Start Your Week with Crossroads September 14, 2020

Crossroads provides resources to support your spiritual growth throughout the week and offers you opportunities to connect to a warm, welcoming, and affirming community. Feel free to share any of the resources with family and friends!

Remember These Truths For his final message series before retirement, Pastor Dave is sharing five truths that he has learned over these past 31 years. The series is Remember These Truths. More information can be found here. To watch yesterday's gathering, click here. Dave and Cathy have written these Remember These Truths Affirmations and Guided Meditation Blessings as a gift they hope will continue to be an ongoing blessing to each of you. Spiritual growth resources for every day can be found here and on the GOTGo app: Phone screen saver Affirmations (written) Blessings (written) Additional songs and videos used in yesterday's gathering: Your Love Never Fails (Crossroads Worship Team) Goodness of God (Crossroads Worship Team/Susan and Stephanie) To Our God (Crossroads Worship Team) Richard Rohr video The God Who Stays (Matthew West)

Small Group Reflection Guide We have designed a special small group reflection guide for the Remember These Truths series. If you are not part of a small group, you can share these reflections with a friend, do them as a couple, or as a family with older children and teens. Or you can spend time going through the reflections by yourself.

Women's Bible Study Tuesday, Sept. 22 through Nov. 17 at 9:30am.  The group will be studying "Discerning the Voice of God" by Priscilla Shirer. Click here for a link to the workbook. For more information and to register for this Zoom study, click here.

Sign up for a Listening Session with Larry Thompson! Starting October 1st, Larry Thompson will be the interim pastor serving and helping to guide the Crossroads family. We invite you to sign up for a time to attend one of the listening sessions being offered in October and November so that Larry can hear from the Crossroads community. Sign up here.

Job Opportunity at Crossroads! Crossroads is excited to announce a new opening for a key leadership role as Intergenerational Integrator. As a key leader (and reporting to the Senior Pastor), the candidate will be enthusiastic and passionate about planning, leading, and overseeing all Crossroads’ ministries and missions inside and outside of the church. Read more here.

Crossroads Kids @ Home is Coming September 27th! We miss seeing your smiling faces on Sunday Mornings at the church and invite you to join us for a new virtual experience called Crossroads Kids @ Home! Beginning September 27th we'll meet for an exciting, interactive time where parents with children can join from home for bible stories, prayer, songs, crafts, and time to get to know each other. This will be a phased roll-out of age appropriate activities, starting with a focus on early elementary students (recommended for Kindergarten through 3rd grade children and siblings). Click here to find out more. Register here for the first meeting on September 27 at 9:30 AM. You will receive a confirmation email with a password protected link to the zoom meeting with further instructions. Additional meetings and offerings for other age ranges will be available soon on our church website and in the Heart and Home Newsletter.

Church @ Home for Students Join us on Sunday, September 27th from 6-7pm for our next Zoom call! We are focusing on Teens of the Bible. Get more information here. Crossover Retreat Rising 6th graders and their parents are invited to an afternoon retreat celebrating students' passage to middle school. More information and registration can be found here.

Crossroads Has a Labyrinth! While the labyrinth may look like a maze to solve, its use is simultaneously more intentional and more expansive. When walking a labyrinth, you are moving your body purposefully and mindfully as a prayer. You are invited to use this gift created by a member of the Crossroads family, Jack Lawrence, as his Eagle Scout project. Click here for more information on the labyrinth.

Mental Health Resources for Teens Thursday, September 17th 7pm School is starting and many parents are concerned about the mental health impact on their teen from our continued social isolation. It can be difficult watching a teen struggle with their mental health, and even harder trying to find the right support team. Have you worried about a mental health emergency or crisis? In their next Parental Panel, representatives from the Ryan Bartel Foundation will talk to experts who oversee local mental health resources including crisis intervention services.  These are valuable, but often unknown resources for all parents, caregivers and teens. Register for the Zoom call 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. The latest Imagine Well Being resources can be found here.

Couples Workshop November 6-7 In this time of COVID, we may find ourselves spending time and energy on new and unforeseen challenges. One side effect is that we have less energy to tend to what should be a priority: our relationship. This workshop is an opportunity for you to nurture the relationship and build on your strengthens as a couple. Join Jack and Debra Dalby, LCSW as they explore important skills that allow for meaningful couple connection that promote a sense of trust and security, as well as productive means of managing conflict. Friday, November 6: 7-9pm Saturday, November 7: 10am-3pm Cost: $200 This will be a Zoom Workshop. You can register here.

Additional resources:

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