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Do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven -Luke 10:20

Jesus Christ is saying here, "Don't rejoice in your successful service for Me, but rejoice because of your right relationship with Me." The trap you may fall into in Christian work is to rejoice in successful service- rejoicing in the fact that God has used you. Yet you will never be able to measure fully what God will do through you if you have a right-standing relationship with Jesus Christ. If you keep your relationship right with Him, then regardless of your circumstances or whoever you encounter each day, He will continue to pour "rivers of living water" through you (John 7:38). And it is actually by His mercy that He does not let you know it. Once you have the right relationship with God through salvation and sanctification, remember that whatever your circumstances may be, you have been placed in them by God. And God uses the reaction of your life to your circumstances to fulfill His purpose, as long as you continue to "walk in the light as He is in the light" (1 John 1:7).

Our tendency today is to put the emphasis on service. Beware of the people who make their request for help on the basis of someone's usefulness. If you make usefulness the test, then Jesus Christ was the greatest failure who ever lived. For the saint, direction and guidance come from God Himself, not some measure of that saint's usefulness. It is the work that God does through us that counts, not what we do for Him. All that our Lord gives His attention to in a person's life is that person's relationship with God- something of great value to His Father. Jesus is "bringing many sons to glory . . ." (Hebrews 2:10).

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Life is But a Weaving
Corrie Ten Boom (The Tapestry Poem)

My life is but a weaving
Between my God and me.
I cannot choose the colors
He weaveth steadily.
Oft' times He weaveth sorrow;
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper
And I the underside.
Not 'til the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Will God unroll the canvas
And reveal the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful
In the weaver's skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned
He knows, He loves, He cares;
Nothing this truth can dim.
He gives the very best to those
Who leave the choice to Him.

(Corrie Ten Boom often used this poem as she described a Tapestry that hangs currently at the museum. I challenge you to read, "The Hiding Place).

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Small Groups Fair
Sunday, Sept 11, 2011
Small group presentation after the morning service.
Small groups start the week of Sept 12.

Financial Peace University
Classes start Sept 18th
Get control of you money
Stop Struggling to make ends meet
Tell your money what to do
Change your family's future
Join Financial Peace University
If you have signed up or are still considering it, please make plans to stay after am service to watch a short movie regarding the Financial Peace University course.
See Lori Hedrick for more details.
loriherdick@tapestrychurch.org

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. 

Sept 4
2 baby holders
1 kiddos teacher
1 big kiddos teacher

Sept 11
2 baby holders
1 kiddos teacher
1 big kiddos teacher

Sept 18
2 baby holders
1 kiddos teacher
1 big kiddos teacher

Sept 25
2 baby holders
1 kiddos teacher
1 big kiddos teacher

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.

Saturday Morning Outreach (IT IS CANCELED THIS WEEK)
Saturday mornings are weekly 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:
Dare 2 Share Training for Youth Leaders and Counselors
Sept 13, 2011
Kensington, MD
Contact Seiji for more info
seijiyamashita@tapestrychurch.org

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

Dare2Share GAMEDAY (YOUTH CONFERENCE!)
www.dare2share.org
Jan 20-21, 2021
Washington, DC

Upcoming Vineyard Conferences in 2011 
National Worship Leaders Retreat – EAST
Oct 4-7, 2011
Ashville, NC

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

That's right. He is coming to the Tapestry and will be doing a conference with us the weekend of August 12-14, 2011. We still have not finally selected the location, however, 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. Email Lori at lorihedrick@tapestrychurch.org. We are now expecting possibly 200 people or more, so knowing if you are going to be a part is IMPORTANT since we need to arrange for space. It will start Friday night at 7pm and will be all day Saturday with Robby being at the Tapestry Sunday morning.

We will have MUCH more on the Tapestry website within the week.

For more information on Robby, go to his website or the website for the move, "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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I have finished the work which You have given Me to do -John 17:4

True surrender is not simply surrender of our external life but surrender of our will- and once that is done, surrender is complete. The greatest crisis we ever face is the surrender of our will. Yet God never forces a person's will into surrender, and He never begs. He patiently waits until that person willingly yields to Him. And once that battle has been fought, it never needs to be fought again.

Surrender for Deliverance. "Come to Me . . . and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). It is only after we have begun to experience what salvation really means that we surrender our will to Jesus for rest. Whatever is causing us a sense of uncertainty is actually a call to our will- "Come to Me." And it is a voluntary coming.

Surrender for Devotion. "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself . . . " (Matthew 16:24). The surrender here is of my self to Jesus, with His rest at the heart of my being. He says, "If you want to be My disciple, you must give up your right to yourself to Me." And once this is done, the remainder of your life will exhibit nothing but the evidence of this surrender, and you never need to be concerned again with what the future may hold for you. Whatever your circumstances may be, Jesus is totally sufficient (see 2 Corinthians 12:9 and (Philippians 4:19).

Surrender for Death. ". . . another will gird you . . ." (John 21:18 ; also see John21:19). Have you learned what it means to be girded for death? Beware of some surrender that you make to God in an ecstatic moment in your life, because you are apt to take it back again. True surrender is a matter of being "united together [with Jesus] in the likeness of His death" (Romans 6:5) until nothing ever appeals to you that did not appeal to Him.
And after you surrender- then what? Your entire life should be characterized by an eagerness to maintain unbroken fellowship and oneness with God.

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