Crossing Community Church

All of God's promises become reality in His own time. In the case of the promise of one to "crush the head" of Satan, that time occurred in Bethlehem. This week, Pastor Tim takes us through Luke 2 and Micah 5 to demonstrate God had a plan and the great lengths He took to execute it. 

Upon the fall of mankind, God began to reveal his promise of a solution to man's sin by speaking of a descendent of Eve "crushing the head" of Satan. In Genesis 3:15 is the first mention of that solution. While there are many other prophecies about a Saviour, Pastor Tim also highlighted Isaiah 9 -- "A light will shine" -- to point out God's promise of His own Son. 

As Paul closes his letter to Timothy, he contrasts how others consider godliness as a good way to personal gain versus godliness "holding promise for the present life and also for the life to come."

Paul instructs Timothy how to honor, discipline, and choose elders, and slaves how to honor both unbelieving and believing masters. But why is it important to honor these groups of people, along with widows? Because when we do, we honor Christ -- and the world is watching!

Born and raised a Lower Bucks County guy, Kevin Belmont tells his story of working through anger and the loss of loved ones to eventually find new hope in Jesus and way through the brokenness this life had to offer. 

As is our tradition, we provide an overview of our church ministry leading up to the annual Member's Meeting. In addition to the strengths and weaknesses of our church ministry, Pastor Tim invited Marla Ashton and Charlene Earle to provide an overview of our Women's ministry and our Family ministry areas. 

How we care for each other, as well as how we honor each other can make a strong statement to the watching world about who Christ is and how we represent Him. 

Paul issues a great warning and an equally great encouragement as his letter progresses in chapter 4 -- flee false teachers and pursue, with all one's ability godliness. 

As Paul continues to instruct Timothy on how a local church should be organized, he comes to the topic of deacons -- those servants of the church. Today, Pastor Tim applauds the servants of our church and warns us to be careful of our motives, that our service can never win favor with more favor with God than that which he gave us when He adopted us into His eternal family.

Today, Kevin Reilly, the Chairman of our Elder Council, announced that Colin Earle had successfully completed the interview process with the Elder Council and was being nominated as a new member of the Council. As part of our practice, all new elder candidates share their testimony so our people have a glimpse into the character of the candidate.