Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

Church Stuff

  • Coming January 2nd to CrossWay…

    Arriving at CrossWay Church on January 2nd, the event we’ve all been waiting for: (And to answer in advance the question I keep getting from all the women: No, the six-foot man is not included.  Sorry.  Although we could use several six-foot men to help unload the sign when it arrives.  It’s nearly 600 pounds!) Continue reading

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  • Part 2: Mission, Vision, and Strategy at CrossWay Church

    In response to a post from earlier this morning, I received some insightful comments from Terry.  Thanks, Terry, for sharing these great thoughts!  I started to respond by leaving a comment, but as it stretched on longer and longer, I figured it was probably post-worthy. There’s a lot of talk out there about vision, mission,… Continue reading

  • Mission, Vision, and Strategy at CrossWay Church

    After months of praying about things like church vision, mission, and strategy for CrossWay, it finally started becoming clear when it came time to preach on it recently. These things can easily be forced if some church people simply decide to make up some cute-sounding stuff. But then it’s not from the heart of the… Continue reading

  • Outback Elders

    Last night we had an elders meeting at Outback.  Now that’s what I’m talking about!  That’s how elders meetings should be.  Forget this sitting around a table at church stuff, talking about the leaky toilet and the need for a new mulch job.  Bring on the grilled chicken with swiss and bacon sandwich! In all… Continue reading

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  • Foot Washing

    Yesterday at CrossWay we wrapped up the miniseries on ordinances with a message on foot washing. Although foot washing is inarguably a Mennonite ordinance, it seems to me like so much more. In the story of Jesus washing His disciples’ feet (in John 13:1-17), Jesus was calling us not to a rite but to a… Continue reading

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  • Updated Church Website

    Carolyn gave the CrossWay Church website a much-needed update today.  (You know a website hasn’t been updated in a while when you feel the need to blog about it being updated!)  She changed the graphic, the background color (it looks much better!), updated the time for Sunday morning Bible study, plugged the Christmas Eve service,… Continue reading

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  • Sermonizing for January ’08

    The cold that’s going around finally caught up with me yesterday, so I spent most of the day working at home.  At least it gave me a chance to catch up with some planning. I’ve been spending a lot of time lately working on the preaching schedule for 2008.  As it stands now, the first… Continue reading

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  • Communion (or the Lord’s Supper)

    On Sunday at CrossWay we celebrated Communion, also known as the Lord’s Supper or the Eucharist (if you’re from a really fancy church!). We looked at how there are many normal situations in which people don’t connect with each other–they don’t even talk.  For instance, the common etiquette on an elevator requires that you stare… Continue reading

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  • Christmas KidsFest at CrossWay!

    On Saturday at CrossWay we held our first Christmas KidsFest.  It was awesome!  We had 25 kids from 12 families, ranging in age from one to seven.  The kids were all from families that are part of the Training Station, the preschool we have at CrossWay.  There were 17 volunteers from church who worked really… Continue reading

  • Christmas KidsFest at CrossWay

    Today is Christmas KidsFest at CrossWay! We’re having close to 30 children for a kids Christmas party. We’ll make crafts, play games, eat lunch, watch a Christmas video, play outside, and other cool stuff! Continue reading