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Tabernacle
Summer 2010
131st Season
Welcome!
2010 Events
Ocean City Tabernacle is
Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 10:30 am
Sunday Concerts and events, 7 pm
Hymnsings prior to each Sunday service & concert
Children’s Sunday School, Vacation Bible School
& Kid’s Club
a Christian event center with Fellowship, Bible Studies & Seminars
options for the entire family Youth Activities, Gym Nights, and Concerts
Carolyn Lothian
Summer Pianist
Saturday, April 17
ChARTer Tech
Select Choir
Greg Field Sunday, August 22
Summer Songleader 7:00 pm
Sandy Epstein
Sunday, June 13
8:30 & 10:30 am
David Seals,
Four His Glory MaryBeth Seals McGrath
Sunday, June 20
8:30 & 10:30 am Sunday, September 12
Sunday, August 8 8:30 & 10:30 am
8:30 & 10:30 am
Ark-Kids Pre-School
The Noah’s Ark summer nursery is transformed for the other 8
months of the year into a delightful pre-school classroom with
certified teachers Colleen Dice and Julia Wiggins.
Four and five year olds attend Monday, Wednesday, and
Thursday, 9 am to noon ($170/month). Three year olds attend
Tuesday and Thursday, 9 to 11:30 am ($110/month).
Curriculum includes age-appropriate learning skills plus Bible
stories and activities. The state-licensed pre-school operates
in cooperation with St. Peter’s United Methodist Church and
follows the Ocean City School calendar for vacation days and
weather-related cancellations. Call for registration information.
Youth at the Tabernacle
Kull Youth Center
Youth groups and churches use the Kull Youth Center year
round. Groups may rent the facility, which can sleep 60
people for overnight retreats. Facilities include a multi-
purpose room, game room, lounge, and full kitchen. Youth Worker Conference
Local groups also use the building for dances, game Saturday, August 21, 2010, 9 am – 4 pm
nights, concerts, and all-nighters. Call Brandon Schmidt Ministry training and discussions with fellow youth workers
at 609.399.1915 for information. Matt McAlack, Professor of Youth Ministry
Philadelphia Biblical University
Open Gym Nights $15 ($10 for college students and groups 5 or more)
Weekend accommodations at Tabernacle Youth Center for
Wednesday, July 7 & 14, August 11, 18 & 25, 7pm additional cost.
A time of hanging out, shooting hoops, and playing games
in the Youth Center. Open to all teens. Tabernacle Son Club
During the school year, an after-school program provides
Christmas in July tutoring, snacks, Bible lessons, games, and life skills for
Tuesday, July 20, 7pm local students.
For students in 6th – 8th Grades
Celebrate Christmas in style! Play wacky Christmas-themed XFactor
games in the fully decorated Kull Youth Center. Includes First Sunday of the month (October-May)
snacks, prizes, and an “Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest.” A Junior High (6th – 8th Grades) outreach event for local
You don’t want to miss this! students
Check the website at
http://www.octabernacle.org/youth.php
for more activities.
Memorial Gifts
Plaques, bricks, and inscriptions throughout the grounds and
buildings remember those who have been leaders at the
History
September 10, 1879, brothers Ezra B. Lake, S. Wesley
Tabernacle—from the early founders to the Luff family, to the
many who assure the support of programs for the future. Be Lake, James E. Lake, and an associate, William H. Burrell, all
sure to read and remember these faithful saints. Methodist clergymen, sailed to “Peck’s Beach.” With
Rev. William B. Wood and Simon Lake (the brothers’ father,
Bell Tower who mortgaged his farm for the initial purchase), they
The 13 bells (struck for the centennial of the U. S. Capitol, established a “Christian Seashore Resort,” the island city that
1893) traveled from Washington, DC, to 1st Methodist Church became Ocean City, New Jersey.
in Camden. Cooper Hospital, the next owner, gave the bells to The founders built roads, a boardwalk, schools, and even
Ocean City Tabernacle and more than 25 donors funded their some amusement rides. They encouraged transportation,
restoration and installation. Dedicated June 14, 1998, they established city government, passed laws, and carefully made
ring to honor and memorialize those whose names appear on certain that every deed contained the prohibition of alcohol.
the plaques.
In 1880, the first tent meetings were held, with “at least
1,000 people” attending the revival that August. The name
Gifts to the Tabernacle “Tabernacle” is borrowed from the Old Testament “tent”
Weekly Offerings received at each Sunday service are used for worship.
for program costs. Thanks to all who share in making the
worship services and concerts possible. In the 1890s, a more permanent Tabernacle was constructed
and then improved in subsequent years. The present main
A separate Building Fund supports capital expansion,
auditorium, supported by the estates of Charles R. Stilwell
renovation, and major repairs.
and Charles F. & Helen Shriver Schilling, was dedicated in
Endowment Fund income provides operational funds and, 1956. The “Family Room” (nursery) was completed in 1991.
when necessary, supplements the weekly offerings. Consider In 2005 the addition containing the Kull Noah’s Ark Nursery,
including the Tabernacle in your Will or in your planning of the Boyce Adams Memorial Narthex, and the Marion
an income-producing annuity or trust. Gifts of appreciated A. Richardson Christian Education wing was dedicated.
stock or property often result in tax savings and can provide Summer 2008 saw the completion of the Kull Youth Center.
lifetime income for the donor. Many tax advantages are
available through various giving instruments. The Tabernacle The Board of Trustees has guided the ministry of Ocean
can put you in contact with third-party help for your City Tabernacle through 131 years, with Presidents
charitable planning. S. Wesley Lake, James E. Lake, W. Elwell Lake, Ralph G. Luff,
William G. Luff, J. Robert Buck, and Richard J. Stanislaw.
Tabernacle Streaming live and on Radio Dr. Lake’s 1904 benediction still rings true: “That we all unite
Worship services are streamed live each Sunday morning via to keep Ocean City an Ideal City and may God’s Blessings be
live.octabernacle.org upon us and crown our efforts with marvelous success.”
WJPG 88.1 FM re-broadcasts Tabernacle speakers, 6:30 am Saturdays
WJPH 89.9 FM re-broadcasts Tabernacle speakers, 6:30 am Sundays
WIBG 1020 AM, re-broadcasts Tabernacle speakers, 1:30 pm
Sunday & 6:30 am the following Saturday
Todd Chamberlain, Chair; Ocean City; Principal, Masters Legacy Mary Anne Kull, Pompano Beach, FL & Ocean City
Planning, Inc., Linwood Edward H. Salmon, Millville, NJ & Ocean City; Chairman/CEO,
Carl Scheetz, Vice Chair; Ocean City; Ret. Superintendent of Salmon Ventures Ltd.
Schools Fredrick E. Starn, Egg Harbor Township, NJ; Ret. President, Starn’s
Ralph Schiavo, Secretary; Ocean City; Ret. Superintendent of Shop-Rite Supermarkets, Inc.
Schools, K-8 Gena Willard, Doylestown, PA & Ocean City; CPA, Gross &
Louis M. Walters, Treasurer; Chair, Budget Committee; Ocean City; Company LLP
President, Atlantic City Sewerage Co.
Sal Monastero, Assistant Treasurer; Chair, Audit Committee; Berwyn, Distinguished Fellows and Life Trustees
PA; Ret. investment firm Robert B. Dahlhausen, Berwyn, PA & Ocean City
Herbert Adams, Chair of Facilities Committee; Ocean View, NJ; E. Guy Elzey, Jr., Haddonfield, NJ & Ocean City
Prof. Engineer & Land Surveyor; Ret. General Manager, Atlantic
City Electric Frank P. Felton, 3rd, Rydal, PA & Ocean City
Robert J. Stiefbold, VP of Finance; Northfield, NJ; Ret. owner, Taylor James Houseman, Head Usher; Holland, PA & Ocean City
Pork Roll A. C. John Kulp, Chaplain Emeritus; Coatesville, PA
Jane French, Exec. Committee; Medford, NJ & Ocean City, Ret. JBJ William Luff, Jr., Newtown Square, PA
Associates
Erik Hostvedt, Exec. Committee; Pipersville, PA & Ocean City; Chaplains
Founder and Owner, HPI Sales
Rev. Richard (Terry) Lothian, Ret., Community Baptist Church,
Richard Kull, Exec. Committee; Pompano Beach, FL & Ocean City; Somerset, NJ
President, Burns-Kull Auto Group
Rev. William Reasner, Ret., United Methodist Church
John Shirk, Ocean City; Chair, Investment Committee; Partner,
Fortress Financial Rev. Dr. George Vogel, Chief, Chaplain Services;
Long Beach V. A. Healthcare System
Virginia Weber, Exec. Committee; Moorestown, NJ & Ocean City
Rev. Linda Vandergrift, Pastor, Monroe Village Church,
Richard Stanislaw, Ocean City; President/CEO, Ocean City Jamesburg, NJ
Tabernacle, Former University VP
Rev. Dr. John Kulp, Ret. United Methodist Church,
Andrea Bell, Ocean City Chaplain Emeritus
Frederick W. Chase, Jr., Haddonfield, NJ; President, Chase Sales;
CEO, DaCosta
Lisa A. Christy, Malvern, PA & Ocean City
Richard Deaney, Ocean City; Ret. Business Administrator, City of
Ocean City
Joseph K. Furst, Marco Island, FL & Ocean City; Investment
Manager
Midge Grunstra, Ocean City; Realtor, Goldcoast Sotheby’s
International Realty
Russell M. Hanscom, Jr., Chester Springs, PA & Ocean City; Ret.
Securities, & Hanscom Family Bakery
William Hughes, Ocean City; Attorney; Former Ambassador and
U. S. Congressman, Visiting Distinguished Scholar of Public
Policy, Richard Stockton College
Robert Hunter, Downington, PA & Ocean City; Ret. EVP &
CFO Bradford White Corporation
Staff
Top row left to right:
Brandon Schmidt
Director of Youth Ministries
& Groups Coordinator
Nancy Notaro
Financial Secretary
Tim Truman
Facilities Manager
Bottom row left to right:
Antoinette Albert
Vice President for Operations
Richard Stanislaw Megan Schmidt
President/CEO Children’s Ministry Director
Jason Knorr
Assistant Facilities Manager