Tag Archives: Cross Timbers Community Church
Churches who give it back
Posted on 19. May, 2009 by Kenny.
I follow several people I used to work with at Cross Timbers in DFW and it seems my previous church is getting some media attention. Don’t worry, its a good thing. They’ve been giving money back to the community both inside the church and out. This action has caught the eye of the media and they’re getting some national news coverage. Check out the article on CNN.
I know some good things are happening at Cross Timbers. A good friend described it as revival. Last fall they held a baptism service at all their services and a gajillion people were baptized. Looks like they did another baptism service recently and another gajillion were baptized as well. Yes, there are enough people in DFW to sustain these types of baptisms.… Read the rest
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Remember, remember the 5th of November
Posted on 05. Nov, 2008 by Kenny.
It’s a funny little saying from the history of Guy Fawkes, the guy who attempted to blow up parliament. Interestingly this day now has great significance for me and my family. Because it happened on this day (and the catchy little saying), I’m not sure I’ll ever forget this day.
One year ago today was my last day working for Cross Timbers Community Church. You can read about it here. It was an abrupt end as over a dozen people were released due to major financial issues. It was a very difficult day. Actually, I think it was much harder on the Leadership Team there than it was for me. They had to release 15 people in one day and each take significant pay cuts.… Read the rest
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Cross Timbers Revisited
Posted on 19. Aug, 2008 by Kenny.
This past weekend I went back to North Fort Worth for a few days. Josh, my intern that worked (and lived) with me all summer wrapped up his time in Austin last Thursday. When we were planning the internship, I intentionally planned to take him to DFW and see a variety of multi-site churches. We planned to visit both Fellowship Church (the Grapevine and Fort Worth campus) as well as the Fort Worth campus of Life Church. These are some of the leading multi-site churches. However, the multi-site church that I knew best was Cross Timbers. Although I had been to DFW 3 or 4 times since being let go last November, I hadn’t actually visited the church since November.… Read the rest
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My Multi-Site Journey
Posted on 16. May, 2007 by Kenny.
My new friend Dawn shot me an email asking me about what my church (being multi-site) is like. If you are closely involved in the multi-site movement, you would know that every one is different… kind of like snowflakes. My snowflake is Cross Timbers Community Church and it’s been a very cool ride for me, not without a few bumps along the way. I can say with complete confidence is that we are different from a lot of other multi-sites, but even more so, we’ve been evolving since this trip started. Let me explain my journey…… Read the rest
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When it rains, it floods!
Posted on 28. Apr, 2007 by Kenny.
(where I’m officing now… the church lobby)
This week was pretty unusual. We had some April storms come through on Tuesday, nothing unusual for North Texas this time of year. At about 1:45 (during staff meeting with my team) the fire alarms started going off, but amazingly the power stayed on (in Argyle the power has been known to go off with a steady drizzle).
Because the weekly preschool was still in session, all the staff went to help them evacuate. The rain was coming down so hard, we had a major leak down our children’s hallway (water was pouring in) so we evacuated our kids from their classrooms to the auditorium. It was a little bit of chaos (something to work on at next year’s training).… Read the rest
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