CROSSROADS STUDENT CORNER
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Welcome
Dear Crossroads Students and Families,
I hope you all are doing well this week and that you are staying safe and healthy at home!
I can't believe we have all been under shelter in place for a month already. It's gone by so fast and at the same time has felt like an eternity.
This week, Pastor Dave's message will be about patience and will be based out of Romans 5:1-5. That scripture is below as this weeks reflection. I encourage you and your students to read it and reflect on the questions given.
Attached is this weeks intersect curriculum about celebrating the earth. Earth day is coming up on the 22nd. Just like Ringo says below, I hope you will get outside and enjoy our beautiful earth this week. While you are outside, I encourage you to mentally note one place that you see God out in nature. (While social distancing of course)
I have included more activities for you and your families to do together to fight the boredom that I'm sure you have started to experience. There are also links to different SERVE oppertunities.
In the future as I continue praying for you all if you have any specific prayer requests, submit them
here
so that I and other intersect guides can pray for you. Jesus loves you, and He is risen (He is risen indeed).
Blessings,
Kylie Kosko and Team
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Weekly Scripture Reflection:
Romans 5:1-5 ESV
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
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Weekly Scripture Reflection Questions
- How can you find comfort in Paul's words to the Roman Church about suffering leading to hope?
- How can we rejoice in both hope of the glory of God and in our suffering?
- What does it mean for us to stand in God's grace, what does that look like?
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Ovi and Friend's
Thought for the Week
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dis week, we her frm my budy Ringo Howard, he sayz 2 b sur to get outsid evwyday 4 fwesh air nd exrcize.
nd if u hav a pet lik me, bwing us along(:
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If your four legged friends have any thoughts or advice that they would like to share, email a picture of them along with their "thought/advice" to kkosko@crossroadsnova.org. Each week a different friend will be featured here!
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Fun Activities to Fight Cabin Fever!
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Here
is a link to download free coloring pages for teens and adults off around the theme of graditude.
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Back by popular demand, each week I will be sharing a simple recipe for you to make with your students. Click
here for this week's tasty treat, banana muffins!
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Intersect Activity: 4/19/2020
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With all the chaos and changes of the Coronavirus pandemic, we might forget about the beautiful Earth that surrounds us. As we have spent more time inside, we may have forgotten about the peace we can receive as a gift from Nature. As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd, we turn to Jesus and ask him to open our eyes to the world around us and inspire us to show love to every part of creation!
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Here is a link for you and your family to make masks for the community if you are looking for an opportunity to serve those around you. I also encourage you to check out the
Hope In Action
Newsletter!
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Cards and Notes of Encouragement for Healthcare Workers
Health Care workers are on the front lines of this pandemic and deserve as much praise and support that we can give them. Crossroads is encouraging notes be sent to the staff at the following nursing home and hospitals.
Heritage Hall
is a senior care facility in Leesburg. If you would like to send handwritten cards and notes to Heritage Hall, please send them to
Heritage Hall – Activities, 122 Morven Park, NW, Leesburg, VA. 20176.
They will make sure that staff receive the notes.
There is also an opportunity to send notes to
Loudoun Inova
staff via email.
Simply use
this link
and express your gratitude and appreciation.
A guide for writing a note can be found
here
.
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The Serenity Prayer is a simple but powerful prayer for these days at home.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference. Amen.
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Something to Make You Smile:
If you have a Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram account, you have probably seen the adorable and funny animal videos that The Dodo has put up. In this section I will be featuring one of these heartwarming videos right
here
.
This weeks video is about a little boy helping a dog find a home.
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Growing Leaders at Home - A note from Cathy Norman
Here
is a great
activity
designed for parents to do with your middle or high school students during these challenging days. It is designed by Tim Elmore from Growing Leaders for this extended time of being alone. We will feature a Growing Leaders at Home activity every week. Attached is week two of eight.
We are praying for you and your teens to find new ways to celebrate what it means to be family amidst the challenges.
If you have any questions or need support feel free to
contact me
. -
Cathy Norman
,
Interim Family Coordinator
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Additional resources available to you and your family
Sunday message: Watch
here
or on the GOTGo app
GOTGo App - Download from your app store by searching Crossroads GOTGo
Daily Texts - Text crossroads to 41411 to receive inspirational texts each day
Daily Scripture, Prayer and Morning Focus - Sign up
here
Spiritual Practices: Find them
here
Prayer Requests: Submit them
here
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