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MAY 2010
CROSSROADS YOUTH HAPPENINGSUPWARD INWARD OUTWARD
Hey Crossroads Youth! I cant believe that May is already here. This year has gone by so quickly and it is not going to stop anytime soon. We had a great month last month with our POWER sermon series. Teaching about the power of the resurrection and how we are empowered by God through the Holy Spirit. On our Baptism of the Holy Spirit night we had 4 students respond to receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and I believe our Lord is faithful and they all received. Now it is time to put into
practice what we learned about God empowering us.
This month we will be busy with baccalaureate, graduation party, graduation service, and... you guessed it... MORE GRADUATION! We want to make sure we honor our graduates for the hard work they have put in this school year. All of our graduates parents are invited to the special service we will be having for them on Wednesday night May 19th. We hope to see all of you there.
Let me encourage all of you with one final word to remember that you can do ALL things through Christ! Donʼt be afraid to reach out to someone. Even if you are rejected, use the power that God has given you to be His witness. I promise you God will deliver.
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MAY
HOMEGROUPSDon’t miss the bonfire on
May 1st at Josh McGuire’s
house!
May 15th homegroups
will be at Pastor Mark’s
house. Contact Pastor Mark
for directions to either of
these events
CAR WASHOur missions team will be
hosting a Car Wash on May
15th from 10 a.m. - 2p.m. at
the Chick-fil-A on I-240. Make
sure to stop by and support
our Youth Missions!
ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Come join us after the evening service on May
2nd for ice cream and our pie in the eye contest!EV
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S M T W T F S
1Homegroup
Bonfire
2Water
Baptism
Ice Cream Social
3 4 5Wednesday
Night Service
6WHS
Evening W/ Arts @ WHS
7 8
9 10WHS Choir Concert @
WHS
11 12Wednesday
Night Service
13 14 15Homegroup
Missions Car Wash
@ Chick Fil A
16Baccalaure
ate
Leadership meeting
17Senior
Dinner in Bricktown
18WHS
Graduation
19Graduation
Party
20 21SHS
Graduation
22MHS,
DCHS, MCHS
Graduation
23 24 25 26Wednesday
Night Service
27Coach
Graduation
28NHS
Graduation
29
Outreach The outreach this month will be held on May 5th and 12th from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. at
Pastor Mark’s house. There are around 40 to 50 kids that pass by his house every day on
their way home from school. We are going to grill out hot dogs, hand out waters and invite
all of them to church. Make sure you get involved!
30Leadership
meeting
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Hey Junior Highers! There is a lot going on this month that you can get involved in. This month is not only for the High School seniors. We have our Homegroups Bonfire on May 1st at Josh McGuires house. Be there at 5:30 PM for all of the fun and excitement. We will also have another homegroups on May 15 at Pastor Mark’s house. Contact Pastor Mark or Mary for directions at [email protected]
We also have our two outreach dates of May 5th and 12th at my house starting at 2:30PM. Get there anytime you can. We will be handing out hotdogs and drinks to the students in my neighborhood. Yes I know its a wednesday but we are hoping to get them to church that night.
Of course there are the wednesday night services where you can connect with all of your friends. Remember there are only a few weeks left of school so if there is that one friend you want in church make sure you bring them these next couple of weeks. Have a great month!
Photo CaptionsLeft: Bryce Hatton
chowin’ down on some tasty
baby food as a part of our
food relay during WIPEOUT
Bottom: Aaron Rowin
doing his best impression of
the Phamtom of the Opera
CODY HATTON SCHOOL HOBBIES FAVORITE FOOD FAVORITE VERSE
Cody is in the 10th grade at
SouthMoore High School.
His favorite class this year has been
History.
When he’s not at school or church, he likes to skate,
wrestle, play football, run track,
and he likes to jump in creeks,
which usual results in injury
He LOVES Chinese Food
2 Timothy 4:7
JUNIOR HIGH HAPPENINGS
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Graduation! Graduation! Grduation!. That is all I have to say about the High School happenings. We have so much geared around graduation it’s not even funny. The first thing we have is our graduation service on May 16th. That afternoon (May 16th), we have the Moore Public Schools Baccalaureate at Crossroads Church at 3PM. We will then have the Senior Dinner that Monday night. Seniors will need to meet at the church at 6PM. Our Wednesday Night Graduation Service will be immediately followed by the Senior Party at Joe Johnston’s house. Its is going to be a busy week. Not to mention all of the graduations that are going on that week. Here is a list on graduations:
Westmoore High School - May 18th @ 7PM @ Cox Center
Southmoore High School - May 21st @ 7PM @ Cox Center
Midwest City High School - May 22nd @ 9AM @ 1st Southern Baptist
Del City High School - May 22nd @ 1PM @ 1st Southern Baptist
Moore High School - May 22nd @ 4PM @ Cox Center
Coach Graduation - May 27th @ 6PM @ Crossroads Church
Norman High School - May 28th @ OU
Those are the graduations that I have. Hope you all have a great senior week and a great month!
MISTY BABCOCK
I was born and raised in Katy, Texas. I met Cory at Katy High School and
we started dating about a year after I graduated. We married after a short 7 months of dating! Here we are 9 years later in Oklahoma City with 2 beautiful girls. I was saved when I was 3 months pregnant with Lilly. I
decided that I wanted my children to know God. I wasn’t raised in church at all growing up and I wanted better
for my kids. My husband and I received our call to the youth
ministry in May of 2009. My goal as a youth sponsor is to be there for
these kids and to help grow them in the word of our Lord. I want to be
that life line to Him that they may not other wise see or reach. Since being
involved, I have fallen in love with each and every student and look forward to my time with them on
Wednesday nights. Thank you for sharing them with me.
High School Happenings
Right: A few of our seniors Sarah Kiper and Jolie Young cheesin’ for
the camera
LETTER FROM PASTOR MARK AND MARY
This is going to be a great month and I cant wait to see what God does in our services. I can already tell you guys are hungry for more than just an average relationship with God. We are going to press in to Him like never before and we are going to reach out to students like never before. I hope a lot of you will be able to join us at my house the next two weeks for our outreach. We will be handing out hot dogs and drinks to the students in my neighborhood. These students could be your friends so if you want a chance to reach out to one of your friends be there. I want to encourage you to continue to be Upward.Inward.Outward in everything that you do. God is the number one thing in your life so keep Him where He is supposed to
be. Remember that there are people that you are around every single day that you need to reach. I cant do it, your parents cant do it and your friends cant do it, you have to. Last thing is to continue to read the word and do what it says. Become a true disciple of Jesus Christ. We love you guys!
In Christ,
Mark & Mary Thornton
2010... The year of PURPOSE!
May Birthday’s
Chris Sanders Jr. - May 12th
Rachel Shubert - May 18th
Riley Porterfield - May 22nd
Prayer Request’s• Please pray for a quick recovery and easy surgery for Ally Babcock.
• Pray for God to move in the Youth Ministry in a big way.• Stephen Hardy has an unknown disease and mother has cancer.• Aaron Rowin has a hiatal hernia and gastritis.• Aubree Bennett has an unspoken medical issue. Pray for healing!