One Great Hour of Sharing

During the month of May, Crooked Creek Baptist will be collecting for the One Great Hour of Sharing special mission offering.  This offering is primarily used to supply emergency aid in disaster situations.  Int he past, grants from this fund have been used to help with tsunami victims worldwide, tornado and flood victims in the United States, and earthquake victims in the nation of Haiti.  100% of funds donated go directly to help people in need.

To find out more about how this special offering affects those around the world one can visit this link:
http://abc-oghs.org

Believer's Baptism

Our next believer's baptism is now scheduled for Sunday, May 19 as part of the 10:45 a.m. worship service!

Crooked Creek Baptist Core Value

Recently the members of Crooked Creek Baptist met to identify the core values of the church.  These core values are the basic building blocks of our faith and activity in our local community understood through our relationship with Jesus Christ.  These 7 Core Values proposed are:

1.  Care
2.  Creativity
3.  Disicpleship
4.  Diversity
5.  Faith
6.  Mission
7.  Worship

Over the next several weeks we will be exploring these words and how they help shape the ministry of Crooked Creek Baptist.

Holy Week Update

If you have had trouble reaching the church the last couple of days it is due to an internet connection issue which has been resolved (as of today).  Any emails or other electronic communication since last Thursday (March 14) may have not been received in the office, though personal emails have been delivered.

We kick off Holy Week with a Palm Sunday service this Sunday morning that will feature believers baptism.  There will also be special music from the worship team and more!

Maundy Thursday, March 28,  we will offer a public Tenebrae service (the extinguishing of lights) in our 7 p.m. special service.  Communion will be offered and we will hear the passion story of Christ as read by Shannon Wise.  You may remember Shannon from last year's Easter Cantata as the narrator in that service.

Good Friday we will be participating in a community service hosted at Witherspoon Presbyterian Church.  This service will begin at noon on Friday, March 29 and will focus on the last 7 phrases of Jesus.  7 different pastors will offer 5 minute reflections on these phrases (Pastor Tom and Joy Amick will be 2 of those 7). 

And finally, on Sunday March 31 we will offer a Resurrection Celebration Service at our regular 10:45 a.m. time.  This could be a great opportunity to finally invite that friend, neighbor, or relative to join us in a service of celebration that on the third day Christ arose!
The worship team has been working on several pieces of special music and will debut a brand new original song in the service!

We hope you will make plans to join us for these special worship opportunities!

Special Called Business Meeting

A special business has been called for Sunday, April 14 at 12 noon (immediately following worship) to discuss a proposed recommendation from the Leadership Council to sell about a quarter of an acre of property to Douglas Realty.  This is the company developing the property across the street that is seeking access to a sanitation sewer located on this property.  More details about the proposed sale will be shared once the final details are arranged.

Core Values of Crooked Creek Baptist

On Sunday, February 3, 2013- members of Crooked Creek Baptist assembled to discuss the values that our church family holds to be as the most critical for our family of faith.  Many concepts and values were discussed and lifted up and a great process led our church to settle upon suggesting the following 7 values to be the Core Values of Crooked Creek Baptist.  They are:

1.    Care                  

2.    Creativity                    

3.    Discipleship                         

4.    Diversity                     

5.    Faith         

6.    Mission                                

             7.    Worship  

These values will be discussed and unpacked further in the near future and for now we ask that you consider how these values accurately reflect the core of values here at Crooked Creek Baptist.

Crooked Creek Covenant for 2013

This Sunday we will begin a 4 week sermon series on a covenant proposal for Crooked Creek Baptist for the remainder of 2013.  This covenant is a challenge for each and every member to take more responsibility for our ministry in our community.  On the final week an invitation will be offered for our members to commit themselves to this covenant.  The covenant is as follows:
 

Crooked Creek Baptist recognizes that with the new year many people make resolutions to improve their health.  In this tradition, the members and friends of Crooked Creek Baptist, in order to strengthen the ties in our fellowship and in our community, covenant together to:

1. faithfully maintain personal devotions.

2. faithfully attend Sunday worship and educational opportunities.

3. invite friends and neighbors to experience the presence of God through worship and warm Christian relationships.

4. become a welcoming host in all our endeavors.

The Leadership Council has approved this challenge for the members of Crooked Creek Baptist and we hope you will prayerfully consider how you are being called to respond.