Crosspoint – As an elder team and staff, our call is to equip God’s people for the work of ministry, so that the Body of Christ may be built up (Ephesians 4:11-12). In an effort to grow in better equipping the Body, and in our effectiveness and health as a church, we’re asking all those, […]
Read more "Crosspoint – Abilities, Skills, and Talents"As parents, we’ve been called to make disciples of Jesus at home. Deuteronomy 6:4-9: 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about […]
Read more "Praying with your kids this school year"We strongly encourage believers who regularly attend Crosspoint Community Church to make their connection to our church family official by becoming members of the church. The New Testament clearly indicates that groups of people who were followers of the Lord Jesus Christ identified themselves with and committed themselves to a particular local church family. In […]
Read more "Membership at Crosspoint"What are the core ingredients of Biblical community at Crosspoint? At the most simplified level, 3D Community is tied directly to our vision. It is not separate from it, but should be driving us toward a 3D way of life. So in 3D Community, we grow to be more devoted to Jesus, dedicated to one […]
Read more "Ingredients of 3D Community Groups"As we approach our next year of ministry (September 2016 – August 2017), we, as an elder team, are calling us to a month long prayer focus. Does that mean, we stop praying in September? Well no. But it does mean that during August, we want to be intentional about praying expectantly as a church. […]
Read more "Call to Prayer – August 2016"On Sunday, August 7th, we are beginning a new routine in our Sunday morning service. We’re calling it to Crosspoint Connection Card. At a point in the service (usually at the beginning of the message), our First Impression volunteers will be handing out booklets that contain a pen and a pad of “Connection Cards.” We’re asking […]
Read more "Crosspoint Connection Card"Live by faith…it is all over Scripture. Habakkuk 2:4: See, the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright— but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness. Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, and Hebrews 10:38 quote Habakkuk and say, the righteous will live by faith. 2 Corinthians 5:7 says, For we live by faith, not by sight. All of Hebrews 11 tells us story after story […]
Read more "Live by Faith"Every Sunday, you and I have an opportunity to… Come early to simply sit in quiet reflection and pray before the service begins Lovingly greet another family member of Crosspoint Warmly welcome the person who is new to Crosspoint Introduce ourselves to someone in the room we don’t know Hear how someone is really doing […]
Read more "Every Sunday"Since September 2015, we’ve been making our way through the Old Testament. We’re in the midst of a 3 year chronological journey through the story of Scripture, Genesis to Revelation. I have absolutely loved this journey so far, and have heard really encouraging things from Crosspointers since last fall. We’re on our 10th month of […]
Read more "The longer I go…on our journey through Scripture"Recently, Heather and I celebrated 20 years of marriage. One of the topics of our conversations lately has been the lessons we have learned in the first 20 years. While there have been far more than these, here are 20 of them, in no particular order… Find joy and friendship in the mundane of life. […]
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