On June 20th, Father's Day, Westpoint Church eagerly gives the Heavenly Father a gift very dear to His heart ­ TOGETHERNESS.

As many of you know, we have been serving closely alongside other church families in the West Orange County area through a group known as the Church of West Orange. Well, earlier this year, one of those church families began a conversation with Westpoint leadership about the possibility of our church families actually joining together. After much prayer and conversation, we will do exactly that.

Northland West Oaks and Westpoint Church will no longer be "us" and "them." We gather together now as one church as of Sunday, June 20th. Our Sunday gatherings will continue to be at 10:00am at Whispering Oak Elementary School. We are so very excited to be uniting together around the mission of Christ and being an answer to His prayer prayed in John 17:18-23.

One note of thanks - Northland Church and pastor Joel Hunter and their elders have demonstrated what true Kingdom spirit is all about. The freedom they have given their satelite campus in Ocoee, FL to choose to join together with another local church here is an example of generosity for us all. Thank you Joel and the leadership of Northland for your amazing support and prayers during this transition.

Last but not least, Tommy Novak, formerly the campus minister of Northland West Oaks, joins the Westpoint pastoral team. He and his wife Patti and their kids are such amazing additions! Please welcome Tommy as our Pastor to Families, working closely together with Josh Taylor and Michael Anderson to equip and serve the parents of our kids and students. Tommy also is a gifted pastoral counselor, and he will be focusing with Jason on Westpoint's involvement with the Church of West Orange.

Over the next six months, please pray for our togetherness to grow as we unite around the mission to follow Jesus and live sent as letters of His love to the people we encounter every day. Please pray for us as grow doing life together in SENT groups. Please pray for profound impact and transformation in our lives and in the lives of those we serve together both locally and globally. And please pray for us as we prepare to multiply leaders and start new expressions of the local church here in Central Florida and beyond.

Togetherness. It is not an end, but a means. The means through which Jesus said the world would know we are learning and living His ways. Let's get to it and keep living sent together.