Ten times better, or 10xB as we're calling it, officially began on July 12th. In our most recent prayer letter we mentioned the need to form a teen group would soon be necessary; we are excited to report that the teen ministry is now a part of Crossway Baptist Church. For our kick-off activity we had a total of 16 people in attendance, 8 of them being teens, 4 of whom had never been to any of our church events or even services before. All the teens expressed that they had a good time and they were asking when and where the next activity would be at the conclusion of the evening. The highlight of the activity was learning that one of the girls (she was one of the first time teens) accepted Christ as her Savior during the gospel presentation that was shared to the group. Praise the Lord! We also had a teen guy there whose family has been coming to church, growing and getting involved, but he himself hasn't come with them yet. We found out later that his parents "forced" him to attend, but as he was leaving he told us that he was "really glad we had invited him and he had a fun time." His mom told us that when he got home he thanked her for making him go! We will be announcing this Sunday the next activity coming up in August, and we're praying for our teens to invite their friends to join them and that we will begin to see some more growth numerically, but especially spiritually in this group.
Another exciting thing that we are enjoying is our family fun nights. Even before we held the grand opening service for Crossway, we were having a Sunday evening "service" in our home. It usually just consisted of one other couple and our family, although they were faithful to attend and we always had a sweet time of fellowship. We have been trying to figure out how to get some more people to come out on a Sunday evening, so a few weeks back we introuduced the family fun night. Each week we've had a different group show up to enjoy a relaxed time of Bible study together and play some games. Last Sunday night we had two additional families show up for a total of 12 people in our home. After a question and answer time over some challenging Bible verses, we filled our plates with the finger foods that everyone had brought and then broke out the games.
We've been excited to see the growth in the lives of the people that God has brought to Crossway. We have one family in particular that we are seeing some great growth in. Please be in prayer for them (this is the same family whose son came to the teen activity, but who does not attend church with them). They have expressed a desire to become members of the church and want to get involved. Prior to attending Crossway they have little church experience especially in a church like this, so everything is essentially brand new and they are just soaking it in.
As always we want to express our sincerest gratitude for your faithful giving to get Crossway Baptist Church established. We are truly humbled every month as we see the support funds coming in and think of each church that is represented and dear people who give so we can share Jesus with the precious people of McKinney, Texas and the north Dallas area. May God bless each of you for your faithfulness. Until next time....
We've been excited to see the growth in the lives of the people that God has brought to Crossway. We have one family in particular that we are seeing some great growth in. Please be in prayer for them (this is the same family whose son came to the teen activity, but who does not attend church with them). They have expressed a desire to become members of the church and want to get involved. Prior to attending Crossway they have little church experience especially in a church like this, so everything is essentially brand new and they are just soaking it in.
As always we want to express our sincerest gratitude for your faithful giving to get Crossway Baptist Church established. We are truly humbled every month as we see the support funds coming in and think of each church that is represented and dear people who give so we can share Jesus with the precious people of McKinney, Texas and the north Dallas area. May God bless each of you for your faithfulness. Until next time....