Newsletter, January 2017

Message from Rev. Christy Foldenauer,

Senior Pastor

Dear Tomahawk family,

What a fantastic Advent and Christmas season we’ve experienced together this year! As the calendar page turns from December to January, our thoughts turn to a new year full of possibility and opportunity. We are beginning a new season at Tomahawk: a season of growing in Christ, abiding in His love, and reaching out in service to our community. I am excited for all that lies ahead for Tomahawk as we move into 2017 together!

Grace and peace,

Christy

Thank You

Dear Tomahawk,

Thank you so much for the celebration luncheon we shared on December 18th and for your generosity. You are a loving congregation and we are appreciative of your kindness, thoughtfulness, creativity, love offering and love. The book with pictures and highlighting our time together is a treasure! Also, thank you for restor-ing the financial compensation that I voluntarily gave up during the financially changing time.

Indeed we had a special two years together! We connected and bonded because God brought us together for this season. Please know you will always remain in our hearts and we carry you with us. Your future is bright as you move forward discerning God’s will and direction for you to impact the community and our world.

Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts. Blessings to you.

With love and appreciation,

Jeanne and Jim Vaught

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January 1—Immediately following service, help take down Christmas decorations

12:30-3:00 pm Youth New Year’s Lunch and Movie Day

January 2—10:30 am Prayer Shawl Ministry

January 8—12:15 pm Administrative Council

January 9—10:30 am Prayer Shawl Ministry

January 11—Dinner and Wednesday night activities RESUME!

6:00 pm Dinner & Blessing of Meal (serving begins at 5:50pm)

6:30 pm Praise Team, Children’s Choirs, Youth Choir, Adult Studies

7:15 pm Youth Group (ends at 8:00 pm)

Mission Friends & Children in Action (ends at 7:45 pm)

Adult Choir (ends at 8:30 pm)

January 13— 5:00-7:00 pm Volunteer @ Chesterfield Food Bank

January 15—12:15 pm Deacon Meeting

6:00 pm Business Meeting

January 16—10:30 am Prayer Shawl Ministry

January 18—Dinner and Wednesday evening activities

6:00 pm Dinner & Blessing of Meal (serving begins at 5:50pm)

6:30 pm Praise Team, Children’s Choirs, Youth Choir, Adult Studies

7:15 pm Youth Group (ends at 8:00 pm)

Mission Friends & Children in Action (ends at 7:45 pm)

Adult Choir (ends at 8:30 pm)

January 22—Youth Pizza & Laser Quest after worship

January 23—10:30 am Guys and Dolls “Hat” Bingo

January 25—Dinner and Wednesday evening activities

6:00 pm Dinner & Blessing of Meal (serving begins at 5:50pm)

6:30 pm Praise Team, Children’s Choirs, Youth Choir, Adult Studies

7:15 pm Youth Group (ends at 8:00 pm)

Mission Friends & Children in Action (ends at 7:45 pm)

Adult Choir (ends at 8:30 pm)

January 29— 9:30am-1:00pm 5th Sunday Feed the Homeless

January 30—10:30am Prayer Shawl Ministry

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Happy New Year 2017, and hoping you all had a wonderful Christmas

holiday!!! Please continue to pray for Anna Midkiff as she continues her

recovery from back surgery at home. Exciting news on Wednesday

nights...once activities start back up for the new Year, we will change

our schedule to weekly Youth choir and Youth Bible Study. Please come

join us for a great dinner and fellowship time with the youth group!

JANUARY ACTIVITIES:

Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017—Youth New Year’s Lunch and a Movie Day, after worship from 12:30-3pm—

location: the Midkiff home, 12904 Watch Hill Ct., Midlothian (in the Walton Park subdivision). After

worship, we’ll caravan over to the Midkiff home, have some heavy hors d’oeuvres for lunch, watch a

movie, and maybe have time to play a round of Picwits! Bring your favorite snack to share. Parent

pickup will be at 3pm at the Midkiff home.

Wednesday, Jan. 11—Youth Choir 6:30-7:15pm and Youth Bible Study 7:15-8pm.

Friday, Jan. 13—volunteer opportunity at Chesterfield Food Bank on Iron Bridge Road, 5-7pm. All are

welcome to join the Tomahawk group on 2nd Fridays each month—this is a great way to serve in our

local community! See Pete Zangardi for more details.

Wednesday, Jan. 18—Youth Choir 6;30-7:15pm and Youth Bible Study 7:15-8pm.

Sunday, Jan. 22—Youth Pizza & Laser Quest after worship. Look for more details and a sign-up sheet on

the youth bulletin board.

Wednesday, Jan. 25—Youth Choir 6:30-7:15pm and Youth Bible Study 7:15-8pm

Sunday, Jan. 29—5th Sunday Feed the Homeless—All are welcome to join us! We will meet in the Fellow-

ship Hall at 9:30am to start preparing bag lunches, leave TBC at approximately 11am to distribute food,

and return to TBC at approximately 1pm. A donation signup sheet will be posted on the youth bulletin

board for food items needed.

SPRING RETREAT—SAVE THE DATE:

Our Tomahawk middle and high school youth have been invited back to Watermarks Camp by Randy

Cooksey and Broadus Baptist youth the weekend of April 28-30!!! This retreat was an amazing experi-

ence last year and we’re so glad to be able to attend again this spring. Stay tuned for more details to

come.

If you know of a rising 6th grader or any middle or high school youth who would like to be added to our

youth distribution list, please forward their contact info to Elaine Liebgott at tlieb0429@aol.com and

we’ll invite them to join us.

2017 Offering Envelopes

Your 2017 offering envelopes are here and ready to be picked up. They are

on the table in the foyer of the sanctuary. Please sign that you have

picked up your envelopes. If you do not have envelopes, but would like

them, please contact the office. If you no longer wish to receive envelopes,

please let the office know that also.

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What a wonder-filled Christmas season we experienced

at Tomahawk!

From the Cherubs to the Sanctuary Choir, we sang of

Jesus’ birth. The handbell Choir rang again after an

absence of several years, the choral Kids and the Youth

Ensemble sang several times for Advent Worship and

the Praise Team sang through the season, beginning

with the first Sunday of Advent and concluding on

Christmas Eve. The Sanctuary choir filled the church

with their glorious music and our organist, Kenny Tag-

gart, beautifully played the carols of Christmas.

Thanks to all for their contributions. I am grateful for

each of you!

“Thank you to our Tomahawk family for all

the prayers, cards and meals during the illness

and passing of my mother, Marion Burns. Your

love and support helped us get through a very

difficult time.”

-Bonnie Cheatham and family

“Thank you so much for your generous Christ-

mas gifts to us! It is a pleasure and joy to serve

with you.”

- Christy, Kenny, Rhea, Susan and Bonnie

Susan Kish

The Senior Ministry of Tomahawk Church

Guys and Dolls Presents

“Hat” Bingo

When you come to play BINGO, we want you to wear a fun hat!

You can beg, borrow, or create one. We’ll have prizes for:

* MOST BEAUTIFUL

* MOST SPORTY

* FUNNIEST

* MOST COLORFUL

* MOST PATRIOTIC

Put your heart into this—we need pictures for the bulletin board!

As always, we invite everyone to come and have fun with us. There is no charge for the

program, but if you would like to stay for a homemade lunch, the cost is $4.00.

Date: Monday, January 23, 2017

Time: 10:30am

Come and have some fun on a wintry morning!

Our prizes will be sweet!

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Inclement Weather Policy

As we proceed through the winter

months, the safety of our congregation is

our priority. In the event of inclement

weather, we will place announcements

about service cancelations on the website,

church voicemail, Facebook, and on

Channel 12.

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Deacons of the Month

Elaine Liebgott and Laura Easton

A good way to stay warm in the wintertime is to

have a shawl in your lap that you’re working on.

Come join us in the prayer shawl room downstairs

in our church. It’s very informal and relaxing.

We can help you get started on a project. We

meet every Monday morning from 10:30 til 12:30,

except on the 4th Monday when we meet at 9:30

am, because of the Senior ministry meeting, and

then we go out to lunch. Lunch is optional, how-

ever. Drop by and see what we’re doing.

Missions

Every 5th Sunday is Feed the Homeless

Sunday. This month we will meet at

9:30am in the Fellowship Hall on January

29 to prepare lunches and then leave at

11:00am to distribute food to those less

fortunate than we. We should be returning

to the church by 1:00pm.

Another missions opportunity is with

Mercy Mall. Mercy Mall is always in need

of volunteers for sorting and serving

clients. Thank you for your contributions.

Please see Pete Zangardi if you’d like to

help or have any questions.

January 15, 2017

6:00 PM

Serving in the Military

Stan Gibson—U.S.S. Eisenhower

Jason Hehl—Pentagon

Melanie Hehl—Italy

Ryan Hehl—Italy

Fuller Hoepner—Ft. Campbell

Mark Redman—Ft. Bragg

Jacob Sansbury—Irag

Family and Friends

Bill and Sara Bateman (J. Bateman)

Pam Davis (B. Cheatham)

Family of Phyllis Kish

Louise Rigney (S. Kish)

Dana Trapanese (R. Ziesmer)

Tomahawk Members

Joann Anderson

Rucker Barden

Elwood Cash

Marguerite Coates

Sue Connell

Willis Connell

Clyde Cottrell

E.B. Davis

Peyton Gryder

Ed Hamlett

Jimmy Hill

Chuck Jennings

Lloyd Mawyer

Jim Mayhew

Harold McCabe

Anna Midkiff

Yvonne Taylor

Brent Walker

Healthy Recipes Wanted

Our cookbook recipe request for January is all about healthy, nutritious AND delicious recipes! Our

new cookbook will contain a section for healthy eating, so we need nutritious recipes that you’ve either

adapted from an old family favorite, saw on your favorite cooking show, or found in one of those trendy

healthy-eating cookbooks. The only requirement is that it be DELICIOUS.

Please submit your recipes to Susan Cheatham (susancheatham6@gmail) or

Judy or Anna Midkiff (jmidkiff1@verizon.net). You can copy your recipe any-

way that is easiest for you or, if you’d like, there are recipe forms located at the

Welcome Center for you to fill out and place in the recipe box on the table.

If you don’t have any healthy recipes, go ahead and keep submitting those

decadent family favorites!

Sueanna Breedlove January 2 Laura Jackson January 2 Carol Cheatham January 6 Shirley Cottrell January 8 Abbie Wisner January 10 Brianna Easton January 12 Anna Midkiff January 12 Noah Jackson January 15 Dylan Jackson January 15 Jackie Winn January 20 Susan Cheatham January 23 Luke Evans January 24 Diane Wisner January 24 Kelley Hare January 25 Julie Gordon January 26 Elsie Dillard January 28 Mary Williams January 30 Rucker Barden January 31

Upcoming Community Opportunities

Register for Community Academy

Registration is now open for the Chesterfield County Police Department Community Academy that kicks

off on February 7, 2017. Participants will meet each Tuesday from February 7 to April 11 at 8:30 a.m. at

the Community Services Building, 2730 Hicks Road.

The academy includes visual presentations, question-and-answer sessions, tours and a variety of practical

exercises. The department believes graduates of the Community Academy play an important partner role

in helping it ensure that Chesterfield County is the safest and most secure community of its size in the U.S.

More than 900 residents have already completed the Community or Senior Community academies, which

were first offered in 1999.

The Community Academy is free and open to the following groups: all county residents, individuals who

belong to a community or civic organization located in Chesterfield, or individuals who own a business lo-

cated in Chesterfield County.

Applicants will be screened for activities that may disqualify them from participating in the academy.

Registration for this academy session will be open until January 27, 2017. For more information or an ap-

plication, please call Career Officer C.V Eckrich at 804-706-2982 or email him at

EckrichC@chesterfield.gov.

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Tomahawk Baptist Church

12920 Hull Street Road

Midlothian, VA 23112

Phone: 804.744.2044

Fax: 804.744.7841

www.tomahawkchurch.org

Rev. Christy Foldenauer, Senior Pastor

christy@tomahawkchurch.org

Susan Kish, Music Director

susanrkish@gmail.com

Kenny Taggart, Organist

Robin Tarr, Website Coordinator