Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

Church Stuff

  • Nickels 4 Neighbors… Dollars 4 Daughters

    Each week at CrossWay we have a children’s offering called Nickels 4 Neighbors.  It’s something that our conference does.  All 34 churches in the conference collect this offering each week, and every six months we give it to a ministry that benefits children.  It’s really cool to see all the kids come up each week Continue reading

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  • Trusting God With Our Money

    On Sunday at CrossWay Church we talked about trusting God with our money.  It was the second week in our three-week series “The Almighty’s Dollar.” The words “trust” and “faith” are very closely related.  To have faith in God is to trust Him: to trust Him with our souls, our families, our health… and our Continue reading

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  • ACC Spring Assembly

    On Saturday at CrossWay we had the opportunity to host our conference‘s spring assembly.  We had about 80 people representing 34 Mennonite churches, mostly from Pennsylvania but also New York, Delaware, Maryland, and probably some others. They asked our praise band to lead the music.  That was the first time we had led music anywhere Continue reading

  • Loving God With Our Money

    At CrossWay on Sunday we began a three-week series about money, called The Almighty’s Dollar.  Everyone’s favorite topic to hear about in church, right? Actually, money does have great spiritual significance.  Jesus talked about it a lot.  The gist of His teaching about it is that what you do with your money reveals where your Continue reading

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  • Update On SonRise East

    Exciting times!  A new satellite church location is opening up near CrossWay.  SonRise Church in Berlin is launching a campus just a little up the road from us, toward Ocean City.  Pastor Kyle, who is leading the new site, posted on his blog some of the needs they still have. Please check out the list Continue reading

  • Resurrection Sunday

    I don’t understand why we call it “Easter” after the name of a pagan god, when it’s to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Therefore the title of this post.  A few years ago when I was on staff at another church, I brought this up.  Our lead pastor responded, “Yeah, why don’t you head Continue reading

  • Easter Egg Hunt at CrossWay

    Last Saturday we had our third annual Easter Egg Hunt at CrossWay.  It was a blast!  We had about 60 kids and at least that many adults.  God answered our prayers for a break in the weather, and we had a beautiful sunny day with mild temperatures–right in between two chilly rainstorms. In the sanctuary Continue reading

  • Midway Praise

    Last night at CrossWay Church we had our first Midway Praise.  It’s something we’re just starting to do every three months.  We had 20 people come out for some celebration, music, and focused prayer (and a short devotional, which is Christianese for sermonette). It was great!  We started with four songs, then spent about 15 Continue reading

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  • Upcoming Easter Series at CrossWay Church

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  • Our First 12 Members

    We held session 2 of the CrossWay Church membership class on Sunday afternoon.  We now have 12 members!  Our Constitution & By-Laws require completion of the class in order to be eligible for membership, so officially our only members are those who were able to make it both weeks (since this is the first time Continue reading