Prayer and counseling ministry
If you need special prayer or ministry and you can't be at church on
Sunday to have our prayer team pray for you on the spot, you can email
letuspray@tapestrychurch.org.
If you need further counseling, deliverance or prophetic ministry, please
simply let Lori know, lorihedrick@tapestrychurch.org so we can schedule a
time to meet with you

Volunteers and future volunteers!
If you are interested in email distribution for the volunteer
opportunities. please email lorihedrick@tapestrychurch.org. You will be
added to mailing list and kept informed about the volunteering
opportunities with the Tapestry Church.

Kiddos Volunteers Needed!

Our need for kiddos volunteers is great. We have 3 classes. Babies (0-2)
Kiddos (3-5) and Big Kiddos (6-10) Please see the slots below and let Lori
know what you are able to do.

July 24
Baby Holder
Kiddos Teacher
Kiddos Helper

July 31
Kiddos Teacher
Kiddos Helper

Aug 7
Baby Holder
Kiddos Teacher
Kiddos Helper
Big Kiddos Teacher

Guest Ministries 8/12-13
We have three awesome guest ministries coming to join us for the Empowered
Evangelism conference 8/12-13. If you are willing to host someone from
one of these ministries, please contact Seiji
atseijiyamashita@tapestrychurch.org for more information. "The one who
hosts a prophet reaps a prophet's reward."

Help Rebuilt Minot Schools.
We are collecting Box Top Labels to help Minot Schools in North Dakota and
to help to bring the education to the children without the place to learn.
For more information visit http://rallyminot.com/
See Rachel Rush or Zuzana with your Box Top Labels.

Help needed!
Kevin and Jen Sorrentino are asking for your skills, strength and time.
They are preparing to become a foster parents to Jen's niece and nephew.
In order to be able house everyone comfortably, they need to work on their
basement and they would welcome your help. Please contact
jensor06@gmail.com or kevinsorrentino@tapestrychurch.org
<mailto:kevinsorrentino@tapestrychurch.org> with any questions.

Moving help
Joan and Seiji are closing on their new house next thrusday, 7/28 and will
need help moving some boxes and unpacking them on thursday and friday
night as well as on Saturday. If you want to help out, please let Seiji
know at seijiyamashita@tapestrychurch.org.

Tapestry Tuesday Trainings
Welcome, Greeting and Follow up Ministry – July 26
Tapestry 101 – Friday, July 29, 8pm
Evangelism and Power Ministry – Aug 9
Small Group Leader Training – Aug 16 and 23

Saturday Morning Outreach
Saturday mornings at 8 AM we meet at the Giant parking lot in Aspen Hill
off Connecticut Avenue just before Georgia Avenue. It is LOW COST, HIGH
RETURN outreach ministry. You will be blessed. We simply buy food and feed
day workers in front of the 7-11 and the Home Depot there and pray for
their needs and talk with them. Come join us!

Events:
Activat3
The Empowered evangelism conference with Robby Dawkins
Aug 12-13, 2011
Hosted by The Tapestry church.
Robby is coming to Maryland.
Location: Chevy Chase Baptist Church
5671 Western Avenue,
Washington D.C., DC 20015-2952
Get your e-ticket now
www.tapestrychurch.com <http://www.tapestrychurch.com/>

Hillsong United in Maryland
Aug 20, 2011
Merriwheather Pavilion, Columbia, MD
hillsongunited.com <http://hillsongunited.com/>
See Patrick if you pre-ordered tickets with your $41

Dare 2 Share Training for Youth Leaders and Counselors
Sep 13, 2011
Kensington, MD

Voice of Apostles
October 19-22, 2011
Lancaster, PA
Registration Opens June 27th, 2011
If you are thinking of attending do register soon as it opens up since
this event fills up quickly.
for more info go to:
https://events.globalawakening.com/topics-voa
or email lorihedrick@tapestrychurch.org

Upcoming Vineyard Conferences in 2011
Project Timothy 2011
Aug 6-13, 2011
The Barn, Landenberg, PA

National Worship Leaders Retreat – EAST
Oct 4-7, 2011
Ashville, NC

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You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am -John 13:13

Our Lord never insists on having authority over us. He never says, "You will submit to me." No, He leaves us perfectly free to choose- so free, in fact, that we can spit in His face or we can put Him to death, as others have done; and yet He will never say a word. But once His life has been created in me through His redemption, I instantly recognize His right to absolute authority over me. It is a complete and effective domination, in which I acknowledge that "You are worthy, O Lord . . ." (Revelation 4:11). It is simply the unworthiness within me that refuses to bow down or to submit to one who is worthy. When I meet someone who is more holy than myself, and I don't recognize his worthiness, nor obey his instructions for me, it is a sign of my own unworthiness being revealed. God teaches us by using these people who are a little better than we are; not better intellectually, but more holy. And He continues to do so until we willingly submit. Then the whole attitude of our life is one of obedience to Him.

If our Lord insisted on our obedience, He would simply become a taskmaster and cease to have any real authority. He never insists on obedience, but when we truly see Him we will instantly obey Him. Then He is easily Lord of our life, and we live in adoration of Him from morning till night. The level of my growth in grace is revealed by the way I look at obedience. We should have a much higher view of the word obedience, rescuing it from the mire of the world. Obedience is only possible between people who are equals in their relationship to each other; like the relationship between father and son, not that between master and servant. Jesus showed this relationship by saying, "I and My Father are one" (John 10:30). ". . . though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered" (Hebrews 5:8). The Son was obedient as our Redeemer, because He was the Son, not in order to become God's Son.

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I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians . . . -Romans 1:14

Paul was overwhelmed with the sense of his indebtedness to Jesus Christ, and he spent his life to express it. The greatest inspiration in Paul's life was his view of Jesus Christ as his spiritual creditor. Do I feel that same sense of indebtedness to Christ regarding every unsaved soul? As a saint, my life's spiritual honor and duty is to fulfill my debt to Christ in relation to these lost souls. Every tiny bit of my life that has value I owe to the redemption of Jesus Christ. Am I doing anything to enable Him to bring His redemption into evident reality in the lives of others? I will only be able to do this as the Spirit of God works into me this sense of indebtedness.

I am not a superior person among other people- I am a bondservant of the Lord Jesus. Paul said, ". . . you are not your own . . . you were bought at a price . . ." (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Paul sold himself to Jesus Christ and he said, in effect, "I am a debtor to everyone on the face of the earth because of the gospel of Jesus; I am free only that I may be an absolute bondservant of His." That is the characteristic of a Christian's life once this level of spiritual honor and duty becomes real. Quit praying about yourself and spend your life for the sake of others as the bondservant of Jesus. That is the true meaning of being broken bread and poured-out wine in real life.

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THIS IS A FREE E-TICKETED EVENT

YOU MUST REGISTER WITH EVENTSBOT ONLINE TO BE ENSURED A SEAT!!!!

Come out for an awesome event not just for feeding your brain, but releasing your gifts, callings and passion for GOD. If you’ve seen Furious Love the Movie, you have met Robby and maybe didn’t know it. Now, do more than just watch a movie, learn to do the stuff.

The power and Presence of GOD was never meant to be only for a select few who would often throughout history misuse it or distort it. It is natural for each one of us to be supernatural as believers and Christians.

So, why live abnormally anymore tied down by the lie that normal Christianity is boring. Come be stirred by this love revolution. Come learn, be inspired, be released and sent to DO THE STUFF!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!!

ACTIVAT3 | Empowered Evangelism Conference with Robby Dawkins AUGUST 12-14 The Tapestry Church www.tapestrychurch.com

That’s right. Robby Dawkins is coming to the Tapestry and will be doing a conference with us the weekend of August 12-13, 2011. Things are heating up and people are contacting from outside the church and area that are interested in coming and asking about details. So, if you are planning on coming, you need to RSVP ASAP.

Hosted by the Tapestry Vineyard Church

August 12 @ 7pm & August 13 @ 10am – 8pm

Schedule

Friday Night starting at 7 PM
-Worship Night & Opening Service

Saturday starting at 10 AM
– Opening Worship & Training
– Afternoon Training
– Breakout Classes (Pick one of three sessions focused on different areas important to Empowered Evangelism in a local church and personal context with special guest speakers TBA).
– Sending Out
– Outreach
– Return after outreach and dinner on our own to evening worship event and final service
NO MEALS ARE PROVIDED

See our website for restaurant, hotel & parking information
Sign Up Online |

CLICK HERE FOR THE EVENT PAGE

Website | www.tapestrychurch.com

Email | connect-dawkins@tapestrychurch.org
Info Line | (301) 251-4082
Location | Chevy Chase Baptist Church
5671 Western Avenue,
Washington D.C., DC 20015-2952

View Larger Map

Metro & Walking Directions

(CLICK HERE)

For more information on Robby, go to his website or the website for the movie, “Furious Love” below.

http://furiouslovefilm.com/
http://robbydawkins.com
http://www.vineyardfoxvalley.org/

The Furious Love Film on partial on YouTube is Here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyfH3T8HXZg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=auTPJhL0y4o
http://www.facebook.com/furiouslovefilm

Born to missionary parents in Japan, Robby had an early start in ministry. In his father’s church he began a children’s ministry at the age of 12, and became the youth minister at 16 years old. Robby says, “I knew from a young age that God had called me into ministry. My parents say that from the age of 2, I told people that I would grow up and be a missionary.” In many ways that has been the case in Robby’s life.

Robby and his wife, Angie, married in 1992, have pastored the Vineyard Church of Aurora, IL since 1996. They feel God called them to plant in a poor urban community, and continually use “power evangelism” to gather for the church. They estimate that over 50% of current attenders have come to Christ at the Vineyard Aurora, and that almost ¾ of those have come through “power” encounters.

“In addition to starting and pastoring this church, God has called me for the purpose of building up and equipping the local church with power tools for harvesting,” Robby shares. These “power tools” are prophetic ministry, healing, ministry of the presence of God, and deliverance from demonic power. Robby loves to tell literally hundreds of stories of his personal experiences, which include God using him and others he has mentored through the years to see God’s Kingdom “break in” with signs and wonders.

Having been in over 30 countries around the world, God has used him to help build the church internationally as well. He has ministered in many Muslim countries and in 2 of the top 10 most dangerous countries according to Voice of the Martyrs magazine

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OUTREACH INFORMATION

++++++If you wish to be a part of the outreach events during Saturday afternoon where we will be releasing teams out to “Do the Stuff” as seen in the movie, then YOU MUST SIGN UP WITH US by emailing connect-dawkins@tapestrychurch.org and letting us know an exact number of people that you are signing up for the groups to go around the DC area with the outreach teams. Right now we ONLY HAVE SPACE for 100 people.

So, ACT NOW! OR SIMPLY USE THE CONTACT FORM BELOW!

REQUEST MORE INFORMATION HERE:

Please Use this form to contact us should you require any more information about the ACTIVAT3 Conference with Robby Dawkins. We look forward to hearing from you. We will attempt to respond to your request within the next 48 hours.

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. . . that I may know Him . . . -Philippians 3:10

A saint is not to take the initiative toward self-realization, but toward knowing Jesus Christ. A spiritually vigorous saint never believes that his circumstances simply happen at random, nor does he ever think of his life as being divided into the secular and the sacred. He sees every situation in which he finds himself as the means of obtaining a greater knowledge of Jesus Christ, and he has an attitude of unrestrained abandon and total surrender about him. The Holy Spirit is determined that we will have the realization of Jesus Christ in every area of our lives, and He will bring us back to the same point over and over again until we do. Self-realization only leads to the glorification of good works, whereas a saint of God glorifies Jesus Christ through his good works. Whatever we may be doing- even eating, drinking, or washing disciples' feet- we have to take the initiative of realizing and recognizing Jesus Christ in it. Every phase of our life has its counterpart in the life of Jesus. Our Lord realized His relationship to the Father even in the most menial task. "Jesus, knowing . . . that He had come from God and was going to God, . . . took a towel . . . and began to wash the disciples' feet . . ." (John 13:3-5).

The aim of a spiritually vigorous saint is "that I may know Him . . ." Do I know Him where I am today? If not, I am failing Him. I am not here for self-realization, but to know Jesus Christ. In Christian work our initiative and motivation are too often simply the result of realizing that there is work to be done and that we must do it. Yet that is never the attitude of a spiritually vigorous saint. His aim is to achieve the realization of Jesus Christ in every set of circumstances.

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The parched ground shall become a pool . . . -Isaiah 35:7

We always have a vision of something before it actually becomes real to us. When we realize that the vision is real, but is not yet real in us, Satan comes to us with his temptations, and we are inclined to say that there is no point in even trying to continue. Instead of the vision becoming real to us, we have entered into a valley of humiliation.
Life is not as idle ore,
But iron dug from central gloom,
And battered by the shocks of doom
To shape and use.

God gives us a vision, and then He takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of that vision. It is in the valley that so many of us give up and faint. Every God-given vision will become real if we will only have patience. Just think of the enormous amount of free time God has! He is never in a hurry. Yet we are always in such a frantic hurry. While still in the light of the glory of the vision, we go right out to do things, but the vision is not yet real in us. God has to take us into the valley and put us through fires and floods to batter us into shape, until we get to the point where He can trust us with the reality of the vision. Ever since God gave us the vision, He has been at work. He is getting us into the shape of the goal He has for us, and yet over and over again we try to escape from the Sculptor's hand in an effort to batter ourselves into the shape of our own goal.

The vision that God gives is not some unattainable castle in the sky, but a vision of what God wants you to be down here. Allow the Potter to put you on His wheel and whirl you around as He desires. Then as surely as God is God, and you are you, you will turn out as an exact likeness of the vision. But don't lose heart in the process. If you have ever had a vision from God, you may try as you will to be satisfied on a lower level, but God will never allow it.

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