We will be highlighting several mercy opportunities this Advent season:
November 16th, 2008 Angel Tree
November 30th, 2008 Family Promise
December 7th, 2008 Galveston Christmas Project
December 14th, 2008 Babies in the Dump
December 21st, 2008 UBS Blood drive
ANGEL TREE tags have been created and hung on the Christmas tree in the foyer. Tags are still available. Gifts will be collected on November 23rd and 30th in the foyer. If you are interestd in volunteering at the Wrapping Party (Dec. 4th) or the Christmas Party (Dec. 6th), please email The Mercy Project. Visit Angel Tree for more details. Watch the Angel Tree Promo Video
FAMILY PROMISE hosting of families temporarily without a home will be the week of December 14-21, 2008. Please click here for details on how you can get involved.
UNITED BLOOD SERVICES will be on campus January 21, 2009 for a Blood Drive. We are hoping to exceed the expected 82 donors. Click here to learn more and make an appointment.
The Mercy Message from 08.17.08
The Mercy Project Promo Video
THE MERCY PROJECT
The Lord has called the Church to take care of the poor and needy and to spread the Gospel to the ends of the earth. We believe that Gad has called us to holiness but also recognize that there is no holiness except social holiness. CrossRoads seeks to walk out the mercy value through three distinct avenues of implementation. Those avenues are Partnerships, Engagements and Understanding.
It is our prayer that THE MERCY PROJECT would continue to evolve. As God expands the horizons for CrossRoads, the potential to reach other areas of need will continue to grow. We envision a time where CrossRoads would be addressing the needs of battered and abused women, partnering with free community health clinics, addressing child-slave labor in Phoenix, orchestrating small business loans in foreign countries, and addressing special needs and mental illnesses.
If you would like to organize and facilitate a new ministry area, or God has given you the desire to address a specific need, please let us know so that we may help you reach the needs of our community.
PARTNERSHIPS
CrossRoads has intentionally linked arms with multiple local and international endeavors. The goal of Partnerships is to provide a consistent presence so that CrossRoads is intimately connected to the needs of the community, both locally and internationally. Not only do we desire to know the needs of people but we strongly desire to work to fulfill those needs. Partnerships may take many different forms ranging from loaning the use of our facility to overseeing entire ministries.
ENGAGEMENTS
In addition to Partnerships, we believe there are many more opportunities all around our city where we can be the hands and feet of Jesus. We are calling these opportunities, Engagements. Engagements include social services and compassionate ministries that CrossRoads has not chosen to be in Partnership with, but highly recommends. We will provide contact information that allows you to directly contact that organization for immediate hands-on service, not only helping the community but growing in your journey with Christ. There are great opportunities for you to Engage with your small group, with your family, or individually.
UNDERSTANDING
Through this third avenue CrossRoads will work to increase awareness and Understanding through teaching, training, and funneling information, empowering you to operate in the community in unique ways. Some possible Understanding venues could show you how to become a coach for your child’s sports team, or how to set up a prayer support team during a move or job transition, or learn the necessary skills to engage this culture. Our Understanding of the needs of the community and potential to learn skills to meet those needs are a vital part of our mercy value.
GET INVOLVED!
So you've read enough and are ready to get plugged in? Great! Here's some ways you can make a difference right now:
None are too young or too old to volunteer their time or to contribute financially. And no amount of time or financial contribution is too small. We are all called to do something, with whatever time and money we can give, for the relief and comfort of the afflicted.
