I want Cullman Church of Christ to be a place where we can watch our teens learn to serve the needs of others, grow in their understanding of who God is and what God is at work doing in this world.”Jeremy Crowe
CULLMAN – Cullman Church of Christ will soon have a new youth minister. On Feb. 1, Jeremy Crowe plans to “hit the ground running.” Crowe says he already has lots of wonderful things scheduled for the kids at the church and is really looking forward to this new chapter in his life.
Crowe and his wife Jesica have been married for almost five years. The couple has a 2-year-old son named Lincoln. A graduate of Arab High School, Crowe went on to college at Freed-Hardeman University (FHU) in Henderson, Tennessee. While a student at FHU, he majored in Biblical Studies with an emphasis in Youth Ministry. He graduated from FHU in 2007.
“After my freshman year at FHU, I applied for many internship youth ministry positions,” he explained. “I started my internship at the Hebron Church of Christ in Joppa, Alabama in May 2004. After the summer ended, the eldership asked me to stay on staff full-time,” he smiled. “I continued to work for Hebron throughout the remainder of my college career. In December 2011, I was afforded the opportunity to move to Tullahoma, Tennessee to work with the Church of Christ at Cedar Lane. During my time at Cedar Lane, I have found my deeper calling of outreach to those working through brokenness and poverty.”
Crowe says that he never thought he would be a minister.
“I honestly never thought I would become a minister in the church,” he chuckled. “Not that I didn’t intend to be a part of the church, but it just never occurred to me as something I would want to do. Leading up to my senior year in high school, I had wanted to attend the University of Alabama and eventually go to law school.
“It wasn’t until I had the opportunity to work alongside a man who I've grown to greatly respect that I desired to work with teen ministry,” he added. “Bobby Thomas, minister at the Eva Church of Christ, was hired on to work with youth ministry at the Arab congregation. Until that point, I had never been substantially involved with a youth group. Through my interactions with Bobby and his family, I came to realize I could have an influence on teens just as Bobby had influenced and supported me.”
True to his calling, Crowe says he really loves working with young people. Once in Cullman, he plans to keep the teenagers at Cullman Church of Christ quite busy.
“I intend to hit the ground running at Cullman,” he said with a smile. “On the immediate horizon, in February we will be attending a youth conference in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and in the spring we will be attending the Lads to Leaders convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Lads to Leaders is a program designed to help our children become future leaders and teachers of the church.”
Crowe says that some activities this summer may include Decatur Work Camp, Uplift at Harding University and Maywood Christian Camp.
“We will be growing in the word of God by studying together in our Sunday night Connect Groups. We will also seek opportunities to serve others in our community.”
Crowe expects some of these opportunities to come through joint efforts with organizations like The Link of Cullman County.
“I would like to steal a tagline from my current work here at Cedar Lane,” he continued. “We have a motto: Serve, Grow, Belong. I want Cullman Church of Christ to be a place where we can watch our teens learn to serve the needs of others, grow in their understanding of who God is and what God is at work doing in this world. I want it to be a place where they can belong as a desired and active participant.”
Cullman Church of Christ is located at 4345 AL Highway 157. For more information, call 256-734-2172, email churchoffice@cullmanchurchofchrist.org or visit http://cullmanchurchofchrist.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/cullmanchurchofchrist.
