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!