Tentative: Wednesday, October 7Idlewild
Idlewild Members' Meeting
The Palm Avenue conversation, in front of the whole Idlewild family. This is where the replant stops being a rumor.
Idlewild Baptist ChurchOctober 2026 — January 2027
The road to January 31.
Palm AvenueIdlewildSundays & services
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October 2026 — January 2027
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OctoberCommit
Wednesday, October 7Idlewild
Missional Church
A Wednesday class running three months straight. If you're praying about going, this is the room to be in.
Idlewild Baptist ChurchAll OctoberIdlewild
Commit Season
The shape is still being worked out, but October is when we help people move from interested to involved.
EverywhereSaturday, October 17Palm Avenue
Coffee Meet-up
No agenda, no sign-up. Come meet the people you'd be doing this with.
Armature WorksNovemberPrepare
Tentative: Sunday, November 1Palm Avenue
New Members' Class
For everyone who's committed but hasn't joined yet — including people already at Palm Avenue. First in line are the ones who said yes in October.
Palm Avenue Baptist ChurchWednesday, November 4Idlewild
Missional Church
Month two.
Idlewild Baptist ChurchFriday, November 13Palm Avenue
Ice Cream Meet-up
Bring the kids. Same idea as October, louder.
Armature WorksTentative: Sunday, November 15Palm Avenue
Kids Volunteer Training
If you want to serve with kids, this is the start. Membership and a background check, every time, no exceptions.
Palm Avenue Baptist ChurchDecemberSend
Wednesday, December 2Idlewild
Missional Church
Month three. The last one before you go.
Idlewild Baptist ChurchSaturday, December 5Palm Avenue
Coffee Meet-up
The last easy one before Christmas.
Armature WorksTentative: Wednesday, December 9Palm Avenue
Connections Training
How a guest gets welcomed, remembered, and actually connected. Everybody who serves on a Sunday needs this.
Palm Avenue Baptist ChurchSunday, December 20Sunday
The last service in the old building
One more Sunday inside the sanctuary on Palm Avenue before we set it down for a while. Come to this one.
Palm Avenue Baptist ChurchSunday, December 27Sunday
Christmas Sunday at Idlewild
No Palm Avenue service. We spend the Sunday after Christmas with the church that's sending us.
Idlewild Baptist ChurchJanuaryLaunch
Sunday, January 3Sunday
Commissioning
Idlewild prays over us and sends us out. A church doesn't get replanted by accident — they are sent, or commissioned.
Idlewild Baptist ChurchSaturday, January 9Palm Avenue
Prayer Walk & Invites
Walk the blocks around Brewster and Palm Avenue. Pray for the neighborhood, knock on some doors, leave an invitation.
Tampa HeightsSunday, January 10SundayPreview
Preview Gathering — One
The first Sunday in the new room. Everything's real but nothing's polished yet. Anyone is welcome.
Café on the GoBrewster Technical CollegeSunday, January 17SundayPreview
Preview Gathering — Two
Same room, more of it working. Bring someone this time.
Café on the GoBrewster Technical CollegeSaturday, January 23Palm Avenue
Prayer Walk & Invites
One more pass through the neighborhood, eight days out.
Tampa HeightsSunday, January 24SundayPreview
Preview Gathering — Three
The last rehearsal. After this, it's the real thing.
Café on the GoBrewster Technical CollegeFriday, January 29Palm Avenue
Prayer Service
The night before the night before. Everyone who's carried this, in one room, on their knees.
Brewster Technical CollegeSunday, January 31SundayLaunch
First Public Gathering
Doors open to the whole neighborhood. One day shy of a hundred and twenty-six years to the date since seventy-six people started this on the corner of Florida and Palm.
Café on the GoBrewster Technical College · 2222 N. Tampa StSunday morning at Brewster
Still being finalized — here's the shape we're planning around.
9:00Kids check-in
10:30Service
11:45Done
12:00Small group, if you can stay (no childcare)
One service to start.
Café on the Go
Through January, coffee shows up where the neighborhood already is — Brewster, the YMCA, and the Tower.
BrewsterYMCAThe Tower
You don't have to wait until January
to be part of this.