Friday, May 2
This ride is just beginning...
“We’re on this amusement ride, but we’re only strapped in. In some ways, it feels as if we haven’t even left the docking station yet.”
One of the ways we structure our leadership at Crossings is that we have a group that we call our Lead Team. Since the beginning, 6 months before launch in 2.07, this group of incredible people met to discuss, plan, strategize, dream and pray. Without them, I don’t know how God could have ever created this community.
As time has gone on, we have had some people move away so we have added to this group as needed. Currently the Lead Team numbers 15 of us.
At a recent meeting we were discussing all the good things God is doing, all the places He is ‘winning’ at Crossings. Things like: “This really does work.” “All these pieces have come together….it’s rare and it’s beautiful.”
Then Lyle Bennett said, “You know, it feels like we’re on this amusement park ride…but we’re only just strapped in. In some ways, it feels as if we haven’t even left the docking station yet.”
That’s an amazing statement considering we are 15 months into this thing.
But then I began to think how great a statement this is, and how well it describes these leaders and their vision. Yeah, we are 15 months past launch; Yeah, God has been teaching us so much and changing all our lives. Yeah, He has brought a lot a people to us, allowing them to find community in small groups, etc. Yeah, we are extremely excited about what He has done. But…
But…we know that in so many ways, we haven’t even started the ride yet.
As we dream and pray about this community called Crossings and how it will continue to follow God and seek to be a part of a reproducing movement, we better make sure we’re strapped in tight, because Lyle’s right, this ride is just beginning…
Mark Nelson at 11:29 AM 2comments
2 Comments
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at 11:47 PM
ragamuffinminister said... how come you stopped posting pics of people standing on their desks? :)
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at 10:19 AM
Mark Nelson said...
I haven't received any new pics...
Do you have any for me?