Crossing Community Church

This morning, we hear from Daniel Czmar as he shares his story of God pursuing him and how he eventually stopped running. He shares the great difference God has made in his life and the new direction He has charted for him. 

Voices. There are many voices calling out to us and almost all of them tell us we are lacking in some area of our lives. And yet, there is another voice, like a whisper in the wind, the voice of God is constantly calling out to us. What does it mean to learn to listen to God's voice and follow His leading?

Our speaker this year is Pierce Hibbs. Pierce spent much of his growing up years attending Crossing Community Church with his family. So having him with us this weekend is very special. His topic is the presence of God, drawn from in part from his book, "The Great Lie: What All of Hell Wants You to Keep Believing. 

Our speaker this year is Pierce Hibbs. Pierce spent much of his growing up years attending Crossing Community Church with his family. So having him with us this weekend is very special. His topic is the presence of God, drawn from in part from his book, "The Great Lie: What All of Hell Wants You to Keep Believing. 

Our speaker this year is Pierce Hibbs. Pierce spent much of his growing up years attending Crossing Community Church with his family. So having him with us this weekend is very special. His topic is the presence of God, drawn from in part from his book, "The Great Lie: What All of Hell Wants You to Keep Believing. 

The news is full of stories that sometimes are hard to believe. But how do you decide to what to believe about the things you read or hear? When we consider the claims of Christ, it would be a mistake with eternal consequences if you didn't earnestly investigate them! This Christmas Eve Pastor Tim encourages us to strongly consider the claims of forgiveness and eternal security that Jesus came to make to all who will diligent investigate them. 

Today, Pastor Steve teaches us how the Promise of Christmas was for all, but not all responded to the promise in the same way. He looks at Matthew 2 to see how the Wise Men, King Herod and the Chief Priests all respond. He encouraged us with a challenge to consider how, we are like King Herod, too often choose our own personal kingdoms over the greater kingdom of Christ and to consider how one day, all those who bow before Jesus will worship with believers from all nations. 

An angel appears to lowly shepherds to announce the coming of the Saviour. What an amazing proclamation! Today, Pastor Tim leads us through a deeper look at this momentous event and ultimately, at the response to it. 

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. 

In a letter that is addressing the problem of false doctrine, Paul provides guidelines for appointing elders for the local church -- the first line of protection against false doctrine! 

Does Paul teach that women are not equal? No. Does he teach that women must be under authority? YesDoes he teach that women have less value in church matters? No.But Paul does teach that even among the Trinity there is a hierarchy, and an authority structure -- and that extends to our families as well as to the local church. We all -- men and women -- have important roles to play in our churches. 

Paul warned Timothy about false teachers and the real-life effects of their teaching. On the other hand, how does the truth of the gospel shape our lives? It makes God's desires our desires, and we begin to pray for everyone, live godly in front of everyone, and preach the gospel to everyone!

As Paul opens up this letter to his young protege, he immediately jumps to the topic of doctrine, specifically false doctrine. He outlines false teachings that were prevalent in the Ephesus church and pointed out what true doctrine was and how to adhere to it. 

It's been a while since one of our people have shared their testimony. This week we start up that practice with Aubrey Eshelman sharing about tragedy, disillusionment and redemption. 

this week Pastor Steve begins a new study from Paul's first letter to Timothy. He challenged us to consider who is our Paul? Who is my Timothy?When Paul finds Timothy, he finds someone in whom he can invest. And as Timothy accompanies him, he grows into the kind of man Paul can trust to represent him to the churches in Ephesus. From Paul and Timothy's mentor-protégé relationship, each of us are challenged to ask who are we pouring into and who's pouring into us.

Today Pastor Tim introduces our summer teaching series that will focus on the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22-23.

Vacation Bible School begins this week, and our theme is “God's Truth Never Changes.” This week we look at five examples of God's truth that the world tries to change, and we see what Romans 12:2 tells us about not being conformed to the world, but instead being transformed by God's unchanging truth!

"To be and make committed followers of Jesus Christ" is the mission statement of Crossing. This week Pastor Tim preaches on how our church embraces our mission and encourages us to live them out in our daily lives. 

Hebrews 2:1-3 warns believers there are consequences to drifting away from salvation but that shouldn't cause us to fear; rather we should approach God's throne with confidence and fix our eyes on Jesus, our helper. 

Hebrews 10:1-18, Jesus: A Greater SacrificeThe Levitical sacrifices were insufficient to provide for our deepest needs, but God had a plan -- a greater sacrifice that takes away our sin and makes us righteous. Now we can draw near to God with full assurance of faith!

The Old Covenant was incomplete and only a "shadow" of the covenant to come. It required the daily ongoing sacrifice of animals that covered sin but didn't make remission for sin. With Jesus, the New Covenant was ushered in and His final sacrifice set the New Covenant apart when He sat down at the right hand of the Father. 

While Melchizedek was truly unique among the ancient fathers of faith, he still falls short of Jesus, who in his role as High Priest and King, He does more and provides more than all others before him. He rules and is sovereign. He intercedes on our behalf. He defends us and is preparing a place for us. 

Jesus, our greater High Priest. Jesus not only meets but exceeds the qualifications of the Levitical priests; he represents us as our great high priest, enabling us now to draw near to the throne of grace with confidence!

In the sermon titled "Moses was great... Jesus is greater!" from Hebrews 3:1-6, we explore how Jesus surpasses Moses in greatness through three main points: Jesus' dual roles as both Apostle and High Priest, His greater glory compared to Moses, and His position as a Son over God's house, contrasted with Moses as a servant in God's house. This comparison emphasizes Jesus' superior position and encourages believers to hold fast to their faith and confidence in Him.

Heb 1 and 2. Jesus is greater than angels. Whereas angels serve those who will inherit salvation, Jesus is the founder and pioneer of our so-great-a-salvation. Having suffered for our atonement, he brought us into the family of God, gave us a future inheritance and now acts as our high priest helping us when tested.

Hebrews 1:1-4While God's revelation from the prophets revealed him "in many times and many ways," God's revelation in Jesus is greater because God has spoken finally through his own Son -- God himself!

Hebrews 12:1-11The writer of Hebrews wants us to know one thing -- that Jesus is greater than. In this series, we'll see Jesus as superior to even all the great people and institutions God gave to Israel. In chapter 12, he is our example of faith and endurance, and we can look to him to persevere when God uses hardship in our lives to make us more like him.

The story of the last few hours of the life of Jesus is such a contrast in who he was and what he was capable of and how he allowed others to bind him and lead him away, even allowing them to pierce his hands and feet with the nails that pinned him to the cross. This Resurrection Sunday, Pastor Tim highlighted that contrast and characterized it as the humility of Christ that allowed all that to happen to him. He did it for the love of others!

As Jesus arrives in Jerusalem to observe Passover, his hour has finally come. What does Jesus say his hour will accomplish through his death, and why is resurrection our only hope as believers?

As we journey through the Bible towards the empty tomb of the Gospels, we stop in Exodus and Leviticus to reflect on substitutionary atonement and another 'road sign' that points toward the resurrection and the first fruits of those who will be made alive.

Today we begin a Resurrection series that will take us from Genesis to the empty tomb. We begin in Genesis 3, where sin corrupts creation and thus the need for the cross and the resurrection. Also in Genesis, we see 'road signs' for God's eternal plan to redeem His creation back to Himself -- the promise to bless all families on earth through Abraham and the provision of the ram as a substitute sacrifice. 

“God is involved.  He is seeing me. He's seeing my pain.  He's seeing my struggle. And I trust that if he needed to step in and rescue me he would." This week Dr. Michael Breece preached on "the God who sees" using examples from the lives of Hagar, the Hebrew midwives, Baruch the scribe and Abraham. We say, "I'm afraid." God says, "It's ok, I'm watching."

As ambassadors of God, what is our message? It's the wonderful love of Jesus!

This week Pastor Tim taught on communion, beginning with the Passover of the OT. We looked at different beliefs on communion and how we observe here at Crossing. 

Dr. Plummer uses Romans 8 and 2 Corinthians 4 and Paul's own experiences to teach us that the key to endure present sufferings is to focus on future glory!

What does the Bible teach about technology? How should Christians engage with it; why is it even important? How has technology changed our society and churches? What is the church's response to an increasingly digital world?