Keeping the Faith; Never losing Hope; Always Loving

Adams and Eves, (these updates are BCC’d to over 150 people connected to Crossroads…..)

Please take a couple moments to read through these updates; this is our primary way of communicating what is going on at Crossroads and the opportunities for you to live the best possible life……this week’s edition includes information about our upcoming launch of Life Groups in April.

If you are not able to come to worship on Sunday due to being sick or out of town and you would still like join in you can go to www.live.connect2crossroads.com to listen in live to our Sunday worship experience…..live listening begins at 10:15am.

LIFE GROUPS LAUNCHING 2 WEEKS AFTER EASTER…SEE BELOW FOR CURRENT OFFERINGS; EXPO FOLLOWING WORSHIP ON MARCH 21^ST.

HOLY WEEK (PASSION SUNDAY 28^TH; COVERED DISH MEAL APRIL 1^ST; RESURRECTION CELEBRATION APRIL 4^TH)

Opportunities to Pursue Jesus

• Daily Prayer
• Reading Scripture–Log on to www.youversion.com to start a plan…if you need help please reply
• Worship This Sunday (March 21st.) This is the last week of our message series called “Evolution”; this week we are going to look at Jesus as the “perfect storm”; if you or anyone you know are going through (or have gone through) a storm then this is going to be a great Sunday that will launch us right into the celebration of death/resurrection 2010.
• Route 66 (Cross Country; Generation Now; Konnect)— Join us each Wednesday for “Cross Country,” Generation Now, and “Konnect” as a weekly way to dive deeper with Jesus for our adults, youth and children.  It kicks off at 6:45pm each Wednesday evening.  Caring, professional childcare for our wee little ones.
• Going Green—please bring a coffee mug with you on Sundays; we are going to phase out our paper cups for coffee as a way to be a good steward and cut down on trash.  There are also “crossroads travel mugs” available for $5 if you would like to have one.

Opportunities to Pursue each other

• www.youversion.com –join “Crossroads Route 66” group to see how Jesus is speaking to other during the week and contribute your own thoughts and insights….if you need help reply

• Route 66 (Cross Country; Generation Now; Konnect)— Join us each Wednesday for “Cross Country,” Generation Now, and “Konnect” as a weekly way to dive deeper with Jesus for our adults, youth and children.  Also, if you would like information on how to begin a life group or if you have an idea in mind and would like to start a life group please reply to this update.
• Facebook Page—PLEASE CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE NEW PAGE AND USE THE WALL AS A WAY TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS DURING THE WEEK http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Hope-Mills-NC/Crossroads-Churcha-new-united-methodist-community-of-faith/155915776719?ref=sgm
• Generation Now (Youth)—Small Groups begin this Saturday evening; contact Pastor Tim for more info (tim@connect2crossroads.com)
• Life Group Launching (April)—a Life Group is a “loving, intentional, fellowship, experience” between 4 to 12 folks that commit to meeting between 6-8 times over the course of a few months.  So far we have four Life Groups that will be available and hopefully more to come.  1. Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace   2. Francis Chan’s “Crazy Love”  3.  Game Night (games like apples to apples; rock band; etc)  4. Women’s (Fight Like a Girl) Life Group 5. Pot Luck Life Group  6. Singles Life Group….if you would like more information about starting your own life group or any of these listed above please reply to this email…..don’t forget that immediately following worship on March 21^st there will be an expo on each Life Group being offered in April.
• Easter Egg Hunt—March 28^th at Hope Mills Lake all of our children and families are invited to an Easter Egg Hunt for a time of fun and fellowship.  There is a need for some filled eggs for this fellowship experience.  If you can bring some filled eggs please contact Kyle Burrows (kyleburrows.us@gmail.com)

Opportunities to Pursue Others

• Food for Haitian Orphans—please bring canned meat for the orphans of Haiti
• Sunday Morning Pit Crew—Great way to connect and serve on Sunday mornings; Please reply with any questions.
• “The Ark” Team (childrens ministry)—please reply if you’d like to serve in the Ark.  Positions currently open in both classes.
• Generation Now (youth ministry)—please reply if you’d like to help serve at Trade Street Arcade our new youth outreach
• “No Strings Attached”—grab some “no strings” cards on Sunday and do at least two random acts of kindness each week for others in our community
• Prayer—spend time in your daily prayer time praying for those in our reach that are not followers of Jesus

Financial Update

• Offering March 14–$2,062.00

If you’d like more information, would like to respond to any of these updates  or if have updates you’d like listed please email info@connect2crossroads.

Peace,

Crossroads

910-366-3869

info@connect2crossroads.com

“seeking to be a crossroads between the brokenness of the world and the transforming love of Jesus Christ”

~ by pullins10 on March 18, 2010.

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