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A Letter from Nora about Right Relations work, on National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, 2019

A Note from Nora on National Indigenous Peoples Day

Occasionally in a dream I find myself in my childhood home. My family moved there before I was born, and my parents lived in that same house until well after I had moved out and bought my first house. My memories there are good ones, and in the dreams…

Welcome to Ibuki Kihara, Congregational Designated Minister August 19 to November 18, 2019

Crossroads Welcomes Ibuki Kihara

Crossroads is pleased to announce that Ibuki Kihara is the successful candidate for the Congregational Designated Minister (CDM) position during Gabrielle’s upcoming sabbatical. Ibuki was the first person to serve at Crossroads in a summer jobs grant…

Healing Garden Bench

A Gift for Reflection and Healing

On Sunday, the congregation of Crossroads United Church received the gift of a beautiful stone bench in our Healing Garden. Donated by her family in memory of Dorene Campbell, the bench offers a place of rest and reflection in the midst of our newest…

Farewell to Lydia Ruenzel, VST Student

Crossroads bids tearful farewell to student minister, Lydia Ruenzel

Sunday, April 28, 2019   On Sunday morning there was not a dry eye in the house as Crossroads bade farewell to our Student Minister, Lydia Ruenzel.   Lydia first joined us as Crossroads‘ worship leader from mid-May to mid-August 2018, while Rev. Cari was on sabbatical. Having made such a warm connection with the…

Christmas Affirmation of Faith: Jesus Was A Refugee

Christmas Affirmation of Faith: Jesus Was A Refugee

  You are probably familiar with the image of Joseph and Mary scouring Bethlehem in search of a place to stay (Luke 2). You may be less familiar, however, with the image of a fresh baby strapped to Mary’s back fleeing on a donkey away from Bethlehem and into the land of Egypt to escape…

Rob and a young gardener work to prepare the site of the Healing Garden

Healing Garden at Crossroads

Rob and a young Kidventure gardener work to prepare the site of the Healing Garden     The famous line, “if you build it, they will come,” from the movie Field of Dreams is true in many ways of Crossroadsʼ emerging ʻHealing Garden.ʼ  This summer, children attending Kidventure 2018, Loving Creation, enthusiastically muscled buckets of…

North Delta Refugee Project Logo: October 3, 2018 Update

North Delta Refugee Project Update

The North Delta Refugee Project (NDRP), created in November of 2015, is a joint initiative by members of four local churches.   The first priority of the NDRP was to sponsor a Syrian family. We have also done a substantial amount of work with government assisted refugees living in our area.   Our sponsored family…

Lydia Ruenzel

Lydia Returns to Crossroads

    After spending the summer leading worship at Crossroads while Rev. Cari was on sabbatical, Lydia Ruenzel decided that Crossroads would be a rich learning environment for her third-year field education placement. So, she’ll be back in our midst as our resident theological student from September 23, 2018 until April 2019. Rev. Cari will…

Rev. Cari is grateful for the support of the congregation over the past nine years of Crossroads’ life, as she engages in this time of rest and spiritual rejuvenation, and looks forward to returning to Crossroads for her first Sunday back on September 2, 2018

Rev. Cari is on Sabbatical

Rev. Cari Copeman-Haynes is on sabbatical from May 21 to August 29, 2018.   After she is released from Crossroads’ ministry leadership at the end of worship on Sunday, May 20, Rev. Cari will spend until June 3 preparing for (and then presiding over) the General Meeting of BC Conference in Penticton, BC. During June,…