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Follow Up To “It’s All About Me”

March 15, 2008 in Cross Point Church, Friends, Videos with 4 Comments

I had lunch earlier this week with Chris Nichols. Chris is a good friend that I met here at Cross Point. We don’t get to spend a ton of time together, but when we get the opportunity I always leave feeling as if he has breathed new life into me.

Chris manages some great artists like Starfield and Jeff Deyo. He sent me a link to a series of pod-casts that Jeff is doing and I thought it was a perfect follow up to my earlier post. If you teach or lead worship you should grab a cup of coffee, pull up a chair, and invest the next ten minutes in watching this.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGtk3TLVLLs&hl=en]

Trying to become a better worshiper,

Pete

I can’t wait!

March 13, 2008 in Cross Point Church with 4 Comments

Easter is early this year. As a matter of fact, we won’t celebrate Easter this early again until the year 2228 (220 years from now). For all of you mathematical geeks you can click here to find the methods and equations used to figure these dates out.

Or you could use your time doing something much more productive like inviting someone to one of our Easter celebrations. Here are the links to send an e-invite. Trust me, you won’t want to miss Easter at Cross Point. It’s going to be amazing!

To send an e-invite for the Cross Point Nashville campus CLICK HERE.

To send an e-invite for the Cross Point Dickson campus CLICK HERE.

Can’t Wait for Sunday!

March 6, 2008 in Cross Point Church with 2 Comments

This Sunday at Cross Point we are continuing our new series entitled “Drift”. God has been using this series to totally wreck me. I’m serious, it’s been a long time since God has messed with me like he has over these past few weeks. I’m sure this Sunday will be the same. If you’ve missed any of the series you can go HERE to listen to the first two weeks. If you have a friend looking to get on the “ladder” make sure you bring them this Sunday!

Two Quick Reminders:

Try our new Sunday night service at 6:00 p.m. I’m calling this the “uncensored” service. Attend it and you will see why.

Don’t forget to spring forward. And, since many of you will, I will see you at the 6:00 p.m. service.

Have a great weekend,

Pete

Doing Life Together

March 6, 2008 in Cross Point Church, Friends with 1 Comment

If you attend either one of our Cross Point campuses you know that Community Groups are at the heart of our church. We really believe that community is where sustained life change happens best. Therefore, we never gauge our success as a church based on how many thousands of people we can line up in a row, but how we can circle them up in homes.

Our community group is going through a book entitled “Just Walk Across the Room” by Bill Hybels. It’s been an awesome study that is stretching all of us. But sometimes our greatest moments as a group take place outside my living room. Last week we had a chance to go as a group to support one of our group members whose band was playing downtown. This gave us a great chance to just go and hang out. I love doing life with this group! And by the way…Jay Clementi’s band the “Lucky Bucks” were amazing!

If you attend Cross Point and would like to know how you can plug into one of our community groups you can contact one of the two guys below and they will get you started.

Nashville Campus- Ryan Bult at ryan@crosspoint.tv

Dickson Campus-Chad Roberts at chad@crosspoint.tv

Who are you doing life with? Do you think community is important to your spiritual journey?

pete

I love New Members!

March 5, 2008 in Cross Point Church, Leadership with 1 Comment

For five years I have been teaching the New Members class at Cross Point. It’s a monthly class we offer to those interested in officially becoming a part of the Cross Point family. For some reason, I never get tired of talking about our God given vision of helping people become radically devoted to Christ, irrevocably committed to one another, and relentlessly dedicated to reaching the lost.

Last night we crammed over 30 people into my living room and kitchen as we talked about how they might fit in here at Cross Point. It’s always exciting to hear the stories of what God is doing in their life through our church. I met some amazing people last night. What’s even more exciting to me is that each one of those individuals represent someone that God can use to shape the future of Cross Point. Each one of these individuals represents someone that could use their gifts and abilities to strategically partner with us to create life changing environments.

These are exciting days at Cross Point. This was the third new members class we have offered in the past five weeks in order to accommodate everyone. If your interested in attending, the next one is on April 7th, contact Ashley Warren at ashley@crosspoint.tv

To Judge Or Not To Judge?

February 28, 2008 in Cross Point Church, God, Leadership, Videos with 13 Comments

This past Sunday we launched an exciting new series entitled Drift. We are attempting to have a series of conversations to figure out how and why Christianity has drifted from its original roots.

God has been working me over this week as I have prepared for week 2. As I shared last week, a recent survey asked a group of non-Christians to describe Christianity. 87% of the respondents said they think it’s “judgmental”. This weekend at Cross Point we are going to ask and answer some difficult questions. Are we in fact too judgemental as Christians? Should we play some kind of role in judging others in our society to keep the values of God in the forefront of our culture?

Like it or not there is an overwhelming conclusion being drawn by those outside of the Christian faith that Christians are condemning, critical and judgemental individuals. And even worse, because we represent Christ on earth, they have connected the dots. They not only believe this about us, they believe it about Him.

This subject is overwhelming me these days, so I needed a laugh. You probably need a laugh too, so watch this. I want to make it clear that this video is not making fun of Jesus. This video is making fun of YOU. It’s making fun of ME. It’s pointing out how so many of us have bought into a very unBiblical version of what Christ is really about. This is unfortunately what many people outside of Christianity think about when they think about Jesus. Now, where would they get such an idea?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvMhXh1xH8E&rel=1]

Let’s talk about it,

Pete

I’m So Proud of This Church!

February 24, 2008 in Cross Point Church, Missions with 8 Comments

Yesterday I had the opportunity to serve alongside several hundred volunteers from Cross Point who gave up their Saturday to serve others. We invaded the Nashville Family Shelter with a desire to make a difference.

This particular shelter is the only one in our community equipped to house the entire family. Other shelters often have to split the family up. In addition to housing the families for a certain period of time, they also set up transitional housing for the families until the can get back up on their feet again.

Cross Point did a lot of painting, cleaning, landscaping, and organizing to the main shelter. We also had teams at a couple of the transitional homes doing construction. And last, but certainly not least, we had volunteers who watched the kids back at the church and teams that provided food for everyone at all the sites.

I love watching the church in action. I love watching the church live out their faith. I love watching people use their gifts and abilities to serve the under resourced. I love watching the church being the Body of Christ. I love Cross Point Church.

If you served I want to hear how it impacted you…leave me a comment!

I love being your pastor,

Pete