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Cross Point at Her Best

March 4, 2010 in Cross Point Church, Missions with 17 Comments

I love our Cross Point Serving Saturday’s. There is no doubt in my mind that it’s Cross Point at her best. So proud of the over 700 volunteers at our 3 campuses who served our city well this past Saturday!

One of my favorite stories came from a group of women who served at Mending Hearts. Mending Hearts is a home which helps women who are suffering due to alcohol or drug addiction. They seek to provide an opportunity for them to get their lives back in order and move forward. A group of women spent the day just pampering these precious women by doing their hair and make up. One of the women told one of our volunteers that this was the first time she had her hair cut since prison where she had to cut her hair with nail clippers.

Matthew 25: ³⁷“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? ³⁹When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

⁴⁰“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’

Have you felt God prompting you to serve anywhere lately?

Let’s Serve Our City

February 25, 2010 in Missions with 9 Comments

I’m so excited this Saturday is “Serving Saturday” at all of our Cross Point campuses. I heard from Ryan yesterday that over 700 Cross Pointers are currently signed up. Serving Saturday is a missional opportunity we offer once a quarter where we send out a massive group to serve in our local communities.

There are people who are serving our city in different capacities daily, but there is something about this church wide initiative that creates so much momentum.

Here’s Ryan explaining what’s going to happen Saturday. If you’re not signed up and want to participate make sure you contact the campus you attend today to find out where and when you can plug in.

So Proud of You Guys!

February 28, 2009 in Cross Point Church, Missions, My Family, Parenting, Religion, Uncategorized with 27 Comments

I can’t tell you how proud I am of Cross Point Church right now. I watched hundreds of volunteers give up their Saturday to get out and serve the under resourced in their own community. Ryan Bult, our Director of Missions, set up half a dozen projects all over the city so people could get out and serve on our first SERVING SATURDAY of the year.

Today was special for me as my son Jett and I got to serve together. Early this morning we went out to Emmaus Church. Emmaus is a church in downtown Nashville which exists to reach drag queens, drag kings, and strippers. Jett helped unload some bushes for landscaping and helped unload some blocks for a storage shed they were building.

Later on we joined a group that headed down to Tent City on the Cumberland River. This is a homeless community of 50 or so people who live in tents and shacks. We took supplies and served breakfast down there. I really wanted Jett to realize the kind of poverty we have right here in Nashville. I snapped this picture below of him just soaking it all in. I think he walked away with a new appreciation for how God has blessed him. He hasn’t stopped talking about it since we got home.

Jett at Tent City

At lunch we joined a huge group of volunteers who were spending the day with inner city kids. We did football camps, arts and crafts, and games. After feeding them lunch our KidStuf crew put on one heck of a show for them.

These were just the projects I got to be a part of. At the same time, tons of other Cross Point volunteers were around our city serving on different projects.

Thanks to all of you who gave your day up to be a part of Serving Saturday. Can’t wait to do it again.

I love being your pastor,

Pete