Dear Crosswalkers,
Halloween is coming up, and special thanks to all who volunteered to help at our Community Trick or Treat event which will be this Monday, Oct 31, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. on our campus. Also, thanks to all who have donated candy for our event! We have received 9,000 pieces of candy, and to reach our goal of 10,000 we need only 1,000 more pieces! If some of you bring candy this Sunday we will easily make it! We still need volunteers to help hand out this candy! If you can help, please email us or call our church office!
This is a fun and safe and sane event in an otherwise crazy holiday. This year we have a new feature as our youth will be putting on a black light puppet show! Please pray that this event will have a positive impact on our community!!
I came across an interesting story that shows how easy it is to get confused at best and lost at worst. Some of you will think this story funny, others will consider it downright scary. A dad and mom took their two kids to have a fun afternoon at a 7 acre corn maze on a farm near Salem, Massachusetts. As you can see from the photo, it is a maze with the Halloween season in mind! Unfortunately for the family, it was a classic case of a fun day gone bad when they got disoriented and lost in the maze. Dusk was turning to darkness, and the panic-stricken mom called 911. The family huddled together until police came with a tracker dog. The distressed family was found in minutes; they were only 25 feet from the exit! The mom said, "We thought this would be fun. Instead it's a nightmare. I don't know what made us do this." You can read the whole story here: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/10/13/family-calls-911-after-getting-stuck-in-corn-maze/
What happens when people who love the Lord get confused or even lost, not in a eternal sense, but lost to the reality of God in their lives? This Sunday we are going to look at a beautiful passage from Mark's Gospel that will remind us of God's purpose in calling us to be a part of his family. This message will give us the victory over negative circumstances that can leave us helplessly confused in the maze of human life. In fact this Sunday would be a perfect day to invite a friend or family member to come to church with you. The message is entitled, "What it means to Follow Jesus!"
Love in Christ,
Pastor John
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