Crossroads Parish

Worship @ Atonement
2021-04-18 10:30 - 11:15 (America/Chicago)
Click on the image above to watch our live-stream starting at 10:30am from Atonement Lutheran Church in New Brighton

The gospel for the third Sunday of Easter is always one in which the risen Christ shares food with the disciples, meals that are the Easter template for the meal we share each Sunday. In today’s gospel, Jesus both shares the disciples’ food and shows them the meaning of his suffering, death, and resurrection through the scriptures, the two main elements of our Sunday worship.

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UWjBlUi2kPPV9wo3DZwFd40AbolkQm30/view?usp=sharing

Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-04-25 08:00 - 09:15
Click on the image above to watch our live-stream starting at 8:30amfrom Cross of Glory Lutheran Church in Mounds View

The image of the good shepherd shows us how the risen Christ brings us to life. It is the relationship between the shepherd and the sheep, one of mutual knowledge and love, that gives the shepherd authority. The shepherd’s willingness to lay down his life for the sheep shows his love. First John illustrates what it means to lay down our lives for one another by the example of sharing our wealth with any sibling in need.

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jxoBb-KBBotS_AcYTZadyoxlkmeJxPQN/view?usp=sharing

Worship @ Atonement
2021-04-25 10:30 - 11:15

Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-05-02 08:30 - 09:15
This Sunday’s image of how the risen Christ shares his life with us is the image of the vine. Christ the vine and we the branches are alive in each other, in the mystery of mutual abiding described in the gospel and the first letter of John. Baptism makes us a part of Christ’s living and life-giving self and makes us alive with Christ’s life. As the vine brings food to the branches, Christ feeds us at his table. We are sent out to bear fruit for the life of the world.

This Sunday’s service will be live-streamed from Atonement Lutheran Church starting at 10:30am. Click on the image above to watch the live-stream.

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qpjpHWdXzNq-pPPFGM2QMDRiuHRU755o/view?usp=sharing

Worship @ Atonement
2021-05-02 10:30 - 11:15
This Sunday’s image of how the risen Christ shares his life with us is the image of the vine. Christ the vine and we the branches are alive in each other, in the mystery of mutual abiding described in the gospel and the first letter of John. Baptism makes us a part of Christ’s living and life-giving self and makes us alive with Christ’s life. As the vine brings food to the branches, Christ feeds us at his table. We are sent out to bear fruit for the life of the world.

This Sunday’s service will be live-streamed from Atonement Lutheran Church starting at 10:30am. Click on the image above to watch the live-stream.

The bulletin for this service can be found here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qpjpHWdXzNq-pPPFGM2QMDRiuHRU755o/view?usp=sharing

Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-05-09 08:30 - 09:15
This Sunday’s image of the life the risen Christ shares with us is the image of friendship. We are called to serve others as Jesus came to serve; but for John’s gospel, the image of servanthood is too hierarchical, too distant, to capture the essence of life with Christ. Friendship captures the love, the joy, the deep mutuality of the relationship into which Christ invites us. The Greeks believed that true friends are willing to die for each other. This is the mutual love of Christian community commanded by Christ and enabled by the Spirit.

This Sunday’s service will be live-streamed from Cross of Glory Lutheran Church starting at 8:30am. Click on the image above to join us via our live-stream.

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kCS2O3tBFqeQQt5u8eaRFgCjIlMQQq8J/view?usp=sharing

Worship @ Atonement
2021-05-09 10:30 - 11:15

Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-05-16 08:30 - 09:15
The gospel for Easter’s seventh Sunday is always taken from the long prayer Jesus prays for his followers in John’s gospel on the night before his death, and always includes Jesus’ desire that his followers will be one as he and the Father are one. This oneness is not mere doctrinal agreement or institutional unity, but mutual abiding, interpenetrating life, mutual love, and joy. This oneness is the work of the Spirit whom we have received but also await. Come, Holy Spirit!

Our live-stream will begin at 10:30am from Atonement Lutheran Church. We invite you to click on the image above to watch our live-stream.

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FkJEJ7p7nXj92skgxRyeBHtmhcQH1Trt/view?usp=sharing

Worship @ Atonement
2021-05-16 10:30 - 11:15

Outdoor Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-05-30 09:30 - 10:15
Join us as we worship outside at Cross of Glory! You may also join us from the comfort of wherever via our live-stream by clicking on the image above.

When we say God is the triune God, we are saying something about who God is beyond, before, and after the universe: that there is community within God. Our experience of this is reflected in Paul’s words today. When we pray to God as Jesus prayed to his Abba (an everyday, intimate parental address), the Spirit prays within us, creating between us and God the same relationship Jesus has with the one who sent him.

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x59SB–rXYlxiF_wRJMK6dv2umEvEmdN/view?usp=sharing

Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-06-06 08:30 - 09:15
A house divided against itself cannot stand. Jesus makes this observation in light of charges that he is possessed. He is possessed, not by a demon, but by the Holy Spirit. We who have received the Holy Spirit through baptism have been joined to Christ’s death and resurrection and knit together in the body of Christ. Those with whom we sing and pray this day are Jesus’ family. With them we go forth in peace to do the will of God.

Our service this week will be live-streamed from Cross of Glory starting at 8:30am. Click on the image above to watch our service from the comfort of wherever you are.

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WqFJluajub92DejaUqVtS_dFFZkom8i9/view?usp=sharing

Worship @ Atonement
2021-06-06 10:30 - 11:15

Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-06-13 08:30 - 09:15
The mustard seed becomes a great shrub that shelters the birds, recalling ancient images of the tree of life. We’d expect a cedar or a sequoia, but Jesus finds the power of God better imaged in a tiny, no-account seed. It’s not the way we expect divine activity to look. Yet the tree of life is here, in the cross around which we gather, the tree into which we are grafted through baptism, the true vine that nourishes us with its fruit in the cup we share. It may not appear all that impressive, but while nobody’s looking it grows with a power beyond our understanding.

Our service will be live-streamed starting at 10:30 am from Atonement Lutheran Church in New Brighton. You can view the service by clicking on the image above.

The bulletin for this service can be found here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/12zYMOpYfmt5zDB0HI_hm_2zl6BtIr7Nq/view?usp=sharing

Worship @ Atonement
2021-06-13 10:30 - 11:15

Worship @Cross of Glory
2021-06-20 08:30 - 09:15
Now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation! Now we are in the storm, the boat almost swamped; but Jesus is here now, and when we call him, he will calm the storm. Even the wind and waves listen to him as they would to their creator. We also listen to him and are called to believe in the power of God’s word in him, a power greater than all that we fear.

Our live-stream will begin at 10:30 am from Atonement Lutheran Church in New Brighton. Click on the image above to watch our live-stream from the comfort of wherever you are.

The bulletin for this service can be found here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uyXegzg3YfMkqAd5H2enltGTUwwt1uBl/view?usp=sharing

Worship @ Atonement
2021-06-20 10:30 - 11:15

Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-06-27 08:30 - 09:15
A woman finds healing by touching Jesus’ cloak, and a girl is restored to life when he takes her by the hand. In both cases a boundary is crossed: in Jesus’ time the hemorrhaging woman was considered ritually unclean, polluting others by her touch, and anyone who touched a corpse also became unclean. In Mark’s gospel Jesus breaks down barriers, from his first meal at a tax collector’s house to his last breath on the cross as the temple curtain is torn in two. We dare to touch Jesus in our “uncleanness” and to live as a community that defines no one as an outsider.

Join us for our live stream starting at 8:30 am from Cross of Glory.

The bulletin for this service can be found here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aq9ycvxjeW7VOkj4gXmdQ8TmFNSejEJU/view?usp=sharing

Worship @ Atonement
2021-06-27 10:30 - 11:15

Outdoor Worship @ Atonement
2021-07-04 09:30 - 10:15
Jesus does great deeds of power and gives his disciples authority over demons. Yet none of this power is unilateral; it all must be received by faith. Jesus asks his disciples to go out without money or supplies, so that they will be dependent on how others receive them. When we are sent from the assembly to witness and to heal, we are asked to be vulnerable, to be dependent on the reception of others. The Spirit always operates in the “between”: between Jesus and his Abba, between Jesus and us, between you and me, between us and those to whom we are sent.
Our service will be live streamed from Atonement Lutheran Church starting at 9:30am. Click on the image above to view our live stream.
The bulletin for this service can be found here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bUggyo0mxsBR9jTtgIDgiWSRgvAQ6XVu/view?usp=sharing

Sunday Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-07-11 08:30 - 09:15
When Amos reports his vision of God judging Israel for its mistreatment of the poor, he becomes a threat to the power of the priests and the king. John the Baptist also speaks truth to power, and Herod has him killed. In Herod’s fear that Jesus is John returned from the dead, we may hear hope for the oppressed: all the prophets killed through the ages are alive in Jesus. We are called to witness to justice in company with them, and to proclaim God’s saving love.
Our service will be live streamed from Cross of Glory Lutheran Church starting at 8:30am.Click on the image above to view our live stream.
The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tP6XdvjkB9eja98GysukY4E9Xe6ClzZa/view?usp=sharing

Sunday Worship @ Atonement
2021-07-11 10:30 - 11:15
When Amos reports his vision of God judging Israel for its mistreatment of the poor, he becomes a threat to the power of the priests and the king. John the Baptist also speaks truth to power, and Herod has him killed. In Herod’s fear that Jesus is John returned from the dead, we may hear hope for the oppressed: all the prophets killed through the ages are alive in Jesus. We are called to witness to justice in company with them, and to proclaim God’s saving love.
Our service will be live streamed from Cross of Glory Lutheran Church starting at 8:30am. Click on the image above to view our live stream.
The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tP6XdvjkB9eja98GysukY4E9Xe6ClzZa/view?usp=sharing

Sunday Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-07-18 08:30 - 09:15
Mark’s gospel makes clear how great is the press of the crowd, with its countless needs to be met, on Jesus and his disciples. Yet in today’s gospel Jesus advises his disciples to get away and rest, to take care of themselves. Sometimes we think that when others are in great need we shouldn’t think of ourselves at all; but Jesus also honors the caregivers’ need. We are sent from Christ’s table to care for others and for ourselves.
Our service will be live streamed from Atonement Lutheran Church starting at 10:30am. Click on the image above to view our live stream
The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15BW9UAgmPW2Cp_poyPHUCKZSAfhIL3f0/view?usp=sharing

Sunday Worship @ Atonement
2021-07-18 10:30 - 11:15

Sunday Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-07-25 08:30 - 09:15
Today is the first of five Sundays with gospel readings from John 6, the first four of which focus on Jesus as bread of life. Today Jesus feeds thousands of people with five loaves and two fish. What we have, what we bring to Jesus’ table, seems like it is not nearly enough to meet all the needs we see around us. But it is not the adequacy of our supplies or our skills that finally makes the difference: it is the power of Jesus working in the littlest and least to transform this world into the world God desires, a world where all the hungry are satisfied.
Our service will be live streamed from Cross of Glory Lutheran Church starting at 8:30am. Click on the image above to view our live stream.
The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-ntoqypePlaQ_RIQra6Nf-EjqBBXibXy/view?usp=sharing

Sunday Worship @ Atonement
2021-07-25 10:30 - 11:15

Sunday Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-08-01 08:30 - 09:15
Apparently not satisfied by Jesus’ feeding of thousands, some who were there press him for a sign of his power; perhaps it is daily manna they want. As always in John’s gospel when people want a sign, Jesus offers himself. He is the bread come from heaven to give life to the world. He calls us to come to him and believe in him, and through that relationship to know the one who sent him

Our service will be live streamed from Atonement Lutheran Church starting at 10:30am and can be viewed by clicking the image above.

The bulletin for this service can be found here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H6qFvmqLmTKSm4cDxmVG0m9g8aF4_G5N/view?usp=sharing

Sunday Worship @ Atonement
2021-08-01 10:30 - 11:15

Sunday Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-08-08 08:30 - 09:15
Jesus says that the bread he gives for the life of the world is his flesh, and whoever eats this bread has eternal life now and will be raised on the last day. In Ephesians Paul tells us what this life Jesus gives us looks like, this life we live as those marked with the seal of the Holy Spirit in baptism. We live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us. The whole purpose of life is giving yourself for the other.

Our service will be live streamed from Cross of Glory Lutheran Church starting at 8:30am and can be viewed by click on the image above.

Click on the link below to view the bulletin for this service:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fUvAIc8ccd80Ga8t15-aTqTicigdgpnC/view?usp=sharing

Sunday Worship @ Atonement
2021-08-08 10:30 - 11:15

Outdoor Worship @ City Hall Park (Mounds View)
2021-08-15 09:30 - 10:30
Wisdom prepares a feast, sets her table, and invites all to come and eat her bread and drink her wine. The first chapter of John’s gospel owes much to the biblical tradition that imagined Wisdom as existing before anything was created and having a role in the work of creation. Christ, the wisdom of God (1 Cor. 1:24), today invites us to eat his flesh and drink his blood. John’s gospel includes no account of the institution of the Lord’s supper, but here we can’t help hearing Jesus’ words as an invitation to the meal of bread and wine we share.

Our service today will be held outdoors at City Park in Mounds View (near Mounds View City Hall). We will not be live streaming this service. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M5ZRNwf5fCkmM0qdXmWH7MB4gUHQZRAf/view?usp=sharing
