Wednesday January 26th will mark the reopening of a food shelf under Crosstown's roof. The previous food distribution was run by NENA, our neighborhood association.

This rendition will be a satellite food-in-a-box food shelf in partnership with Good in the 'Hood, Trinity Lutheran, and Crosstown Covenant. The plan is for the food shelf to return to its original schedule: 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month from 2:00-4:00pm. Polly is taking the lead in organizing the food storage, distribution, and invitation.

Character of the week in Immerse Kingdoms is God. Yes, we know we are taking some theological liberties naming God as a character, but He has "kind of" a major role in the Biblical narrative.

Check it out! One of our local Covenant church friends was featured on the cover of Covenant Companion. Brookdale Covenant was highlighted for not only welcoming one other congregation to meet in the building, but THREE!

"This is God's building, and this is God's work, and however God is leading the 5139 enterprise to move into the community, as much as possible, we want to say yes to that," says senior pastor Renee Franzen. Read more in the article copied here or print copies are available on the Spiritual Life Pathways wall.

Please plan to pick up your giving statement at church. See Mark or Liana Ogawa on Sunday or stop by the office during office hours. Any statements not picked up by the annual meeting, January 30th, will be placed in the mail.

Directories will also be available for pickup on Sunday and during office hours, Tuesday-Friday 9:00-3:00.

Hopefully the Annual Report will also be ready from the printers so you can pick that up, too.

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.

In August Crosstown is heading up to Adventurous Christians for a canoe trip. Want to join us? Check out our information sheet for more details about the trip. RSVP to Samantha Buchanan. First team meeting will be Sunday, Feb 13th and deposits are due then.

The Sanctuary Renovation Project is nearly done and services have already begun. Stop by if you would like to see how great the sanctuary looks. At the end of 2021, total giving to the sanctuary renovation project was $27,483 (over 2/3 of the way to our goal of $40,000). Again, thanks to those who have given one-time donations and those who continue to support the project with monthly contributions. If you would like to see us meet the goal soon, please consider a one-time or a monthly contribution to the SRP.

This week as we pause each day to pray for a Director of Worship Arts, lets remember and rejoice in God's generosity in the words of Psalm 147:8-9

God, we ask you to guide us, and that we would listen.

Teach us to surrender our agenda, that we would patiently trust in You with all our heart, and not lean on our own understanding. Amen (From Proverbs 3:5)

The Worship Director Search Committee

Dennis Olson (Deacon, Chair of Worship Search), Mark Ogawa (Elder), Mike Anderson (church chair), Kathy McGillivray (congo rep), Michelle Acosta (congo rep), Iris Smyth (congo rep), John Jacobi (Pastor)

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