The Watsonian (blog)

This last Sun­day, Novem­ber 29th,  I served my last time as Direc­tor of Fam­ily Min­istries for Tapes­try Church.  It was a sad day for our fam­ily, but it was one that was also full of hope.  To put all rumors to rest, there was no prob­lem between the lead­er­ship team and I on the vision, direc­tion or man­age­ment of Tapes­try.  I firmly believe in what Richard, James, Roye and the rest of the steer­ing team are doing with Tapes­try.  And hon­estly, with things feel­ing like they are gain­ing momen­tum, it was very hard to make this decision.

But when you feel God call­ing and lead­ing you in a dif­fer­ent direc­tion, it’s hard to ignore.  And Katie and I have known since July, and been in con­ver­sa­tion with the lead­er­ship team at Tapes­try since then also, about our depar­ture from Tapes­try and going on the new  adven­ture that God has laid out before us.

Atten­ders, vol­un­teers and staff of Tapes­try Church,

Thank you! Thank you for the oppor­tu­nity to join with you over the last year and half in our mutual pur­suit of a Risen Sav­ior who cares deeply for us and the peo­ple of Bar­tow County.  Thank you for you kind­ness and genoros­ity not only to the church but to the peo­ple in this com­mu­nity.  Thank you for so many times tak­ing your­self, break­ing your­self open and pour­ing your­self out for our world.  Thank you for your encour­age­ment and coun­sel­ing as I got mar­ried this year.  Thank you for just being you, peo­ple who are still rec­og­niz­ing their unique iden­tity and mis­sion as image bear­ers of the Risen Jesus.  Katie and I love you with all our hearts and know that wher­ever God takes us, Tapes­try Church will be a part of our prayers and thoughts.

Grace & Peace,

Joshua, Katie and Alaina

As for where God is lead­ing us, I will save that for a later post, but prayers will be greatly appreciated.