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Christmas Eve Service
Wednesday, December 24 at 5:00pm
Christmas Eve at TCBC is a precious blessing. Gathering with brothers and sisters hours before Christmas to remember Jesus’ first coming and anticipate his second focuses our celebrations. Bring family and friends, sing, pray, and set your heart to worship Jesus! Childcare will be available for children under 2 years old.
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Christmas Give
Christmas Give is a seasonal effort to focus our giving to advance the gospel. You often hear us challenge you to make your largest gift a kingdom gift. When you make a Christmas Give gift, everything goes to Give2Go, our over and above missions fund. Every dollar given leaves our church to advance the gospel to our neighbors and the nations.
There are many things that Give2Go supports, many different recipients of Give2Go disbursements. Consider two of our largest financial investments:
- The largest recipient of that giving is the International Mission Board. The IMB has about 3,600 missionaries serving all over the world. We were just joined by one of those missionary families last month during Neighbors & Nations – our partners Shaun and Elizabeth Noble in Uganda. Many of you are familiar with the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. The IMB relies greatly on the generosity of God’s people in churches across the country to send and sustain missionaries like the Nobles.
- East Tennessee Biblical Counseling exists to partner with local churches to provide Christ-centered biblical counseling to people who are experiencing a difficult season of life. In 2026, EastTNBC will seek to provide 1500+ hours of biblical counseling that will directly impact 100+ lives in the Tri-Cities area and plans to launch the third biblical counseling training cohort to continue to train people across multiple churches to do the work of biblical counseling. You can also give directly to EastTNBC.
So, when you give a Christmas Give gift, it goes to Give2Go. You’re helping us support these two key ministry partners to advance the gospel here and around the world. Remember, you can give to Christmas Give the rest of the month online or you can bring it to our Christmas Eve service next Wednesday.
Make Known
During Advent season, God’s people remember and rejoice in Jesus’ first coming to save His people from their sins, and we long with anticipation and expectation for His return. Family gatherings this week provide great opportunities to center your attention on the worship of Jesus. It is a great time to begin or continue gospel conversations with lost loved ones about how Jesus has come to pay the penalty for their sin and will return again one day. Make Jesus known this week!
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Worldview Forum
Sunday, January 4 at 9:30am and 11:00am
As followers of Jesus, our salvation is the defining characteristic of our lives: We are no longer dead but alive! But so many in our world today offer a hope apart from Jesus. Many even believe we can find that hope within ourselves. Sometimes we answer with a concise gospel presentation. But other times it takes some dialogue. We’ll talk about what it means to live as ambassadors for Jesus in a world growing continually hostile to the gospel. Learn More
Cross Conference 2026 (College & Young Pros)
January 1-3 in Louisville, KY
Cross Conference is a weekend where we worship God together, grow in our understanding of God’s love for the nations, and learn how to make Jesus known in our daily lives. Cost: $150 Register
Kentucky and Uganda Go Trip Interest Meetings
Sunday, January 18 at 12:30pm
Join the Go Team to learn more about two short-term Go Trips this January:
- Kaabong, Uganda – Room 100
- Ashland, KY – Room 102
Visit tcbchurch.org/gotrips for all things Go Trips!
Behind the Message
Watch or listen to the latest episode of Behind the Message the Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
Family Discipleship
PreSchool BIG TRUTH:
Jesus Followers Rejoice In The King
BIBLE VERSE: LUKE 2:10-11
And the angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
BIG IDEAS
- We rejoice in the King’s grace.
- We rejoice in the King’s humility.
- We rejoice that the King is the Savior.
PRACTICE
Help your son or daughter make a list of things that distract them from rejoicing or that steal their joy. Make a plan to remove one or two of these distractions this week.
Learn more about the Family Discipleship Plan and get started today at www.familydiscipleshipplan.org.
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