In his blog, Shawn wrote about “TRANSITIONS” ... That can be a big word ... At least when it comes to the implications of the word.   Our family knows full well the implications of the word transitions.  The two and a half years since we first came to Center Pointe have been filled with interesting and unpredictable transitions.  And as Shawn mentioned on Sunday and in his blog, we are entering another one of those transitions.  I say “we” because the transition from Student Minister to Executive Minister is a transition for our whole family.

When I told our kids about the transition, our daughter Kate said, “That’s weird!”  In fact, she said it about four or five times in the course of our conversation.  It was as if she was trying but unable to get her mind to process the idea that I wouldn’t be the Student Minister.  For our kids, that is a foreign idea.  That is all they’ve known.  For their entire lives, that’s what I’ve been.

The reality is that it’s a foreign idea for me.  For my entire adult...

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Thanks to the hard work of many volunteers, we are wrapping up the Student Center project.  Sunday, November 8th @ 10:00 am  is our target to resume our Sunday morning AXIS program for Jr. High & High School students.  There is still a lot of work to be done in order to make it and we can use your help.   Work will be going on Saturday 10/31 beginning @ 9:00 am, Sunday afternoon beginning @ 2:00pm and probably every afternoon / evening next week ... We are also planning to work on Saturday 11/7 starting @ 9:00am... If you have some availability during any of those times we would love to have your help.  The more help we have, the more quickly  and completely we can finish the project and open the space up to all it’s normal ministry groups.  We can use both skilled and unskilled help... For more info or to volunteer, contact Steve Poston

STUDENT CENTER OPEN HOUSE Saturday, November 21st from 7:00 – 8:30 pm We invite all Jr. High & High...

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We are about to begin several long-overdue projects to update and fix up the Student Center.  These include a redesign of the stage, replacement of carpet, video projection upgrades, drywall repair and painting ... With these projects, there is likely to be several weeks in which the Student Center area is not usable for programming. Schedules and timelines are currently being developed for these projects.  We hope to begin in the next week or so and complete the projects sometime in September. 

As these projects get underway, we will communicate any changes or cancellations of regularly scheduled programming as early and effectively as we can.  We ask for you flexibility and understanding as we move forward with these projects. 

We are also seeking volunteers with skills in carpentry, electrical, carpet installation, drywall repair, and painting.  In addition, we can use not-so-skilled volunteers who can come and provide help to the skilled labor folks. If you are willing to help with the project...

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This summer we have had two interns who have served with us at Center Pointe Christian Church.  We introduced Joe Dore and Brad Shelley in late May during graduate recognition Sunday and they have been hard at work ever since.  Let me give you a quick glimpse into the contributions these guys have made to our ministries in the months that have followed.

Joe has developed curriculum and taught our Jr. High ministry on Sunday mornings, led Jr. High Bible Study on Thursdays, planned lunch and activities for both High School and Jr. High Bible Studies each week, participated in video promos for SNL, been a part of the adult teams for CIY Move and Know Sweat, helped plan other events, and been the connection point for parents and students as they paid and turned in forms for CIY conferences and events. He’s also filled in administrative gaps since our Student Ministry Assistant, John Goulding left the staff at the end of May to join the Axis Church Team.

Brad came to us last Fall with a desire to come...

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WOW!  That’s the only way I can say it ... WOW!  We just had over 30 sixth grade students and their families at our 6th grade Crossover this past Sunday.  It’s an event that celebrates the 6th graders’ time in Children’s Ministry and connects them to Student Ministry ... Tammy and Mandy and their whole team have done such a great job of pouring into these students and laying a spiritual foundation in them.  Now as they enter student ministry, they enter a crucial juncture in their journey.  In the next six years, they will face the challenge of developing an independent faith – one that knows how to feed itself and can stand on it’s own, apart from the faith of their parents.  A faith that is ready to withstand the storm of college academia and humanistic philosophies of our world.

The following excerpt from a Prison Fellowship Breakpoint article I recently read sheds some light on the challenges they face ...

From the double-edged sword of new technologies to the omnipresent media, today’s teens...

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Tonight I had the opportunity to attend the Easter Pageant at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville.  I had been twice in past years and was amazed, touched, and inspired by the portrayal of the story of Jesus.  Having drawn as many as 75,000 visitors a year for the annual performance, they took a year off to totally redesign and rewrite the pageant, so I was particularly anxious to see what it would be like after 2 years of preparation.  It was complete with a cast of hundreds, a live orchestra and choir of over 300 voices, special effects, a film sequence displayed on a pair 50’ x 28’ screens, a revolving stage and live animals.  The musical score was specially commissioned and developed by two composers... It was all there … and yet somehow, I found myself uninspired… I sat trying to focus, but found myself comparing it to the previous pageant and its impact on me.  In my mind, I was critical of the music, the difficulty in viewing one of the screens from where my seat was located, and several other aspects...

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