WEEKEND UPDATE (082210)

Great weekend at Crossroads!  Wonderful, happy day Satruday celebrating my 50th with family and friends!  Sunday morning was absolutely one of my favorite Sunday's at Crossroads to date.  Here's just a few of the many reasons why:

• So exciting to teach about END TIMES as we continued our series OUTTATIME.  This is stuff that people want to hear about, just like they did 2000 years ago when Jesus talked about it.
• We had fill-in-the-blank Worship Guides this Sunday for the first time since we were at the Annex.  It's a great way for people to connect with the message!
• WORSHIP WAS EXCELLENT.  Seriously, Nic and the band were very good today, especially in the second service.  We are SO FORTUNATE at Crossroads to have such great worship leaders and such a talented and comitted group of musicians.  Way to go, guys!
• LOVE the opening video.  Great to see it again.  We'll get it up on the Crossroads facebook page so everyone who wants to can see it.  It's almost 5 minutes long, so we'll do an abbreviated version of it for the final two weeks of OUTTATIME.
• I wonder what Ben is going to be running from next week.  Too funny!
• Great attendance on Sunday! It was a blessing to see so many people on the Sunday before school starts tomorrow.
• Been wanting to say this for the longest time, and keep forgetting to: FIRST SERVICE, you guys totally ROCK!  Seriously, the first service crowd is always alert, awake, on top of the teaching and ready to laugh BIG.  I am always amazed at how focused the early service crowd is.  Second service attenders, come check it out sometime.
• HUGE kudos to all who work in Children's Ministry at Crossroads, especially those in our nursery, toddlers and pre-school areas.  Services have been going long, and you guys have done a great job handling the changeover between services.  THANK YOU!  Your hard work and faithfulness will be rewarded as everyone in Cinema one (including me) redoubles our efforts to tighten our service up so we don't put you through a difficult transition.
• Thanks to Pastor Ben for driving through ROADIES 101, and WELCOME to our newest ROADIES!!
• Look for ROADIES 201 on the schedule next month!

Again, thank you to everyone who made my birthday such a special day!  Nothing better than spending time with friends and family!  Thank you Crossroads for the GREAT CARD on Sunday morning!  I am stoked, energized, strong, and more comitted than ever to do the work of the ministry and MAKE JESUS FAMOUS in our community and in our world!  Have a GREAT week!!