Crossroads Bible Church, Team Holland 2006 Official Blog Site
Dates of our trip: July 12--July 30, 2006.
The team has been assembled and preparing since January, 2006.
Departing Flight Information July 12: British Air Flight #2192, Departing DFW 4:20PM. Arriving London Gatwick 7:20AM. Connecting flight from London Heathrow, British Airways flight #434 to Amsterdam Schipol arriving 1:45PM.
Return Flight Information July 30: British Air Flight #8110, Departing Amsterdam Schipol 7:00AM, arriving London Gatwick 7:10AM. Conntecting flight from London Gatwick, British Airways flight #2193 to Dallas/Fort Worth arriving 2:30PM.
You can also use the links on each of these sights to find out even more information!
In order to prepare for the nature of direct outreach in a postmodern culture, our team read the book "How Should We Live Then" by Colson & Pearcy. It's an excellent read for an introduction to worldviews, their effects and their results.
Some of the most influential books on the subject of postmodernism would be by Francis A. Schaeffer, including "The God Who Is There," "Escape From Reason," & "How Should We Then Live" (which obviously influenced Colson). If you're interested in some basic quotes on postmodernism, you can get them here:
2003: Brent McKinney, Rob Edwards, Deb Stevenson, Jess Semmelbeck, Liz Stevenson, Alicia Garcia, Jude Miniat, Christy Thrasher, Abby Lorenc, Cristina MacGilvra, Matt Eaton, Justin Bascue, Faith Oldenburg, Kayti Edwards, Kim Church.
2006: Brent McKinney, Steve Davis, Debbie Schmidt, Michelle Davis, Thomas Egbert, Schuyler Crabtree, Kayla Russell, Alex Ehrich, Keila Lorenc, Bailey Price, Olivia Schmidt, Maria MacGilvra, Alicia Garcia
First and foremost, this trip is 17 days long and for many team members it's the longest they've been away from home. We'd love to hear from you, so feel free to check back often and comment by clicking on the spaces beneath each entry!
Secondly, pray for the team members and those they'll come in contact with. This ministry is entirely relational...and each day we'll simply be waking up and trying to find someone to share the Gospel with. We'd truly appreciate your thoughts and prayers!
Finally, when this team left, we were short of our financial goals. If you're so inclined to donate, simply go to the church website and click on "contact us," send an e-mail saying you'd like to contribute, and you'll be given the necessary instructions.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Sunday in Noord Holland
Thanks for your prayers regarding my sermon preparation & delivery! The responses I've gotten have been very encouraging (of course, they could've been being nice, but either way, I'll take it) and I had lots of help from Justin--who did an excellent job of translating--as I went through Jeremiah 32 and how he responded to discouragement. I still can't get over pictures of me teaching from God's Word in Europe:
As part of my sermon, I used illustrations of how God uses people no matter their background and in addition to my testimony, Thomas gave his testimony!
And Maria gave HER testimony!
I gotta say, it was pretty nifty seeing my recent grads sharing with others what God has done and is doing in and through them. One of the perks of the job, I guess.
And afterward, about a 20 minute bike ride away, the church held a baptism service...they don't have the privilege often, but when they do, it's a pretty big deal. It was a great setting and a nice afternoon.
The rest of the day has been somewhat lazy as many of the Dutch are home with their families and the team from Philadelphia is prepping for their sports camps coming up this week so the team has been bonding in the kitchen with chocolate and cheese and milk.
There are DEFINITELY worse ways to spend a day...
Brent 3:38 PM
