Women's Bible Studies...learn more

Ironworks’ Weekly Men’s Discipleship Forum
Ironworks' Men's Discipleship Forum is taking a break for the summer.  We will resume in September with a new study by Pastor Jeff Miller....learn more

Spring Weekend Retreat
April 17-19, 2009
Once a year we gather together at a conference center to grow closer in our relationship with the Lord. We have a great time of learning, praising, and fellowship.

Register now for the 2008-2009 school year
Classes begin September 2nd...learn more

Zone 56
2nd Saturday of the Month
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
This is held the second Saturday of each month (September through May) from 6:30P.M. to 8:30P.M. in Fellowship Hall. This is a great time of fellowship, snacks, Bible Study and games for 5th and 6th grade students and their friends who enjoy this fun ministry that helps them transition into Youth Ministry.

Story N More
First Friday of the Month
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Starting September 7th at 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. in Fellowship Hall, bring your children to hear a great story which will include a visit to the library!

TBC Youth Group disbanded indefinitely...learn more

Youth Ministry Parent’s Email List
If you have a student in the youth ministry and would like to receive periodic updates regarding the youth ministry...learn more

Sunday

Our Vision Statement
“TBC exists to build a community of maturing followers of Jesus Christ.”Vision Series - Audio
Part 1
Part 2
VIsion Summary - Text

Our Mission Statement:
“We seek to fulfill our vision by equipping followers of Jesus Christ to live Biblically in outreach, in corporate and personal worship, and in life-changing relationships."

"Often we do not pray because we doubt that anything will actually happen if we pray. Of course, we don’t admit this publicly. But if we felt certain of visible results within sixty seconds of every prayer, there would be holes in the knees of every pair of Christian-owned pants in the world!"
Donald Whitney

Prayer is one of the most wonderful and powerful gifts and privileges that God has given us. Just think, when you and I pray the God of the universe gives us His undivided attention. Many times it’s hard to even get our friends and family to do that! How awesome it is to think that God would listen to us express everything from our praises to petitions and be pleased when we do so.

Most of us have personal prayer times. However, one thing that many churches are weak is their times of corporate prayer. Praying alone is essential yet prayer is also something to be done with others in the Body of Christ. Whether it’s in a small group, large corporate gathering or at home, being with others is following a pattern modeled by those we read about in Scriptures.

In the Scriptures we see believers gathering to hear the Word and do the acts that God had set down for them. They heard, saw, tasted, smelled, felt and sang about God’s love. As the Spirit drew them together they responded in prayer. Also, public prayer shed insight to them what others private prayers were about. In His writings about Believers praying together,  Robert Longman, Jr. asks us to consider this: “In public they prayed when they didn’t want to pray or didn’t feel like praying; they prayed when they had trouble concentrating on praying; they prayed when they weren’t prepared for it; they prayed the Word by drawing their liturgies and readings from the Scriptures; they prayed for and with those they were in conflict with; they prayed about people and things that they wouldn’t have thought to pray for or would have forgotten to pray for.”

Prayer is a discipline. Public prayer helps us learn through a unity of purpose and helps strengthen our private times. To have a complete prayer life we are reminded that the lessons learned during corporate prayer times feed back into our private prayer lives, and the lessons of private prayer feed back into the corporate gatherings.

Each week at 7:00pm on Wednesday nights we gather to do just that, a time of prayer and praise. You are invited to come and join us as we spend time in His presence praising and praying from our hearts to His. See you then!

I’ll see you by the Throne,

Mark Jones
Worship Pastor