If you would like to participate in CSM’s 2010 Car Rally, you will need 3 things;
1. To be at the Crossroads on Wednesday, September 15th by 7PM. Don’t be late, they might leave without you!
2. A 2010 Release Form. Since we’re leaving the church property with you.
3. A friend.

Actually that last one is optional, but we highly recommend (and it is infinitely more fun) if you bring a friend.

So once again, if you would like to run around Manteca in a car with friends completing various tasks (what could be more fun?), be there Wednesday, September 15th by 7PM with a completed Crossroads 2010 Release Form (preferably turn that in before the 15th). If you do not have a Release Form, you can not go.

If you’re interested in these events, and you’re in the college/18-25ish age group, contact Keith Duncan at 740-6651 or at kdunderoath@hotmail.com.  <Tim>

This year, we have selected ROOTED for the night’s title and theme. Derived from Ephesians 3:16 -18 the night will focus on how we, as believers in Jesus, ought to be rooted in love, and how the more we make Him our “root,” our source, the bigger the picture of His love and His plan for us becomes.

ROOTED will include, but is not limited to, various forms of worship such as; Worship through music, dance, drama, visual arts, and spoken word. Everything we do in life, can act as worship unto our Maker and Savior and it is because of that fact that we include variety, rather than make the evening only about the music.

The main purpose of ROOTED, like all of our nights of worship, is to experience God through powerful, expressive, vibrant worship; to break away from our routines and show our devotion to Jesus. To allow for no limitations, boundaries, or comfort zones, but instead display passionate, unrestrained worship to Him who displayed passionate, unrestrained love… for us. Our goal is to encourage everyone participating, young and old, into deeper intimacy with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit through responsive forms of worship. Our hope is to inspire fellow believers to dig deeper; to take root in the love of Christ and tap into the full potential he has for our lives.

It’s gonna be an awesome night!

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New friendships, camp fires, smores, serious food, swimming, hanging out, hiking, being dirty

& encouragement from our speaker, Tim Kennedy

…they’re all good reasons to come!

Monday 5/31 (arrive 12:30)-Wed 6/2 (pickup 1pm)

Cost $65-covers 6 tremendous meals, 2 nights (at Del Valle campground) & transportation (if paid by 5/23/10) otherwise $75

$20 non-refundable deposit & 2010 CGCC release form turned into Alyssa Hawkinson holds your spot. Email her at ahawkinson@hotmail.com for more info!!!!!!!!!!!

<Tim>

Parenting Teens Class email

Mexico 2010 is upon us!  Attached below is the application for the 2010 student trip to Mexico.  We have had a great relationship with Pastor Carlos and the community of San Luis and I’m so excited to be with them again.  Applications are due by Jan. 24 at 12:30 (after church; grades 9-12 and college age students are welcome to go.  Sorry jr. high…). If you have any questions please let Tim (tim@crossroadsgrace.org) or Heather (heather@crossroadsgrace.org) know ASAP.

Mexico 2010 application/info packet

Hey all! Figured I’d let you know about our upcoming events.

This Wednesday (i.e. tomorrow) is our Christmas Party for students.  You don’t need to bring anything special, just yourself and your adventure pants.

This Sunday we don’t have CSM.  We have our Christmas production, The Bridge, on Saturday at 7:00 PM and Sunday at 9 and 10:45 AM.

Additionally, we don’t have anymore Wednesday night meetings until January.  We’re cancelling the 23rd for Christmas and the 30th for New Years, but we’ll be back on the 6th.

Merry Christmas!

<Tim>

Hey parents. Hope you are faring well. I wanted to put a link up here to a few podcasts I ran across on parenting.  They’re from Mars Hill Church in Seattle. I went there for a service earlier this year and really enjoyed the church. Their teaching pastor, Mark Driscoll, uses an exegetical approach to preaching.  In this series, they spent 4 months in the book of Proverbs, which they broke into the main topics that the writers of Proverbs address.

Proverbs sermon series from Mars Hill

If you want to hear the intro to the series, click on Plowing a Counter Culture.  That will open a new page for you where you can listen to the audio or download the audio.  (To download it, scroll down the page. Below the large Proverbs image, you’ll see 3 headings, “Share This”, “Downloads”, and “Subscribe”. Click on “Downloads” and then click the file format you want.)

If you go to the next page (scroll to the bottom) or click here, there are 4 sermons I’d greatly encourage you to listen to.  They are entitled Celebrating Children, Instructing Children, Correcting Children, and Educating Children.

I’d also suggest that both parents listen to Women as Mothers, Women as Homebuilders, and Men as Fathers.

These messages are all about an hour, but they have so much to offer.  The speaker, Mark Driscoll, is now a father of 5 and a great speaker/leader/father.  I think the time spent listening to these sermons will pay dividends later. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.

If you listen to them and have any thoughts or feedback, feel free to email me.

<Tim>