COVID Update
Happy Friday, Church Family! It’s going to be a beautiful weekend in Houston, Texas. As you prepare for worship this Sunday, I want to call your attention to our COVID policies, which can be found in full here. Governor Greg Abbott announced this week that his mandatory mask mandate…
What’s Next?
Before we begin, I want you to know that on Saturday, September 19, we are hosting a Hurricane Laura Supply Drive on our Crosspoint Church-Bellaire campus from 9am-12pm. This is an effort in partnership with Southwest Houston United Responds (SHUR) and Houston Responds. Please visit relief.cityrise.org for a list of approved donation items and even…
Dynamic Faith
I’m thankful for you and all our teams who have planned and participated with excellence during this season of new things. I am additionally thankful that we’ve been able to adapt Sundays and some of our events to new formats. VBS has been a mainstay for decades in our kids,…
Being Doers of the Word
On Wednesday this week, we looked ahead at August and three things. First, we are continuing our on-campus schedule for Sunday mornings throughout this next month, which means it will be the 8:30am traditional and 11:00am contemporary services at West U Baptist, and the 11:00am English and 1:30pm Spanish services at Crosspoint…
The Purpose of Trials
On Wednesday, I brought to your attention in the Weekly Update that we have an exciting opportunity coming up in a few weeks, something that I declared to be one of the most significant things our church has ever put our hands to. We have been in talks with Dr. James Tour,…
No Filter
If you watched Wednesday’s Weekly Update then you’ll remember that our on-campus Sunday worship schedule will be different at Crosspoint Church-Bellaire for the month of July: we will have only one morning service at 11:00am along with our Spanish service at 1:30pm in the afternoon. On-campus services at West U Baptist (8:30am Traditional, 11:00am…
Freedom
Tomorrow is our country’s 244th birthday. I am proud to be called an American citizen, to be living in a country in which people are free. While our country provides us many liberties, none compare to the freedom we experience through a relationship with our Lord. On that topic, for today’s…
Look Up in the Chaos
We’re past the midway point of June, which means the year is close to half over! 2020 will certainly be a milestone year for the record books. Isn’t it incredible to think that, after the historic events we’ve faced and continue to deal with as of today, we’ve only gone…
This Sunday: A Very Special Sermon
This coming Sunday, June 7, I will be delivering a special message related to the injustice, unrest, and brokenness that our nation is facing. I won’t be coming to you as a conservative or liberal, a republican or democrat. But I will be coming to you as your pastor, broken…
Living in Gray 2
If you didn’t read the first devotion I wrote, the “Living in Gray” won’t make sense, so here is the link to that one if you are interested in finding out what that means… Unfortunately in the past two weeks, the world hasn’t gotten any less gray. But let me…