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"Psalm 119, over and over, deals not with the practical side of how to read the Bible, but instead deals with our desire to read the Bible. Because any sort of change that we desire in our lives begins not with the outward, but the inward. With our hearts, affections, and desires. Psalm 119:16 says, I […]
Read more "Delight and Neglect"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. […]
Read more "20 Lessons Learned in the First 20 Years"God calls us to be generous with the money He has given to us. We are to generously, faithfully, and cheerfully store up our treasure in Heaven, and invest it into God’s work in God’s Kingdom. Here is a testimony from a Crosspoint household who is giving to God’s work in and through the ministry […]
Read more "Why We Give – 1 Chronicles 29:11-13"Crosspoint Community Church Culture Culture is defined as a way of thinking, behaving, or working that exists in a place or organization. Every local church has a unique culture. Sure there are similarities, and there should be among New Testament churches. But how would we describe the culture around Crosspoint? Devoted to Jesus Our foundation […]
Read more "Crosspoint Culture"We cannot begin to express how eager we are to begin this journey with the faith family at Crosspoint. From both of our perspectives, the idea of serving as a pastor with Crosspoint is something we would have never thought of stepping into. With that in mind we are amazed at how God has woven […]
Read more "Getting to know Jon and Sarah Watts"
