South Crestview Campus eLetter
From our Interim Campus Pastor
There's something powerful about opening God's Word together.
This week marks the beginning of Together in the Word, a 48-week, church-wide journey through the New Testament. Over the next year, we'll not only read through the New Testament together, we'll also preach through it together, allowing God's Word to shape our hearts, strengthen our faith, and unify us as a church family.
The vision behind Together in the Word is simple: Every age and stage on the same page.
That's why we've created reading plans for kids, students, and adults, all designed to move through the same passages each week in age-appropriate ways. Whether you're reading with preschoolers around the dinner table, discussing Scripture with a student, studying alongside your Life Group, or following the adult plan on your own, our entire church family will be engaging the same sections of God's Word together.
And all of this matters because God's Word changes us.
Scripture tells us that "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16-17). The psalmist writes that God's Word is "a lamp for my feet, a light on my path" (Psalm 119:105). As followers of Jesus, we don't simply need more information. We need transformation. And God uses His Word to accomplish that in our lives.
One of the things I'm most excited about is that Together in the Word is more than a reading plan. Beginning this Sunday, our weekend messages will align with the weekly readings as we preach from one of the passages we've studied together throughout the week. Imagine arriving at worship already familiar with the text, already reflecting on what God is teaching you, and then hearing one of those passages unpacked and applied as we gather as a church family.
This creates an opportunity for meaningful spiritual conversations throughout the week. Parents can talk with their kids about the same passages they're reading. Students can discuss Scripture with friends. Life Groups can encourage one another with what God is teaching them. And every Sunday, we'll come together around the same truth from God's Word.
If you haven't started yet, it's not too late. Jump into this week's readings and begin the journey with us. You can find reading plans and resources on our website for every age group at Together in the Word or pick up a printed plan on campus.
Let's be a church that opens God's Word together, learns from it together, and is transformed by it together.
I can't wait to see what God does through the next 48 weeks.
Jagger Eastman, Interim Campus Pastor
jeastman@crosspoint.church
