Church Stuff
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Thanksgiving in Berlin
The ministerial group in Berlin is working together to deliver Thanksgiving meals to anyone who might need one. I spent most of yesterday with Pastor Daryl McCready from SonRise and Pastor Gary Baer from Buckingham Presbyterian working to get everything together for the deliveries today. At latest count, we have 107 families that we’re delivering… Continue reading
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Church
Yesterday at CrossWay we began a two-week miniseries called “Creed: Church.” The theme yesterday was the church as a family; next week we look at our mission. We opened with a video that Carolyn made, set to “Creed” by Rich Mullins. I was so impressed with her work! She did an excellent job, which you… Continue reading
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CrossWay Eldership
On Wednesday night we had our first elders meeting at CrossWay since I’ve been the pastor there. We’ve had one active elder and two men who had served as elders but have been inactive for a while. Three of us (Josh, LJ, and me) met for about an hour and a half, and it was… Continue reading
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Prayer Email Hotline
Prayer is so important. It’s one of the church’s greatest weapons and worst weaknesses. Lately I’ve been feeling the importance of prayer in a new way, so we now have a prayer email hotline at CrossWay. To share a concern that you’d like us to pray about, just email it to prayer@crossway.cc Continue reading
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“Come Together”
Pastor John’s crew at the Gathering Tree did a series called “Classic Rock” last month (I like the working title: “Rocktober”). It was based on 1 Peter and carried a classic rock theme. Something they did that’s really cool was a remake of the Beatles song “Come Together.” They gave their own twist to the… Continue reading
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Faith That Makes A Real Difference
Yesterday at CrossWay we talked about basic, trusting faith. Trusting God is at the heart of our relationship with Him, yet it’s something so many of us struggle with constantly. Something happened last Wednesday that really got me thinking about faith. We have a preschool here at CrossWay, and on Wednesday afternoon I was playing… Continue reading
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Salvation
Yesterday at CrossWay we talked about salvation. It brought the miniseries about people full circle, from creation to sin to salvation. The summary statement in the Mennonite Confession of Faith sums it up well: “We believe that, through Jesus Christ, God offers salvation from sin and a new way of life. We receive God’s salvation… Continue reading
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Progress
Looks like the order for the new CrossWay sign will officially be placed this weekend! It may have already been done by now. It’s such a relief after so many months of working on it. There are people at the church who have been working on this project longer than I’ve even been there–it’s been… Continue reading
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Sin
Yesterday at CrossWay we talked about sin. We’re in a three-week miniseries about people. Last week we looked at how we were designed for a relationship with God, relationships with each other, and to take care of our planet. Yesterday we examined how our sin has messed up all of those designs. For week three… Continue reading
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ACC Annual Meeting
Exciting post title, huh? Today my father-in-law and I went to our church conference’s annual gathering in the Lancaster, PA area. It was actually pretty cool. I’ll write more about it later when I’m not 96% exhausted. Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 