All Church Donuts- June 13

After church today plan to stick around and enjoy a sweet treat!

Which is sweeter... the donut or the fellowship?

*Nursery training is this Sunday after donuts. Be sure to RSVP to Polly. More information below.

...and we are also Dedicating Our '21-'22 Leadership this Sunday!

"Love your neighbor as yourself!" This directive from Jesus in Matthew 22 continues to guide us as a congregation responding to the challenge of COVID. The updated guidance from our team is as follows:

- East side pews will continue to be masked and distanced 

- West side pews distancing and masks are now optional

- Live Stream will continue to be offered on YouTube

For children ages 2-11, we are requesting that face coverings be worn, if possible. Children's ministry volunteers continue wearing face coverings when serving children.

We welcome your feedback as we seek to love one another in Jesus’ name!

COVID Team: Deena Fischer, Sam Buchanan, Bob Weides, Bill Weller, Pastor John

A Fresh Vision of Missions- June 16

Through the leading of the Holy Spirit, Crosstown is working on a fresh vision for global mission. The first step is a gathering on Wednesday June 16th at 7:00 pm to dream and plan for the future. We invite you to participate in person or on Zoom. Please contact Kathy Anderson to let her know of your interest. kathleen-anderson@comcast.net

Staff Retreat- June 22

Given our tumultuous year and Crosstown's effort to think about adaptive leadership and discern where the Holy Spirit is leading us, it's time for a staff retreat. John, Polly, Angie, Josh and Kristi are heading up north for a solitude retreat on Tuesday, June 22. Please pray for this time and the Holy Spirit's leading.

Also we need a sub in the office to welcome our NENA friends and volunteers as they prepare for distribution day. Please contact Kristi if you can help.

Unfortunately we have some sad news from the ECC for our current high schoolers. 2022 UNITE/CHIC (the postponed Unite 2021) has been cancelled and the ECC is reevaluating this ministry. Tim Ciccone, Director of Youth Ministry for the Covenant Church, requested that we "Pray that God inspires a new movement of the Holy Spirit in this emerging generation and that God gives us all a creative spirit to find new ways to participate with the spirit of God to help youth across the Covenant Church to find and follow Jesus." Here is a video from Tim with more information and a written letter at the Unite2022 website.

I want to thank all those who adopted families in September for the Adopt a Family ministry this year! What a year we have had! The main purpose of Adopt a Family was to cover each family in prayer this school year. Adopters were also invited, if it worked, to bless their family with encouragement. Thanks to all of you for your dedication in prayer. I can share that there was some tension being on the receiving end of this ministry. There were times when I felt I had nothing to give back, and I felt bad about receiving. There were other moments when I was able to share a prayer request with our Adopters, and I felt so encouraged that the couple prayed for my kids along with me on hard days. I have learned that receiving is really hard when it feels one-sided. I have also learned that that's ok. It is ok to be blessed by others in hard times. And it's ok to ask for prayer support. A HUGE THANK YOU to our congregation for praying for and encouraging our families this year as they faced the many challenges! We are a family, and we belong to one another in Christ Jesus! -Polly

June 14th at Connemara Park @ 7:00pm

June 18th at Bossen Park @ 10:00am

All the date, time, and location details in the church app under the Children's calendar.

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