Valentine Dinner - Time and Location Change

Due to reservation issues, the location and time for our dinner out has changed once again. So, here are the new details:

Friday, February 16th - 6:30pm
Steak and Ale

Dessert and Games at the Sheltons

If you can't come to dinner, still join us for games and dessert!

If you have a favorite dessert that you would like to bring, sign up here!

It's That Time Again!

During the last few months, we've added several new memebers to our class...so, be sure to introduce yourself and get to know them! Care Groups are fully functioning now, and are planning "GET TO KNOW YOU" socials, so do all you can to attend and get to know your new brother's and sister's in Family Ties! Leave them all a comment here to WELCOME THEM TO THE FAMILY! New Members are:

Danny & Diana Goss

Jill & Scott West

Vaughn & Ambre Harris

and as of TODAY...

Chris & Jennifer Clendenin

Hope Cook

WELCOME NEWBIES! WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU ALL!

How cute!

I received this by email today. You may have seen it before. I needed a laugh and thought you may need one today too.

After a hardy rainstorm filled all the potholes in the streets and alleys, a young mother watched her two little boys playing in the puddle through her kitchen window. The older of the two, a five year old boy, grabbed his sibling by the back of his head and shoved his face into the water hole. As the boy recovered and stood laughing and dripping, the mother ran to the yard in a panic. "Why on earth did you do that to your little brother?" she said as she shook the older boy in anger. "We were just playing "church" mommy," he said. "And I was just baptizing him ... in the name of the Father, the Son and in the hole-he-goes."

ROOM CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

The new Adult Education Building will be open and ready for us to move in on Sunday, February 18, 2007! Family Ties will be in room E106 (which is on the first floor, last room on the left) and it is the largest room downstairs! That means we need to represent and be one of the largest classes down there!!!! So, for the weeks to come, you will be hearing more of this, but the Family Ties Leadership has set a class goal for February 18 as "PACK 'EM IN" Sunday! We want EVERYONE in attendance that day to help us reach our goal for a record attendance in Family Ties! February 18 is the start of a new era in our Adult Education at CrosssPoint! Invite your friends, family, neighbors, and REINVITE someone you haven't seen in class in a while! We look forward to seeing you there!

Upcoming Family Functions - February and March

Mom's and Dad's Valentine Dinner and Game Night
Friday Night, February 16th at 7:00 pm
Details of location to be provided later.
Cost - $15 per person - includes a delicious catered meal (chicken, potato, salad, bread, drink, dessert, coffee) Ambiance and fun are free!
This is not a romantic couple thing - if you are single or your spouse is working, out of town, etc. - come. We have a lot of fun planned!
Money due by February 2nd.

Girls Night In at Brandi Caldwell's House - Friday night, March 16th

Guys Night In at Jason Prickett's House - Friday night, March 9th

Feel free to post a comment here to give us suggestions of games to play at the dinner or activities for the girls night and guys night. We value your opinion and want to plan activities that everyone will enjoy!

What do you like about Crosspoint?

This is the question Ryan asked us in the service today. I know all of us could have listed numerous reasons why Crosspoint is the church for our family. Use this forum to voice what you may not have gotten a chance to say on the mic. I will start us off...

What I love about Crosspoint is the fact that I want to be there. I know that sounds goofy, but I have been in a place in my spiritual walk in which my church did not seem to have an integral role. I went on Sunday and Wednesday and tried to do the rest on my own during the week. Crosspoint encourages my walk almost on a daily basis through email, the blog, the slogan (Just One More), the people, the nametag... I could go on and on. I finally feel like I am in a place that has taught me the true meaning of The Great Commision. I just want to tell everyone about my God and invite them to be a part of my Whosoever church!

2006: Family Ties Year In Review

While there were many good things that came out of the year for our Family Ties Bible Study class, this was the year that our class really began to take shape. Through several circumstances, a new leadership team emerged in the month of August and through several planning meetings, we really began to grasp the plan that God has for Family Ties (one of which was this blog~which has become the central theme and communcation spot for everyone in our class!). It also began with dividing our class into 4 "Care Groups" and assigning Leaders to shepherd those groups. We kicked everything off in September with a "Family Fellowship" at the church in which our families came together to let the children have fun on the playground and to eat dinner and get to know each other. The turn out was so great, we as leaders realized that our calling as a class was to be more family oriented. While it is important to have "grown up" time away from our kids, it is hard for most to participate. Thus our vision and focus became clearer...

Your leadership team is continously growing and seeking God for his direction for our class. In the midst of all this, we had awesome lessons in class, our care groups were really beginning to function well and new leaders began stepping up to help take on the tasks set before us. We had an awesome fellowship in October when our class had a "Family Reunion" at The Great Pumpkin Patch in Hayden, Al. We attended at night hayride, and bonfire wiennie roast our in the cornfields, and once again, it was a wonderful time for our individual families to spend together as well as getting to know each other as brothers and sisters in Christ. That will definatly be a annual event!!!

And the year was ended with an awesome Christmas party planned by Rhonda Shelton and Jenny Brannan. A catered dinner, Dirty Santa and the WHITE ELEPHANT came about during this evening! Isn't if funny how you can really get to know someone by the type of gift they bring to such a function!

All in all, we had a great year! We, as a leadership team, look forward to developing more relationships in our class, and are excited about the vision God has for us all! God is revealing himself to us in many ways, and we ask that you support us by praying for us as we lead, and make decisions for our class. As always, there are many positions available to serve in Family Ties, and we encourage you to get involved!
THANK YOU FAMILY TIES FOR BEING A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE! MAY GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILIES AND OUR CLASS THIS YEAR!