What's Happening-June-2019 | Mount Tabor Lutheran Church

Tabor Pride marchers needed! Help share Tabor’s spirit of inclusive welcome at this year’s Pride Parade. We need volunteers to carry our Pride banner in this year’s parade on Sunday June 2 at 10am. Contact Philip Goard if you’re interested!

Tabor Blood Drive is Monday, June 3rd. Please contact Pierre Pearson if you haven't signed up yet.

Martha Circle Bible Study meets this Thursday, June 13th at 1pm at Tabor for conversation, fellowship, and Bible study from “Gather”, the monthly ELCA women’s magazine. If you would like to subscribe to the magazine, please speak to Barb Moore. All women are invited.

Save the date for Tabor camping trip in August! We have reserved Group Site C at Tinney Flat Campground for Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10, in Santaquin Canyon! The campground is 71 miles from Salt Lake City, 1 hour 15 minutes via I-15, situated among a dense grove of cottonwood trees, which provide ample shade. Santaquin Creek runs alongside the campground, offering rainbow trout fishing. White Pine Hollow and Calkens Hollow Trails begin within the campground. Contact Leslie Carey for more info.

June Birthdays

12 Oliver McMurtrey

13 Kathryn Cooke

28 Jennifer Miller Smith

What Happened at Synod Assembly?

Approved 2019-2020 RMS Budget including an increase in mission support to theChurchwide Organization from 47% to 47.5%!
Approved Campus Ministry students to be voting members of the assembly
Approved a memorial to Churchwide Assembly around protections for Palestinian Children
Approved a resolution to allow electronic attendance from one of five locations for the 2020 Assembly (more info coming soon!)
Affirmed the RMS Strategic Plan 2.0
Heard reports from Bishop Gonia, Synod Vice President Earline Bohling, and ELCA Representative Mary Campbell (videos available soon)
Commissioned our new RMS Youth Council
Recognized our Border Ministries and Immigration accompaniment ministry partners in their work with refugee resettlement and border hospitality
Learned from local ministries through off-site excursions

Congregation Council

Council will be meeting on Sunday, June 16th following worship.

Utah Food Bank

We will be sorting food on Saturday, June 1st from 10 a.m. to noon. Please join us at the Utah Food Bank, 3150 South 900 West, at 10 a.m. All are invited.

Mount Tabor Deadlines

The Tabor Trumpet deadline is the 20th of the month. Weekly bulletin information and announcements need to be in the office by Wednesday.

Recurring Activities

Choir Rehearsal (Sept-May)
Every Sunday, 9:15 am

Martha Circle
2nd Thursday, 1 pm

OAKS

3rd Wednesday, Noon (September-May_