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Quinton Englebright, a junior at the University of West Florida cleans dirt off the sidewalk on Cleveland Avenue in the Linden district of Columbus, Ohio, in cooperation with the Greater Linden Development Corporation. ©2015 Bob Carey

I’ve been in Columbus, Ohio working at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting. Every year the SBC hosts an event the weekend before the meeting called Crossover. I have had the privilege of covering all but two of the Crossover events (the first in Las Vegas-1989 and two years ago in Houston-2013). This year as in past years I coordinate the visual coverage of the event. We sent out four visual coverage teams shooting both still and video for Baptist Press.

For Crossover this year, I concentrated on visually documenting the college outreach to Columbus. Much of the work done by the college teams this year was service orientated, with students working in the Linden Community of Columbus, helping clean up streets and doing an Extreme Garden Makeover Project on Saturday, June 13. I also followed a couple of evangelism teams on the campus of Ohio State University who were interacting with students on campus.

: Kevin Cody, pastor of H2O church that meets in a classroom on the campus of Ohio State University, trains hundreds of college students June 12 who volunteered at Crossover 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. The students participated in multiple evangelistic events held June 13 across Columbus prior to the start of the June 16-17 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus. © 2015 Bob Carey

: Crossover 2015 volunteers Sierra Scott, sitting right, a member of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, gets to know Jessica Sandusky, a high school senior whose father is Baptist campus minister at Southern Arkansas University on June 12 as they were trained to minister to the community during Crossover 2015. Hundreds of college students served in various evangelistic events during Crossover 2015 June 13 in Columbus, Ohio. Crossover 2015 was held prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 16-17 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio © 2015 Bob Carey

: Tony Olesky, Baptist Campus Minister at Pensacola State College, explains the purpose of the upcoming evangelistic outreach to student volunteers June 12. Multiple evangelistic events were held across and near the campus as part of Crossover 2015 held prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 16-17 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. © 2015 Bob Carey

: Lynn Loyd, state of Arkansas associate director of collegiate ministry, plants flowers along Cleveland Avenue in the Linden District of Columbus, Ohio, as part of Crossover 2015. Hundreds of volunteers participated in beautifying the area. Multiple evangelistic events were held across Columbus prior to the start of the June 16-17 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. © 2015 Bob Carey

: College students Quinton Englebright, left, a junior at the University of West Florida, and Danielle Davis, a junior at the University of North Florida, help beautify the Linden district as part of a clean-up effort June 13. Other projects during the day included planting a community garden. The event was part of Crossover 2015 held prior to the start of the June 16-17 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio. © 2015 Bob Carey

: Florida college students talk with a woman on her porch during the Linden Point of Pride project cleaning up Cleveland Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, as part of Crossover 2015. © 2015 Bob Carey

: Young boys play basketball at a block party held at Faithway Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio. The church is an international church with believers from several different countries in Africa. The event was part of Crossover 2015, a series of evangelistic events held prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 16-17 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. © 2015 Bob Carey

: Nick Daughenbaugh, an Ohio native and recent graduate of the University of Florida, pulls weeds on Cleveland Avenue as part of the Linden Point of Pride event during Crossover 2015. © 2015 Bob Carey

: Five-year-old Leo, who lives in the Linden community of Columbus, Ohio, helps Morehead State University senior Chelsea Turner, center, and recent graduate Rebecca Seagraves plant vegetables June 13. College students from across the country volunteered to participate in Crossover 2015, a series of evangelistic events across Columbus. The students built a community garden in one day on the vacant lot as part of an outreach. © 2015 Bob Carey

: Amber Spallino, left, a student at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, helps Makya, 4, middle, and Jasmin, 5, from the Linden community in Columbus, Ohio, plant vegetables June 13. Volunteers from across the country helped plant a community garden in a vacant lot as an evangelistic outreach for Crossover 2015. © 2015 Bob Carey

: Greg Moore, left, a senior at Bowling Green State University (OH); Tom Wimer, center, a junior at Ohio State University and Maggie King, right, a staff member at H2O church on the campus of OSU, share the gospel with Hsu, an OSU student from South Korea. The group was part of ForColumbus, an outreach of Crossover 2015 where hundreds of volunteers joined forces to evangelize the city prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 16-17 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. © 2015 Bob Carey

: Tom Wimer, left, a junior at Ohio State University; Maggie King, center, a staff member at H2O church on the campus of OSU and Greg Moore, a senior at Bowling Green State University, stop to talk with incoming OSU freshman, Tim, right. Tim had already decided to join an H2O church small group. The outreach was part of ForColumbus, an evangelistic event of Crossover 2015 held in Columbus, Ohio. © 2015 Bob Carey