Center Point Assembly

Sunday, January 21, 2024 – Pastor Ryp gives the message he titles “Life’s Injustices.” This is a must listen, because we all have said at one time or another, life’s not fair, right? And you’re right, life’s not fair. When that injustice occurred, the question is: What did you do about it? How did you handle it? Did you take it into your own hands to administer justice? Did you take revenge? Pastor Ryp gives us an excellent understanding of what happens from God’s perspective if we have. He goes on to share how we should have handled the past injustices so that when the future ones continue to come, we will be better prepared to handle them God’s way. If you want peace, live the way God would have you live. Worship and study with us as we discuss the injustice of life and the justice of God…

Sunday, January 21, 2024 – Pastor Ryp gives the message he titles “Life’s Injustices.” This is a must listen, because we all have said at one time or another, life’s not fair, right? And you’re right, life’s not fair. When that injustice occurred, the question is: What did you do about it? How did you handle it? Did you take it into your own hands to administer justice? Did you take revenge? Pastor Ryp gives us an excellent understanding of what happens from God’s perspective if we have. He goes on to share how we should have handled the past injustices so that when the future ones continue to come, we will be better prepared to handle them God’s way. If you want peace, live the way God would have you live. Worship and study with us as we discuss the injustice of life and the justice of God…

Sunday, January 7, 2024 – The message is about Unity and Humility: "Unity is impossible without Humility." How does that make you feel? This may not be one of those titles that encourages you to listen to the message, but this is an important one to understand. If we can pursue Christ-like humility, we can then begin to achieve the unity that both Paul and Jesus pray for in Christ's body, which will set us apart from the world. This is a difficult challenge because humility and unity are contrary to our flesh, and this is not a message the world promotes. The world encourages independence and pridefulness, just the opposite of the example that Jesus sets for us in the text we're discussing this morning. In the end, God exalts Jesus to be the greatest of all because Jesus was willing to take on the humble nature of a servant in human form in order to create unity once again in the heavens by becoming the perfect sacrifice for the prideful sin of mankind. Worship and study with us as we are encouraged to be like Christ so that God will exalt us with Him as we follow Christ's example.

Sunday, January 7, 2024 – The message is about Unity and Humility: "Unity is impossible without Humility." How does that make you feel? This may not be one of those titles that encourages you to listen to the message, but this is an important one to understand. If we can pursue Christ-like humility, we can then begin to achieve the unity that both Paul and Jesus pray for in Christ's body, which will set us apart from the world. This is a difficult challenge because humility and unity are contrary to our flesh, and this is not a message the world promotes. The world encourages independence and pridefulness, just the opposite of the example that Jesus sets for us in the text we're discussing this morning. In the end, God exalts Jesus to be the greatest of all because Jesus was willing to take on the humble nature of a servant in human form in order to create unity once again in the heavens by becoming the perfect sacrifice for the prideful sin of mankind. Worship and study with us as we are encouraged to be like Christ so that God will exalt us with Him as we follow Christ's example.

Sunday, January 7, 2024 – The message is about Unity and Humility: "Unity is impossible without Humility." How does that make you feel? This may not be one of those titles that encourages you to listen to the message, but this is an important one to understand. If we can pursue Christ-like humility, we can then begin to achieve the unity that both Paul and Jesus pray for in Christ's body, which will set us apart from the world. This is a difficult challenge because humility and unity are contrary to our flesh, and this is not a message the world promotes. The world encourages independence and pridefulness, just the opposite of the example that Jesus sets for us in the text we're discussing this morning. In the end, God exalts Jesus to be the greatest of all because Jesus was willing to take on the humble nature of a servant in human form in order to create unity once again in the heavens by becoming the perfect sacrifice for the prideful sin of mankind. Worship and study with us as we are encouraged to be like Christ so that God will exalt us with Him as we follow Christ's example.

Sunday, December 31, 2023 – New Year's Eve Sunday morning – the message title is "Reflecting and Proflecting." I know, I just made up a new word – Proflecting. What does it mean? When we 'reflect,' we look backward and think about the past, so it only makes sense then to 'proflect' would mean that we would look forward and think about the future. And that's what we're doing today, the last day of 2023. We are reflecting on the year behind and proflecting on the year ahead. There is much to learn as we study our text of Paul's writing to the church of Philippi in Philippians 3:13-14, "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead." Our past can be a friend or a foe. There are things to learn from our past BEFORE we forget about it that can make our past our friend. And there are things in our past, if we don't deal with them properly, that make our past our foe. We will explain what that means. Then Paul tells us that moving forward into our future will take a determined commitment and will require a "straining and a pressing on" if we are going to end well. We will also talk about what that means. You're encouraged to worship and study with us and learn together what it means to forget what God forgets and press on toward the Heavenward goal.

Sunday, December 31, 2023 – New Year's Eve Sunday morning – the message title is "Reflecting and Proflecting." I know, I just made up a new word – Proflecting. What does it mean? When we 'reflect,' we look backward and think about the past, so it only makes sense then to 'proflect' would mean that we would look forward and think about the future. And that's what we're doing today, the last day of 2023. We are reflecting on the year behind and proflecting on the year ahead. There is much to learn as we study our text of Paul's writing to the church of Philippi in Philippians 3:13-14, "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead." Our past can be a friend or a foe. There are things to learn from our past BEFORE we forget about it that can make our past our friend. And there are things in our past, if we don't deal with them properly, that make our past our foe. We will explain what that means. Then Paul tells us that moving forward into our future will take a determined commitment and will require a "straining and a pressing on" if we are going to end well. We will also talk about what that means. You're encouraged to worship and study with us and learn together what it means to forget what God forgets and press on toward the Heavenward goal.

Sunday, December 31, 2023 – New Year's Eve Sunday morning – the message title is "Reflecting and Proflecting." I know, I just made up a new word – Proflecting. What does it mean? When we 'reflect,' we look backward and think about the past, so it only makes sense then to 'proflect' would mean that we would look forward and think about the future. And that's what we're doing today, the last day of 2023. We are reflecting on the year behind and proflecting on the year ahead. There is much to learn as we study our text of Paul's writing to the church of Philippi in Philippians 3:13-14, "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead." Our past can be a friend or a foe. There are things to learn from our past BEFORE we forget about it that can make our past our friend. And there are things in our past, if we don't deal with them properly, that make our past our foe. We will explain what that means. Then Paul tells us that moving forward into our future will take a determined commitment and will require a "straining and a pressing on" if we are going to end well. We will also talk about what that means. You're encouraged to worship and study with us and learn together what it means to forget what God forgets and press on toward the Heavenward goal.

Sunday, December 24, 2023 – Christmas Eve – Our annual “Candles & Carols” service. This is a service for enjoying and celebrating the Christmas season through a number of our favorite Christmas songs and a few specials. My wife Chris and I are so pleased to have our grandchildren, Joelle, Mykah, Caiden, and Ebbele Wells, share Christmas specials in addition to our worship team, Jackie Boog and Tom Eggers. Our oldest daughter, Sumer Wells, shares a poem she wrote titled “Behold the Word” as she challenges us to ponder the true meaning of the Christmas season. Pastor Mike brings two questions to consider. 1) What did Christmas cost Heaven? 2) If we could ask Jesus what He wanted for Christmas, what do you think He would say? Worship along with us as we celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.

Sunday, December 24, 2023 – Christmas Eve – Our annual “Candles & Carols” service. This is a service for enjoying and celebrating the Christmas season through a number of our favorite Christmas songs and a few specials. My wife Chris and I are so pleased to have our grandchildren, Joelle, Mykah, Caiden, and Ebbele Wells, share Christmas specials in addition to our worship team, Jackie Boog and Tom Eggers. Our oldest daughter, Sumer Wells, shares a poem she wrote titled “Behold the Word” as she challenges us to ponder the true meaning of the Christmas season. Pastor Mike brings two questions to consider. 1) What did Christmas cost Heaven? 2) If we could ask Jesus what He wanted for Christmas, what do you think He would say? Worship along with us as we celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.