George (Gee) H. Sprague III
Born: April 5, 1953 West Palm Beach, Florida
High School: Boone High School Orlando, Florida 1971
College: Florida Southern College Lakeland, Florida 1975
Seminary: Cum Laude Candler School of Theology, Emory University Atlanta Georgia 1980
Member of the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church since 1978
Associate Evangelist Trinity Foundation 1980-1985
Associate Pastor Lakewood UMC 1981-1995
President of Cross and Crown 1985-2000
Founding Pastor CrossRoad, UMC 1995–June 2018
Retired July 2018
Copper Mountain Ski and Ride School December 2018-April 2019
Married: 1979 Sandra Keys
Daughter: Hannah Elizabeth born February 13, 1991
Executive Committee for Jacksonville Billy Graham Crusade November 2000
With over 20 years of experience sharing the Gospel with teenagers using contemporary music, Gee Sprague became the founding Pastor of CrossRoad Church in Jacksonville, Florida in 1996. Using contemporary praise and worship music, instrumentation, and multi-media for worship and preaching; the congregation has grown to 700 in regular attendance. Gee received his Bachelor of Arts from Florida Southern College in 1975 and his M. Div. from Candler School of theology in 1980 and has been a member of the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church since 1978.
Since retirement, Sandy and Hannah became owner/managers of Bella Bridesmaids a bridesmaid gown shop located in the San Marco area of Jacksonville. Gee spends the winter season mostly at Copper Mountain, Colorado skiing and teaching part time with the Copper Mountain Ski and Ride School! During the off season, Gee leads worship from time to time in churches around Jacksonville, plays golf, tries to maintain a level of health and fitness so he can ski and golf into his 80’s, but mainly to be able play with their two grand children!
The goal of the website is to share our passions. There’s some info from our years in ministry, some info for beginner skiers, fitness tips that I have found that help me continue to play golf and ski, and my occasional thoughts on Life in the blog.
Hopefully, the friends we have made on our journey can relive some memories and our new friends will know a little more about our past!
God has been good!