God Likes Dirt Hello Church Family, Have you ever been to a good old-fashioned tent revival? Well, I’ve been to a few. Not necessarily because I wanted to go, but because I was forced to go. When God saved my mother out of a life of alcoholism and paganism, she made sure that my sister… Continue Reading
What’s Your Job at Church? This week, Pastor John hands over the TAGD keyboard to Marti Wiegman, Northpoint’s Director of Women’s Ministries. Dear Church Family, Earlier this week, one of our Women of the Word leaders relayed the story of sharing with a new acquaintance that she attends Northpoint. The woman asked her matter-of-factly, “What’s your job at church?” She just assumed that someone… Continue Reading
This week, Pastor John hands over the TAGD keyboard to Terilyn Brown, Northpoint’s Director of Children’s Ministries. Dear Church Family, How I used to dread when the month of October would roll around each year. Oh, I loved the cool, crisp mornings and the fall color, but as the month would draw to a close, the beauty of autumn would give way—at least as… Continue Reading
Tonight, Stephen Phillips, missionary to Barcelona, will speak about his plans for planting churches in the Catalan region of Spain at 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.in Heritage Hall. Also, NP’s mission teams to Alaska and Spain will offer reports. Childcare to sixth grade. Light refreshments will be served. See you there! Continue Reading
The pallets of food are already in Heritage Hall awaiting the Northpoint Meal Packing Event happening THIS Saturday, October 25, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., in Heritage Hall, but we need to pay for it! You can donate to the cause with a check made out to “Northpoint” with “Harvest Pack” in the memo line (drop in the Church… Continue Reading
Calling all 1st-6th graders who want to sing for the Lord at our Christmas in Corona event on December 9, and in church services during December! Rehearsals will be in T100 every Sunday morning in November from 10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m. There will be a mandatory parents’ meeting during one of the Sunday rehearsals in November. Hope to see you at the first… Continue Reading
Jesus in the Motherland Hello Church Family, In a letter that we’ll soon be studying together, Jesus’ brother James writes: “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world” (1:27). On Monday I’ll be making the 10,000 mile journey from… Continue Reading
Mission Week is Almost Here! This week, Pastor John hands over the TAGD keyboard to Pastor Brent Whitefield, Noerthpoint’s Pastor of Missions and Outreach. Mission Week is almost here and this year there will be something for everyone. It will be an opportunity for us to hear from old friends and make some new ones. Next Sunday, October 19, we… Continue Reading
Thank you Northpoint for your generosity in buying gifts and gift cards for the kitchen shower last week. The kitchen is well stocked now! Continue Reading
Here’s a Tip Dear Church Family, I love reading stories about grace. Maybe you came across this heartening account this week, as well: last Saturday, Steven and Makenzie Shultz, a couple in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, went out to dinner to celebrate their sixth anniversary. But it was anything but a relaxing evening. After they were… Continue Reading