Month: November 2021

Worship Service for November 28th

WELCOME

Good morning and welcome to CrossPointe Community Church’s online worship. If you are visiting or new to the congregation, my name is Jim. I am filling in for Pastor Randy this week. I am so thankful for the opportunity to share this time with you.

This is an exciting day for all believers in the Lord Jesus. This is the first Sunday of Advent. Which means we have now, “officially” entered the Christmas season. This Sunday is traditionally celebrated as the Sunday of Hope… There are four candles for the four weeks of Advent, symbolizing hope, love, joy and peace. And finally the center candle is lit for Christmas.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Watch for more details about our Christmas Adopt-a-Family coming soon.

CALL TO WORSHIP

A psalm of David.
O Lord, I give my life to you.
I trust in you, my God!
Do not let me be disgraced,
or let my enemies rejoice in my defeat.
No one who trusts in you will ever be disgraced,
but disgrace comes to those who try to deceive others.
Show me the right path, O Lord;
point out the road for me to follow.
Lead me by your truth and teach me,
for you are the God who saves me.
All day long I put my hope in you.
Remember, O Lord, your compassion and unfailing love,
which you have shown from long ages past.
Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth.
Remember me in the light of your unfailing love,
for you are merciful, O Lord.

Psalm 25:1-7

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Worship Service for November 21, 2021

WELCOME

Good day, welcome and thanks for joining CrossPointe Community Church’s online worship presentation. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thanks to all of you who supported our youth by giving to Operation Christmas Child.

I thank God for you by the way you have responded to the opportunity to provide food items for our 15 Thanksgiving boxes.

If you placed someone on our weekly prayer list and their status has changed, please e-mail Gail or I and give us an update. By the way, I received a wonderful call from Marla Wilson on Friday expressing her profound appreciation for your prayers for her son, Eric, who had back surgery over a week ago. He is standing up straight again with little pain.

CALL TO WORSHIP

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High.
It is good to proclaim Your unfailing love in the morning,
Your faithfulness in the evening, accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, a harp, and the melody of a lyre.
You thrill me, Lord, with all You have done for me!
I sing for joy because of what You have done.

Psalm 92:1-4

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Worship Service for November 14, 2021

WELCOME

Good day, welcome and thanks for joining CrossPointe Community Church’s online worship presentation. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Today is the last day to bring in items for Operation Christmas Child.

We have until next Sunday to bring in food items that we are collecting to fill 15 Thanksgiving Boxes which will be distributed to folks who live in the greater Chippewa Lake area. Sign-up sheets are on the table in the back.

For those of you who would like to know more about CrossPointe, I invite you to stay after worship and join me for pizza and information about who we are and what we stand for.

Annie and Gale will be hosting a Grief Share: Surviving the Holidays seminar Saturday, November 20th from noon to 2:00pm. If you are interested or need more info on either one, please call Annie at (330) 807-8148.

If you placed someone on our weekly prayer list and their status has changed, please e-mail Gail or I and give us an update.

CALL TO WORSHIP

Though He was God, He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, He gave up His divine privileges, He took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When He appeared in human form, He humbled Himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

Therefore, God elevated Him to the place of highest honor and gave Him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:6-11

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Worship Service for November 7, 2021

WELCOME

Good day, welcome, and thanks for joining CrossPointe Community Church’s online worship presentation. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Our leaders have authorized the opening of a fund for the purpose of purchasing and installing the equipment needed for us to be able to live-stream our worship services. That means you will be able to see from your internet-connected devices the entirety of our worship as it happens in real-time. If you are interested in contributing to this fund, please mark your check with the words, “live stream.”

Thanks again for your faithfulness in those Gather to Scatter projects that we completed last Sunday. You guys go above and beyond the call!

For those of you who would like to know more about CrossPointe, I invite you to attend the first of two Membership Classes next Sunday after worship.

Today, we have the high privilege of celebrating the Sacrament of Holy Communion. I trust you all received your communion elements. Anyone who wishes to confirm or renew their faith in the death of Christ as the means of being right with God are welcome to receive the sacrament.

By the way, a mother tells the story about her and her husband sharing communion at their church. In their church, their son Seth, who was only 5, was not eligible to receive the sacrament but was curious about it nonetheless. His mother noticed he watched intently as she received the sacrament. Then she bowed her head to pray. A few seconds later, she looked up and saw that he was by then intently watching his dad at prayer after taking communion. She was delighted that Seth was observing the solemnity of the occasion. “Good parental example,” she thought to herself. But her gratification was short-lived as Seth leaned toward her and whispered: “What’s in that stuff anyway? You guys eat it and go right to sleep.” ¹

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