Leadership Meeting

Hello, everyone!

I want to give each of you a personal invitation to join us on THIS Friday night at the home of Jenny Barrett for a leadership meeting. If you are the least bit interested in serving in some capacity in our class, please join us at 6:30. We need apprentices in all areas from outreach to socials to teaching to making sure we have breakfast supplies each week. A meal will be served, so all you need to bring is a few bucks. Let either Jenny or myself know if you will be coming so we can be sure that we have enough food! We hope to see each and every one of you there as we plan how to better reach just one more and connect with God, each other, and our world!

Have a great week!

Much love to each of you!

Rhonda

GUYS NIGHT IN

Friday night, March 9th at 6:30
At the home of Jason Prickett
1075 Summit Ridge Way - Odenville

Bring money for food! Will order in!

If you have not signed up in class, please comment here!

GRAND OPENING OF ADULT EDUCATION WING

Once again, Sunday was a GREAT day in the life of CrossPoint and our "FAMILY". Thank you all for coming this past week, and we expect you will return this Sunday. Take a look at the slide show below and hopefully you'll get to know a few new faces. Do you have a JUST 1 MORE to invite to class???? Who will you help CONNECT TO GOD, GOD'S PEOPLE, AND GOD'S PLAN?

Bible Study

HELP US DECIDE!

We are looking for new Bible Study Topics to use in class in the coming months, and we want to know what you, the class members, would like to learn more about.

Is there a study you've always wanted to do??

Is there a topic that you've always wondered how the Word of God speaks about?

Financial? Parenting? Witnessing? Social issues? Salvation? Marriage? Serving the Lord? Personal Devotions?

The possiblities are endless!

We are asking for your opinions, thoughts, and suggestions on what Family Ties can offer in our Class Study to help reach JUST 1 MORE for Christ!

Leave a comment here on this post and give us your thoughts!

(remember, you can be annonymous, or sign in and leave your name, it's up to you!)

HOORAY!

WASN'T IT A GREAT DAY IN BIBLE STUDY?!?!?!?!

We had an awesome day in the life of CrossPoint as we opened the new Adult Education Wing of our campus today. Family Ties had a personal attendance goal for this special day and we came pretty close. On average our class runs about 30 in attendance, but today's attendance totalled a grand number of ........... (drum roll please...........)

51 PEOPLE!

Family Ties! YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB!!!!

Thank you ALL for coming and helping to make this day a record in the life of our class, as well as the life of CrossPoint. Keep checking the blog this week for pictures of our awesome day!

What did you think about our new classroom today??? What would you like to see happen in our class as we continue to "grow smaller" as we make room for JUST 1 MORE?

Leave a comment on the blog and let us know your thoughts!!!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY, WE MISSED YOU! WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR YOU IN CLASS NEXT SUNDAY, FEB. 25TH!!!

REMINDER!!!!!

Are you READY?

Family Ties class moves to it's NEW classroom this Sunday, February 18th!

We will be in the NEW Adult Education Building, on the Lower Level, Room E106.

Who have you invited?

Do you have your "JUST 1 MORE"?

We need YOU to be there and invite a guest to help our Family Ties Bible Study Class

reach our goal of 65 people in Bible Study!

This day also serves as our once a quarter

"SUNDAY FUN DAY"

in Family Ties, so you don't want to miss out on all the fun!

This will be an eventful day in the life of CrossPoint!

DON'T MISS OUT!!!

Suggestions Box

What are YOUR thoughts?

We want to give you a voice in what goes on in Family Ties. Having your input will better help the Leaders of our class know how to serve you and the community best. If you have an idea, or a suggestion for our class , please post a comment here. Tell us what we're doing right, and what we can do better! We want to know!

(you can leave it annonymos so noone will know who you are.)

Give us your thoughts!

Topics to consider:

How do you feel about the Care Groups and how they function?

What Socials would you like to see our class do?

What keeps you from attending socials? (time of day, childcare issues, no interest & if so, why?)

What type of lessons would you like to have taught in class? (i.e. financial studies, personal study, family study, what does the Bible say about social issues?)

How can we better serve and invite JUST 1 MORE to Family Ties Bible Study!

We look forward to reading your thoughts!

Leadership Community

Leadership Community

&

Family Conference

Sunday, February 11

6:00 PM

Topic: CONNECT-Applying the CrossPoint Process

Now that we have identified the CrossPoint Process for reaching

JUST ONE MORE

to become a fully devoted follower of Christ,

it is time to start developing the many

ways we apply our process.

Family Conference Immediately following LC

New CrossPoint WebSite!

Have you guys seen the new CrossPoint WebSite???

It's looking really good!

Check it out:

www.crosspointchurch.info

How are YOU "Connecting"?

Over the last few weeks, and for the whole year to come, Bro. Ryan will be preaching on the “Process” of CrossPoint. Do you know what it is yet?

Connect to God. Connect to God’s People. Connect to God’s Plan.

What stage of the process are you in? Connecting with God is the first stage and you do that through 1. Personal Worship (your daily walk) and 2. Corporate Worship (coming to worship services on Sunday morning). Many Christians are connected to God in those ways. The second stage is Connecting with God’s people by being involved in a Bible Study class at CrossPoint. If a “CrossPointer” is not plugged into a Bible Study class at CrossPoint, then they are not yet connected to what God is doing at CrossPoint. Only coming to the Worship Hours at church does not allow you to connect to what is going on at CrossPoint~you have to be involved in a Small Group, or a Bible Study class, to connect with God’s people. And it’s through the help of our Bible Study classes that we become connected to the third stage of the CrossPoint Process and that is Connect With God’s Plan. As Bro. Ryan says, God’s plan is SIMPLE: He wants you to be a minister in His church and a missionary in this World. You have to have a place of service at CrossPoint, and a mission to serve the world.

So where are YOU? Have you accomplished the first step? If you’re reading this blog, it is likely that you are actively participating in our Bible Study class, so you are CONNECTING TO GOD’S PEOPLE. And if you have a place of service at CrossPoint…then you’re done, right?
WRONG!
The process doesn’t stop with you completing the third stage…you now have to go and find JUST ONE MORE to help them CONNECT With God, CONNECT With God’s People, and CONNECT With God’s Plan. So, here is what we ask of you: How are YOU connecting? If you’ve completed the three stages, WHO is your Just 1 More? Be thinking of who God wants you to connect with: at CrossPoint, at work, in your family, in your neighborhood, a friend, or a total stranger. Be prayerful of the person God wants you to reach out to. A great opportunity to invite them to Family Ties is coming up on our “PACK ‘EM IN” Sunday, February 18th. We want to have a record attendance in class on that day, and it’s up to YOU to make that happen. REACH OUT and invite someone to class-anyone! Someone you haven’t seen in a while, someone who is searching for a church home, someone you work with, someone in your family, and especially someone who is lost! It’s your job to help them begin the process:
Connect with God,
Connect with God’s people,
Connect with God’s plan.

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!

FROM OUR "FAMILY" TO YOURS...

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From the Mouths of Babes - Part Deaux

LOT'S WIFE
The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Jason interrupted, "My Mummy looked back once, while she was driving," he announced triumphantly, "and she turned into a telephone pole!"

GOOD SAMARITAN
A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan, in which a man was beaten, robbed and left for dead. She described the situation in vivid detail so her students would catch the drama.Then, she asked the class, "If you saw a person lying on the roadside, all wounded and bleeding, what would you do?" A thoughtful little girl broke the hushed silence, "I think I'd throw up."

DID NOAH FISH?
A Sunday school teacher asked, "Johnny, do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark?""No," replied Johnny. "How could he, with just two worms."

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
A Sunday School teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible; Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the verse. Little Rick was excited about the task -- but, he just couldn't remember the Psalm. After much practice, he could barely get past the first line. On the day that the kids were scheduled to recite Psalm 23 in front of the congregation, Rickey was so nervous. When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and said proudly, "The Lord is my Shepherd, and that's all I need to know."

BEING THANKFUL
A rabbi said to a precocious six-year-old boy, "So your mother says your prayers for you each night? Very commendable. What does she say?" The little boy replied, "Thank God he's in bed!"

TIME TO PRAY
A pastor asked a little boy if he said his prayers every night.. "Yes sir," the boy replied."And, do you always say them in the morning, too?" the pastor asked."No sir," the boy replied. "I ain't scared in the daytime."

SAY A PRAYER
Little Johnny and his family were having Sunday dinner at his Grandmother's house. Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served.When little Johnny received his plate, he started eating right away."Johnny wait until we say our prayer.""I don't have to," The boy replied."Of course, you do," his mother insisted. "We say a prayer, before eating, at our house.""That's our house," Johnny explained. "But this is Grandma's house and she knows how to cook!"