WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CROSSGATES UMC
Reported for Week April 21, 2024
In Presence:
- 10:30am Worship: 199
- Online Worship: 322
In Service:
- Homebound DVD Deliveries: 2
In Giving:
- Weekly Giving: $ 8,291
- YTD: $235,918
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SUNDAY MORNING
Join us at 10:30 on Sunday morning in the sanctuary or via Facebook live at 10:30 on Sunday morning!
NURTURE MINISTRIES
Upcoming
SUNDAY
- 4 pm: Bell Choir rehearsal in Choir Room
WEDNESDAY
- 6 pm: Choir rehearsal in Choir Room
Upcoming
SUNDAY
- 9:30-10:25 am: Sunday School
- 1st Sunday 5 pm -7 pm: Rooted Group
- 2nd Sunday 5 pm -7 pm: CREW
- 3rd Sunday 5 pm -7 pm: SGL Meeting
TUESDAY
- 7 am Prayer Breakfast @ Chick-fil-a (summer off)
WEDNESDAY
- 5:30-8 pm: MDWK
Parents if you did not receive an email with information about coming dates and events, please contact Faith East, Student Minister, at youth@crossgatesumc.org
Upcoming
SUNDAY
- 9:15-10:15 am: Sunday School
- 10:30 am Worship (except on first Sunday of the month): Children's Church
- 5 pm - 7 pm: Evening Programming
NURSERY
- We are enjoying getting to know some new faces! Please remember to let us know if your child has any food allergies!
- Remember if you want hugs and smiles...please contact us we would love volunteers!! Our new curriculum has arrived and we are so excited to begin using it!!
For more information, our calendar, click the link below.
Description Title
YAM is a ministry that offers a space for fellowship and spiritual growth for college students and college graduates entering into the working world.
Explorer's Bible Study
Have you been praying about getting involved in a Bible Study this Fall? Explorer's Bible Study is a non-demonimational study designed to bring believers closer to God through the in-depth study of God's Word.
The Brandon Bible Study Explorer's group meets each Thursday morning from 9:30 - 11:00 at Crossgates United Methodist Church. The teaching time is led by Brenda Cole Whittington and is followed by small group time where participants go over their workbook study questions and answers for each week, all with the purpose of growing to spiritual maturity in Christ.
Anyone can call or text Dorothy Walker (our group administrator) at (601) 506-0572 for more information or to pre-register for this 30-week study.
No childcare will be provided.
FOREVER YOUG
COME AND JOIN US FOR A WONDERFUL LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP.
Sew Loved Ministry & Quilting Ministry
You do not have to be able to sew to be a part of this ministry. Come join us for fellowship and leave knowing that together we can shine brightly for Christ in our broken world. Email Betty Grant for more information. teacherhms@aol.com. Trish Grantham for the Quilting Ministry at pkgrantham60@gmail.com
OUTREACH MINISTRIES
Helping out Community Children in Need
Backpack Buddies is in need of the following
Items for Donation: Items can be dropped off in the main office of the church.
- Canned green beans
- Canned corn
- Chicken flavored ramen noodles
- Mac/Cheese cups or packets
- Chef Boyardee cups
- Fruit or Appleasauce or Pudding cups
- Grits or Oatmeal packets
- Vienna sausage or Beane weenies
- Rice krispie treats or Granola or Cereal bars
- Goldfish individual bags
- Doubled Plastic Grocery bags
Thank you for any and all help with packing and distribution of backpacks for children in our community.
Sew Loved Ministry
Our next Sew Loved Workshop is scheduled for April 26 & 27, from 9 to noon each day. You do not have to be able to sew to be a part of our group, but you certainly can!
If you haven’t tried our group, come join us for great Christian fellowship and leave knowing that together we can shine brightly for Christ in our broken world!
Email Betty Grant (teacherhms@aol.com) for more information.
UMCOR
United Methodists and others wishing to provide humanitarian assistance to the Ukranian people in the wake of the Russian invasion of their country may contribute to Advance #982450 UMCOR International Disaster Response and Recovery. This fund will provide direct assistance to those in Ukraine as well as assistance to Ukrainians fleeing to neighboring countries.
Ways to give:
• Online at https://umcmission.org/advance-project/982450
• By toll free telephone: 888-252-6174
• By Check with "Advance #982450-Ukraine" written on the memo line, either mailed and addressed to Global Ministries/UMCOR, GPO, P.O. Box 9068, New York, NY, 10087-9068 or given at or through any United Methodist church
One hundred percent of all Advance contributions go to the designated cause.
Helping the Homeless
Teresa Renkenberger is the founder of Shower Power. Mary Ann Kirby is the director of operations. Together they have created a safe place for the area's homeless and marginally sheltered to come and take a shower, be fed, clothed, and be loved.
The United Women in Faith group is having a winter coat drive for Shower Power Ministry. We will be collecting clean, gently used or new items for men and women. There will be a large box in the storage room 304 by the main office to place the items. If you have any questions, contact Donna Rademacker, 601-942-0854.
WITNESS MINISTRIES
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Need Your Help
We need of 4 volunteers to serve on our church mowing teams. We have 4 teams with 2 members on each team. Each team serves one time per month for about 3 hours.
You would serve on one of these teams and help trim and weed eat around the buildings as well as mowing the playground and garden area. All equipment is provided.
If you are interested in helping maintain our property and would like more information call Jack Savage-601-519-3422 or Marty Herndon—601-540-9001.
Join a Team
Biscuits on Sunday mornings have been a long standing tradition here at Crossgates, and we are blessed to have this tradition return.
If you love to have biscuits on Sunday mornings, please join one of our teams or form a new team with friends to help contiunue this tradition.
Please contact Charles Walley to join the Biscuit Patrol.
Members Needed
Our Chancel Choir is back to rehearsing on Wednesday nights at 6:00 and leading Sunday morning worship services.
I have many exciting plans for the future here at Crossgates! To see these plans into fruition, I need more singers!
If you enjoy singing, I invite you to join us. You don’t have to be a soloist, you don’t have to be able to read music.
All you need is a desire to serve through the gift of music.
If you need childcare on Wednesday nights to enable you to attend, please let me know.
In Christ,
Kim
Ushering
Crossgates is looking for people to help with the ushering ministry. This invitation is extended to both men and women!
When you agree to be an usher you will be on a rotation schedule. You won’t have to serve at every church service.
What does an usher do?
A church usher is a person who helps ensure a smoothly running church service. Ushers minister to people in many ways. Ushers greet people as they arrive with a smile and a word of welcome. Bulletins are distributed.
Ushers may help a new person find their way around our campus. People may need to know where the restrooms are or where the nursery is located. Ushers help people with special needs who may need assistance.
Ushers take up the offerings of the people. Ushers are present at the doorways when people leave.
Ushers provide an invaluable service to the church. Ushers are the face of the church, the first ones that people see when they arrive and the last ones they see as they leave. The heart of an usher is the heart of a servant.
If you would like to be an usher please contact Kim Hanson.
