BPC's very latest podcast

Here's BPC's very latest podcast from this past Sunday; July 17 2011.

July's message series has been; "Getting to Know God" and the title of this talk is..."Through Dependence." Life sometimes seems just like a rollarcoaster ride with it's many twists n turns, ups n downs & would'nt it be so great if we could depend on others to keep us "in our seats" so to speak just like we depend on the lap bar in a rollarcoaster car?

Although a great prophet of God & a man of great strengths & weaknesses, Elijah was on similar coaster rides just like us today. But...during his rides on earth he learned through Dependence on God that by Prayer, Purpose & Passion his Possibilities could turn in Realities & it's through that Dependence he really Got to Know God!

As a side note; thanks so much to all you BPCers for your great comments during our July series! I get soo encouraged when you get encouraged through our messages allowing God to grow you in your relationship with Him through the person & the power of the Holy Spirit!

Just click the title of this podcast & you'll be directed to our podcast page.

Getting to Know God Through...Sacrifice podcast

Sorry this podcast from Sunday July 10th wasn't uploaded sooner but here is is anyway!

On Sunday July 10 2011 BPC celebrated purchaing a church building for...$1.00 cuz this congregation knows what it means to "Get to Know God...Through Sacrifice"! While honoring the former congregations sacrifices from the past, I talked about Jephthah whose mentioned in the "Faith Chapter" of Hebrews 13 and whose story of extreme living and sacrfice for God is found in Judges chapter 11.

Just click the title of this blogpost & you'll be directed to our podcast page. Hope you enjoy the message as we celebrated is great milestone in the life of BPC!

BIG news for BridgePoint Church

Yesterday during our service we made a BIG announcement; the board & congregation of the First Christian Church of Tarentum (the building BPC has been meeting in for almost 2 years) has decided to bless BridgePoint with the church building and their financial assets! If that’s not so great enough the cost of the building was…are you ready??? $1.00!!!!! You read that right, BPC paid ONE DOLLAR for the building!!!!!

Needless to say we are praising the Lord for this HUGE milestone in the life of BPC and we are praising the Lord for FCC who over the last year & a half has been a big part of helping us to “Connect Real People to the Real God” in Tarentum and the Allegheny Valley. On behalf of BPC I want to say thank you to FCC’s board; Charlie Mortimer, Jack Kison & Dan Barr and thank you to their members! We are honored that you have so generously passed this torch onto us and are so blessed to have all of you as a part of the BridgePoint family! Together we’ll continue to Embrace Real People with the Love of God, Engage Real People into a relationship with Jesus & God’s family and…together we’ll continue to help Real People Emerge into their full potential in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit!

I also want to say thanks honoring those members of FCC who have gone before us since the church began in 1901 right up to the construction of the current building which was dedicated in 1924. I’m told at that time about 20 members took out personal notes from their banks raising about $50,000 of the $65,000 cost to construct the church building that we’ve just been blessed with which sits on the corners of East 9th Ave & Corbett Sts in Tarentum.

And…on behalf of Francie & myself as well as BPC’s board & congregation I want to say a BIG thank you to Pastor Jeff, Pastor Nick, the board, staff & congregation of our Mother church Allison Park Church who so graciously planted BPC back in March of 2008! I want all of you to know that because of your love & generosity for the Lord & Kingdom things through the MCM Network we really are "Changing the World One Life at a Time!"