Incredible day at Crossroads on Sunday! Here's a bit of what happened:
- So MANY volunteers working in so many areas. One first-time attender told me, "I can't believe that this place is transformed from a movie theatre into a church and back again. Does everyone have a job and know what they're doing?" What an awesome perspective on what happens each week at Crossroads. This Sunday was no exception. Crossroads volunteers ROCK!!
- Lots of First, Second and Third-time attenders this week. So GREAT to see people come back!!
- New series "SPY CHASE" in the Filling Station ultra cool! Great set pieces by Billy Donegan! Entire Filling Station staff looked like spies ...or, um...NARC's. Ha, ha! Awesome stuff going on in there!!
- Crossroads was recently blessed with a brand new 40-unit PERSONAL PAGER SYSTEM!!! Huge thanks to the awesome family that made this gift! Nursery, Toddlers, Pre-School used new PAGER SYSTEM for the first time on Sunday! It's a big piece in our November 1st move into the new 4000 square-foot Crossroads Children's Annex right next door!
- Worship was the BEST I have ever experienced at Crossroads on Sunday. The band was GREAT. The sound was GREAT. Janna (and Emberlin) sang their hearts out. Great job by Sam, too. Great to have Jonathan on keyboards. Missed Nic, but he had the team well prepared! Great job!!
- So much fun with Part 3 of The Living Dead. The ZED-5000 Zombie Mind Probe and letting the Zombie out at the Booty Station. Thank you Zombie Darryl Darrylson from Flint, Michigan. Glad you enjoyed the service. We had a ball laughing with (at) you!!!
- My humble apologies to any who may be permanently emotionally scarred from seeing me dance on stage!!
- Crossroads was the only church in America with a Zombie throwing up in an actual toilet on stage. Not certain if that is a mark of distinction, or a scathing indictment. We'll let God sort that one out. If it helped one person remember that Old Sinful Nature = Old Thoughts = Old Behaviors = Death, then it was WELL WORTH IT.
- AMAZING time at Lake Tholocco Sunday afternoon for Crossroads' 3rd Beach, BrrrrBQ & Baptism!!! Twelve people were baptized and over 100 enjoyed a great time of fellowship together! Baptizing people is the highlight of my life. It never gets old. So fun to have others involved like Ben, Matt, Hollie and Dave Clark. What a THRILL it is to see people go PUBLIC with their faith in Jesus Christ!!!
- I was so tired last night after a brutal week, and a HUGE day at Crossroads that every bone in my body hurt. I took a couple of Tylenol PM and laid awake in bed for several hours seeing the parade of hundreds of faces of Crossroads attenders. How I long for - with all my heart - that you would be totally connected to God, to one another and to the world around you! I pray that God would continue to teach me, to equip me, and to help me serve you. I am so blessed, so privileged, so honored to be your pastor. Thank you for your patience.
This week, remember Paul's words: "Put off your old sinful nature and put on your NEW NATURE, created to be like God, truly righteous and holy. Notice he doesn't say "self-righteous and holier-than-thou". So go out into your world, your school, your neighborhood, your workplace as an instrument of God's love, mercy, grace and forgiveness. Have a GREAT week!!
