On the "First Monday" of every month...

We gather in the evening to learn about what is going on across all ministries at Crossroads, celebrate victories together, and hear how we can all continue to support efforts to share God's love out into our community. 

Please join us! We meet the first Monday of every month from 6:30-8pm.

Read on for a synopsis of this month's meeting. Any questions, or interested in learning more? Send us an email.


May First Monday

From the desk of Pastor Mike

1. Appreciation of Larry Meyers. Larry and Donna were the interim pastors at Crossroads and graciously assisted in the transition resulting in HPC planting a church and revitalizing the work that God has begun there. They will be attending the home church in Beaver Dam, but I imagine we’ll see them from time to time!

2. Comment about participation at Crossroads.

  • Thank you for using your gifts and talents for the kingdom and for Crossroads Church. Here are few guidelines I’d like for us to follow:
    • When you like something that is helpful, please speak up! Encouragement and graciousness are great gifts to cultivate.
    • When you don’t like something, speak up constructively. 
      • Not based on personal likes or dislikes, but for the good of the body
      • Speak in love, and pray over it first
  • If you have a new ministry or idea?
    • Make sure you are willing to participate and that it is well prayed over.
    • Remember: With the idea comes the anointing!
  • We can’t do everything at once or at first, but eventually we’ll be a full service church that fits within what God is calling us to be.
    • First we need to build the critical mass with the core being prayer and worship and ministry to children. 
3. Third Sunday Prayer and Worship 6 PM will be starting on May 18th. This has come out of prayer, a strong urging through spiritually based conversations and a right prophetic word.
  • It will be loosely structured with the main emphasis on ‘giving rightful attention to God’.
  • The time will be spent 30% personal and 70% corporate 
  • People from other churches are welcome! It should grow into a regional ministry expression.
  • We will be working on child care under age 5 with childcare. It will not start until someone steps forward and feels God would have them do that for the sake of others participating.

4. There will be a letter coming out this next week about giving and the HVAC project that we need to pay for by June. God is already graciously providing, but there will be a gap that we need to fill so have AC and air flow throughout the summer months.

5. Comments about inviting people - Comments from the book The Great Dechurching
    • In the past 25 years, 40 million people have left organized religion. 15m left Protestant churches. Only 15% were do to ‘church hurt’.
    • 80% surveyed said that they would gladly come back to church if:
      • Someone they knew invited them
      • The church they were being invited to is known to be healthy or the pastor is healthy and the church is getting better.
  • That’s 1.02m people who are waiting for an invite
  • We all want to see Crossroads reach people for Jesus. What this all means is that it primarily happens when we invite people we know. It’s likely they will say yes!

6. A new ministry reaching moms in McFarland - Interview with Brittany Pederson

7. Discussion about 1 mid-July inviting activity
  • BBQ and Mid-summer night dance with kids bounce toys 
  • BBQ and Car Show with kids bounce toys 
  • BBQ and a Music Festival with kids bounce toys
  • Other?

7. We closed with prayer at tables, asking God to guide us and to thank him for what he is doing!