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Hey Roadies!

Join us the week of March 1 for the Lent series, "Pray This Way." We worship Sunday at 10:00am and Wednesday at 7:10pm. We look forward to seeing you there! There is always a lot going on at CrossRoad Church! We want to make sure you always have the information you need. Check out some of the events we have coming up below; click on the images for more information. Or, you can visit the CRC calender here.
Franklin Graham Festival
The Franklin Graham Festival is a three-day event, May 29–31, 2015, at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. Intended to draw thousands of people to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ, each evening will feature Christian musicians, testimonies, and the Gospel message from Franklin Graham. If you would like to serve at this event, you can attend the Christian Life and Witness Classes (see below).
 
Christian Life and Witness Series - Tuesdays, March 10, 17 and 24
in the Worship Center, 7pm-9pm

CrossRoad is serving as a city-wide host for this dynamic 3-week course taught by a representative of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Reignite your faith and find power to live a life that radiates God’s love. Discover the victory He has for His children and equip yourself to share it with others.

Class Schedule: March 10, Deepening Your Walk With Christ; March 17, Sharing Your Faith; March 24, Discipleship.

No registration necessary - please feel free to invite a friend! There is no cost for the class or the materials (provided). Childcare is not provided.
RefresHER
ResfresHER returns this Friday, March 6 from 5pm-11pm in the Connection Center. Do you scrapbook, are you working on another type of craft or project, or would you just like to come and hang out? For more information, contact Sandy Sprague at sandy@crcumc.org. There will not be childcare for this event.
Spring Forward
Daylight savings time is next Sunday, March 8th! Don't forget to set your clocks ahead an hour!
 
Purchase. Pack. Party...or All Three?
You have 3 levels of action you can commit to for this year’s Easter Bag Outreach at Countryside Village.
1.  Sponsor an Easter Bag.
2.  Serve at Easter Bag packing event.
3.  Serve at Easter Bag party.
Visit the Easter Bag table in The Lobby Sunday to take action!
Psalms & Wisdom Writings
NEXT WORD for March 1 - March 7, 2015
 
Psalm 50 - Psalm 56
 
Thoughts for the week:
It may be paradoxical to consider it, but notice how human history has used Holy Scripture to establish religion, and yet so much of this same text shows a God who is not pleased with religion. Psalm 50 is just one small example of this. The very sacrifices that YHWH calls for throughout the Pentateuch, he now says he doesn’t want. Talk about a paradox! YHWH is seeking only one response for the gift of life he has given us: thanksgiving. What’s more, the psalmist calls thanksgiving a “sacrifice.” How can a simple response of thanks be a sacrifice? Maybe it has to do with all we try to offer God before we finally decide to be thankful.
 
Questions for discussion:
:: What would happen if during this season of Lent you replaced all the ways you try to please God with just one thing: thankfulness?
:: Jesus made it clear that our Father is not seeking adherents to a religion, but people who will enter into relationship with him. What areas of our lives can we replace religion with relationship?
 
Prayer for the week:
Father, we have offered you so many things that you truly do not want.  Teach us to be thankful. Make us more humble and open to deeper relationship with you through your son, Jesus.  Amen.
 
--Brian Niece, Pursue Pastor
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