My name is Tommy, my brothers name is Jerry. For many years of my life I asked my cartoon loving Dad if we were named after the cat and mouse. Dad said no, with explaination on how he came up with the names. Once dad passed away my mom "fessed up". We were named after the cartoon characters! It did not bother me though, because short of his family Dad loved nothing more than the cartoons. 

Recently I proposed a new name for CCF. The name is Crossroads Church. Like my name, the name comes from something important to me. Ever since I moved to Kingwood I have felt we Christians who reside in this area are on the crossroads of the world. No only do we have many nationalities living in our area, but we also communicate through our work and friendships with people from everywhere or who know someone from everywhere. We are definitely not isolated!

Along with living at the crosroads, we have great spiritual stories to tell. The Bible speaks about "standing stones" or "stone altars" positioned where great God moments happened. These stones were positioned as an oppotunity for those present to remember what God had done, but also to tell new "passerbys" the story when they asked about the rocks. 

We, followers of Jesus, are standing stones of our faith. God has done wonderful things with us, for us and through us. Our responsibility is to live like people of faith and tell our stories. We are at the crossroads of many cultures and areas of the world, we have a voice and we have stories of hope, life and salvation.

I like the name Crossroads Church. It has meaning, it is a standing stone itself. One might say, "why did you change your name from CCF and why did you choose Crossroads?" You might reply, "do I have a story to tell you"!