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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…
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 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…
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…
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 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,…
Lydia Ruenzel is a currently a third-year M.Div. student at the Vancouver School of Theology and a Candidate for ministry within the United Church of Canada. She grew-up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the Congregational Church and moved to Vancouver in 2009 to attend UBC. Lydia now lives in Port Moody with her husband, Derek. In…
For many Delta residents, the city’s annual spring clean up is a chance to rid themselves of the rubbish and unwanted goods they’ve accumulated over the past year. For others, it’s a time to find new-to-them furnishings, appliances, toys and other items left on the curb by their neighbours. For one man, spring clean up has become a time to reflect on modern society’s throwaway culture…
A Joyous Welcome! On Tuesday, March 13, 2018 members of the North Delta Refugee Project (NDRP) steering committee from four North Delta churches, as well as family members who are already resident in Canada, made their way to the Vancouver International Airport. Our family was to arrive on a domestic flight from Toronto,…
Photo by Earl Ellett At December’s free community dinner at Crossroads United Church (Saturday, December 23, with doors opening at 4:30 pm) not only did guests enjoy a home-cooked turkey dinner with all the trimmings, they also received goodie bags prepared especially for them by the students of Delta’s École Élémentaire Devon Gardens…
