Preparation for Sunday, 2/5/2012
Song Preparation: I encourage you listen to these songs each week so that you are familiar with them by the time we sing on Sunday. I always find that becoming more familiar with the lyrics to a song gives me more freedom to be led by the Holy Spirit as I worship. We won’t play these song exactly as they sound below but this is a good start! I would encourage you to go to itunes or any other music download site and purchase these songs for your music library. That way you can spend more time listening to them and learning the lyrics!
Here is some scripture that goes well with the songs we will sing this Sunday.
At the foot of the Cross – Psalm 71:8, 146:2, 150:6; 1 Corinthians 1:8
Furious – Ephesians 3:14-21, Romans 8:36-38
One Thing Remains – Lamentations 3:22, 1 Corinthians 13:8, 1 John 4
Click here to listen to the songs for this week!
We will be singing a new song this week called “Furious”. This word can often have a negative connotation, but I would challenge you to think differently about the meaning of “furious” when it comes to how much Christ loves us. We will never fully grasp the true force and intensity of Gods love, but we know that scripture says in Romans 8:36-38 that nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord! So as you listen to this new song, think about how much God loves you and how we are more that conquerors through him who loved us. This truth truly has the power to change us!
Preparation for Sunday, 1/22/2012
Song Preparation: I encourage you listen to these songs each week so that you are familiar with them by the time we sing on Sunday. I always find that becoming more familiar with the lyrics to a song gives me more freedom to be led by the Holy Spirit as I worship. We won’t play these song exactly as they sound below but this is a good start! I would encourage you to go to itunes or any other music download site and purchase these songs for your music library. That way you can spend more time listening to them and learning the lyrics!
Here is some scripture that goes well with the songs we will sing this Sunday.
Your Grace is Enough – 2 Corinthians 12:9
Eternal Cure – Psalms 121
At the Cross – Galatians 6:14
Wholly Yours – Matthew 16:24-25
Click here to listen to the songs for this week!
Preparation for Sunday, 1/15/2012
Song Preparation: I encourage you listen to these songs each week so that you are familiar with them by the time we sing on Sunday. I always find that becoming more familiar with the lyrics to a song gives me more freedom to be led by the Holy Spirit as I worship. We won’t play these song exactly as they sound below but this is a good start! I would encourage you to go to itunes or any other music download site and purchase these songs for your music library. That way you can spend more time listening to them and learning the lyrics!
Here is some scripture that goes well with the songs we will sing this Sunday.
Here for You – Psalm 33:20-22
In My Place – 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, Romans 5:8-9
Forever Reign – Luke 1:31-33
Click here to listen to the songs for this week!
Preparation for Sunday, 1/8/2012
Song Preparation: I encourage you listen to these songs each week so that you are familiar with them by the time we sing on Sunday. I always find that becoming more familiar with the lyrics to a song gives me more freedom to be led by the Holy Spirit as I worship. We won’t play these song exactly as they sound below but this is a good start! I would encourage you to go to itunes or any other music download site and purchase these songs for your music library. That way you can spend more time listening to them and learning the lyrics!
Here is some scripture that goes well with the songs we will sing this Sunday.
Our Glorious God – Exodus 15:11
In Christ Alone - Acts 4:11-12
Lead me to the Cross – Luke 9:23
One Thing Remains – Lamentations 3:22, 1 Corinthians 13:8, 1 John 4
Click here to listen to the songs for this week!
Note from Chuck
Hello Crossbridge!
It is 2012! That seems so weird to me. It’s like we are in the future! Where is my flying car and jet pack?! I hope you had a great Christmas and brought the New Year in with a great celebration. My oldest had her birthday on New Year’s so I rang in the new year by becoming the parent of a teenager! Oh Mylanta that makes me feel old! Whenever I say something like that my wife rolls her eyes and parents of older kids say something like, “Just wait”, like they know something about a coming apocalypse or something. It is how I feel though.
This Sunday we will be back to our regular Sunday schedule. So now that you have traveled and had your fill of the family and have spent too much money on Christmas let’s recalibrate our hearts by coming together as the people of God to proclaim the praise of Christ and hear the word of God. I’m excited to preach from a passage that God has put on my heart for you and hear what He has to say to us.
If you haven’t started already let me encourage you to join me in reading through the Bible this year. I am using the “YouVersion” app on my ipad and iphone for this. I have chosen the ESV Study Bible reading plan to read through. We will have a hard copy of this plan available this Sunday in an updated version of our Road Guide. If you are new, the Road Guide has multiple Bible reading plans in it and gives you a simple way to chew on what you read in the text and have a conversation with God about it. You can grab a Road Guide at the information table this Sunday!
I look forward to seeing you Sunday!
Chuck
Words from Chuck
Dear Crossbridge,
I want to tell you how thankful I am for your generous hearts! You did a marvelous job on the Christmas Toy Drive this year! Those toys will go to My Brother’s Keeper Outreach who this year is serving over 1000 families with their Christmas outreach! Through your generosity and the partnership of other local churches we are able to bless many families who are in need.
As the year is winding down I wanted to remind you that all financial gifts have to be turned in or postmarked by 12-31 for you to receive tax credit. As you are thinking of being generous this year I would ask for you to consider our Advent Offering. We are seeking to raise money to put toward a fresh water well with Living Water International (water.cc), gather scholarship money for 2012′s youth and children’s camp and build our benevolence fund so that that we might continue to bless those in need. Be sure to mark your checks “Advent Offering” so that we are aware of your desires.
One more thing for you to consider is giving extra toward our general operating fund as we are absorbing our building debt into it. Extra given towards that will help us pay off that debt as soon as possible.
Also a quick reminder of our upcoming gathering schedule, as this Sunday will be our last regular worship gathering of 2011. We will gather to light the candle of joy and finish our reflection on Isaiah 9:6. Our Christmas Eve services will be at 5:00 and 6:30 p.m. I hope you are taking the time to invite people to join us for these services. We will not have services on Christmas Day and we will only have 1 family worship service on January 1st at 10:00 a.m. Our regular Sunday service schedule will resume January 8th!
Waiting for Him with you.
Chuck
Preparation for Sunday, 12/11/2011
Song Preparation: I encourage you listen to these songs each week so that you are familiar with them by the time we sing on Sunday. I always find that becoming more familiar with the lyrics to a song gives me more freedom to be led by the Holy Spirit as I worship. We won’t play these song exactly as they sound below but this is a good start! I would encourage you to go to itunes or any other music download site and purchase these songs for your music library. That way you can spend more time listening to them and learning the lyrics!
Here is some scripture that goes well with the songs we will sing this Sunday.
In Christ Alone - Acts 4:11-12
Come thou Long Expected Jesus – Isaiah 9:1-7
O Come All Ye Faithful – Isaiah 7:14, Psalm 95:6
Click here to listen to the songs for this week!
Don’t forget to show up to services a little early for the lighting of the third Advent candle. We will also be showing a testimony video at the beginning of the services this week!
Preparation for Sunday, 12/4/2011
Song Preparation: I encourage you listen to these songs each week so that you are familiar with them by the time we sing on Sunday. I always find that becoming more familiar with the lyrics to a song gives me more freedom to be led by the Holy Spirit as I worship. We won’t play these song exactly as they sound below but this is a good start! I would encourage you to go to itunes or any other music download site and purchase these songs for your music library. That way you can spend more time listening to them and learning the lyrics!
Here is some scripture that goes well with the songs we will sing this Sunday.
Here for You – Psalm 33:20-22
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus – Isaiah 9:1-7
Angel we have Heard on High – Luke 2:13-14
Jesus Paid it All – 1 Peter 1:18-19
Click here to listen to the songs for this week!
Preparation for Sunday, 11/20/2011
Song Preparation: I encourage you listen to these songs each week so that you are familiar with them by the time we sing on Sunday. I always find that becoming more familiar with the lyrics to a song gives me more freedom to be led by the Holy Spirit as I worship. We won’t play these song exactly as they sound below but this is a good start! I would encourage you to go to itunes or any other music download site and purchase these songs for your music library. That way you can spend more time listening to them and learning the lyrics!
Here is some scripture that goes well with the songs we will sing this Sunday.
Glorious - Psalm 145: 4-5
At the Cross – Galatians 6:14
In My Place – 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, Romans 5:8-9
How He Loves – Psalm 36:7, 136:2
Click here to listen to the songs for this week!
Chuck’s Thoughts
What Made Me Smile?
This past Sunday I smiled a lot. Not that I go around with a frown a lot but Sunday was a day full of smiles for me. As we had our “Patties and Pies on the Porch” Sunday there were three things that made me smile.
- New People: It was great to meet brand new people to Crossbridge! People were here because they had driven by the church a few times or found us online. What made me smile the most was when I met people that were invited by you! That makes me smile because I knew that Crossbridgers were seeking to invest in people and invite them to be a part of our faith community. We are seeking to make growing followers of Jesus Christ and one of our primary ways we do that is by personally investing in people far from God and introducing them to our community. Great job guys! Keep investing! And if your friend didn’t come this Sunday the next best thing to invite them to is our Christmas Eve services!
- Servants: I smile when I see people jumping in and serving the mission of the church! Now we have amazing people serving every Sunday at Crossbridge but on Porch Sundays we see people go above and beyond normal service! Special thanks as always to our Porch Event coordinators Shelia and Adrian Garcia for all the work they put into this event! And BIG thanks go Tony Lawrence, Carlos Rodriguez, Angie and Scott Woods for all they did to serve at this event! We also want to thank Jeff and Wendy Brooks for their generous donation all the hamburgers this past Sunday! And a GREAT BIG, boy they were delicious I ate too much thanks goes to all of you who brought PIES! Wow you people can cook! I am glad we do that one only once a year or I would be buying some new jeans! I praise God for your servant attitude Crossbridge and thank Him for generosity that flows out of you!
- Community: I found so much joy seeing Crossbridgers connecting after both services. To see people eating and laughing together brought again a smile to my face and heart!
It was a great day everybody and I am so glad I get to follow Jesus on mission with you! See-ya Sunday!
Pastor Smiley!
PS – This Sunday I will be preaching a special message called “entitled”. I hope to see you then!
