December 18, 2020
Sunday, December 20th
Woven at 9:15 am
Traditional at 10:45 am
These services will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel. You can also attend in person or via drive-up (pre-registration required)
Join us for the fourth Sunday of Advent as we continue the series, "Born for Us"
YouTube (link here)
Last Sunday's worship service may be found here.
Worship on
Sunday, February 23rd
Join us as we celebrate the Installation of
Cory Glover at
Tapestry Church.
Woven Worship 9:15
Traditional Worship 10:45
A reception for Cory will be held between services.
Sunday, December 20th - Scripture
Everlasting Father, Ezekiel 34:1-6, 11-16
The word of the Lord came to me: 2 Mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to them—to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord God: Ah, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? 3 You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep. 4 You have not strengthened the weak, you have not healed the sick, you have not bound up the injured, you have not brought back the strayed, you have not sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled them. 5 So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and scattered, they became food for all the wild animals. 6 My sheep were scattered, they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill; my sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with no one to search or seek for them.
11 For thus says the Lord God: I myself will search for my sheep, and will seek them out. 12 As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. 13 I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of the land. 14 I will feed them with good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord God. 16 I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice.
ReEntry
We have returned to offering in-person worship, as well as our new drive-up option. If possible, we encourage everyone to stay home and worship with us online. This is the safest option, the only one without risk. This is even more important for those who are high risk - people over 60, people with heart, kidney, or lung disease, and those with chronic respiratory conditions.
For those wanting the drive-up option please join us in the parking lot and listen via FM transmitter. You can choose a parking spot close enough to see through the windows and tune your radio to 87.9. This will allow you to see and hear the worship service. We encourage you to bring your own communion elements and remain in your vehicle. We will also have a greeter available outside to assist if you have any questions or issues.
For those who will be joining us for in-person worship, please be aware of the following:
-Preregistration will be required and attendance will be limited to 20 people in each service (not counting staff). This is a reduction from 25.
-Please leave the parking spaces closest to the church for those remaining in their cars.
-We will record all attendees in a log so that we may do contact tracing should a spreading event occur.
-Upon entry, you will have your temperature checked.
-Masks and social distancing will be required.
-There will be no congregational singing, but we will have one or two masked singers to lead us in song.
-Prepackaged communion will be available. No offering plates will be passed, but we have an offering box into which you may place your tithes and offerings.
-We will be dismissed in stages, and we ask everyone to avoid any clustering inside the building.
We cannot fully mitigate the risks of transmission, but we are working to be as safe as possible. Again, the safest options are to join us online or in our parking lot.
Please do not come to the church if you have experienced any sickness or symptoms - or have been around anyone who has - in the last 14 days.
Staying Connected
Office Hours
Church staff will not be in the office from December 21st through January 1st. Members can access the church at anytime. Please contact the church office at (317) 784-4431 or office@gototapestry.org to get the code and simple instructions on how to arm and disarm the security system. On January 4th we will return to normal office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 9-2 pm.
Congregational Meeting Updates
At last Sunday’s Congregational Meeting, we unanimously approved the 2021 Budget and Leadership Roster. We thank you all for your continued generosity and support, and we want to express special thanks to all those who are completing their terms of church leadership this month. In addition, we announced the results of the previous week's vote. We are pleased to announce that Tapestry Church is officially an Open & Affirming congregation, with over 90% of votes being in favor! We give thanks to our Elders for leading us through this important process this year.
Christmas Giving Tree
Your donations to the Christmas Giving Tree, though the "tree" was just a little different this year, were delivered to The Refuge on 12/14/2020. Because of those donations, 8 children in Johnson County will be very surprised this holiday!
Thank you Tapestry for your giving hearts!
Ringing in 2021!
We hope that this finds you and your families remaining healthy.
First Tuesday Fellowship will not be meeting in January and February. We are anxious to see each other, but we also want to remain healthy. We are hopeful as the vaccines are being released and look forward to getting back together soon. Wishing you a blessed Christmas and a hopeful and promising 2021.
Refuge Playground
A congregational member has volunteered to match each dollar of giving to this project up to $1,000. Giving from the congregation is at $520! If you are able, please consider donating to this. If you have questions, contact
Brenda Rohl.
Join in the Fun… and Share a Memory!!
Here is a place where you can participate, right now! This board is created so we can share a favorite holiday experience. How to use it:
- Click on the link below, a + sign will appear at the bottom right corner.
- Click on the + sign and you can add words
- Click on the three dots and you have options to draw or add a picture.
ALL ages can participate! Your addition will not immediately appear. All additions are reviewed prior to being posted. The board will stay up for about 4 weeks. Entries will be added to the bottom of the board, so make sure to scroll up and enjoy the fun, and may blessings abound! CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED
Dear Tapestry Church Family,
Each year at this time we have an opportunity to offer gifts of appreciation to the members of our church staff in the form of a Christmas bonus. There is no money budgeted for this. These gifts depend solely upon our member contributions. The total contributed will be divided equally among all the members of our staff.
Please offer your gifts by mail to the church office in an envelope marked “Staff Christmas” to the office at 1001 N. State Road 135, Suite A1, Greenwood, IN 46142. Please be sure to place "Staff Christmas" on the memo line, if paying by check. You may also pay online at the following link: Click Here
Gifts need to be collected by December 19th in order to give to our staff by Christmas.
Offering these Christmas gifts to staff is a long-standing tradition of ours and I know it means a lot to our staff members. Please join my family in offering these gifts of love and appreciation during this special season.
Thank you so much for your generosity!
Angie Opsahl,
Vice Chair of the Board
Giving
You can continue to give online through this link or you can mail your tithes and offerings to the church office (1001 State Road 135, Suite A1, Greenwood, IN 46142). The work of the church is ongoing, and we are always grateful for your sustained generosity.
Your Tapestry
Ministerial Team
Cory Glover
cory@gototapestry.org
(731) 924-8676
Shannon Sedgwick
shannon@gototapestry.org
(317) 450-9099
John Kixmiller
john@gototapestry.org
(317) 691-2587
Upcoming Events
- Woven Worship: December 20th @ 9:15 am
- Traditional Worship: December 20th @ 10:45 am
- Christmas Eve Woven Service: December 24th @ 5 pm
- Christmas Eve Traditional Service: December 24th @ 7 pm
The password for all Tapestry Zoom meetings is
tapestry (all lower case)
Click HERE to view the full Tapestry calendar.
Contact the Tapestry staff if you would like help
setting up a Zoom meeting for your group.
- We pray for Suzanne McCarty as she recovers from a heart procedure earlier this week.
- We pray for Melanie Kelley as she recovers from COVID-19.
- We pray for Alex DeVore’s father, Everett, as he faces unexpected health challenges.
- We pray for Sue Dykes and her mother, Wilma Hilgeman, as Wilma faces continuing health challenges.
- We pray for Larry and Debbie Bolen as Larry faces health challenges.
- We pray for Betty Briggs as she makes decisions regarding treatment options related to pain in her leg.
- We pray for Susan and Clint Hicks and their family as Susan battles esophageal cancer.
- We pray for Cindy Dennis, Barb Moore’s sister, as she battles bladder cancer.
- We pray for all those affected by COVID-19 and those caring for them, as well our governmental leaders as they make decisions regarding COVID-19 relaxing of restrictions.
Announcements for the Friday, December 25th Update must be submitted by noon Wednesday, December 23rd. Prayer requests must be submitted by 5 pm on Wednesday, December 23rd.
Office Hours
If you need access to the office and do not have a key please contact the office at office@gototapestry.org
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