Service opportunity at the Utah Food Bank, Saturday, May 6, 10am-noon.  Come help other Tabor volunteers sort canned and non-perishable goods at the Utah Food Bank 3150 South 900 West, Salt Lake City.  Contact Casey White for more information at (801) 678-5049.  Rumor has it that Casey sometimes brings donuts!! 

From the Tabor Vision Team:

I am writing to provide an update from our recent Vision Team meeting 4/18.  We compiled comments from the small group meetings we held through March.  In terms of our ministry of place (how we are called to share God’s house) and ministry of people (how we worship God as a community).  Several ideas “floated to the top”. Sharing our building with a non-profit organization that is in line with our mission and ministry at Mt. Tabor as our ministry of Place and the value we put on how we worship as participatory, and music anchored.

On Sunday May 7 before church Lawrence Allred and I will facilitate a discussion of how comfortable people are with sharing our building and what types of groups we might want to invite.  As council members your input is invited and appreciated. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the Vision team.

God's Peace,

Chris Jensen

Tabor Vision Team meets Tuesday, May 23.  

YOAKS Bible Study,  Tuesday, May 9 at 10:30am to noon.  All ages are invited to join Pastor David and Regina Reed in this new Bible study group reading the Gospel of Mark. Invite your friends! 

YOAKS Lunch Tuesday, May 9, noon-1:30pm.  All “Young and Older Adults Knowing Strength” are invited! Lunch is provided and an activity is being planned.  Please RSVP to our hosts Dean and Sue Hansen, or Pastor David.  

“Dinner at Vinny’s” service opportunity is Tuesday, May 9, 4:30-6:30pm at the St Vincent DePaul Dining Hall at the Weigan Center downtown.  Come and share Tabor’s gracious and loving hospitality with our hungry neighbors living on the streets.  We always have room for more volunteers!  Clean-up help especially! Please see Casey White if you have any questions.  

FACE Hunger and Homelessness meeting at South Valley Unitarian church noon Wednesday May 10th all invited. FACE is the new name for CORC at Crossroads.  Bill Tibbetts is our FACE community organizer and has begun a new Medicad enrollment initiative to help folks in need overcome barriers to access their benefits including SNAP (aka food stamps).  Come learn how you can help to!

Utah Conference of ELCA clergy meets Wednesday, May 10th 9am-10:30am at Tabor.

Rocky Mountain Synod Assembly in El Paso, TX, May 16-May 18. "Cruzando Fronteras". The Assembly will begin at 4pm on Tuesday, May 16.  Wednesday will feature all day border immersion experiences in Los Cruces, NM and Juarez, Mexico.  The experiences will include bible study, education, and plenty of time for questions and answers. The Assembly will conclude at noon on Thursday, May 18. Regina Reed, Jean Stephenson, and Pastor David will be our representatives.

Council meets on May 21 after worship.

Help carry the Rainbow flag, and our Mount Tabor banner in the Pride Parade on June 4! Join people of many faith traditions spreading love, in this annual tradition of carrying the PRIDE Flag which ends the parade. We need 100 people of all ages (kids and strollers welcome!) to help Utah Pride Interfaith Coalition carry the one block long Rainbow flag. We promise it’s the most fun you will ever have on the street downtown! The Parade begins at 10am and takes at least 30 minutes or more for the Rainbow flag to start moving.  We will plan to meet at the staging area more details to come for the location. Contact Rev. Brigette Weier (weierbrigetter@gmail.com) if you can help with the Rainbow flag, or Pr. David if you can help carry the Tabor banner.  The annual PRIDE Interfaith Worship Service will be May 31, 2023 at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church (777 S 1300 E SLC).  Methodist Bishop Karen Oliveto will be speaking, and giving glitter blessings again this year!  

Mount Tabor Blood Drive Monday, June 5th from noon to 6pm.  A sign-up sheet will be available as the day gets closer.  Please contact Pierre Pearson at 801-463-1008 if you have any questions.

Tabor serves at Family Promise: volunteers of all ages can come help serve the dinner for families experiencing homelessness on Monday, June 12, 6:15pm to 7:30pm at Hilltop UMC's Hilltop House, located at 985 E 10600 S in Sandy.  Please see Pastor David if you’d like to help!