Crossroads Parish

Sunday Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-07-11 08:30 - 09:15 (America/Chicago)
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

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

Worship @ Atonement
2021-06-27 10:30 - 11:15
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 @ Cross of Glory
2021-06-27 08:30 - 09:15

Worship @ Atonement
2021-06-20 10:30 - 11:15
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 @Cross of Glory
2021-06-20 08:30 - 09:15

Worship @ Atonement
2021-06-13 10:30 - 11:15
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 @ Cross of Glory
2021-06-13 08:30 - 09:15

Worship @ Atonement
2021-06-06 10:30 - 11:15
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 @ Cross of Glory
2021-06-06 08:30 - 09:15

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 @ Atonement
2021-05-16 10:30 - 11:15
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 @ Cross of Glory
2021-05-16 08:30 - 09:15

Worship @ Atonement
2021-05-09 10:30 - 11:15
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 @ Cross of Glory
2021-05-09 08:30 - 09:15

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
2021-05-02 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
2021-04-25 10:30 - 11:15
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 @ Cross of Glory
2021-04-25 08:00 - 09:15

Worship @ Atonement
2021-04-18 10:30 - 11:15
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
2021-04-18 08:30 - 09:15

Worship @ Atonement
2021-04-11 10:30 - 11:15
The Easter season is a week of weeks, seven Sundays when we play in the mystery of Christ’s presence, mostly through the glorious Gospel of John. Today we gather with the disciples on the first Easter, and Jesus breathes the Spirit on us. With Thomas we ask for a sign, and Jesus offers us his wounded self in the broken bread. From frightened individuals we are transformed into a community of open doors, peace, forgiveness, and material sharing such that no one among us is in need. Click on the image above to watch our service online starting at 8:30am from Cross of Glory.

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FJsQdenToaZfV25yI8LlcWgOx0BIdPXh/view?usp=sharing

Worship @ Cross of Glory
2021-04-11 08:30 - 09:15
The Easter season is a week of weeks, seven Sundays when we play in the mystery of Christ’s presence, mostly through the glorious Gospel of John. Today we gather with the disciples on the first Easter, and Jesus breathes the Spirit on us. With Thomas we ask for a sign, and Jesus offers us his wounded self in the broken bread. From frightened individuals we are transformed into a community of open doors, peace, forgiveness, and material sharing such that no one among us is in need. Click on the image above to watch our service online starting at 8:30am

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FJsQdenToaZfV25yI8LlcWgOx0BIdPXh/view?usp=sharing

Easter Sunday @ Atonement
2021-04-04 10:30 - 11:15
Christ is risen! Jesus is alive, and God has swallowed up death forever. With Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, we may feel astonished and confused, unsure of what to make of the empty tomb. But this is why we gather: to proclaim, witness, praise, and affirm the liberating reality of Christ’s death and resurrection. In word and feast, we celebrate God’s unending love, and depart to share this good news with all the world. Alleluia!

Click on the image above to watch our service online.

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XkDat11IrZtqpJxzyHJUYl5DpTN9QSyr/view?usp=sharing

Easter Sunday @ Cross of Glory
2021-04-04 08:30 - 09:15

Easter Sunrise Service @ Cross of Glory
2021-04-04 07:00 - 07:45
Christ is risen! Jesus is alive, and God has swallowed up death forever. With Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, we may feel astonished and confused, unsure of what to make of the empty tomb. But this is why we gather: to proclaim, witness, praise, and affirm the liberating reality of Christ’s death and resurrection. In word and feast, we celebrate God’s unending love, and depart to share this good news with all the world. Alleluia!

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XkDat11IrZtqpJxzyHJUYl5DpTN9QSyr/view?usp=sharing

Good Friday @ Cross of Glory
2021-04-02 19:00 - 19:45
Life and death stand side by side as we enter into Good Friday. In John’s passion account, Jesus reveals the power and glory of God, even as he is put on trial and sentenced to death. Standing with the disciples at the foot of the cross, we pray for the whole world in the ancient bidding prayer, as Christ’s death offers life to all. We gather in solemn devotion, but always with the promise that the tree around which we assemble is indeed a tree of life. We depart silently, and we anticipate the culmination of the Three Days in the Easter Vigil.

Click on the image above to view our service online.

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xKcG99f44nG-Wy0pa1GdPiyvT_yjG1wc/view?usp=sharing

Maundy Thursday @ Atonement
2021-04-01 19:00 - 19:45
This evening our Lenten observance comes to an end, and we gather with Christians around the world to celebrate the Three Days of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Tonight we remember Christ’s last meal with his disciples, but the central focus is his commandment that we live out the promise embodied in this meal. As Jesus washed his disciples’ feet, so we are called to give and receive love in humble service to one another. Formed into a new body in Christ through this holy meal, we are transformed by the mercy we have received and carry it into the world. Departing worship in solemn silence, we anticipate the coming days.

Click on the above image to watch our service online.

The bulletin for this service can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BzzKsnrmIaqsN8RNwaV5gIDxvOYGXc4F/view?usp=sharing

Men's Bible Study
2021-03-29 07:00 - 08:00

Youth Group
2021-03-28 11:30
