Fireproof Your Marriage, New Small Group, & Laser Tag
01/04/09 19:03
MARRIAGE
SEMINAR
Just a reminder that Tapestry is sponsoring a "Fireproof Your Marriage" seminar this Saturday, April 4 (9:30 - 12:30) at the Tuscany Club. Cost: $10 per couple with free childcare available (please pre-register for childcare by contacting Steve). If you haven't yet signed up, please do so online.
NEW SMALL GROUP
Janet & Kevin Napady are starting a new small group on Thursday evenings that will meet in Silver Springs. If you're not currently part of a small group, feel free to talk with Janet or Kevin (403-288-1318) about joining their new group.
FRIDAY NIGHT PRAYER
Join us this Friday, April 3 at 7:00 pm for prayer and communion at Max & Lynda's place. Afterward, we'll hang out together and play some games.
YOUTH
We won't be having youth this week, April 3. Next Friday, April 10 we will be having an Easter egg scavenger hunt...details to come!
LASER TAG CHALLENGE
The men of Tapestry have challenged the women (not that it will be much of a challenge!) to a laser tag battle on Saturday, April 25 from 6:00 - 8:40 pm at Laser Quest. Space is limited to the first 30 people (adults) to sign up. Please contact Gordon Weynschenk or Lynda Blazina to register or for more information. This is great event to invite friends or neighbors to!
GETTING TO KNOW OUR LEADERS
This week, we'll learn more about Max Blazina who serves as one of Tapestry's elders:
We have an opportunity to continue developing a relationship with the Hanthorn family who serve above the Arctic Circle in Ft. McPherson, NWT. This July, they are building a church in their community and they're looking for 60 volunteers to help with the project. If there is sufficient interest, Tapestry would love to send a team to be part of the effort. Most of the ticketed trades positions are filled, but they still need framers, drywallers, tapers and a bunch of other willing and able workers. We may also be able to help run a VBS or be involved in other community outreach while others help with the actual building of the church.
Plans are to start the church building project on Monday, July 21 and it should take roughly a week to complete. Opportunities for some "tourist" activities (flights to the Arctic Ocean, tour of Tuktoyaktuk, whale watching over the Baltic Sea, etc...) could be organized following completion of the project. Cost per person will depend on how the team from Tapestry made their way to Ft. McPherson.
If you're interested in exploring the opportunity further, please let Steve Rathje or Kim Pangracs know as soon as possible. In the meantime, please remember the project and Tapestry's possible involvement before the Lord in prayer.
SERMON FOLLOW-UP
Thinking about Steve’s message last Sunday on Acts 10:1-48...
This week, we'll be looking at Acts 11:1-18. Check it out and read how the early church dealt with misunderstanding.
GOD'S WORD IN YOU
Here's the memory verse for this week: Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12 NIV).
Just a reminder that Tapestry is sponsoring a "Fireproof Your Marriage" seminar this Saturday, April 4 (9:30 - 12:30) at the Tuscany Club. Cost: $10 per couple with free childcare available (please pre-register for childcare by contacting Steve). If you haven't yet signed up, please do so online.
NEW SMALL GROUP
Janet & Kevin Napady are starting a new small group on Thursday evenings that will meet in Silver Springs. If you're not currently part of a small group, feel free to talk with Janet or Kevin (403-288-1318) about joining their new group.
FRIDAY NIGHT PRAYER
Join us this Friday, April 3 at 7:00 pm for prayer and communion at Max & Lynda's place. Afterward, we'll hang out together and play some games.
YOUTH
We won't be having youth this week, April 3. Next Friday, April 10 we will be having an Easter egg scavenger hunt...details to come!
LASER TAG CHALLENGE
The men of Tapestry have challenged the women (not that it will be much of a challenge!) to a laser tag battle on Saturday, April 25 from 6:00 - 8:40 pm at Laser Quest. Space is limited to the first 30 people (adults) to sign up. Please contact Gordon Weynschenk or Lynda Blazina to register or for more information. This is great event to invite friends or neighbors to!
GETTING TO KNOW OUR LEADERS
This week, we'll learn more about Max Blazina who serves as one of Tapestry's elders:
- Born: Calgary, AB
- A little about Max: For the last 21 years Max has lived in NW Calgary, and finds it odd that he never intended to live there in the first place. While working for Canadian Airlines and travelling about, he met the woman of his dreams and being instantly smitten, Lynda and Max were blissfully married and continued to explore the world. Before long, Max started to put down roots and bought a house, started a career as an electrician, and acquired domestic items such as furniture and a clothes washer. Scattered in that time were the births of his 3 fantastic kids: Ryshon, Christian and Tryse. Max has always known God's call to serve in the church wherever there has been a need. Opportunities in youth ministry, small group leader, mission trips, and men's ministry have been used by God to not only to allow Max to use his gifts to serve the church but also to learn, grow, and open his heart to the Spirit's teaching. Max is so thankful to be a part of Tapestry, and desires to see every person in the church have a deeper, stronger relationship with the God who loves us all more than we know.
- Favorite Book (other than the Bible): Hmmm...how do you pick 1 favorite? "The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom, or 'Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire', Jim Cymbala
- Favorite Music: Newsboys
- Favorite Place: Anywhere in the Rocky Mountains
- Favorite Pastimes: Camping, 'Blazina Friday Family Fun Night', cool evenings around a fire pit, biking
- Favorite Scripture: Isaiah 30:15 - "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength."
We have an opportunity to continue developing a relationship with the Hanthorn family who serve above the Arctic Circle in Ft. McPherson, NWT. This July, they are building a church in their community and they're looking for 60 volunteers to help with the project. If there is sufficient interest, Tapestry would love to send a team to be part of the effort. Most of the ticketed trades positions are filled, but they still need framers, drywallers, tapers and a bunch of other willing and able workers. We may also be able to help run a VBS or be involved in other community outreach while others help with the actual building of the church.
Plans are to start the church building project on Monday, July 21 and it should take roughly a week to complete. Opportunities for some "tourist" activities (flights to the Arctic Ocean, tour of Tuktoyaktuk, whale watching over the Baltic Sea, etc...) could be organized following completion of the project. Cost per person will depend on how the team from Tapestry made their way to Ft. McPherson.
If you're interested in exploring the opportunity further, please let Steve Rathje or Kim Pangracs know as soon as possible. In the meantime, please remember the project and Tapestry's possible involvement before the Lord in prayer.
SERMON FOLLOW-UP
Thinking about Steve’s message last Sunday on Acts 10:1-48...
- A key point: The Holy Spirit is at work in our world and lives and we should be willing and ready to seize those divine moments and share the good news.
- For further reflection: Where do you see God at work in people's lives around you? What could you do to share the good news with them?
This week, we'll be looking at Acts 11:1-18. Check it out and read how the early church dealt with misunderstanding.
GOD'S WORD IN YOU
Here's the memory verse for this week: Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12 NIV).