One of the best ways to connect in the North Point and to find out what we are about is to join one of our service teams. North Point is a church that not only belongs to the congregation, it is largely run by the congregation. We try to encourage everyone to use their gifts and talents as they feel able, and to work in a supportive team environment where they are developed further. To this end, all of our ministries are run as teams made up from the congregation. The role of the pastor and elders is very much one of setting the theological goal posts and encouraging and nurturing the team’s to operate according to personalities and gifting within these goal posts. This means that if you want to, and only if you want to, you can be very involved in the running of the church almost before you sit in the pew for the first time!

North Point currently has six service teams. Please feel free to contact the team leader if you are interested in any part of these ministries – even if you are just curious to attend team meetings to find out more about what each team does.

Preaching Team
The preaching at North Point is shared between David Cook, Tom Petter and Donna Petter. David is the Pastor at North Point. Tom and Donna are professors at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary The Preaching Team meets monthly on every 3rd Wednesday of the month. For more information, please contact David Cook. Those interested in the 2010/2011 preaching schedule can download it here.

Worship Team
Worship at North Point is led by gifted musicians and worship leaders who bring to life the dialogical nature of worship. God calls us, and we respond in praise and adoration. Confronted by a Holy God, we are made aware of our sins which leads us to confess them. God assures us of our pardon. God speaks to us through his Word. We respond by acknowledging our dependence and submission through prayers and giving. God sends us out into His world to be His ambassadors secure in His peace. The Worship Team usually meets on every 2nd Wednesday of the month. For more information, please contact Paul Brink.

Children’s Team
Children at North Point are part of the church. We celebrate God’s wonderful call on our lives as parents and as a church to steward these little hearts and minds to adulthood. This team considers all aspects of this calling for our church, from worship to education to hospitality to missions. Whatever the church as a whole is involved in, we want to find ways of including our children in age-appropriate ways. The Children’s Team meets as necessary, usually about once a month. For more information, please contact Jenn Brink.

Education Team
Gone are the days (if they ever existed) when life was simple. It is no longer enough to call the pastor when you are confronted with a dilemma or difficult decision. The pastor simply cannot be expected to know or understand the complexities of the myriad of life domains that exist in today’s congregation. Rather than filling minds directly, this team is taking on the daunting task of teaching the congregation how the renew their minds for themselves and each of their unique contexts. Their charge is to have each of us better reflect on, wrestle with, and respond to the nature and character of the triune God. The Education Team meets as necessary, often as much as once a week, depending on what they are working on. For more information, please contact Chris Gilbert.

Missions Team
North Point has relationships with missionaries, and is in the beginning stages of planning missions trips to Zimbabwe and Afghanistan. Because of our strong connections to Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, these missions trips will focus on providing education programs to missionaries and local church leaders in these locations. The Missions Team usually meets every 3rd Friday of the month. For more information, please contact Megan Hackman.

Hospitality Team
Our Hospitality Team explores how North Point can best connect with the North Shore communities of Boston. So, if you live and work on the North Shore, you have something to contribute as we wrestle with how to integrate the Gospel with the unique culture in which we live. Specifically, the Hospitality Team’s role is to facilitate the welcome ministry on Sunday mornings, to assist all teams as they wrestle with what it means to be hospitable by providing more information on, and feedback from, the communities we are trying to reach, and to lead the whole church in our efforts to look outwards into the community. The Hospitality Team usually meets on every 4th Wednesday of the month. For more information, please contact David Cook.

For those currently serving in Sunday Worship teams the master schedule can be accessed here.