The Crossroads Chronicle Weekly for April 24, 2026

--Friday, May 1, 2026--

Edited by

Christopher Dazey

Organist, Video Producer and Director of Publications

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THIS SUNDAY

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Join us this first Sunday in May for the fifth Sunday in the Easter season as we celebrate Holy Communion together. This Sunday's readings talk about Jesus being the way, the truth and the life, and how to navigate through external and internal suffering. Pastor Mary Jo will present a special message entitled There But For the Grace of God Go I, Beth Polen and the choir will offer a lovely Communion anthem and Julie Smith and the Sunday School team will continue to guide our children through this Easter season - as we can begin to see Pentecost on the horizon.

Our readings this Sunday are:

Acts 7: 55 - 60
John 14: 1 - 14

Everyone is always welcome to worship here at Crossroads, and when we take Communion, everyone is always welcome at the Lord's table. So please tell your friends, coworkers or neighbors who may be looking for a church home about us! We worship every week in our sanctuary at 10:00 am.

Also On Sundays

Oatmeal Breakfast

6:30 am - Wesley Hall

We serve a hearty breakfast every Sunday to the greater downtown community

Anyone who wants to volunteer to help cook, serve and clean is always welcome!

Adult Bible Study

9:00 am - Wesley Hall

Our adult Bible study meets every Sunday in Wesley Hall just prior to the worship service

Everyone is welcome to join our lively Biblical discussions!

The Crossroads Choir

8:30 am - Choir Room

Our Crossroads Choir makes a joyful noise on most Sundays of the program year, and all voices are always welcome! Just show up to rehearsal and Beth Polen will put your voice to good use!

Our Weekly Activities

Men's Prayer Breakfast

Most Wednesdays

Gibbs Food Ministry

Most Fridays

Our Next Group Meeting:

NEXT Sunday, May 10, 2026

Summer Newsletter Deadline

The deadline for submission for our next print newsletter,

covering June, July and August,

is Sunday, May 17, 2026

Submit Your Newsletter Items

Graduates

Is someone in your family
graduating from high school or college this year?

Please contact the church office and let us know!

330-455-0153 * Email

New Member Class - Confirmation Class

If you are an adult interested in taking our new member class,

or if you would like someone in your family between the ages of 12 and 18

to be confirmed in the church,

please contact the church office to sign up for either upcoming class

(beginning SOON)

For more details about the classes,

contact Pastor Mary Jo Yeakel or Jane Fleischer

This is From the Archives, where we present something from our extensive collection of archival photos, records and all manner of materials dating back to when the church was First Methodist Episcopal, to First Methodist, to Church of the Savior, to St. Paul's to Crossroads.

This week's archives item highlights the good work of our long-serving Oatmeal Ministry.

From the ancient days of July 2002 (now 24 years ago!), this Repository article gives us all kinds of great insight into the people serving the breakfast - including our own Paul Toalston, still at his post today - and also some of the people who were regular breakfast-goers and visitors back then.

In 2002, the ministry was already about 12 years old, so now we can add another 24 to that for an astonishingly long-lived outreach to the people of downtown Canton - that is still going strong.

(Click to open the image to open a PDF with the full article in a new window.)

News, Information and a New Website

We are launching a new website very soon at
cantoncrossroads.org

Once that new site is up and running,
our dedicated news and information page,
with online versions of our printed newsletters

and links to previous email newsletters will return

Stay tuned!