Summer Preaching Series: Celebrating God’s Work through High Pointe July 7 – August 4, 2024

Every summer, we have the privilege of hearing the same gospel from different voices. This year, we have a special blessing. We have invited several men we have deployed to ministry from High Pointe. The purpose of the 2024 summer preaching series is to remember how God has worked in and through your generosity for the sake of Christ and to celebrate the gospel's advancement through those the Lord has allowed us to deploy from High Pointe.

This week we have the privilege of welcoming Ben Wright, lead pastor of Cedar Pointe Baptist Church in Cedar Park. Ben served on our staff as an associate pastor. You will be blessed to hear Ben preach. I tell him at every opportunity that he is my favorite preacher.

July 14
Ben Wright – former associate pastor
Ben serves as the senior pastor of Cedar Pointe Baptist Church in Cedar Park.
July 21
Marshall Canales – former associate pastor
Marshall serves as the lead pastor of Emmaus Church in Georgetown.
July 28
Scott Cope – former pastoral assistant
Scott serves as the lead pastor of Trinity Church in Bedford, Massachusetts.
August 4
Josh Hayward – former associate pastor
Josh serves as the lead pastor of Kinney Avenue Baptist Church in Austin.

One Day Membership Class | THIS Saturday, July 13 | 9:00 am to Noon
If you’re interested in learning more about High Pointe or pursuing membership with High Pointe, please mark your calendars for our One-Day Membership Class happening on July 13 from 9 AM to 12 PM. This class will cover three main questions: What is the church and why should I join, what does High Pointe believe, and what do we expect of church members at High Pointe. You can register for the class online here. If you know of someone who has been visiting High Pointe and would be interested in learning more, invite them to come to the one-day class.

Life Classes and KidsPointe are Taking a Summer Break
Moms and dads take advantage of this break to worship together as a family. You can pack crayon or pencil packets for your children and pick up sermon notes from the front foyer each Sunday. The summer is a great time to train your children to actively listen and discuss the sermons with you. If you are interested in resources to help your children stay attentive and pay attention during the sermon, please check out these resources:

• My First Church Notebook (Ages 3-7) from Truth78
• My Church Notebook - Volume 1 (Ages 6-12) from Truth78
• My Church Notebook: Tools, Tips and Notes to Help Kids Focus on God and His Word at Church (Ages 8-12)

Women and Kids Clothing and Accessories Closet | July 13 and July 14
Mark your calendars as there is a FREE clothing closet planned for women happening in the fellowship hall on July 13 from 1-4 PM and July 14 after the morning service. All women are welcome to participate in the event regardless of if you donated items. You can still continue to bring items to donate for the clothing closet.

This event needs volunteers to help sort and organize Friday July 12 starting at 6:00PM and takedown Sunday after the event starting at 2:00PM. Your help is greatly appreciated! Please contact Brenda Hernandez or Grace Francisco if you have questions, and please sign up here to help volunteer! 

T2G (Titus 2 groups) starting again in September - Sign up NOW
T2G will start up again in September. But now is the time to sign up! T2G is a discipleship ministry offering gender-specific, intergenerational community among the women of High Pointe.  Each group consists of one or two “older” women meeting together with 4-6 “younger” women.  The groups meet once a month to encourage women in their faith and to promote deeper relationships among the different generations of women in the church.  Each leader has chosen a book that the group will read together over the course of the year (September through May).  Please consider joining us for the year ahead.

For more information, please contact Mary Delk at 763-442-0919 or at marybethdelk@gmail.com.  We encourage every one of our young women to be involved in T2G and we will help you find a group that works well for you.

Student Ministry Summer Calendar
Student ministry families, mark your calendar for our upcoming youth activities this summer!

Summer Series: Encounters with Jesus (6:30 to 9:00 PM at the Levi’s Home)

• July 10th
• July 17th
• July 24th

 
Other Youth Activities

• July 19th - Bowling Night
• July 31st - Game Night at HPBC

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 our (tentative) preaching schedule designed to help you prepare for Sundays:  

• July 7-August 4 | Summer Preaching Series
  • July 14 | Ben Wright, senior pastor, Cedar Pointe Baptist Church, Cedar Park
  • July 21 | Marshall Canales, lead pastor, Emmaus Church, Georgetown
  • July 28 | Scott Cope, lead pastor, Trinity Church, Bedford, MA
  • August 4 | Josh Hayward, lead pastor, Kinney Avenue Baptist Church, Austin
• August 11 | Pastor Robert Cline
• August 18 | Resume our study of Judges | Judges 10-11, Pastor Juan
• August 25 | Judges 12, Pastor Juan
• September 1 | Judges 13, Pastor Juan
• September 8 | Judges 14-15, Pastor Juan
• September 15 | Judges 16, Pastor Juan
• September 22 | Judges 17-19, Pastor Juan
• September 29 | Judges 20-21, Pastor Juan
• October 6 | Pastor Robert
• October 13 | Pastor Robert
• October 20 | Begin New Sermon Series in the New Testament

Gospel Partner of the Month: Middle East Ministry
It is our joy to support one of our High Pointe families serving in the Middle East. We will not refer to them by name to protect their identity and location, but you may pray for them as you work through our membership directory.

Please pray that the Lord will give them favor and fruitfulness in their work. Pray that the Lord may send a like-minded and similar life-stage family (or two) to serve alongside them. And pray that we would care for and encourage them well.
 
Resources of the Week

• How God Uses Our Waiting – Mark Vroegop
  • Do you ever get tired of waiting on God? In his new book, Pastor Mark Vroegop, author of Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy, helps us understand what God is doing in our waiting for our good and his glory. In this blogpost, pastor Vroegop helps us to know HOW to wait.

• How to Identify a Great Deacon – Matthew Smethurst
  • At High Pointe, we’re always looking for faithful deacons. Presently, we are praying the Lord would raise up deacons in the areas of Community Outreach, Benevolence, Safety, and other areas of need.
  • Would you pray that the Lord would allow us to identify faithful men and women to serve High Pointe as deacons/deaconesses?
  • Use this article as a help to know how to identify faithful deacons.

• Missions: “Called” Overseas: A Look at Missionary Assignments Throughout Church History – Ryan Robertson
  • As we try to encourage High Pointe in missions, we are adding this new section. This week we begin by helping you understand the call to missions.

• Song of the Month: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

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