Sunday, September 15, 2013, Crossroad Baptist Church of Arizona held its charter service uniting Crossroad Baptist Church of Buckeye and Gateway Baptist Church of Avondale. We praise God for His working in bringing two churches together into one unified body! Last summer, Gateway’s pastor resigned and recommended that they consider the possibility of merging with… Read More Birth of a Church
I didn’t realize how sleep deprived I was until I tried to have an actual conversation with another adult this week. A friend asked when my baby was born, and my mind was blank! All I could think of was that Cooper was 7 weeks old. So I answered stupidly, “He’s seven weeks…” {my brain… Read More Bursting Out
We often mention Crossroad Baptist Church when meeting others for the first time. Why? Because, upon discovering Stephen is a Hoosier and I’m a Hillbilly, they ask, “So what brought you to Phoenix?” Then we tell them about Crossroad. Our service schedule has changed since our first year here. The morning worship is now at… Read More Checking In with Church
As the only baby in the church nursery, Silas has all the toys and books to himself. However, a friend of ours had her baby this week, and another friend is due this month, so Silas won’t be alone for long.Our Little Biped prefers walking to crawling now that he’s a bit more practiced. Sometimes… Read More October Scenes
This past week we converted our front room into a chapel for Crossroad Baptist’s Missions & Me conference Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights. Dr. Bud Steadman, director of Baptist World Mission, was the guest speaker for the week. We also had the privilege of housing Dr. Steadman and his wife Ruth, and enjoyed getting to… Read More House Church
You know those vacations that are so tiring you feel like you need a vacation from vacation? That was so NOT how our getaway to San Diego felt.San Diego is just one of those incredible cities to visit. So many different descriptions are needed to sum up its diversity {port city, mountainous, beach, year-round 70… Read More San Diego
Vacation Bible School is our church’s largest single outreach event of the year. Although our church has only 8 children of VBS age, we hosted a total of 91 children during last week’s VBS program! In the past I’ve helped with VBS at churches larger than Crossroad, and we would often have around 20 children… Read More Rev It Up!
Sunday was an incredible day packed with blessings at Crossroad. Thinking about this blog, I realize that I haven’t been updating you on our ministry at church very often. This week I’m prompted to do just that as Sunday was just too good not to share! Crossroad happily welcomed a new family into its membership.… Read More A Sunday for Celebrating
To think that God the Father justly should punish me for my sin, but instead, He mercifully pardons me as I am clothed in the righteous robes of the perfect Jesus. To think that Jesus Christ, God’s Son, absorbed the wrath of His Father that was directed at me. Such life-changing truths to meditate on!… Read More Our Advocate, Jesus Christ the Righteous
On 09-09-09 we arrived in Phoenix, Arizona to begin our “Great Western Adventure!” And what an adventure it has been. I remember how strange it felt to know we were in AZ as residents and not as visitors. I vividly remember how thankful I was to have a place to stay that night. Never in… Read More One Year Later