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Friday, September 16, 2005

The Best Quesion Ever


My church, Crossroads Community Church ,will be launching a brand new series beginning October 16th which will run for 6 weeks entitled, 'The Best Question Ever'. This series is based on the awesome book by Andy Stanley, The Best Question Ever. If you haven't read it - I encourage you to run (not walk) to the nearest bookstore and pick it up. Better yet - plan on visiting Crossroads on (or before) October 16th and check it out for yourself. You may have passed by our giant billboards recently and saw the big question mark sign. Yeah - that is us - that crazy church again! :) The website it a pretty cool sample of what's to come in the series.

Sunday, September 11, 2005

Summer's End Carnival Celebration!


My church, Crossroads Community Church, had our 10th Annual Summer's End Carnival this past weekend! I have to tell you - what an amazing time we had! We had over 560 VOLUNTEERS pull together for one of the biggest community out-reaches I have ever seen! I have to tell you that I have never before seen such wonderful people - then the people of Crossroads! It truly amazes me when I think about the love that these individuals have for others and the selfless ways they are always SO willing to dedicate themselves to reaching more people to Christ. I had an opportunity to work in food service yesterday. It was so awesome to be a part of this totally free event for our community. In addition to free food, children (and adults) participated in many games, moon-walkers, face painting, train rides and antique pedal cars while the youth enjoyed a variety of X games. Although I experienced many wonderful "Kodak moments" yesterday - one that I will not forget is one of a little boy, who's name I will probably never know. He was THRILLED to be there - you could tell by the big smile on his face. His dad was with him and you could tell they were a little tired, a little hot and a lot hungry. When I asked him what kind of chips he wanted he didn't hesitate to say Doritos... and he would have been okay if I had told him that was all he was getting. Then I asked him did he want ketchup or mustard and he said, "neither thank you." I said "It's for the hotdog!" He looked up at his dad and said "I don't have to have a hot dog dad." to which his dad replied, "son, it's free- get yourself one!" The kid lit up and said "I will have ketchup please!" As he took his hotdog he smiled one of the largest smiles I had seen in the whole day. This may not seem like much, but at that very moment I felt amazingly blessed to be a part of a church like Crossroads and to be able to share with people the love that Jesus Christ has for us. At that very moment I prayed for this little boy and his father and I thanked God that we were able to make an impact - large or small..in his life and hopefully many others. At that very moment I was overwhelmed by joy and excitement - that I have the greatest gift on earth to share with others - - the gift of salvation through Jesus. Honestly - it doesn't get any better than that!