LCRA Donates $23,500 to Crosspoint Church

A $23,500 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and the City of La Grange will help Crosspoint Community Church, the only designated Red Cross shelter in Fayette County, add a generator to help ensure power remains available at the site during emergencies.

The LCRA Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with about $6,500 in matching funds and in-kind donations from the church and its members, will allow the Crosspoint fellowship hall to continue safely housing people affected by storms, wildfires and other emergencies even when electrical service is interrupted.

During Winter Storm Uri in 2021, the fellowship hall sheltered more than 150 people. The hall did not lose power during the event, but county and church leadership decided they should obtain a backup power source for instances when electrical service may be lost, said Roy “Butch” Moore, a deacon and head of disaster relief at Crosspoint.

“This is so important for the resilience of our community because in case we lose power, this will let us power the part of the fellowship hall where people sleep and can eat and recover,” Moore said.

In addition to serving the Crosspoint hall, the generator will be mounted on a trailer and can serve other facilities in the area when needed.

“There was something just the other day,” Moore said. “A nursing home’s power went down. Now we can let them know, ‘We have this generator and can help when things like that happen.’” The community grant is one of 44 grants awarded recently through LCRA’s Community Development Partnership Program.