December is quickly approaching and Crossroads has lots of exciting events planned for the month of December to celebrate the birth of Jesus and to have fun and fellowship as a church family.
This Christmas, we will be diving into a sermon series called "Born In A Barn: The Messiness of Christmas," where we will look at the messiness of the Christmas story and how Jesus steps into the messiness of the world and allows us to bring our messy lives to him. We are excited to see what it means that Jesus approaches our messes and how we can love amid the messiness of life.
Check out our upcoming Christmas events below.
DECEMBER 1
On Sunday, December 1, during both morning services, we will kick off our Christmas Series with a return of a favorite event from last year with our Christmas Prayer Ornaments. We will also have hot cocoa available all morning.
DECEMBER 8
On Sunday, December 8, during both morning services, we will enjoy some warm biscuits and apple butter. We will also have hot cocoa available all morning.
DECEMBER 15
On Sunday, December 15, during both morning services, our Student Ministry will have its annual bake sale. Proceeds from the bake sale help support scholarships to help students attend retreats and events such as the Tennessee Christian Teen Convention. Cookies, cakes, brownies, and more will be available for purchase during the morning. You can pay with cash, check, or card. Items can be donated to the bake sale below. Hot cocoa will be available all morning as well.
On Sunday evening, our choir will present its Christmas performance titled, "An Appalachian Christmas" featuring the adult & King's Kids choir & storyteller Stephen James. This performance will begin at 6:30 pm. Following the performance will be the Student Ministry Dessert Auction where selected items will be auctioned off in a live auction.
DECEMBER 22
On Sunday, December 22, during our morning services, we will have our Friends & Flannel Sunday. Everyone is encouraged to wear their favorite flannel and invite a friend to church. We will have a photo booth set up and hot cocoa available all morning.
DECEMBER 24
On Tuesday, December 24, Crossroads will host three Candlelight Christmas Eve services. Our services will be held at 1:00, 3:00, & 5:00 PM with the 5:00 service being live-streamed to our website and YouTube. Between these services at 2:00 & 4:00 PM, we will have our Christmas Village which will have snacks, hot cocoa, a photo booth, games, and more.
Children's Ministry programming will be available during all three Christmas Eve services for kids from birth to 5 years old. Kids in Kindergarten and above are invited to attend our Christmas Eve services and kid activity bags will be available for all kids attending.
DECEMBER 29
On Sunday, December 29, Crossroads will hold one worship service at 11:00 am, this service will be live-streamed to our website and YouTube. Adult Discipleship Groups will have the option to meet depending on their class preference. There will be no Student Ministry programming that morning, but our or Kid's Ministry will have their normal 11:00 programming for kids from birth to 6th grade.
