“Useless Friday Info”

As most people are away from their computers for the next few days, I knew that many of you were counting on me to bring you your weekly dose of “Useless Friday Info”.

It seems that many of you really go off the deep end if I fail to deliver in a timely manner so here is this weeks edition:

“Sol+stice derives from a combination of Latin words meaning “sun” + “to stand still”.  As the days lengthen, the sun rises higher and higher until it seems to stand still in the sky.”

“Bacon will not curl up when dipped in boiling water before you fry it.”

“Robot comes from the Czech word ‘robota’ which means ‘forced work or labor’.”

“60% of all US potato products originate in the state of Idaho.”

“Ancient Pagans celebrated mid-summer with bonfires.  When couples would leap through the flames it was their belief that their crops would grow as high as the couples were able to jump.”

“Electricity travels at the speed of light-more than 186,000 miles per second.”

“Thomas Edison did not invent the first light bulb-he did invent one that stayed lit for more than a few seconds.”

“Monarch butterflies journey from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, a distance of about 2000 miles, and the return to the north again in the spring.”

“Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow down the film so the you could actually see his moves.”

Feeling “OVERWHELMED”?

If you’re feeling a little “overwhelmed” then maybe you should be at Crossroads today as we dive into week two of our new series “OVERWHELMED”.

We’re offering you three service times 9am, 11am or 12:30pm.

Sunday Rewind

It was great to have Phil Johnsey speak about missions at Crossroads on Sunday.  Phil does an amazing job at Church Missions Network and we are honored to have him and Susan as a part of the Crossroads family.

I have to admit that it was a little different for me sitting on the front row on Sunday instead of being on stage, but that was a good thing!

Here are a few things that I noticed from Sunday:

• Attendance was up from the past week but it seems a lot of people are already on vacation…..taking advantage of summer!
• Thanks to our volunteers!
• We saw several visitors on Sunday!
• We had a great turnout on “Ladies Night” on Friday…..I know that’s not something that happened on Sunday but it was worth mentioning.
• The band did a great job!
• I loved the closer on Sunday!  You will not hear that song at another church in Lebanon!
• People are excited about the new space!
• I love Phi’s heart for missions and reaching the world!
• Can you believe that we get to be a part of planting churches all over the world?  We do…and we are!
• It was great to see several more people express interest in going on our missions trip!

That’s it for now…..

Sunday Rewind

I’m not blogging today….check back tomorrow for the “Sunday Rewind”.

We have some really exciting news!

Two on Tuesday

Here are two disappointments from Tuesday:

• Where does time go?  Man, the day was gone and I didn’t have near the stuff done that I needed to get done!
• Speaking of time being gone, I didn’t even have time to return calls on Tuesday…..was that really a disappointment?  I mean does your phone bug the snot out of you?

Good morning!

I’ll be posting the “Sunday Rewind” later today.

Check back…..

Week Four

It’s week four of our series “Back Seat Jesus” at Crossroads and we’d love to see you at one of our three services this morning.

Have a great day!

Crossroads Services

The services at Crossroads today will be on their normal schedule.

We look forward to seeing you this morning at 9am, 11am or 12:30pm.

“Useless Friday Info”

It’s hard to believe that it’s Friday once again.  But if there’s any day other than Sunday that I take seriously it has to be Friday and it’s because I get to share some “useless” information.

Here is this weeks edition of “Useless Friday Info”.

“Cat’s sleep up tp eighteen hours a day, but never quite as deep as humans.  Instead, the fall asleep quickly and wake up intermittently to check to see if their environment is still safe.”

“For the movie “The Wizard of Oz”, Judy Garld was paid $35 per week while Toto received $125.00 per week.”

“A snail has only one small foot that moves in a series of muscular contractions like waves.  These pass along the bottom of the foot allowing the snail to move.”

“An albatross can sleep while it flies.  It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.”

“Massage your skin with baby oil before you get dressed and it will help you will stay warmer during the cold weather months.  The oil closes your skin pores and helps insulate your body.  It will also smooth and moisturize dry skin.”

“Astronauts Bruce McCandless and Robert Stewart made the first untethered space walks (with jetpacks) on a Challenger flight on February 7, 1984.”

“The high seas is the area beyound three miles from any nation’s territory, where no country has authority.”

“The average American child sees 200,000 acts of violence on television by the age of 18.”

“Sneakers earned their name because they were so quiet.  A person wearing them could sneak up on someone.”

“Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: Black and Gold.”

Week Two of “Clear”

Today at Crossroads is week two of “Clear”.

If you check out the blog before service times this morning, we would love to see you.  Just in case you didn’t know, our service times are 9am, 11am & 12:30pm.

Hope to see you this morning!