A few weeks ago I asked you to send me any women’s issues books from a Christian perspective. LifePoint Church partners with a local ministry in our church that ministers weekly in a women’s prison in Nashville. This ministry is faithful each week to go in and be the hands and feet of Christ. They have been in need of books that address the Christian life for women and there specific needs.
You have responded in great ways. I personally received around 100 books that have been given to the director of the ministry. She is in the process of sorting the books and getting them into the library at the prison and into the hands of the ladies she knows. There have been others of you who have given books to the director personally, thank you. I recently received a phone call from my sister in Texas telling me she had a box of books that her church had collected for this outreach. Thank you so much for getting involved. It’s not too late if you still want to jump in on the good things happening.
LifePoint is working hard to follow God on His mission to reach the nations. This is not just a call to cross the ocean but to also cross the street to your neighbor. Hope you enjoy the latest video about The Sending Church. Check out the information concerning the Belgium team.
I would love to help you reduce clutter on your bookshelves, in your closets and on your desk.
I have a way to help you reuse some books that are specifically targeted towards women issues.
I want to ask you to recycle the books you have already read.
I am looking for used (and new) books by Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer, Kay Arthur, Sheila Walsh, Elizabeth George, Nancy Leigh DeMoss and others.
There is a ministry that our church is involved with that works in the women’s prison in middle Tennessee and they are in need of books that help women address issues form a biblical perspective. We can help make a difference by putting the books we have used back into circulation.
If you can help please bring your used books to the church office at LifePoint Church. If you live in another city or state mail your book to LifePoint Church, attn. Kyle Goen, 506 Legacy Dr., Smyrna, TN, 37167.
The Upstream Collective recently published two articles on LifePoint and the Belgium Church Planting team. I am linking those articles here for you to read.
Check out the new article on the Upstream Collective blog. LifePoint is seeking to be a part of a new movement in church planting and missional living and we are thankful for groups like Upstream who are helping us to follow God’s call as individuals and as a church.
I will leave on this Sat. (3/20) with a team of 10 people for Brussels, Belgium. This trip is for the team members who are relocating in January to help start a work of LifePoint Church. We are desiring to see French speakers come to know Christ and multiply churches that will multiply into more churches. Please pray for our team that we will have eyes and ears to see all that God wants us to see. This is the last time any of our team will travel to Brussels before we move there in January 2011. I am planning on updating as often as I can while I am in Brussels. Thanks for following along and for praying for the team and for LifePoint as we seek to follow what we know God has called us toward.
Thank you to all who were part of the Spirit Night at Chick-fil-a in Murfreesboro last night. The boys, Evan and Peyton, were so encouraged by your support and friendship. There was a great sense of community in the store as we laughed and had a good time with friends.
Each year our Helping Hands Ministry sponsors an Angel Tree. Ray King, who leads the Helping Hands ministry, has pre-screened applicants that have children and need help purchasing gifts for Christmas. This year our church has already sponsored 150 children from the Angel Tree. Thank you for helping these kids during the holidays.
But…..there are 150 children still on the tree who need a sponsor. This coming Sunday (Dec. 13) is the last Sunday to pick a child from the tree. I am asking you to jump in and help. The Helping Hands team suggests purchasing a set of clothes and a small toy, nothing elaborate. You can stop by the church office this week and pick up a name also at your convenience. Let’s make sure these kids are sponsored.
Ray King can give you more info @ rking[at]raymondkingjr.com.
The Sending Church Campaign is about to close. We have been in a very unique series for the past 3 weeks @LifePoint Church where Pat has challenged us to be active in the sending process as a church (corporately) and as individuals by giving financially above and beyond our tithe. People have responded overwhelmingly in a positive way with comments about finally realizing the importance of sending to international cities where Christ is not recognized Lord.
One question that continues to be asked and I want to help answer concerns financial partnership with individual missionarieschurch planters from our church. The question has been phrased like this, “If my family is giving to support/partner with a certain family will that money be counted toward the overall goal of $1.5 million dollars the church is raising?” This is a good question and I have a very short and easy answer.
YES!!
Any financial partnership that a LifePoint member/attender makes with one of our church planters on the Bangkok or Belgium teams will be counted as part of the overall goal of $1.5 million. Please make sure and write the family name and country on the commitment card so the financial office can make sure it is directed as desired. You also need to let the church planting family know of the partnership you are desiring with them.
The dollars that are committed to a LifePoint church planting family is designated to that family as salary support. Any dollars that are committed to The Sending Church Campaign that are not designated to a church planting family will go toward ministry budgets and the planting of future local and international churches/campuses.
I am looking forward to turning in our family’s commitment card and bringing an initial offering this Sunday. Join with us as Lifepoint “sends the church to be the church where there is no church.”
We are excited to invite you to a day of dialogue, learning and catalyzing a movement for the Kingdom across the globe. The Sending Church is a growing conversation of how the local church can be the center point for missions sending — sending the church to be the church where there is no church. Pastors, Church Planters, Missions Guys and Church Leaders will have the opportunity to hear and interact with leaders who are developing strategies and practical steps for how the church can reach the unreached in the coming decades.
