High School Pastor, Collin Crain shares his life as a teenager, the impact leaders had on him and the purpose behind Students in Sunday worship services.  

Find out more about Student Ministries

Did you know we have a Young Professionals group at NPCC? It's a group we don't talk about much and today we're sitting with Andrew Martin, one of the core leaders and hearing more about this group and how you can be involved!

Message us or email us at online@northpointe to get connected or check out the events page on our website: northpointe.org/events

Meet Emy Phillips, the leader of the NorthPointe Homeschool Group. Emy is sharing her experience as a homeschool parent, why she made that decision, what's she's learned, resources she's gained along the way and ways for you to connect to the homeschool group this next year.

Message us if you'd like to get in contact with Emy!

Kim & Regina sit and talk about "Embracing the Differences". A real and honest conversation about racial experiences, change and friendship. It's amazing what can happen when you start to have intentional conversations with others with God at the center of it all. 

Jacqueline Wesley is our guest today

Jacqueline started coming to NorthPointe fairly recently. After driving past us many times she finally joined us for service and kept coming back. Since then she attended Core Classes and got into a small group and has been enjoying becoming part of the community. Today she shares how that process unfolded and what has kept her coming back.  

"Black Experiences In The Church" - Be The Bridge Forum: https://youtu.be/dDKyZlUnhts

Midweek Live is a video podcast by NorthPointe Community Church that's designed to help you get to know the people around you. Today we meet, Sandy Williams. Sandy gave part of her testimony from stage on Mother's Day and today she'll be sharing more of her spiritual journey from a difficult start to life, through divorce and into new life and now new family here at NorthPointe.

Meet Rocky & Elisha - they moved to the US from the Philippians in February of 2020. They found themselves in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, continents away from family, and working on the frontlines. Elisha is a nurse and had been relocated from England to the US. It was a dream of hers for most of her adult life, but she never thought it would unfold like this. Rocky had given up his career to play a support role and both of them had to rely on their faith and on each other as they maneuvered through this anxious time. 

They found themselves relocating again to Madera and through an invite from a neighbor they came to know NorthPointe as their home church in 2021. Far from home they found a family of believers they could enjoy life with and they are finally feeling like they are settling in and growing roots. They're expecting their 2nd child in the summer of 2022. 

"Desperation leads to inspiration! It can be so, so hard—impossibly difficult, even--in the moment to see that something terrible happening to you in your life is really God’s ultimate plan for your good!" - Michael Oeser

Today we hear a redemption testimony from Michael Oeser. Michael shares his journey from loss to addiction to jail time and to ultimate redemption by the grace of God. It's a powerful reminder of just how gentle and consistent Jesus is. 

Senior Pastor Shane Ham joins the podcast today to talk about plans for the new coffee shop on our campus. He shares the vision and talks about the style of coffee, the expansion of the patio, the changes to our baptism area and the added outside amphitheater that will allow us to enjoy outdoor worship services at the center of campus. Our desire is to always be looking for the new ways for God to use our campus to invite people in. Creating a campus that's impactful, helpful and inviting. From growing our Peace Center and developing that to serve the community with things like a food pantry and job readiness facility to developing our land to include things like a sports complex and family play area that allows people to use it and enjoy it.

We know a coffee shop is not the only way to reach people, it's one of many and we want to keep find new ways to meet people and meet their needs, so that the loves of Jesus is evident throughout our campus and throughout our lives. 

Want to give towards the coffee shop? Click the Come & See (Coffee Shop Building Campaign)

We're sitting with NorthPointe Music team members, Worship Pastor Kyle Williams and Production Director Andrew Kauffman talk through a new song they wrote and we get to hear it, hear the process of writing it and the story behind it. Many people may not realize that oftentimes songs start from scripture. This new song derives from a Psalm and was written with the thought of the Lord's people singing the prayers of scripture from a heart of worship.

*REMINDER* Scroll down and vote for your favorite song title; Draw Near, More Than Anything, Here With Me

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