Crossroads Church Kansas City

Service Preview: Giant-Killer

Here's a preview for an upcoming service (August 8), 10:30am Sunday at the Arts Incubator. These get sent out weekly via email, Twitter & FB; if I was up to speed I'd post them here too. For the time being, consider this an intro to our series on the life ...

Spicy Chili & Crossroads Church (Another Update)

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="604" caption="The left side gallery during an Arts Incubator service."][/caption] Time for another story from the Crossroads Church KC start-up. Today’s metaphor is spicy chili (something Lindsay is the maestro of). The longer it simmers and marinates, the better it gets. You can’t throw it together quickly. It ...

Crossroads Audio Online

We've been in the process of getting sermon audio online, and now we have several MP3s available from our current series, Practice Resurrection. This series is from the New Testament letter of Ephesians, written by Paul. Check out Dying & Rising, The Inside Man, or Sex & Fighting. More ...

The Post-Blizzard March Madness Update

As March Madness begins and blizzard likelihood decreases, another update is long overdue. Last week was the warmest Sunday night of the year to date, and we were so happy we almost opened a few windows (almost). All that snow cramped our style a little, but with the help ...

Merry Christmas from Crossroads KC!

In lieu of a December update, we're praying that all our friends will enjoy the haunting beauty, stark reality, and startling joy of Christmas. C.S. Lewis called the life of Jesus, "true myth," meaning that the birth, life death, resurrection, and glorification of Jesus has the power to shape and transform ...

Crossroads Church Pitch Ad 2

For anyone interested, here's version 2.0 of the Pitch Gallery Guide ad. We had a little more time to incorporate some design elements this time around and are pretty happy with the vibe. In the old ad, we used the tagline, "Rooted, active, invested." This time around we dropped that line, ...

Crossroads Church KC: Pitch Ad

I’d be remiss if I didn’t post the ad that we had published in the Pitch’s monthly gallery guide. We’ll be running this through December, as much to just identify with our community as to promote the upcoming services. Things will continue to be grassroots for the foreseeable future. From day ...

Introducing…Core Groups

The foundational way culture is created at Crossroads Church. what | A Core group is 2-4 men or women committed to holding each other accountable for Crossroads' mission (Love Jesus, connect people, transform cities). Specifically, this means prayer, Bible reading, sharing struggles & victories, and confessing sin & repenting. why | Groups ...

Crossroads Church Kansas City News, Early Fall Edition

Cutting to the chase: August was a big month for Crossroads. We added some new team members, threw a First Friday pre-party, and decided to start weekly services in November. In rapid fire mode… [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="Jon, Bethany, Ruth & Jessica at our Covenant-Signing Party"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="Jose ...

A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson (Review)

The full title of Eugene Peterson’s classic on spiritual formation is a small book review in itself, and sheds some light on his thesis—namely that to doggedly follow Jesus is to defy the conventions of our society. Check out the complete tagline: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship ...