Preparing for Worship: September 26th, 2010

Hey guys, looking forward to this Sunday! Excited to wrap up our series "There's An App For That" with the "Go" part of our mission statement. We'll be unveiling a brand new iServe card that you can use to get more info about specific ministries where you might serve at Crossroads!

Here's the set list for Sunday, including a new song we're learning this week by Tommy Walker!

1) I Have a Hope (also by Tommy Walker!)
2) This God He is Our God (new!)
3) Crown Him with Many Crowns (traditional hymn, contemporary style)
4) Confession Song (by Paul)
5) Let Your Kingdom Come (Sovereign Grace)

That's what's happening this week; see you Sunday!

Preparing For Worship: September 19th, 2010

Worship Songs:
1) Holy is the Lord
2) Eternal Praise
3) All Creatures of Our God and King
4) Jesus Thank You
5) Surrender

Preparing for Worship: September 12th, 2010

Happy Anniversary Crossroads! Wow, four years of amazing blessing and faithfulness from God! I've been here for the last three, and it's really amazing to see what God can do through ordinary people who just pursue faithfulness in what God's commanded for his church. I think that faithfulness can be summed up in the tag line of our church: "Know, Grow, and Go" from Colossians 1:28. We preach the word, we offer biblical corporate worship, we care for each other and meet each other's needs, and we reach out to the lost around us in our community and around the world!

I hope you're looking forward to joining us this weekend as we celebrate. Who can resist free In-N-Out made hot and fresh right here in our parking lot?? Burgers will be flying after both services so plan to join us, and here's what you can expect:

Worship Songs:
1) Better is One Day
2) Because of This
I chose these songs because Better is One Day is such a great paradigm shifter to help us rightly orient ourselves to our purpose for gathering together. Sometimes we come seeking our own entertainment and "warm, gushy" feelings; but we are gathering, in a sense, for God's entertainment! We're coming collectively into his presence to declare his greatness, and we need to remember that his heavenly realm is a far greater place to be, and we count ourselves privileged to be there. That's why we'll sing "Because of This" next; it reminds us of the reason we can come joyfully into God's presence: the cross!

3) How Great is Your Faithfulness
4) Completely Done
We're going to sing "How Great is Your Faithfulness" after we see a cool slide show of pictures from our last four years; a fitting response to seeing how our church has grown and been shaped by God. Then we'll sing Completely Done as a declaration of confidence for the Christian life, having seen God's great faithfulness in the past, and ultimately at the cross.

5) God of This City
This song will be the closer as Pastor Todd starts a three week series called "There's an App for That" this week, focusing on each of our core goals: Know, Grow, and Go. He'll be in Mark 2:13-17 this Sunday, so I'd recommend CLICKING HERE to read this passage beforehand.

That's what's going on! See you Sunday!

Preparing for Worship: September 5th, 2010

Happy holiday weekend everyone! I'm curious as to how many of you are heading out of town this weekend, since we've been a packed house the last couple of Sundays. I think I'm learning that many Crossroaders are avid vacationers, so I'm guessing many will take advantage of the extra day off. If you're one of them, bring me back something nice!

I wanted to also say thank you to those of you who encouraged me last weekend, either in person, or through some other communication. I really felt loved and cared for, and prayers that were offered on my behalf were appreciated. I woke up Monday morning feeling a lot better. I had not wrestled with some of the hard things about death in quite some time. The last time I lost a loved one was when my grandma passed away; I was just about to start high school. I wasn't even very close to Jess' grandpa, but the realities of death, and the death of an unbeliever (we're pretty sure he was not a Christ-follower), had a very unexpected effect on me, so again, thank you so much! My wife has handled it very well, and her grandma is doing well also. I picked up Jess' dad from the airport yesterday, so we're glad he's here as well.

Here's the set list for Sunday, be sure to click on any of the song titles that you aren't familiar with so you can get an idea of how they go so you can be prepared to sing along!

1) Blessed Be Your Name
2) O Church Arise
3) Psalm 19 (May the words)
4) By This We Know Love
5) From the Inside Out

See you Sunday!