Crossline Blog
Welcome to the Crossline Blog. Here you will find posts from all our main ministries with updates, latest news as well as bible studies and encouraging posts.
25 Days of Blessings
It’s December 1st… the beginning of the Christmas Season! I can’t think of a better way for us to set the tone for Christmas than to participate in Donna’s “25 Days of Blessings.” Here are the details from our beloved Donna Jones~ Bible study teacher, Pastor’s wife and dear friend. Let’s all sign…
READ MORERecipes That Welcome Fall
I know, I know. It’s still over 80 degrees outside and it doesn’t feel like fall. All the more reason to get in the kitchen, girls~ and start baking pumpkin flavored deliciousness, to fill our homes with the tastes and smells of fall. Enjoy these favorite recipes, submitted by our…
READ MORE“MORE” Tips
This is the year of MORE. To have MORE you have to get more. More wisdom. More encouragement. More support from Godly friends. More insight from God’s Word. More connection with Christ. Be MORE by getting more. It’s our theme this year and it’s all about MORE of what you cannot buy, all…
READ MOREA snapshot of the fun…
Heartline groups begin this week! After summer break, it is at last time for Crossline women and friends, gals of all ages and stages of life, to be back on campus for MOPS and Bible study groups. Yippee! We did not formally meet over the summer, but many groups got together~ to stay connected, to…
READ MOREMeet Gigi, MOPS Coordinator
September is here! What? Already? The summer just flew by and now it’s time for school to begin~ which means it’s also time for MOPS and Bible study to get started. I’m always sad to say goodbye to summer, but I’m thrilled to get back to MOPS and Bible study! Have you signed up yet?…
READ MOREMeet Angie…
I’m so excited for you to meet Angie Wright! This is the first of our online interviews, which we will do monthly, highlighting gals who are serving at Crossline, doing amazing things for God. If I were to introduce Angie to you live, on a stage, here’s what I’d say: “Angie is a wife, a…
READ MORESay Yes
Today, we have a guest blog from Donna Jones… Heartline Bible study teacher, wife to Pastor JP, mom to Taylor, Kylie and Ashton and friend to all of us at Crossline. Donna has a national ministry as a speaker and author, focused on helping women find and follow God. You can connect with Donna by…
READ MOREA Summer Case of FOMO
We lost connection. With solicitors. (You don’t hear me crying about this one.) And a few doctors offices, intent on confirming appointments. And we missed our scheduling call for the Terminix man. Imagine my surprise to hear a knock on the door at 6am~ on a summer morning. Still in my robe, I peeked…
READ MOREHeartline Spring Retreat 2014
Heartline Spring Retreat 2014 is Just Around the Corner! Ready to build your spiritual, physical and social muscles to be STRONG(H)ER in 2014? Bundle up and join the Crossline Women for our Spring Retreat! We’ve reserved all the best rooms at Forest Home and lined up nationally recognized speaker, Angela Thomas! Seriously… you don’t want…
READ MOREChristmas at Heartline
Christmas at Heartline… it was such a meaningful celebration of Jesus! Our Thursday morning girls went all out with a Christmas brunch. The food was delicious… The decor was festive, thanks to our creative and wonderful hospitality team… Speaker Megan Fate Marshman was funny, but oh, so deep and inspirational. …
READ MOREHoliday Boutique is festive fun!
So, we had our Holiday Boutique. And it was so much fun! Are boutiques supposed to be fun? I suppose most women attend boutiques to shop. But anytime Heartline girls get together, there is always lots of FUN involved! Although there were also treasures to be had… from wonderful vendors, like Bridget and Amy here, who…
READ MORECalling All Helper Elves!
Calling All Helper Elves! Crossline has two amazing Christmas events coming up and we need your help with homemade baked goodies! December 7th – Live Nativity at Ladera Ranch December 14th – Christmas Concert e-mail Lori Marshall with your name, phone # and date you would like to help: [email protected] . We will contact you with…
READ MOREHeartline Holiday Boutique
Bring your list and shop for the holidays or come and just enjoy girl time… but don’t miss the 2013 Holiday Boutique! 45+ Creative and Quality Vendors! Think “Etsy Live”! Here are a few teasers…
READ MORESpring Retreat 2013
We had an amazing weekend at Forest Home at our Crossline Women’s Spring Retreat, May 3-5, 2013. Amazing teaching by Jill Savage teaching and For All Seasons leading worship! Check out our Heartline Facebook page (HeartlineWomensMinistry) to see the video! need to finish paying for retreat? Click Here questions? contact Cathryn Wade: [email protected]
READ MORESpring Boutique
Shop ’til you drop at Crossline’s Spring Boutique! Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:00am – 12:30 pm Fellowship Center
READ MORELivin’ it!
We have been studying James this year, with a focus on what it means to “Live it.” So with a heart to help, we collected women’s and children’s clothes and shrink wrapped them to send to Haiti. The clothes will be resold on the streets of Haiti, providing a micro-business opportunity and income for Haitian…
READ MOREA Heart to Help
Heartline Christmas Outreach 2012 “Do not merely listen to the Word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” James 1:22
READ MOREThinking of you…
Sitting by our beautiful lake at Crossline. Thinking of you and missing you. Thanking God for summer, but looking forward to MOPS and Bible study groups beginning in 2 more weeks. Our girlfriends will be back on campus! Listening to the geese honking. Even our 4-legged friends are waddling around the lake, anxious to have…
READ MOREAn Invitation to Rest
What plans do you have for the summer? It is the first official week of summer, which always sets my brain in motion considering all the ways I can maximize this idyllic season of sun and fun. After all, we live in the Shangri-La of summer destinations. People pay big bucks to vacation here. I…
READ MOREPart 2: Do Retreats Scare You?
Retreats used to scare me. But now I’m a big fan. Here’s how it happened…
READ MOREPart 1: Do Women’s Retreats Scare You?
I get it. I understand. Because they used to scare me, too. When I first joined my church staff as Director of Women’s Ministries, my usually kind and sensitive mother said, “Now you have to attend women’s retreats.” A detail I had overlooked in my job acceptance. Indeed, I would not only have to plan,…
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