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​CrossPoint Community News 10/25/2024

by | Oct 25, 2024 | Announcement, CrossPoint Community Ministry, FrontPage-News | 0 comments

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Brothers and Sisters in Christ,   
 
     35 years old! CBCGL is 35. And this Sunday, October 27, we are getting the family together! Join the annual congregational meeting in the Main Sanctuary beginning at 1:30 pm. You can vote for elder and deacon candidates right after our service ends or even as early as 9 am (so between Sunday School and Sunday service). There are 6 people up for election, 3 as elders and 3 as deacons. I’m looking forward to seeing you there! (Note: You can come, even if you’re not a member.) 
 
     Also, on November 3, Fall Back. It’s Daylight Savings time – so set your clocks back before you go to bed and get an extra hour of sleep before you come to worship on November 3. 
 
     Also, on the weekend of November 9 and 10, the missions committee and I would like you to encourage you to attend CBCGL’s Mission Conference. Here’s the announcement from the Missions Deaconness – Shufen Chen. 
     “The 2024 Missions Conference will be held from November 9 to November 10. We are honored to invite Rev. James Taylor, the president of Taiwan’s China Evangelical Theological Seminary, as our keynote speaker. This year’s theme is “Be a Shining Lamp.”  
     Additionally, we have invited three missionaries—Pastor Shi Jianchuan, Pastor Zhou Lihua, and Minister Peter Wong—to share their experiences and testimonies in the mission field. We will provide a children’s program and translation services (Chinese to English) on Saturday. The poster includes a QR code for registration, and we encourage all brothers and sisters to sign up [so we can get a headcount for lunch on Saturday.] 
     Schedule: 
     November 9 (Saturday)       November 10 (Sunday) 
     Time: 9:45 AM – 2:30 PM    Time: 9:45 AM – 12:30 PM” 
 
*Please note that the activities on Sunday will be in Mandarin only, with no translation to English. Also, the CrossPoint Community service will be in the Fellowship Sanctuary on November 10th, with Dr. Paul Biswas (Founding Pastor of International Community Church, former missionary in Muslim dominated countries in South Asia). 
 
Also, my hope is that I will be able to connect with each of you, our members, in the coming months. I am once again aiming to set up meetings with you to see how you are doing, to see what you’re involved in, and how I can be praying for you specifically. So if you get an e-mail or text or message from me, you’re not in trouble. I am just working at getting to know and support you, the beloved members of CrossPoint Community. 
 
Please continue to pray for the nations of Israel and Ukraine and South Sudan. Pray that the wars would end. Here is a suggested list of prayers if you are at a loss for words in how to pray: https://send.org/story/hh_pray_for_ukraine. And https://worldrelief.org/blog-prayer-for-israel-and-gaza/ Thank you for kneeling on behalf of the people of Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Gaza and Lebanon, Sudan and South Sudan, and taking a stand (or a knee in prayer) against the forces of darkness in this present age. 

This Week (Oct. 25-31, 2024):

1. Tonight, Oct. 25, 2024, the Living Stones Friday Night Bible Study is meeting from 7:30-9:30 to study the topic of “Family Responsibility”. You can read Genesis 4 to prepare in advance. Join in person in Room A-218 or online via the following link at 7:30 pm:

https://zoom.us/j/685376249?pwd=cWtyUk1pckJiRHJxZVZCSGdJZWw2UT09
Meeting ID: 685 376 249
Password: 840840
Join by phone:  +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)

Also, the Bible Study group John is leading will be meeting this week (Oct. 25)

2. CrossPoint Community Sunday School meets this Sunday – October 27 in the Koinonia Room (A-216). We are continuing our study of Church History, looking at the time beyond the dark ages. We will use the following link for those who wish to join online this Sunday:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/491248585?pwd=RnpLcnpjQ01nTGZLSmhaZ3l4L3dKQT09
Meeting ID: 491 248 585 
Password: 403767 
Join by phone: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)  

3. This Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, at 11:25 am, our CrossPoint Community Worship Service will start and Pastor Steven Chin will be preaching. Pray for him! Join us for worship at CBCGL!

Text: Genesis 39
Title: Winning the War Within
Live stream via Youtube: https://www.cbcgl.org/live-stream/

4. Each Wednesday, such as this coming week (October 30) at 7:45 pm, you are invited, encouraged, and requested to join our weekly prayer meeting. We will not grow in Christ without growing in our dependence on God through prayer. In October, we will be praying with a focus on caring for others. The link is found below in the section on prayer.

Administration / Events

1. We have a missions update (so check out the missions tab in the bulletin)! You can provide support for James Liang (at UConn), and pray for the Havlicek family serving the people of the Mixe language group in Oaxaca, Mexico. This summer, they had the opportunity to return to the States for a brief (6 week) visit and are excited to be back in Oaxaca. If you’d like to help with providing mission updates – let Pastor Nathan know!

2. CPCM has reserved the Multi-Purpose Room on Saturday’s from 1:30 to 4PM for sports. We can play any game: Ping-pong, badminton, pickleball, volleyball, basketball; we can do it all. The room is reserved only for CPCM members, so it is highly likely you will have lots of space and time to play whatever you want. The goal is to build deeper bonds through shared interest and activity. The contact person is Joshua Zhang.

3. Sunday Lunch Service is available at CBCGL with $5 lunches that are first-come, first-served. Pizza is $2 per slice and Ramen is available (priced variously according to size).

4. Women’s Bible Study – “KEEPING IT VERTICAL” meets the first and third Tuesday of each month to learn, share and grow in the Lord. We are studying the Fruit of the Spirit. Come join us and meet new friends and bring more friends along! Contact jeannemic50 (at) icloud.com

5. Save the Date: October 27, from 1:30 to 3:30 pm, CBCGL will hold its 35 Annual Congregational Meeting. As a member, your attendance and participation are expected and encouraged. We look forward to seeing you there, as we vote for Elder and Deacon Candidates, welcome new members, and hear reports from different ministries in our church.

6. Save the Dates: November 9 and 10 will be a time for CBCGL to hold a Mission Conference, with speaker Dr. Jamie Taylor (Great, great grandson of Hudson Taylor) and President of China Evangelical Seminary (in Taiwan).

7. Also, the once-every-three years Chinese Missions Convention is being held again in Baltimore, MD, December 26-29, 2024. Here is a link with more information about the English track: https://www.thecmc.org/

8. All other announcements can be found here (in our CrossPoint Community bulletin).

For Prayer:

1. From Bishop J.C. Ryle – “To be prayerless is to be Christless, Godless, and in the high road to destruction…It will always be found that when prayers are few, grace, strength, peace, and hope are small.” Please join our Wednesday night prayer meeting (7:45 – 9:15 pm) even if you can’t participate the whole time.

https://zoom.us/j/758587937?pwd=aS9sZUdxcm1janNNM2I2aXJ6Smx2QT09
Meeting ID: 758 587 937
Password: 030086
Join by phone: +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)

2. We’d be glad to pray for you. If you need prayer, you can submit your prayer request via the following link: https://www.cbcgl.org/pray/

In Christ, your servant, SDG,
Rev. Dr. Nathan Willems
Associate Pastor of CrossPoint Community – A Ministry of CBCGL