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Please help me to understand the meaning of Pointe as it relates to the name of churches such as Crosspointe, etc.. The only definition I can find is toe or point of shoe. There must be another definition that I cannot find.

Pointe - everything focused at one spot - such as a ballet dancer supporting all of her weight on her toes.(that is known as on Pointe - a French word.)In the case of CrossPointe - it would appear the occupiers of that building believe you should focus all of your being on one point - the Cross

Focus, schmocus--more like hocus pocus

Nature Boy is feeding you a baloney sandwich. I think it is more likely that pointe is a variant spelling of point in the geographical sense.A point is a promontory.Some examples of this are Quicksand Point, Sakonet Point, and Judith Point in New England; and Shark Point and Mosquito Point in Florida.The e on the end is just to make it fancy schmancy. I don't know if it is French or not. Maybe it is, like Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Maybe it is like the e on the end of olde.

This aint hard, fellers, if ya just think about it. It is simply another one a them things what supposed to be Cutting Edge. Its a attempt to posture oneself or one's ministry as culturally relevant, in tune, in sync, able to engage contemporary times kinda thing. It is a marketing stratigy some folks wanna use to make the target audience think WOW.......this place is rockin fer Jesus.Ats it.

Tom, son, on the last day a the year you callin out the ole timer fer somethin as menial an maniacal as POINTE? I had to smile when I read ya post. So, let me respond seriatim. 1. Can't believe you thought ma post was snarky condescension. Why would the ole timer need to snarkily condescend to anybody on the subject of an E? It was not intended to condescend, only to share a observation.2. There are exceptions to most every generalized statement/comment/observation. If a feller added a E on the end of POINT to get a URL/domain name, or cause the community in which the church was located ended with a E (e.g. South Pointe Estates, River Pointe Hills, etc. an all), or even cause he just liked the way it looked, hey, ats one thing. But SO VERY MANY of the cases it is merely as I noted in my previous post.3. You mentioned our brother, Travis. I thought about him even as I was writing the previous post. I don't know Travis' motive/intent, and it may very well be that his decision to use the E had nothing to do with the reasoning I gave. It may also be that this is indeed the reason he used it. Either way, regardless of who/why it's used, it aint no heaven/hell issue. An even if my description IS the reason folk use it, it don't mean it is wrong. Hey, everybody wants to be relevant.4. Cases in point for the reasonin I gave: (1) Back in the early 80's Jimmy Swaggart named his church Family Worship Center. Sooooonnnnnnnnn, for I knowed it, they was a ********* ************ Worship Center springin up on ever corner. Numbers a COG churches changed their name to ********* ************ Worship Center. So many wanted to git on at Worship Center band wagon cause it was perceived as cool, innovative, the lastest thing, etc. (2) Back in the 90's, Rod Parsley quit combin his hair back, an got a haircut where his hair was combed forward, an he had this little flip/spike thingy goin on at the front of his hair (gelled/sprayed/etc., I don't know what made it stand up). It went viral amongst Pennycostal preachers. Next Assembly, I couldn't count the number a fellers what had em one a them Parsley Parts. Even here in Kentucky, even some a the older fellers was sportin one a them Charismatic Cuts. (3) An what about them little tables with a bottle a water on it, an a stool. At stuff has gone viral now, an a lot a fellers think they can't preach lessen they got that kinda setup.Now is it wrong to have a church named Worship Center? For Andy's sake I shore hope not. Is it wrong to have a haircut what looks like Parsley. Not at all. But these things often become cultural trends with the masses wantin to jump on the band wagon. IMHO, for the most part, this is what has happened with the word POINT/POINTE.Nothing here to condescend or be snarky about, its just the way it is, bro.

Does anyone have notes for a three-pointe sermon on this topic

How to be 'E' Relevant in 2016 New Year's Sermon1. E-xegeteA. Examine the WordB. Exhaust the WordC. Explain the Word2. E-ngageA. Each OneB. Reach OneC. Teach One3. E-xpoundA. Discern ErrorB. Divulge Error

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Wow, Ole Timer, I had ta look at word up. I got ma ways ta member em new words I come acrost. My grandpappy had a aunt he called Aunt Sarie. (Her name was Sarah, I reckon, but they said it so it sorta rhymed with ferry.)Now if you was to ask what happened to them scraps a groundhog meat, the answer might be Sarie ate em. I'll member that word alright.Now I don't mean ta take away from ya answer ta Tom. I think ya done real good in ya answer.