BIRTHDAYS IN JULY

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PARENT’S NIGHT OUT Friday, July 18 | 6:00 PM-9:30 PM

Dinner will not be provided. Please send food for your children or feed

them before. We are still in need of childcare volunteers for the night.

RSVP to Jared and Aimee Price at price1211@gmail.com if your children

will be attending or if you can help with childcare.

HOME GROUPS The purpose of a home group is to provide an opportunity for Christian

relationships to develop within our congregation.

WEDNESDAY

5:30 PM | The Whitehead Home | 70737 | 677-8139 5:30 PM | The Taylor Home | 70817 | 223-0881 6:00 PM | The Curry Home | 70816 | 241-3855 6:30 PM | The Shoff Home | 70769 | 677-8553 6:30 PM | The Morrison Home | 70810 | 761-1635

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP STUDY Sunday Mornings | 9:00 AM

This study answers the question: Why join a church? By seeing the

scriptural reasoning for becoming a church member, we will also

learn what it looks like to be a healthy member of the body and how

to serve in our congregation. We hope you will join us as we study

together.

ESL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Sunday Nights at 5:45 PM | Classroom Building 1

Volunteers are needed to teach English as a Second Language. We

will offer all levels of classes for those wanting to learn to speak

English. No teaching experience necessary to be involved in this

ministry. Please contact Michelle at michellemarie@eatel.net if you

are interested.

CHILDREN’S MISSION’S DAY Tuesday July, 8 | 9:30 AM | at CrossPoint

Children grades 1-5 will learn more about missions and have a

chance to help local and global ministries and missionaries.

FINANCIAL REPORT FOR MAY 2014 Tithes and offerings for May were $39,719.42, while expenses were

$40,021.75 resulting in a deficit for the month of $302.33.

Through May, tithes and offerings for the year are $212,723.62, while

expenses are $226,280.49, resulting in a deficit of $13,356.87. Tithes

and offerings have averaged $42,544.73 while all expenses

averaged $45,256.10.

Tithes and offerings for 2014 have equaled $212,723.62. They

equaled $241,637.31 during 2013 for the same time period. Tithes

and offerings for 2014 are $28,913.69 less than 2013.

3 Katherine Phipps

7 Traci Stansbury

9 Jamey Smith

9 Jamie-Clare Curry

9 Sam Prewitt

11 Chloe Castello

13 Erik Cooper

14 Mary Trevillion

15 Julie Brown

16 Dianne Paul

19 Kennedy Eschete

22 Marguerite Paulk

23 Jim Edmonson

23 Victoria Phelps

23 Madelyn Jones

26 Brennan Durand

27 Jacob Whitehead

29 Kory St. Pe

31 Jonathan Moore

31 Adam Courtney

HELPING CROSSPOINT COMMUNICATE

To help foster better communication at CrossPoint, please take

complaints or concerns to Tim Tullos, Moderator of the Management

Team, at (225) 892-7991.

ANNUAL REVIVAL AT LCIW October 3-5

If you are interested in serving this year, please contact Michelle

Bordelon at michellemarie@eatel.net. We will be collecting gift boxes

again this year. The following items are needed for each gift box,

please only bring items for a completed gift box. Do not bring several

of the same item. Each "box" can be tied up in a plastic bag.

Shampoo with conditioner (2-in-1 combination)- 12.5- 20oz. in

plastic bottle

Solid or roll-on women's deodorant (2- 3.5oz) in plastic bottle

Lotion (8-11oz size) in plastic bottles. No pump, tube or "specialty"

lotions such as Bed Bath & Body Works.

Toothpaste (6 -9oz size) major name brands and individually

boxed

Toothbrush- adult size, in original, individual factory sealed wrap-

ping; 1 toothbrush per wrapper.

Bar of soap (4 -6oz size) no specialty soaps

Ball point pen - blue or black ink, stick pen with top; no springs or

clickers

1 pair white crew socks - for women (no ankle or no show socks).

Remove all plastic tags, paper etc. and fold together as pair.

CROSSPOINT 101 Sunday, July 27 | 9:00 AM

Interested in becoming a member? Here you will learn more about

what we believe and the various ministries at CrossPoint. Call

752-2400 to register.

FATHER/SON LASER TAG Monday, July 14

Fathers and sons are invited to join us for a fun night of laser tag at

Quarters.

WITH SYMPATHY

CrossPoint extends Christian sympathy to Kathy Gill and family in the

loss of her mother, Mary Evelyn Roland.

CHILDREN’S WATER DAY Thursday, July 24 | 10:00 AM

Be ready to get soaked as we have fun in the sun. We will play water

games, have a slip n slide, and have lots of fun. Come wearing your

swimsuit and bring a towel and change of clothes. Families are

welcome to join us.

REMINDERS Church Office Closed for Independence Day | Friday, July 4

Youth Camp | Sunday July 6 - Saturday, July 12

Pre-K Trip to Lil’ Bambinos | Tuesday, July 8 | 10:00 AM

Deacons’ Meeting | Tuesday, July 8 | 6:30 PM

Girls’ Mission Camp | Monday July 14 - Friday, July 18

Management Team Meeting | Tuesday, July 15 | 6:30 PM Pre-K & Children’s Trip Children’s Museum | Thursday, July 17 | 10:00 AM

Pre-K Trip to Splash Park | Tuesday, July 29 | 10:00 AM

THANK YOU Thank you so much for your prayers and generous acts of kindness

shown to us during Gary's illness and passing. The love and

compassion shown to us by our CrossPoint family helped make his

very difficult journey more bearable - all to God's glory. What a

wonderful blessing to be surrounded by such a caring faith family.—

Sharron Cook & family

Thank you so much for the generous gift of diapers that you sent for

Rosie.—Neal, Stephanie, Maya & Rosie Jones

The family of Mary Roland sincerely thanks everyone for the lovely

reception following Momma’s Memorial Service. You provided an

abundance of delicious desserts and to each one we say, “Thank

you so much and God bless you for your kindness.” We were so

appreciative to have a venue where our family and friends could

visit and share memories of Momma and enjoy a family video. Thank

you too for the cards, phone calls, texts and emails. Your expressions

of sympathy have helped us “carry on.” CrossPoint, you should know

that Nick was truly an outstanding gentle shepherd during the whole

process literally leading and guiding us through with wisdom and

compassion. He very clearly shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Please

pray that those present will be changed by what they heard.—Kathy

Gill, Richard, Chris, Sarah, Chuch & Ron

Praise! The good Lord got me through treatment, and I am grateful

to be here worshipping in church today! Thank you all for your sweet

cards, texts, emails, calls, hugs and especially your prayers! They

helped!—Patti Collins

SUMMER NIGHTS

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CROSSPOINT BAPTIST CHURCH

14965 Airline Highway | Baton Rouge, LA | 225-752-2400 | crosspointchurch.org

Nick Taylor, Senior Pastor

Drew Dilday, Associate Pastor

Al Jones, Elder

David Morrison, Elder

Gay Ann Tate, CrossPoint School Director

Sherry Wilson, Minister to Pre-School Children

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

The Lord has blessed CrossPoint with another successful

Vacation Bible School! It brought me great joy to see His mighty hand

move in each child's life throughout the week, which was made

possible through the awe-inspiring talents and efforts of the

volunteers. If you had the opportunity to attend any daytime or

parent’s night activities, you undoubtedly witnessed how talented of

a staff we had this year! With over two hundred children enrolled, I

knew it would be difficult on the workers with such a large group. I

prayed earnestly that the right people would be in the right place for

God's will to be done. There is not enough thanks or praise I can give

for the helpers and volunteers. Vacation Bible School was successful

because of you!

Moses began our week's journey by leading the Israelites out of

Egypt and away from the army of Pharaoh by crossing the Red Sea,

where some of our tribe members even got wet! The lesson, “Where

God Guides, God Provides”, is one that is true for adults as well as

children. Crafts, snacks and music were coordinated with the Bible

story in order to reinforce the lesson as much as possible each day.

On Tuesday we focused on the needs of the people where God

provided food in the wilderness. The kids pretended to eat manna

and quail in the form of Frosted Flakes and Peeps. By Wednesday

they battled with the Amalekites, where God once again provided

strength. Moses reminisced the Passover and taught the children

about the “perfect lamb” that would save them. It truly brought tears

to my eyes when I watched them paint blood on the doorpost and

put all their trust in the Lord and His salvation. This really made the

story come to life! What’s more, over two hundred children heard the

message of the gospel on Thursday. I loved receiving texts and

emails from parents about how their children were asking deep,

serious questions about what they had heard. Please continue to

pray that the Holy Spirit moves in their lives. Friday wrapped up our

week with the Ten Commandments and how we are instructed to

follow and obey God always.

Last, but definitely not least, was our mission focus. Our fabulous

group of kids and parents raised over $1000 for the World Hunger

Fund! Mrs. Diane taught the children about her travels and mission

trips, showed them pictures and gave them scripture references

about how we are to minister to those in need. It was such a treat to

hear the children talking about how their dollar could feed one

hungry child three whole meals that day! The mission offering far

surpassed my original goal to feed one child three meals a day for

an entire year. God is good!

What a blessing it was to coordinate this fantastic outreach! It

was a lot of hard work, but also one of the most rewarding weeks of

my life. I look forward to helping coordinate this event again next

year. Better start ordering new materials soon!...

Trisha Prewitt

Prayer Walk & Children’s Missions Activities

Sunday, July 13 | 5:30 PM While the adults are prayer walking, the children will

join Emma in CEB. We will learn the importance of

prayer and how we can pray for our community here

in Baton Rouge and our global community.

CrossPoint Summer Olympics

Sunday, July 27 | 5:30 PM Can you leap tall buildings with a single bound? Can

you lift cars with one hand? Can you swim across the

Atlantic Ocean? No? Then you're exactly who we're

looking for to compete for the gold in the 2014

CrossPoint Summer Olympics! Join us for a night that will

require you to use skills you never knew you had. Are

you ready?

PICNIC

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Sunday, July 20 | 12:00 PM We will host an outreach fellowship with food,

inflatables, water games and other activities! We will

invite families from our community over the next few

weeks. Plan to be a part of this event!