We’ve had a great year of getting to know Jesus better in a variety of ways.
Baptisms continue to be an exciting step for believers who want to publicly declare their faith in Jesus. We baptized nearly 50 people in the past year and are encouraging those who were baptized to get connected into Christian community as we follow Jesus together.
Our Foundations course ran in the fall and again this spring. We’ve had a lot of people attending this course, desiring to learn more about foundational beliefs and practices of Christianity. Through our time together, we understand better, grow in community and then put what we have learned into practice.
This winter, I ran a smaller group of deep discipleship, which we called In Step. Our goal was to keep in step with the Spirit (Galatians 5:25) as He grows fruit in us. We read the New Testament together, learned about church history, practiced memorizing Scripture and fasting, and entered into community in a special way. This group was a great opportunity for us to take a deeper dive into our faith, and I’m excited to see what comes of it in the future!
We’ve continued our annual spiritual formation activities, which help prepare our hearts for the high points of the Christian year–Christmas and Easter.
We put out beautiful Advent calendars this year as we counted down to the arrival of the King!
During Holy Week, we celebrated two Passover Seders, which were extra meaningful this year as we had been spending time in the book of Exodus together on Sundays.
My highlight this year was the God’s Story Worship Night that we did during Holy Week. I have wanted to do an event like this for a long time, and it was a beautiful evening that allowed us to walk through the drama of the biblical story through worship, word and Scripture. My prayer was that we would experience God’s work and come away amazed at what He has done! We will be doing this event again next year during Holy Week, and I am excited for it already!
I want to thank all of you for your continued support of CrossRoads and our ministry. This past year has been busy but wonderful as we were able to step back into full ministry schedules. I take great joy in Sundays when I get to see all of you–those who make up our church family as we follow Jesus together, step by step.
We do our work for Him because He is worthy–His story is the one that is true and best and most beautiful.
"Come and see what God has done, His awesome deeds for mankind!" - Psalm 66:5
