2009 XTM Barrie Team (l to r): Derek Hunt, Tom Briggs, Steven Baptist, Dale Halldorson, John Gonciarz, Jeff Mardling, Chris Wood, Cory McKenna (Not pictured: Randy Lutchman)

Praise the Lord for Who He is…and for blessing us with an awesome day of Gospel outreach this past Saturday August 15th! We also need to extend a very special thanks to all those witnessing warriors who joined us for our very first Xstream Team Mission (XTM) to Barrie, Ontario.

Right: TCC Rep Jeff “SONshine” Mardling “breaks the sound barrier” by open air preaching for the very first time…you’re a champ, Jeff!

In addition to our seed sowing army of seven, the Lord also allowed us to hook up with a few brothers from Barrie as well: Pastor Les and Hugh (Harvest Bible Chapel of Barrie) and Derek Hunt, who had joined us on the streets of Hamilton at an evangelism conference we lead in 2008.

Left: Randy Lutchman shares the Gospel at his very first XTM event.

The 2009 Xstream Team Mission (XTM) Toronto! We praise God that He graciously gave us favour as we hosted one of the world’s most multi-cultural cities to almost twelve hours of fun-filled, power-packed Gospel outreach!

Here was our itinerary for the local mission trip:

8:00am | Met at Cory’s house for team worship, prayer, and briefing

9:00am – 2:00pm | Fought 400 traffic to arrive at the Barrie waterfront

2:30pm – 9:00pm | Prayer, one-to-one witnessing, and open air preaching at Caribfest on the Barrie waterfront

9:00pm | Team “took a knee” in prayer before leaving our salvation station

9:30pm – 11:30pm | Shared a meal together in Barrie

11:30pm – 3:00am | Fought traffic AGAIN on the way back to London

Left: Cory “Rockstar” McKenna preaches about life, death, and the Gospel at sunset on the Barrie waterfront. BTW…that’s Randy “Lazarus” Lutchman under the sheet:)

Our next Xstream Team Mission: Niagara Falls!

On Saturday September 5th, The Cross Current and Co. are invading the vacation and honeymoon capital of the world for the third year in a row! If you’ve never attended we know the Lord will use this outreach event to powerfully transform your life and witness for him!

Click here to view the entire 2009 XTM Barrie photo album

Click here to submit an application to join the XTM Niagara Falls Team

Click here to contact us about having your church partner with us at XTM Niagara Falls

Click here to contact us about sponsoring a local missionary for this event

Right: Tom Briggs hits his knees for a full hour to plead with a passerby about repenting and trusting in Christ.

Well, that’s all for now…stay tuned for more 2009 XTM Barrie testimonies and we’ll make sure to provide a full field report in our next newsletter!

For His Glory,

The Cross Current Team

The 2009 XTM Toronto Team: (back – l to r) Mike Vinson, Greg Sceviour, Tom Briggs, Trent Herbert, Kem Chapman, John Gonciarz. (front – l to r) Chris Wood, Cory McKenna, Jeff Mardling

This past Saturday May 16th, The Cross Current came together for another ground-breaking and life changing event: The 2009 Xstream Team Mission (XTM) Toronto! We praise God that He graciously gave us favour as we hosted one of the world’s most multi-cultural cities to almost twelve hours of fun-filled, power-packed Gospel outreach!

Here was our itinerary for the local mission trip:

8:00am | Met at Cory’s house for team worship, prayer, and briefing

9:30am – 12:30pm | Traveled to downtown Toronto together in Trent’s twelve passenger van (thanks Trent!)

12:30pm – 2:30pm | Witnessing one-to-one and prayer at the crazy corner of Yonge-Dundas

2:30pm – 4:00pm | Took a lunch break during “rain delay”

4:00pm – 9:00pm | More witnessing one-to-one and prayer at the crazy corner of Yonge-Dundas

9:00pm | Team “take a knee” prayer at the crazy corner of Yonge-Dundas

9:30pm – 11:30pm | Shared a meal together in Mississauga

11:30pm – 2:00am | Traveled back to London

Do you know that there are over 100 languages spoken in Toronto and virtually every type of false religion is practiced? This past Saturday the Lord allowed us to preach His precious Gospel to dozens and dozens of  Atheists, Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, Scientologists, New Agers, and Roman Catholics – just to name a few! We also passed Gospel tracts to thousands more and prayed for several too.

Special thanks to: Mike Vinson of Harvest Bible Chapel Oakville for partnering with us to represent for this event and all those who committing to praying for our time in Toronto. Praise God that He’s brought us all together to keep the Cross current in our culture!

Our next XTM event is scheduled for the Freedom Festival in Windsor, Ontario on Saturday, June 27th. This will be our very first local missions trip to Windsor, so please pray in advance for God’s favour on our time there and for Him to help us develop strong partner church relationships for this event.

Click here to view the entire 2009 XTM Toronto photo album

Click here to submit an application to join the XTM Windsor Team

Click here to contact us about having your church partner with us at XTM Windsor

Click here to contact us about sponsoring a local missionary for this event

Well, that’s all for now…stay tuned for more 2009 XTM Toronto testimonies and we’ll make sure to provide a full field report in our next newsletter!

Seeking And Saving,

Cory