weekend report

Oh my goodness - such worship! It was so, so amazing to worship at Crossroads this weekend!

Our setlist:

Welcome to Crossroads - pre-recorded message and brief announcements ran while first song began
You Won't Relent - Jesus Culture
We used a second recording saying the verses that You Won't Relent is based on - very effective and song continued!
Jesus Lover of My Soul - Hillsong (short) - We connected this song seemlessly - awesome
Stay Amazed - Gateway
Holy Is The Lord - Tomlin
My Savior Lives - NewLife
Scripture Reading - I Corinthians
Message: I Corinthians 4
Exit Song: You Won't Relent

To watch our services go to www.crossroadswired.com

To see what other ministries used in there service go to www.theworshipcommunity.com

fair time

Deering and Jesse lovin' a frightening friend and then there is Jamie our Junior High guy - One of the true tests of a Junior High leader, loving something even with a bad haircut.

all day choices

Choices are never ending.

You wake up with a day full of choices to make. What do I wear? What do I eat? What do I say? Am I still mad? Should I forgive? Will I extend grace...while driving, while explaining the same thing to someone for the 100th time, while addressing the same issue? Will I choose not to watch a show that probably isn't pleasing to my God? Will I obey and live as if this life doesn't belong to me?

One wrong choice can ruin your day, your month, your year, your life!

Sometimes there are second chances, sometimes not.

I started making choices today the second my foot hit the floor. I have not left my house yet but have already made some time wasting choices.

This post is not written to be a downer - just a reminder to myself to use each minute to live for Him.

So...what if today contained your final choices?

what I learned today

Actually, I should title this what I'm about to learn today...

I am getting ready to begin a new book given to me by my new friends from this weekend - Kari and Stephanie titled " Proverbs. It is such a cool book - it's formatted like a journal and you write out the passage of Proverbs that you are reading each day!

It is always exciting to me (mostly because God has to show me 2 or 3 times before I listen), when several different sources suggest the same thing to me!

(Don't tell him I said what I'm about to say) Wendell - one of my favorite people at Crossroads, taught us recently on the benefit to our spiritual maturity it is when we read a chapter in Proverbs each day. Of course I have not yet begun this practice because I spend a lot of my life waiting for the 'right' time to begin things...

But, today is the day that I begin in Proverbs with the help of my new book - I am very excited to begin learning. Writing it out is the perfect compliment to just reading for me - writing is my favorite thing and it helps me to remember what I read!

I write this hoping to encourage each of you to study today - if you don't study on a regular basis begin small and simply read God's Word - and if you want to learn like I learn - write it out!

perfect ending

We celebrated the success of our weekend college fair around a fire last night.

Worship music and conversation ringing out loudly through the darkness of our surroundings. Perfect!

We were so fortunate to host the beautiful young people that represented so well the Christian colleges that came to Crossroads this weekend.

A perfect ending indeed!

weekend report

Such a lively - exciting - enthusiastic weekend at Crossroads.

Worship was fabulous!

The teaching by Dr. Brown of Cedarville University was inspiring.

The technical work of our volunteers was outstanding.

And...the First Annual Christian College Fair at Crossroads was a HUGE success!

Our setlist:

Instrumental: Real Gone - Cheryl Crow
Announcements on Video: Jamie Koenig - Jr. High guy
Everybody Praise the Lord - Brewster
No One Like You - Sublime Band
Come Thou Fount - Sublime Band
Your Love is Amazing - Sgambellone - Crossroads' own Worship Leader!
Chosen Generation - (short) Tomlin
Message: by Dr. Brown from Cedarville University
Closing: Playlist into Jamie Announcement Bloopers

To watch this service go to www.crossroadswired.com

To see what other ministries included in their setlists go to www.theworshipcommunity.com

Have a blessed week!

funny animals

I have great friends that have an alpaca farm - they are generous beyond belief and often house the Crossroads guests that come to town!

Here are the official greeters to their farm! (The one with the eyes kind of freaked me out just a little!)

Each of us have gifts and talents and theirs is definitely hosting and caring for their guests!