November - Tristate Fellowship

From the
Inside Out
A Monthly Newsletter from Tri-State Fellowship
Welcome!
Welcome to our November edition of “From
the Inside Out.” This is a newsletter of happenings at Tri-State Fellowship written for our
church family and their friends, neighbors, and
associates. We invite you to take a look at all
the exciting things that are happening and
welcome you to come be a part of it all!
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Move Over
By Randy Buchman – Lead Pastor
AWe have a new driving law in the State of
Maryland called the “Move Over” law. This
relates to the requirement of drivers to move
one lane to the left or right if at all possible
when passing law enforcement or emergency
personnel who are working an incident on the
shoulder. This strikes me as obvious, and to
not do so as “ignorant.”
In my college and seminary years (at Dallas
Theological Seminary), it was a great privilege to know Dr. Charles Ryrie – of the famed
“Ryrie Study Bible.” He may well be the smartest person I’ve ever known, and was pretty
much the father of the modern movement
to produce and print Bibles with notes and
explanations.
Back around 1980, Dr. Ryrie told me one day
that he had received an angry long-distance
phone call in the middle of the night from an
irate reader of the new King James Version of
his Study Bible. The caller said that the prof
had brought shame upon the Scriptures by
changing the words. Doctor Ryrie tried to assure the caller that “the Holy Spirit wrote all
the stuff above the line, I only wrote the words
below it!”
The caller persisted and demanded that Doc
look at 1 Corinthians 10:1 which reads in the
KJV, “Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye
should be ignorant…” So Ryrie got up and
turned on a light and found a copy of the newly
printed Study Bible, and sure enough, here is
what he read: “Moveover, brethren, I would
not that ye should be ignorant…” Forever
after, this was known as “The Moveover
Brethren Version” of the Ryrie Study Bible.
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reach. Various professional baseball players
have been guest speakers, and many softball
players have given their lives to the Lord.
Anyhow… back to driving laws in Maryland –
ye should move over brethren, else ye should
act ignorant, and receive a ticket ye must needs
sign below the line!
Sports Promoter
Extraordinaire
One of the men of our church – Mike Kelbaugh
– is the guru of church sports! Mike is the President of the Washington Country Area Church
Softball League, as well as the area church
basketball association. Mike also headed the
effort in working with the City of Hagerstown
for the funding and construction of the lights at
the old Fairgrounds, as well as the construction
of the concession stand there. This is a huge
asset for the city and is a facility that brings
thousands of dollars to the community through
regional softball tournaments.
But Mike’s passion in all of this activity is for
the Gospel to reach people who do not know
Christ. He met the Lord through playing for
the church softball team many years ago, and
has committed his whole life to this means of
evangelism. Each year, TSF hosts the dozens of
local church teams for a massive banquet/out-
Mike is also the percussionist for one of our
seven regular worship teams, and is the owner
of Kamelot Florists on West Washington Street.
Pumpkin Siege / Car Show
An annual Fall outreach event is our car show
and “pumpkin siege.” Other years we have also
had a corn maze on our extra property, but the
lack of rain this year thwarted that endeavor.
A total of about 100 antique and classic cars,
trucks, and motorcycles filled our parking lots on
October 16th. And once again we hosted a medieval-style trebuchet (catapult) pumpkin throwing competition. The TSF team defended their title
with a pumpkin toss of well over 700 feet!
The purpose of the event is to touch the community and build relationships through
which the Gospel may be communicated.
See photos on the other side of this page...
13153 Cearfoss Pike | Hagerstown, MD 21740 | 301.790.1774 | [email protected] | www.tristatefellowship.org
Photos of the Pumpkin Siege / Car Show
By Terry Yoder
Upcoming Events
DEDICATION:
CELEBRATING GOD’S MILESTONES
Postponed Christmas Show
Too many busy schedules and lives of key players
have sadly caused us to postpone the Christmas
Show for this year. We will plan to bring it back
for the first weekend in December 2011. But we
do invite everyone to be with us for a grand musical celebration of Christ’s incarnation on Sunday
morning, December 19th at 9:30.
Ongoing Sermon Series on Dedication
November 7 - November 28, 2010
“Putting More Joy in Your Marriage” Retreat
November 12 – 14, 2010
Land Loan Paid Off
TSF owns a total of 29 acres. An original 10-acre
plot was used for the initial construction of our
facility in 1996. We later acquired an additional
4 acres and house in front of the church – the
ground where the lower parking lot now exists.
And finally, we have just completed paying off
a 2nd loan on 15 additional acres of land purchased from our dear neighbor, Lester Alban.
We rejoice in God’s provision through His people
to so richly bless our fellowship and position for
future growth by His grace!
Missional Outreach Leaf Raking at Lakeside
November 13, 2010
From Hagerstown
to the World
On October 10th we welcomed home our dear
friends Marlin and Ruth Brubaker for a visit. Marlin grew up as a teenager in the early years of
TSF. For the past 14 years he has served as an
engineer with HCJB World Radio – living both in
Quito, Ecuador and Colorado Springs (currently).
This radio ministry with 300 stations in over 100
countries LITERALLY does cover the globe!
4
TH
SUNDAY
EVENT
AMP 4th Sunday Events for
Middle School and High School
November 28, 2010
Sunday Morning Worship Services:
9:30 AM
Classic Tri-State & The Heritage Café
Target Training Options
11:00 AM
The Bridge & Target Training Options
Marlin and Ruth
Sarah, Emily and Laura
Marlin works much with the technology end of
things – especially with satellites. At times, he
and his former friend from the TSF youth group
– Jeff Harrer of Trans World Radio – collaborate
on the technical challenges of their two ministries
blanketing the world with the Gospel of Christ. As
teenagers, Marlin and Jeff dreamed of serving in
such a way, and God has prospered their vision
into the incredible reality of serving in this special
outreach.
TSF is privileged to have sent many families from
our church to serve around the world.
13153 Cearfoss Pike | Hagerstown, MD 21740 | 301.790.1774 | [email protected] | www.tristatefellowship.org