This morning was Leadership Community at Crossbridge.  We invite people who are a part of our church to attend.  We get to know others who help make Crossbridge happen.  We share vision.  We talk about what the staff is working on.  We celebrate the work God is doing through our church.  We talk about what is coming up at Crossbridge.  We have a great time!

One of my favorite elements of Leadership Community is when we hear from each other about the ways we are expanding our capacity to do ministry—we call these “wins.”  Our mission is to help disconnected people connected God.  “Wins” are anything that moves us closer to accomplishing our mission.

This is some of what we celebrated this morning:

• In less than two months, Crossbridge raised over $8,800 to expand our capacity to connect disconnected people to God in Haiti.  For the next year, we feed 88 students, sponsor 3 teachers, and build a water tower for a school in Haiti.
• This semester, three new teams of group leaders launched new community groups.  Thank you Shawn and Erica Grant, Rob Orr, Michael and Laurie Lee, Sue Redd, and Elaine Wesley.
• So many people connected to a community group for the first time at our Community group gathering in January.
• Elizabeth Langgle is planning a trip for Crossbridge this year to Scotland.  Greg Buchanan is planning a trip this year to Haiti.
• Leaders like Nathan and Maritza Nickerson and Nathan and Kelly Currier are creating opportunities for people to connect to community groups.
• Leaders like Jason and Siri Fudge and Dan and Lindsey Cole are giving their community groups the opportunity to experience missional living.
• Our preschool team (lead by Jenny Bates) is expanding our capacity to minister to preschoolers and parents of preschoolers at our 9:30 gathering.
• Our nursery team (led by Kelly Currier) is going out of its way to make families feel comfortable leaving their babies with Crossbridge Kids.
• Crossbridge Kids is exploding . . . and increasing our capacity to minister to families.
• Our musical worship team is expanding.  Our preschool team is expanding.
• Dan and Lindsey Cole are responding to God’s call to a church plant in Corvallis, Oregon.  We are so excited for Dan and Lindsey Cole!
• Over the last year Dan has invested in Greg.  Dan is teaching Greg what it looks like to lead a musical worship team.  Dan “reproduced” himself.  Because of this relationship, Greg is ready to lead Crossbridge’s musical worship team!

There is so much to celebrate at Crossbridge!