The beauty of Advent
Advent is the word we use to talk about the four weeks preceding Christmas. The season has traditionally been a time of celebration and anticipation; we celebrate Jesus’ first Advent, and we urgently anticipate his promised second Advent.
Each year at CrossPoint, we invite you to participate in our Advent Initiative—a way to come together and focus our collective attention and energy on intentional steps of discipleship as we trust and fully follow Jesus together.
At Advent we look back and celebrate the moment heaven moved toward us—when God stepped into our world in the person of Jesus. But Advent doesn’t just point us backward. It also points us forward.
Forward into what God is doing next. Forward into the lives God is forming. Forward into the spaces where God meets us. Forward into the future God is building
through this church.
Each year at CrossPoint, we invite you to participate in our Advent Initiative—a way to come together and focus our collective attention and energy on intentional steps of discipleship as we trust and fully follow Jesus together.
At Advent we look back and celebrate the moment heaven moved toward us—when God stepped into our world in the person of Jesus. But Advent doesn’t just point us backward. It also points us forward.
Forward into what God is doing next. Forward into the lives God is forming. Forward into the spaces where God meets us. Forward into the future God is building
through this church.
Forward 2025 focuses us toward people and places.
We believe God is calling us forward into a season where:
• More people choose to trust and fully follow Jesus
• More disciples of all ages are being transformed
• More people find healing
• More neighbors and nations are reached with the gospel
• More leaders are being equipped and sent
• More mission is multiplied across the LC Valley
We believe God is calling us forward into a season to prepare spaces where:
• People encounter Jesus and community is formed by expanding our ministry environments
• Our church prepares for future facility expansion and design
• People engage in opportunities for discipleship, wellness, and training
• More people choose to trust and fully follow Jesus
• More disciples of all ages are being transformed
• More people find healing
• More neighbors and nations are reached with the gospel
• More leaders are being equipped and sent
• More mission is multiplied across the LC Valley
We believe God is calling us forward into a season to prepare spaces where:
• People encounter Jesus and community is formed by expanding our ministry environments
• Our church prepares for future facility expansion and design
• People engage in opportunities for discipleship, wellness, and training
Pray
• Pray for people in your life who don’t know Jesus
• Ask Jesus to rescue and renew lives
• Identify the “one” you will pray for this Advent; then write that person’s name on the altar during response times on Sundays
• Join us for 24/7 Prayer, from November 30 to December 7
• Be part of House of Prayer on December 3 and December 17
• Spend time daily with Jesus using our Advent Guide
• Ask Jesus to rescue and renew lives
• Identify the “one” you will pray for this Advent; then write that person’s name on the altar during response times on Sundays
• Join us for 24/7 Prayer, from November 30 to December 7
• Be part of House of Prayer on December 3 and December 17
• Spend time daily with Jesus using our Advent Guide
Serve
• Invite your “one” to a Christmas Eve service
• Help us reach the goal of 30 Love the Valley projects by Dec 31
• Be part of our five Christmas Eve gatherings—serve at one, and also attend one
• Join a ministry serve team in the new year
• Help us reach the goal of 30 Love the Valley projects by Dec 31
• Be part of our five Christmas Eve gatherings—serve at one, and also attend one
• Join a ministry serve team in the new year
Give
• Give above and beyond on Sunday, December 14, in our gatherings (opportunity will stay open until end of 2025)
• 50 people or households to begin giving in a recurring way starting this Advent season
• 50 people or households to begin giving in a recurring way starting this Advent season
Giving Goal: $250,000
This goal fuels the ministry that moves people and place into God’s future. It enables our church to move into 2026 with strength, readiness, and vision. Go all-in with Jesus this Christmas as together we practice living sacrificially through giving generously to fuel the ministry of our church family. We have the opportunity to accelerate the ministry God is doing, right here!
Giving Opportunity — Gatherings on Sunday, December 14
Advent Guide: Digital Options
We have physical copies of our Advent Guide available each Sunday during our weekend gatherings. But if you prefer a digital version, find it here—along with digital versions of our Advent Guides for kids and young teens:
Advent is all about Jesus, and we want to remain focused throughout this season on the character and work of Jesus. During this season, we not only remember Jesus’ first Advent, but we look forward to the day when King Jesus will return at his second Advent and free us from sin, injustice, and brokenness forever.
We invite you into these intentional steps of discipleship by praying, serving, and giving as we seek to wisely steward the powerful story God is writing at CrossPoint.
We invite you into these intentional steps of discipleship by praying, serving, and giving as we seek to wisely steward the powerful story God is writing at CrossPoint.