Power Cross Blog: Statesville School Release

The Statesville High Students begin released from school...

This week Bonfire Crusades, Ken Freeman Ministries, Front Street Baptist, Power Cross, the band CAYERIO, and a team of volunteers, held the first school release in Statesville. For those of you not familiar with a school release here's a quick summery. We were able to get students from Statesville High and Statesville Middle released from school for 1 block (or class). We bus them to a local church (Front Street in this case). We share with them the word and love of God through music(CAYERIO Rocks!!!), and through a speaker (Ken Freeman, there's no one better!). We are able to reach many children who have never set foot in a church or opened a Bible. On Monday, our first day, we had about 200 kids participate. By Wednesday, the final day, we had pretty much doubled that number. In addition to the release from school we had a pretty kick butt revival all three nights. Last night we even filled the balcony! The entire experience may have been the most moving thing I have ever taken part in. To see all of the kids spilling off the bus to come to church was just an amazing thing. Granted some kids came just to get out of school for a little while. But that's the whole idea! For many of them they left with so much more! I think pictures do a better job of describing the events! We have had about 10 calls already this morning asking, "How many people got saved?". Someone guessed 50 people, and just laughed thinking there is no way that many was possible. We saw 257 students and adults give their life to Christ this week. We had about 5 Power Cross parents finally receive the same gift their son's have received. Seeds are being planted in Statesville everyday. This week we had almost 400 students released from school, but we had 257 people released from their past, their sins, and the life they use to have. What an awesome week.