The water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life —John 4:14

The picture our Lord described here is not that of a simple stream of water, but an overflowing fountain. Continue to “be filled” ( Ephesians 5:18 ) and the sweetness of your vital relationship to Jesus will flow as generously out of you as it has been given to you. If you find that His life is not springing up as it should, you are to blame— something is obstructing the flow. Was Jesus saying to stay focused on the Source so that you may be blessed personally? No, you are to focus on the Source so that out of you “will flow rivers of living water”— irrepressible life ( John 7:38 ).

We are to be fountains through which Jesus can flow as “rivers of living water” in blessing to everyone. Yet some of us are like the Dead Sea, always receiving but never giving, because our relationship is not right with the Lord Jesus. As surely as we receive blessings from Him, He will pour out blessings through us. But whenever the blessings are not being poured out in the same measure they are received, there is a defect in our relationship with Him. Is there anything between you and Jesus Christ? Is there anything hindering your faith in Him? If not, then Jesus says that out of you “will flow rivers of living water.” It is not a blessing that you pass on, or an experience that you share with others, but a river that continually flows through you. Stay at the Source, closely guarding your faith in Jesus Christ and your relationship to Him, and there will be a steady flow into the lives of others with no dryness or deadness whatsoever.

Is it excessive to say that rivers will flow out of one individual believer? Do you look at yourself and say, “But I don’t see the rivers”? Through the history of God’s work you will usually find that He has started with the obscure, the unknown, the ignored, but those who have been steadfastly true to Jesus Christ.

Don't forget that we are back at our favorite school in Kensington!!,!

So, at 11am Sunday, come out as we get back to celebrating Jesus at 3901 Denfeld Ave, Kensington, MD

See you there!!!!!!
Blessings!
Pd

Cookout Series
Is complete as of last week, thanks to everyone that did the food, especially Patrick Kim and thanks for staying and hanging out!!!!! It has been great!

Tapestry now offers Auto Draft
Direct payment for those who would like to automate their giving through their bank. See the offering table for more info.

Saturday AM Tapestry Prayer
THIS WEEK IS CANCELLED!!!

Meetings every Saturday at PD and Lori's home 4100 Delancy Drive, Silver Spring. Just prayer and lots of it. Let me rephrase… just prayer LOUD AND STRONG! See Dustin for more info.

Small Group Ministry
Resumes after Labor Day Weekend
See the Tapis Table for more info!

Small Group Training
If you are interested in being a Tapis "small" group leader or hosting a small group, please talk to pd. We will be offering small group training and would love you to be a part. This year, the Tapestry will be really stepping up our small group game!

Baptism
We need to have a Baptism. If you wish to be a part, we are going to plan to have it in September. Please See PD if you are interested. Right now, two people have signed up.

Ladies Small Group Date Change
To ensure everyone that wants to participate can, the Ladies Small Group is now going to be a Ladies Sunday School Class which will meet two (2) Sunday mornings a month before service at 10am. September 5th & 19th Depression/Grief Part 1 & 2. Interested parties, please see Ashley Shepherd after service to sign up.

2010 6yr Anniversary Project -
Just a reminder to those of you that have signed out blocks/arts supplies for the Tapestry, they are now due. please see Ashley Shepherd, 240-997-0476.

National Worship Leaders Retreat (EAST) in Asheville, North Carolina is scheduled for September 21-24, 2010. register at:
http://www.vineyardmusic.com/vm/content/national-worship-leaders-retreat-east-0.

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As you may or may not know we have our National Worship Leader Retreat - EAST coming up on September 21st-24th in Ridgecrest, North Carolina. We have been running this event as well as its sister event in Estes Park for over 12 years now and they continue to have a significant impact on our worship community. The reason I am writing you is to extend a special scholarship opportunity. If you find yourself hesitating to send your worship leader due to financial reasons, we at Vineyard Music would like to offer a $50 scholarship to the first twenty churches that respond. We believe this retreat is well worth the investment you would make on behalf of your worship leader and we would like to help make attending this retreat possible for as many worship leaders as we can.

If you are interested in receiving this $50 scholarship please respond to Melisa Keller at Vineyard Music at this email address:

melisa.keller@vineyardmusic.com

Again, thanks for your time and please prayerfully consider sending your worship leader this year to Ridgecrest.

Blessings,

Bob Van Meter
Senior Vice President - C.O.O.
Vineyard Music
Vineyard Resources
P: 281 565 8463
C: 832 283 0147
"…. we love God, for Himself; and ourselves, in God; and that which God loveth, for God's sake." Julian of Norwich (1372)

REGISTER NOW!
National Worship Leaders Retreat - EAST
Asheville, NC
September 21-24, 2010

You can find details for all of our events on the VINEYARD MUSIC EVENTS page.

THE BRICK 

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.   

As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed up the Jag to the spot where the brick had been thrown. 

The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting,  'What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?' The young boy was apologetic. 

'Please, mister…please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do,' He pleaded. 'I threw the brick because no one else would stop….' With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. 'It's my brother,' he said, 'He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up.' 

Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, 'would you, please, help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me.' 

Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts… A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. 

'Thank you and May God bless you,' the grateful child told the stranger. 
Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: 'Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!' God whispers to our souls and speaks to our hearts…Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not. 

Thought for the Day: If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. 
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring. He sends you a sunrise every morning. Face it, friend - He is crazy about you! God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun 
without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way. Read this line very slowly and let it sink in…if God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

–
       Chris Schlotterbeck
        Hub City Vineyard
"A Church About Community"
  www.hubcityvineyard.com

I read this article last week (last in a four part series) about Jesus praying and thought it was something to share.  It's short and you can probably power through it real quick but it fits with some of the things we talked about off to the side last night at leadership.

After all, if Jesus prayed how much more do we need to?

http://prayerexperiment.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/how-jesus-prayed-part-5/
(plain txt below)

–
Seiji Yamashita
ACTIVATE Director
seijiyamashita@tapestrychurch.org
www.tapestrychurch.org

SDG

Today will be the final post in this series covering Jesus' prayer habits.  The series began by pointing out that prayer really is something that we can learn more about, become more practiced at, and make improvements on.  For learning about prayer, we need to learn from a teacher, and there is none better than Jesus.  While Jesus sometimes spoke about prayer, He teaches us other things about prayer through His own prayer habits, which we should seek to emulate.  The three habits I've covered so far are:

1) He prayed regularly and often.

2) Jesus found it important to find places where He could be alone to pray.

3) There were times when prayer was more important than meeting the needs and wants of people.

Today, I'll be talking about a fourth prayer habit, and I've saved the most profound, the most mind-bending and revolutionary habit for last, so brace yourself.  Are you ready?  Really?  Here it comes….

Jesus prayed.

I know. You're right, that is good. Let me say it again.

Jesus.    Prayed.

Have you really thought about that, and Who this is that we're talking about, and how strange it might seem at first that He prayed at all? This is Jesus. The One who said things like "I and the Father are one," and "Before Abraham was, I AM," and who Paul referred to by saying "All things were created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together." Jesus is God, and yet He prayed.

Of course Jesus was (and is) also fully human. He imposed Himself with human limitations. He got tired, hungry, worn out, anxious, and even though He was (and is) the perfect union of God and Man, fully human and fully God all at once, He still had to pray.

So think about that again: Jesus prayed. A lot. Jesus found it necessary to go somewhere where He could be alone to pray – often – somewhere where He could shut out the noise of the crowds and the other demands of life on Earth, and it wasn't because he had ADD or was uptight and couldn't handle distractions. Jesus sometimes left good things undone in order to pray. Jesus found this necessary. His earthly life and ministry were saturated in prayer, even though He was (and is) God.

So you've probably already seen the obvious question. If Jesus Himself found it necessary to saturate His life with prayer, how much more do we, who are imperfectly – for now – united with God, need prayer?

Since you've undoubtedly heard how important prayer is before, do you grasp how imperative prayer really is?

Have you ever thought about the fact that Jesus prayed in light of who He is, and what that says about the necessity of prayer?

If someone else could watch your prayer habits, how important would they say prayer is to you?

. it is written, ’Be holy, for I am holy’ —1 Peter 1:16

We must continually remind ourselves of the purpose of life. We are not destined to happiness, nor to health, but to holiness. Today we have far too many desires and interests, and our lives are being consumed and wasted by them. Many of them may be right, noble, and good, and may later be fulfilled, but in the meantime God must cause their importance to us to decrease. The only thing that truly matters is whether a person will accept the God who will make him holy. At all costs, a person must have the right relationship with God.

Do I believe I need to be holy? Do I believe that God can come into me and make me holy? If through your preaching you convince me that I am unholy, I then resent your preaching. The preaching of the gospel awakens an intense resentment because it is designed to reveal my unholiness, but it also awakens an intense yearning and desire within me. God has only one intended destiny for mankind— holiness. His only goal is to produce saints. God is not some eternal blessing-machine for people to use, and He did not come to save us out of pity— He came to save us because He created us to be holy. Atonement through the Cross of Christ means that God can put me back into perfect oneness with Himself through the death of Jesus Christ, without a trace of anything coming between us any longer.

Never tolerate, because of sympathy for yourself or for others, any practice that is not in keeping with a holy God. Holiness means absolute purity of your walk before God, the words coming from your mouth, and every thought in your mind— placing every detail of your life under the scrutiny of God Himself. Holiness is not simply what God gives me, but what God has given me that is being exhibited in my life.

Don't forget that this week we are heading back to our favorite school in Kensington!!!!!!

Summer is over and our Sunday services are moving back to Rockview Elementary School. For those of you who haven't been there yet, or have forgotten the address, the school is located on 3901 Denfeld Ave, Kensington, MD 20895. We will be meeting there again starting Sunday August 29, 2010. Service starts as usually at 11.00 am. We can't wait to see you there.

See you there!!!!!!
Blessings!
pd & your tapestry leadership family!

Don't forget that this week we are heading back to our favorite school in Kensington!!!!!!

Summer is over and our Sunday services are moving back to Rockview Elementary School. For those of you who haven't been there yet, or have forgotten the address, the school is located on 3901 Denfeld Ave, Kensington, MD 20895. We will be meeting there again starting Sunday August 29, 2010. Service starts as usually at 11.00 am. We can't wait to see you there.

See you there!!!!!!
Blessings!
pd & your tapestry leadership family!

Don't forget that this week we are heading back to our favorite school in Kensington!!!!!!

Summer is over and our Sunday services are moving back to Rockview Elementary School. For those of you who haven't been there yet, or have forgotten the address, the school is located on 3901 Denfeld Ave, Kensington, MD 20895. We will be meeting there again starting Sunday August 29, 2010. Service starts as usually at 11.00 am. We can't wait to see you there.

See you there!!!!!!
Blessings!
pd & your tapestry leadership family!

Cookout Series
Stay this week for the last of our cookout series. It's always GREAT!!!!

Tapestry now offers Auto Draft
Direct payment for those who would like to automate their giving through their bank. See the offering table for more info.

Saturday AM Tapestry Prayer
Meetings every Saturday at PD and Lori's home 4100 Delancy Drive, Silver Spring. Just prayer and lots of it. Let me rephrase… just prayer LOUD AND STRONG! See Dustin for more info.

Small Group Ministry
Resumes after Labor Day Weekend
See the Tapis Table for more info!

Small Group Training
If you are interested in being a Tapis "small" group leader or hosting a small group, please talk to pd. We will be offering small group training and would love you to be a part. This year, the Tapestry will be really stepping up our small group game!

Baptism
We need to have a Baptism. If you wish to be a part, we are going to plan to have it in September. Please See PD if you are interested. Right now, two people have signed up.

Ladies Small Group Date Change
To ensure everyone that wants to participate can, the Ladies Small Group is now going to be a Ladies Sunday School Class which will meet two (2) Sunday mornings a month before service at 10am. September 5th & 19th Depression/Grief Part 1 & 2. Interested parties, please see Ashley Shepherd after service to sign up.

2010 6yr Anniversary Project -
Just a reminder to those of you that have signed out blocks/arts supplies for the Tapestry, they are now due. please see Ashley Shepherd, 240-997-0476.

National Worship Leaders Retreat (EAST) in Asheville, North Carolina is scheduled for September 21-24, 2010. register at:
http://www.vineyardmusic.com/vm/content/national-worship-leaders-retreat-east-0.

Cookout Series
Stay this week for the last of our cookout series. It's always GREAT!!!!

Tapestry now offers Auto Draft
Direct payment for those who would like to automate their giving through their bank. See the offering table for more info.

Saturday AM Tapestry Prayer
Meetings every Saturday at PD and Lori's home 4100 Delancy Drive, Silver Spring. Just prayer and lots of it. Let me rephrase… just prayer LOUD AND STRONG! See Dustin for more info.

Small Group Ministry
Resumes after Labor Day Weekend
See the Tapis Table for more info!

Small Group Training
If you are interested in being a Tapis "small" group leader or hosting a small group, please talk to pd. We will be offering small group training and would love you to be a part. This year, the Tapestry will be really stepping up our small group game!

Baptism
We need to have a Baptism. If you wish to be a part, we are going to plan to have it in September. Please See PD if you are interested. Right now, two people have signed up.

Ladies Small Group Date Change
To ensure everyone that wants to participate can, the Ladies Small Group is now going to be a Ladies Sunday School Class which will meet two (2) Sunday mornings a month before service at 10am. September 5th & 19th Depression/Grief Part 1 & 2. Interested parties, please see Ashley Shepherd after service to sign up.

2010 6yr Anniversary Project -
Just a reminder to those of you that have signed out blocks/arts supplies for the Tapestry, they are now due. please see Ashley Shepherd, 240-997-0476.

National Worship Leaders Retreat (EAST) in Asheville, North Carolina is scheduled for September 21-24, 2010. register at:
http://www.vineyardmusic.com/vm/content/national-worship-leaders-retreat-east-0.

Greetings! I hope this letter finds you well.

As you may or may not know we have our National Worship Leader Retreat - EAST coming up on September 21st-24th in Ridgecrest, North Carolina. We have been running this event as well as its sister event in Estes Park for over 12 years now and they continue to have a significant impact on our worship community. The reason I am writing you is to extend a special scholarship opportunity. If you find yourself hesitating to send your worship leader due to financial reasons, we at Vineyard Music would like to offer a $50 scholarship to the first twenty churches that respond. We believe this retreat is well worth the investment you would make on behalf of your worship leader and we would like to help make attending this retreat possible for as many worship leaders as we can.

If you are interested in receiving this $50 scholarship please respond to Melisa Keller at Vineyard Music at this email address:

melisa.keller@vineyardmusic.com

Again, thanks for your time and please prayerfully consider sending your worship leader this year to Ridgecrest.

Blessings,

Bob Van Meter
Senior Vice President - C.O.O.
Vineyard Music
Vineyard Resources
P: 281 565 8463
C: 832 283 0147
"…. we love God, for Himself; and ourselves, in God; and that which God loveth, for God's sake." Julian of Norwich (1372)

REGISTER NOW!
National Worship Leaders Retreat - EAST
Asheville, NC
September 21-24, 2010

You can find details for all of our events on the VINEYARD MUSIC EVENTS page.

Sunday, Sept 12, 2010, after service, our church will be having an
event to support our small group ministries called The Tapestry Church
Small Group Fair.

If you are leading a small group, this is your opportunity to
encourage others to join your group. It is also time to provide the
practical details about your group (more on this below).

If you want to be part of a small group, then this is your opportunity
to find your match. You will be able to ask questions and get
comfortable with the leaders of the groups.

It will also provide an arena to highlight these opportunities to
those who come to our Sunday services, but who are not already part of
a small group. I want to encourage all the leaders and coaches to
personally highlight this event and the small group resources to at
least one person who we have not seen at a small group before.

For this event, if you are leading a small group, please prepare a
flier/postcard/pamphlet that prospective small group members can take
with them as a reminder. These can be simple or elaborate, but must
contain the basic, practical details that people may be looking to
remember. For example:
- Name or title of group
- Meeting day and time
- Location
- Contact email and/or phone number
- Description or bullet points regarding content

As these fliers will be representing the church, I think it is
important to subject them to peer review before they are presented to
the larger body. Please try to develop your ideas and provide a draft,
even if it is hand written, by the next leadership meeting on August
30, 2010.

I will make myself available to anyone who may need some practical
help with there fliers. Don't hesitate to email:
kevinsorrentino@tapestrychurch.org

Thanks and God bless.
Kevin

Now I've heard a lot of people take this verse to speak out against "lukewarm Christianity" but that doesn't make sense to me because in 3:16 Jesus says "because you are lukewarm and NEITHER HOT NOR COLD, I will spew you from my mouth."  (emphasis mine)  It doesn't say "Because you aren't hot" and it doesn't say anything about being on fire for God, it says that because the church hasn't been able to commit one way or the other but are basically playing both sides of the field, Jesus will spit them out.

My interpretation of this passage goes something like this. "Make up your mind, and make a choice."

Pretty simple right?  It's just like in Mark 1 when Jesus says "repent, the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."  There's no way to just sort of, kind of repent.  You either do or you don't.  You're either hot, or you're cold.  But in Revelations 3:15, we aren't just talking about repentance and salvation, we're talking about a lifestyle.  Specifically a lifestyle that is in direct opposition to the kind of church we see in Acts 4.

In summary, Acts 4 sees the church persecuted for the boldness with which they have proclaimed the gospel and in verse 29, they gather together and pray "Lord, grant your servants favor that we may proclaim your word with fearlessness" or boldness depending on your translation.

But that's the whole point don't you see?  They were so madly in love with Jesus, and so devoted to Him, that they walked with a boldness that comes only from faith.  It is a hard and difficult faith we follow.  Don't let anyone tell you anything different.  Yes, His yoke is easy and His burden light, but that doesn't mean that we won't have trouble in this world.  That doesn't mean that we are excused to just sailing through life.

Now a lot of people don't want to just jump into the fray or dive into the deep end out of a fear of doing so incorrectly.  Boldness, when enacted without God's will and timing and spirit, can cause problems.  I've seen it happen and it sucks.  No two ways about it, it sucks.  But that doesn't mean God can't straighten things out.  That doesn't mean God can't fix you up.

Even if it takes you into sin and you're worried about a massive Babylonian Exile kind of punishment from God, don't you know that God first asked them to repent?

Yes boldness is hard, it's frightening, but it's also equally necessary.  That's why the early church had to pray for it.

Further discussion:

Ever had a time when greater boldness was called for?  What happened?
What do you need from God to feel empowered to fearlessness?
If you already live that life, what was the turning point?  Was there a turning point or were you always like that?

Seiji

When you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly —Matthew 6:6

Jesus did not say, “Dream about your Father who is in the secret place,” but He said, “. . . pray to your Father who is in the secret place. . . .” Prayer is an effort of the will. After we have entered our secret place and shut the door, the most difficult thing to do is to pray. We cannot seem to get our minds into good working order, and the first thing we have to fight is wandering thoughts. The great battle in private prayer is overcoming this problem of our idle and wandering thinking. We have to learn to discipline our minds and concentrate on willful, deliberate prayer.

We must have a specially selected place for prayer, but once we get there this plague of wandering thoughts begins, as we begin to think to ourselves, “This needs to be done, and I have to do that today.” Jesus says to “shut your door.” Having a secret stillness before God means deliberately shutting the door on our emotions and remembering Him. God is in secret, and He sees us from “the secret place”— He does not see us as other people do, or as we see ourselves. When we truly live in “the secret place,” it becomes impossible for us to doubt God. We become more sure of Him than of anyone or anything else. Enter into “the secret place,” and you will find that God was right in the middle of your everyday circumstances all the time. Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless you learn to open the door of your life completely and let God in from your first waking moment of each new day, you will be working on the wrong level throughout the day. But if you will swing the door of your life fully open and “pray to your Father who is in the secret place,” every public thing in your life will be marked with the lasting imprint of the presence of God.

Come to Me . . . —Matthew 11:28

God intends for us to live a well-rounded life in Christ Jesus, but there are times when that life is attacked from the outside. Then we tend to fall back into self-examination, a habit that we thought was gone. Self-awareness is the first thing that will upset the completeness of our life in God, and self-awareness continually produces a sense of struggling and turmoil in our lives. Self-awareness is not sin, and it can be produced by nervous emotions or by suddenly being dropped into a totally new set of circumstances. Yet it is never God’s will that we should be anything less than absolutely complete in Him. Anything that disturbs our rest in Him must be rectified at once, and it is not rectified by being ignored but only by coming to Jesus Christ. If we will come to Him, asking Him to produce Christ-awareness in us, He will always do it, until we fully learn to abide in Him.

Never allow anything that divides or destroys the oneness of your life with Christ to remain in your life without facing it. Beware of allowing the influence of your friends or your circumstances to divide your life. This only serves to sap your strength and slow your spiritual growth. Beware of anything that can split your oneness with Him, causing you to see yourself as separate from Him. Nothing is as important as staying right spiritually. And the only solution is a very simple one— “Come to Me . . . .” The intellectual, moral, and spiritual depth of our reality as a person is tested and measured by these words. Yet in every detail of our lives where we are found not to be real, we would rather dispute the findings than come to Jesus.

We ARE MOVING BACK!!!!!!

Hey Everyone, I just wanted to make sure that everyone knew that on Sunday, August 29, (next week), we will be going back to Rockview Elementary School. I am so excited that you guys have been with us at the other location through the summer, and I am EVEN MORE excited to go back to a place where we have AIR CONDITIONING! HOLLA! So, just one more week at the sauna and then off from the summer house back home to our beloved Rockview ES! If you need directions, they will be up to date on the website next week, (after 8/22/2010) here: http://www.tapestrychurch.com/content.cfm?id=266

PS, here is a great little Youtube that Jon sent out a week ago. I just love this song…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuKYfDrBuJA  (Until My Breath Runs Dry - Desperation)

Blessings!

pd

Moses worshiped on a mountain

We worship in heavenly places where the Holy Spirit says - come up here.

The fruit of Moses’ experience was the temple with the Holy place veiled Jesus tour down the veil to give us all free access.

Moses had an incredible life experience under the old covenant.

God is waiting for us, as a new creation that has kingdom DNA, to enter the Open Heavens of the kingdom and become the revealed Sons of God on the earth - all the prophets of old - saw this new creation and marveled at this new incredible people.

Moses had the Holy Spirit presence ON him and the glory was fading.

We have Him IN us and ON us and go from glory to glory Moses could not bring the glory to the camp - it was fading.

We take the Glory and manifest His presence in the world - the marketplace  - Kingdom domain on earth as it is in heaven - it gets brighter as we GO.

Jesus came in the last covenant as a lamb of sacrifice - so we could enter in.

Jesus comes post-cross as a Kingly Lion in this new covenant. All-powerful.

The enemy roars LIKE a lion to bring fear.

The Son roars from who He is - the I AM - to call the troops and bring alliance where we walk in His identity merged with the renewed mind of our identity in Him.

This creative roar brings change through the living word.

The roar release kingdom rain - and violently takes what the enemy has stolen.

That is the essence of the word - come up here and SEE His Glory - manifest Him on earth - creation is waiting on you

Thanks and God Bless -Fred

Ladies Small Group Date Change

To ensure everyone that wants to participate can, the Ladies Small Group is now going to be a Ladies Sunday School Class which will meet two (2) Sunday mornings a month before service at 10am. August 8th & 22nd Unforgiveness  Part 1 & 2, September 5th & 19th Depression/Grief Part 1 & 2. Interested parties, please see Ashley Shepherd after service to sign up.

2010 6yr Anniversary Project

Just a reminder to those of you that have signed out blocks/arts supplies for the Tapestry, they are now due.  please see Ashley Shepherd, 240-997-0476.

National Worship Leaders Retreat (EAST)

in Asheville, North Carolina is scheduled for September 21-24, 2010. register at:

http://www.vineyardmusic.com/vm/content/national-worship-leaders-retreat-east-0.

We ARE Moving BACK!

IS MOVING BACK TO ROCVIEW!!!!!! 8/29/2010

Tapestry now offers Auto Draft

Direct payment for those who would like to automate their giving through their bank.  See the offering table for more info.

Saturday AM Tapestry Prayer

Meetings Every Saturday at PD and Lori’s home 4100 Delancy Drive, Silver Spring.  Just prayer and lots of it. Let me rephrase… just prayer LOUD AND STRONG! See Dustin for more info.

Small Group Ministry

Resumes after Labor Day Weekend

See the Tapis Table for more info!

Small Group Training

If you are interested in being a Tapis “small” group leader or hosting a small group, please talk to pd. We will be offering small group training and would love you to be a part. This year, the Tapestry will be really stepping up our small group game!

Baptism

We need to have a Baptism. If you wish to be a part, we are going to plan to have it in September. Please See PD if you are interested.  Right now, two people have signed up.

Who Said It … Pete Scazzero

Pete Scazzero is author of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, a groundbreaking book on the integration of emotional health and spirituality. Pete is the founder and senior pastor of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, New York City, a multiracial, international church representing over 65 countries. Pete and his wife, Geri, are co-founders of a ministry called Emotionally Healthy Spirituality (emotionallyhealthy.org).

Scripture reveals God as an emotional being who feels—a Person. Consider the following (emphasis mine; all verses from the NIV):

• "The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain"(Genesis 6:6).

• "’My heart is changed within me; all my compassion is aroused‘"(Hosea 11:8).

• "[Jesus] began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, ‘My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death’"(Matthew 26:37-38).

• "[Jesus] looked around them in anger and, deeply distressed"(Mark 3:5).

• "Jesus [was] full of joy through the Holy Spirit"(Luke 10:21).

Reflect on the implications of our God feeling. You are made in his image. God feels. You feel. At the very least, the call of discipleship includes experiencing our feelings, reflecting on our feelings, and then thoughtfully responding to our feelings under the Lordship of Jesus.

Adapted from Emotionally Healthy Spirituality (Integrity, 2006). All rights reserved by the copyright holder and/or the publisher.

Just as a note,

I wanted to remind us to pray for peace. As our world heads into the final chapters, we know that things are heading one direction. Being a people who truly believe the WORD of GOD, nothing really surprises us, but at the same time, it should draw us. Let’s be drawn. Let’s be drawn to prayer. A few months go by and we forget. Do not forget the tragedies of Haiti, Poland and others. Do not forget the loss of many. As we head into September, never forget the 11th. Let us remember and pray.

Here are a couple more items on the world scene to remember:

North Korea | http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/15/north.korea.threat/index.html?iref=allsearch

Pakistan | http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-16/un-s-ban-ki-moon-says-pakistan-floods-are-worst-disaster-he-s-ever-seen.html

Kenya | http://allafrica.com/stories/201008180318.html   

pd

When I have sadly misunderstood Him? (see John 20:11-18 ). It is possible to know all about doctrine and still not know Jesus. A person's soul is in grave danger when the knowledge of doctrine surpasses Jesus, avoiding intimate touch with Him. Why was Mary weeping? Doctrine meant no more to her than the grass under her feet. In fact, any Pharisee could have made a fool of Mary doctrinally, but one thing they could never ridicule was the fact that Jesus had cast seven demons out of her (see Luke 8:2 ); yet His blessings were nothing to her in comparison with knowing Jesus Himself. ". . . she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. . . . Jesus said to her, 'Mary!' " ( John 20:14, 16 ). Once He called Mary by her name, she immediately knew that she had a personal history with the One who spoke. "She turned and said to Him, 'Rabboni!' " ( John 20:16 ).

When I have stubbornly doubted? (see John 20:24-29 ). Have I been doubting something about Jesus- maybe an experience to which others testify, but which I have not yet experienced? The other disciples said to Thomas, "We have seen the Lord" ( John 20:25 ). But Thomas doubted, saying, "Unless I see . . . I will not believe" ( John 20:25 ). Thomas needed the personal touch of Jesus. When His touches will come we never know, but when they do come they are indescribably precious. "Thomas . . . said to Him, 'My Lord and my God!' " ( John 20:28 ).

When I have selfishly denied Him? (see John 21:15-17 ). Peter denied Jesus Christ with oaths and curses (see Matthew 26:69-75 ), and yet after His resurrection Jesus appeared to Peter alone. Jesus restored Peter in private, and then He restored him publicly before the others. And Peter said to Him, "Lord . . . You know that I love You" ( John 21:17 ).

Do I have a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one true sign of discipleship is intimate oneness with Him- a knowledge of Jesus that nothing can shake.

The typical view of the Christian life is that it means being delivered from all adversity. But it actually means being delivered in adversity, which is something very different. "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling . . ." ( Psalm 91:1,10 )- the place where you are at one with God.

If you are a child of God, you will certainly encounter adversities, but Jesus says you should not be surprised when they come. "In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." He is saying, "There is nothing for you to fear." The same people who refused to talk about their adversities before they were saved often complain and worry after being born again because they have the wrong idea of what it means to live the life of a saint.

God does not give us overcoming life- He gives us life as we overcome. The strain of life is what builds our strength. If there is no strain, there will be no strength. Are you asking God to give you life, liberty, and joy? He cannot, unless you are willing to accept the strain. And once you face the strain, you will immediately get the strength. Overcome your own timidity and take the first step. Then God will give you nourishment- "To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life . . ." (Revelation 2:7 ). If you completely give of yourself physically, you become exhausted. But when you give of yourself spiritually, you get more strength. God never gives us strength for tomorrow, or for the next hour, but only for the strain of the moment. Our temptation is to face adversities from the standpoint of our own common sense. But a saint can "be of good cheer" even when seemingly defeated by adversities, because victory is absurdly impossible to everyone, except God.

Hi Everyone,

As you read this, Lydia Grace will be well on her way! We have been eagerly awaiting her little life and my precious wife Lori is about to complete this first phase of the motherhood journey. With that said, at the time you receive this email, she will be likely at the hospital or at least heading there in the next few hours. Please pray with us. Pray for peace and for grace. We need them both as we welcome this little one into the world.

I am so thankful that she can be enter our world surrounded by such an awesome family. And with that said, thank you ahead of time for being so amazing and awesome!

Love you all!

pd

Tapestry now offers Auto Draft
Direct payment for those who would like to automate their giving through their bank. See the offering table for more info.

Cookout Series Last Sunday of the month in July This weekend!! The location has changed to Newport Mill Park around the corner from service, 12101 Newport Mill Road. Cookout begins after morning service tear down. Bring a side dish or dessert to share. For more info contact Patrick Kim at patrickdkim@tapestrychurch.org

Sabbath Small Group
First Saturday of the Month - Sabbath - Jack & Jeanne Dillon's 7pm.
Meal, worship and fellowship. Call 301-535-7937 at
jeannedillon@tapestrychurch.org
Ladies Small Group Date Change
To ensure everyone that wants to participate can, the Ladies Small Group is now going to be a Ladies Sunday School Class which will meet two (2) Sunday mornings a month before service at 10am. July 11th & 25th Anger Part 1 & 2, August 8th & 22nd Unforgiveness Part 1 & 2, September 5th & 19th Depression/Grief Part 1 & 2. Interested parties, please see Ashley Shepherd after service to sign up.
2010 6yr Anniversary Project -
Just a reminder to those of you that have signed out blocks/arts supplies for the Tapestry, they are now due. please see Ashley Shepherd, 240-997-0476.

Soccer / Arts & Crafts
2 hours every weekend this summer with Lina and Daniel Padilla. For children ages 3-6. $50/month. See Peter Kim for details peterkim@tapestrychurch.org

Countdown to South Dakota!!!!
Tapestry Church is sending a team to Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation in South Dakota NEXT WEEK. The team will be working on a number of projects that the Pine Ridge Retreat Center has in place to serve the children of the Reservation including a Vacation Bible School. Please pray with us as we come down to the wire that God will open the right hearts and doors and that HIS will be done. We have more information at www.firstgiving.com/southdakotamission and you can follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/justapen over Seiji's blog http://justapen.wordpress.com or at Joan's new photoblog www.holyworldwide.com/joanyamashita. Thank you so much for all your prayer and support.

Want to pitch in at the Tapestry?
We have some open spots!
We need a:

Van driver
Van unload-er
Set up-er
Make the tables pretty person
Bulletin maker
Bulletin distributor
Snack Bringer
Coffee Maker
Greeter
Usher
New Comer Person

Announcement Giver
Kiddos Teacher
Kiddos 2yr-9yr
Baby Babies Teacher
Baby Babies Volunteer
Tear Down-er
Van Loader

For almost all of thse spots, we are looking for "co-leaders." Our philosophy is to get 2 people for every job so that people can pass off responsibility as necessary. See Lori if you are interested in "team-leading or co-leading" for any of these slots!

Be Blessed,
 
Ashley Shepherd

This is an article that Yong forwarded us this week. IT IS AWSOME!

You can see the full article here:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/07/19/Miller.jazz/index.html?hpt=C2

Here's the text of the article:

(CNN) — Donald Miller sat alone in a hotel room and cried.
Words needed to be written, questions answered. But Miller struggled to absorb what he felt; he was still in shock.
Miller had inspired many with his words. His Christian memoir, "Blue like Jazz," sold a million copies. He was a sought-after speaker. He had been dubbed the voice of a new generation of evangelicals.
Before that, though, Miller was an angry teenager and petty thief who blamed himself for his father's absence. Then one day he met an unusual man.
"Within a few minutes, you knew deep in your heart that he's for you, and he wants you to succeed," Miller recalls.
Miller was crying because soon he would reveal what had taken him years to realize. He didn't start writing about God to help people. He wrote to make one man proud.
Miller's 'messy' life
Don Miller was having breakfast with a leader in a Christian evangelism group one day when a fan of "Blue Like Jazz" stopped by their table.
The fan breathlessly asked Miller what inspired him to write his book.
"I needed to pay the rent," Miller said.
It's that lack of pretense that draws young Christians to Miller, says Dan Hardaway, the Campus Crusade for Christ leader who was there that day.
"He's not your powerful preaching pastor. He's a storyteller who says this is something to think about."
The 38-year-old Miller is tall and soft-spoken, with broad shoulders. When he stops by a Georgia church for a lecture, he's wearing jeans and green cowboy boots. He has no entourage.
Though he's become a regular at Christian conferences, he tries to spend chunks of his time outside church.
"Sunday morning church service is not an enormous priority; spending time with other believers is," he says. "Some people associate Sunday morning with God. One of the things I associate with God is a sunrise. How many sunrises have you missed over the years, and God created that?"

Don Miller is a Christian author whose brutally honest books have made him popular.
When "Blue Like Jazz" was published in 2003, Miller was an unknown freelance writer living in Portland, Oregon. The book made him a Christian celebrity. It may soon make him a star. A movie is being made about the book with Miller in the central role.
Miller writes about growing up in a Southern Baptist church near Houston, Texas, before attending a liberal college in Oregon.
The book's tone is introspective, lyrical, irreverent and brutally honest (one reviewer compared it to "Anne Lamott with testosterone"). Miller writes about everything from wetting the bed until he was 10 to his difficulties dating.
Miller appeals to evangelicals because there is a "profound starvation for honesty," says Brian McLaren, author of "A New Kind of Christian."
Much of Christian contemporary writing is shaped by religious broadcasting.
"What sells radio and television time is sentimentality and promises of easy answers," McLaren says. "He is honest about his pain and his doubts and his life being messy. But he's also honest about his hope and faith."
Christians have been writing about their messy lives since St. Augustine's "Confessions" in the fourth century. But Miller adds another dimension: He writes about how growing up without his father left a psychological void.
"Right now I'm sitting in the back of a tour bus, on a 65-city bus tour where lots of people come out to hear whatever my new book is about," he writes in "Father Fiction," his latest book. "But in so many ways, I'm still that kid, not sure exactly how to be emotionally intimate with a girl without feeling weak, not sure my work is good enough, not sure if the people who are clapping would really like me if they got to know me."
Some people associate Sunday morning with God. One of the things I associate with God is a sunrise. How many sunrises have you missed over the years, and God created that?

Miller is not content to write about that void, though. He created "The Mentoring Project," a program that offers mentors to kids without fathers. He contends that men who grow up without fathers are more predisposed to prison and brutalizing women.
The Mentoring Project has attracted so much attention that Miller was asked by the White House to join a presidential task force on fatherhood.
Miller accepted that invitation — and another that was far more personal. He met his biological father.
Miller says his mother and father divorced when he was a kid and his mother never talked about his father. He blamed himself for his father's disappearance.
"I was afraid he'd rejected me for a reason, that he somehow knew I'd grown up and become fat."
He had his father's number for two months before he finally called him. When he drove to his house, a big man opened the door and hugged Miller.
"I'm sorry," he said as a tear rolled down his cheek. "Do you forgive me?"
Miller said he did.
"It was very easy because I had never really held anything against him in the first place," he said. "He left so early that he was just a stranger in my life."
But the son could see himself in his father's smile. A copy of one of his books was on the dining room table.
'Nobody had ever said I was good at anything'
Miller's meeting with his biological father might have gone better than anticipated for another reason — another man had already stepped into the void.
That man was a pastor.
David Gentiles didn't look the part. He wore work boots, drove a creaky Ford pickup and wore a chewed-up Cleveland Indians baseball cap more than he wore pastor's robes.
A Cajun from Louisiana, Gentiles stood only 5-foot-5 but he loved big hugs, laughed loudly and cried openly.
Gentiles, Miller said, "taught me more about Jesus than anybody I knew."
When Gentiles was hired as a youth minister, Miller had just started junior high school and was filled with adolescent angst. He broke into people's homes, shoplifted and declared Christianity was for "the intellectually naive."
"I could have easily ended up in prison," Miller would write later.
He didn't like men in authority. He thought the senior pastor at his church was controlling.
Gentiles, though, didn't tell Miller what to do. He showed him what he could be.
Gentiles had a genius for seeing potential in people.
He once let a man who was unsure about pursuing the ministry stay at his home rent-free. He corralled groups to attend the concerts and book readings of Christian artists he befriended.
He was the kind of guy who showed up to help people move, always rooted for the underdog, and read his Bible so much that he could fold it like a magazine.
"Being friends with David was an uneven deal," Miller said. "You could not love him like he loved you."
Being friends with David was an uneven deal. You could not love him like he loved you.

When a friend was critically injured in a car crash, Gentiles drove 200 miles to stand at the man's hospital bed. He told him friends and family were praying for him.
"We will not let you die," Gentiles said.
When the man revived and recounted a vision of visiting heaven, Gentiles persuaded him to write about his experiences. That man, Don Piper, would write, "90 Minutes in Heaven," now an evangelical classic.
Gentiles did something similar with Miller: He convinced him he had something to say.
Gentiles wrote a column for the church newspaper, but asked Miller if he wanted to fill in for him.
Miller warned he wasn't going to be a "pawn of The Man" and write church propaganda.
"Would never ask you to compromise," Gentiles said.
Miller's first essay told the story of a girl who sung "His Eye is on the Sparrow" at a high school talent show and faced a chorus of boos. The girl may have been teased, he wrote, but the angels applauded, and their opinions matter more "because angels can fly."
The essay was a hit, with church leaders and Gentiles. The girl in the talent show cried when Miller showed her the column.
Miller felt like he had been given wings.
Gentiles asked Miller to write more. He fanned Miller's desire by calling to tell him when yet another person praised his writing.
"This," he would tell Miller as he held up another letter, "is a big deal." He told him he had a gift for writing about "the heart of our faith."
The impact was monumental.
"Nobody said I was good at anything. This was the first time tasting that. It was like water for thirst."
His fingerprints are all over Miller's life
Gentiles' did more than encourage Miller; he shaped his life. The fingerprints of his mentor are all over the pages of his books and his life.
"He was the biggest factor" in his decision to start The Mentoring Project, Miller said. "I realized that kids needed more than a book, they needed a friend. And in my life that friend was David Gentiles."
Gentiles also shaped Miller's theology.
Defining Miller as a conservative or progressive Christian is difficult. He's a bit of both.
Miller once ended an interview with a journalist by sharing the Gospel. And he once wrote that in all of his readings, "I don't find anyone more noble than Jesus."
But he also attended a Unitarian church where "they freely and openly accepted everybody the church didn't seem to accept," he wrote in "Blue Like Jazz."
Miller, in fact, has become something of an evangelical rebel. Critics have dismissed him for being too vague on issues like gay marriage and abortion.
Devotion to Jesus, not dogma, is what defines a Christian, Miller wrote in "Blue Like Jazz."
"The most important thing that happens within Christian spirituality is when a person falls in love with Jesus."
Gentiles, too, wasn't interested in theological jousting.
He left a Southern Baptist church and ultimately joined the Journey IFC (Imperfect Faith Community) church in Austin, Texas, where people sat on sofas instead of pews and the only church mission statement was love Jesus and love your neighbor as yourself.

"David would not be interested in a conversation about theology and neither would I," Miller said. "It seems like a distraction in a way if it's not about Jesus and it's not about people."

Saying goodbye
When Miller became a successful writer, Gentiles cheered him on as if he was still the uncertain teenager. He would tell friends to read Miller's books and take groups to readings.
"Oh my God, he talked about Miller all the time," said Rick Diamond, co-pastor of Journey church in Austin with Gentiles. "He talked about him like a proud dad."
Miller returned Gentiles' praise in an unusual way.
When he published "Blue Like Jazz," he dedicated the book to Gentiles. But he didn't tell him because he said it would have been an intimate moment "I didn't know to navigate."
Gentiles learned about the dedication from others. He was stunned, said Ariele Gentiles, the pastor's oldest daughter.
"He thought it was hilarious," Ariele said. "He didn't see himself as a mentor. He thought he was doing what he was supposed to be doing."
On December 14, 2009, Gentiles was lifting weights in Austin when he suffered a heart attack. He died four days later. He was 58.
Miller heard the news by phone at his home in Portland, Oregon. He paced every room as he digested the news and prayed for Gentiles.
The pastor's daughters asked him to deliver the eulogy.
He spent a week trying to write it. But he didn't finish until the night before the funeral. It was held at a baseball stadium because Gentiles' church wasn't big enough to accommodate the mourners, and Gentiles loved baseball.
Miller stepped before a microphone at home plate and looked at hundreds of Gentiles' friends in the bleachers.
"I write today," he said, "because when I was a kid, it made David Gentiles proud."
Gentiles never wrote a best-seller. He was not a sought-after speaker. No one called him the voice of a new generation of evangelicals.
"But if it's true a person's life is a sermon, David Gentiles preached the best sermon I've ever heard," Miller said.
Seven months after he said goodbye to his friend, Miller still talks about Gentiles in the present tense. He misses him the most when good fortune comes his way and he realizes he can no longer call Gentiles.
"I'm never going to hear him say I'm proud of you again."
No one could replace his father, but Gentiles came close.
"I'd love to have another hour with him."

Graham Cooke once said "if you want to fight mediocrity, promote excellence." It stands, therefore, that to fight a spirit of fear, you promote Love. 1 John 4:18 "There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear." But what does a spirit of fear look like? Because it can just as easily worm its way into our lives without us noticing it, as it can pop up out of the sewers.

The reason I'm thinking about this today, is that two men I respect and consider friends have written very eloquently on men and women of Christ, getting off their velvet cushions. Larry Westfall wrote "It's an Army, not a Country Club" and Kevin Weatherby wrote "We will sell our lives dearly." Both instances are a call to battle. I got chills running up and down my spine reading them especially the rewritten speech by Col. Travis. "I now want every man who is willing to fight and die for Jesus to step across this line."

But I ask, why has the clarion call gone unanswered?
Where are the people who shout as with one voice in response?
Where is the earthquake of God's footsteps, the thunder of his shadow at the praise of His people?
I hear God say in response, "if people fear to hear my voice in the spirit of prophecy, how much more so will they fear my spirit, my presence, or my person?"
Now the Lord is glorious, He is everything, and He is mighty in a way that blows our little brains. He is worthy of our fear, respect and admiration but above all else He is worthy of our meager love. Yet people are afraid to love. Not because of any inherent fear of the LORD, not even because we fear responsibility or accountability, but because we fear that which we do not understand, and we do not understand our Father.

Our hearts are caged about with fear, a fear born out of a desperate inability to understand or know our God - the God whose ways are as high above ours and the heavens are above the earth; the God who can create and destroy with a sigh; the God who sent his only Son to die. Our fear has crippled us because it has crippled our capacity to love.

Instead of acting out of love for one another we have begun once again to act out of fear. Perhaps having once acted out of love, and received love in return, we now fear to lose it. Perhaps having had great expectations or plans made out of love, we now fear the shape they take outside our hands. But the clarion calls, the trumpet sounds. The battle is joined.

We may choose to step onto the field with love in our hearts or to stay behind in fear. We may step onto the field in passionate pursuit of our Father or we may step out in fear.

For ten years the Lord has plagued me with chest pains. A pain that feels as though bands of steel constrict around my ribs. And today He tells me that it is the fear we place about ourselves: they hamper us, make it difficult to breathe, and if not treated will one day kill us.

This is starting to sound an awful lot like one of those annoying old testament style prophets that just irritate me, and if it irritates you I'm really sorry. I mean really really really sorry but there are two things that are going to happen soon. Either:

1) we will overcome our fear. We will recognize when we have operated out of fear instead of love and seek reconciliation and redemption for it. And then we will really see something happen.

Or

2) Nothing.

We got info from the guys with the Vineyard about a great student summer event this summer. If anyone is interested, please contact Seiji and Ashley!!!!! I am so VERY excited about this and even if we do not send someone this year, I TOTALLY want to send some young folks next year.

If money is a concern, we will raise funds and make something happen.

Read on and check it out and let us know!!!!!

Blessings!
pd
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This is Christian, the youth task force guy! Most of you have hopefully heard of Project Timothy from your youth pastors and/or at the conference this week. I want to re-invite your church to look for upcoming teen leaders, ages 14-17, and consider sending them to our weeklong teen-leader boot camp this Aug 9-16.

At the bootcamp we train and equip them in Vineyard-style leadership and ministry, and then give them forums to use what they've learned: they will each give a teaching, lead a small group, organize and lead an outreach, pray and prophecy over each other, learn to work with teams, and more! And they get tons of great teaching from leaders in our region, plus worship and ministry, and even times of great fun!

We ask each teen to commit to 1 year of service at their home church/youthgroup. Last year, 2 months later, 100% of the students were leading in 2 or more areas! This is not about us, but about THE LOCAL CHURCH, and what they can do to serve you better!

For all the details, visit this website: http://vineyardyoutheast.org/apply-for-project-timothy/

Please consider sending us some of your upcoming leaders. It's not too late!

Email me for more info!

Christian Dunn
cdunn@vcfbarn.com

Elaine has contacted us again to see if anyone is interested in working in the office in Falls Church. If anyone has a few hours during the day to support a local ministry with free office admin hours as a volunteer, we would love to invite you to be a part. They need help during the week from Monday through Friday doing everything from stuffing envelopes, stamping, and filing.

So, if you are interested and have a few hours during the week to spare or a day that you have free, from August to February, they could totally USE YOUR HELP!

Just ask me about it.

Blessings!
pd

Tapestry Church has moved for the summer. Our new location is: Newport Mill Middle School, 11311 Newport Mill Road, Kensington, MD 20895

Tapestry now offers Auto Draft

Direct payment for those who would like to automate their giving through their bank. See the offering table for more info.

Cookout Series Last Sunday of the month in July. The location has changed to Newport Mill Park around the corner from service, 12101 Newport Mill Road. Cookout begins after morning service tear down. Bring a side dish or dessert to share. For more info contact Patrick Kim at patrickdkim@tapestrychurch.org

Sabbath Small Group

First Saturday of the Month – Sabbath – Jack & Jeanne Dillon's 7pm.
Meal, worship and fellowship. Call 301-535-7937 at jeannedillon@tapestrychurch.org

Ladies Small Group Date Change

To ensure everyone that wants to participate can, the Ladies Small Group is now going to be a Ladies Sunday School Class which will meet two (2) Sunday mornings a month before service at 10am. July 11th & 25th Anger Part 1 & 2, August 8th & 22nd Unforgiveness Part 1 & 2, September 5th & 19th Depression/Grief Part 1 & 2. Interested parties, please see Ashley Shepherd after service to sign up.

2010 6yr Anniversary Project -

Just a reminder to those of you that have signed out blocks/arts supplies for the Tapestry, they are now due. please see Ashley Shepherd, 240-997-0476.

Soccer / Arts & Crafts

2 hours every weekend this summer with Lina and Daniel Padilla. For children ages 3-6. $50/month. See Peter Kim for details peterkim@tapestrychurch.org

Countdown to South Dakota!!!!

Tapestry Church is sending a team to Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation in South Dakota next month. The team will be working on a number of projects that the Pine Ridge Retreat Center has in place to serve the children of the Reservation including a Vacation Bible School. Please pray with us as we come down to the wire that God will open the right hearts and doors and that HIS will be done. We have more information at www.firstgiving.com/southdakotamission and you can follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/justapen over Seiji's blog http://justapen.wordpress.com or at Joan's new photoblog www.holyworldwide.com/joanyamashita. Thank you so much for all your prayer and support.

Want to pitch in at the Tapestry?
We have some open spots!

We need a:

Van driver
Van unload-er
Set up-er
Make the tables pretty person
Bulletin maker
Bulletin distributor
Snack Bringer
Coffee Maker
Greeter
Usher
New Comer Person
Announcement Giver
Kiddos Teacher
Kiddos 2yr-9yr
Baby Babies Teacher
Baby Babies Volunteer
Tear Down-er
Van Loader

For almost all of thse spots, we are looking for "co-leaders." Our philosophy is to get 2 people for every job so that people can pass off responsibility as necessary. See Lori if you are interested in "team-leading or co-leading" for any of these slots!

. . . choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve . . . —Joshua 24:15

A person’s will is embodied in the actions of the whole person. I cannot give up my will— I must exercise it, putting it into action. I must will to obey, and I must will to receive God’s Spirit. When God gives me a vision of truth, there is never a question of what He will do, but only of what I will do. The Lord has been placing in front of each of us some big proposals and plans. The best thing to do is to remember what you did before when you were touched by God. Recall the moment when you were saved, or first recognized Jesus, or realized some truth. It was easy then to yield your allegiance to God. Immediately recall those moments each time the Spirit of God brings some new proposal before you.

“. . . choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. . . .” Your choice must be a deliberate determination— it is not something into which you will automatically drift. And everything else in your life will be held in temporary suspension until you make a decision. The proposal is between you and God— do not “confer with flesh and blood” about it ( Galatians 1:16  ). With every new proposal, the people around us seem to become more and more isolated, and that is where the tension develops. God allows the opinion of His other saints to matter to you, and yet you become less and less certain that others really understand the step you are taking. You have no business trying to find out where God is leading— the only thing God will explain to you is Himself.

Openly declare to Him, “I will be faithful.” But remember that as soon as you choose to be faithful to Jesus Christ, “You are witnesses against yourselves . . .” ( Joshua 24:22 ). Don’t consult with other Christians, but simply and freely declare before Him, “I will serve You.” Will to be faithful— and give other people credit for being faithful too.

If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also . . . . And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me . . . . So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple —Luke 14:26-27, 33

If the closest relationships of a disciple’s life conflict with the claims of Jesus Christ, then our Lord requires instant obedience to Himself. Discipleship means personal, passionate devotion to a Person— our Lord Jesus Christ. There is a vast difference between devotion to a person and devotion to principles or to a cause. Our Lord never proclaimed a cause— He proclaimed personal devotion to Himself. To be a disciple is to be a devoted bondservant motivated by love for the Lord Jesus. Many of us who call ourselves Christians are not truly devoted to Jesus Christ. No one on earth has this passionate love for the Lord Jesus unless the Holy Spirit has given it to him. We may admire, respect, and revere Him, but we cannot love Him on our own. The only One who truly loves the Lord Jesus is the Holy Spirit, and it is He who has “poured out in our hearts” the very “love of God” (Romans 5:5  ). Whenever the Holy Spirit sees an opportunity to glorify Jesus through you, He will take your entire being and set you ablaze with glowing devotion to Jesus Christ.

The Christian life is a life characterized by true and spontaneous creativity. Consequently, a disciple is subject to the same charge that was leveled against Jesus Christ, namely, the charge of inconsistency. But Jesus Christ was always consistent in His relationship to God, and a Christian must be consistent in his relationship to the life of the Son of God in him, not consistent to strict, unyielding doctrines. People pour themselves into their own doctrines, and God has to blast them out of their preconceived ideas before they can become devoted to Jesus Christ.

This week it is my pleasure to welcome David McGlone a good friend of the Tapestry’s! He will be preaching this Sunday, July 4th at our 11AM service.

Please come out and support him. Pastor Jose has been telling us so much about his work and some of us have met him already. He is coming this week, so check out his awesome ministry website here at www.papaonline.org and come ready to give to support this wonderful cause!

Pastor Jose is challenging us to support students through a week of these camps by giving money to sponsor their fees. So, come on out and be encouraged by his message and let’s show them how the Tapestry does it! If you wish to give, you can make checks out to the Tapestry and place in the memo line, “For: PAPA.”