We’d like to thank all those who participated in our outreach to the residents, families and kids of Deer Run and Mill Creek this summer.  Over the course of 10 weeks, 350+ CPCC volunteers provided 2,500 lunches, reading, mentoring, games, ice cream, bubbles, popsicles and fun through this lunch program, book club and SNL.  As we’ve built a relationship with these families over the summer we’ve seen kids join Upward leagues, receive school supplies and clothing donations, and get connected with our tutoring program at Heritage elementary school among other things. 

As much as the church has ‘programmed’ a response to the needs of these families we’ve been overwhelmed to see how partners from CPCC have stepped up and simply met needs of others in this community without soliciting our input or help.  This, we truly feel is a great win, when Christ-followers rise up on their own initiative to help those around them with love, grace, basic need assistance and anything in between.

A special thanks to Terrie, Robert, Christy, Laura, Kristine, all our Book Club Reader Leaders and SNL volunteers.

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I love the summer…but I also love a routine.  September does that for me.  It gets me back in a routine.  School is back in full swing and so is Center Pointe. We’re kicking the fall off with a sermon series called Good to Greatest where we’re going to spend four weeks breaking down the Greatest Commandment…to love God with all of our Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength.  God doesn’t call us to be good at the Great Commandment.  We’re called to be great!  Each week, we’ll see how these four components of loving God ties in with our core values as a church to Seek, Study, Serve, and Share Christ.

I know some of you have been on summer hiatus.  It’s time to get back into the routine.  Be here on Sundays so that you can love God with all of your heart and soul.  Find a study environment where you can be stretched to love God with all of your mind.  Maybe it’s an ABF or CORE class on Sunday morning…or a Life Group, Women’s, or Men’s study during the week.  Get involved with a ministry so that you can love God with...

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Well, summer has flown by and the kids start back to school in just a few weeks.  If you want to ensure that time goes fast, then fill up your schedule!  That’s what I did this summer, and now it’s August!  I’m so thankful for the 6-week break from preaching.  I love to preach, but I was ready for a break. Janelle and I spent two days sightseeing in Boston.  We took our kids to Disney World and then to the beach for a few days.  I was able to attend the North American Christian Convention in Indianapolis and was challenged by the preaching there.  I spent three weeks studying, planning, praying, thinking, and dreaming about where God wants to take Center Pointe.  I don’t have all of those answers yet, but it’s like a dot-to-dot picture.  The more dots you connect, the more the visible the picture becomes.  God is beginning to connect some dots for us.

Before I left for my break, our elders committed to setting apart Thursday's in July as a day of prayer and fasting as we seek God’s direction for a strategic...

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This church wide event will take place on Sunday, August 29.  We’ll start the day off right during all Sunday morning services with an exciting family worship experience of high energy worship, drama, and digging into God’s Word as a family!  Our new student minister, Dan McSwain will share a message with us and the student band will lead us in worship.

Parents, plan on coming back to church between 4:30 and 5:30pm for Small Groups Open House.  You will have a chance to meet the small group leaders of your elementary child or jr/sr high school student, check out helpful resources the church provides to parents, and begin a great year together with CPCC as we desire to help put another adult in your child’s life who is saying the same things you are.

Center Pointe Block Party: Skyline will be selling hotdogs, coneys and 3-ways from 5:00 to 7:00pm so plan on bringing money and sharing dinnertime together.

Our block party will also provide entertainment from 5:30 to 7:30pm for kids, students,...

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We are gearing up to kick off small group ministry for kids and students on September 5.  Parents – you have the opportunity to provide strategic, adult relationships for your kids that will affect your child’s life!  We desire more than anything to help parents widen their circle of influence with their children by putting a small group leader in their child’s life who will love and accept them unconditionally, listen to them, pray with them and open God’s Word to show them how to live a life that is Christ-centered.

KidsPointe Ministry: We already have 272 kids registered for HighGear small groups, but we are opening up our registration for anyone who may have missed our June deadline.  Late Registration will be open from August 8 through August 25.  It is so important that you register so we can place your child in a group prior to our kick off date on September 5.  Please click on the elementary link below to register on our website.  Please note that our 10:00am hour of HighGear is closed at this time. ...

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You are invited to be a part of some bridge building this summer… to extend the love of Christ and meet needs in our community. Specifically, we’re inviting you to be a part of the Deer Run and Mill Creek Summer Lunch Program located in West Chester off Smith and Beckett Roads- though you don’t have to bring any food… We’re inviting you to help make an impact on the Children of these complexes by reading with and to them throughout the summer. Literacy in this complex is always a struggle and we all know how important reading and literacy are to an individual child’s development. Your assistance in the afternoons this summer could make a tremendous difference, and you can help one of two ways. First, we want volunteers to host a story time everyday throughout the summer. We plan to have a chapter book read to the kids over the course of a week as they eat lunch on the lawn. We need volunteers that can come for about 30 minutes Monday through Friday (from about 12:15-12:45) for one week any week between June...

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I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to summer…the pool, ice cream, riding bikes with my kids, and making memories with my family.  I’m going to enjoy every minute of it because I know it’s going to go by so fast!

I’m looking forward to the summer as a church family, too.  Beginning Sunday, June 6, we're going to take a journey through the book of James that will take us through August.  There is nothing like studying the Bible verse by verse to foster a deeper understanding of the Word and a richer relationship with the God who wrote it!

As I mentioned from the stage a few Sundays ago, I will be on a preaching break for 6 weeks this summer beginning June 20. A couple of those weeks will be spent vacationing with my family, one week at a conference, and then three weeks will be spent studying, planning, and praying about the upcoming fall. 

I want to be so intentional about joining the work God is doing in this place…not pressing our own agenda, but really discerning what God’s agenda is and jumping on board.  One of the most important parts of my job is to listen well for God’s voice and direction.  It’s difficult to do that when you’re in the middle of the day-to-day grind.  I’m thankful that our elders value that and I’m thankful to have other guys on our staff, who not only have the ability to preach…but the desire as well.  Steve Poston, Keith Wilson, Mark Trinkle, and Jon Weatherly from Cincinnati Christian University will be teaching while I’m out.  It’s going to be a great summer learning from these guys…and learning together.

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Dear Elementary Parents,

We have had an awesome ministry year with your child as they have experienced HighGear Worship and a community of belonging in small groups.  When they’ve stayed with us two hours at KidsPointe, they have experienced hands-on ways of putting into practice the disciplines of becoming more Christ-like (seek, study, serve, and share) in our OverDrive program.

PLEASE NOTE:  May 23th was our last day of small groups and OverDrive until next season.  Please be sure to enroll your child for next year’s small groups by June 6.  OverDrive and HighGear will kick-off a new year on September 5th. 

What should my elementary child do on Sunday mornings beginning June 6th?

We will continue to offer HighGear Worship at both 10:00 and 11:30 for all elementary children on Sunday mornings.  We will combine all elementary children (grades K-5) into one HighGear room for the summer.  All elementary children will meet in the K-3 HighGear worship room which is located on the first...

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Over the past two years, Center Pointe Christian Church has facilitated two short-term trips to the mission field in Jamaica.  Two of the folks who went on both trips would like to share with you some thoughts & experiences as they assisted the Herko Family Mission on their work in Old Harbour…

Barry Shelley explains, “On April 3-11, I had the honor of leading a five-member work trip to Jamaica.  Our team consisted of Terry & Nancy Metzler, Doug Klendworth, Jacen Hendricks & me.  We were privileged to spend Easter Sunday with our brothers and sisters in Christ at the Church of Christ at Old Harbour, with Doug Klendworth leading the communion meditation and Jacen Hendricks leading the offertory.  It was a great morning of worship and praise topped off by a powerful sermon from Brother Tilden ‘Jerry’ Falconer.  I continue to be amazed by the deep faith and spiritual joy in the lives of these brothers and sisters in Christ considering most live in abject poverty. ”

Barry continues, “Over the next five...

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