Matthew 9:36-38
We stand at an interesting Crossroads… (every PUN intended)…..
Sept 14, 2008 Crossroads launched it’s new facility in Lithopolis OH with an average attendance of about 120 people. Since that day, we have grown, and continued to grow and are still growing.
We started with 1 service. Soon we were at 2 on a Sunday. Then we went to 3 experiences. December 4th of 2010 we moved to FOUR experience times. 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. And once again, we are quickly running out of room on Sunday mornings…
The question always seems to be, “Where are we going to put these people?”
Until now, the answer has been adding an additional service, however,….I am not sure that is still the answer.
The Bible speaks of reaping where you have not sown. Surely, we did not build this building but merely acquired it. And reaping we are.
I thank God for those laborers who poured their lives into the construction of this building 3 decades ago…. unfortunately, they didn’t build it big enough and we can no longer sustain the growth. Something has to change and it has to be something more than just being creative with service times.
People need Christ….whether they “know” it or not,…. they are searching, and praise God, they are being lead to Crossroads and they are meeting Him. But we are drawing close to the point where we cannot squeeze another person in the room to hear the Gospel. We don’t have enough workers to serve them, or to reach out and love on them. We, as leadership have done all that we can.
The end of that verse says to “ask the Lord of the Harvest to send out workers…” So…..
Lord, I come before you today with a simple request. You have blessed the work of the hands who went before us, and You are blessing the work of our hands. God you are sending us people who need You. People who are searching for Your light in a dark world. People who are trying to find hope in a hopeless land. Lord this is Your vision. We are just the caretakers. However, we need You now more than ever…. We can no longer do this with limited resources and too few hands in the field. God, if this truly is Your vision, please send the workers. Please send the resources. Please, meet us now.
Amen.
~jfm3~
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