Life Together in Christ: A Package Deal | 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

We completed our journey through 1 Thessalonians on Sunday with reminders like this:  
 
We are to be an Everyday Church…we gather, but then we scatter.  Relational holiness happens here on Sundays, and it happens whenever we gather but also as we scatter. Everywhere to our homes, schools, neighborhoods and workplaces.  

The local church has been designed by God as a gift to help us all grow relationally as a family in Christ.  So our personal/individual salvation is shrunk wrapped into the package deal called sanctification, the process of growing in Christlikeness, which is growing in relational holiness.

Ours is a common faith but also a common life.  Paul is equipping us all for ministry to one another in Christ. To different kinds of people in a local church. When we gather, when we scatter..as we relate to our overseers, pastors, elders, deacons and other leaders…we glorify God through relational holiness…as we love God and we love one another.
 
Even loving relationships sometimes have conflict. What if we learned to reframe conflict as a God-given opportunity to live out the gospel, to overcome evil with good, to show what it looks like to love others well by seeking to do them good, to forgive one another and point one another to Jesus Christ as we learn to rejoice always that the God of peace is there to help us grow in relational holiness.  

• Rejoice always  
  • Finding joy in the everyday life 
  • Rejoicing always in the Lord

 

• Peacemaking 
  • 8 ways we can pursue peace 
  • Values of peacemaking 

• Thinking Through Evangelism 
  • If you want to be equipped for evangelism, join our Life Class on Sundays: Evangelizing through Mark 
  • Share the Gospel in 3 minutes using the 3 Circles (Christmas Version) 
  • Don’t Overcomplicate Evangelism by Tony Merida 

• Ephesians: Why read the book of Ephesians?

•  Missions: The Task and Motive of Missions by John Piper 

• Song of the Month:  Christ the True and Better

Opportunities to Serve and Grow at High Pointe 
(For Opportunities to Serve at High Pointe, click HERE)  

Meaningful Membership Class | Sunday, March 2 | 1:15 PM to 4:30 PM
If you’re interested in learning more about High Pointe or pursuing membership with High Pointe, please mark your calendars Membership Class. 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. Click here to register.

Women's Prayer and Head Wear Gift Exchange Event | Saturday, March 8
Please join us at High Pointe on Saturday, March 8 from 3-6 PM for a prayer exchange! The purpose of this event is to provide an opportunity for women to get to know each other and pray for one another. Each attendee should bring a new, unused "head wear" item to exchange with another woman! Whoever’s item you end up with, that’ll be your prayer partner for the remainder of the year. This will also be a potluck event, so please bring an appetizer to share!
 
Life Classes | Sunday at 9:00 AM
Life Classes are meant to equip High Pointe for life as a Christian. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity and join us. Childcare is available for ages 8 months through Pre-K. This session, we are offering the following classes from January 26 to May 25:

• Evangelizing through Mark (Room 201, Old Choir Room) 
• Discipling Through Ephesians (Room 203, Livingston Room) 
• Spanish Life Class | Los Atributos de Dios (Room 200, East Training Room) 
• Youth Life Class | The Pentateuch (Room 101, Old Library) 
• Kid's Life Class | K-5th grade (Room 104, Overflow Room) 

Sunday AM 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:  

• March 2 | Luke 5:1-5:16 | Pastor Juan Sanchez 
• March 9 | Deuteronomy 6:1-9 | Pastor Robert Cline 
• March 16 | Luke 5:17-32 | Pastor Juan Sanchez 
• March 23 | Luke 5:33-6:11 | Pastor Juan Sanchez 
• March 30 | Luke 6:12-49 | Pastor Juan Sanchez 

 
Begin praying as you prepare to gather with us this Sunday at 10:00 am.
 
Gospel Partner of the Month:  The International Mission Board of the SBC
The International Mission Board (IMB) exists to serve Southern Baptists in carrying out the Great Commission to make disciples of all nations.
 
With almost 47,000 churches cooperating to send missionaries through the IMB, we can support over 3,500 missionaries full-time in the international mission field. Take some time to work through the IMB website to learn more about how your regular giving through High Pointe is supporting Great Commission work worldwide.
 
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.