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Crossroads United Church of Christ
an open and affirming congregation
Pastor: the Rev. Julia Tipton Rendon
Here are some of us at the Pride parade, June 12, 2011!
Congregational portrait:
Easter 2010
Here we are right after the sunrise service on the deck and right before our potluck breakfast!
Activities
We serve two meals a month at the Catholic Worker House in Des Moines.
We also serve a free meal on the last Thursday of every month (except November, the penultimate Thursday) at the county administration building. We find that eating together in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere feeds more than just the body.
Several of us go together to the Ames Theologian in Residence every year and discuss him or her hotly.
PIE Group meets Sunday nights to discuss a book or film and eat pie, at the home of one of our members.
All who have time and inclination after coffee hour and cleanup on Sunday meet at HyVee for lunch.
We march in the Gay Pride parade every year.
We visit our friends at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota every summer.
We have intergenerational Sunday School once a month . . . because it's fun.
E. B. White
About Crossroads UCC
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Crossroads United Church of Christ is an open and affirming congregation of the Iowa Conference of the United Church of Christ. We believe that we are called by God, as Christians, to gather people into community, build them in a relationship with God, and send them into ministry.
We try to make our congregation a place where you can be yourself, and we believe that the practice of hospitality helps us to learn the mind of God.
We are "the church you didn't know you were looking for"--a small but active congregation that is focused on mission, spiritual growth, and community involvement--that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Visitors are always welcome. If you're looking for a church home, or if you're just curious, please come worship with us!
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Bike ride and picnic June 3, 1:00 Drive to Woodward and take Highway 210 to the north side of town. The parking lot and picnic area are right near the yellow water tower and grain elevators.
Okay, so we'll plan to picnic at the area just east of this red building, and people who aren't riding can hang out there. From here it took me 17 minutes to ride to the High Trestle Bridge.
We can drop rocks off the bridge and otherwise enjoy ourselves, then ride back to Woodward!
Or if you want to leave from the Madrid access point, you get off of Highway 210 just about a mile west of Madrid: Madrid. There's a little sign that says "High Trestle Trail Bridge," and you turn southopposite a sign on the north side north for "QF Lane."
Church council minutes
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Worshiping at Smith Chapel on the Simpson College campus
PO Box 811, Indianola IA 50125
tel.: 515-961-9370
email: pastor *at* crossroadsucc *dot* org
Where to find us
We are in Indianola, Iowa, a community of 14,000 just 12 miles south of Des Moines on Highway 65/69.
Crossroads UCC does not own a building. We meet in Dirlam Lounge in Smith Chapel of Simpson College. Here is a campus map.
Here is a Mapquest map.
Why no building?
Oh, where to begin?
- We like the flexibility of being able to do more ministry and mission, not having to maintain a building.
- We like it that our rent money goes to the good work that Simpson College does.
- We like not having to spend meetings talking about what color carpet to buy for the parlor.
Is that why you never answer your phone?
Yes.
Actually we have an answering machine, and our pastor checks messages every Sunday before church. You want to talk to her sooner, send an e-mail. (See above.)