WEEKEND UPDATE (011710)

Hey guys, hope those of you who have the day off are enjoying it and getting some rest, and that the rest of you (like me) who are hard at it today are having a good, productive start to your week.  We had a great weekend at Crossroads, here's a few quick hits:

• HUGE crowd for a holiday weekend!  Best so far this year!
• MANY people made forward-looking decisions to rededicate their lives to Christ on Sunday!
• Worship was great.  Loved the new stuff!  The band really brought it.
• The video piece on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was powerful, tasteful and totally appropriate.  Loved the crowd response.  It says a lot about your hearts.
• Best I've felt on a Sunday so far this year.  Coming off a HUGE staff/leaders meeting last Tuesday, I literally felt the momentum for 2010 kick in.  Seriously.
• Tons of fun and a great lesson sharing the story of Balaam and his donkey.  Encouraging to know there isn't anything God won't use to get His message across (including you and me)!
• Great response from folks on our current life direction series.
• Hearing from so many how they are learning that DIRECTION, not intention, determines our DESTINATION.  Seeing first-hand, people making quality decisions to head in God's direction for their lives!
• Great group last night at ROADIES 101!  It is a privilege to teach the class, and an honor to welcome those who made the membership commitment, as well as those who want to learn more about Crossroads.  ROADIES 101 is an essential ingredient in the life of a Crossroads attender.  If you haven't made it yet, plan to attend next time around.
• Financial Peace University is FULL!!  I am so grateful that we get to offer FPU at Crossroads, and so encouraged by the great response.  Those who signed up are on their way to a brand new life!

Guys, we said when we started Crossroads that Sunday morning was our biggest outreach event of the week.  You and I are God's witnesses.  We're supposed to take the truth of God's word and share it with others.  I want to encourage you to INVITE BIG this week and every week.  The overwhelming majority of people who come to faith in Christ, do so because someone like you invited them to church.  And I promise you this: when they get to Crossroads, they will hear the Gospel message and have an opportunity to respond.

Have a GREAT week!