Class or Family?

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Does your group function as a class or a family? In 1 Timothy 3:15, Paul says, “if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and...

Group Calling Exercise

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org It has been a challenge for groups to come up with ways to reach out during the Covid epidemic. So, our leadership team uses a “Group Calling Lab” to help groups discern where God might be calling them to display the love and...

An Outward Focus

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org A healthy cell group will be reaching Up, In, and Out. That is, the group will express love to God, love to one another, and reach out in love to a broken world. The most difficult value to practice during the Covid era is to...

The Indestructible Church

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org When the public schools in our area closed in the middle of March 2020 due to Covid, our church suspended in-person worship services. We offered online services, but we did not know when we would be able to gather in-person...

Faith for the Future (Español abajo)

By Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org Each year between Christmas and the New Year I take time to review my journal from the previous twelve months. I look back to discern themes for what God was saying and doing in my life. I also look ahead and make goals...