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This week at Crossroads…
August 12 – August 18
SUNDAY
Sanctuary Prayer ……………………………………………… 9:30 – 9:50am
Corporate Celebration ……………………………………………… 10:00am
Nursery (0—18 months)
Toddlers (18 mos — 3 years)
CWOC All-Stars Kids (ages 4 – 12)
M3 (Men’s Bible Study) ………………………………………………5:30pm
MONDAY
Open
TUESDAY
Open
WEDNESDAY
PRAYER TIME (Sanctuary) …………………………………..…..…… 6:30 – 6:55pm
Life-Links Classes ……………………………….…………………….…. 7:00 – 8:00pm
Nursery
Girls (All Stars Classroom)
Royal Rangers Boys (Activity Center)
Inside Out Youth Ministry (Activity Center Youth Room)
Young Adults (Large Classroom / Main Building / Admin Wing)
Adults (Sanctuary)
THURSDAY
Open
FRIDAY
Open
SATURDAY
Open
AUGUST
FOOD PANTRY
Wednesday, August 15th (9AM – 12PM)
WM FALL FLING
Saturday, August 25th (10AM – 1PM), CWOC Activity Center
SENIOR PASTOR’S APPRECIATION DAY
Sunday, August 26th , We will be celebrating their birthdays, anniversary and their service to the Kingdom.
Guest speakers will be Pastors Kenneth and Joyce Blease. A gift table will be available.
SEPTEMBER
LABOR DAY
Monday, September 3rd, Office Closed – Holiday Observance
FAMILY FUN DAY
Saturday, September 22nd (10AM-2PM)Guest Speaker: Stacey Watts
Cost: $50 per family by 8/31 (Afterwards $65 per family)Childcare will be provided for ages infant – 12 years old
Lunch and snacks will be provided. POC: Ashlyn Oren
Growth is GROWTH!
By Pastor Tim Hodge
On Thursday, THE STATE newspaper ran an article entitled: LOSING FAITH: Why South Carolina is abandoning its churches. You can Google the article and read it. In one sense it could be disparaging. On another note, I personally found it invigorating because it DOES NOT apply to us at CWOC.
Here is one quote from the article: “The reality is that 80-plus percent of (S.C. Southern Baptist) churches are plateaued or declining, meaning they haven’t grown by any measurable percentage in 10 years, or they’ve actually lost membership” (Jay Hardwick).
Just a few weeks ago I shared some stats on our attendance from the past three years at CWOC. Our 2018 attendance through June compared to 2016 shows a 16.5% INCREASE. 2018 compared to 2017 showed another 16% increase. Those numbers may not excite a lot of people, but when we compare them to what is happening in southern church culture we should see ourselves as a ray of Kingdom sunshine. We thank God for what HE is doing. He is giving us grace and wisdom to make an IMPACT in people’s lives.