Lakepointe Church's First Membership/Partnership Class

Last night, we had our 1st membership class, Starting Pointe. We met at the Joe Dumar's Fieldhouse. This location has so many stuff - 2 hockey floors, 6-7 basketball courts, plus a huge inside area for adventure putt-putt, arcades, rock climbing walls, etc. So, when we arrived to Joe Dumar's, there were two hockey games going on, every basketball courts were being used, and the fun area was packed full of people!

We met in a restaurant's meeting room and was just big enough to hold 60 people who came! I'm amazed of the turnout! We ate first and then after dinner, we dismissed the 10-12 kids. Honestly, we didn't know what the kids were going to do. The original plan was to let the kids play in one of the enclosed basketball court, but when we got there, it was being used. So, Joe Dumar's hooks us up by letting the kids do all the fun stuff - for FREE! It also helps that one of our newest members of Lakepointe is the assistant manager.

Meanwhile, I spend time with about 50 adults for about 2 hours. I was a little blunt about church and about who we are and about what we EXPECT. I think many churches make the mistakes to not share expectation because they don't want to push people away - I believe those churches will pay later. Anyway, at the end of the night, this was our results:

• 48 new members!
• 7 decisions for baptism!

We will be doing our next Starting Pointe class on Sunday, June 6th. As of right now, we have about 20-25 interested in our next class that couldn't attend last night.

Sunday Aftermath

What another great day at Lakepointe yesterday! We continue to see new guests (average 15-20) every week since our launch and yesterday was no exception. The attendance was good and we continue to see lives being changed.

• Spoke on "Is there Hope when I feel like Quitting?" God continues to speak into people's lives in this series. Can't wait for the next two messages in the series.

• We announced the different Adult Life groups that begin on the week of May 16th. A good number of people have already registered.

• We had our first Starting Pointe class on Sunday night. We had 60 in attendance (include 12 children). About 48 people became the first members of Lakepointe Church! Also, we have 6 people who made decisions to get baptized on May 16th. More on this in another post this week.

• LP Kids continues to be tearing it up! I constantly hear good things about it through the parents. Way to go, Jared!

• Our worship band continues to improve over the past few weeks. We have made some new friends in our area that has some great talents. Also, last week we landed a permanent practice place for the band to practice every week. Thanks to Harvest Baptist Church! So proud of the work that Ben has been doing!

• Lakepointe Church is underway and just about in full force. We have a few things to implement, mainly LP Students. This will begin in May as well.

Looking forward to next Sunday! If you're in Macomb County in Detroit area, come visit us and see what it means to "Rethink Church, Rethink Life."

Easter Sunday Aftermath

Today was Lakepointe Church's 3rd weekly service and we celebrated the HOPE that is found in Jesus Christ! A few highlights from this morning:

• Saw 126 in attendance. This weekend is the beginning of spring break, so naturally some of our regulars attenders were out of town (approximately 20-25).

• Also had 20+ first-time guests!

• Lately, it seems that every week we have been having different technical issues. Today, everything works like it was supposed to do! BTW, the worship team did a great job!

• Our children's environments have been improving. Love what I'm seeing and hearing in LP Kids!

• Since our Launch Service on March 21st, there has been a great response to the call of salvation! This morning we saw 8 new believers in Christ!! All together in 3 Sundays, we have seen about 15 total decisions! THAT NEVER GETS OLD!

• Started a new series this morning: "Is There Any Hope for Me?" The topic this morning was: "Is there Hope for My Broken Heart?" Below is the testimony video that I used in the message.

Can't wait to see what God does next week! Thanks to all of our volunteers and ministry team leaders! The sky is the limit; let's go high for God!