Pastor's Weekly Email

Dear Friends,

What an amazing weekend here at The Church By The Sea! First, we had a Session Leadership Retreat. Our Session is responsible for all things worship, ministries, staffing, and missions! We have 12 members of our church that are elected by the membership of this church and they are charged with me and the staff to listen to God's calling for this church. We met on Friday night and Saturday morning. A very big thank you goes to Debbie VonBehren and Marie Reny for facilitating this weekend. Another thank you goes to Cheryl Lovell for setting up and providing all the snacks. It was amazing to see the Session members sharing and taking ownership of the call they have been given by God and you all. I look forward to you all hearing from Session in worship in the weeks and months to come.

Second, worship was simply amazing! Our choir really brought us to a place of worship, we had wonderful attendance in the sanctuary and chapel, the children's ministry was alive with happy faces, and the youth ministry had a large number of kids come and to help with the Children's Ministry Bingo Day after worship. Thank you Jen and Kevin White for guiding, cooking, and organizing our youth at this great event.

This past Sunday, February 28th and for the next 3 Sundays is our Mission Month! Thank you Debbie VonBehren, Marcia Short, and Nancy Mauro for leading this emphasis along with our champions of each ministry. The theme is "Go, Love, Serve. God has given us at TCBTS a heart for service and that is exactly what we are doing and what we will be doing.

Below is a way to be better informed and to volunteer in our missions effort:

This month we are recognizing our ministry partners and the outreach work we participate in. As part of the church family, we encourage you to use the link below to sign up to receive information for one or more of our mission/outreach teams.
https://mission-team-sign-ups-church-by-the-sea.pushpayevents.com/booking/attendees/new

In lieu of our annual fundraising event, we are hosting a virtual giving tree to financially support our various outreach activities and projects. Please use the following link to select an item you would like to contribute towards.
https://the-giving-tree-church-by-the-sea.pushpayevents.com/booking/tickets

Have a great week and God bless!

In His Grip,
Chris