church staff + golf cart + police + DUI = yesterday afternoon

something i love about working on staff at cross point is the amazing amounts of fun we get to have. for instance, taking our parking lot shuttle/golf cart a mile down the road to get ice cream with a bunch of my coworkers.

what you are about to see unfold may take you by surprise. especially if your church doesn’t like to have fun. in the video you’ll meet matt (creative arts director), jenni (executive director), miranda (creative arts coordinator), ashley (office manager/first impressions), chad (dickson campus pastor) and jarrod (music director).

i should also note that even though a DUI was mentioned in the making of this film, the only influence we were under was the influence of sugar. just to clarify.

enjoy! :)


Comments

38 responses to “church staff + golf cart + police + DUI = yesterday afternoon”

  1. Lory Avatar
    Lory

    I may have just found my favorite video of all time!! That is too funny. I’m glad the Cross Point staff can have fun while on the job…makes for a much healthier work environment!

  2. jon mark Avatar

    GREAT video!!! to answer the question at the end of the video…YES…i have never seen a DUI arrest on a golf cart, but it is possible…i have seen them on both a lawn mower and a farm tractor!!! too bad i can’t post that video…

  3. Bree~ Avatar

    What fun you guys were having. I am following you on Twitter… that’s how I found your blog/video. I love your wit…you are very amusing. God bless you.
    bree

  4. John Ireland Avatar
    John Ireland

    nice!! i wanna come play! :)

  5. M. Steve Heartsill Avatar

    So…was the guy not eating, really the designated driver? Tell the truth!

    And…near the end, did I see a kid on a tricycle pass you guys?

    One more thing…ever seen clowns get out of the little car at the circus…just wondering if that’s how it looked when all of you piled out of the cart…

  6. Jenn Avatar

    Oh – how I love our staff!! Miranda’s laugh is something I totally miss from that campus!

  7. janowen Avatar

    how funny……..i was totally waiting for you to get pulled over! enjoy life! Sometimes people never see us as believers having a good time!

  8. aaron Avatar

    rough day in the office for sure.
    next time you guys need to ride a donkey’s or something!

  9. Jeff Goins Avatar

    Cool blog. Sounds like a great church. My friend goes there and directed me to your blog. I also help contribute to and edit Neueministry.com. If you’ve got the time, it’d be great to connect and chat.

  10. Zak White Avatar

    Fun at the office…and out! LOVE IT!

  11. brandiandboys Avatar

    love the video, we have an awesome staff! glad you’re part of it!

  12. holly Avatar
    holly

    looks like you’re having a great time at cross point. glad you made some good connections. one question…why is everything backwards (words on your tee, steering wheel, etc)? did i miss something?

  13. patrowland Avatar

    I’m bummed I missed out on a Dairy Dip run!!! Guess I should try to come to work more often.

  14. Anne Jackson Avatar

    holly, i used my photobooth which flips everything. :) and i was too lazy to flip it back… :)

  15. Joni Avatar

    Completely diggin the music. That’s one bad thing about being a SAHM. No staff. But I do have great tunes.

  16. Pete Wilson Avatar

    @holly, very observant. . The video portrayed backwards was an artistic way of saying that most of our staff is backwards. :)

    I wanted to go but I was too busy praying for people.

  17. Randy Cook Avatar

    Anne.

    Tell Miranda that I remember that song from our puppet show’s too………oh the good ole’ days! NOT!

    you guys have fun……..

    Randy

  18. jon mark Avatar

    i thought the waxy one was too busy cheating on his wife…or at least that is what his post yesterday said…now he’s claiming it’s prayer???

    and was this the same cop that pulled you over two nights before??? is that why you guys were so worried, you were out of warnings…

  19. John C Avatar
    John C

    Notice to Cross Point Attenders . . . . Your Tithe Dollars At Work!

  20. Emily Avatar

    So fun! Can you tell me what the music is! I love it! Thanks, Emily

  21. Anne Jackson Avatar

    John, yep! We are all about fun!

    Emily, It’s Beck – Que Onda Guero from the Guero album. Fun little bit of work!

  22. John C Avatar
    John C

    You haven’t had church staff fun until you’ve raced high speed go-karts in the church parking lot with Bill Hybels, John Ortberg, & Lee Strobel (along with the rest of the staff) (And Hybels won of course!)

  23. Sarah Markley Avatar

    okay, seriously. there are NO SUCH ice cream stores here in southern california. nothing like that at all

    the variety
    the sugary goodness
    the fat content.

    we just have baskin robbins, coldstone and the rest of the weird, yogurty places like pinkberry.

    and i’m on a diet. so i almost had to stop watching. ouch.

  24. Anne Jackson Avatar

    Sarah – i would love to try pinkberry!

  25. John C Avatar
    John C

    I love how Jarrod the Music Director is just kind of along for the ride but not totally there. That’s because he’s probably the one guy that actually has a pile of WORK to still do for this coming weekend like most Music Directors do around this time of the week. But of course, he got talked into going along so he doesn’t feel left out. That’s OK Jarrod . . . I’m there with ya man . . . I’m there with ya.

    John (Music Director!)

  26. John C Avatar
    John C

    If y’all are up in the Chicago area ever, check out one of the many Oberweis Dairy/Ice Cream stores. http://www.oberweisdairy.com Highest butter fat content of any ice cream in the country. Mmmmmmmm . . . . I’ve been enjoying this stuff since it was a small local dairy when I was in college 20 years ago. (which probably accounts for a small bit of weight gain over the years!)

  27. John C Avatar
    John C

    That Anne . . . she’s always getting musicians in trouble. Nice to meet you Jarrod!

  28. Roxanne Kristina Avatar

    made my day

    too fun

    thanks for keeping the lighter side going

    need that once in a while

    -roxanne

  29. Jade =) Avatar

    Wow, fun!!! I just want to say that…Anne, you are just about the only person I know that could look so incredibly beautiful just riding around in a golf cart! Haha, I know that sounds kinda funny…but you are just so pretty!

  30. dre Avatar

    good to see not every church is uptight!!! Ps. 100.2 says serve the Lord with gladness = FUN!

  31. Phil Thompson Avatar

    Makes me hungry for a milk shake!

  32. 6YearMed Avatar

    ‘you can get it on a lawn mower”

    ha ha ha! love it

  33. Andrea Avatar

    I like the Beck in the background. :)

  34. miranda Avatar
    miranda

    Jarrod LITERALLY has a pile of work on his desk because it is never cleaned!

    Sweet innocent Jarrod, who got dragged along to the ice cream shop with his co-workers! lol! Now that’s a funny story!

    I love this video and I hope we have many more adventures!

  35. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    That ice cream looks REALLY great! On a different coin, there is a cool frozen yogart, here called Red Mango, It’s yum! BTW, your make up looks smashing! Do you use bare minerals? I’m serious!! I wanna know!! : )