We Celebrate God's Goodness to us at Crossroads Church in 2009

2009 has been a wonderful year at Crossroads. This year we have seen hundreds and even thousands of people give their life to Christ through local ministries and ministries around the world.
We had church wide participation in the 20-20-20 Journal.
Community Life Night, Wednesday night program, started in the fall. This night provided dinner, a program for youth & adults, choir for the kids, and small groups. There were around 200 people each week.
We held 2 Connection Fairs this year. There were over 400 connections where people had the opportunity to serve or be served.
The Crossroads Café (Coffeehouse) will open in January 2010. Many people have been dedicated to making this outreach opportunity possible.
139 people came to the Taste of Crossroads, 95 people joined the church, and 24 people were baptized.
Our average weekly attendance also blossomed from 1218 to 1285 so far this year.
The Christmas Spectacular sold out with 3,000 attending 8 performances. 2 nights were dedicated to hosting 600 residents from assisted living, homes for substance abuse, unwed mothers and the homeless.
Men’s Second Mondays. Completed the 2nd year of this men’s event with an average attendance of 55 men each night. Vans picked up men from Rebound Men’s Ministry and to the Samaritan’s House men’s shelter so they could attend.
One Heart Women’s Ministries. 173 women participated in weekly bible studies. In the spring, a retreat was held in the mountains with 100 women attending. Women did outreach to Morningside Assisted Living, held monthly birthday parties for the children at The Children’s Home (orphanage in Kannapolis), sent gift bags for new Moms through the Mothering Ministry, and gave comfort to grieving people through Healing Stitches (prayer shawl ministry).
Student Ministries – 115 high school and middle school students were involved in Small groups. 60 students went to 3 continents this past summer for a total of 22,896 man hours of missions. Shout raised $7,000 through 30 hour famine for World Hunger, and volunteered to feed and assist the homeless in Concord and Charlotte.
College and Career Ministry (BASIC) was launched this year with about 30 young men and women. They connect with 4-600 students from 15 different churches and various denominations weekly through Charlotte One. BASIC meets for Bible studies weekly and is also actively involved in Cooperative Christian ministries and Family Promise.
Our Kids First Children’s Ministry sponsored four Christ-centered (5-day) camps from July 6-31 for rising 2nd thru 7th grades that included football, basketball, worship and Spanish camps. (Continued below)