity to consider those who answered our nation's call: keeping the peace, keeping us safe, providing humanitarian aid throughout the world, and laying their lives on the line in combat. It is appropriate for us to honor them, to thank God for them, to pray for them, and to send them a note of thanks.

Otis A. Fortenberry

 

TUESDAY, 7PM, Love In Action– meet at LOVE Park.

WEDNESDAY, Veterans’ Day.

THURSDAY, 7-8:30PM, Family Night at Highway Tabernacle.

FRIDAY, 5:30-7PM, Understanding Children Parent Class at Resurrection Life Church.

FRIDAY, 6-9PM, Family Night at Resurrection Life Church. 

SATURDAY, 9:30AM, RLC Men’s and Women’s Fellowship (Men at Resurrection Life Church; Women at Kuruvillas’s house– 1120 Crease St.).

SUNDAY, NOV 15, Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes Due.

SUNDAY, NOV 15, 10:30-11:30AM, “Learning to Follow Jesus” Class at Resurrection Life Church.

SUNDAY, NOV 15, 6PM,  Just Jesus Prayer Night at Highway Tabernacle.

 

 Upcoming...

Þ On Sunday, November 22nd, we will receive a special offering for One Day to Feed the World, a program administered by Convoy of Hope to provide daily meals to hungry people all over the world.  Please prayerfully consider contributing one day’s salary to this cause.  You may give a designated offering at any time by noting “One Day” on your check or envelope, or by selecting “One Day” when you give on-line at http://give.HighwayTab.org. We will forward the offering to Convoy of Hope as a Thanksgiving offering.

Þ You are invited to Spring Garden Academy’s THANKSGIVING FAMILY DINNER at 17th & Tioga on Tuesday, November 24th, beginning at 6:00 PM! Please sign up to attend the dinner by Friday, November 20th. If you can bring a dish, set up, serve, cook, clean up, or give a donation, please contact info@springgardenacademy.org or call 215-226-1000.

 

 

Give on-line: http://give.highwaytab.org

Highway Tabernacle, Resurrection Life, SGA, and NextGen

You can now help support our school, Spring Garden Academy, when you use Amazon Smile. We are listed under Highway Mission Tabernacle. Every time an order is placed through Amazon Smile, a donation will be made to help our children in Philadelphia.

 

Here is our link to Amazon Smile.

https://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-1365244

 

Weekly Schedules

Highway Tabernacle: Morning Prayer @ 9AM; Sunday Worship @ 10AM; Resurrection Life: Sunday Worship @ 12Noon

 

 

If you are having trouble viewing the E-Bulletin or wish to be removed from the mailing list, please send an email to: Office@HighwayTabernacle.org

 

 

E-bulletin 11/03/15

HIGHWAY TABERNACLE ~ RESURRECTION LIFE

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

“Following Jesus and Loving People”

 

God always provides rays of sunshine when the days are dark. I just finished the book of Jeremiah. This prophet received the “unenviable” calling to stand alone in warning his fellow citizens of Judah of the impending judgment of God on their wicked ways. Chapters 39 and 52 (the last chapter) both depict the stark details of how King Zedekiah and Judah met their end. What makes this so sad is that it did not have to happen. In chapter after chapter, Jeremiah is God’s instrument to call the people to repentance. But, they refuse to listen and choose to harden their hearts. God was patient and warned them for years. No one could say, “God didn’t let them know about the consequences.” Also, many of the last chapters of Jeremiah speak of the judgment to come on the surrounding nations which treated Israel with contempt and heartless oppression. Although Judah fell hard, God would also see that other nations would get what they deserved!

 

Some people may read these last chapters of Jeremiah and ask, “Is this what the Bible is all about…judgment and destruction?” Absolutely not! The Bible describes God’s wrath on sin as his “strange work”, something he never wants to do. God loves people, but because he is holy and just, he must deal with evil…wherever it is found.

After many chapters revealing the bleak future for nations and people who reject the Lord, a ray of sunshine bursts forth in the very last chapter. A previous king of Judah, Jehoiachin, had been taken captive years before and was kept in a prison in Babylon. The Bible tells us of a new day which dawned when a new ruler of Babylon, “released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison…he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings…so Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table” (Jeremiah 52:31-33).  This encouraging ending reminds me of how God loves his people and delights in setting the prisoners free!

Pastor Mark Boucher

 

TUESDAY, Election Day.

THURSDAY, 7-8:30PM, Family Night at Highway Tabernacle.

FRIDAY, 5:30-7PM, Understanding Children Parent Class at Resurrection Life Church.

FRIDAY, 6-9PM, Family Night at Resurrection Life Church. 

SATURDAY, 9 AM, Junior Bible Quiz Meet #2 at Resurrection Life Church.

SUNDAY, NOV 8, 10:30-11:30AM, “Learning to Follow Jesus” Class at Resurrection Life Church.

SUNDAY, NOV 8, 12PM (approximately), Ellie’s Bridal Shower at Highway Tabernacle (will be directly after service).

 

 Upcoming...

Þ On Sunday, November 22nd, we will receive a special offering for One Day to Feed the World, a program administered by Convoy of Hope to provide daily meals to hungry people all over the world.  Please prayerfully consider contributing one day’s salary to this cause.  You may give a designated offering at any time by noting “One Day” on your check or envelope, or by selecting “One Day” when you give on-line at http://give.HighwayTab.org. We will forward the offering to Convoy of Hope as a Thanksgiving offering.

Þ Keep filling shoeboxes! All are due by November 15th.

Þ The SGA Thanksgiving Dinner and Service is coming up! Join us at Resurrection Life Church at 6:30PM on Tuesday, November 24th.

 

 

Give on-line: http://give.highwaytab.org

Highway Tabernacle, Resurrection Life, SGA, and NextGen

You can now help support our school, Spring Garden Academy, when you use Amazon Smile. We are listed under Highway Mission Tabernacle. Every time an order is placed through Amazon Smile, a donation will be made to help our children in Philadelphia.

 

Here is our link to Amazon Smile.

https://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-1365244

 

Weekly Schedules

Highway Tabernacle: Morning Prayer @ 9AM; Sunday Worship @ 10AM; Resurrection Life: Sunday Worship @ 12Noon

 

 

If you are having trouble viewing the E-Bulletin or wish to be removed from the mailing list, please send an email to: Office@HighwayTabernacle.org