I'm sure you can agree, but the last few months have just flown by with all the summer busyness. It has been a good summer and we have seen much spiritual growth in our church in the individuals and families. We shared with you in our previous update about a family who was beginning to get involved and who has a teen boy that did not attend church with them, although he did come out for our first teen event. Well, since that time the family has continued to grow and become more involved with the church. They even VOLUNTEERED to host a Sunday evening family night in their home and have done so for the last few weeks. During our Bible study time, they are beginning to ask questions about different things they have been reading in the Scriptures and have been discussing between each other throughout the week. Lots of questions and seeking Truth. Their teen son has begun to attend church with them as well and we are seeing him beginning to break out of his shell. Please be in prayer for this family and their continued growth in the Lord.
We also want to acquaint you with a precious lady that God brought to our church the very first Sunday. She has faithfully attend the services since week 1 and almost immediately began volunteering in the nursery. Over the past few months, she has stepped up and began filling the role of a nursery director with a sincere love for the children and desire to teach them the Bible. Let me tell you, she takes her "job" serious! As an example, last she week she was teaching on Daniel and the lions den, so she prepared an entire lesson for the kids (18 months - 3 years old) to act out along with the story. She had faces for each character in the story for the kids to see, a signet ring to stamp in playdough, a collapsible tunnel for the kids to crawl inside the "den", paper plate lions faces for the kids to make, and even cupcakes decorated to look like lions! A few weeks back she convinced her daughter and son-in-law to let her bring her 3 year old grandson to church with her. She told us that she is praying that she'll be able to get the whole family in church through the influence of her grandson being in church. Please pray that God would work on the hearts of her family and that they would see their need for Him in the lives. Would you also pray that her husband would be able to attend church with her - he currently is having to work on Sundays, so we are praying with her that his schedule can change.
Some of the other summer activities that we have enjoyed at Crossway have been another church picnic at one of our beautiful parks here (on that Sunday we had our 3rd highest attendance with 11 first time visitors in the service - some of our people also had family members who have never attended the church come out for the picnic), and we have recently had another TenxB (teen) activity at our local Walmart that was a photo/video scavenger hunt (again, we had teens bring friends with them who do not attend the church). This coming Sunday we will be having a Summer Graduation Program for our kids during the service. Throughout the summer we have been teaching them the books of the Bible along with different Scripture verses. We wanted the church to have the opportunity to hear how well the kids have learned the Bible book names and different verses, and see the growth that they have experienced over the past several weeks. We are praying that the relatives that the kids have invited to come see them will come. We'll update you later on the turn out.
We are looking forward to the coming weeks and months here at Crossway when we hope to have our very first baptismal service, our 1 year anniversary, and our very first missions conference. Exciting days are here, and we are so blessed to be a part of all that God is doing at Crossway Baptist Church in McKinney, TX. Thank you for your faithful support. Only heaven will tell the all ways God has taken what you have given and used it for His glory and purpose. Until next time....
We also want to acquaint you with a precious lady that God brought to our church the very first Sunday. She has faithfully attend the services since week 1 and almost immediately began volunteering in the nursery. Over the past few months, she has stepped up and began filling the role of a nursery director with a sincere love for the children and desire to teach them the Bible. Let me tell you, she takes her "job" serious! As an example, last she week she was teaching on Daniel and the lions den, so she prepared an entire lesson for the kids (18 months - 3 years old) to act out along with the story. She had faces for each character in the story for the kids to see, a signet ring to stamp in playdough, a collapsible tunnel for the kids to crawl inside the "den", paper plate lions faces for the kids to make, and even cupcakes decorated to look like lions! A few weeks back she convinced her daughter and son-in-law to let her bring her 3 year old grandson to church with her. She told us that she is praying that she'll be able to get the whole family in church through the influence of her grandson being in church. Please pray that God would work on the hearts of her family and that they would see their need for Him in the lives. Would you also pray that her husband would be able to attend church with her - he currently is having to work on Sundays, so we are praying with her that his schedule can change.
Some of the other summer activities that we have enjoyed at Crossway have been another church picnic at one of our beautiful parks here (on that Sunday we had our 3rd highest attendance with 11 first time visitors in the service - some of our people also had family members who have never attended the church come out for the picnic), and we have recently had another TenxB (teen) activity at our local Walmart that was a photo/video scavenger hunt (again, we had teens bring friends with them who do not attend the church). This coming Sunday we will be having a Summer Graduation Program for our kids during the service. Throughout the summer we have been teaching them the books of the Bible along with different Scripture verses. We wanted the church to have the opportunity to hear how well the kids have learned the Bible book names and different verses, and see the growth that they have experienced over the past several weeks. We are praying that the relatives that the kids have invited to come see them will come. We'll update you later on the turn out.
We are looking forward to the coming weeks and months here at Crossway when we hope to have our very first baptismal service, our 1 year anniversary, and our very first missions conference. Exciting days are here, and we are so blessed to be a part of all that God is doing at Crossway Baptist Church in McKinney, TX. Thank you for your faithful support. Only heaven will tell the all ways God has taken what you have given and used it for His glory and purpose. Until next time....