What's Happening...

This past Sunday was an amazing day as we said "Happy Birthday Crossroads!", and marked the beginning of our fourth year at our College Cinema location.  We celebrated in one big 10:30AM service that was packed out.  If you weren't able to be there, we missed you in a huge way, but you can watch the whole service right HERE.

So grateful (not an adequate word) for all that God has done, and all the He continues to do at Crossroads!  I am so thankful for all who serve each week to make Crossroads happen, and make it possible for our church to do what God had called us to do: Love God, Love Others and Serve the World!  I am SO AWARE and awake to the reality of God's mandate: that we should do everything, empowered by the Holy Spirit, to lead people into a life changing relationship with Jesus Christ.

• LOVED worship on Sunday morning.  Nic, Janna and the band sounded great!  I never get tired of worship at Crossroads.
• Huge thank you's to Scott & Natasha Chalker, Zeb and Sarah Dimmet, and Ivy Mabalot for sharing with us, in their video segments, a part of their life-changing experience at Crossroads!
• So glad that Crossroads attenders are commited to LEVERAGING THEIR LIFE-CHANGE by sharing their stories!
• Thank you for being willing to attend the early service, and sit down front, to make room in the second service for first time attenders.  This past Sunday morning, we had 23 First Time Attenders!  That's HUGE, and it keeps growing. Help out by coming early!
• Thank you for taking the 100/50/10 Pledge:  YOU and ME praying together - praying that God would use us to reach people - and praying that we would see 100 lives commited to Christ, and 50 people to go public with their faith at Beach, BBQ & Baptism on Sunday October 9th, 10 weeks from right now!

We had some great moments in the service.  And we truly had some "God moments" as well!  What an awesome and engaged crowd.  I felt completely energized by your enthusiam, and confident that we are entering our fourth year more committed than ever to seeing people come to Christ.  There were a couple of really BIG IDEAS to take home with us from the service, but perhaps none that engaged us all more than when we talked about inviting BIG, and recognizing that:

EVERY INVITE CARD REPRESENTS A CHANGED LIFE!

It's so important - especially if you have experienced life change as a result of your Crossroads experience - that you SHARE that with as many people as possible.  The Bible says that God's desire is that no one should perish, but that everyone should come to repentance - to a place of genuine life-change through Jesus Christ!  If we really believe that, how important is it for us to reach out and invite so that others can experience the same thing we have!  Though the conversation may be casual, the invitation is eternal!

This Sunday we start a brand new series called CITY OF PROGRESS.  We'll be looking at the Book of Nehemiah and sharing about what we can all do to not just use our city to build a great church, but to use this church to build a GREAT city!  Have a great week!  See you Sunday morning!