This Wednesday Night I am so pumped to be meeting with all our DC Metro “Dream Team” (Those incredible individuals that serve fo faithfully the vision of DC Metro Church “To Build A God-First Culture Throughout The DC Metro Area.”)

This group is so fired-up and I am sure that they are as pumped as I am about getting ramped-up for the Fall and the great Harvest that I know we are going to see God send to us this year… GO GOD! I am looking forward to an enjoyable evening of information, inspiration, and prayer…

If you are not currently on the DC Metro Dream Team, and would like to get connected serving in one of the many ministries please contact Julie Lee at the DC Metro Admin Office (You wont regret it! afterall, there is nothing quite like serving God…

Love You Guys,

Get Ready For A Great Week,

pd

If you are a Dream Teamer and need more info about the evening’s festivities - email: info@dcmetrochurch.org

It has been a great day as I got to spend it hanging out with good friend and Pastor, Joe Champion from Celebration Church in Austin Texas. Joe spoke at the Flex Men’s Conference that I attended tonite at Celebration Church of Jacksonville… Pastor Joe is a fellow LSU Tiger (There is always seem a Louisiana Connection, isnt there…) and he always seems to get me fired-up about church planting… (OK so it does not really take me much to get fired-up about that…)

Nothing quite like a bunch of men getting real before God… It has been a great time in Jacksonville as I have been able to see a lot of old friends and watch their lives continue to go to the next level in their relationship with God… The only thing that comes close to witnessing someone come to Christ, is watching someone get even closer to Him… It was great to see that happening tonite in so many guys at Celebration (young and old).

Although I will sure miss Stovall and the Celebration Crew, I am sure looking forward to getting home tomorrow, as I miss my girl (Taryn) and my two little men… Seems like a lot of travel this Summer, but I am sure looking forward to settling down for a bit to continue getting geared up for another GREAT Fall Season at DC Metro as we all watch God Move Together…

Go God!

Last night I spoke at Celebration Church in Jacksonville Florida… It was a great night of worship and sharing in God’s Word… I was also able to see many many familiar faces and greet many awesome people (Family and Friends) from Taryn and I’s time in Jacksonville… It is always great to go back to Celebration Church…

It is always good to spend some time with my dear friend Pastor Stovall Weems of Celebration Church… He and his wife Kerri are non-stop supporters of “Building a God-First Culture throughout the DC Metro Area…” He always gets me pumped about the future of Celebration Church and especially DC Metro Church… Go Stovall, You Rock!

I will be heading back to DC on Saturday, but until then I am also checking out a cool men’s conference called FLEX which is held at Celebration… Sounds like it is going to be a great conference, and I’ll keep you posted…

Bless You Guys - Looking forward to a great weekend at DC Metro…

Go God!

David

Another Great Sunday at DC Metro…

With the Summer Olympics starting this weekend, we have decided to do a new series to go along with Team USA called Living Like a Champion.

I am so pumped about this series as we be studying to discover what Amazing things Await us!

If you missed Part 1 be sure and check it out here…

Looking forward to another great week next weekend as we are going to talk about LIVING THE DREAM!

Get ready for a great week until then…

Taryn & I had an awesome opportunity to attend the Inside Access Conference @ Next Level Church in Ft. Myers, FL.

We had a great time, but we sure did miss our DC Metro Family!

We had some “roomies” while at the Conference - we got to spend some time with some great friends, Terry & Tracy Jimmerson, of Destiny Church, Las Vegas - which just launched in March of this year! GO GOD!

Above is a picture Taryn & I with Terry & Tracy.

These guys rock, but it is still SO great to be back HOME!

Pastor D. & T

We had another great outreach this weekend at the Friendship Firehouse Festival!

Pictured above are two of my favorite FIREMEN - Isaac (my two year old) and his good buddy, Austin (DC Metro’s Worship Leader)…

There was lot’s of faces painted and about 1,000 water bottles passed out!

Taryn and I were out of town this past weekend at a Pastor’s Conference at Next Level Church in Fort Meyers, Fl with our good friends Pastor Matt Keller and his wife Sarah… Even though the weekend was very inspiring about all that God is doing at DC Metro, we so missed being at this outreach…

It is always good for a leader to see that things go on just fine when they are out of town… Go Dream Team, you guys never cease to amaze me!!!

Go God!!

PS - More outreaches to come right away as we continue to spread the luv (His Luv that is..) by “Building a God-First Culture through out DC Metro!”

FIRETRUCKS! That is really all I have to say to get my son, Isaac’s, attention, and once again that is all it takes to get the attention of our incredible DC Metro Outreach Crew…

That is right, another great outreach event is coming this weekend (Saturday)… The Friendship Firehouse Festival… This event is traditionally has a smaller turnout than most that we will be doing as a part of our Summer of Fun Outreaches… Yet, I found this outreach all the more personal as we are still able to meet people’s “felt” needs, (COLD WATER BOTTLES & Candy for Kids) and then some…

Last year, because of the slower pace, we were also able to really spend some additional one-on-one time to get to know many of the individuals that come through this wonderful community event in Old Town Alexandria…

Please pray that God would use DC Metroers greatly in this great outreach…

Go GOD!

Pastor D.

I love the thought about “being planted” that seems to re-occur throughout the scriptures. It is as though God is continually urging us to become “planted” in His House… My favorite is in Psalms 94:13 “Those who plant themselves in the house of the Lord will FLORISH!” What a promise - and one that has become all too true in my own life… At DC Metro Church “being planted” is a simple process we call membership…

Wanted to let you know that we are having a Membership Reception tomorrow night for all of those who would like to make DC Metro their home church… It should be an exciting night of hearing about the past, present, and future of DC Metro, as well as meeting the staff and some great members of our Dream Team (Leadership Team)…

If you would like to attend this reception tomorrow night (Thursday Night from 7 - 9pm @ The Reserve at Potomac Yards (Directly across Jeff Davis Hwy (Rt. 1) from the Theater) please RSVP Julie Lee at julee@dcmetrochurch.org. Childrens ministry will be avaliable for ages 6 weeks to 5 years… And dinner will be provided… yummy!!!

This is sure to be a great evening…

See You There…

Pastor D.

This past week I had the wonderful opportunity of visiting my family back in good ole’ Louisiana… We were able to get some good family time together as my grandfather “JW” celebrated his 90th birthday! What a milestone… We had a very cool party at a place that my family fondly has called “The Camp” for the last thirty years… It was a great time as we stayed out at “The Camp” for the rest of the week (Taryn, Isaac, Josiah, and me) just hangin-out, building memories with family members, riding around in “The Boat”, and doing some much needed Fishing!!! (Ok maybe not everyone “needs” to do some fishing, but I do…)

Fishing, it is somewhat theraputic and extremly tranquil. On the contrast there is nothing quite like “hooking the big one.” As I was fishing, God began to remind me of his words in Matthew 4:19 “Come follow me, and I will make you fishers of men…”

I love that verse as it so clearly tells us what He is in the process of teaching us to do as we follow Him, “Become fishers of men”. Often I have thought, what does that mean become, “Fishers of Men?”

I think it is real simple, He is teaching us how to BE THE BAIT! In other words, the reason that the fish, pictured above, bit on the hook, was that I had some tasty bait on the hook… It may not have been attractive to me (aka. our own lives some time…) but it was attractive to this fish - - and he bit “hook, line, and sinker”…

As we grow in Christ and our relationship with Him, He makes us attractive to the world in our lifestyle, attitudes, emotions, and joy… and ultimately - - become the bait!

Heavy, what does He want us to do with our lives? Be The Bait!

Love You Guys,

Hooked on God,

D

I am pumped about another weekend talking about Enjoying Life!

This has been an awesome series! God’s doing some amazing stuff! Go God!

We have Intro (our Guest Reception) again this weekend…if you are new to DC Metro Church or simply haven’t had an opportunity to come…I encourage you to do so! We have drinks (frappacino!) for you to enjoy and there’s Children’s Ministry available for your kids! Taryn and I look forward to seeing you there…

Get ready for an awesome weekend…

Go God!

Pastor D.