Catalyst

I am having the hardest time getting my header section of the blog to work, which is part of the reason why I haven't updated in a while and could be the first time you're reading the blog. I'll just keep messin with it and hopefully one day it will work!

This past Sunday night we had our once a month high school large group environment named "Catalyst." This by far was one of the most awesome times I've ever had in ministry. Our team transformed Crosspointe's gymatorium to an incredible place of worship. Instead of picturing chairs in rows, imagine being lead by luminaries into a room full of candles and incense floored with pillows and blankets. In back two corners are canopy/tent structures where during the service the students had the opportunity to write a letter to God, write down their thoughts, or draw and from there give it up to Jesus by nailing it to a Cross that was set up in the front right of the room. In the front left of the room there was a long table decorated with candles and loafs of bread and two huge bowls of grape juice for a time of communion. We also set up a small stage in the center of the room for the acoustic set of worship and used the main stage for our other worship sets.

It was an incredible site to see over a hundred students engage their hearts with God through sight, song, touch, and prayer. It truly was an awesome time of worship and remembering what Christmas is really all about.

I'm still floored with the hearts of the students, parents, and adult leaders at Crosspointe. At every Catalyst we have an awesome team of parents who provide dinner/dessert for all of our students and this past Sunday they rocked it out for us with Christmas appetizers and desserts! At the end of the night we had the "fun" task of transforming the gymatorium back to our regular set-up and the out-pouring of service from the students, adults, and parents was so humbling to me. So THANK YOU to everyone who helped and played a huge role in making this night a very special night!