MY STORY: steve Griffioen

Role
Elder

Email
stevegriffioen@sbcglobal.net

How did you get involved ?
Jill and I got involved pretty early upon arrival at Crossroads.  Together we have traversed the pathways of connection team members, to children's registration table, to community group shephards.  On my own, I have ventured from parking lot attendant, to set up team, to my current role as an elder.  The path really doesn't flow or make that much sense to me or any other sane individual, so it has to be a God thing. 

What is the best part about your role ?
Best part of the role?  I cannot tell you how humbled I am to be in this role.  The best part, by far, is how I have been blessed to be surrounded by such Godly men.  Crossroads folk can trust that they are being shepharded by a group of men on their face at times, running hard at times, and yearning for the guidance of the Holy Spirit at all times.  I pray that God helps me catch up.  I and all of us can be constantly challenged by God's somewhat annoying yet refreshing habit of calling ordinary people to do extraordinary things through his leading.

Your favorite place on earth. 
While I prefer any place surrounded by Jill, the four kids, the son-in-law, and the grand daughter;  I would never turn down the chance to have all of them and a Lake Michigan beach on a warm, sunny, Michigan summer day.

Greatest invention in the last 100 years? 
My "Goalrilla" basketball hoop, a flat driveway, and a good leather ball.  Although not covered by insurance, they are my psychotherapy.