Preparing For Worship: June 22nd

Well we've prayed, waited, hoped, given, worked, and watched as God again proved his faithfulness in providing our new church building!

This Sunday is a celebration of God's blessing and faithfulness to Crossroads, and we are incredibly excited to hold our first service in the new building. From here on out, I'm going to just start calling it "church." No more "West Ranch Cafeteria," no more "The New Building," it's our home now.

So now that the church "building" is ready, the only thing left to do is to bring in the real church, the body of Christ. I look forward to gathering with you in just a few days to worship our faithful God together.

The morning will have a few extra elements in it, but we're definitely going to hear God's Word preached, and we're definitely going to sing forth our praises and thanks to God for his goodness.

We'll start the morning with a song that draws our attention the great things God has done; "To God Be The Glory" and go right into "See What A Morning" which reminds us of the resurrection of our Savior, and the hope we have of spending eternity with him.

Pastor Todd will lead us in a time of thanking some of the people who played crucial roles in getting our church set up and in working order; their labor is truly for our benefit! He'll have our elders, Darren and Steve join him as we corporately ask God's blessing on our new home, that it might be a place where his name is praised, his glory proclaimed through his Word, and where his people might worship together in unity, Spirit, and truth.

We'll sing some more songs that reflect on God's goodness and faithfulness to us. We remember that he gave us his very Son, and gave us the faith to trust and cling to his atoning death on the cross. We'll sing "Marvelous Light" which reminds us of our state before salvation, and the miracle of our spiritual resurrection from death to our sin. We remember that this was accomplished through "The Power Of The Cross" and that our salvation is 'cause for rejoice and exclamation as we sing "How Great Is Our God."

Pastor Todd will then preach to us from the Psalms where David reminds us to give thanks for God's love and faithfulness, and to give honor and glory to his name and his Word, which he has put above all other things.

We'll sing one song of response and commitment after the sermon: "From The Inside Out," and that will conclude our first worship service in our new building; our church.

We'll continue the celebration Sunday night as we have community night at the Abramson's house in Stevenson Ranch (details and directions in your bulletin on Sunday).

See you at church!