Stepping Out of Africa

As a church we just completed our hosting of the World Vision Experience: AIDS (www.worldvisionexperience.org). I must say that while I'm exhausted, I'm also thrilled. I am proud of our church, the leadership, and the community for rallying around this important issue with a commitment to learn and to act. This is the church being the church, and that is exciting stuff.

Totals: 1809 visitors, 161 new children sponsored (with 92 of those being Crossroadians, which brings us close to 300 sponsor children as a faith family), 270 volunteers to make the event happen, one amazing concert with Sarah Groves. God at work.

There is another team from Crossroads heading off to Swaziland in mid-June. They will get to visit our sponsor kids and see the work World Vision is doing there. If you'd like to know how you can help, or if you'd like to sponsor a child in Sithobella, Swaziland, give me a call at church and we can set you up.

Blessings!

jeff

Come, Learn, Act

I want to invite all of you who live in Southeastern Wisconsin to come to the World Vision Experience:AIDS that we are hosting at church this weekend. It is a way we can understand a bit of what it might be like to live with this disease. FYI, World Vision statistics show that by 2010 there will be 20 million AIDS orphans, the population of New York State. 250,000 people die every month from AIDS related illnesses. What will the church do? What will you do? Come, learn and act.

We are also hosting Sara Groves in concert that Saturday night. If you have never heard Sara, you need to come.

info at www.crossroadspres.org

blessings,
jeff