Please RSVP by June 7th!
There is a parking lot behind Crossroads Community Baptist Church for the ceremony. Parking instructions for the reception at the Ypsilanti Freighthouse TBD.
Gospel means “good news”. The Good News is what God did to restore our relationship with him. God created everything, and he created it perfectly. Mankind had a perfect relationship with God. Then our first parents, Adam and Eve, chose to rebel against God. They wanted to be like gods, deciding what is good and evil for themselves. God had said that those in rebellion with die, and death entered the world. Since then, people have been decided what was good and bad, and some people tried to return to the perfect relationship with God, but no one could be perfect. Therefore, to restore his relationship with us, he sent to us his son Jesus, the Christ. This is the Gospel: Jesus lived a life in perfect relationship with God, he made no mistake. Jesus sacrificial death on a torturous cross, he paid the debt that we owed to God for disobeying his commands. In Jesus, we can be restored. The best news is that he rose from the dead and ascended into heaven where he now intercedes on our behalf. He gives the Holy Spirit to all his people and he changes our hearts, our desires, and teaches us how to be the children of God we were always intended to be. For now, Jesus remains in heaven, but one day he will return and judge the world in righteousness. He will remove from this world all sin a he will restore everything to a state of peace, prosperity and flourishing and all those who have trusted him as their King and Guide will participate in his rule and enjoy his goodness forever.
Jacob and Anne met at the church they are now getting married at, Crossroads Community Baptist Church! They attended the same Sunday School class, and one conversation led to another.