Archive for October, 2007
October 29, 2007 at 11:41 am · Filed under Taryn, Isaac
I am having a Great Day! Psalms 118:24 states “This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.” Yes, I had a Great Weekend, Great Services on Sunday at Church, Great time last night hanging out with friends, etc.
These are all great reasons for me to have a great day, but they are not why I am having such a great day today… The reason I am having such a great day is that Taryn and Isaac are coming back in town Today at 2:26pm (which will be 6 days 3 hours and 14 minutes since they left on Tuesday.) I am so glad that they had a great trip in Louisiana with friends and family and the Women’s Conference that Taryn attended but I can’t wait to get them back home today…
Today is a great day for me as I pray it is for you as well. Afterall, it is the day that HE has made – Rejoice!
Thank God they’re back!
Bless You,
David
October 27, 2007 at 4:24 pm · Filed under DC
If you did not get a chance to read our monthly DC Metro Newsletter - Here is a quick recap of the month… Also - if you would like to sign up for this monthly newsletter just click here to sign up…
Tailgate Party!
In one of Pastor David’s first messages, he mentioned that one of his dreams was to see people tailgating before church on Sunday morning. Well, his dream came true…sort of. This past Sunday, following the second service, DC Metro had a Tailgate Party in the neighborhood across the street from the theatre. The Tailgate Party was a huge success. There was football, piñatas, straw scarecrows, bobbing for apples, and lots of food. DC Metro looks forward to carrying on the Tailgate Tradition next year.
Good Relationships Are No Accident…
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It has been said, “In order to love a God that you cannot see, you first have to love the people who you can see.”
So, for the next few weeks, we are doing just that…we are exploring how relationships are not accidents – they are completely intentional. In this series we are going to talk about the different aspects of relationships that will maximize every relationship with have – with our spouse, kids, co-workers, friends, and so many more.
The end of this series marks a major step in establishing a “God-First Culture” in the DC Metro Area. We are concluding our Relationship Series by launching Metro Groups.
Metro Groups
We are launching “Metro Groups” during the week of October 28th. We believe that God wants to mold our hearts and lives into the image of His Son, and that this type of transformation occurs best in the context of authentic life-giving relationships. We desire to see individuals come together, in these new groups, to form lasting friendships and do life together.
You will have a change to meet the group leaders and sign up for Metro Groups again this Sunday, October 28th. We have various groups that will be meeting in various locations are the DC area. Each group will be spending time fellowshipping with others and going deeper into the Sunday morning messages through discussing key points and scriptures shared in each week’s message.
We encourage everyone to sign-up for Metro Groups! Visit the Metro Groups table near the Welcome Center to sign up…We encourage you to invite your friends and neighbors to these groups as well – everyone is welcome, just as they are! Get ready because it’s going to be an exciting 8 weeks…
Starting Point
Starting Point is one group in particular that we are very excited about. Starting Point is for those who are new to a relationship with Jesus Christ and for those who want to learn more about God, Jesus, the Bible or Christianity.
Starting Point will take place on Thursday evenings from 7:30-8:30pm at First Christian Church in Alexandria. This group will be led by our Associate Pastor, Matthew Stroia & Dr. Julie Reams.
If you are interested in this group, we encourage you to sign-up at the Groups table near the Welcome Center.
A New Addition
DC Metro also celebrated the newest addition to our Family this month. Congratulations to Adam & Jillian Morrissey. Jillian just gave birth to Asher Tulley Morrissey on October 3rd, 2007 at 10:50 pm. He’s a handsome 8 pounds 3 oz, 20 and 3/4 inches long baby boy.
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Bless You All,
Pastors David & Taryn Stine
Lead Pastors of DC Metro Church
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Coming Up at DC Metro Church
October 28th – Part III (The God Life) of Essentials is being offered this Sunday after our second service from 11:30 – 12:30am in Theater 1. Come explore the Essentials of Life at DC Metro Church.
October 28th – 11th Annual Del Ray Parade – This is a great outreach opportunity for us to get into the community and love on them. We will be helping with the parade in many different areas – giving out goodie bags, free food, running games, and much more. For more information or to sign up email Summer Mobley at smobley@dcmterochurch.org or visit the Welcome Center before or after service on Sunday.
October 31st – Our first round of Metro Groups. There will be opportunities to meet the group leaders and sign up for a group on Sunday, October 28th at the Welcome Center after both services.
October 27, 2007 at 4:06 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
This week I have had the wonderful opportunity to take a class at the Gallup Organizations World Headquarters office in downtown DC. It was on the topic of 12 Elements of Great Managing and I have to admit that I felt they were right on in how to handle people. It was apparent that they had done their homework and had held the idea of managing a human life in very high regard. It was so powerful that I believe God would be pleased at out they talked about people as - well, just that, people.
Gallup is known for all of its wonderful statistics and probabally most for the classic “Gallup Poll.” One of the polls I felt was so great in their assessment of how people are. It was the poll that they took regarding people’s “Best Times of the Week”. In this poll they surveyed people all over the world to see what their best times were during the week. I was excited to see the results:
The number two result was: Socializing with friends and family which seemed great and quite obvious. It was the number one ranking that really got me excited and that was, ready, religious (church) activities!!! Isnt that great! Church was the best time of their week.
After thinking about it some more I realized, this is how God has packaged us as humans. We have a need to be around God and Others. In fact, this is a great expression of one thing that I enjoy best about Church, and that is Small Groups… They are a combination of Socializing with friends and a religious or (church) activity.
It just so happens that we are launching our Metro Groups this weekend… So if you are not plugged into one as of yet, or if you live out of the area and go to another church, get plugged into a group - it will be the absolute best time of your week!
Bless Ya,
Pastor D.
October 23, 2007 at 10:05 pm · Filed under Taryn
Tonite is a sad night for me… Tomorrow Taryn and Isaac are taking a trip to Baton Rouge, LA and I will be home alone for a few days… 
I am going to miss my lil girl and my lil boy!
I am glad they are going to get to see some family and friends though…
I am most excited about the main purpose for their trip. Taryn is going to a women’s conference at Healing Place Church called: Live The Dream. Healing Place is a great church in Baton Rouge and is actually the place that one of the most important encounters of my life happened - I met Taryn there…
The Pastor of Healing Place is Pastor Dino Rizzo and he was Taryn’s youth pastor and we consider he and his wonderful wife Delynn to be two of the best pastors is the entire country and dear friends…
I am so glad to see Taryn going to this conference as I can see her leading a huge Women’s Conference for DC Metro one day in the near future.
Go God! and Go Taryn! 
October 20, 2007 at 10:25 pm · Filed under DC
It was a great day as Taryn, Isaac, New Baby, and I all spent the day just hanging out at the house and doing some much needed down time. Things with the church have been so busy this week that we thought we would just take our normal “Saturday Adventure Day” to make it a “Non-Adventurous Saturday.”
We are also getting geared up for a big Sunday at Church. Tomorrow, we will have a big Tailgate Party after second service at a big house in Delray. This event should be great as we will have some fun fall stuff for all ages…
See You At Church and at the Tailgate…
Pastor David
October 16, 2007 at 3:37 pm · Filed under Isaac
We had another great weekend at Church on Sunday as I am so fired-up about this new series that we have started called “Good Relationships Are No Accident.” The basic premise is that Truly Good Relationships don’t just happen “Accidentally,” they happen when we are “intentional” about them.
My son Isaac was the star of the weekend for me as he did something that made me so proud – and it just so happens that it is right along the lines of this series and my first message as well – and it goes something like this:
One of the wonderful members of our church came up to me after service just bragging on my son. So like any proud father I listened intently to what he did to impress her so much. She said that her son was having a hard time adjusting to the Children’s Ministry Area and being away from mom and dad. She also said that this has been a problem each Sunday and that they were not really sure what to do about it accept to just keep trying again and again each Sunday until he gets used to it. She went on to say that this Sunday started out no differently and her son was having a hard time again. Then (This is where it gets really good) she told me that in the midst of this difficult time, my son (Proud Mom & Dad!) went over to the entrance to the children’s area and reached out his hand to grab the other boy’s hand pulling him into the children’s area to play. The two boys then held hands and walked over to the play area to be with the other kids (Isn’t it beautiful!). From that point forward the other little boy had no problem in the children’s area for the rest of the time. (Go God!)
As I reflect further on that, I realize that the interaction between those two little boys is probably a good example for all of us. Here are two questions that may help you along as I have found that both of them yield a pretty immediate response in our minds.
Do this: As soon as you read each question say the first thing that comes to mind:
1. Who around you is having a hard time?
2. In what way could you reach out a hand to make their day better?
3. What else can you do to help them through this difficult time?
Reaching Out Our Hands w/You,
David & Isaac
PS - In the Photo above is Da Da and Isaac at the National Cathedral in DC!
October 9, 2007 at 4:45 pm · Filed under DC
Hello All,
We are about to start a new series at DC Metro Church this coming weekend. It discusses one of my most favorite subjects to talk about, Relationships… In this series we are going to talk about different aspects of relationships that will help all of us with our walk with God as we walk with each other…
I have always heard it said, “In order to love a God that you cannot see, you have to first love the people who you can see.”
This is going to be an exciting series that will help us all in the most important relationships in our lives: Family, Friends, Spouse, Significant Others, Children, Coworkers, etc…
This exciting series starts this weekend, so be sure and bring all those around you who could use some encouragement in the area of relationships, because the truly good relationships are no accident
See You Sunday!
October 9, 2007 at 4:37 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
I just had to put of this wonderful photo of my dear friend Andy Lloyd (Also DC Metro’s Head Usher). This was on the Associated Press, as Andy is a member of the Airforce Honor Guard at Arlington Cemetery. He is pictured here with one of the most powerful men in our country’s military, General Pace. The other thing that is really cool about this photo is that the General is walking with President Bush (not pictured) who is watching the conversation less that a foot away. Pretty cool-eh?
Go Andy! (I mean Staff Sergent Lloyd)
October 9, 2007 at 4:21 pm · Filed under DC
I went out of town for a great little “Educational” trip last week to Atlanta, Ga. It was a Pastor’s leadership conference called Catalyst. There were almost 11,000 other pastors at this conference many of whom I have met through the years of ministry…
I enjoyed listening to the various speakers, but there was one who stood out “head and shoulder” above the rest… His name is Rick Warren (Yelp, the guy who wrote the “Purpose Driven Life”) He impressed me the most as he shared his story of the church that he founded in the seventies called Saddleback Church in Cali. He shared some powerful stuff about how he started Saddleback Church with 6 people in his living room. He said that the church now (thirty years later) has some 100,000 members!
We believe God is going to do something similar with DC Metro Church! (I will let you know all of what God did in about thirty years!)
Rick asked the crowd two questions that have penetrated my thinking over the last few days, as he shared that they will be the two questions that God will ask when we get to Heaven:
1. What have you done with my Son Jesus?
2. What have you done with the what I have given to you?
For me, this was huge as I want to be able to say that I brought Jesus to millions of people all over the world and that I used everything that God has given me to do so… Help me Jesus!
What do you want to be able to say?
Love You Guys,
Hope Your Having a Great Week!
