It All Started 9 Years Ago Today…

Well, not exactly…

But nine years ago today, on June 15, 2001, a handful of people gathered for an evening of worshiping Jesus at a little white church on Macland Road located just over a mile from where we are now on Gus Robinson Road.  We had our name, The Cross Worship Ministry.  We had a desire for many years that had now been given an open door of opportunity, a place in which we could physically begin.  It was the conception of a new thing that God had been preparing us for throughout our lives up to that appointed time.  We recall all the way back to our wedding ceremony in 1979 how we wanted our family and friends to join us in worshiping Jesus at the ceremony.  We remember our cross shaped wedding cake that a family friend said she knew she was to bake for us and, using our fall wedding color scheme of orange, yellow, red and brown, we now realize the significance of how that wedding cake was a prophetic picture of what was to come!  These couple of memories are now very foundational to us as we see how the Lord has been preparing us all along to be right where we are today – gatekeepers at a house of worship and prayer in Powder Springs, Georgia!  We recall these things and much more and give thanks to God for His faithfulness to us throughout our lives. We call to remembrance and give thanks, praising God, just like King David instructed the Levites to do in I Chronicles 16 as continuous worship was to take place before the ark of the Lord.

So, join with us today in remembering, thanking, and praising the Lord God Almighty for what He has begun here.  It may have begun with a dream and a desire in Mark’s heart about 24 years ago, but today it is a reality – a beautiful “house on a lake” property where worshipers can join together in precious unity, experiencing a safe place in which there is His freedom, His peace, and His grace!

(Reflections from Linda)