Please send any information to be included in our Crossroads Signals by Tuesday Evening of each week.
Thursdays
* Adult Bible Study Thursday evenings 7pm, not to late to join us, it is great stuff!
3rd course Feb 24th-March 31, taught by Susan Tempelaere, Jewish Wedding & the Bride of Christ
4th course April 14th-May 19th Passion taught by Trace Beyer,
Wee need babysitters! Reply to this email your ideas to provide paid babysitting so parents can attend the bible studies!!!!!
On Sunday February 27th after the service we had our Annual board meeting. We decided to table the vote until next Sunday, March 6th after the service so we can further pray about the things discussed before the vote. Please be in prayer for this.
Again, All members can share their thoughts and we value all input. Official Members can vote wether or not to add to the budget, and to approve the budget. We will be voting on weather or not to add areas to the budget that have for some time not been reimbursed to individual ministry area leaders/workers. Youth, Childrens Ministry, ospitality…for a complete list email our Bookkeeper
Amy Leforge amyl@earnestparenting.com
Tonight, Thursday, March 3, 7pm @ Jesus Non-Denominational Church
Women’s Meeting “Breaking Forth To Birth BREAKTHROUGH”
“SING,O barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more arethe children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the Lord. Isaiah54:1
Central MI Women’s Summit 2011 Spring time Revival, Refreshing, Renewal
Crossroads Church April 8-9 7pm, Conference speakers : Robin DeLap & Lefferra Lindsey
An Awakening Revival Pastor Mark and Robin will be ministering IN Milwaukee, Wi March 18, 19, 20
@ 7pm Nightly, wether you can attend or not, cover this in prayer as well as all our events!
* Anyone needing a ride to Church call Doug Davenport 616-690-4154
* Parents, please sign your children in and out of children’s church/ nursery. Also, please pick your children up directly after church so the workers can clean the classroom. Thank you for your cooperation
* Please remember to turn faucets all the way off, Dripping all week long adds up to a lot of water! Also when last to leave the church make sure the doors are locked and closed all the way, & that all lights & heaters are off. Thank you!
*Angel Food: We accept cash, check, money orders, & EBT food stamps.
Debit and Credit card accepted only online at http://www.angelfoodministries.com orders due by this Sunday Feb. 20th
Distribution day Saturday Feb 26th 8:30-9am. Need helpers at Church to help unload the truck, 8:00 am email or call Shirley. Helpers may then leave after unloading. Angel Food no longer needs boxes. The food is coming prepackaged! Less work for us.
* Food pantry : we can always use donations of food, in need of: soup, tuna, peanut butter, jelly, pasta sauce and personal care items. Hours Fridays 6pm-7pm , Would you like to take a turn once a month or so, you can observe on a week or 2 to learn how it’s done
*Lock your car when parked @ church Sundays and during the week, this area has been having things stollen from cars, and we have had 2 trellises stollen from our Mill street side flower bed. Pray for angels to guard our builing and cars, and for those tempted to come to the Lord.
Pray for protection of our church property and for the thieves & vandals lives, repentance, spiritual/emotional healing. Also pray for patience from the city for time needed to get the fence repaired.
*Reimbursement/donation forms are also on the information table to help us track area expenses weather you are reimbursed or donate. This helps us know how to budget for each area when we are able to include them in the budget. It is also practice for keeping good records when it is budgeted. Thanks for your help on this.
* We will be purchasing mugs with our logo and possibly your name on them as a fundraiser, watch for details. Until then, bring your own mug with lid with your name on it, for coffee or other drink. This will help curtail spills and save purchasing cups. You can leave them at church, we will wash them and have it ready for the next week. The wall of our mugs to come.
* Interested in Church membership, have questions? Check out our online messages on baptism and membership, and let Pastor Mark know. We appreciate all our members, attending and on the rolls.
*In need of shopping bags for Food Pantry, Thanks for giving in the past and thanks in advance for your continued giving. Let people you refer to us know it helps if they can bring their own carrying containers.
Also donate any coopons you do not use,they can look for ones the want while waiting for us to pack thier food.
* Secret Prayer Partners, Check your envelopes. Remember to pray for your SPP, jot down a scripture or short word of encouragment and tuck it in their envelope. 3×5 cards provided on SPP bullitin board. Keep it simple, this is meant to be a 2 way blessing not a burden. If you have prayer request to share with the SPP that has you, write them down and put it in your envelope for them to take. It is not to late to get in on this, let Susan Tempelaere know you would like to.
God doesn’t call the qualified; He qualifies the called…we are all called to serve so step out in faith and see what God can do in and through you as you serveand watch how He grows you and multiplies your talent! There are many areas of service to choose from…
*Volunteers Needed in several areas; Power Point: see Tracy Beyer; Preschool and Tween Teachers/aids: see Shirley King -for preschool, Tim LeForge -for Tweens ; Hopitality: set up &/or wrap it up after after service fellowship time- see SusanTempelaere ; Bible Based Christian Mentors see Pastor Mark, Cleaning the church, come in early before church or whenever works for you- see Susan Tempelaere.
* Say THANK YOU to our Youth Group, they are helping to clean our church after Youth Group Thursdays and on Sunday mornings. We still need more help in this area of service.
Circles of support and accountability;
Sex offenders in the Pew & Ministering to Sex Offenders/ religion and Ethics peace.fresno.edu/cosa
“sex offenders in the church” survey YourChurchResources.com
*Drinking fountain: please do not dump things down the drain as that has been clogging it. Parents please let your children know.
*Fundraiser: 1-subscribe to a magazine(s) or 2-buy credit to buy restaurant coupons at a saving over regular purchase of the coupons or 3- buy cookie dough (see Angel Elsworth for details) post a link to your facebook page from the fundraiser site: email ?’s to Angel
*If you like to plan an event, have a project you would like to do at the church please fill out a form (located on the information table) and turn it in to one of the elder board members. There are also forms to use for ministry area updates and communication with the board.
* FYI our Crossroads Board members: Pastor Mark, Ron Eldridge, Greg Wilcox-Treasurer, Tim LeForge-secretary, Tracy Beyer, Susan Tempelaere
*Book keeper- Amy LeForge: non-board member working closely with Greg-our board treasurer
THANKS Amy
*A big THANK YOU to all who participate in Crossroads helping out in anyway they can, ministering to one another and serving our Lord and congregation!
Thank You All
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455 East Main St.
Ionia, MI 48846
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CROSSROADS SIGNALS 3-3-11
Please send any information to be included in our Crossroads Signals by Tuesday Evening of each week.
Thursdays
* Adult Bible Study Thursday evenings 7pm, not to late to join us, it is great stuff!
3rd course Feb 24th-March 31, taught by Susan Tempelaere, Jewish Wedding & the Bride of Christ
4th course April 14th-May 19th Passion taught by Trace Beyer,
Wee need babysitters! Reply to this email your ideas to provide paid babysitting so parents can attend the bible studies!!!!!
On Sunday February 27th after the service we had our Annual board meeting. We decided to table the vote until next Sunday, March 6th after the service so we can further pray about the things discussed before the vote. Please be in prayer for this.
Again, All members can share their thoughts and we value all input. Official Members can vote wether or not to add to the budget, and to approve the budget. We will be voting on weather or not to add areas to the budget that have for some time not been reimbursed to individual ministry area leaders/workers. Youth, Childrens Ministry, ospitality…for a complete list email our Bookkeeper
Amy Leforge amyl@earnestparenting.com
Tonight, Thursday, March 3, 7pm @ Jesus Non-Denominational Church
Women’s Meeting “Breaking Forth To Birth BREAKTHROUGH”
“SING,O barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more arethe children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the Lord. Isaiah54:1
Central MI Women’s Summit 2011 Spring time Revival, Refreshing, Renewal
Crossroads Church April 8-9 7pm, Conference speakers : Robin DeLap & Lefferra Lindsey
An Awakening Revival Pastor Mark and Robin will be ministering IN Milwaukee, Wi March 18, 19, 20
@ 7pm Nightly, wether you can attend or not, cover this in prayer as well as all our events!
* Anyone needing a ride to Church call Doug Davenport 616-690-4154
* Parents, please sign your children in and out of children’s church/ nursery. Also, please pick your children up directly after church so the workers can clean the classroom. Thank you for your cooperation
* Please remember to turn faucets all the way off, Dripping all week long adds up to a lot of water! Also when last to leave the church make sure the doors are locked and closed all the way, & that all lights & heaters are off. Thank you!
*Angel Food: We accept cash, check, money orders, & EBT food stamps.
Debit and Credit card accepted only online at http://www.angelfoodministries.com orders due by this Sunday Feb. 20th
Distribution day Saturday Feb 26th 8:30-9am. Need helpers at Church to help unload the truck, 8:00 am email or call Shirley. Helpers may then leave after unloading. Angel Food no longer needs boxes. The food is coming prepackaged! Less work for us.
* Food pantry : we can always use donations of food, in need of: soup, tuna, peanut butter, jelly, pasta sauce and personal care items. Hours Fridays 6pm-7pm , Would you like to take a turn once a month or so, you can observe on a week or 2 to learn how it’s done
*Lock your car when parked @ church Sundays and during the week, this area has been having things stollen from cars, and we have had 2 trellises stollen from our Mill street side flower bed. Pray for angels to guard our builing and cars, and for those tempted to come to the Lord.
Pray for protection of our church property and for the thieves & vandals lives, repentance, spiritual/emotional healing. Also pray for patience from the city for time needed to get the fence repaired.
*Reimbursement/donation forms are also on the information table to help us track area expenses weather you are reimbursed or donate. This helps us know how to budget for each area when we are able to include them in the budget. It is also practice for keeping good records when it is budgeted. Thanks for your help on this.
* We will be purchasing mugs with our logo and possibly your name on them as a fundraiser, watch for details. Until then, bring your own mug with lid with your name on it, for coffee or other drink. This will help curtail spills and save purchasing cups. You can leave them at church, we will wash them and have it ready for the next week. The wall of our mugs to come.
* Interested in Church membership, have questions? Check out our online messages on baptism and membership, and let Pastor Mark know. We appreciate all our members, attending and on the rolls.
*In need of shopping bags for Food Pantry, Thanks for giving in the past and thanks in advance for your continued giving. Let people you refer to us know it helps if they can bring their own carrying containers.
Also donate any coopons you do not use,they can look for ones the want while waiting for us to pack thier food.
* Secret Prayer Partners, Check your envelopes. Remember to pray for your SPP, jot down a scripture or short word of encouragment and tuck it in their envelope. 3×5 cards provided on SPP bullitin board. Keep it simple, this is meant to be a 2 way blessing not a burden. If you have prayer request to share with the SPP that has you, write them down and put it in your envelope for them to take. It is not to late to get in on this, let Susan Tempelaere know you would like to.
God doesn’t call the qualified; He qualifies the called…we are all called to serve so step out in faith and see what God can do in and through you as you serveand watch how He grows you and multiplies your talent! There are many areas of service to choose from…
*Volunteers Needed in several areas; Power Point: see Tracy Beyer; Preschool and Tween Teachers/aids: see Shirley King -for preschool, Tim LeForge -for Tweens ; Hopitality: set up &/or wrap it up after after service fellowship time- see SusanTempelaere ; Bible Based Christian Mentors see Pastor Mark, Cleaning the church, come in early before church or whenever works for you- see Susan Tempelaere.
* Say THANK YOU to our Youth Group, they are helping to clean our church after Youth Group Thursdays and on Sunday mornings. We still need more help in this area of service.
Circles of support and accountability;
Sex offenders in the Pew & Ministering to Sex Offenders/ religion and Ethics peace.fresno.edu/cosa
“sex offenders in the church” survey YourChurchResources.com
Victim, helps for healing: http://www.committedtofreedom.org/
*Drinking fountain: please do not dump things down the drain as that has been clogging it. Parents please let your children know.
*Fundraiser: 1-subscribe to a magazine(s) or 2-buy credit to buy restaurant coupons at a saving over regular purchase of the coupons or 3- buy cookie dough (see Angel Elsworth for details) post a link to your facebook page from the fundraiser site: email ?’s to Angel
*If you like to plan an event, have a project you would like to do at the church please fill out a form (located on the information table) and turn it in to one of the elder board members. There are also forms to use for ministry area updates and communication with the board.
* FYI our Crossroads Board members: Pastor Mark, Ron Eldridge, Greg Wilcox-Treasurer, Tim LeForge-secretary, Tracy Beyer, Susan Tempelaere
*Book keeper- Amy LeForge: non-board member working closely with Greg-our board treasurer
THANKS Amy
*A big THANK YOU to all who participate in Crossroads helping out in anyway they can, ministering to one another and serving our Lord and congregation!
Thank You All