Spring Christian Education Classes – March 7-May 30

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Spring 2010 Christian Education Classes

Sundays 9:15–10:15 am

March 7, 2010 through May 30, 2010

Children (Age 2 through 6th grade)

1.   Nursery (Ages 2–4).  Students will learn about the birth and stories of Jesus, God’s Son, in the New Testament.  Taught by Marcy Naylor and Andrea Williams in Room 130.

2.   Grades K–3.  Studying God’s Word – Taught by Tina Willsher in Room 132.

3.   Grades 4–6.  Telling Others – Taught by Alix Davis in Room 134.

Adults/Teens

1.      Kingdom Focused Prayer.  Have you wondered how a hymn could be used in prayer? Have you considered what the Bible says about what you should say to God?

For answers to these and many other questions prayerfully consider the upcoming class about kingdom focused Prayer!

Ephesians 3:14–19

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15f rom whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (ESV)

In this passage of Scripture we see the importance of godly love that surpasses knowledge. To obtain this love of Christ we need Christ to dwell in our hearts. To have Christ in our hearts we need to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in our inner being.   Bowing knees in prayer before the Father, we can ask Him to strengthen us with power through His Spirit in our inner being.

Crossroads desires that our fellowship of believers in Jesus Christ be strengthened in knowing the love of God so that we can grow in our love for others and increasingly make Christ known.

For the next quarter of Christian Education at Crossroads we will be offering one class for the teens and adults. “Kingdom Focused Prayer” will be led by Ruling Elder Fritz Thornton in Room 113.

The format of this class will include:

  • A hymn.
  • A devotional review of a passage of Holy Scripture.
  • Discussion of prayer and topics for prayer.
  • Prayer in smaller groups within the class.  (Note: some folks will pray out loud in the small groups and some may prefer to pray silently.)

Prayer is intimacy with our infinite and almighty God.  It is our desire that you will set your hearts on this goal of growing in the love of Christ and join us in this opportunity to learn about prayer and to pray together. Join us as we share guidance from God’s Word on prayer and pray boldly and specifically for His kingdom, including the needs of Crossroads. 

 2.   Friendship Class (Special Needs).  God, Our Father – Focuses on the Old Testament to learn of God’s creation, God’s relationship with his people, and God’s promise to send a Savior.  Taught by a group teacher and one adult/teen mentor for each student in Room 104.

Quarterly Men’s Discipleship Breakfast

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Crossroads offers a quarterly men’s discipleship breakfast which is an opportunity for rich fellowship and teaching that will help you in your daily walk with Jesus Christ. The next Breakfast will be held in the Spring at a date to be determined.

Share Your Faith Workshop – Saturday, March 13

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Do you struggle in sharing your faith with your friends, family, classmates, or coworkers? You are not alone. 

Learn Five Key Gospel Points using the Five Fingers of Your Hand. 

The Share Your Faith Workshop gives you a comprehensive yet compact tool to share your faith. This one day Share Your Faith Workshop equips everyone with a simple, easy to remember tool for sharing his or her faith with others. Those who attend will have their passion for the lost renewed, and they will be motivated to prayerfully seek opportunities to share.  Shortly after this workshop, we will begin Everyday Evangelism in one of the Care Groups that is already meeting. 

Saturday, March 13
begins at 8:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast
workshop from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
at the home of George and Linda Roller 7427 Norwalk Ct. Manassas, VA 20112

 Cost is $15 per person, which includes 2 meals and materials thatyou will keep. RSVP to the church office at 703-794-9431.

Visit www.syfonline.org to read more.

Care Groups – Everyday Evangelism Course

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Please prayerfully consider your group’s participation in a new seven-week course called Everyday Evangelism provided by Evangelism Explosion.  George and Linda Roller will serve as roving facilitators to help each Care Group participant learn to share faith effectively. 

First, attend a Share Your Faith Workshop where you will learn the basic evangelistic tool by using the five fingers on your hand as a prompt. 

 Then participate in the seven-week Care Group course that will complete your training and even provide you with opportunities to share the gospel with your friends, neighbors, relatives, and church visitors. 

 The Care Group hosted by the Rollers will be the first to provide Everyday Evangelism training.  This seven-week course will begin on Wednesday, March 17, following the all day Share Your Faith workshop on Saturday, March 13. 

Everyone in the church is invited to participate in the Share Your Faith all day workshop.  Every individual who is not presently in a Care Group is welcome to join the Rollers for the seven weeks of training following the workshop.  Any other Care Group that would like to join the Roller Care Group for this first seven-week course in Everyday Evangelism is welcome to do so.

Contact George or Linda Roller for more details: 703-794-0665

Quarterly Men’s Breakfast Saturday, February 20

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This Saturday, 20 Feb 0900-1100, Ravi Zacharias, well known apologist, will speak at Little Hall Theater on Quantico Marine Corps Base.  Registration starts at 0800 and we will meet at 0700 at the McDonald’s on Base for a time of breakfast and fellowship prior to heading over to Little Hall.  The talk is free, but please bring money for breakfast.   Please call 703-432-6082 (MCBQ Chapel Annex) to register as seating is limited.  Also, please contact Josh Kiihne (jkiihne@hotmail.com, 540.318.5561) to RSVP for breakfast and help arrange carpools.  Click links for info, maps, and directions.

Winter Christian Education Classes Started – December 6, 2009

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Winter 2009 Christian Education Classes started on December 6 through February 28, 2009 Sundays 9:15-10:15a.m.

It’s not too late to join a class, so please pray and think about which class you might like to attend.

Children (Age 2 through 6th grade)

1.   Nursery (Ages 2-3).  Students will learn about the birth and stories of Jesus, God’s Son, in the New Testament.  Taught by Marcy Naylor and Andrea Williams in Room 130.

2.   Preschool (Ages 4-5).  Jesus Is God’s Son – Follow Jesus from the manger to the Mount of Transfiguration.  Taught by Tina Willsher in Room 131.

3.   Younger Elementary (Grades 1 & 2).  Loving Jesus – Loving the promise of the Savior; meeting him and responding to him.  Taught by Alix Davis in Room 132.

4.   Middle Elementary (Grades 3 & 4).  Listening to Jesus – The teachings of Jesus from the Gospels.  Taught by Rebecca McAfee in Room 125.

5.   Older Elementary (Grades 5 & 6). Exodus to Ruth – The redemptive acts of God in dealing with his covenant people.  Taught by John Davis in Room 134.

6.   Junior Highs (Grades 7-9).  The King Comes – How Matthew’s Gospel fulfills Old Testament messianic promises.  Taught by Kevin & Rachael McMullen in Room 102.

Adults/Teens

1.   Exodus:  Lessons Learned in the Departure, Part 2.  This engaging, interactive, Bible study will conclude, using family-centered participation, examine God’s work in the lives of His people, with a mind to practical application in our own lives.  Whether you are in your teens or your 80s, you will learn valuable lessons in how to face the challenges of life and triumph by God’s help.  Even if you missed last quarter’s portion of this class, you will still learn many valuable lessons from God’s work with his people.  Taught by Fritz Thornton in Room 113.

 2.   The First Epistle of John:  What It Means to Love.  The Apostle John, “the disciple whom Jesus loved” has written a letter to all Christians that teaches what love is and is not.  Join us for an interactive, discussion-based study of this important topic, so that we may learn to love others as God has loved us.  Taught by Chris Braddy in Room 100.

3.   Prayer Warriors.  This “class” is a time for Crossroads people to gather and pray together.  A handout is provided each week to guide us in praising God and praying for Crossroads, personal needs, and the needs of Christians throughout the world.  You can come and pray aloud with us, or just sit and pray along silently as others pray.  Please come join ordinary folks in approaching our extraordinarily gracious God who promises that he delights when his people pray.  Led by Chris Luther in Room 121.

4.   Friendship Class (Special Needs).  God, Our Father – Focuses on the Old Testament to learn of God’s creation, God’s relationship with his people, and God’s promise to send a Savior.  Taught by a group teacher and one adult/teen mentor for each student in Room 104.

 

   “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.”         

2 Timothy 2:15

Women’s Literary Night – December 4, 2009

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Women’s Literary Night

Join us this Friday, December 4, 2009 7:00-9:30pm at the home of Kimberly Haney:

17822 Oyster Bay Dr. Dumfries, VA (see map below).

We will have readings from ladies at Crossroads, music, book signings, a book exchange, and refreshments. A limited number of books by Frankie Bennett and Nancy Pearcey will be available for purchase during the Literary Night.

If you are a lady at Crossroads (or a friend of one!) Senior High School age and up, grab your comfy clothes, slippers, a favorite blanket, and a book for the book exchange, and join us for an evening by the fire! No RSVP necessary, if you have any further questions please contact Vania Root.

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Men’s Discipleship Breakfast – Saturday, November 14, 2009

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Our next quarterly men’s discipleship breakfast will be held on Saturday, November 14 beginning at 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. in the fellowship hall of Christus Victor Lutheran Church, located just south on Route 234 at the intersection with Minnieville Road. Please RSVP to Dave Fratello at davidfratello@gmail.com. Help is needed with manning crews for set-up, cooking, and clean-up Kevin McMullen 703-867-8514 kevrides@gmail.com

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Women’s Literary Night – December 4, 2009

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Please reserve Friday, December 4 from 7:00p.m. – 9:30p. m  Crossroads Women’s Ministry will be hosting a Literary Night at the home of Kim Haney.  Events for the evening include book signings by authors who attend or have attended Crossroads, readings,  hors d’oeuvres, live music, and a book exchange.  So start cleaning your libraries and if you have any books that you would like to exchange, please set them aside for this evening.  More details will be forthcoming, but if you have any suggestions or questions, please contact Vania Root at 571-332-5210 or veejayare@gmail.com.  We look forward to seeing you there!

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Stafford Care Group – New Series Started November 4, 2009

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The Stafford Care Group started a new series on Wednesday, November 4, and everyone is invited.  Our topic will be how to answer the questions that non-Christians friends and acquaintances ask us.  “How often have you been overwhelmed by an onslaught of tough objections as you attempted to communicate the message of Christianity to your non-Christian friends?”  It’s a common experience for all of us.  They ask honest, sincere questions and we find ourselves unprepared to answer them.  What could have been an opportunity to introduce them to Christ is turned into an awkward experience that leaves them uninformed and us embarrassed.

 We will be using the book, I’m Glad You Asked, by Ken Boa and Larry Moody.  Some of the questions that we will deal with are:

  • How can you be sure there really is a God?
  • What basis is there for believing in miracles?
  • The Bible is full of errors and myths – how can you believe it?
  • If God is good, why do evil and suffering exist?
  • Isn’t it narrow-minded to claim that Christ is the only way to God?
  • How can Christianity be true when its adherents are so phony and hypocritical?

 We will meet the first and third Wednesday of each month, starting November 4 and continuing into May or June.  We meet at the home of Pastor Bennett, 34 Monument Drive, Stafford 22554 from 7:30 to 9:00 pm.  Our goal is to help us be faithful ambassadors for Christ in a skeptical world, supporting one another in prayer, and enjoying fellowship together.  If you can only make an occasional meeting, that’s okay, but you will need a copy of the book we’re using.

 The book is available for purchase on the Internet.  The best price I have found is $10.99 at http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=63387

You can also read the book online for free at http://books.google.com/books?id=9ep5r973XwIC&dq=I’m+Glad+You+Asked+Boa&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=kd4enMXlQB&sig=uosEO3xWIeDtQIfn1915KQor1Tw&hl=en&ei=32DoSvrVLoetlAfmha2KCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false

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