Kids First

Preschool and Daycare Open Mon through Fri 6:00 am to 6:00 pm

Accepting children age 2 months to 10 years (816) 322-9603

Sunday Worship Service 10:10 am

Wednesday

Youth Groups 6:30 pm

Sunday Kid’s Quest

Sunday School After the Children’s Time segment in the 10:10am Worship Svc (3 yrs to 5th grade)

Busy Bags

Available for children who remain in worship svc with their parents (located in basket in back of sanctuary)

Sunday School

Adult 9:00 am

Explorer’s Rm#105 Bible Study Rm#103

Nursery

Let our greeters know if you would like nursery services for your child

(under 3 yrs old)

Contact Us

In Person: 515 E. Markey Parkway Belton, MO 64012 By Mail: PO Box 167 Belton, MO 64012 By Phone: 816-331-5258 By Fax: 816-318-4188 E-mail: office@crossroads-umc.com

On the Web

www.crossroads-umc.com

Church Security

April 16th—30th

Kevin Siems 816-316-0280

CrossRoads Calendar

PEOPLE

IN NEED OF PRAYER

Nancy Jones (Vicki Miller’s cousin)

Dana Pearis

Charlene Hoy (Cindy Keen’s sister-in-law)

Dean Wiseman (Sonny Wiseman’s brother)

Justin Thompson (Christina Painter’s friend)

Taryn Schardler (Sami Siems’ niece)

Barb Linnell

Miss Lynn (Lena & Braden’s step mom)

Marty Mroz (Angie Kormanec’s friend)

Vickie Lawrence

Maxine Stoops (Lena & Bradon’s grandma)

Holden Batchelder

RD Hall

Dalene Hall

Richard Huffman

Betty Standiferd (Dalene’s Aunt)

Bruce Anderson (Adree Anderson’s father)

Richard “Linn” Linnell (Barb’s husband)

Tierra Johnson

Ona Ruth Smith

Connie Smith (Barb Linnell’s friend)

Peggy Kershaw

Angie Ball (Friend of Christina Painter)

Joe & Shirley Kormanec

Ken Kluter

GROUPS

Crossroads Youth Group

Boy Scout 210 & Pack 4210

Kids First Preschool & Daycare

United States Military

United States of America

MILITARY

Clint Kitto

John Parks (Friend of Sandy McNeil)

TJ Doran (Lena & Braden’s step-brother) Jake Carr (son of Donna Carr)

PEACE & COMFORT

Friends & Family of Don Rhoads

(Stacy McCann’s family friend)

Friday, April 13 None

Saturday, April 14 9:00am-9:00pm Crafting Group in Room #105

Sunday, April 15 9:00am-10:00am Explorer’s Sunday School Class in Room #105

9:00am-9:30am Bible Trivia/Bible Study Sunday School Class in Room #103

9:30am-10:00am Devotions With Randy in Room #103

10:10am-11:10am Worship Service in the Multipurpose Room

10:30am-11:10am Kids Quest Sunday School Class in Room #201

11:15am-12:30pm Potluck Dinner in the Multipurpose Room

11:30am-12:00pm Choir Rehearsal in Room #103

1:30pm-1:30pm SonLight Players Rehearsal in the Multipurpose Room

Monday, April 16 6:00pm-7:30pm Girl Scout Troop #1731 Meeting in Room #105

6:00pm-9:00pm Monday Night Jam in the Multipurpose Room

6:30pm-8:00pm Den Meetings in Rooms #201, #207, & #210

Tuesday, April 17 6:30pm-8:30pm Administrative Team Meeting in Room #105

6:45pm-9:00pm Troop 210 Parents Club Meeting in Room #103

Wednesday, April 18 10:30am-11:00am Children’s Chapel with Sid in the Multipurpose Room

2:00pm-5:00pm Private Music Lessons with Virginia in Room #103

3:00pm-3:30pm Hand Bell Set Up in Room #105

5:00pm-6:00pm Crossroads Ringers Rehearsal in Room #105

5:15pm-6:15pm Staff Meeting in Room #103 6:00pm-7:00pm Heavenly Ringers Rehearsal in Room #105

6:30pm-8:30pm CYG Youth Group in the Multipurpose Room

7:00pm-8:00pm Music Rehearsals with Virginia in Room #103

Thursday, April 19 6:45pm-9:00pm Boy Scout Troop #210 Meeting in the Multipurpose Room

Friday, April 20 7:30am-11:30am Kids First Picture Day in the Multipurpose Room

Saturday, April 21 Boy Scout Leadership Camp Out at Crossroads

Sunday, April 22 9:00am-10:00am Explorer’s Sunday School Class in Room #105

9:00am-9:30am Bible Trivia/Bible Study Sunday School Class in Room #103

9:30am-10:00am Devotions With Randy in Room #103

10:10am-11:10am Worship Service in the Multipurpose Room

10:30am-11:10am Kids Quest Sunday School Class in Room #201

11:30am-12:00pm Choir Rehearsal in Room #103

1:30pm-1:30pm SonLight Players Rehearsal in the Multipurpose Room

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CROSSROADS STAFF

Rev. Sid Robbins Sr. Pastor

Lyn Polk * Lay Leader

Cindy Jones

Office Coordinator

Stacy McCann Kids First Director

Virginia Robbins *

Music Director

Kim Carson-Swift Youth Director

Donna Shoemaker *

Hospitality * Volunteer

April 13, 2018

www.crossroads-umc.com

Volume 9, Number 15 LOVE God and Others LEARN & Grow in Faith LIVE Your Faith by Serving

Kids First is open Monday through Friday from 6 am to 6 pm. We accept

full time children ages 2 months to 10 years. In addition, we accept state

paid tuition and are inspected by the state on a regular basis.

An afternoon snack and two meals are provided for all-day children.

Please call 816-322-9603 for more information.

Prayers

Heart n Hand Barrel

FOODS: Canned Meat,

Canned Fruit, Meals in

a Can, Baby Items

PERSONAL HYGIENE:

Toilet Paper, Tooth-

paste, Laundry Soap,

Bar Soap, Shampoo,

Feminine Hygiene.

$25 Gift Cards from

Grocery Stores and

Dollar Stores to buy

items the pantry is short

of. (Example: Frozen

meats & cleaning

supplies)

APRIL BIRTHDAYS 2 Keith Parks

5 Ona Ruth Smith

9 Randy Bechtel

10 Bryan Ashbaugh

12 Peggy Clear

25 David Haddox

25 Stephanie Yoakum

We have been sharing in the commitment to provide weekend food

for 35 Gladden Elementary students who would otherwise go without

enough to eat. $200 per child per year seems like a small price for

such a great benefit to the child.

If you would like to give a monetary donation to help us fund this

much needed program, you may drop your donation in the offering

plate on Sunday morning (clearly notate that it is for “backsnack”),

or mail a check to our office at PO Box 167, Belton, MO 64012, or

click here to donate online and enter your contribution in the

BackSnack Fund on the donation page.

Thanks for caring so much about feeding Belton’s kids!

APRIL ANNIVERSARIES

14 Steve & Ella Anderson

20 Mike & Barbara Jones

Pack 210 or Troop 210 are selling trash bags for $10 a roll. Also 15 paper

lawn and leaf bags for $10. Please pick up an order form envelope

from the info table and place it and your payment in the offering plate

or turn in to the office. It will be forwarded to the Scouts for delivery.

They have a limited supply in stock and will fill orders subject to

availability each Sunday. Any not in stock will be ordered and

delivered in May. Thanks for your support of our Scouts.

We are in the planning stages for Vacation Bible School 2018, to be held

Monday through Friday, July 23rd to July 27th from 6pm to 8pm. This year’s

theme is “The God Squad”, loosely based on PBS’s “The Odd Squad”, so our

scientific agents will be solving cases while learning the Bible stories each day.

Our mission project will be to raise funds for The Heifer Project. We may have

some real, live animals on hand for that part of the evening!

There will be a free meal each evening at 5:30pm, prior to the opening

assembly. Pastor Sid Robbins has penned our bible story skits for each day

and we have a new element this year, in keeping with our theme. We will

have an “Escape Room” in place of our games rotation and it should be a

LOT of fun! As always, we will have our music, crafts, and science rotations,

and will also offer VBS for teens again (7th grade and up).

If you are interested in serving at VBS 2018, please see Cathy Parks or Cindy

Jones. We will soon have registration available for children to sign up. Hope

to see you at this year’s Vacation Bible School!

Announcements

By Lyn Polk

Please keep bringing your Best Choice bar code labels and place

them in the glass jar on the information table in the sanctuary or in the

plastic container in the reception area.

We also collect Box Tops for Education labels for Gladden Elementary.

You may place them in the same container but it would be helpful if

you could separate them in a baggie or envelope if possible.

Thanks for your support of these projects to help children that are

hungry!

“Send the Light”

Choralites

“Prelude”

Virginia Robbins

Prayer Time

Randy Kelly

Acts 9:1-9 “Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out

murderous threats against the LORD's

disciples. He went to the high priest and

asked him for letters to the synagogues in

Damascus, so that if he found any there who

belonged to the Way, whether men or

women, he might take them as prisoners to

Jerusalem. As he neared Damascus on his

journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed

around him. He fell to the ground and heard

a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you

persecute me?" "Who are you, LORD?" Saul

asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are

persecuting," he replied. "Now get up and go

into the city, and you will be told what you

must do." The men traveling with Saul stood

there speechless; they heard the sound but

did not see anyone. Saul got up from the

ground, but when he opened his eyes he

could see nothing. So they led him by the

hand into Damascus. For three days he was

blind, and did not eat or drink anything.”

“The Law of Moses, the Prophets,

and the Psalms”

Sermon by Pastor Sid Robbins

Children’s Time

With Pastor Sid Robbins

We are planning a Potluck Dinner following our worship service this Sunday,

April 15th. Please bring either a main dish OR a side dish OR a dessert. But

don’t worry if you aren’t able to bring a dish, as there will be plenty of food, s

plan to stay for some food, fellowship, fun, and folk dancing! Yes, that’s right!

Folk dancing (if you WANT to, that is, though it’s not required that you

dance! ) So save the date and join us this Sunday, April 15th!

Our church youth group will continue collecting and recycling aluminum

cans as an ongoing fundraiser and way to help the environment. So

please rinse your empties and deposit them in the designated recycling

containers by the front doors. The Youth Group thanks you!

“Communion Medley”

Crossroads Ringers Hand Bell Choir

Do you enjoy crafting and/or scrapbooking? Tracy Inman and friends

will be in room #105 on Saturday April 14th between 9am and 9pm and

invite you to bring your own craft supplies and projects and craft with

them throughout the day. Come and go as you please and enjoy the

fellowship of working along with other crafters on your own projects at

your own pace. Email office@crossroads-umc.com with questions.