From Kevin Funk… Living in Illinois can be seriously challenging to those who venture outside during the winter months. Especially this winter. I know there have been countless times that I have been outside and my ears or hands have felt like they were on the brink of frostbite while I was shoveling snow or […]
Read more "Be Prepared"On Sunday, February 9, we are moving back to one service at 10am. Here are some encouragements regarding the move. For the most part, these encouragements can be summed up with a Philippians 2 kind of attitude. Philippians 2:3-4: 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking […]
Read more "Going to One Service: “in humility value others above yourselves”"Do you know one of the times that I pray with passion? When I cry out to my Father for Him to come through? It is when I am laid out on the bathroom floor with the flu. Now thankfully, our household has not had the flu this season, which has been a huge blessing. […]
Read more "The Flu Prayer"Hi Crosspoint! Since March 31, 2013, we have been offering two Sunday services. Over the past few months, I have been continually praying and just holding that whole area up to the Lord and His direction and leading. At the close of 2013, we gathered all the numbers from those 9 months of two services, […]
Read more "Announcement: Transitioning from two to one Sunday service"From guest blogger, Micah Williamson, who is helping to coordinate the upcoming Stepping Up event on February 1 @ Crosspoint. Have you ever given thought to how you’re perceived as a man? I’m not talking about how much you can bench, how big your beard is or how many guns you have. I’m talking about […]
Read more "Stepping Up – February 1"The following email was sent out on November 21. If you call Crosspoint your church home, but did not receive this, please contact the church office at info@crosspointcc.org. *********** Hello Crosspoint – Much of our communication regarding how to respond to Sunday’s tornado has been via Crosspoint’s Facebook page thus far. Below are some next […]
Read more "Tornado Response and Recovery"Humility…understanding that you haven’t arrived and are continually in need of His grace. Humility…realizing that you are in need of a Savior. Humility…serving others when you don’t feel like it or when it can be inconvenient. Humility…choosing to understand, not understood, first. Humility…absolutely vital in the relationships within the Body of Christ. Humility…putting the interests […]
Read more "Humility…"One of the missionaries that we support as a church is Jeff and Angie Hegstrom who serve with Relevant Ministry in Mississippi. Relevant Ministry has been a consistent destination for some of our mission trips as a church. Specifically, many of our HYPE students and adults have served with Relevant Ministry and been impacted by […]
Read more "Planting for the Vision – Relevant Ministry"From Dan McClain… Philippians 2:5-8 (ESV) Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And […]
Read more "Surrender and Selflessness"On Sunday, September 22, we looked at putting Jesus first in prayer, and Colossians 1:9-14. Over the past month, as an elder team, we’ve been praying these 6 verses for one another on our team. Allowing these verses to guide our own prayer for one another. For me personally, it has been encouraging to know […]
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