🖊️ Question from Elder Team

The Elder team is praying about what our relationship in our community looks like going forward. If you have connections or want to give input about how we can serve our neighbors, please let us know! Where should Crosstown plug in? 

Thanks to all those who came out on Saturday for our Family Work Day! As a team, we accomplished much in our church building! Thankful for the youngest hands of 7 months, all the way to the wisest hands of 70+. Check out the pictures of our church family working hard to care for our building!

All events are listed in your church app and on the website.

Calendars are available on the Youth webpage, Children's webpage, and Adult Ministry webpage.

As of Oct 2nd, donations to the Sanctuary Renovation Project (SRP) fund totaled $20,384.88, an increase of $2,854.67 since the last report and moving us past the halfway point of the $40,000 giving target. The balance in the fund is $19,814.88 because we have already started paying for the project.

Again, thanks to those who have given one-time donations and those who continue to support the project with monthly contributions. If you would like to see us meet this goal soon, please consider a one-time contribution or a monthly offering to the SRP.

Crosstown is working on a holiday meal distribution. The NENA food shelf has ended for the 2021 year. We would like to step into that food gap and put together 100 meal kits.

If you would like to help with the organization of this project please email Kristi. If you would like to donate food, check out our blog post for all the details.

Meals will be distributed at our Crosstown Christmas Celebration event on Dec 15. This will be an outdoor festival of bonfires, petting zoo, games, and warm beverages.

Join us on Instagram or Facebook for our "Where's that located?" game! 🧐

On Monday we publish an up close and personal image of something on the church property and then see if you can name the item and where it's located. 🤔

Did you know that Kristi has been writing the Crosstown Newsletter since Nov 2018?

After having conversation with Amy Linnell about our desire to pursue a church newsletter she started an account with Constant Contact and began publishing. Eventually Amy moved on and I took over creating the newsletter. This continued under Becky Cairns and then Cindy Erickson. In 2019 the 5 hours-a-week volunteer job became a paid staff position and shortly after that I transitioned to becoming the Office & Communications Manager.

Thank you for opening the newsletter weekly and taking time to read! We boast a 63% open rate, which is well above industry average, and a 15% click-through rate to explore content more deeply.

Let's take encouragement to pray for a new Worship Arts Director from Jeremiah this week. Write the highlighted verse down somewhere, and keep it handy each day as you come to prayer.

Call to me and I will answer you. I'll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own. Jeremiah 33:3 (MSG)

In Christ's family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. We are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ. Galatians 3:28-29a (MSG)

Thank you for your prayers,

The Worship Director Search Committee

Dennis Olson (Deacon, Chair of Worship Search), Mark Ogawa (Elder), Mike Anderson (church chair), Kathy McGillivray (congo rep), Michelle Acosta (congo rep), Iris Smyth (congo rep), John Jacobi (Pastor)

Passion for Christ Compassion for People