Thank YOU!

Below is a letter of thanks to the Crossroads Congregation.

January 12, 2010

Dear Crossroads United Methodist Church,

I wanted to sincerely thank you for your generous contribution towards our foster care Christmas party on December 16, 2009. Nearly 80 youth and their placement providers came together to celebrate the holiday season with delicious food, great entertainment and activities, and absolutely phenomenal gifts. The tremendous success of this event could not have been realized without the wonderful support from you and the community.

Cabarrus County considers the partnership between you and the Department of Social Services priceless. With your help, we were able to give each foster child of Cabarrus County a very Merry Christmas. I look forward to partnering with you again for our Christmas party in 2010. Information concerning the event should be sent out around September 2010.

On behalf of the entire foster care and adoption team and the foster children and families, thank you so much for your giving this year. I appreciate the vital role you play in serving the children and families involved with the foster care system of Cabarrus County.

Best Regards,

Robert Ellis

Foster Care Social Worker II

Foster Care Christmas Party Chair

Cabarrus County DSS

Prayer and Praise Service

The Prayer and Praise Service will be Ash Wednesday, February 17 at 7:00pm at the Concord Campus Worship Center. This is part of the normal Commumnity Life Night schedule of events. Supper will still be served at 6:00pm in the NexGen Auditorium with the Service to follow at 7:00pm in the Worship Center.

Family Promise Volunteers Needed

Volunteers are needed to help with the Family Promise Outreach starting this Sunday, January 24-31.

Family Promise is a program for homeless families with children. They stay at a different church each week and will be staying in the NexGen building during Crossroads host week. We will have 2 families this upcoming week. There will be 3 adults, 5 children and 1 infant.


There are opportunities to provide dinner and eat with the guests on:

Sunday and Thursday
A hot breakfast on Saturday morning is needed
** Money has been budgeted to help offset the cost of providing the meals.

Overnight hosts are needed on Wednesday and Friday nights

Evening Hosts- The families retire to their rooms relatively early, but we would like to have people come in to help fill the gap from the time the Dinner Host leaves until the Overnight Host arrives. This would be from about 7:00- 8:30. There is a single mother with 5 children who will be with us again. She was a wonderful guest the last time we hosted and she's a sweet young lady who is overwhelmed, but trying very hard to make it. We will also have a new family who is grateful to be in the program. This is an easy opportunity to help people from our community as they are in transition to their own home.

Please contact Tami Gilman if you are interested in helping in any way at tgilman@bellsouth.net.

More information can be found at http://www.xroadschurch.us/missions/local-outreach/family-promise.php

In Sympathy

Please pray for comfort and strength for Connie Bower and her family due to the death of her Mother this morning, Jan 20. The family is in town now, but will be traveling to West Virginia in a few days for the service and burial. Please cover them in prayer.

February Kid's 1st Events

Kids 1st Basic Safety Training - February 28. 11:11am in Room 200. For additional information or to RSVP contact Shannon Chambers 704.707.1152 or shannon@xroadschurch.us

In Sympathy

UMCOR LEADER DIES IN HAITI
United Methodists are mourning the death of the Rev. Sam W. Dixon Jr., the head of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) who died last week in Haiti. Sam died during the rescue from the ruins of the Hotel Montana

UMVIM LEADER DIES IN HOSPITAL
It is with deep regret that we now share the news of Clint Rabb's passing overnight. Clint underwent surgery upon his return from Haiti and died while in ICU. Clint was injured in the Hotel Montana when it collapsed in Tuesday’s earthquake.

Please keep Sam’s and Clint's family in your prayers. After the good news of the rescue, we are devastated.

National Disaster Medica Assistant Teams to Haiti

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is requesting physicians of specific specialities to deploy with the National Disaster Medical Assistance teams to Haiti. The need is for trauma surgeons, orthopedists, anesthesiologists, and others with experience in treating crush injuries. Volunteers must be able to serve for at least 2 weeks, and be willing to live and work in spartan conditions.

Preference will be given to physicians who are Creole or French speakers, and to those currently credentialed through the Medical Reserve Corps in their home state, or the ESAR-VHP program (Emergency Services Advanced Registration of Volunteer Health Personnel).

These volunteers will need to be credentialed as temporary federal employees and will need to be able to provide credentialing paperwork as soon as asked. Credentialing normally takes about a week. Volunteers with these clinical skills should contact Michala Koch at Michala.Koch@hhs.gov. Not everyone who wishes to help will necessarily be deployed, and those without the requisite skills may not receive a direct response.


For medical professionals wishing to help in this way in future relief efforts, please take a few minutes to learn about the Medical Reserve Corps, identify your local unit, and register to become part of the corps. To do so, visit www.medicalreservecorps.gov <http://www.medicalreservecorps.gov> . This is the channel through which medical volunteers are deployed immediately following an event, and only those registered beforehand are likely to be deployed.

"Introducing..."

"Introducing..." | Senior Pastor Lowell McNaney.

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Information on how to help Haiti

Health Kits for Haiti through UMCOR Donations and Volunteers Needed

This Saturday, January 23rd
9am-Noon
By now you have seen the pictures/video of the devastation and suffering the Haitian people have been going through since an earthquake hit there last week. Crossroads will be helping to respond to needs there by assembling health kits in the NextGen building this Saturday, January 23rd from 9am to noon. The following new items are needed:

hand towels (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27" - no kitchen towels)
washcloths
large and sturdy combs (not pocket-sized)
nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
3 oz or larger bar of bath soap
toothbrush (new only - in original wrapper, no child-size brushes)
adhesive bandages (Band Aids)
gallon size resealable bags

Please bring with you on Saturday or leave items in the mission corner (by the front office).

Please come join us as many hands make light work!

For more information, contact Julia Roskamp at juliamarie55@gmail.com .

If you would like to make a contribution through the Western NC Conference, please make checks payable to "WNCC Treasurer" with "Haiti quake relief" on the memo line, and mail to:

WNCC Mission/Outreach PO Box 18005 Charlotte NC 28218

Concord Christian Church- Haiti Trip Presentation

Wednesday, January 20


6:30 pm
The team from Concord Christian Church who was in Haiti when the earthquake hit will be sharing their experiences and pictures at 6:30 pm in their Worship Center. Everyone interested is invited to attend.

Concord Christian Church 3101 Davidson Hwy

Haiti Mission Trip Interest
Please contact missions@xroadschurch.us if you are a skilled professional in the medical, electrical or construction fields and are interested in serving in Haiti.

Haiti Relief
In an effort to collect needed supplies to send to those suffering from the effects of the recent earthquake in Haiti, Ben Mynatt Chevrolet Cadillac is coordinating with Lifeline Christian Mission, (www.lifeline.org ) which is located in Grand Goave, Haiti (approximately 10 miles west of the earthquake epicenter), to collect needed supplies for shipment to Haiti.

Drop off donations at:

Ben Mynatt Chevrolet - Cadillac
281 Concord Parkway in Concord, NC

A list of supplies needed is noted below. All supplies collected will be transported to the Lifeline Headquarters in Westerville, Ohio and loaded onto containers and sent to the Mission.

Supplies Needed:
· Peanut butter
· Baby formula - POWDER ONLY
· Meats in foil packaging - no cans please

· Children's shoes or sandals - NEW The cost to ship one container to Haiti is $8,000. Monetary donations can be made directly to Lifeline using their website @ www.lifeline.org

Financial Peace University

FPU Class
Class Starts Feb 15
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Room 114
Cost is $100.00/per kit
Pre-registration is required. To register, Contact Leigh Garcia at 704.707.1153 or leigh@xroadschurch.us

For Information on the class, come check out the previews on Jan 31 & Feb 7 in room 128 during the 11:11 service.

K2 Choir - Kindergarten-6th Grades

Come and join us for K2 choir, grades Kindergarten – 6th grade. We meet in room 114 on Wednesdays nights starting at 6:45pm. We are ready to get started back rehearsing for our Spring concert. Instead of a musical this time the children will be learning an exciting collection of today’s top worship songs and hymns. We will also be incorporating drama skits that go along with the songs learned that will help show the children how they can present the gospel in many different ways. If you have any questions or for more information please contact Leanna Howard at 704-707-1154 or leanna@xroadschurch.us.

Potential Haiti Mission Support

Please contact missions@xroadschurch.us if you are a skilled professional in the medical, electrical or construction fields and are interested in serving in Haiti.

Thank you

UMCOR (United Methodist Church Committee on Relief) health kit assembly

By now you have likely seen the pictures/video of the devastation and suffering the Haitian people have been going through since an earthquake hit there last week. Crossroads will be helping to respond to needs there by assembling health kits in the Next Gen building next Sat. January 23rd from 9am to noon. The following new or gently used items are needed:

hand towels (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27" - no kitchen towels)

washcloths

large and sturdy combs (not pocket-sized)

nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)

3 oz or larger bar of bath soap

toothbrush (new only - in original wrapper, no child-size brushes)

adhesive bandages (Band Aids)

gallon size resealable bags

Please bring with you on Sat. or if you can not come then leave items in the mission corner (by the front office).

If you are able, please come and help.

For more information contact Julia Roskamp juliamarie55@gmail.com