Good Morning Tapestry Family,
I just wanted to take a moment and say, happy birthday Tapestry! You are now all of 4 years old!!!! Today is our true anniversary and this Sunday will be our celebration for our anniversary. I want to further say…
Thank you to all of you who have served in leadership in any way these last four years.
Thank you to our original members and supporters: Daeho Kim, Seung Shin, Pastor Fidelis & my lovely wife Lori.
Thank you to our original worship leader: Jason Kim.
Congratulations on all of the amazing work…
on all of the various international works: Cambodia, Mexico, India, Nepal, T-stan.
having dozens of cookouts, parties and eating events
on all of the many pictures taken at DC’s various monuments.
on more than 10,000 bottles of water given away during ministry and outreach.
on more than 52 Sundays of services in the mornings.
on almost 200 services in the evenings.
on the many worship leaders you have developed.
on food ministries, ministry to the poor, ministry to the orphan, ministry to the community, gifts you’ve given away during outreach, the relationships across the nation and world, service to our nation’s government, prayer, networking, small groups, changed lives, developed leaders, people who were helped to get jobs, houses, pay rent, build families, on the restored broken families and those who were disenfranchised from the church reconnected. Congratulations on bringing two other churches life and helping them in their times of transition so that they did not close their doors, but instead have grown and developed, on being kind to the inner-city children and throwing parties for those that don’t usually get celebrated. Congratulations on opening your heart to dozens of transient as they passed through our doors and took a part or piece of all of their hearts as they left to the various corners of the world where they now live. Congratulations on the almost 30 countries we have had represented as cultures have come through our door not to simply fade, but to merge and marry allowing something more beautiful and precious to emerge.
Congratulations on being you… Exactly who GOD has called you to be, exactly where GOD has called you to be, more than I could have ever hoped or dreamed you could be. It’s not really that we have done anything. It’s just that I am so happy that you have allowed our great King Jesus to use you, align you, change you, mold you, remake you and place you exactly where you need to be whether here with us or abroad in distant connection.
Congratulations Tapestry. All of you around the world that are receiving this, having been either a part of our local body in the past or a current member, seeker, watcher or on-looker of our community today, I want to say thank you. You all are what make us unique. You make me proud. And today, as a Pappa in this place, I just want you to know that I bless you for many more anniversaries.
YOU DID IT!
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Thank you Tapestry, not for your ability, but your availability. You have been and are going to continue to be what GOD is looking for in a very precious faith community.
In Jesus’ Name…
Blessings!
And Happy Anniversary!
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Dustin Hedrick
Pastor | Optimist | Peacemaker
