Hello, Crossroads Family !
Just a few notes as we reach the halfway point of this new week God has given us :
- There is a homeschool group using the church building this Friday evening. Please try to avoid using the building this Friday evening. Thank you !
- Both Immerse and our women’s Breakfast & Bible Study begin this week ! Immerse tonight, 7:00-8:15, at the church. (Everyone welcome !) Breakfast & Bible Study Saturday morning, 8:00-9:15, also at the church. (All women welcome !) If you have questions, reach out to Forrest for Immerse and Erin Townsend for BBS.
- We’ll begin our Easter cantata practices this Sunday afternoon, 12:30-1:30, at the church ! I hope you’ll consider joining us in helping to prepare a special Easter service ! We’ll have a lot of fun ! Practices will be on Sunday afternoons through the remainder of February and March.
- Clayson will have some details for us this Sunday morning about the Bible Quiz Night coming up in March.
- Men’s Recharge begins Thursday, February 19, 6:30-8:00 pm, at the church. Men, we would love to have you join us for a good time of fellowship, food, and support as men who want to love and serve the Lord more ! We always have a great time.
- Don’t forget that we’ll have a fellowship meal Sunday, February 22, following the worship service. Sign up at the church this Sunday to bring some food to share ! Paper products will be provided. This is a simple opportunity to have some extended fellowship and make connections we don’t always get to make on Sundays. Hope you’ll plan to stay ! Cantata practice will follow for those interested. Contact Bryan Townsend if you have a question about the meal.
- Baby bottle money for Nevada Birthright is due back to Kim Reedy by Sunday, February 22. Thank you ! Also, the next 8-13 year-old Bible Class will be held Sunday, the 22nd, during the sermon.
- We had a good elders meeting last Sunday. Bryan will give a short report this Sunday morning at the conclusion of worship. We are in need of additional “helpers” for children’s church. This is not someone who must prepare and give a lesson ; rather, we need someone who will be present, an extra set of hands, and who will love children ! Let Michaela know if you might be willing to serve in this way. Thank you to all who serve !
- I’m so grateful that my granddaughter, Jazlyn, has been discharged from the hospital (after 110 days) and is now in her home with Betsy and Dan in Portland. I’m grateful for your prayers ! We thank God that Linda Thompson underwent successful surgery yesterday. Let’s pray for Linda as she heals, and for Kim, Dave, and family who are a support to her.
- Mark May 2 on your calendar, as we’re invited to the wedding reception for Konner Sisseck and Jaci Servos who will be married that day. The reception is at 6:30 pm at 3 Cedars Event Center, 24327 East Old Town Road, in Nevada. Please see the invitation at the church, as an RSVP is requested.
As some of you know, Jim Elliot is a missionary who was murdered in January 1956 (70 years ago) by the people he was trying to befriend with the Gospel in Ecuador. One of the themes of his life was a statement he wrote while in college in 1949 : “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” That’s a statement that resembles Jesus’ question, “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his soul ?” (Mark 8:36), and also His command in Matthew 6:20 to store up treasure in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal. May the Lord make us willing today to give up what we can’t keep anyway (our lives) in order to gain what can’t be lost (God’s purposes ; God’s work ; the salvation of souls as we live out and share the Gospel).
I hope to see you tonight for Immerse or else this Sunday morning !
— Tom
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