Congregational Meeting - April 24

This is one of three annual business meetings for the church. The new leadership team will be presented. This meeting will be offered in person and livestreamed on an unlisted YouTube stream for security. The link to join is in your app calendar and below. This livestream is marked 'private' so it will not be visible on the Crosstown YouTube channel directly.

“What should the reading of such painful things and sitting with lament lead to? I contend it’s Gratitude”... Read more in our Gratitude blog post.

...transitioning into JOY

John 20:20 “the disciples were OVERJOYED when they saw the Lord.”

Luke 24:52 “then they worshiped him & returned to Jerusalem with great JOY.”

James 1:2 “consider it pure JOY…whenever you face trials of many kinds.”

Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is…JOY.”

Thank you to everyone who helped us collect cleaning supplies for 40 families. These items will be given to families at the April 27th Food Shelf. We could use a couple additional hands at 12:30 to help carry up and set up all these items, in addition to our regular volunteer crew. Please email Kristi if you would like to help with setup Wednesday, 12:30-1:30.

Join us on Instagram or Facebook for our "Where's that located?" game! 🧐

On Monday we publish an up close and personal image of something on the church property and then see if you can name the item and where it's located. 🤔

programming runs from 6:30-7:45 at Crosstown

Calendars are available on the Youth webpage, Children's webpage, and Adult Ministry webpage.

Spring Clean Up - May 14

Join us Saturday, May 14th 8:30-11:30 to help care for the Crosstown property. All ages and skill levels welcome. Please RSVP here by May 8th to help the coordinator, Marcia Wilkins, prepare for you. This is also a great opportunity to get our yard ready for May Fun Fest!

UNITE NORTH July 14-17

Unite North is a ministry of the Northwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church for High School students. This is four days at Bethel University packed with:

On Sunday mornings our nursery is transitioning to a parent-supervised option. Instead of having the space staffed with volunteers it will now be open for parents to utilize as needed. Parents are able to watch the service through the video livestream.

We do receive print copies of Covenant Home Altar, but you can now access it online. Check out the Home Altar tab in your Crosstown app for access to these daily devotionals from the ECC.

📅 Don't forget to note for your calendar...

VBS is July 24-27

Church Retreat is Sept 16-18

Pastor John's Sabbatical B is May 16-June 26

and Crosstown Summer Session will run from May 29-Sept 18... more information about this change coming soon!

📷 Looking for Pictures

Crosstown doesn't have a photographer to capture events. Instead, everyone has the ability to capture life in the church with the phone in your hand. Please either email photos to office@crosstowncovenant.org or share them in Google Photos or Google Drive to us. We are especially hoping you will share some pictures from Holy Week.

You are invited to participate in the upcoming Northwest Conference-sponsored Zoom call designed to allow you to "meet" the ECC Presidential Nominee, Rev. Swanson-Draheim. The 60 minute call will be on Monday, May 9 at 10:00 a.m. (Central) via Zoom. An RSVP is required to have access to the call.

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