Alison, Maddie and I had the opportunity to visit Crosspoint Church in Decatur, Alabama last Sunday morning. I have never visited Decatur before last weekend, but have gotten to know Dave and Dana Anderson through Dave's blog and through email over the last three years.
Here are some of my thoughts about our visit:
- Crosspoint does portable as well as, if not better than, any church I have seen. They make the most of their space.
- Children's area was "off the hook" cool. Security was very high (a very high positive in my book) and we had to have visitor's passes to even go check it out, but like I said, as a parent, I would feel like my child was very safe to stay in their children's environment and it would be well-worth the learning experience...looked very high-energy and interactive...very impressed.
- Hospitality was great. There was no question as to whether you could take a drink into the worship space--you were encouraged to--and there was a great variety of sodas, southern sweet tea, and Starbucks coffee poured up at your pleasure by a well-staffed and friendly group of volunteers!
- Crosspoint had an amazing set design and their use of the theater's projection screen was incredible. They had three different images on the screen most of the time. Tons of churches could learn alot about using video tools with excellence from Crosspoint.
- The music was great..."Kryptonite" by 3 Doors Down was the lead-in to the message...really good stuff.
- I loved Dave's preaching style. Maddie was fully engaged by Dave's preaching (which as a dad and a preacher, I really thought was cool). Dave is a great mix of funny, informative, and inspiring. Very solid message about Gideon, "the zero who became a hero."
Check in tomorrow for my "Movie Pastor Reflections."
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