Start Your Week with Crossroads
April 6, 2020
Crossroads hopes to provide resources to help you and your family throughout the week. Every week we will send out a newsletter listing ways to help you on your spiritual path. Feel free to share them with family and friends!
Resources offering unwavering hope
Sunday's Church at Home gathering

If you missed the Church at Home online gathering on Sunday, you can watch it anytime here .

You can also watch it anytime on the GOTGo app .
We Need Your Help!

Even though we can't gather at Crossroads for a glorious Easter Celebration there are ways we can stay connected and  we need your help!  

We are planning a celebratory video to open our Easter service online that includes a way for us to all wish each other a Happy Easter or join in saying "He is Risen!" 

Here's how you can help. You or your family can make a simple homemade sign to hold up that says, "Happy Easter" or "He is Risen!". Decorate it in any way you like. Hold it up in front of yourselves and take a selfie. Big Easter smiles everyone!

Or, you can take a short video wishing everyone a Happy Easter or saying "He Is Risen" and send the video instead of a photo. Get creative, sidewalk chalk messages are always fun, too. 

We will compile all of your messages into one big Happy Easter video to the song Christ The Lord Is Risen Today , our perennial Easter tradition.

Send all photos and videos to Susan Yantis at  syantis@crossroadsnova.org  by Wednesday evening. We want to see you! Happy Easter everyone!
Good Friday- April 10th

Join us online for an interactive Good Friday experience. This experience will provide a time of meditation and reflection to help you let go of all that is keeping you from living your life most joyfully.

A variety of activities will be available to encourage you to identify and release what is holding you back during this time. Our prayer is that this time for reflection and release will lead us into a joyful Easter where we can celebrate the resurrection gift of all the new life that is rising in and among us.

The Good Friday Experience will be available on our website and the GOTGo app beginning Friday and you will find a link to it in the Friday newsletter.
State of the Church

If you missed Pastor Dave's State of the Church video, you can watch it here .
Hope in Action: Cards and Notes of Encouragement for Health care Workers

Click here to learn more about writing cards of encouragement for health care workers as well as other ways to serve our community during the COVID-19 crisis.
Songs and Videos Used in Sunday's Service

Bless the Merciful - Prayer adapted by Sarah Bessey
Thank You - poem by Del Martinez
Morning Gratitude Practice by Dr. Sood  
Cloak and Branches - Palm Sunday kids video
Prayer Video - by Nimo Patel
Giving
Although we aren't gathering in person, Crossroads' ministry needs don't change. Please prayerfully consider giving to the general offering as well as the Easter/Lenten offering.

You can give on our website (including PayPal) here .
Family and Children's Ministry Puppet Show
For Crossroads Kids of  all ages!  

Click here to watch this week's Palm Sunday puppet show with Pastor Dave as Freddy the firefighter and Ms. Cathy as Becky! Joey and June Bug make an appearance, too!

 Thanks to Ms. Jill and Julia for guiding us through our story and prayer.
Family and Children's Ministry Resources
Heart & Home is a resource  designed for families of all sizes including grandparents, aunts and uncles who can share this with extended family.

The latest Heart & Home newsletter can be found here .
Student Ministry Resources
Our Student Ministry newsletter contains a special Intersect at Home guide and some great resources for teens and their families.

This week's Student Ministry newsletter can be found here .
Imagine Well Being Resources
Imagine Well Being gatherings are available via Zoom so that you can be sure to take care of yourself during this stressful time. Each gathering is stand alone and designed to bring you more inner peace and healing in mind, body and soul.

A full list of gatherings can be found here.
Zoom Circles of Care Resources
Zoom Circles of Care are small groups where you can find support, care and community.

A full list of these groups can be found here .
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