by Global Impact | Jun 12, 2019 | Global Notes, Perspectives
When I started on staff at Connection Pointe, the most commonly verbalized understanding of missions was a mission trip of 6-10 days. It was touchable and explainable. The second most common understanding of missions was missionaries, a life committed to serving and...
by Global Impact | Jun 5, 2019 | Global Notes
Summer is the busiest time for Global Impact at Connection Pointe. Six global partners will be on campus! Two teams are going to Africa! If you spot one of our global partners during weekend services, introduce yourself and thank them for their ministry. Remember to...
by Global Impact | May 29, 2019 | Global Notes
After Peter cut off Malchus’s ear in the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus told Peter to stop fighting: Put away your sword. Those who use the sword will die by the sword. Don’t you realize that I could ask my Father for thousands of angels to protect us, and he would send...
by Global Impact | May 23, 2019 | Global Notes
One of the things we are working to improve at Connection Pointe is our care for missionaries. We have written guidelines for sending people into cross-cultural missions service, but have few written guidelines to sustain them on the field and receive them back....
by Global Impact | May 16, 2019 | Global Notes
This past weekend our pastor John Dickerson spoke on raising the next generation, encouraging us as parents (and grandparents) to teach our children the ways of the Lord and to live a life that demonstrates those ways. He spoke from Psalm 112: Praise the Lord! How...
by Global Impact | May 7, 2019 | From Dan, Global Notes
Do you know about Ramadan? It is a 30-day period of fasting, one of the five pillars of Islam, observed by Muslims worldwide. Connection Pointe has several partnerships that are involved with Muslims – in the Balkans, Turkey, Middle East, India, and England. There are...