This Week at Crossroads I 7.27.23

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW If you show me your friendships, it will reveal the direction of your life. The community you choose could be the difference between living in darkness or living in light. We first must enter into fellowship (koinonia) with God, and that fellowship will ensure that we live in the light of truth. It is a beautiful thing when groups of people fellowship with God and enter into fellowship with one another.  Listen to This Sunday's Playlist:  We Praise You Who You Say I Am Open the Eyes of my Heart Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) Doxology JOIN US IN-PERSON OR ONLINE at 9:15am  FACEBOOK LIVE YOUTUBE CHANNEL CROSSROADS ON-DEMAND MEET GOD MEET FRIENDS C3 is a welcoming community for people in all ages, stages, and phases of life. We share life together and seeking to serve our Crossroads family and the community in tangle ways.  Food, fellowship, and prayer are ever present!  Please bring your favorite food, desert or beverage to share.  Schedule:  Social Time 6:30pm Church Updates 6:55pm Discipleship Teaching 7:15pm Prayer 7:45pm  FAREWELL TO OUR CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR, KELLY DUNLAP We are very sad to announce that our Church Administrator Kelly Dunlap will be finishing her work with us on August 15th.  For the past couple of years Kelly has juggled the many balls her position requires with a smile on her face and a warm welcome for everyone. We will miss her creativity, dedication to her work and delightful sense of humor.  Kelly will continue to serve as the manager at the Station Coffee Company.  Kelly wants to be able to devote more time with her family and attend Sunday mass with her family.  We seek God’s blessing upon her as she makes this transition and wish her the very best.  The Dunlap family are part of our Crossroads family and don't be surprised if you see them at church events from time to time.  Thank you Kelly for your many contributions to our church community!  We love you!  FAITH & FAMILY NIGHT I AUG 25th Join the D-backs and churches from across Arizona at Chase Field as we host Faith & Family Night on Friday, August 25 vs. the Cincinnati Reds.  This promises to be a special night of unity and fellowship, featuring postgame D-backs player testimonials and a Zach Williams postgame concert! All fans with a ticket to the D-backs game against the Cincinnati Reds can stick around and enjoy the postgame concert. For more information, please contact Nicole Crombie or Kelly Dunlap. Register For Ticket BACKYARD BASH I AUG. 6th Backyard Bash is a great opportunity to relax and have fun with family, friends, neighbors as we celebrate 9 years of ministry in San Tan Valley. We'll have music, food, water slides and games.  A CONVERSATION WITH REV. KEN WHEELER August 1, 2023 I 10:00am   Join the Grand Canyon Synod's Simeon Project as they host a conversation with Ret. ELCA Pastor Ken Wheeler regarding his book "US: The Resurrection of American Terror." This heart-wrenching yet stubbornly hopeful narrative, exposes white supremacy as America's greatest threat. Transcending the boundaries of memoir, scholarship, theology, and sharp political critique, Pastor Wheeler takes readers on his own seven-decade-long journey that lays bare the terror of being Black in America. From his childhood in Jackson, Mississippi under the trauma of Jim Crow segregation to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Wheeler steadily holds a mirror up to a nation drowning in a rising tide of white supremacy.   Click Here To Join the Zoom Link MAKE LIFE BETTER TEACHER SUPPLY DRIVEI SUNDAY, JULY 30 We know school's out for summer!  Most AZ schools will resume in July.  According to AdoptAClassroom.org, teachers spend an average of $750 of their own money on school supplies. Many teachers spend even more, with 30% spending $1,000 out of their own pocket each school year on supplies for their own classrooms.  Crossroads will collect school supplies for teachers in FUSD to support their 2023-2024 school year.  Supply list will be available in July.  For more information contact Nicole Crombie.   ASU MOVE-IN DAY I SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2023  Make life better serving as a volunteer at ASU Polytechnic campus move in day.  We have two opportunities this year.  Volunteers help make the process as smooth as possible, unload cars and moving belongings to rooms, keeping spirits up with the cheers and applause , and helping families through what can often be an emotional day.  If moving doesn't sound like your cup of tea, join us as as we spruce up the Agape Ministry House at Poly.  Both students and families have reacted favorably to how effective this move-in process works.  REGISTER HERE HELP CROSSROADS RECEIVE $250.00 GRANTS FOR MINI PROJECTS Support the work of Crossroads while taking part in meaningful service, education and fundraising events for Crossroads.  Catherine O'Neal will provide the resources you need to get started and register the event. Once approved you will receive a Thrivent Action Team Kit and $250 gift card in seed money for the project.  The possibilities are endless.  Contact Nicole Crombie to register for Thrivent and a Thrivent Action Team Today!  LEARN MORE Will YOU PARTNER WITH US?  If you have ever considered setting up a recurring gift, now is the perfect time! Crossroads has more opportunities than ever to engage in Kingdom movements locally and around the world. Would you consider being part of this work financially?  To give online simply go to our Crossroads website or use the GIVE TODAY button.  There you can give a one time gift or set up your profile and use the reoccurring gift option.  It only takes a couple minutes.  You can also mail your gift to us at: Crossroads Church  2769 E. Combs Road Box 4 San Tan Valley, AZ 85140.  GIVE TODAY CROSSROADS AT A GLANCE July 30         Worship Celebration @ 9:15am (Crossroads Church) Aug. 1          Conversation with Pastor Ken Wheeler (Online)  Aug. 2          C3 @ 6:30pm (Crossroads Church) Aug. 6          Backyard Bash @ 10:30am (Crossroads Church) Aug. 9          Prayer Team Meeting @ 2:00pm (Crossroads Church) Aug. 12        ASU Move In Day (ASU Polytechnic Campus) Aug. 13        Worship Celebration @ 9:15am (Crossroads Church)   PRAYER WALL There are many ways to offer and receive prayer at Crossroads.  Send your prayer request to Crossroads Prays.  Go to the Prayer Station during worship service and light a candle. Receive confidential prayer with a  A Prayer Team member.  THIS WEEK'S PRAYER & PRAISE: Kelly D. for transition  Students and Educators as the start of a new school year Relief from the excessive heat and the needed monsoons Earl R. (Vicki's Denman's uncle) as he battle's cancer Betsy H. healing from Valley Fever   Nicole C. for new medical treatments Alexis T. healing from neurological disorder  Juan Gonzales continued healing through physical therapy  Gathered By Grace Lutheran Church  Praise God for blessings through The Station Coffee Company All members of the Armed Forces Ukraine and all people across the world affected by aggression & war  All those affected by gun violence PICS OF THE WEEK Left: Ryan Haugen's Baptism.  Right: Brotherly love with the Sersig boys Copyright © 2023 Crossroads Church, All rights reserved. Our Mailing Address Is: 2769 E. Combs Road | Box 4 | San Tan Valley | AZ | 85143 Our Physical Address Is: 2769 E. Combs Road Building D I San Tan Valley I AZ I 85140 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.