August 30

For you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:9

Well that was something!

I knew when we planned to move the service times that it wouldn't be nothing - but nobody knew exactly how it would go. I have not received our final numbers but I know that the 9:30 service was over 600 and the largest single service we have ever had. A huge thank you to everyone who served faithfully without having all the answers ahead of time. I met so many new people just today who were attending for the first time!

Here are a few highlights for me. Please share yours in the comments below so that we can rejoice together!

- The McDaniel Bus was standing room only! Really cool seeing all the new faces.  I think of our kids who are off at school and I pray that they all find a church to plug into.

- I met several Moms who identified with the stress of back to school and appreciated the words of truth and hope.  Lets pray for parents and kids and TEACHERS going back to school tomorrow.

- Here's a picture of our Hampstead Launch Team Ice Cream Social.  About 100 people came out and signed up to serve. The countdown is on for our public launch at North Carroll High School on October 11. Pray for this team and our opportunity to serve this community.

August 23

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.  1 John 3:18

What a big weekend... Thank you to EVERYONE who played a part on making it happen. Please share your experiences from the Ho Down and Group Link with everyone below!

Here's part of a letter I received a few weeks ago.  It is from someone who is currently incarcerated but whose family began coming and continues to attend.  Here's part of what he wrote...
     "The church sent Marc Cummins. He became such a friend. We prayed every morning and evening. Marc became a life saver!  When I was at the bottom of my life, there was a voice that said 'you are in the right place' (that voice was Bill Barton). Thank you so much for opening your doors to me and my family."

August 16

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus -Phil 2:5

Summer schedule has thrown me off but it doesn't mean that God has not been at work in and through our Crossroads community! Here are just a few of the ways I've seen God at work over the last week.

Here's a picture of our middle school students leaving for Wyldlife camp.  If you missed the announcement yesterday we collected $5700 in 2 weeks in our extra offering and the cost for kids and transportation was just over $5500.  How cool is that??

Saturday night we had a small group of Crossroads folks helping to take down the tents at the Hampstead Carnival to support the local fire dept.  We had a good time and received a lot of remarks about how much help we had been.  We keep serving and God will keep opening doors for the Gospel!

Please share your stories!!

August 2

A new command I give you: Love one another. 

As I have loved you, so you must love one another.  John 13:34

It was a fun day at Crossroads with lots of new faces at our services and lots of familiar faces at our leadership launch.  Thank you to everyone who made both happen.  I'm glad we get to do this together!

The one story I would share from this morning is the Century lacrosse coach Nick who was at church for the first time with about a dozen guys from the lacrosse team.  Nick was an adult guest at Saranac with us and gave his life to Christ a week ago!

Please share where you sensed God at work in the comments below!