Next Generation Missionaries: Meet CrossPoint Interns Jordan and Laura Franklin In May 2024, CrossPoint Church welcomed Missionary Interns Jordan and Laura Franklin. During their time in Huntington Beach (HB), the Franklins are shadowing all the CrossPoint pastors and directors. In their first three months, rotations led to roles at Vacation Bible School (VBS), Kids’ Camp, junior high and high school …
‘Grandma Judi’ Dreyer, Fueled by Jesus’ Love Led to CrossPoint After moving to Orange County from Los Angeles in 1966, Judi wanted to take her three (later four) children to church. So when someone left a flier on their doorstep inviting them to Central Baptist Church, located just down the street on Warner Avenue where a Lowe’s Home Improvement store …
Stepping into Women’s Ministry Jesus claims in John 15:5, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;” A ministry for women at CrossPoint, tended by Christine Huljev and her team, is branching out and blossoming. Here’s how her calling came to fruition. Coming Full Circle Growing …
On a Mission for Jesus Writer: Sheila HollidayMarie Chichester asks, “What happens when you turn on the TV and the breaking news reports how a hurricane, tsunami or fire wiping out a city? Do you tear up when a homeowner shares his or her story? Do you think, ‘I wish I could go help them’? That’s what used to happen …
Learning to Leave Her Cares in His Hands Claudia Bishop used to worry – a lot. But in the past decade, the Lord has been teaching her to trust in Him. Time and again, her faith has helped Claudia face her fears. Claudia’s Journey Claudia’s parents instilled in her a love for learning while she was growing up in Mexico …
Miracles Begin in the Homeless Ministry Storytellers – (L to R) Ruebenn Anderson and Jordan Abel“She was here today! And she brought her daughter to junior high!” The beaming young man with this welcome news was among the laborers for Christ who greeted Jordan Abel and Ruebenn Anderson on the Crosspoint patio after the Palm Sunday 2022 church service. Jordan …
Living Love Stories Storytellers: Joe & Carolyn Shirley Writer: Sheila Holliday… each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. – Ephesians 5:33 Joe and Carolyn Shirley cite communication as an essential component in making marriage work. After 57 years of marriage, they’re still working on perfecting that skill. “Although …
Progress, Not Perfection Storyteller: John Emma Writer: Sheila HollidayJohn Emma used to think he was leading the perfect life. Based on worldly success, he was. By 24 years of age, he had graduated college with a B.S. in accounting and purchased his own home. When he was 25, he was married. By 27, John was the chief financial officer for …
Experiencing God’s Unconditional Love Storyteller: Holly Nguyen Writer: Sheila Holliday1 Corinthians 13: 1-13: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, …
Called to Bethlehem in the Holy Land Storytellers: The Contreras Family Writer: Sheila HollidayAs Joseph and Danielle Contreras set their sights on their move to Israel, the last words spoken by Jesus in Acts 1:8 spur them on: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witness in Jerusalem, and in …