Crosstown Connection

Crosstown Connection-April 24-May 1

Celebrating Aaron, Meal & Congregational Meeting on Sunday, April 27 @ 11:30 AM

Our “Joyful Community” will be THREEFOLD!! We’ll be celebrating Aaron Berfeldt’s service as Worship Director, sharing in a pot-luck meal, as well as participating in a Congregational Meeting. For the meal, everyone is asked to bring a food item to share. Please note that a special dessert will be provided so we ask that you provide an alternate item. Our Congregational Meeting will feature an update on our Lead Pastor transition from our Chair, Heather Polhemus. Pastor John will be sharing his final report to the congregation.

Wednesday, April 30

6:15-7:30pm

Families need some fun together!

Dinner, games for EVERYONE and prizes. This is in place of Kids Too! (inviting kids birth - 5th grade, and parents!) Youth siblings are invited for dinner, and then regular youth ministry beginning at 6:30 in the youth room.

https://forms.gle/WuZbJX8xDH5puSYA7 - RSVP HERE

Grow Forward in Faith @ HMS Workshop: Wednesday, May 14 @ 6 pm

Crosstown is hosting a special night focused on growing forward as Jesus’ disciple! We will look at the unique way that each person is “wired” in order to make a unique contribution to Jesus’ church. Guest presenter Jon Kramka will assist each participant to identify the next step they can take in their spiritual life journey. Dinner will be provided!

Please direct any questions to Pastors Polly or John.

Corner Project Celebration

We have received a tremendous outpouring of gift items through this initiative! Friends from our partner congregations (Bethesda, Verbo en Accion) and organizations (NENA + City of Lakes Choir + Girl Scouts + others) have participated. This is one way that we invite our neighbors to partner in the mission of God through alleviating food insecurity.

**Picture shows 1/3 of what was collected. Wow!

Crosstown Grounds Clean-up - Saturday, April 26

You are invited to the Spring Grounds Clean-up at Crosstown on Saturday, April 26th, from 9:00 to Noon. Join your church family and help with raking, cutting back old plant growth, pulling weeds, and beautifying the property God has given us! This is a great opportunity for kids, teens & adults to help. Our friends from Verbo and Bethesda have been invited to join us as well. While we will have a few work tools available, you may want to bring your own rakes, shovels, hand spades, etc. from home. Come as long as you can, whether it's for a few minutes or a couple of hours. We’re looking forward to seeing you on the 26th. (If it rains, we’ll meet on May 3rd).

Celebrating Holy Week @ Crosstown

On Good Friday we remembered Jesus’ death with a gathering focused on the “spiritual” Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?” Our journey of pondering on the Cross was enhanced by two spiritual practices. In the first, we wrote our sin on a card attached to a chain. For the 2nd practice, we wrote our names and nailed them to a Cross. Both of these practices were designed to engage our core value of “Robust Discipleship.”

On Easter Sunday, we enjoyed a pancake breakfast + the “Empty Tomb Hunt” for children + a spirited worship gathering highlighted by a full band with organ! Both of these gatherings are available for you on Crosstown’s youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@crosstowncovenantchurch/streams

Thank you Crosstown for your generosity! Bringing back the Pancake Breakfast was a vision of one of our youth leaders, Maya Hartman, and we were happy to see it become part of Easter at Crosstown again.

All proceeds will go towards the upcoming youth BWCA led by Samantha Buchanan. The students participating are: Isaiah Gillen, Charlie Egberg, Anders Larson, Noah Buchanan, Gabby Hartman, Evan Berfeldt and Torval Meide.

Please pray for this group as they prepare - spiritually, mentally, physically & financially - for this meaningful adventure in August.

-The Youth Ministry Team & youth

On Sunday, April 13 we welcomed Hector Calvo and family back to Crosstown. In previous “seasons,” this dear man served in our office and later in our youth ministry. Today, Hector is planting a new congregation–Agape MN– in Minneapolis NE (agapemn.org) with the Evangelical Covenant Church. The mission focus of Agape Church is the Latino(a) 1.5 generation. We are invited to partner financially with this young congregation @ http://agapemn.org/giving. Hector can be contacted at hector@agapemn.org

Celebration of Life for Roger Nash

The family of Roger Nash has scheduled a Celebration of Life gathering for Saturday, May 17 at Crosstown. Visitation will begin at 9 AM with the Memorial Service at 10 AM. Refreshments will follow.