A bit of a surge
Today was an amazing day! I was almost positive that no one was gonna show up (thanks to that stinking little pessimistic devil on my shoulder) but alas, I was wrong! But it was largely a different crowd this month. There were a ton of people that said their committed to TXC but had already made other plans for this Sunday. So the people that populated the seats were newbies to The CrossCurrent experience.
It is so rad to see people walking out of the auditorium with huge smiles on their faces saying that they felt God speaking directly to them. There was a whole bunch of people that came because one person who has said they were committed to the church invited on friend. That friend then invited two of her friends and all of their kids. The best part about this whole thing is that these people don't go to church and as far as I know, they don't have a relationship with Jesus.
Another couple showed up that have been to a few different churches but have had negative experiences at them. They said they were looking for a place they could just be themselves. Afterwards they were so stoked about everything! He volunteered to help us set up next month and he's hopefully going to be training to do some sound engineering for us.
There are other stories but the beautiful thing about this is that these people are exactly who we are trying to reach...the disconnected. The last thing we want to do is rip people out of a church where they are committed and are serving in. Those people are already connected. There needs to be a place for those who feel like they have no place...that's who we want to be.
The cherry on top was the fact that we showed our Jurassic Fart promo video for our gas giveaway, and everyone laughed. For most of you, that is a pretty funny video...especially with the tag "We've got so much gas...we're giving it away". But in a lot of churches you'd get strung up for showing that in church. This church stinkin' rocks!
This has been a stretching experience so far but this morning was a good reminder that we can't make anything happen. We can do the absolute best that we know how to do, but when it comes to spiritual stuff, only God can get the credit. He knew that we needed someone that could learn how to mix sound...and that dude just may have shown up this morning. He knew we needed to start paying some of our bills off...and those people may just have shown up this morning. That fact is that when I play god, everything gets screwed up. When I let God be God, stuff happens that I never thought in a million years could happen.
Next month is a fresh slate. We are expecting big things as this is our last monthly gathering until we launch full time on January 14. This is just the beginning of God's dream unfolding through us!
It is so rad to see people walking out of the auditorium with huge smiles on their faces saying that they felt God speaking directly to them. There was a whole bunch of people that came because one person who has said they were committed to the church invited on friend. That friend then invited two of her friends and all of their kids. The best part about this whole thing is that these people don't go to church and as far as I know, they don't have a relationship with Jesus.
Another couple showed up that have been to a few different churches but have had negative experiences at them. They said they were looking for a place they could just be themselves. Afterwards they were so stoked about everything! He volunteered to help us set up next month and he's hopefully going to be training to do some sound engineering for us.
There are other stories but the beautiful thing about this is that these people are exactly who we are trying to reach...the disconnected. The last thing we want to do is rip people out of a church where they are committed and are serving in. Those people are already connected. There needs to be a place for those who feel like they have no place...that's who we want to be.
The cherry on top was the fact that we showed our Jurassic Fart promo video for our gas giveaway, and everyone laughed. For most of you, that is a pretty funny video...especially with the tag "We've got so much gas...we're giving it away". But in a lot of churches you'd get strung up for showing that in church. This church stinkin' rocks!
This has been a stretching experience so far but this morning was a good reminder that we can't make anything happen. We can do the absolute best that we know how to do, but when it comes to spiritual stuff, only God can get the credit. He knew that we needed someone that could learn how to mix sound...and that dude just may have shown up this morning. He knew we needed to start paying some of our bills off...and those people may just have shown up this morning. That fact is that when I play god, everything gets screwed up. When I let God be God, stuff happens that I never thought in a million years could happen.
Next month is a fresh slate. We are expecting big things as this is our last monthly gathering until we launch full time on January 14. This is just the beginning of God's dream unfolding through us!
