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Rethinking Our Rhythms

Posted by JJ Sherwood on

Our lives and our world underwent dramatic change the past week. We’ve had to reimagine our weekly rhythms, figure out how to work remotely or what to do if we no longer have a job, learn how to partner with schools for online learning, and the list goes on. But times of change are also...

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Tags: discipleship, distraction, home worship

Pastoral Candidacy Resources

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After the worship service on Sunday, August 25, the members of Five Points will vote on whether to call Mike Sherf as our Associate Pastor for Adult Discipleship. Over the past few weeks, we have had several opportunities to interact with and hear from Mike. If you missed any of them, audio...

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Tags: pastor, discipleship, candidate

Pastoral Candidate: Mike Sherf

Posted by Mark Kakkuri on

“So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you...

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Tags: pastor, discipleship, candidate

Introducing a Pastoral Candidate

Posted by JJ Sherwood on

A few weeks ago, we posted an update about how God had been leading in the search for an Associate Pastor of Care and Discipleship to join us in equipping the saints at Five Points to continue serving one another so that we all find our joy in Christ alone by the Spirit to the glory of the...

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Tags: candidate, care, discipleship, pastor

Pray for the Pastoral Search

Posted by JJ Sherwood on

So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for...

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Tags: discipleship, pastoral search, prayer, shepherding

Pursuing Joy in 2016

Posted by Brett Toney on

At our members meeting last week, Dick Mills introduced the 2016 budget the elders will be recommending the congregation approve on December 13. I wanted to provide a little more info about what we are thinking for 2016 and how that is expressed in the budget. The total figure we are...

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Tags: budget, counseling, discipleship, mission, pursuing joy

Why Pursue a Fourth Pastor?

Posted by Brett Toney on

As mentioned in an earlier post, the elders will be bringing a recommendation at Sunday’s Members’ Meeting to approve an increase in our annual budget to allow for us to pursue a fourth pastor to serve at Five Points. Here are four reasons that have informed the elders&rsquo...

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Tags: discipleship, job descriptions, spreading