Blood Drive on September 11

Giving blood is one of the most generous gifts a human being can give to another. Every day hundreds of people in our region need blood. We often think first of victims from an auto crash or a traumatic industrial accident. We imagine doctors in the emergency room working frantically and calling for blood to save a life. However, many more people also need transfusions including: burn patients, those fighting cancer and leukemia, many premature babies, those going for heart surgery, and organ transplant recipients. All of these people will need blood or products extracted from donated blood in order to survive. It is not an exaggeration to say that regularly donating blood means you will accumulate a list of anonymous people that are alive only because you decided to give the gift of life.

Crossroads Church organizes blood drives in conjunction with BloodSource. The drives happen on a regular schedule at the frequency recommended by doctors as healthy for donors. We provide a safe and welcoming place to give blood, often with extra special refreshments. Medical staff from BloodSource take you through the process of donating. We think you will find it a very worthwhile and gratifying experience. The blood drive will begin at 12:30pm in our our worship center located at 1101 National Dr and will conclude at 4:30pm.

For more information on donating blood contact Gary Myers (himself a champion blood donor) by email at gary(a)btcsac.com.

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Open for Prayer on September 10

“To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us.” – Richard Foster

We wish to be a community marked by movement in our lives. We want our souls to experience growth, expansion and development. And we have learned that this has driven us to prayer. Richard Foster’s words are beginning to ring true: To pray is to change.

Join us this Friday evening as we open our doors for prayer. Beginning at 7 pm we will have opportunities to join together to pray for one another, celebrate the joys and lament the pains in our lives in the presence of God. Those interested in exploring the contemplative prayer tradition will find our worship center open for opportunities to engage in silence, solitude and directed prayer.

Come join us as we change.

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Free Medical Clinic on September 4

Our free medical clinic is available to anyone with no health insurance or who cannot afford treatment. If you have insurance, please use it so that this free clinic can be for people who have no other access to a doctor.

Are you worried a lingering sore throat might be strep throat? Are you diabetic and need help getting your blood sugar under control? Are you worried about cholesterole? Do you need a prescription refill to take to the pharmacy? Our medical staff will see patients 5 years old and up, and can help you with these types of basic medical care.

Quality medical care is provided for people who need it. Friendly volunteers will greet you and help with the medical history form. All of our clinic staff maintain the strictest standards for keeping medical records confidential between you and the doctor that will treat you. Spanish translation is also available when necessary.

This month we have two health care providers for the clinic. This means we will be able to register 35 patients to be seen. Additional patients will be accepted at the end of the day if there is time available. We are sorry to limit the number of patients the doctors see, but we also want to provide quality care and that takes time. We hope you understand.

Natomas Crossroads Clinic is partially funded by the genrosity of the Kaiser Permanente Community Grants Benefit Program of Northern California Region-Sacramento Valley Area. We also have received partial funding from Catholic Healthcare West in Sacramento.

If you have any questions about the clinic you can reach one of our staff by calling 916-514-6163 or sending an email message to nccfree(a)gmail.com. The staff can provide detailed information about the type of care provided at the clinic.

This is a recurring event that happens the first Saturday of each month from 1:00 to 6:00 pm. The next several events will be: Sep 4, Oct 2, and Nov 6.

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Potluck and Prayer on September 3

Are you experiencing a hungering desire to know yourself better? To get closer to God? To make a difference in your community? These yearnings are inborn—yet it may take you years to appropriately identify them. Once recognized, how do you deal with these longings, which leave you restlessly empty until satisfied? Prayer! Prayer moves you inward into personal transformation, upward toward intimacy with God, and outward to minister to others.

We will begin with a potluck dinner together at 6:30. Following dinner, we will spend about an hour together in prayer and finish up around 8:00.

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Open For Prayer on August 27

“The church is not empowered to live differently from any other gathering of people without God’s Spirit.” – Francis Chan

Join us this Friday as we open for prayer. Deeply rooted in our story is our desire to be a people marked by an awareness and responsiveness to God’s Presence, God’s Spirit. In prayer we enter into places of stillness and silence so God’s Spirit can be noticed and allowed to shape us.

We encounter God’s Spirit through corporate prayer and contemplative prayer. Each is an avenue for placing ourselves in the presence of the Spirit so we may be empowered to live differently. We are open for prayer. Join us at 7pm.

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Church in the Park on August 21

Natomas Crossroads Church invites you to Church in the Park on Saturday, August 21 at Ancil Hoffman Park. The schedule for the day includes:

• 10:30am Church — Bring lawn chairs, or blankets to sit on the ground.
• 10:30am Scavenger Hunt — A special activity just for kids.
• 11:15am Baptism — Wear comfortable shoes so you can trek over cobble stones down to the river.
• 12:00noon Lunch — Bring your favorite food to share.  Plates, glasses, napkins, flatwear, drinks, and watermelon will be provided.
• 1:00pm Activities — Bike ride, nature trail, Native American village, nature center, and other activities on your own.

Bike Ride.  Pedal the northeast section of the American River Bike Trail—a 26-mile hike & bike trail that meanders along the river to Folsom Lake.

Nature Trail Walk.  Meander trails through parts of the 77-acre nature preserve.  May be able to see deer, squirrels, coyotes, wild turkeys, rabbits, snakes, hawks, owls, woodpeckers, songbirds and waterfowl on the river and ponds, as well as tracks or signs of many other animals.

Nature Center.  There’s always something new and unique to experience at Effie Yaw Nature Museum [Sacramento’s only nature center]. Check out the Discovery Room Wild Life Exhibits which are designed to be fun AND educational.  Exhibits include multi-sensory hands-on activities for people of all ages.

Nisenan Maidu Summer Village.  Stroll on your own through the replica Indian summer village complete with shelters, grinding rock, acorn granary, & fire pit.

Potluck and Prayer on August 20

“God always meets us where we are and slowly moves us along into deeper things.” – Richard Foster

We have decided to be a community that is learning to pray. We believe prayer will help us to heal, to love, and to hear. We believe we will learn about ourselves, and the people with whom we worship and serve. And we believe it is something we must learn to do together. Join us this Friday evening for an opportunity to continue learning to pray. We begin with sharing a light potluck meal at 6:30 pm at the church and then provide two distinct hour-long opportunities to practice prayer: corporate and contemplative.

Come learn to pray with us – Potluck 6:30 pm – Prayer 7:00 pm

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Open For Prayer on August 13

“Superficiality is the curse of our age.” – Richard Foster

Crossroads exists for all of you. We deeply value creating space that allows for authenticity, for the real you to be embraced, welcomed and brought into the presence of God.

We welcome you, the real you, to join us this Friday at 7 pm as we open our doors for prayer. In prayer we learn to allow God and others to see us as we really are. We receive permission to live authentically and openly as we join with others in a conversation with God and as we come to stillness in contemplative prayer. Opportunities for both will be available.

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Healthy U on August 9

Volkssport Walking for Fun & Health

Barbara Nuss

Barbara Nuss became hooked on walking the volkssport way on Valentine’s Day 1988.  She loved the fact that someone chose the date, the time and made up a route — all she had to do was show up!  In 2003 the Sacramento Walking Sticks had 15 members; in July 2004 Barbara became president and now the Sacramento Walking Sticks has 491 members and over 2,000 email addresses on the “walk alert” list.  The club is the largest volkssport club in the United States, and probably the most active with a full calendar of events such as “Friendship Walks”, art walks, bike/walks, and out of town walks with other chapters.  A look at the Sacramento Walking Sticks July calendar shows 15 local and regional walking events — non-competitive and open to members and non-members alike.

In real life Barbara is the mother of a son who this month is on his way to Army basic training.  Barbara has worked at the Cosumnes River College library for 30 years.  She loves to walk!

Dinner service begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by the presentation at 7:00 p.m. Space is limited and cost is $10 per person. Please call 916-835-8132 for reservations or email to charleen.HealthyU(a)gmail.com.

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Free Medical Clinic on August 7

Our free medical clinic is available to anyone with no health insurance or who cannot afford treatment. If you have insurance, please use it so that this free clinic can be for people who have no other access to a doctor.

Are you worried a lingering sore throat might be strep throat? Are you diabetic and need help getting your blood sugar under control? Are you worried about cholesterole? Do you need a prescription refill to take to the pharmacy? Our medical staff will see patients 5 years old and up, and can help you with these types of basic medical care.

Quality medical care is provided for people who need it. Friendly volunteers will greet you and help with the medical history form. All of our clinic staff maintain the strictest standards for keeping medical records confidential between you and the doctor that will treat you. Spanish translation is also available when necessary.

This month we have three health care providers for the clinic. This means we will be able to register 45 patients to be seen. Additional patients will be accepted at the end of the day if there is time available. We are sorry to limit the number of patients the doctors see, but we also want to provide quality care and that takes time. We hope you understand.

Natomas Crossroads Clinic is partially funded by the genrosity of the Kaiser Permanente Community Grants Benefit Program of Northern California Region-Sacramento Valley Area. We also have received partial funding from Catholic Healthcare West in Sacramento.

If you have any questions about the clinic you can reach one of our staff by calling 916-514-6163 or sending an email message to nccfree(a)gmail.com. The staff can provide detailed information about the type of care provided at the clinic.

This is a recurring event that happens the first Saturday of each month from 1:00 to 6:00 pm. The next several events will be: Aug 7, Sep 4, and Oct 2.

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