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Hurricane Harvey Response – UPDATE!

Hurricane Harvey Response – UPDATE!

Northpoint will be going to Houston to help in relief efforts November 5-11. We need able-bodied people (ages 13-17 welcome if accompanied by a parent). There will be an information meeting for those interested THIS Sunday, October 1, at 12:15 p.m., in the Tower Room. Can’t attend? Contact Teri Vaughn at 951.281.2825. Continue Reading

Thursday Craft Crew – NEXT Thursday!

Thursday Craft Crew – NEXT Thursday!

The NP K!DS’ Ministry Craft Crew meets NEXT Thursday (every first Thursday of the month), from 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m., in the Resource Room to prepare crafts and decorations for Sunday mornings. We have papers to cut and posters to make while chatting all the while! Interested? Please contact Terilyn Brown at 951.281.2827. Interested but can’t make it on Thursdays? Then pick up a… Continue Reading

The God Who Sees

The God Who Sees   Hello Family,   When I do pre-marriage counseling, on the very first session I typically ask the anxious couple: “Tell me about your last fight, and how you resolved it.” I do this because I want to see how they are at conflict resolution, and how far they are from… Continue Reading

Israel Experience 2018 – SPOTS OPEN!

Israel Experience 2018 – SPOTS OPEN!

Kicking yourself for not signing up to go on the trip to Israel happening February 13-23, 2018? Well, good news: there are still a few spots open! Contact Carolee Jefferson at 951.281.2828 ASAP. This is your absolute last chance. Here’s the original information: Would you like to have a life-changing and never-to-be-forgotten experience? In February of 2018, Northpoint… Continue Reading

Our Friend, Mang

This week, Pastor John hands over the TAGD keyboard to Pastor Brent Whitefield, Northpoint’s Pastor of Missions and Outreach. Our Friend, Mang Hello Family, Next month, the third set of students will graduate from our Training of Trainers (TOT) program in Shillong, Northeast India. We have been involved in this ministry for four years, sending trainers from our church to instruct church planters… Continue Reading

2017 Men’s Conference – THIS Saturday!

2017 Men’s Conference – THIS Saturday!

It’s not too late! Northpoint’s 2017 Men’s Conference, Men Living, Warring, & Worshiping, A look at Colossians 3, is THIS Saturday, September 16, when we’ll gather at Northpoint from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., for a morning with author Jared Wilson. Jared serves at Midwestern Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri as the director of content strategy and… Continue Reading

9.3.2017 Sermon Notes & Slides

The Satisfied Christian Matthew 15:29-39 Taylor Mendoza, Director of Student Ministries Introduction: At the root of our dissatisfaction is a never-ending thirst that nothing in this world can satisfy. Every person in the world wants to know what will make him or her happy. We’re all desperately seeking for the person, place, or thing that… Continue Reading

Overcoming (Spiritual) Weapons of Destruction

Overcoming (Spiritual) Weapons of Destruction Hello Family, Northpoint’s Pastoral Assistant, Tamene Menna, and I have been reading together a new book called, Old Paths, New Power, in which the author, Daniel Henderson, calls for lifting up the tried and true path to transformation: prayer and proclamation. In the first chapter, Henderson writes: “For every Gospel… Continue Reading

Three for Thursday

8.31.2017 Three for Thursday Hello Family, I’ve been praying for you this week, specifically that “the Lord who sits enthroned forever” would be “the stronghold that you run to in times of trouble,” and that he would “not forget your cries for help” (Psalm 9). When I first started working in the television industry at… Continue Reading