It's Mother's Day. It's a day of celebration, a time to remember, a time to grieve, and a time to pray. This Sunday we will be doing all of that and more. The children and students will be making an endearing gift for Moms while the adults will be offering a special blessing and offering a beautiful gift card with the blessing imprinted for families to take home and display. Mary Helen, our most senior Mom at 99, will offer words of wisdom as to how she has dealt with her doubts over her years.
I will continue with our "Greater Things Can Be Done" series looking at how we can overcome our self-doubts that often hold us back from believing that we can do greater things with our lives. Our story will take us back in time to when Jesus encountered "Doubting" Thomas with a word of hope through his doubts.
I am hoping we can be together on this special day.
And here are some things I want to highlight:
Last week we called for a "Tiger Team" to help our Crossroads family do greater things by helping us spread the good news of God's unconditional love, Jesus' unlimited welcome, and the unwavering hope of transformation as far and wide as we can. There is still room for you if you have an interest or skill to help your Crossroads family. You can sign up
here.
This will be a great week of fun, learning and growing as the children:
- Learn and experience Bible stories
- Create projects to serve the local community
- Create and serve snacks for one another
- Worship Jesus with music
- Experience value centered learning games
- Meet people who are serving in our community
- Enjoy a Family SERVE Celebration
Tomorrow we will be meeting for our first PFLAG training event. We already have 20 people signed up to attend and there's still room if you are interested. You can learn more and sign up
here.
One more thing. ATTENTION all graduates. We want to celebrate you! You are invited to an awesome graduation retreat at Cathy's and my home on the mountain on Saturday May 18th. it will be blast.There will be great stories and blessings for both graduates and parents. It will be inspirational for both parents and graduates. We want to honor you for all you are and all you have accomplished with your education.
For more information and to register
If you can't be with us on Sunday, then maybe you can join us online.
Let's never stop growing in our love for God, others and ourselves. It's our most important work.
See you soon,
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Tiger Team- Doing Greater Things!
Crossroads is forming new 'Tiger Teams'. A Tiger Team is a team of skilled individuals formed to work on specific goals. In this case they will be a group of people that come together to help blast out who Crossroads is - a family that always welcomes everyone.
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Vacation Bible School (VBS) a.k.a. Vacation SERVE Camp
Registration is Open
Camp Dates: June 17-21
Vacation Serve Camp will help your child grow in their faith through scripture, adventure and service as they begin to see their part in God's plan for the world through Jesus.
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Graduation Half Day Retreat
Saturday, May 18 2:00 - 7:00 pm at Blueridge Summit Retreat
Families with a graduating Senior (high school, college, or continuing education) are invited to mark and reflect on this momentous transition into a new stage of life. The Day Retreat will offer a time for family blessing of independence, growth, and call, while celebrating the unique story and gifts that have led to this moment.
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PFLAG Training
Saturday, May 11, 10am - 1pm at Crossroads
We are grateful for a team of people who are committed to starting a PFLAG Chapter for Loudoun County. All are invited to attend to either help launch the group or simply come and learn more together.
Visit the PFLAG website
here
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Food Truck Friday
May 31, 5-8pm at
Crossroads Parking Lot
Come and support our local food truck community and help a great cause! Part of the proceeds will go to support Crossroad’s Guatemala Mission. Invite your friends and neighbors and enjoy great local food and live music.
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Native Plant of the Week
Golden Alexander
A plant from Crossroads' Native Plant Garden will be highlighted here each week. This is designed to help us all get acquainted with some of the many different native plants available to us, their importance in nature and where to plant them. Additional information about all of the plants in our Native Plant Garden and how you can start one at your home is always available at Crossroads for you to take with you. We encourage everyone to stop by and enjoy! Native plant of the week is Golden Alexander.
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Touching Heart Serve Camp (hosted at Crossroads)
Save the Date: July 22-26
Summer fun meets service at Touching Heart’s Summer Service Camp, where campers spend five days learning, laughing, creating and giving back! The camp will get kids busy learning about people in need in their community and around the world, while completing hands-on service projects that make a difference!
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Crossover Retreat (rising 6th graders)
August 17-18
The retreat combines outdoor activities, challenge courses, storytelling, s'mores, and unforgettable moments of connection in nature.
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Women's Summer Soul Renewal Retreat
June 22-23 at Blueridge Summit Retreat
This summer, come and enjoy the beauty of the summer season with time out in nature, experiential meditations, soulful story sharing, crafting, and a great big bonfire!
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DC VBS
July 22-25 at New Community Church
A team will take a modified version of Vacation SERVE Camp to children in the summer program at New Community for Children.
Team members needed, teen and adult volunteers welcome.
For more information and to register
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Uganda Mission Trip 2019
August 21 – September 3
Join a team for 12 days in Uganda, participating in a 5 day camp, visiting students’ homes, visiting the vocational and nursing schools and gathering for a reunion of more than 40 students, many of whom have graduated from vocational schools and university.
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Nature and Soul Events
Each of these experiences is designed to share the restorative gifts of God revealed in nature to nurture your mind, body and soul.
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Imagine Well Being
Cultivating wholeness in body, mind and soul!
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Crossroads Kids (Nursery - 5th Grade)
Children will meet in their classrooms at 10am this Sunday.
See what else is happening with
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Students (Middle and High School)
This Sunday, Middle School Students will meet in the Discipleship Room and High School Students will meet in Ryan Chapel at 10am!
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Prayer Requests on the Crossroads Website
Reminder: Our website has a page where you can submit a prayer request. This is also a page you can visit to pray for others.
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Quick and Easy Daily Spiritual Resources
- GOTGo App - Download from your app store by searching Crossroads GOTGo
- Daily Sacred Pause - Text crossroads to 41411 to receive an inspirational text each day
- Daily Reflection on Scripture - Sign up here
- Sunday Message Podcast- Subscribe at iTunes or on the GOTGo app
- Kirk Martin, Celebrate Calm- Helpful resource for parents. Click here for more info.
- Facebook - facebook.com/crossroadsnova
- Twitter - @crossroadsnova
- Website - crossroadsnova.org
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703-729-5100 / www.crossroadsnova.org
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