Month: January 2022

Worship Service for January 30, 2022

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thanks to all of you who participated in this past Friday’s Community Meal.

Please take for free any or all of the books on the table in the back. Whatever is left after today is going to be dropped at Project Learn.

MDG Flooring will be here tomorrow morning to start the install on this stage and in the office. If you have some time after worship, we’d like to clear those areas.

Today is Gather to Scatter Sunday. We are celebrating and highlighting it by focusing on our participation in the Chippy’s Back Polar Bear Event. As it stands right now, the walk/run/plunge will be a live event on Saturday, February 19th. The Chief Polar Bear and his sidekick Chippy are with us today and will have some news to share about this year’s event in a few minutes.

Gail and I will be leaving for Florida next Friday to spend a week with Brett and his family in Sarasota. And then we’ll be flying to Houston to see my son, Brian, and his family for a few days. So next week, on Communion Sunday Jim Brandenburg will be preaching. And on February 13th Randy Hall will fill the pulpit. I don’t want to give away his message, but let’s just say he had a life-altering experience that drew him closer to God that he will be sharing with you.

CALL TO WORSHIP

I waited patiently for the Lord to help me,
and He turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the pit of despair,
out of the mud and the mire.
He set my feet on solid ground
and steadied me as I walked along.
He has given me a new song to sing,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see what He has done and be amazed.
They will put their trust in the Lord.

Psalm 40:1-3

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Worship Service for January 23, 2022

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Next Sunday is Gather to Scatter Sunday. Our focus will be on the upcoming Chippewa Lake Lions’ Chippy’s Back fundraiser.

CALL TO WORSHIP

(This passage appears as Peter and John were being questioned by Jewish religious authorities for preaching Jesus and the resurrection.)

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of our people, are we being questioned today because we’ve done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed? Let me clearly state to all of you and to all the people of Israel that he was healed by the powerful name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, the man you crucified but whom God raised from the dead. For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’ There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:8-12

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Worship Service for January 16, 2022

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Annie Dean and Gale Arthur will be hosting another 12 week Grief Share group that will begin this Tuesday, January 18th at 12 noon at the church. If you or someone you know could benefit by attending these sessions, please give Annie a call at (330) 807-8148.

We thank Annie Dean for taking the lead in providing you with information about the February 19th Polar Bear Event. We encourage you to participate in this wonderful event in any number of the following ways: (1) jumping in the lake and/or walking or running, (2) volunteering your time to block roads during the walk/race, or (3) purchasing one or more $ 50 raffle tickets. The first prize ticket holder will receive $3,000, second prize is $ 1,500 and third prize will be $500. Last year, our own Kathy Sheppard held the first prize ticket. I highly encourage you to visit the Chippewa Lake Lion’s Club website to register and/or to buy a raffle ticket.

CALL TO WORSHIP

One of the teachers of religious law was standing there listening to the debate (between Jesus and the Sadducees who insisted here is no resurrection from the dead). He realized that Jesus had answered well, so he asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: (and Jesus quotes the Shema, meaning ‘hear’ from Deuteronomy 6) ‘Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ The second is equally important: (and here Jesus quotes Leviticus 19:18) ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

Mark 12:28-31

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Worship Service for January 9, 2022

ANNOUNCEMENTS

On January 30th, MDG Flooring of Medina will be replacing the carpet on the stage and in the office behind the stage with a new flooring material. Toward that end, the Trustees are encouraging anyone who is able to remain after worship today to help quickly clear those two areas. Then a group of guys will take up the old carpet.

I want to thank those of you who have given to the cause of live-streaming our worship services. Funds came in last month and we were able to purchase what I hoped would work as a camera. Unfortunately, the camera did not work out for us and I had to return it. I have since learned that the camera we need is going to cost about $1,500 of which we are about $700 shy. If you would like to see our church begin to live-stream our worship services, and would like to make a special offering for that purpose, please mark your check, ‘live-stream.’

CALL TO WORSHIP

Sing a new song to the Lord! Let the whole earth sing to the Lord!
Sing to the Lord; praise His name.
Each day proclaim the good news that He saves.
Publish His glorious deeds among the nations.
Tell everyone about the amazing things He does.
Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise!
He is to be feared above all gods.
The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens!
Honor and majesty surround Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary.
O nations of the world, recognize the Lord;
recognize that the Lord is glorious and strong.
Give to the Lord the glory He deserves!
Bring your offering and come into His courts.
Worship the Lord in all His holy splendor.

Psalm 96:1-9a

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Worship Service for January 2, 2022

WELCOME

Happy New Year! And welcome to CrossPointe’s written worship service. Today we are starting out the year right by celebrating the Sacrament of Holy Communion and focusing on prayer. (With that in mind, I would suggest you ready your bread and juice).

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Next Sunday, I will give sort of a State of the Church address. As part of that service, we will present to you and recognize our church leaders.

If you would like to send your offering in the mail, our mailing address is:

CrossPointe Community Church
P O Box 126
Chippewa Lake, OH 44215

Before I read today’s Call to Worship Scripture, how about a couple of New Year’s zingers?

Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Abby.
Abby who?
Abby New Year.

What is a New Year’s resolution?
Something that goes in one year and out the other.
(Well, maybe they’re not zingers, but can you stand one more?)

A woman took an afternoon nap on New Year’s Eve. When she woke up, she told her husband, “I just dreamed that you gave me a diamond ring for a New Year’s present. What do you think it means?”
He replied, “You’ll find out tonight!”
At midnight, her husband handed her a small gift-wrapped present.
Excited, she opened it quickly, but was even more surprised: In it was a book titled The Meaning of Dreams.

I guess I should stick to what I know!

CALL TO WORSHIP

The faithful love of the Lord never ends!
His mercies never cease.
They are new every morning;
great is His faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23

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