Stop and smell the roses

I truly love this time of year. The trees and flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and the weather feels so good. I encourage you to join with me and enjoy this beautiful season of life. Yes, stop and smell the roses, relax and let go. God is painting a beautiful picture all around us for our enjoyment. Sometimes He wants us to simply slow down and enjoy Him and His creation.

New Stuff

I wanted to let you know about our new name. As you may know, we had another church that could not stand to share the name NorthPoint Ministries with us. Even though we only called ourselves NorthPoint, all of our official documents called us NorthPoint Ministries of Alabama Inc. We are now NorthPoint Christian Connections Inc. I like that, connecting people to people and then to God! We are working on our new logo because the other church wanted that changed as well. I look forward to sharing that with you soon. Remember, God loves you very much and He wants a relationship with you.

Another Day In Paradise

When I say another day in paradise I am simply meaning I had to go back to work today. It was a good day, just wish I was on vacation another week. Ashley and I had another great week in Gatlinburg and can not wait until we can go back again. As for the church, we have agreed to change our registered name and logo. We are trying to be Kingdom minded about all of this. We are NorthPoint, and that will not be changing. I will tell you more about all of that later. Check back with me in a couple of days as I hope to share with you some news about our meeting place. In the mean time, keep it real!

Gatlinburg here we come!!!

Just want to let everyone know that Ashley and I are leaving to go on vacation. With all of the Church planting stuff, we really need it. Please pray for us as we travel and continue to pray for NorthPoint. See Ya !

I wanted to update you on the building situation. We've been praying about a building that we would share with another church, but it did not work out. It seems that most of the owners of the buildings in Fultondale, and the schools, do not want to allow a church into their facilities. This negative news was just another set back for us in the same week as the church in Georgia name and logo problem. We have all had those weeks! So instead of getting all frustrated I decided to go out and treat myself to ice cream too celebrate. I know that sounds crazy, but the Bible tells us to give thanks in all things. So I felt that it was better to praise God because He has something better for us. I do wish He would hurry though being that the clock is counting down fast for the launch date. But God is in control and I choose to follow His time table.

At the first of the week we were contacted by a church in Georgia that utilizes a similar name and logo as ours. They strongly requested that we change ours, so we agreed to change our logo. That did not satisfy them, they want us to change our name. We have explained to them that God inspired us to be NorthPoint and we have invested too much in that name to change it. It is truly sad that a church in another state, over 3 hours away, seem to be more concerned about a name then they do connecting and making a difference for the Kingdom of God. Many churches across the country, use the same name, including ones similar to ours. We hate that we have had to spend so much time on this, but we ask for your prayers for the other church that has contacted us. We pray that God will speak peace to their hearts and bless their ministry.