Sunday night was an amazing evening. For so many reasons.
-Probably the biggest community moment I have seen in Crash history. I mean, TONS of people involved in imagining the evening, planning, implementation, promotion, cooking turkeys or hams, set up, room design, technical stuff, tear down, etc.
-I saw VERY FEW people walk into the room empty handed. Everyone brought different kinds and amounts of food, but because (almost) everyone brought something, we had more than enough food.
-There was a massive difference between this dinner and other dinners where the church has provided the food, and asked for donations. This time, everyone was respectful of those who had not eaten yet and restrained themselves. We did not run out of food.
-We had tons of new faces. Friends and family of community members were invited and came.
-We connected communion to Thanksgiving and remembered the fact that communion was part of the biggest meal of the year for Jewish culture – the Passover. Jesus wasn’t making bread and wine special; he was calling all his followers to remember that meals are more than meals when we break bread together in remembrance of all that He did for us.
If Sunday night was my only experience of Thanksgiving, it would be enough. Powerful stories. Mental snapshots of many more moments than could be shared here.
A member of the Crash community, Tony Elliott, took some pictures during the evening. You can see some pictures from the evening by clicking HERE.
We begin a new series at Crash this upcoming Sunday, entitled Resurrecting Christmas. A series about the intersection of our experiences at Christmas and the story of God coming near to us as a baby whose ultimate Resurrection will change everything.
