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The NEW CrosspointLive.com Sneak Preview

September 13th, 2009 No comments »

Soon Crosspoint will have a brand new website!

Thanks to Ericka Watson, who’s a part of our Digital Media Team, and who also blogs at GodKindofLife.com. She’s a freelance writer and taught me a lot about WordPress. Check out her sites and drop her a line she’s available to help you with any website & writing needs!

Well, here’s the site. What do you think?

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Wayne 3.0 – What’s new this fall

September 11th, 2009 No comments »

The pastoral staff at Crosspoint have a saying. Crosspoint is the anvil in which we will all be shaped on. Some days that hammer is huge!

Well this Fall there will be a lot of changes going on in my life. A LOT. As Crosspoint grows I know that my position and job description has to grow and change. So here’s a few of the features that Wayne 3.0 will have by the end of 2009.

I will lead & manage a new Digital Media Team at Crosspoint. No longer will I doing the tasks involved in graphic design, web design, media, email, print, etc. [The job is way too big and there are people out there with greater gifts and talents in this field that are waiting to be used by God!]
A new Outreach Team will be formed, to help plan, coordinate, and equip the people of Crosspoint to “Serve, Reach, Feed, & Build”
A better listener
A feedback seeking machine! [At Crosspoint, we want to have a steady diet of feedback. So I will ask you, please help me be better.]
Clearer communication. [If you're on one of my teams you'll get clear communication with expectations, deadlines, and a desire to hear your heart.]
Short Accounts. [The "duck & cover" method of conflict was never my thing. I will keep short accounts with the people around me so that there could be no foothold of resentment, anger, or division.]
A fire and a passion like never before for God’s word and my personal growth.

Help keep be accountable. Ask me how it’s going.

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The Nines

September 6th, 2009 1 comment »

If you haven’t heard about the Nines yet it’s really simple – on 09/09/09 TONS of speakers will be given 9 minutes to share their thoughts on Leadership.

It’s for church leaders
It’s all day.
It free. (register here)
It’s a conference that you don’t have to leave your home or office for, you just watch online.
The goal for the speakers is to simply answer this question: “If you had nine minutes to talk one-on-one with thousands of church leaders, what is the one thing that you would tell them?”
I can’t wait to hear what they have to say.

The Nines from Todd Rhoades on Vimeo.

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Best Blogs Ever!

September 4th, 2009 No comments »

I had a very busy week! I only read half of what I normally read so these are the FEW… the PROUD… the blogs that caught my attention and captured my heart!

Happy Blogging!

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I’m Losing It!

August 31st, 2009 No comments »

Boot Camp starts tomorrow… (again)

In May of 08, Tina and I joined a gym as an anniversary gift to each other. (The traditional anniversary gift for year 6 was “iron” so we began “pumping iron” get it?) The idea was to drop some weight and get back into shape. Tina did beautifully and I was able to lose about 30lbs. thanks to some accountability and a lot of guidance from Kim Garcia (Kim2bfit.com) our personal trainer.

We’ve done one 12-week body challenge with her and then an outdoor co-ed boot camp.

Tomorrow I step-out on my own (Tina can’t do it due to scheduling) and get on the road toward my final 10lbs of weight loss to reach my goal weight.

This time it’s a 12-week body challenge/boot camp and I look forward to being stretched and challenged both physically and through my nutrition choices. Help keep me accountable, and I’ll post my progress along the way!

I’m challenging myself as a leader to be in better physical shape. Not only do I want to keep up with all of our awesome “go getter” volunteers at Crosspoint, I want to honor God with the body I’m given. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 talks about how my body is a temple of the Holy Spirit (another gift from God)… I’m carrying some precious cargo and God’s not through with me yet so I need to up the maintenance on this temple so that I have no excuse to live the life He’s calling me to live.

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Weekend Wrap-Up

August 31st, 2009 No comments »

What an unbelievable weekend and what an incredible way to kick off this new season at Crosspoint!

I was sick at the start of the weekend but I wasn’t going to let that keep me from all of the blessings that God had in store for me over the next few days.
On Friday I got to spend some much needed “hang-time” with Paul & Brad. Little known fact: not only do I work with these guys, but they are also my friends. A few hours of “fun time” spent with them is work way more than a work week spend “around” them. Truly a gift and a blessing.
Tina’s car finally got the a/c fixed! And it didn’t cost as much as I thought it would… Double Awesome.
Saturday was an incredible day of Vision and Leadership! All of the Small Group Facilitators were invited to take part in a special leadership training in preparation for the next semester of small groups.
I was blown away by the job that Beth Smith did with the room, I was excited for days leading up to this thanks to the work she did!
Pastor Brad pulled together an All Star line-up for the training (of which I got to participate and lead in). I got to share the new initiatives we had in place for Outreach & Service in the Fall of ‘09 and Small Groups will be a BIG chunk of it!
(By the way, I had a killer breakfast date with my wife. I can’t get enough of her.)
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!
Once again God blew the doors off the place and graced us with an all time high of 539 worshiping on Sunday!
Small Group sign-ups are skyrocketing and I will guarantee we will have a sell-out crowd for small groups. (Don’t worry we have some extras waiting in the wings.)
We closed out an incredible series entitled “The Call”… It was all about Matthew 16:24 and what it means to take up your cross and follow Jesus. Download the messages straight from iTunes… click here
My favorite line: We need your seat. (and we do… in fact we’ll need 100 more seats!) You’ll find out how you can help soon!
The blessings just kept coming, I was surrounded by an awesome group of ladies after church. They are our Volunteer Coordinators. (It’s not a requirement to be a woman, I just think these are the most organized!)
We talked about some great volunteer initiatives that we’ll be rolling out in the fall of ‘09. We talked vision. And best of all, we talked about what God is doing in their lives. I was blown away.
OH! and best of all, 3 people began their relationship with Jesus… it’s all worth it for that!

What a ride!

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Best Blogs Ever!

August 28th, 2009 No comments »

Here are this week’s blog posts that blew my mind!

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Tips for Serving on the Go

August 28th, 2009 No comments »

The other day I posted some ideas for serving on the go. Here are some tips to back those ideas up!

Tips:
#1. Be a noticer – Pay attention to your surroundings, eavesdrop, be a people watcher, either way you’ll never know the opportunities to make a difference in someone’s life if you’re not looking. Jesus was a noticer, I often think about his teaching on “The Widow’s Mite”. Jesus was at the temple and through people watching he noticed a woman who gave everything she had in one tiny mite.

#2. Keep outreach/Invite cards handy – This is all about equipping. An act of kindness without some form of connection is simply a random act of kindness. Now, while those are great and all, the opportunity to match your act of kindness with an opportunity to connect with Jesus is priceless!

Here are a couple of examples of what we use at Crosspoint.

Servant Evangelism Card Front Invite Card Front

#3. Let them know why you do what you do. - There’s usually an opportunity that pops up when someone says “Why are you doing this?” That’s when I take the opportunity to say, “I just wanted to show you God’s love in a practical way!” A simple sentence with a BIG impact!

If you want to find out more about Servant Evangelism and Outreach check out these books below or visit ServantEvangelism.com:

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