A special thanks to Mark Taylor, the Children's Pastor at FanninTerrace Baptist Church in Midland Texas, for his sermon Sunday. Mark did a great job of breaking down the importance of the shema, the commandment found in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, explaining the important role Christian parents play in modeling and teaching faith to their children as they eat, hang out, drive around, and just do life together.


Coming up

• This Saturday, 14 July, is the Tuscany Stampede Breakfast. If you aren't signed up to help out, make sure you click here to put your name down. This is one of the best things Tapestry has done in the community. We still run into people who know us as "The people who were at the pancake breakfast." Don't forget to wear your Tapestry shirt!
• VBS is going on now, and there's still space available. Make sure to bring your kids down and tell your neighbors it's not too late to get in on the fun. Click here for more details.
• This Sunday begins a new preaching series through the Gospel of Luke. We'll be looking at the ways Jesus and others in the gospel kept our five practices: praying, hanging out, studying the scriptures, serving, and talking about Jesus. Jesus does all these things, but He doesn't always do them the way we'd expect. We'll all learn a lot as we examine Jesus' life to discover how we can model our lives after His. This week we begin with a look at how John the Baptist talked about Jesus in Luke 3:1-22 and Luke 7:18-35.
• Click here to view the Tapestry Tuscany online calendar.

On the web
To track my pastoral life and recent musings, peruse our most recent Bible study, or check in on life at Tapestry Rocky Ridge, click on over to Symbiosis, aka "The Blog." For a great place to start, check this post for a peek into the inner workings of the Pastoral Team, complete with a spy photo of the meeting!

-Nick