Ministry Focus Of The Week "Grace Fellowship"

Ministry Focus Of The Week

Grace Fellowship

A Young Adults TestimonyBy Pastor Jon Taylor

The Young Adult ministry here at TSC is on the rise and God is moving in the hearts of many that belong to it! There are many college age and young adults in the Thompson’s Station and Spring Hill area, and just over this past year we have seen 2 receive Christ and 4 follow through with believer’s baptism!

The Lord has given our young adults many routes for ministry through TSC and they are making a lasting impact for the glory of God among the people of Thompson’s Station, Columbia, Tucson, AZ and East Asia just to mention a few. For example, in November, the TSC’s Young Adults hosted Jay Huffstutler, associate pastor and church planter at Grace Fellowship, in Tucson, AZ. The class asked how they could pray for, support, and tangibly assist them in ministry. I felt led to ask the Young Adult ministry if they would be willing to sacrifice and help another member of the Kingdom by giving financially. I know what you’re thinking… “Young Adults giving? Yeah, right.”  After two weeks, the Young Adult ministry was able to raise $916.00!

I was blown away. The young adults understood that church in Tucson, AZ is just as much a part of the Kingdom of God as the church in Columbia or Thompson’s Station! The Lord is stirring the hearts of the Young Adults here at TSC!

Ministry Focus Of The Week "Helping Hands"

About Helping Hands

Helping Hands of Tennessee was launched in 1999 as a 501(c)(3) Christian outreach ministry committed to lending a helping hand and restoring hope to the hopeless. They serve those in need within our community regardless of age, race, gender, social standing, or beliefs. They are bound by only one rule, and that is God’s Word. All of our assistance is given privately, in love, and in the way the Lord directs.

To learn more about Helping Hands click here.
Visit the website page click here.
TSC Contact: Bobby Bennett bobbybennett@dishmail.net

Ministry Focus Of The Week "Room In The Inn"

About Room In The INN

December 1986, four congregations committed to shelter homeless people through March 1987. By the end of that winder, 31 congregations had joined. Today they now have over 180 congregations sheltering close to 2,000 men and women each season from November 1st through March 31st.

On behalf of Room In The Inn, Thompson Station Baptist Church provided 46 beds, 92 meals and  226 hours of volunteer service, in the form of fellowship, love and support for those God sent to Room In The INN. What takes place from night to night is not necessarily glamorous, but it is grace filled. In the worst of the elements, int he coldest of seasons, vans are loaded, guest are welcomed and patience is a virtue.

To learn more about Room In The Inn click here

Support Room In The Inn by donating here

TSC contact Jennifer Nielson: jsnielson@gmail.com

Mission Focus of The Week: "The MADE Club"

The MADE club

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully MADE. Psalms 139:14

The MADE club is a non-profit girl club located in the Mobile Home Community of Franklin, Tennessee. Annette Hoyos and Maureen Maltez founded The MADE club in 2011 with one purpose and that is to preach the gospel of Christ.

“We had seen in the area girls walking and playing by themselves and came up with the idea of creating a girl exclusive club.”

The MADE club is a place where girls from ages 5-17 are welcomed with a big hug and a smile. On every gathering we learn about The Bible, they are taught what is Praise and Worship is and are encouraged to do so, they also do crafts, dance, games and so on. The MADE club is place here the girls are accepted and reminded about their identity in Christ. At The MADE club, the girls are motivated to pursue their goals and to share their talents freely. Annette and Maureen cultivate and promote friendships and loyalty between the girls to remind them that our goal is to be more like Jesus by showing His love to everyone despite their appearances, cultural background, rich or poor, past and present lifestyles. Masterpiece, Awesome, Divine, Creation and Embraced in His arms.

Contact Maureen Maltez  

email @ themadeclub@gmail.com

or

call/text 615-482-3275 and

through Facebook

www.facebook.com/themadeclub

Mission Focus of the Week "World Compassion"

Thompson Station Church is partnering with World Compassion as they minister to refugees fleeing to Kurdistan from Iraq and Syria. Watch their latest video to hear from a Christian Peshmerga soldier who is fighting against ISIS while at the same time encouraging refugees that God loves them.

To watch the latest video click here

or 

To visit the World Compassion website go to 

http://www.worldcompassion.tv/

Missions Monday "International Missions Board"

A Message from IMB's President: David Platt

Click the link above to watch a video message from IMB's President

For those of you who know the three families we partner with in East Asia, they just got a great new boss! Last week, David Platt was asked to serve as the President of the International Missions Board. the IMB serves over 4,800 international missionaries.

Thompson Station Church partners with the IMB annually by giving 25% of our GO Change the World Offering to support these missionaries around the globe, and was in the top 140 churches this past year out of 45,000 churches in missions giving to the IMB.

Be praying about what you can give and pledge to missions around the world in November at our Global Impact Conference, Nov. 14-16!

Missions Monday "African Leadership"

African Leadership is a non-profit organization that was founded in the year 2000 and based in Tennessee. This organization has a vision to train African pastors so that they can then lead and serve the need of their communities. 

African Leadership is committed in developing local projects that will identify the needs of their communities and take action to the appropriate response on meeting those needs. There are 5 focus areas in which the organization responds too: clean water, education, women at risk, HIV/AIDS & healthcare, and orphan care.

Malawi is one of the countries the organization is reaching out to help. It is one of the lease developed and most densely populated countries in the world. One of the challenges for Malawi is the ever growing orphan population. Kauma and Lizulu are two schools where half the students are orphans which have lost parent to HIV and AIDS. These students will be taught the essentials of surviving, caring for themselves and be given a proper education to become leaders who will then go out into their communities and return the education and support needed for a thriving community.

To learn more about African Leadership contact: Bill Sulivan  or visit African Leadership 

Missions Monday: "Tennessee Baptist Children's Homes"

The TBCH have a vision to be a ministry to the lives of children and families across the world that will lead them to become whole persons in Christ through faith, hope and love.

The TBCH provides residential  care across five locations, and foster care services through Caring Community Ministries. They teach Christian values throughout their organization. they are non-government funded, but rely solely on gifts from individuals and churches, as well as estate bequests, trust funds, investments and endowments.

The Tennessee Department of Child's Services partnered with the TBCH to help certify families to become foster families and care for at-risk children.

To learn more about the Tennessee Baptist Children's Homes Click Here

Missions Monday: "Nashville Rescue Mission"

 

In 1953, Dr. Charles Fuller, a well-known Gospel radio preacher who was once homeless, overcame his addiction and shared his story. Intrigued by his story he was invited to Nashville to lead a revival at the Ryman Auditorium. Fuller was so moved by the stories of the homeless that he incorporated it into his sermons.  A large number of people in the audience spontaneously placed a freewill offering on the platform to be used for the establishment of a place that would care for the city’s homeless and hurting. In 1954 the Nashville Union Mission, today known as the Nashville Rescue Mission, opened its doors to the homeless and hurting in the community.

The Nashville Rescue Mission seeks to help Middle Tennessee by offering food, clothing and shelter to the homeless. They also offer recovery programs for those who seek help to make their lives more spiritual. 

To learn more about Nashville Rescue Missions Click Here

Language Learning Adventures

 

June 2014

One day during language class, we were wrapping up plans for a trip we were taking to one of our target towns. We had scheduled a team to come and teach in this town in a few months and we were going there to finalize a few details. There was one problem looming over our heads and we wanted to get it solved.

The English teacher we had been working with hadn't been answering us like she was in the beginning. We asked our language teacher to give her a call and see if he could figure out what was going on. After a few minutes, he got off the phone and informed us that the teacher said she could no longer host our team. She was just too busy.

Our hearts sank as we tried to think of back up plans in the midst of trying not to be angry. That wasn't working too well. We were frustrated. Ok...so we were mad! Thankfully, we have a language tutor that has a really good head on his shoulders and was able to talk us down to just a little sizzle coming out of our ears. Although it was supposed to storm the entire weekend, we had no idea if there was a decent hotel to stay in and now we weren't even sure if there was a reason to go anymore, we decided that we needed to go ahead with our plans to travel down there and hopefully be able to just sit down with her and talk about it.

We had dinner with her the night that we got there and initially we weren't getting anywhere. She was coming up with different excuses right and left and none of them were fitting together or adding up. Finally, out of desperation, we started trying to use any and all of the language we had to communicate and once we did that the tables started to turn. You see, even though she was an English teacher, English is not her native language. There were things we were trying to talk about that were completely out of her realm of understanding and logic. By the end of the night, between the 5 of us: Justin and Miranda, Ricky and Stacy G, and Nathan M. we were able to figure out what her main concerns were and fix the issues that weren't really issues at all. We asked if we could come and visit her school the next morning and by the time we left, she was begging us to stay longer. Oh, and it didn't rain at all and we found a very nice hotel!                            
Until now, we have been living a life of constant study with very little reward. To be honest, at times it is extremely frustrating and discouraging. However, we are just now beginning to see the fruits of our labor in different circumstances and situations. This is just one story out of many. We thank you all so much for your pr@yers and all of your support and encouragement. We thank you for how you give so that we can be here. To share our hearts with people we can speak to in our language is one thing, but to be able to share our hearts with people in THEIR language is so important. Please continue to lift us up as we continue this journey and move deeper into our studies so that we can go deeper into conversations.

Many of you have been lifting up our current visa situation and we are SO excited to inform you that as of this week, everything is DONE and we finally have the correct visa stamped in our passports and are officially legal here. That is such a huge burden lifted off of our shoulders and now we can really dig in here instead of being interrupted every 60 days to leave the country to renew our tourist visa.

Thanks for all of your support!  - the R Family

New Disaster Relief Trailer

TSC is now prepared to be more involved with disaster relief!  A new trailer is ready for when crisis strikes and to help those in need.  To learn more about disaster relief at TSC contact Greg Cash at gregcash1024@aol.com.

 

 

One Year Anniversary

Hello our dear sweet friends! We hope this finds you all well. This week we celebrated our 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of being in our new country!! One year ago, we packed up our belongings, and said goodbye to our family, friends, most every comfort, and the only place we had known as home. As we stepped on the plane, we began this journey to fly across the world to make our home in a new and distant land. The last year has been full of love, sadness, grief over being so far away from everything we knew, laughter, joy and excitement about this new life Father has called us to, loneliness, heartache, and culture shock.  But, through it all Father has been ever present, trustworthy and faithful! We have grown closer as a family, stronger in our marriage and Father has used all the hardships and joys to bring us closer and more intimately connected to Him. When all you know is gone… it is then that you depend on Him or drown. And in those moments, Father is real in never before seen ways. He has and is still teaching us to become completely dependent on Him. And even though this has probably been the hardest, most challenging year of our lives, we are humbled that He would allow us to be here. We would not trade it for anything.
We thank each and every one of you for loving on us extravagantly this past year. Thank you for encouraging us, supporting us, holding us up with your PR’s, and teaming with us to bring the ‘good news’ to the ZZ people. We are blessed by each of you!
The kiddos are doing well. They are chugging along in school and in their language class. Olivia has even started initiating conversations in the local language with the people she sees. It is so exciting to watch her step out of her comfort zone and engage these people.

This past month was a busy month, but full of great things from Father. We had a team from our home club come visit and work in the harvest fields here. It was awesome to see their familiar faces and a blessing and honor to work alongside them. Many people were introduced to ‘JC’ and shared with that week. During their time here, and through a joint effort, one young lady made a decision of faith!!!   PTL !!!!  Many great relationships were formed that week which has given us the opportunity to continue to pour into those people. One in particular is “J.”  The team made a huge connection with J and we were able to follow up with him last week.  He has been reading the ‘good book’ he was given. So last week, we were able to share with him more about the good news. He was very open to our conversation and has many questions but at this time he has not made a decision to believe. Please PR for J that he will realize and come to understand the truth of the ‘good news’ and his heart condition. PR that he will see how desperately he needs the Father. PTL he is continuing to read the good book. PR that his heart will be opened to the truth through this reading. Also, continue to lift up our new sister. She is meeting with the other sisters there each week for fellowship.

The local brothers and sisters there in CZ are so excited when a team comes or we come to visit. They are eager to hear and ask what Father has told us lately. We got to share with them what we were studying in our quiet time for over 2 hours.
Father is moving in exciting ways and His work is evident. We thank you for being a part of this team and joining Him in those harvest fields. It feel SO GOOD, to see the movement that is happening, and to see Father putting us in the right place at the right time a lot lately.
Thank you for all your kindness, love, generosity, PR’s and support you have poured out on us!! Thank you to each and every one of you for all the goodies and gifts you sent to us! We are overwhelmed and humbled by your outpouring of love and kindness to us. We thank Father for you. And truly, your commitment to this team helps keep us afloat.

We covet your PR’s:
• Please continue to lift up our language progression                
• The new believers and those who were shared with
• Our children’s school and the new teacher coming from the US
• New leadership at their school (it is an International  school) this coming year and looking for another teacher or principle to come as well. So if you know someone who might fill that role, contact us.
• Pr that we will daily be filled with Him, be obedient to Him and be used by Him.
Praises
• The new sister!!
• Many others who heard the good news
• Our health has been better these last couple of months.
• We get to stay in our apartment another year and the children’s school will remain open this coming year! Which will allow both of us the opportunity to study language full time for another year!