Welcome to CrossRoadsCC
By Alisoun | February 7, 2010
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THIS WEEK
Wednesday 10th
9:30am Playtime
10:00am – English For Life – English Tuition class
12.00 pm – Simple English Time With God ( Bible Study)
Thursday 11th
10:30am – Mothers Union
Friday 12th
1.30 pm CrossFire at Corrimal High School (resumes 2010)
4:30pm – OASIS 4 Kidz
4:45pm – The Meeting Place (for adults)
5:00pm One Way Ticket - Youth Church- its cool! (Great dinner at 6pm)
6.00 pm CrossRoads@FairyMeadow (Primary school) resumes at a date to be advised
Saturday 13th
8:30am – CrossRoads Stall
Sunday 14th February
9:30am – Special Parish Meeting
See our Services entry for more details of our four varied style meetings.
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What is the Meaning of Life? (Alpha)
By Alisoun | January 22, 2010
Asking Questions? Looking for Answers?- COMING EASTER 2010
The Alpha course is an opportunity for anyone to explore the Christian Faith in a relaxed manner over 8 thought provoking sessions. It is low ley, friendly & fun and there is no cost! It is supported by all the main Christian denominations. Over 2 million people in the UK and 11 million worldwide have already found it to be a worthwhile experience.
Crossroads Christian Community will be hosting these courses in 2010. The starting dates are Tuesday 20th April (daytime) and Friday 23rd April (night time). The course runs for 8 weeks, for further information please contact the office.
To register please contact the church office (02 4285 5011), email us at office@crossroadscc.org.au, or download the Alpha Registration Form (PDF) and drop it into the church.
- Alpha Registration Form (PDF)
- Alpha Poster (PDF)
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One Way Ticket (Youth Church)
By Alisoun | August 23, 2009
One Way Ticket is made up of youth in Yr 6-12. The service is exciting and fun with a particular focus on youth. The idea of this service is to provide a style of worship that appeals to young people and teach the Bible in a way that they understand. The service is short, the talks dynamic and the music loud. This service also provides a link to our Youth activities on Sundays and High School ministries.
One Way Ticket happens on Friday nights – 5pm – 8:30pm
Dinner included – $3
Come along and bring your mates!
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OASIS 4 Kids
By Alisoun | August 23, 2009
A fun-filled afternoon, making new friends, playing games, singing songs, making craft and learning about our awesome God!
Where: The church centre
When: Friday afternoons: 4:30pm – 6:00pm – In School terms
Who: School Aged Children K-6
Light Dinner available at 6:00pm
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Christmas Meetings
By Alisoun | August 22, 2009
December 24th – Christmas Eve Celebration for all ages
6:00pm
December 25th – Christmas Day Celebration with children’s activities
9:30am
December 27th – CrossRoads Combined Service with Communion
10:00am
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Christmas Scene Investigators
By Alisoun | August 22, 2009
Saturday 19th December
At The Church Centre
BBQ – 6pm
Fun, games, food, drama, Christmas Carols, coffee, dessert
ALL WELCOME!!!!!!
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Pyramid Rock!
By Alisoun | August 22, 2009
Holiday Childrens Program
Monday 18th – 22nd January 2010
9am – 12noon
CrossRoads Centre
1 Princes Hwy (cnr Jardine St) Fairy Meadow
For kids aged 4 to Yr 6
Cost: $5 per child per day (discount availabe for attending every day)
Games, craft, drama, music, morning tea and free lunch on Friday
For more information or registration please call the office (4285 5011)
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Trivia Night
By Alisoun | August 19, 2009
Where: Church Centre
When: Saturday 31st October at 5:30pm (dinner), 7:00pm (trivia)
Cost: $5 per person or $15 per family
All Welcome!
RSVP: 25th October
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International Simple English Service
By Alisoun | July 2, 2009
Next Date TBA
5:00pm
Followed by a light dinner
CrossRoads Centre
Designed particularly for anyone who has English as a second language.
ALL WELCOME!
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A Kingdom Strategy
By Alisoun | August 2, 2008
Every once in a while I encounter someone who reacts against the idea of the church trying to think strategically about what it does, with the unspoken implication that strategy is sort of worldly and “unspiritual”. The argument is often something along the lines that all we need to do is pray and the sovereign God will get done what He wants done.
While it is true that God is sovereign and that no kingdom work gets done unless He wills and empowers it, it does not follow that we do not need to think strategically about ministry in this church. Observation of the ministries of both Jesus and the Apostle Paul underlines this point. Jesus was clearly strategic in both what He did (preaching rather than healing – Mark 2:35-39) and in the timing of what He did (John 11:6). Paul also used strategic thinking in determining his actions, spending most time with the Ephesian and Corinthian churches out of all the churches he founded (e.g. Acts 19:10). This was because those places were major trade and communication centres for the Roman Empire, and people converted in these cities would take the gospel to the far-flung corners of the empire. Strategic thinking is not “unspiritual”, on the contrary we have biblical models to inspire us to develop strategies for the extension, by His garce, of God’s Kingdom.
It is for such strategic reasons that we place so much emphasis on youth and children’s ministry in this church, areas of ministry that have grown significantly in recent years. Importantly, it is also true that of those people who become Christians, about 75% of them do so before their twenties. it is clearly in their younger years that people are more open to the gospel, and so it makes good strategic sense for us to concentrate our resources here.
Coupled with this is the fact that God seems to be encouraging us to focus in this young persons’ area by opening doors for us. Neither of the two high school ministries we have commenced in the last twelve months (Woonona and Keira high schools) were at our initiation. In the case of Woonona it was the, then, Bishop of Wollongong who asked if we could establish some ministry in this area, and in the case of Keira the initiative came from the school itself.
It is for this reason that in the last few months we have been developing an overall strategy to take Christ not only to the children in the community but to their families as well.
A brief outline of the strategy is as follows:
- Primary Schools - To continue to teach SRE
- High Schools – Develop current SRE and lunch-time group Ministries, and add other schools. Link these to our youth church, One Way Ticket. Start youth churches in other high schools.
- Families – Run “family type” courses in schools, both primary and secondary in order to build relationships.
In this overall community outreach strategy we are working with, and have the support of the resources of Anglican Youthworks.
This is a very exciting project that has the potential to become large scale, and to be highly effective for the proclamation of Christ into the non-church community. This, what is in effect a community outreach project, could actually involve a staff person (or more) being fully employed in this area of ministry alone.
This is a challenging vision but seems to be one God is encouraging us to pursue, and I would ask every member to get behind it in every way possible. What ways are there?
a) To pray for all our youth and children’s ministries, both existing and proposed, because the greatest strategy will fail unless God is behind it.
b) To be involved. If we are to increase school related ministries as envisaged above then this requires more people to be involved – teachers, group leaders and people for youth church ministry.
c) To give. This vision will require a greater staff resource than even the current staff structure (even if it was filled). It is thus a vision requireing significant finance. Contributions, both ongoing and one-offs, including Thank Offerings on the first of June, to our Tax deductible Schools Ministry fund will be highly strategic gifts, and contribute greatly to the achievement of this vision.
We seem to be presented with a great kingdom building opportunity, one we must take for God’s glory.
In Christ,
Martin J. Bragger,
Senior Minister.
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