Jesus Revolution at CreationFest

After success at Cinemas in the USA Jesus Revolution will be showing at CreationFest this summer.

The Cross Rhythms festivals we held in the nineties and early 2000s were a real joy for myself and Kerry. Since we relocated back to the south west we have had many conversations with those who attended these three-day events.

To be totally honest, the workload was quite demanding at the time. I often said although I was there, I wasn’t always present as I thought about the pressure of hosting.

A big shout out to the hundreds of volunteers who gave their time to build the tented city. These were amazing people and truly servant hearted.

 I say this because a friend of ours, Sarah Yardley, who organises CreationFest met up with me recently and shared her plans for this year’s event. They seem so exciting but can take a toll on the team as these charities put the work in to make it happen. These are good folk who work tirelessly to serve and bless other people without grumbling – too much.

As this is the festival season, I wanted to encourage you to consider attending the free Christian festival CreationFest which is held on the Royal Cornwall Showground near Wadebridge at the end of July. Yes I did say free!  Unless you want to camp and then there is a charge, but as day visitors, there is no charge. As I’ve already said, my wife Kerry and I still have many conversations with folk who attended the Cross Rhythms Festival in the past and CreationFest is similar to what we used to do.

The organisers have a great inheritance through their connection with Calvary Chapel denomination which came out of the last great revival in the western world in the sixties and seventies called the Jesus People Movement. This movement started the contemporary music you can listen to on Cross Rhythms radio. Check out the CreationFest website for all that’s happening with the bands, speakers and events on creationfest.org.uk.

The CreationFest team are showing the film, Jesus Revolution, on Saturday night, 5^th August which has been taking the moviegoers by storm in the USA. Jesus Revolution is the true history of this spiritual revival, which changed the lives of millions with hope and authentic spiritual love. It stars Kelsey Grammer, from the American sitcom Frasier.

It was this movement which encouraged me to start Cross Rhythms after listening to Bob Dylan’s track ‘Gotta Serve Somebody’ which he wrote after his Christian conversion in the seventies.

Cross Rhythms Plymouth will be interviewing the CreationFest team soon so keep connected on 96.3FM and on our Listen Again page for details.