We have decided to do this event again next year, so save the date:
MARCH FOR JESUS CHRIST 2015 will be held on Holy Saturday, April 4, 2015. We will start in Lolo, Montana at 6:45 and finish at the Grantsdale Community Church at 7:45. Mark it on you calendars and plan to participate.
To everyone who helped plan this event. Thank you. This verse was our inspiration:
Matthew 16:24-25 New King James Version (NKJV)
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
A special thank you goes out to Al Ostrander of Darby. He built this beautiful cross and we are so grateful to him.
The Grantsdale Community Church started things off bright and early at 6:45 am, on Holy Saturday, 14 April 2014, at Genesis.
The Grantsdale Community Church finished their 3 mile walk for Jesus Christ on the south side of Hamilton. At South 1st & Baker The First Christian Church received the Cross at Romans
The Cross made it's way through Hamilton with the First Christian Church and at Joshua The Darby Foursquare Church took possession and continued north.
Along the Bitterroot River the Darby Fourscore Church walked, pass Woodside and finally to 1st Corinthians where the Cross was given to The Corvallis United Methodist Church.
The Corvallis United Methodist Church moved out with the Cross carried high. Bear Creek Road was the location of Colossians and here they passed the Cross to In One Hope Ministries.
Onward to Victor the Cross would go, sitting on the shoulders of those from In One Hope Ministries. At the Victor Park which today we called 1st John The Bitterroot Valley Church of the Nazerene took over their Cross responsibilities.
The Bitterroot Valley Church of the Nazarene carried the cross to a point of interest north of Victor called Acts where the Barnabas Ministries Christian Center assumed the Cross for a time.
The Barnabas Ministries Christian Center soldiered on for 3 miles and gave the Cross to the Lisa and Steve Allen at Hebrews. Accompanied by their dogs this Christian couple carried the Cross for Jesus Christ.
The Allen's walked the long straight stretch of road north of the Stevensville Wye to Isaiah. Here the Cross was given to the Stevensville Knights of Columbus and these men had to conquer Bass Creek Hill.
The Stevensville Knights of Columbus made it over the hill and to 2nd Timothy. Here they gave the Cross to Dave from the Military Brethren.
Now Dave is fit as a fiddle and carried the Cross into Florence. It was here at Philemon where he handed it off to the Weidow Family.
The Weidow family with kids on the bikes, all watching grandpa or uncle Wayne carry the Cross made it to Luke. Here they passed the cross to the Meyer Family.
Now let me tell you, they don't make them any tougher than this Meyer family. Their portion of the March for Jesus Christ was inspiring. They carried the Cross to Nehemiah and gave it to the Military Brethren and it was my honor to carried the Cross on the final leg into Lolo.
We cruised in to Lolo like nothing flat. The adrenalin was pumping through my veins so much I couldn't feel the actual weight of the Cross, but the significance of the Cross weighed heavy on my mind and soul. My saviour Jesus Christ died upon the Cross for my sins. I often think about The Parable of the Sower in Mark chapter 4. I was a seed I thought that fell into the thorns, but now I am on "good soil" and it is because of this Cross. So into Lolo we walk to Mark at the Lolo Community Church at exactly 7:45 pm.
The Cross traveled 40 miles in 13 hours through the beautiful Bitterroot Valley of Western Montana. Our goal was to focus on Jesus Christ for the entire time. Thank you to all that participated and I hope to see you next year for the 2015 March for Jesus Christ on April 4th.
God Bless,
Military Brethern
No comments:
Post a Comment