Upcoming Events
Thanksgiving Worship at the Old Stone Church
10:00 a.m. November 28
All are invited to The Old Stone Church on Thursday, November 28 at 10:00 a.m. as Cross Roads celebrates Thanksgiving in our original church building. Worship is casual, and you are invited to “come as you are” as we offer our thanks to God for all we have been given. The Old Stone Church is located at the corner of Monroeville Boulevard and Strochein Road. Parking is available at the Get Go across the street.

Christmas Play and Family Christmas Caroling
December 14, 6:00 p.m.
StageRight Greensburg will be performing for us again this year for our family Christmas event! This year they will be performing a play about the Elf on a Shelf. Following the play, we will be led through the singing of traditional carols. Cookies and hot chocolate will be served following the event.

Save these Dates!
December 1: Hanging of the Greens Service
December 8: Gift of the Fourth Wise Man presentation at 10:00 a.m.
December 14: Cookie Walk at 9:00 a.m.
December 22: Christmas Cantata at 10:00 a.m.
December 24: Christmas Eve Worship times TBD
Dinner Dames
December 4
The Dinner Dames will meet on Wednesday, December 4 at 6:00 p.m. for a Christmas Party at Betsy Hughes’ home, 657 6th Street, Pitcairn. Please sign up on the Women’s Bulletin Board across from the church office so we know how many to expect. All women are invited to join our monthly fellowship events.

Men’s Dinner
December 10
Don’t miss our monthly Men’s Dinner! Our speaker will be Fred Schirm and his presentation will be about the recent trip that he and Diane took to Ukraine. Our wonderful dinner will be prepared by Chef Jay Winter and his cooking team. If any of the men would like to bring their wives, they are welcome. Please sign them up as guests on the signup sheet.

Watch for a sign-up sheet in the Sunday bulletin, or call the church office to reserve your place! Cost is $10 per person.

Theology and People
December 12
All are welcome to join our Theology and People discussion group on Thursday, December 12 at 7:30 pm at Papa Rock’s Pizza in Haymaker Village Shopping Center for a lively discussion and some great food as we talk about current events! Please RSVP to the church office at 412.372.2226 if you are planning to attend so we can reserve enough seats.

Lunch Bunch
December 13
Our December Lunch Bunch will be a pot-luck meal at the home of LaVerne Lokay, 109 Atterbury Road. Sign up on the Women’s Bulletin Board across from the church office to join us at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, December 13.

Cookie Walk
December 14
As part of our mission fund raising, Cross Roads is hosting a Cookie Walk on Saturday, December 14 beginning at 9:00 a.m. Hundreds of home baked cookies will fill Fellowship Hall, and you are invited to purchase an empty box and “walk” around the hall to fill it with cookies. We are asking for dozens of 8 kinds of cookies in particular – Russian tea cakes, coconut macaroon wreaths, peanut butter cup cookies, holiday sugar cookies, chocolate caramel kiss cookies, thumbprints, buckeyes, whirligigs, lady lock squares, and French Christmas cookies. Recipes are in the church office hallway near the parlor. We welcome your own special Christmas cookies as well. Please bring your donations to Fellowship Hall on Friday, December 13, and come to the sale on December 14!

Christmas Play & Family Caroling
December 14 at 6:00 p.m.
StageRight Greensburg will be performing for us again this year for our family Christmas event! This year they will be performing a play about the Elf on a Shelf. Following the play, we will be led through the singing of traditional carols. Cookies and hot chocolate will be served in Fellowship Hall following the event.

Men’s Breakfast
December 17
The last Men’s Breakfast for 2019 will be held on Tuesday, December 17 at 8:30 a.m. at the Denny’s Restaurant on Route 22 in Monroeville. Take a break from the rush of the holiday season and start your day with good food and fellowship with the men of Cross Roads! No reservations are needed, just join us!

Faith and Film
December 17
You are invited! Join friends from Cross Roads for a matinee movie on Tuesday, December 17. After the film, we’ll meet at a local restaurant to talk about it! The exact film, time and location will be selected the weekend before, so be sure to watch for details in the Sunday bulletin, on our Facebook page, and in our emailed E-Pistle.

Produce to People
December 21
Help the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank distribute food to needy families. We need seven people from Cross Roads to volunteer for the Produce to People program in McKeesport on the third Saturday of each month, from 8:15 am to noon. Volunteer responsibilities may include organizing and passing out food or helping recipients take food to their cars. We will meet at 8:15 am in the church parking lot to carpool to the location. For more information please contact Linda Kelly at ladytyr@comcast.net. or 412-373-0108.
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