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

9:30am Devotions with Randy

Rm103

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

May 16th—31st Chris Harrelson 816-803-6901

CrossRoads Calendar

PEOPLE

IN NEED OF PRAYER

Michael Madrigal

(son of KF teacher Mary Madrigal)

Amy Harris (Jim & Carol Jenkins’ daughter)

Kathy Stanford (Kids First teacher)

Vicki Trutzel

Hunter Hobbs (Clint Kitto’s cousin)

Kay Dailey (Vickie Lawrence’s co-worker)

Sandy

(Karen McLaughlin’s co-worker’s mother)

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

Dean Wiseman (Sonny Wiseman’s brother)

Taryn Schardler (Sami Siems’ niece)

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)

Tierra Johnson

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)

Todd Stinchfield(Cherrie Fleming’s nephew)

Friday, May 25 None

Saturday, May 26 None

Sunday, May 27 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

12:00pm-1:30pm VBS Skit Rehearsals in the Multipurpose Room

Monday, May 28 Church Office and Kids First Closed for Memorial Day

Tuesday, May 29 6:00pm-9:00pm ActivStars Karate Classes in the Multipurpose Room

Wednesday, May 30 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, May 31 6:45pm-9:00pm Boy Scout Troop #210 Meeting in the Multipurpose Room

Friday, June 1 None

Saturday, June 2 9:00am-9:00pm Crafting Group in Room #105

Sunday, June 3 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

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

12:00pm-1:30pm VBS Skit Rehearsals in the Multipurpose Room

Upcoming Events

Vacation Bible School ~ July 23-27 ~ 5:30pm-8pm

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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

May 25, 2018

www.crossroads-umc.com

Volume 9, Number 25 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.

Thank You!

I want to thank the

church and its

congregation for your

love and prayers in my

time of need. It is so

wonderful to know there

are such wonderful

giving people. You

really touched my heart

to know there are

people that care. The

checks were more than

I could ever imagine

people giving me.

Thank you so much and

God bless you all.

~ Kay Dailey

(Kay is the person that

lost her home to a fire)

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)

MAY BIRTHDAYS

7 Ari Frank

7 Jessica Frank

9 Kiri Martin

10 Margo Beal

10 Cindy Keen

13 Cherrie Fleming

16 Steve Anderson

18 Cathy Parks

18 Steve Yoakum

19 Ray Young

21 Macy Batchelder

24 Dana Pearis

25 Mat McCann

26 Lea Johnson

27 Chantel Yoakum

31 Joe Matson

MAY ANNIVERSARIES 5-22 Mat & Stacy McCann

5-24 R.D. & Dalene Hall

5-29 Kevin & Sami Siems

5/31 Chris & Sandy Harrelson

5-31 Joe & Betty Robertson

Church

Announcements

Lyn Polk

“Hear Our Praises”

Crossroads Praise Band

“Holy Spirit”

Crossroads Praise Band

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, sud-

denly 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.

“New Message”

Sermon by Sid Robbins

Children’s Time

With Pastor Sid Robbins

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

will be in room #105 on Saturday June 2nd 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.

Why were all the people who spoke different languages in Jerusalem to hear

the disciples speak in tongues? Was it a cosmopolitan city like London, Paris or

New York? Were all these different people tourists or residents?

All those people were Jews, from different parts of the world. They had

returned to Jerusalem to celebrate the second big festival in the Jewish

calendar – Shavuot. Because Shavuot occurred fifty days after Passover, the

Greek word for Shavuot was Pentecost. We often think of Pentecost as a

Christian celebration, but it also refers to this Jewish holiday.

Shavuot had/has three main emphases: 1) A festival of first fruits where offer-

ings are made to God in celebration of agricultural harvest, and in particular

the wheat harvest (the bread offered on this occasion is made using yeast –

different than Passover), 2) The revelation or giving of the Torah/ Law of Moses

at Mt. Sinai, and 3) lots of eating, fun and celebrating.

For Christians Pentecost is all about the coming of the Holy Spirit. At the first

Pentecost the speaking in tongues and Peter’s explanation was all about

revealing God’s plan and will. Peter even quoted the Old Testament to

connect this revelation of the Spirit into the signs, visions and miracles that

were happening around them. For Jews, God’s revelation came through the

Law of Moses; for those early Jewish Christians God’s revelation came through

the power of the Holy Spirit.

Registration for VBS open

now!

Register online here: The God Squad VBS

New this year:

THE ESCAPE ROOM

So fun! Solve the case to

escape! Kids will love it!

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. Pas-

tor Sid Robbins has penned our bible story skits for each day and we have a new ele-

ment 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! In addition to the Escape Room, 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 or

email cjones@crossroads-umc.com. Registration is now open. Register online here The

God Squad VBS or pick up a blank form from the information table in the sanctuary.

FREE T-Shirt for all VBS volunteers! Hope you can join us!

We appreciate all who attended our BBQ

dinner. Thanks to your generous donations,

we raised over $900 for our Praise Band,

meaning we have met our goal and have

purchased our new drum set. We are excited

about the improvement in our worship music

as a result of this new acquisition for our band.

Our youth group and some

church members enjoyed a

picnic at the Belton Memorial

Park on Wednesday. In

addition to grilling hotdogs

and fixing s’mores they

celebrated Lauren Thayne’s

graduation.

Congrats Lauren!!

THANK YOU We celebrated Kevin Siems last

Sunday for his service to

Crossroads. Thanks Kevin!

We appreciate you!

Ms. Stacy and Kids First had

some fun times at Deanna

Rose Children’s Farmstead

on Thursday.