In the grand scheme
of things, what can I do? Many
people ask this question and never seem to find an answer. This generally keeps them from participating
in the most dynamic movement God has to offer - World Missions!
To get involved, there are four simple things anyone can
do. Below are four words: GO, GIVE,
GROW, and GROAN. These four little
words, actively applied to your heart, will change your perspective on life and
thrust you into an exciting movement started by God, Himself.
Go.
Pray about your part in the Great Commission! Is God calling you to the mission field
full-time? If so, call the church office
and make an appointment with the Missions Pastor.
Participate in one of the many short-term trips offered
throughout the year. One of the visions
of Cross Points Church is that every member participate in a short-term trip.
Give.
Plan to give regular financial support to the missions
fund through Faith Promise, over your regular tithe. Pray about giving to our
Thanksgiving offering.
Respond to special needs of missionaries throughout the
year-for special projects, personal needs or emergencies.
Help send others by contributing to the Short-Term Missions
Scholarship Fund. Make checks payable to Cross Points, and place in the
offering box.
Grow
Take advantage of the many Missions books in the Cross
Points Library. There are dozens of
resources available to aid your education of missions. Become part of the Missions Network and focus your prayer
and service on one of the regions where we have missionaries stationed.
Groan
Use this website as a resource to pray for one or more of
our Cross Points missionaries on a daily basis.
Get Involved
To be involved in the Missions Department, be sure to check out
these areas of ministry:
Africa Net – Providing a prayer covering and
encouragement for missionaries and missionary families serving on the
continent of Africa and others. Currently we meet on the third Sunday of every month
right after church. We started out with just the Bramletts and the
Kingsburys but we now also serve Bob Mendelsohn (Jews for Jesus),
Mark and Lori Traver (Youth With A Mission - Nashville), Roger
and Laureen Traver (Mountain Top Marriages), and Andrew Kimaro. At our
meetings we pray for their requests and also their praise reports.
Basically, we serve our missionaries in any way that we can as we lift
them up before God. Deak and Barb Thornton 913-724-1955,
e-mail -
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Asia/EuroNet
– Intercessory Group for Cross Points missionaries serving in Asia and Europe. Once
a month, the ministry meets to hear the latest reports from our
missionaries who minister in China,
Taiwan, India, Vietnam,
and Cambodia
and in other countries through Wycliffe Bible Translators and Youth With A
Mission. We start with worship and encourage them through intercessory
prayer. Wolfgang & Betty Jo Simon, 913-888-4706, e-mail -
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LatinNet
–Intercessory Group for Cross Points missionaries serving in Latin, South America and other Spanish speaking
nations. Meeting once each month, this ministry maintains
contact with the missionaries and missionary families in Spanish-speaking
countries. This contact provides the opportunity for prayer,
encouragement and communicating these missionaries’ needs to the church
body. David and Merejo Dussair, 913-722-1443 or 913-244-2992, e-mail -
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Angel Tree – A seasonal ministry enabling Cross
Pointers to bless a prison inmate by providing their child with a
Christmas gift in the incarcerated parent’s name. Through Prison Fellowship Ministries, inmates can
request a gift for their child. Through Angel Tree, Cross Pointers who wish to bless these
children may provide a gift that will then be presented to the child in
the prisoner’s name. Ann Basgall,
913-441-2131, e-mail -
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Operation Christmas Child – A Cross Points ministry in
conjunction with Samaritan’s Purse providing gifts to children in Third World countries. This seasonal (October-November) ministry affords Cross
Pointers the opportunity to fill a normal shoebox with art/school supplies,
basic hygiene products, toys and a publication in their own language
presenting the Christmas Story and the Gospel. The boxes are
collected, shipped to Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse which, in turn,
distributes them to needy children in under-developed countries.
Carole Pyle, 913-268-7544.
