As we approach
the end of 2017, we take time to look back on the impact Centerpointe Church
has made locally and around the world. We also look forward to God’s assignment
for us in the future. It’s been a wonderful year with the family.
2017 can
be characterized with the words family, fun, and mission. We continue to hear
the same themes from our guests and new members: warmth and friendliness.
People are cared for, prayed for, and experience God’s grace. At the same time,
we are on a mission together to impact our community and the world with the
message of Christ.
Local Impact
In 2017,
we took a major step and launched the Vietnamese Christian Fellowship. This is
our second non-English campus. They have already maxed out the space we provide
for them. For the fifth year, we housed 40 guests during our Hypothermia
Prevention Outreach, partnering with 33 other churches to house the homeless in
Fairfax County. We also added 23 members to Centerpointe Church, ten of whom
are part of our Vietnamese Christian Fellowship.
We
continued to focus on discipleship with 52 people going through some part of
our Follow process and 135 people joined a Life Groups.
During the
Christmas season, we serve the families of Ragan Oaks a meal and provide gifts
for the kids to give to their parents. Our Brazilian congregation served
another 40 families with meals, clothes and presents. Our Christmas Eve
services continued to grow as we added an additional service in 2016.
Global Impact
Centerpointe
Church has always been focused on missions beyond our local church. In 2017, we
took youth and adults to Haiti to work on a church building project and lead a
Vacation Bible School for 300 kids. In December, we took a team to Chile to
work on a church building for their kids ministry.
During our
September Faith Promise focus, we received over $98,000 in pledges over the
next 12 months to support 66 different missionaries around the world. To date,
this year, between Faith Promises, special mission projects, and mission trips,
our Centerpointe family has given over $134,000 to local and world missions. We
also made significant contributions to Operation Christmas Child and disaster
relief agency Convoy of Hope,
Vision Investment
We believe
God wants to continue to expand our impact in Fairfax County and the world in
2018. The top of our priority list is to see a spiritual renewal in our hearts
leading to greater passion in following Jesus. We begin the year with a month
of prayer focus. We pray that people will be transformed by God’s grace and
work in their lives. We are also looking to grow our worship and fine arts
ministry. In order to do this, we will have to add additional staff, at least
part time, to lead us in this effort.
We
continue to look at properties to relocate. So far, we have seen or reviewed 16
different properties. Our prayer is to stay within 5-7 miles of our current
mission field. The challenges are significant, but we know that God will direct
our steps.
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