So many amazing stories of life change took place in our movement of CRM churches on Easter weekend. Here are just a few of the amazing ways God was at work.

This is easily one of my favorite moments from Easter 2024 @ Catalyst Church. Dorothy (affectionately known as "grandma" to everyone) is 88, which just goes to show that it's never too late to say yes to Jesus...if you're not dead, He is not done pursuing you!

Pastor Ryan McBride, Catalyst Church

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Ashley Schwab, writes, "Easter Sunday turned out to be an extraordinary day when not two, but three of my kiddos showed interest in getting baptized! In separate conversations with each child at different times, they conveyed their heartfelt longings to embrace Christ's teachings more fully through Baptism. The icing on the cake arrived later as we sat down together alongside Ryan McBride; by the end of our discussion They were even more convinced they were ready! It ended with these wonderful kids going public with their beliefs on Easter Sunday! Making my Easter celebration even richer"

We did it for the ONE. This Easter, we had our highest attendance ever of 944 but we are most excited for the individuals who were impacted and touched by God:

- A ONE who was able to hear the gospel clearly and is more open to Jesus now than ever before.

- A ONE, who had previously said “religion ain’t my thing,” yet listened to an entire message about Jesus.

- A ONE, going through a tough divorce and needed a boost of hope, was there on Easter because of a text invite.

- And the eight ONEs who indicated to us that they made a first time decision to follow Jesus.

God is working and using our church to SEEK THE ONE! Keep on seeking God, and seeking the one in your life - it is making a real impact.

Pastor Matt Wolf, Arise Church

I volunteer at a local food distribution center and made a friend there who I/we invited to connect. He attended church for the first time on Easter. After the service, a ministry volunteer and I had the privilege of leading him to personal faith in Christ!   Pastor Jeff Clark, Aspen Ridge Church

 We are just amazed at how God is moving through Coalville in Pre launch! Last Easter 0 Christians gathered and now a small church is forming and growing. Praise God.              

Pastor Brent Petersen, Summit 419 Church

Email from a member: 

• I can’t begin to tell you how today’s message was outstanding and presented in the most understanding way! I feel everyone in the service was touched and will be receiving this message to lift themselves above their circumstances and see the whole picture of who God really is! Thank you
• We had several students impacted by Good Friday and decided to be all in with Jesus.
• Many told us how impacted they were with our Good Friday services followed by our Easter service. 

Pastor Galen Huck, Cheyenne Hills Church

Highlights include: several members of the African church, attending our kids, Easter, egg, hunt, and service! Firing off confetti canons to celebrate the big news of Easter during the kids’ message, having multiple new visitors attend and be so warmly connected with church members. Having a teenager visiting from Germany remark: “This is nothing like the churches in Germany!”

Pastor Dave Nicodemus, Grace Mountain

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

2 Corinthians 5:17

We completed our 3-week shoe drive benefiting Utah DCFS. We shattered our goal of 100 pairs, collecting 148 pairs of brand new shoes, which will be given to vulnerable kids in foster care!                                                         -

Dave Henderson, Neighborhood Church

We had many first time guest that it was their first time EVER in an evangelical church. Never been to any other service or church other than their ward or LDS church. This was amazing. I spoke to many, so did our team, and we have many stories of this group crying during services and after as they have never heard the gospel like this before. Some of this group is who raise their hand but all of them said they want to come back next week. God definitely showed up and spoke to the people that needed to hear it. This was our largest service we’ve ever had in our history as a church and many were invited by a friend from New Hope. 

Pastor David Elijah, New Hope Calvary Chapel

1.   We asked everyone to let us know by texting 80875 if they were ready to say Yes to Jesus (395), if they are doubting Jesus and want more info (209). This was the most response we’ve ever received in one weekend. 

2.   We launched a new campus in Castle Rock and had over 300 people attend on the first weekend. 

3.   Made history by having the most attendance in person in Mission Hills on Easter.

Haven’t heard many stories yet but know that great impact was made personally and as a church family. Will report when we have specific stories. -

Pastor Craig Smith, Mission Hills Church

We had 10 people indicate they see the need to be connected to a Church Family. A young Mormon woman who has never attended an evangelical church indicated she prayed to receive Christ                                           -

Pastor Len Browning, The Journey at First Baptist

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

John 11:25,26

 Our Community Outreach pig roast and egg hunt on Saturday was packed. I don't think anybody actually counted; they came in quicker than the welcome table could handle. The conversions we know about came through that

Outreach. Sunday morning was the largest worship attendance in this building for many years.                           Pastor Craig Babcock, Village Calvary

Our sanctuary overflowed above capacity that the pastor had to give up his seat! There was such a love from the Holy Spirit in the air through the worship service and the luncheon that followed. New believers were baptized and they reported an overwhelming sense of joy when they were pulled out of the water. Praise the Risen Lord!  

Pastor Ramon Navarro, CrossWind Community Church

Our sermon series has been on the Beautiful Empty. For Easter the message was the "Beautiful Resurrection". We explored the beauty of what Christ did for us. One person said it was the best Easter message ever.                                       

Pastor David Anderson, North Hills Baptist Church

We had a lot of visitors (54) which was very good for Easter. We usually have a lot of visitors in other events that we have like the Mexican Party in September or Children's Day in April. So we were super happy with the amount of visitors. We actually were thinking ahead what are we gonna do for next year because I don't think we're gonna fit in that room!                                                             -

Pastor Marcial Munoz, Iglesias Orchard

On Easter Sunday we had a Sunrise Service @ 7am, breakfast @ 9:30 am, then our Easter Worship Service at 10:30 am. We had our Easter Sunrise Service at the Castle in Guernsey State Park. We have been very blessed to be able to continue this tradition over the years. We had several visitors at our Easter Worship Service.

                          Pastor Tim Coupe, Faith Fellowship Church, Guernsey

We had one family of twelve, two parents who have ten children, attend for the first time. Seven of the children are adopted, most from other nations. Some have special needs. They told one of our pastors they'd been looking for a church that not only preached the Gospel, but where a family like theirs wouldn't feel out of place. After they spotted several other obviously-adoptive families and heard the Easter message, they promised they would be back and bring their entire clan.                 Pastor Kevin Clark, Encompass Church 

Someone who has been coming to The Front for over year and is on the edge of faith (and maybe a Christian now) texted me after church on Sunday. She said: "I really loved your message today and have been thinking about it a lot. For me it was exactly what I wanted/needed to hear. When you talked about how the Jewish people were so certain Simon was the messiah, and there have been others before/after Jesus but their movement died with them. It made me realize how crazy/special it is that so many people are still following and totally believing in Jesus even though it was 2,000 years ago. I guess I never thought about it like that.” HOW COOL IS THAT?!

I also received an email from someone who has been attending the last month - 2 weeks ago was her 4 year old boy’s first time EVER to church. Easter was her husband’s first time in a church that isn’t Latter-day Saint, and he’s been out of the LDS church for a while now. She wrote, "My husband said he has never been to a Church that made him feel the way he's felt after being at the Front. He says he feels like he wants to go again next Sunday ❤️ which is so awesome! Also he is thinking about men's night out. (he's shy) But I wanted to share how great everything has been. I've gone 3 times. And it's been 1 of my fav. Things to look forward to at the end of the week 😊 so again thank you! And see you Sunday ” HOW COOL IS THAT?!?! Thankful for God’s movement in our midst!                      

Pastor Nate Ray, The Front Church

We are celebrating that we had 88 in attendance! A woman who recommitted her life last week brought her husband this week! A new family put their child in children’s church and that was the first time away from mom or dad. Our team continues to grow as they see people’s lives changed either in new relationship or rekindling an old one. God is good!

                                                     Pastor Jared Schinzel Oasis-Burns

About 3 weeks ago a family from the gym where I do Jiu Jitsu attended our church for the first time. It was the first time the dad had been in church for 30 years. Not only did he get baptized on Easter, but His wife and 9 year old daughter did as well. They are planning to dedicate the younger one at our next child dedication (Probably Mother's day).  

                                                Pastor John Byrne, Grace Fellowship

Such a great weekend. 3 services, 40 new decisions for Christ plus so many re-dedications. Exciting stuff!

Pastor Bruce Fosdick, Authentic Life Church

If you missed the first edition of amazing Easter stories, we still want to hear from you and your church. Send your Easter stats and stories to Laura@ConvergeRockyMountain.org