Following God's Plan

It's not always easy following a plan that we don't fully understand.  We looked at the life of King Saul and then King David. Neither man had planned to be king, but how you handle yourself in a situation makes all the difference.

We will be looking at people's stories this year and how they can their faith walk. Soon we will welcome guests to speak into how their lives maybe took a twist they didn't understand at the time, but now see the whole picture.

Our verse this year is from James. Here is a nice cartoon that illustrates the verse well.

Check out the snack Sign up and fill out the student registration if you haven't already.

Here are a few pictures from Sunday.

Opening Games!

We held the Olympics on Sunday Evening and a fun time was had by all.  Team Mexico ended up winning in the final event of "Team Volleyball". We will hope to see you serving on Saturday, but if you can't make it join us again on Sunday September 30 @ 6pm.

Snack Sign up HERE

Student Registration HERE

Enjoy some photos from our Olympic Games!

Crossroads will be starting soon.  Watch for a postcard in the mail and an email reminder of upcoming events in September.

We are so excited to welcome all Middle School students (6^th-8^th grade) to Crossroads Youth Group this fall! Leaders are busy planning for a fun filled year full of learning, service, and building relationships! We hope you can join us and as always…bring a friend!

The first Meeting is SUNDAY, September 16 from 6-7:30pm in the     Gathering Room.

16 – First night of fun, meet in Gathering Room

22 – Meet at 8:45am @ DC Storage (4651 40th St.)to serve at Feed My Starving Children. 

         Packing event runs from 9-11am. Pick up students at 11:15am.

23 – No Youth Groupdue to serving event on Saturday

30 – Regular Youth Group in the Gathering Room

Questions? Contact Erin Wolters at erin_kaye@hotmail.com or616.881.9766

Parents - ALL students need to be registered. Click HERE to register them.

SNACK SIGN UP 

13"For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love."  Galatians 5:13

So thankful to serve with these kids today.  What a great way to be the presence of Jesus to the world.

Serving: Feed My Starving Children--NO youth group on Sunday

Just a remind for those who are serving on Saturday.  Please come around 11am, we are leaving church at 11:15am.  There may be a treat to eat when you get there. 

We should be back by 2:30 or 2:45 in the afternoon.

REMINDER: THERE WILL NOT BE YOUTH GROUP SUNDAY.

WORDS: What's in your head?

It was amazing to see all the secular music these kids can sing out from memory.  Just give them a few lines, the beat and off they go.  But what about God's Word? Is that buried in their head as well?  Sure, but you may have to dig a bit.

We talked about how God's word does 3 main things:

1. Gives Power - Having God's word in our hearts and mind can give us confidence, comfort and strength in our daily life, especially when we run in to difficult times. (Hebrews 4:12)
2. Gives Healing - physical, but often spiritual healing comes from the Word
3. Guides us- Everyday we can be guided in good decision if we let God guide us. A great verse to memorize is this: Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and  a light for my path. 

But first we must read the Word.  Don't make excuses, do it daily, do it for understanding.

1. Find a version of the bible that makes sense.  ESV and NLT are a good place to start
2. Ask questions. Dig deeper or ask people who know the bible...dig until you understand it.
3. Use resources.  Use bible websites to help guide you in reading and understanding. Or they can give you daily verses, or even a plan for reading each day.

Whatever you do- get that WORD in your head. It will help you for the rest of your life.

Enjoy these photos of the kids doing motions to popular bible songs from Sunday School.  See they do remember some of what they learned years ago!

"This little light of mine" a childhood favorite.

"Trading My Sorrows", a whole group favorite. 

Great Time at the Game

Well despite the winter weather we all safely made it on time to the GR Drive Basketball game on Sunday.  A good time was had by all.  Even though basketball isn't everyone's favorite thing I think it's always nice to try something different.

What an awesome group of kids!  A field trip with 50 people can sound intimidating but with these kids and some adult helpers it was so easy we are thinking of new ideas and places to go next fall and spring.

Enjoy some pictures from the game and see you next Sunday 6pm at Church.