Praise God!

Our first Sunday gathering as a mobile church was nearly flawless. After weeks of praying, planning, preparing, purchasing gear, and pushing forward we gathered May 13th in the Burien Community Center and worshipped Jesus.

Through the summer now we will settle into the ryhthms of mobile gatherings and develop efficiency in our teams. We’ll be working out the kinks, bumps, bruises, and buzzes as they arise and looking forward to the future.

God’s grace will fuel all of this.

His grace will keep us humble and without self pity as we remember that our service doesn’t merit more love, we are already perfectly loved! 

God’s grace gaurds our hearts from seeking the praise of men or being defeated by the criticism of people because we are lavished with God’s praise in Jesus!

God’s grace will keep us patient and longsuffering with our fellow laborers, team leads, deacons, and elders. Satan will seek to sow division and frustration amongst us. If we’re fueled by grace from God for each other though Satan has no opportunity to crack the teams.

God’s grace will inspire new volunteers and leaders to step forward. This next season for us is a foundational one. We’re going to be building up our Missional Community leaders with more training and coaching. We’ll be developing our Sunday gathering rythms. We’ll be seeing an increase in every area, because God graciously increases things for His glory. Pray that you can multiply yourself out. Find one or two folks in your circle of influence and start teaching them your job. This is God’s gracious means of making disciples.

So, great job Taproot Church! God’s grace has produced a wonderful community of sacrificial servants! God’s grace has inspired great works in many. God’s grace has unified the teams around one common mission. May God’s grace in this next season inspire each of us to always be doing greater things for His glory!

2012 is already proving to be a wonderfully fruitful year for Taproot Church and there is much, much, much more to get excited about!

New Spaces—We listed our building and sold it in the blink of an eye under God’s providence. The Lord has led us to the Burien Community Center as a home in this next season.  Easter was absolutely energizing as all of Taproot came together for one Sunday gathering and previewed our new home. Thank You Jesus!

The community center is putting us right in a hub of cultural life in South King County. We’ll have opportunity to engage the community more thoroughly and serve the city more effectively.

Our new space is clean, updated, and central to our mission. Being together in one gathering for a season will be a celebration every Sunday.  We’ll come in from a week of mission, pray for one another, sing to the King, remember the cross, and be sent back out to do it all over again!

We also landed office space downtown next door to King Wha. If you’re a Southend local you know this is a big time score to be on 152nd, in the heart of downtown, next to the best Chinese place in South King County! God’s grace is awesome.

New Faces—Weekly I’m meeting new visitors and friends who are making this family their own.  As you are being bold and inviting your circle of influence into our Church, God is honoring your efforts.

Along with this, our prayers for piles of babies are obviously being answered.  I’m talking with many couples that are trying right now, seeing baby bellies around the gathering, and dedicating little ones to the glory of God!

New Face—Our artists, techies and others have been hard at work on a new website, signage, marketing materials, and everything that constitutes the look of our family. I must say, we are an extremely good-looking Church!

New Teams—The manifold gifts of this church are multiplying. Taproot Kids, Greeters, Connect, Hospitality, Security, Jail Minsitries, Women’s and Men’s groups, Missional Community Leaders, upcoming Deacons, and the list goes on.

God has a place for every one of you in varying capacities and seeing you step into your roles is inspiring.

We are positioned to launch Taproot Church anew and afresh!

With all the newness we are launching a brand new work, in a brand new place, with a new face, for the glory of Jesus. You are the work being done and the worker doing the work! Glory in the truth that God is calling you to be part of launching something bigger than yourself for His fame in South King County!

 We are a go and the countdown has begun.

 What should we do in preparation?

1. Pray—Pray for boldness, blessing, unity, and love to abound. Pray for the power of the Holy Spirit. Pray that all we need would be met and our labors would be effective. Pray for more leaders and volunteers and laborers in the fields of harvest. Pray daily that God would grant great success to the launch of Taproot Church at the Burien Community Center for His glorious name’s sake!
2. Invest—Get involved somehow. Get involved in a Missional Community. Join a volunteer team. Become a member. If you’re still on the fringe, this is the season to jump into the deep end. Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of something bigger than yourself. Invest your time, treasures, and talents starting today.
3. Invite—Start praying and inviting anyone and everyone you can think of to come meet your church family May 13^th. I’ll be doing a message that morning entitled “Season Opener”. I’ll explain who we are, what we’re about, where we’re going, and why we do it all for Jesus!
4. Enjoy—Thank God for what He’s doing in and through us. Thank God for new believers, and babies, and friends! Thank God for guiding and empowering and uniting us! Revel in His grace, and enjoy it to the fullest!