Volume 3, Issue 12
December 2007

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Pastor's Notes

Oh what a wonderful time it is in the month of December and we are celebrating and giving thanks here at Crossroads World Christian Center Church. As Pastor and Founder of this, God's Church, I am so excited in what is about to happen in the coming days with the celebration of our Savior's birth, right up to what God has in store for you here at Crossroads. Please come and visit us, we will make you feel right at home.

We have some sad news to report. On November 26, 2007 we had someone break into the church. They kicked in the door and took several hundred dollars worth of camera equipment that we use to tape our services and other events, as well as did several hundred dollars of damage to the door. Unfortunately, this will set us back in some of the plans we had made for some Crosskidz events and the Inner-city Youth Night Out. We believe that the devil had planned for us to give up on them all, but know that God has a plan for us to do more good, and so we won't!

GOOD NEWS
WERE MOVING!!!!!!!
With much prayer, we just got word that we got the building we have been praying for! This will fit our needs in the Phaze 2 of building God's church. We are so excited that we will be able to help more people in the inner city. We still need your help! Please keep giving what ever God puts on your heart. Every dollar counts and makes an impact to those lost and hurting in our efforts.

As we plan to move into the new 3500 square foot facility, we are looking for other ways to use the building to be cost effective. We are looking into a daycare to operate out of the facility, as well as a full time kitchen café. We are also considering leasing affordable use of our facilities to other ministries (affordability of meeting space for growing ministries is a huge obstacle here in Columbus). If you have anything else in mind that we could do to increase the cost effectiveness of the space.

We will be opening the Bible College this spring. It will be called Crossroads World Bible College.

We will be housing our Financial University out of the new facility, too.

We will give more details on the new building and programs planned when all is finalized, but in the meantime, keep us in prayer in this endeavor.

New Corporate Partners
We welcome CAPA (The Columbus Association for the Performing Arts) as one of our supporting corporate partners. CAPA has given CrossroadsWCC tickets to "A Christmas Carol" and plan to give more tickets to other great shows as the year goes on. Please stay tuned to the events page for the times and details and when you see them, let us know if you'd like to attend with us. This helps us to help the inner-city kids and families to experience another side of life in theater, the arts and music. We want to thank CAPA for taking time to care for the inner-city kids and families and for their generous donations.

If you are a corporation, business or church, and you want to partner up with Crossroads World Christian Center Church and its many life-changing outreaches, please call the office for details in how you can give to help our inner-city kids and families.

Birthday Wishes
Bishop Tatum
 December 8th

Matt Pariseau
 December  23rd

Tiffany Johnson
 December 21st

Christina Evans
 December 27th

May the Lord bless and keep you all!

Christmas Celebration
We'd love to have you at our Christmas Celebration where we'll have food, fun and prizes for the whole family. See the Events section of this newsletter for more details.

Please welcome our new Board Members!
Richard Estell
 of Grove City, Ohio

Lillian Taylor
 of Kansan, Missouri

Larainne Estell
 of Grove City, Ohio

Mike Jackson
 of Columbus, Ohio

Shanne Jackson
 of Columbus, Ohio

Events
Divine Daughters of Destiny Conference
December 15, 2007
Divine Daughters of Destiny fills an area of ministry that, sadly, is not addressed by many churches because of the challenging and difficult nature of the daily circumstances facing our teen daughters. This awesome conference will provide a great time and needed spiritual direction of teen girls in the Columbus metropolitan area. If you or your teen would like to join us, please call the church office for the details.

CrossroadsWCC Banquet
December 21, 2007
This is the time of year that our congregation gives thanks to all the people who, with God's grace, are helping to make the CrossroadsWCC vision come to pass. Come have a great meal and fellowship together in the Christmas spirit. There will be food and fun for all, so please join us! Please RSVP to the church office and to get the time details, so we'll know to expect you.

Special Christmas Service
December 23, 2007
Please join us for our Christmas Service, where we'll celebrate our Lord's glorious birth, where special music and events will fill this evening of expectation! Please RSVP to the church office and to get the time details, so we'll know to expect you.

Christmas Giving
In this holiday season of giving and sharing what the Lord has blessed you with, we ask that you please include a donation to CrossroadsWCC and its many ministries. We can not do this with out you, our partners, family and friends! Keep in mind that Crossroads World Christian Center Church is a 501c3 non-profit organization, and that your donations are always tax deductible. Know that we love you very much, and we will see you soon at the Crossroads!

A Word from the Pastor
The Giving Season

"...and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace."
~Isaiah 9:6

God has given us a most precious gift. This is the reason for this season, to remember God's gift to us. I love this time of year, because it brings the best out in all of us. No matter the cost, people want to give to others to show their love towards one another, an admirable quality. Sometimes we go to great lengths to get that very special gift for that very special person (or people) in our lives. We will fight traffic, wait in long lines at the counters, we will go in debt - just to give to the people in our lives this one time a year.

I work for the largest retailer in the world and have been for about 12 years. For them, this season means getting out of the red and into the black. The day after Thanksgiving is known has black Friday, which is normally the biggest shopping day of the year. Through the time I have worked for this company every year it changes from how it was when I first started there. At first, I was working a whole lot of overtime and they could not find enough people to get the freight out to the stores, it was so busy. Well now, we have more stores and are still extremely busy, but with one catch: no overtime. As the demand rose, they found a way to mainstream the freight all year round, so that when this time of year comes, they are not rushing to get the freight to the stores, as most of it will be already there waiting for the customers.

This, as do so many things in everyday life, causes me to reflect on a spiritual comparison. God intended for us to not just celebrate His Son's birth one time a year, but all year around. When we learn to give to others all year around, God blesses us with His abundance. When we seek God first and his kingdom, He says that everything we ask will be added unto us. So, go celebrate this giving season, it is worthy to honor our Lord and Savior, as it is to give to those who you love, and to the less fortunate; but when this season is past, remember to honor God by doing this as you can the whole year through!

Please stay tuned for our January 2008 issue, as God has laid it upon my heart to give a New Direction for 2008 - you don't want to miss this issue. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We hope to see you this holiday season at the Crossroads!

May God richly bless you and yours always,
Pastor Cory P. Pariseau