Church Stuff
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Are You Ready for Christmas?
Yesterday at CrossWay was the third week in our Christmas series, “Are You Ready for Christmas?” We’ve been in the first chapter of Luke’s Gospel, which contains several rich stories leading up to the first Christmas 20 centuries ago. Every year at this time we have things we do to prepare for Christmas. We go… Continue reading
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Top 10 Cool Things I Did Last Week
Here’s the official list of the Top 10 Cool Things I Did Last Week: (10) Continued reading a book I borrowed from my dad. It’s called Gilead and is written by Marilynne Robinson. (9) Went to La Tolteca in Salisbury for lunch with Carolyn and her family. (8) Downloaded the Dropkick Murphys version of “Amazing… Continue reading
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Living in Peace
We wrapped up the Real Life series yesterday at CrossWay with a message called “Living in Peace.” We talked about several verses that help us live in peace with each other. There are things we can do to promote peace with other people, and there are ways we can restore peace once it’s been broken.… Continue reading
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You Might Be Southern Baptist If…
This is awesome. Continue reading
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Real Life: Living With Leadership
At CrossWay on Sunday we picked up again with the Real Life series in a message called “Living with Leadership.” We spent some time looking at 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13a and Hebrews 13:17. These passages talk about the importance of supporting our leaders. Leaders are not only those who hold a position of authority over us. … Continue reading
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Pics from CrossWay’s 25th
A big thanks to Kristen for these pictures she took from the 25th anniversary celebration at CrossWay! Continue reading
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Watch for Deer
The location for this collision could not have been worse. Here’s the sight that greeted me as I pulled into the church driveway this morning: This is what everyone heading westbound along Route 50 saw this morning, as well as all the parents and children who were coming to the preschool. Eventually the State Highway… Continue reading
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CrossWay: Celebrating 25 Years
Church was awesome yesterday at CrossWay! We celebrated our 25th anniversary as a church. It was the biggest crowd we’ve had since I’ve been pastor here, even bigger than Easter. Two of our former pastors were here, as well as some of the interim pastors and a number of former members and other people who… Continue reading
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CrossWay Church Celebrates 25 years
This Sunday, CrossWay Church will celebrate our 25th anniversary. The church began as Ocean City Mennonite Church the Sunday after Thanksgiving in 1983. (The church is now a quarter of a century old, and in its lifetime the Baltimore Orioles have not been to the World Series. Tsk tsk.) It’s gonna be cool. Two of… Continue reading
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A Third Way
With the big national election tomorrow, we talked yesterday at CrossWay about the political scene and how we should respond. Conclusion: rather than placing our faith in McCain and the Republicans or Obama and the Democrats, we should choose a Leader who really is the answer for the messes we’ve created. His name is Jesus,… Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 