Archive for January, 2018
This Week at Cross Church | NWA Marriage Conference is Tomorrow!
Marriage Conference Numbers are Skyrocketing!
We currently have over 2,100 people registered for our Northwest Arkansas Marriage Conference tomorrow evening from 7:00-10:00 p.m. Dr. Jeff and Julie Crawford, Dr. Nick and Meredith Floyd, and Jeana and I will be leading the entire conference. It will be interactive and fun. Seats are still available, but you must register for your free tickets and for childcare. This conference is for college students, single adults, and married adults of all ages and years of marriage! You can get tickets and register for childcare here.
“What is Your Mountain” Series Continues on Sunday
Join us on Sunday as we continue to deliver God’s Word. Bring someone with you. Our What is Your Mountain? series is biblically-based and Spirit-empowered. Each message is practical, teaching you how to live your life for Christ daily. If you missed last Sunday, catch up here.
I Love My Church Day is Sunday, February 11
Do NOT miss I Love My Church Day at Cross Church on Sunday, February 11. On this significant day, we do all we can to gather masses of our people and beyond to re-engage or engage people for the first time. You can learn more about the day here. Let’s make it a grand day in Bible Study and Worship.
7 Specific Updates on the National Day of Prayer Ministry
On Monday, I released an important article relating to the National Day of Prayer ministry. As I serve as President of this ministry while serving here as your Senior Pastor, please pray for me. I want you to take the time to read about all that is going on. Again, pray for us and join us in this pivotal ministry in our nation.
Feed the 479 is Our Strategy to Help Feed Our Area
Feed the 479 is a ministry of Compassion Northwest Arkansas, and is a choice food pantry for the food insecure in our area. So many of us give to and volunteer for Blessing Baskets over the holidays, but physical hunger is not limited to holiday seasons. You can help provide food for families year-round by giving directly to Feed the 479 over and above the first tenth of all God has entrusted to you. You can make a one-time donation or give on a recurring basis through Cross Church. Watch this video from last Sunday to learn more about Feed the 479.
See You Sunday,
Ronnie W. Floyd
National Day of Prayer Digital Equipping Releases Today: Informing, Instructing, and Inspiring You
DIGITAL EQUIPPING releases today on the nationaldayofprayer.org website. NDP EQUIPPING releases a total of twenty-nine videos that will inform you, instruct you, and inspire you.
With thousands of volunteers located across the country, this NDP EQUIPPING is long overdue. The all-stars in this ministry are the thousands of volunteers who network with us to mobilize unified public prayer for America on the National Day of Prayer. Now we can better prepare our volunteers who give their time and passion to this great cause for America and the Lord.
It is perfect timing for this ministry offering, as we are within four months of our 2018 National Day of Prayer on May 3. At whatever level you serve with us, this will help you. If you want to create a prayer observance in your town or city, this training will tell you how.
NDP Equipping Will Inform, Instruct, and Inspire
Let me explain how these videos will work.
- INFORM: Some videos will simply share matters of information you need to know in your role as a volunteer for the National Day of Prayer.
- INSTRUCT: Our digital equipping has this overall purpose in mind. We want you to know how to do what we are asking of you as a volunteer for the National Day of Prayer.
- INSPIRE: While we believe each of these will have moments of inspiration, some sessions are just intended to encourage you in your prayer life or inspire you by hearing the way others have been blessed by serving as a volunteer for the National Day of Prayer.
The majority of these equipping sessions are timeless. They will always have relevance to the ministry of prayer, equipping you to lead or assist leading a national observance.
Additional videos will be released to add to our equipping catalog.
If people are not inspired to pray, they will not pray. If they are not equipped to pray and to lead others to pray, they will not pray or lead others to pray.
The videos releasing today are 5-15 minutes in length. In the future, others may be longer.
Title List of our Initial NDP Equipping Videos
Below is a list of and link to each of the videos releasing today. The titles will give you a great idea of what we will be offering through NDP EQUIPPING.
Inform & Instruct
Who We Are – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
What is Prayer? – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
Our Theme: Unity – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
Join With Us – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
Our Missional Vision – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
Our Multi-Vision – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
Call to Churches – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
Pray for Spiritual Awakening – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
Get Involved – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
Planning Your National Day of Prayer Event – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
Involving State/Local Leaders – Gina Gibson, Mountain States National Area Leader
Maximizing State Involvement – Sue Stoltz, Midwest States National Area Leader
How to Promote My Event – Dion Elmore, Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations, National Day of Prayer
Marketing/Public Relations – Dion Elmore, Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations, National Day of Prayer
My Calling – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
A Conversation with Lisa Crump – Lisa Crump, Vice President of Volunteer Mobilization & Liaison Prayer Ministries, National Day of Prayer
How You Can Support – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
How God Has Used Prayer in My Life – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
Vision for Unity – Dr. Ronnie Floyd, President, National Day of Prayer
Inspire
Dave Butts – Chairman of the Board, National Day of Prayer
Dave Butts – Chairman of the Board, National Day of Prayer
Barbara Ingmire – West States National Area Leader
Stan & Gina Gibson – Mountain States National Area Leaders
Gary & Barb Hibma – North Central States National Area Leaders
Sue Stoltz -Midwest States National Area Leader
Rick & Sarah Lowe – South Central States National Area Leaders
Mary Bruce – Northeast States National Area Leader
Nancy Sharman – East States National Area Leader
Willie & Gwen Bradley – Southeast States National Area Leaders
State, County, City, and National Leaders, You Have Assistance Like Never Before
If you are a state, county, city, or national leader for the National Day of Prayer, you now have assistance to enlist and equip new volunteers like never before. People will not engage if they are not informed and equipped.
We must enlist, equip, and empower more people to assist and lead prayer observances on the National Day of Prayer. I promise you, NDP EQUIPPING will help you to do a better job in your role. You will have links to send to volunteers and a place on our website where they can learn. Your ability to begin new observances and support present observances has just multiplied!
Please spend time with these videos yourself, and send them to all of your volunteers in your state, county, city, and region.
1,000 Thank Yous
1,000 thank yous to our Cross Church Media Team, who produced and released our NDP EQUIPPING sessions today. Our appreciation at the National Day of Prayer Task Force is great. Thank you for your investment in this national ministry!
Now is the Time to Lead and to Pray,
Ronnie W. Floyd
Senior Pastor, Cross Church
President, National Day of Prayer
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Dr. Ronnie Floyd is the Senior Pastor of Cross Church, President of the National Day of Prayer, founder of the Cross Church School of Ministry, and host of the Ronnie Floyd on Life and Leadership Today podcast.
To request an interview with Dr. Ronnie Floyd
contact Gayla Oldham at (479) 751-4523 or email gaylao@crosschurch.com.
Visit our website at http://ronniefloyd.com
Follow Dr. Floyd on Twitter and Instagram @ronniefloyd