Join us in setting aside Friday of this week for prayer and fasting as we prepare to reflect together on the death of Jesus on behalf of sinners. We will break the fast together at the Good Friday service (7pm) by partaking of the Lord's Table. If you are unable to fast from food for the day...
Next week is a special week. Yes, no week is more or less holy than another, but next week presents the opportunity to join with Christians the world over in giving particular focus to why we are not to be pitied most among men (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:19). As we anticipate giving special focus...
The audio from the session of the marriage seminar, "Christ, Not Kids, at the Center" is now available. Mike & Susan Hanafee shared about how even in the throes of parenting, Christ must remain the central, orienting figure in your marriage. In the first two sessions of the seminar, Mike...
At our members’ meeting last night, we touched on a number of exciting updates: We approved Dwayne & Patricia Provo to join as covenant members; Amy Prange and Margaret Robertson were unanimously voted on to serve as deaconesses; and Pastor JJ announced Jim Gardner as a new elder...
On Saturday, we had the pleasure of hosting Jonathan Holmes, pastor for counseling at Parkside Church, for a seminar on sanctification. Jonathan spent the day teaching through the process and dynamics of biblical change. The audio from all six sessions are now available. Also available is the...
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...
Last night’s Members’ Meeting was an encouraging time, and I wanted to write a quick update for those unable to attend. Perhaps the best part of the evening was seeing Kyo Oh ordained to serve as an elder. For a number of years now Kyo has been serving as an elder “ex...
That’s the title of the chapter from Jeramie Rinne’s book Church Elders that our elders discussed last night. We’re reading through this little book to further grow in the charge we have been given. Rinne made two points in the chapter that especially stood out to me. The...
It's been almost ten years since our last church photo directory, and we'll be doing one again with Lifetouch this fall. If you consider Five Points your church home, please sign up for a photography session during the week of October 6-10. Each participant will receive a...
At the November 2015 Members’ Meeting, the elders will recommend that the congregation approve amendments to our constitution and bylaws and a statement on marriage and sexuality. These amendments and statement are based on recommendations from the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission...