Paul CastelliLead where you’re gifted, serve where you’re needed.

This past Sunday was the 4th Anniversary of Crosspoint Church of Spring Hill. We had the chance to celebrate all God has done in our community through the humble sacrifice and service of His people. It was truly a day to remember. We had a highlight video that showcased the journey. We also had a chance to celebrate all the life change and impact made. And we got here Cody and Jenny’s story of life change. It was an awesome day indeed! Best of all, 8 people accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

I can’t tell you enough at how blown away I am by what God has done. He is faithful to fulfill what He calls us to do. I am reminded of what He has done and what He has in store for us as I read Ephesians 1. I often forget all that God is doing in me and through, but on those moments when I stop and reflect, I am truly humbled. For the next three weeks we will walk with Jesus as we continue to explore our calling and God’s vision for Crosspoint.

I am also encouraged about what is to come. I know that the best that God has in store for me and Crosspoint Church has yet to come. God is doing more then I can ever imagine or fathom. In fact God has been orchestrating His next steps for us before we finished the last ones. And in the life of Crosspoint HE has a really big one coming.

In just a few weeks we will launch our first ever capital campaign to raise funds for land. It is going to be big leep of faith, but I know He is calling us to do it. I know as we continue to serve Him, reach the lost and disciple the saved that we will grow beyond the capacity of current meeting space. I know that in order to reach more people in Spring Hill we are going to need more space and more opportunities for ministry. And with the lack of large commercial property available in our community we will need to buy land and build our future ministry space. And I am stoked about it. I can’t wait to embark on this new journey, it kick offs on September 12, 2010 when we “Seize the Day.”

You do not want to miss out what God has in store for you.

Happy Birthday Crosspoint Church, today is the 4 year anniversary of the church. What an amazing journey it has been. I am cannot believe how far we have come in such a short time. God has truly blessed us beyond what we ever imagined.

I wanted to take a moment to look back at some of the big moments in Crosspoint’s short life:

* Had it’s first meeting on Sept 25, 2005, 12 people

* First Outreach project March 8, 2006

* First launch team gather April 23, 2006 at Chic-fil-A

* First preview service May 14, 2006

* Launched public services on August 13, 2006 at central High School, 149 people in attendance.

* Moved into our first office Jan 1, 2007

* First Baptism Service on Mar 31, 2007

* Small groups launched on Jan 21 2007, with 7 groups

* Added a second Sunday Morning service on Sept 9, 2007

* First Discovery Class Feb. 18, 2007

* Moved to Challenger K8 June 10, 2007

* Sent out first missionary to Africa Jan 17, 2008

* Had 476 people in attendance for Easter March 23, 2008

* Had over 400 in regular attendance for the first time Sept 7, 2008

* Changed service time Sunday Jan 11 ,2009

* Jan 2009 over 300 people signed up for small groups

* Oct 31, 2009 Largest outreach to date with over 1000 people coming to the different the Halloweenie Roast locations

* Easter April 4 2010 largest services ever 793 in attendance

* Largest baptism July 4, 2010, 49 people

Since inception…

257 People have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord & Savior

372 People have rededicated their lives to Christ,

151 People have been baptized, thru the ministry of Crosspoint Church

And all the glory and honor belongs to the Lord God Almighty!!!!!

Happy Birthday Crosspoint Church, today is the 4 year anniversary of the church. What an amazing journey it has been. I am cannot believe how far we have come in such a short time. God has truly blessed us beyond what we ever imagined.

I wanted to take a moment to look back at some of the big moments in Crosspoint’s short life:

* Had it’s first meeting on Sept 25, 2005, 12 people

* First Outreach project March 8, 2006

* First launch team gather April 23, 2006 at Chic-fil-A

* First preview service May 14, 2006

* Launched public services on August 13, 2006 at central High School, 149 people in attendance.

* Moved into our first office Jan 1, 2007

* First Baptism Service on Mar 31, 2007

* Small groups launched on Jan 21 2007, with 7 groups

* Added a second Sunday Morning service on Sept 9, 2007

* First Discovery Class Feb. 18, 2007

* Moved to Challenger K8 June 10, 2007

* Sent out first missionary to Africa Jan 17, 2008

* Had 476 people in attendance for Easter March 23, 2008

* Had over 400 in regular attendance for the first time Sept 7, 2008

* Changed service time Sunday Jan 11 ,2009

* Jan 2009 over 300 people signed up for small groups

* Oct 31, 2009 Largest outreach to date with over 1000 people coming to the different the Halloweenie Roast locations

* Easter April 4 2010 largest services ever 793 in attendance

* Largest baptism July 4, 2010, 49 people

Since inception…

257 People have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord & Savior

372 People have rededicated their lives to Christ,

151 People have been baptized, thru the ministry of Crosspoint Church

And all the glory and honor belongs to the Lord God Almighty!!!!!

Wow, what an awesome Sunday. God moved in a mighty way.
* 6 people accepted Jesus! That’s right we have 6 more brothers and sisters in the faith.
* 3 people recommitted their lives
* We had 8 first guest families and 5 second time guest families.
* Plus our we just hired our new Crosspoint Students director Chris Seitz.

God is doing some amazing things through Crosspoint and the people here. We also had some crazy unexpected news, we found out that we needed to go mobile yesterday, two weeks sooner then expected.

And you guys did awesome, we had first time guests stay after to help. Everyone jumped right in and we were able to tear everything down, load up the trailers and pull before 1pm. Thank you for making that possible.

Since the school needs us to go mobile we are back to regular set up and tear down each week starting this Sunday Aug 8. So if you are on those teams we will need you for your regularly scheduled assignments.

If you would like to be on either of those teams please just email me back I a will get you set up with the team leaders.

In God’s Hands
Pastor Paul

P.S. We are putting together our trailer team to pull our equipment trailers on Sundays, if you have a truck and would be interested in helping please email me or call me (352) 592-7188.

In December of 2009 we partnered with an organization called Water for life. We take clean water for granted but every day thousands die from having no clean water to drink. As part of our annual Christmas offering we were going to help build a well for a village in Liberia Africa.

Here is the story of that village…

Boiwalah Village Location: North 06º 52.926′ • West 10º 17.014′

Almost as if to say, “I’m next,” a pig watched at a distance while Naomi and John waded in the creek at Boiwalah Village for a drink of water. The acting town chief, a teacher from nearby Popota Public School, and another man from the village watched as the children scooped water with their hands. There is no well in Boiwalah Village and the creek is the only source of water for drinking, bathing, cooking, and washing clothes. Likewise, it is the only source of water for three other nearby villages.

There is a church in the town of Boiwalah, but the children who attend school must walk about thirty five minutes each way to go to the public school. People of Boiwalah earn their livelihood by farming: cassava, peppers, and plantain. Maybe some day they will be able to raise farm animals, but right now they only have the one female pig.

Boiwalah and the surrounding village desperately need a clean source of drinking water. Rather than pleading for gifts, the villagers came with their hands out to give a pineapple to the Water of Life assessment team as they were leaving the village. Among the group of people watching as the team left was a mother with infant twins. It is estimated that two thirds of the population of Boiwalah Village are children. Their chances of surviving childhood will be greatly increased through the gift of clean drinking water. Is Boiwalah a village you would like to adopt?

Well we did adopt that village the two others that shared that water source and here is a picture of the dedication service!

Praise God! Way to go Crosspoint Church, I am so proud of your sacrifice to bring clean water and the gospel to those in need.

Hey Crosspoint

Here is an update from Crosspoint Chruch in Nashville to let you know how it is going and what God is doing. It is awesome, take a few minutes to read it, also you can all the churches that have sent teams or send support.

I love it it when the church gets to be the church, Go God!

http://withoutwax.tv/2010/05/20/latest-flood-relief-update/

In God’s Hands

Pastor Paul