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Hello Everyone…

…And Happy New Year ALMOST!

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How amazing is it that we have traveled all the way through another year and it seems like it has only been a few moments since January last year! Many of us have experienced so much in the last year and we do not even know where the time has gone. As we head into this year, I want to encourage us to do more to enjoy every moment of the next year!

Let 2012 be a year of:

1 – Great memories
2 – Great experiences and New Adventures
3 – Tons of Family time!
4 – Great Health
5 – Better managed finances and spending
6 – More Purposeful living
7 – More laughs and fun
8 – Tons of pictures
9 – faith… and not just any faith, deeper, connected, experiential life with Jesus Christ through the WORD, the Holy Spirit and relationship with the church.

Don't wait another day, live fuller life this year! That's why Jesus came was that we may have life and life more abundant.

So, join the Tapestry this year as we focus on these EXACT topics over the next year.

Why be alone any longer in your faith and life walk? Come join us today!

Blessings!
pd

PS, We DO have service this weekend on January 1st. We look forward to seeing you there AND we are excited to be with you through this neat year… Also, be sure and login on January 1, 2012 as the Tapestry Church's iPhone and Android app will be updated to restart the Listen/Read through the Bible in a year program again! Get it here: http://app.tapestrylife.org

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From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more -John 6:66

When God, by His Spirit through His Word, gives you a clear vision of His will, you must "walk in the light" of that vision (1 John 1:7). Even though your mind and soul may be thrilled by it, if you don't "walk in the light" of it you will sink to a level of bondage never envisioned by our Lord. Mentally disobeying the "heavenly vision" (Acts 26:19) will make you a slave to ideas and views that are completely foreign to Jesus Christ. Don't look at someone else and say, "Well, if he can have those views and prosper, why can't I?" You have to "walk in the light" of the vision that has been given to you. Don't compare yourself with others or judge them- that is between God and them. When you find that one of your favorite and strongly held views clashes with the "heavenly vision," do not begin to debate it. If you do, a sense of property and personal right will emerge in you- things on which Jesus placed no value. He was against these things as being the root of everything foreign to Himself- ". . . for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses" (Luke 12:15). If we don't see and understand this, it is because we are ignoring the underlying principles of our Lord's teaching.

Our tendency is to lie back and bask in the memory of the wonderful experience we had when God revealed His will to us. But if a New Testament standard is revealed to us by the light of God, and we don't try to measure up, or even feel inclined to do so, then we begin to backslide. It means your conscience does not respond to the truth. You can never be the same after the unveiling of a truth. That moment marks you as one who either continues on with even more devotion as a disciple of Jesus Christ, or as one who turns to go back as a deserter.

Tapestry Tapis Spring 2012 Line Up
Our Tapis Groups Start today and go through May the 12th. We have a great line up. Please find a group and get plugged in!
Financial Peace University
Sundays at 2pm
At church
Led by Lori Hedrick
lorihedrick@tapestrychurch.org<mailto:lorihedrick@tapestrychurch.org>
Available to anyone who signs up by Jan 29th
A 13 week DVD course. Getting Control of your money. Stop struggling to make ends meet. Tell your money what to do. Change your family's future.

Creative Spirituality: Encountering God through Art
1st Sunday of the Month; 2-4pm
At church in the Teacher's Lounge
Led by Joan Yamacruda
Joanyamacruda@tapestrychurch.org<mailto:Joanyamacruda@tapestrychurch.org>
Available to everyone. No talent needed.
We will be experimenting and playing with various art mediums. Unless you have specific materials you want to work with, supplies will be provided. No experience required.

TSN | Tapestry Sunday Nights
Sundays at 5pm
Locations vary (MD and VA)
Led by Jon Lahey
jonlahey@tapestrychurch.org<mailto:jonlahey@tapestrychurch.org>
Available to Everyone
A Tapestry Community Group. Super casual, some worship, relational intimate, outreach and some dinner.

Stories of Faith
Wednesdays at 7-8:30pm
At Nathan and Melissa's home
Led by Nathan and Melissa
baird.melissa@ymail.com<mailto:baird.melissa@ymail.com>
We will look at the story God is writing in our lives. We will examine several stories of faith in the Bible, as well as take time to share our own stories of faith with one another. Regardless of where you feel your faith journey is, God is present and working. Let's share this journey together!

Tapestry Mid-Week | Revival History
Specific Topics on Specific Wednesdays
7:30pm
At PD and Lori's House
Led by PD
lorihedrick@tapestrychurch.org<mailto:lorihedrick@tapestrychurch.org>
Available to everyone
Feb 15th Revival & Awakening – An Explanation
Feb 29th Revival – A concise history of revivals
Mar 7th Revival Praying – Why Revival Tarries
Mar 21st Evangelism in Revivals and Awakenings & How to Prepare
Apr 4th Gifts in Revival – The Outpouring of the Spirit
Apr 18th Miracles & the Manifest Presence of GOD in Revival
May 2nd Unity In Revival – We will Break Dividing Walls with
Worship & Action

Tapestry Youth
Thursdays at 7:30 – 9:00pm
At PD and Lori's House
Led by Seiji Yamacruda
seijiyamacruda@tapestrychurch.org<mailto:seijiyamacruda@tapestrychurch.org>
Available to all youth
What is your treasure? How do you peruse it?

Hearing God's Voice
Thursdays at 7:30pm
At David and Ellen's house
Led by David and Ellen
ellenawu@gmail.com<mailto:ellenawu@gmail.com>
Available to everyone
A book study with accompanying DVD sessions on hearing God's voice, alternating between discussion DVDs. Based on the book "4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice" along with worship and prayer.

Tapestry Men's Group
2nd and 4th Saturday at 7pm
Meeting at various places
Led by Jake, Kevin and Seiji
jcschans@hotmail.com<mailto:jcschans@hotmail.com>
Available to all Men 18 or older
Various Topics, Community Based Leadership, Casual Structure, Social Activities, Learning and Service

Tapestry Challenge Fitness Group
5 days a week
on your own time
at your own home; connect online
Led by Christy Jones
christy.jones@hotmail.com<mailto:christy.jones@hotmail.com>
Available to everyone
90 day commitment, workout at your home and meet monthly for a group workout. Connect online with group daily. Optional: read through Blessing Your Spirit Book: Daily Blessings.

One Another
Any day of the week except Tuesday
Weekdays after 7; weekends are flexible
Location is Telecom/ Skype in the comfort of your own home
Led by Haecin Chun
haecin12@gmail.com<mailto:haecin12@gmail.com>
Available to any of the Tapestry Ladies
Meet in person once a month to have coffee or a meal. Read through the book of John. Super Casual. Together, lets learn about how much God loves us.

Forum
Various Days of the week
Locations Vary too
Led by Meggie Ladlow.
unimeg@gmail.com<mailto:unimeg@gmail.com>
Discussion Group. Open to anyone. No meals. Moderately Serious. Please ask Questions.

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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 

Are you interested in reaching out to some teenagers in need? 

Remember mad libs? You'd have this page with a list of word types – noun, adjective, verb, transitive verb, prepositional phrase, past perfect non-transitive preposition…. Ok maybe not the last one. But you'd come up with this list turn the page and then insert your word choices in order in the blanks specified and then get some ridiculous story that almost always left people rolling on the floor in fits of painful laughter.

Example
Three blueish mice. See how they run!
They all ran after the farmer's accountant,
Who cut off their ipads with a carving cellphone.
Did you ever see such a sight in your life as three blueish mice?

Question: This Sunday Peter talked about playing Madlibs with scripture…sorta. Take 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 and replace the word "love" with your name – is the pcrudage still true? I mean I know people have said "replace Love with Jesus and you get a picture of Jesus." Well if we're supposed to be Christ like right? So can we replace our names in there?

Answer: Cards on the table, I did this and got an epic fail. I mean EPIC fail. If Ben Hur was the star of Lord of the Rings recast against the backdrop of an evil galactic empire it would not come close to the epicness of my fail here. But I can honestly say that I am trying, and I am getting better… according to my wife at least and I think that counts for a lot.

So what next? I now have seen a glimpse of what the ideal me looks like. "Sage is patient, Sage is kind. He does not envy, he does not boast." So I got something to work towards. It isn't the complete picture, and I probably won't get there for a good long while, but that doesn't mean I can't do better.

Seiji
SDG

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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 

Are you interested in reaching out to some teenagers in need?