LEWISTON, Minn. — At the core of the Crossings Center is faith and family. And a weekly summer event that gathers around 1,000 people in Lewiston, Minnesota.

Co-founders Joel Hennessy, Brian Prudoehl and Bill Lanik of the nonprofit Christian Crossings love offering space for people to enjoy food, music and time together, and they hope it's a “holy place.” After about 20 years of owning the property, they were missing a commercial kitchen and permanent bathrooms. A multi-million renovation, largely completed this summer, has added those pieces and more.

“This place has transformed in the last eight months tremendously,” Hennessy said of their December 2024 to June 2025 renovation while pointing to renovated buildings, concrete pathways and a wood-fire pizza oven.

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