Daniel 6:1-28 | Daniel in the Den of Lions

The administrators and satraps of Daniel's time could find no corruption in him, so they devised a plan to have Daniel thrown into the lion's den. As Daniel stays faithful and steadfast to God, how does his posture reveal how we should be steady in the face of opposition?

FOLLOW ME | pt. i - CALL

The first sermon in our "Follow Me" series, covering CALL, COST, COMMISSION, COMMITMENT. In covering these four elements of Follow Me, we address two big questions in our culture:

1) Why follow anybody at all? and 2) Why him - why Jesus specifically?

October 28 | James 1:2-7

How does God actually using testing and trial for our good?

October 27 | Ephesians 4:1-16

Revs. Albert YS Chu (Lead Pastor) and Jesse Pals (Marpole Campus Pastor) share on the unity and maturity of the body of Christ.

Daniel 5:1-30 | The Writing on the Wall

The writing's on the wall! Your time is up. Despite knowing God's authority that was displayed in his Father's life, King Belshazzar still chose to use sacred items in an unsacred manner, leading to his removal from power. How often do we see ourselves not as sacred and set apart vessels for God, but rather choose to partake in unsacred things? When we truly understand what our identity is in Him, the head knowledge we possess about who God asks us to be begins to take root in our hearts authentically.

*This sermon was preached at both our Richmond and Marpole campuses.

Daniel 3:13-4:3

What does God have to say when we're caught in the fire? In the middle of a culture that pulls our focus away from God, how do we continue to have faith in His goodness and that He will be with us in the fire when nothing else can be?

Tap Nights Soft Launch: Saturday October 13

Lean the Unforced Rhythms of Grace | Matthew 11:25-30 (NIV + Message)

Jesus invites all who are tired, worn out, and burned out to come to him. Through this invitation, he restores our lives, he forms us as disciples, and he draws us into a relationship with the Living God. All this happens as he teaches us the “unforced rhythms of grace.” This call from him is the heartbeat of Tapestry Nights. For we exist to make disciples of Jesus with a particular rhythm of life. Therefore, we will look at what this invitation truly entails.

Daniel 2:31-49
Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar dream about a huge statue that symbolizes the kingdoms of the world. One day, a rock will crash and smash the kingdoms of the world. This rock will eventually grow to a mountain that fills the earth (v.35). Therefore God brings about this "kingdom to end all kingdoms” in Jesus. We now live in the reality of that Rock that has crashed into the world, and the mountain that is the Kingdom of God will one day fill the earth. Other kingdoms still exist, but they will not outlast this kingdom. This kingdom is supernatural, secure, and spreading. Therefore as citizens of this kingdom, we are called to live with the kingdom prayer and practices necessary to witness to the world, to convict it, to bless it, and to transform it, so that they too one day will say to us: “Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery.” (v.47)

John 20:19-23 | The Sent One(s)

“As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” This is an extraordinary and enlivening statement by Jesus. In this story, we get a compelling picture of what God’s mission is—the sending of Jesus and the Spirit into the world to spread God’s peace, new creation, and forgiveness. We also learn how deeply we, as the church, are tied into this mission. In fact, it is our very reason for being. And God has given us two important resources to live out this mission: the Spirit and Jesus. Therefore through the Spirit and in Jesus we are able to live out our identity as “sent ones” to share that peace, new creation, and forgiveness.

Daniel 2 / We continue on in Chapter 1 of Daniel - we look at how Daniel's faithfulness to God to go against the grain of cultural pressures. What does it mean to not just meet on Sundays, but to gather and be filled, then scatter and actually bring the transforming power of the Spirit into our workplaces, homes, and relationships?