The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO) December 2023 - Offering Goal $25,000

At High Pointe, we want to encourage generosity through our regular giving. That’s why you will not hear us come to the congregation throughout the year for special offerings. Still, there is one special offering we do each year – the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LCMO).

Lottie Moon was a missionary to China. She gave 32 years of her life to bring the gospel to the people of Tengchow and P'ingtu. Her sacrificial labor reminds us of the difficulty of the work of spreading the gospel. Now, the annual missions offering for international missions of the Southern Baptist Convention is named after her.

This year, we have set a goal of $25,000. One hundred percent of those monies will go directly to help the work of missionaries on the field. Would you pray about how much you might give above and beyond your regular giving to help us reach our goal that we may help reach the nations with the gospel of Jesus Christ?

2024 Proposed Budget Draft
On Sunday night, November 26, Pastor Davey presented the proposed budget draft. Today, we are attaching a link to the 2024 Proposed Budget Draft HERE. We ask that you look over it carefully, ask questions, and provide feedback. Please feel free to contact pastor Davey or David Andrews, our deacon of budget, with questions or suggestions. Finally, join us in praying as follows:

• Pray that the Lord would allow us to be generous and sacrificial and finish 2023 strong.
• Pray that the Lord would give the church wisdom in adopting the 2024 budget.
• Pray that the Lord would grant above and beyond what we can imagine to reach the nations.

Men’s Ministry at High Pointe
At High Pointe, we desire to see all men have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and grow in that relationship in order to look more like Him. We desire to help men in that process and provide opportunities for discipleship. As Christians, we are called to be students of Christ and then to show our fruit of that salvation, which takes the help of a church community. As men of High Pointe, we desire to come along one another to encourage, pray, sharpen, and ultimately point each other to the beauty of a life conformed to the image of Christ. We endeavor to develop these brotherly relationships among the men of High Pointe.

Three Areas of Focus: (1) Men’s Events, (2) Discipleship Groups (DGroups), and 1:1 Discipleship (Mentoring). You can check out the available DGroups by clicking HERE.

To receive information about Men’s Ministry at High Pointe, email men@highpointeaustin.org
or call the church office: 512-837-7725. Join us, men!
 
Giving at High Pointe
God is generous, and so he calls us to be as well. What we do with what God has given us shows the world where our hearts are and helps proclaim the gospel. We want to glorify God in every area of our lives, including what we do with our finances. But as you may have noticed, we do not take up a collection on Sundays at High Pointe. Consequently, we’ve been receiving questions as to how to give. There are several ways you may give:

1. Offering Boxes in Auditorium – You may place your offering in an offering box.
2. Mail – You may mail your contribution to the church office.
3. Text/Online – You may give by texting 84321 (it will require a first-time setup).
4. Your Bank – You may give through your own bank via Bill Pay or ACH.

If you have any questions, go to this LINK. Our financial staff is also available to help or answer your questions. You may call the church office at 512-837-7725.

On-Call Pastor
To better care for you, High Pointe, we have an “on-call” pastor available for emergencies after office hours and on weekends. To reach the on-call pastor, call 512-837-7725, extension 1.

Preaching Schedule
Pray regularly for the ministry of the Word at High Pointe. Also, prepare for our gatherings by reading the sermon text, thinking it through, and asking questions about the text before Sunday. Here is a preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:

• December 3 | Romans 14:1-12, Pastor Juan
• December 10 | Romans 14:13-23, Pastor Juan
• December 17 | Romans 15:1-13, Pastor Juan
• December 24 | Christmas Eve Day Message, Pastor Juan
  • December 24 | Christmas Eve Service, Pastor Juan
• December 31 | Pastor Davey Davis
• January 7 | Ecclesiastes 7:1-14 | Trusting God in the Day of Adversity, Pastor Juan
• January 14 | Romans 15:14-33 | Reaching the Unreached, Pastor Juan
• January 21 | Romans 16:1-16 | The Beauty of Gospel Relationships, Pastor Juan
• January 28 | Pastor Davey Davis
• February 4 | Romans 16:17-27 | Be Wise as to What is Good and Innocent as to What is Evil, Pastor Juan

Resources of the Week

• We Never Arrive Before God: Missionary Hope in Hard Places – Mack Stiles
• Spend Time, Send People, and Give Money: Three Ways to Think about “Generosity” in Missions – Ryan Robertson
• God’s Heart for the Nations: A Biblical Theology of Missions (Part 1) – Sam Emadi

Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
Love,