Crossroads at Boone United Methodist Church

from John 1:1-18

6:00pm Christmas Eve Worship Gathering

w/ Vern Collins

Advent week 4

John 1:14

“The purpose of our journey is not so much to dwell in ‘the place from which Christmas came,’ but to allow that place to dwell in us, to return to our own country with christened eyes, to look upon our everyday surroundings with a baptized imagination.” These words of G.K. Chesterton’s capture beautifully the purpose of our journey through the season of Advent. As we journey these for weeks through the opening of John’s Gospel, as we see Jesus through the eyes of His friend, may we not rush too quickly ahead to Christmas, rather may we allow the journey of Advent to prepare us, to stir in us hope…and to change us in our anticipation of Christ’s coming.

w/ Vern Collins

Advent week 3

from John 1:10-13

“The purpose of our journey is not so much to dwell in ‘the place from which Christmas came,’ but to allow that place to dwell in us, to return to our own country with christened eyes, to look upon our everyday surroundings with a baptized imagination.” These words of G.K. Chesterton’s capture beautifully the purpose of our journey through the season of Advent. As we journey these for weeks through the opening of John’s Gospel, as we see Jesus through the eyes of His friend, may we not rush too quickly ahead to Christmas, rather may we allow the journey of Advent to prepare us, to stir in us hope…and to change us in our anticipation of Christ’s coming.

w/ Vern Collins

Advent week 2 (Combined Worship Gathering-Christmas Cantata)

from John 1:4-9

“The purpose of our journey is not so much to dwell in ‘the place from which Christmas came,’ but to allow that place to dwell in us, to return to our own country with christened eyes, to look upon our everyday surroundings with a baptized imagination.” These words of G.K. Chesterton’s capture beautifully the purpose of our journey through the season of Advent. As we journey these for weeks through the opening of John’s Gospel, as we see Jesus through the eyes of His friend, may we not rush too quickly ahead to Christmas, rather may we allow the journey of Advent to prepare us, to stir in us hope…and to change us in our anticipation of Christ’s coming.

w/ Vern Collins

Advent week 1

from John 1:1-3

“The purpose of our journey is not so much to dwell in ‘the place from which Christmas came,’ but to allow that place to dwell in us, to return to our own country with christened eyes, to look upon our everyday surroundings with a baptized imagination.” These words of G.K. Chesterton’s capture beautifully the purpose of our journey through the season of Advent. As we journey these for weeks through the opening of John’s Gospel, as we see Jesus through the eyes of His friend, may we not rush too quickly ahead to Christmas, rather may we allow the journey of Advent to prepare us, to stir in us hope…and to change us in our anticipation of Christ’s coming.

w/ Vern Collins

from Matthew 7:24-29

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 13 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Vern Collins

from Matthew 7:13-23

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 13 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Vern Collins

from Matthew 7:7-12

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 6 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Eric Heistand

from Matthew 6:22-24

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 6 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Vern Collins

from Matthew 6:19-23

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 6 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Vern Collins

from Matthew 7:1-6

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 6 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Vern Collins

from Matthew 7:1-6

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 6 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Ed Glaize

from Matthew 6:25-34

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 6 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Vern Collins

from Matthew 6:5-18

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 6 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Vern Collins

from Matthew 5:38-48

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 6 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Vern Collins

from Matthew 5:27-32

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 6 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Vern Collins

from Matthew 5:21-26

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 6 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Vern Collins

from Matthew 5:17-20

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 6 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Vern Collins

*Mission Celebration Sunday

from Matthew 5:13-16

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 6 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Pam Greer and Rev. Gaston Warner

from Matthew 5:1-12

Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, we know as The Sermon on the Mount…but it is so much more than just a collection of wisdom and challenge and instruction from Jesus. It is at the heart of it, an invitation from Jesus to consider that there is another way, that there is a better way. To be open to the possibility of a new way is to acknowledge that our old way of thinking and operating and prioritizing, just isn’t enough…the call to turn and walk in a new way is not a threat, rather it is an invitation!

As we journey through these 6 weeks considering some of what Jesus lifts up for us in this teaching, may you hear the invitation to walk more deeply in connection with the One Who makes a new way possible.

w/ Ed Glaize and Vern Collins