IF:JohnsonCountyKS

The world around us feels like it is crumbling and almost nothing seems certain, until we look to Jesus and see that our Hope is very clear and certain. He didn’t just give us salvation—Jesus is our salvation and the example of what it means to live in the fullness of grace and truth. What the world needs is His redemption, the very redemption and hope that lives inside of us. Rather than shrink back, it is time to love like Jesus loved, serve like Jesus served, pray like Jesus prayed, and pursue holiness like Jesus pursued it. 

IF:JohnsonCountyKS will join this global gathering of women across denominations, generations, and cultures as we come together in the name of Jesus.  We will be simulcasting the IF:Austin Gathering in real time February 5-6, 2016 at Cross Points Church, 6824 Lackman Rd, in Shawnee, KS and we can't wait to see you there!

Doors will be open from 1pm-10:00pm on Friday, Feb 5 and from 8am-5pm Saturday, Feb 6.

Registration fee will be $25 and will include dinner Friday night and lunch on Saturday, catered at the church. We'll be collecting that money online and scholarships are available.  This is a community-wide event and all women are welcome!

Sign up Today!  Registration for IF:JohnsonCountyKS is a two step online process.  First register with us locally so that we're expecting you and order the correct number of meals.  From there, you will be directed to the national IFGathering website where you can register your email and make a donation towards the cost of the expense of the broadcast.  You may donate as little as a dollar or any amount of your choice.  The requested donation is $25.

Register here: http://crosspointschurch.com/if/

Child care will be provided (10 & younger) FRIDAY ONLY.   Your kiddos can be registered at the same time you register so that we know they are coming.

Questions or need help registering? BLOOM! will have a table available after church every Sunday in January to help you with the process.  Stop by then for more information, or email bloom4him@gmail.com

STUCK-- a Bible Study

Join us this fall as Elaine Miller leads us through the study, Stuck.






A lot of us feel stuck. This is not a novel perception- this is human. We are stuck trying to be perfect. Stuck in sadness. Stuck feeling numb. Stuck pursuing more stuff to make us happy. Stuck in something we can’t even name. And most of our stuck places are invisible to the world. Which keeps us from dealing with them.  God has a plan for these spaces inside of us, the places we feel broken, but we have to go to Him.


The study uses projects, stories, and Bible study to engage the mind and heart. There are seven weeks of Bible study. 

7:00pm  Tuesday nights, beginning September 29.  
Fireside Lounge
Cross Points Church

Books are $9.  
Purchase at the BLOOM! table after church on Sunday September 20 and 27.

If you need child care--please let Jan Brooks know.

SUMMER BIBLE STUDY!

Restless, by Jennie Allen

  Restless Small Group Bible Study from Jennie Allen on Vimeo.

Study

Restless explores this important question: “Do I matter?” And Jennie asks, "We live with lots of things, lots of people…but do we live for something?”

Experience

An 8-session, video-based small group Bible study.  Bible study teacher and author Jennie Allen helps you discover a practical plan to identify the threads of your life and how to intentionally weave them together for God's glory and purposes.   Small groups use conversation cards to offer questions for spontaneous and authentic discussion time.

Connect

Cross Points Church / Fireside Lounge
Tuesdays, 7-9pm  beginning June 16 for 8 weeks
Cost of Book: $9.00
Purchase at the BLOOM! table after church services May 31 and  June 7  
Child Care available--please register at the table or email bloom4him@gmail.com with names and ages of children.

IF: Next Step

Christine Caine--IF:Gathering 2015

We worshiped.  We confessed sins of commission and sins of omission.  We prayed.  We hugged.  We laughed.  We got up early and lingered late.  We toasted each other and we listened.  We listened to each other, to speakers with international ministries, and to the Holy Spirit.  And now we're wondering--"What's the Next Step?"


Because you see, the point of the IF:Gathering wasn't to see how many women we could gather and it wasn't to break bread together and it wasn't to write down great thoughts from other women.  The point of IF:Gathering was to hear the Spirit speak into our hearts what we needed:  freedom, release, purpose, forgiveness, love.  And the challenge of the IF:Gathering is now to move forward.  To put our toes into the Jordan that God will allow us to cross and move into our promised land.  So what's your next step?

One of our ladies began an online Bible Study--and God is seriously handing out good times of learning from His word!  And another lady is beginning an IF:Table--she's reaching out to women who have never gathered around her table before!  We've got another Bible Study in the works and I am so excited about what women will do at Cross Points Church and beyond...

My head is swimming with ideas--but I was serious.  If you left a stone with your next step written on it--I want to hear about it.  It's going to be in a clay pot in my garden and I want you to come and visit it and tell me how God is giving you courage, boldness, strength, vision, whatever--to move forward. 

If you didn't get a rock--I've got plenty!  :-)  Come visit me and my garden and tell me what the Spirit is whispering to you.  What's your next step?

Blessings,
Jan

IF: Shawnee at Cross Points Church

 

 The IF:Gathering is a fresh, deep, honest space for a new generation of women to wrestle with the essential question: IF God is real… then we want more than anything to live like it. On February 6-7, 2015, we will gather women all over the world at IF:Austin and at IF:Local gatherings across the globe.

Registration for IF: Shawnee at Cross Points Church is now live! 

 

Women all over the world will be gathering February 6 and 7. This two-day women's gathering will consist of powerful teaching simulcast from Austin, TX by Jennie Allen and the IF: Gathering leadership team. There will also be worship and small group gatherings.   

  

Here in Shawnee, we will be simulcasting the entire 2-day event beginning at 2pm on Friday, Feb 6th and concluding Saturday at 5pm.  Once you register for the event, you are welcome to come and go as your schedule permits.  Our event is a community-wide event.  All women are welcome!

 

This is a national organization and we're asked to register online.  When you register, you will be asked to make a donation to the national IF ministry to help with broadcasting expenses.  You may register for as little as a dollar, or any amount of your choice.  The requested donation is $25.  BLOOM! encourages you to register as soon as possible.  If you need help, come to our table after church on January 18 or 25.  Registration for the Shawnee / Cross Points Church event is located here: 

https://ifgathering.com/gatherings/8650

 

 

Friday, February 6th

Session 1 – 2:00-5:00  A Call to Believe
Dinner Break – 5:00-7:00
Session 2 – 7:00-10:00   Why Don't We Believe?

Saturday, February 7th

Session 3 – 9:00-12:00  How Do We Believe?
Lunch Break – 12:00-2:00
Session 4 – 2:00-5:00  What Could Happen IF We Believed?

MEALS:

Part of the fun of a conference is getting to know each other better during the break times, so we've got some ideas for the two meal breaks.  For planning purposes, after registering, please sign up at our table for one or both meals:

 

5:00 pm Friday night:  Bring $7 and we'll order several pizzas to share.  BLOOM! will provide salad, water, and soda!

 

Noon Saturday lunch.  How about potluck?   We're thinking sandwiches!  Please sign up at the table to bring a sandwich meat, cheese, bread, a salad, or dessert.

 

 

Questions or want help registering?   email bloom4him@gmail.com  or meet us at the BLOOM! table in the foyer after the service on January 18 and 25.

Autumn Recharge: Run the Race

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Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.  Hebrews 12: 1-2

 

 

A Day to Refresh, Renew, and Recharge

Every runner trains for the race.  They stretch, control their diet, and diligently practice under every possible condition.  In I Cor 9, Paul calls us to approach our Christian life in the same way.

But life happens and we find ourselves on the sidelines, out of energy and in desperate need of inspiration.

BLOOM! invites all sisters to a day set apart--a day to renew, to refresh, and to recharge! It's a day of energizing speakers interspersed with quiet introspection.

Come a bit early for coffee and a meet and greet, then be inspired by our virtual speakers, Jennie Allen (founder of If:Gathering and author of Restless) and Shelley Giglio (from Passion Movement and Passion City Church.)  We'll also welcome two exciting live and in-person speakers.  First up is Linda Smith, visionary of Cross Points Church healing ministry. Then our very own Heather Jones (yes, wife of our lead pastor, David) shares her heart and vision for Cross Points Church and the race set before us here in Shawnee.

Cross Points Church / Fireside Lounge

Saturday, October 25

9:30 am until 3 pm

Cost: $10:  Includes Panera sandwich and salad box lunch

Choice: smoked turkey, smoked ham, or Mediterranean veggie sandwich

Child care available

Please specify sandwich type and indicate child care needs when registering.

Ask questions or register at our table in the foyer after the service on October 5, 12, and 19.  For your convenience, soon you can also register online at Cross Points Church.

Bring a Bible, a journal and pen.  There will be quiet times throughout the day.  Feel free to bring anything that you personally use to converse with God such as a sketch pad, a music source and ear buds, or your electronic notepad.  That part will be up to you.  Come expecting to hear God and begin to pray now that God will speak corporately and individually to each of our dear sisters.

Feel free to invite a friend--we'll meet you at the table after church.

Summer Bible Study

• Host:
  BLOOM! Cross Points Church
  913-631-1100 
• Cost of Material
  $10  Pay at the table after church  on June 8, 15, or 22 when you register.  Please register for child care at that time so we can make arrangements.
  

• When:
  Starting Wednesday, June 25 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM for 6 sessions.
• Where:
  Fireside Lounge
  Cross Points Church  
  
  

From a state of fear, weakness, and insecurity, Gideon emerged as Israel's hero, filled with God's presence and His passion for deliverance. Like everything else in the Bible, this is a story about God and His people. It's a story of His love for them, as well as His strength operating in spite of their weakness—even through their weakness. This study will encourage you to recognize your weakness as the key that the Lord gives you to unlock the full experience of His strength in your life.

Join us for six weeks this summer as we study Gideon's life during the week, then come together on Wednesday nights to listen to Priscilla Shirer and share with other women in small groups.  Please register for child care so we can make arrangements.