Welcome to The Crossing
The Crossing is a new faith community in Vancouver, Washington, part of the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church.
We are committed to expressing personal faith while serving places of greatest social need. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey–from questioning to conviction–we invite you to this new ministry!
Join us for Worship, this Sunday, 10:00 AM at
Our Torah explicitly commands us, 'Thou shall not stand idle while thy neighbor bleeds.' (Robert Levine) Our task is to present news of the gospel more than views of religion. (Unknown)
Help given to souls is effective only if it goes far enough really to prepare them for affliction. This is no small thing. (Simone Weil) Never believe anything…until it is officially denied. (Claud Cockburn) As Christians we are on the witness stand…not the judgment seat. (Leslie Newbigin) When democracy, instead of being a limited and pragmatic device of government, becomes a religion…[and] when the people become the measure of all things – then faith must challenge democracy. (H. Richard Niebuhr) Dear God, make me thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom it seems a pity not to use it all, but Thou knowest Lord, that I want a few friends at the end. (Unknown) O Lord, Keep my mind free of the recital of endless details: give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips on my aches and pains. They are increasing, and rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by. (Unknown) We proclaim no personal gospel that fails to express itself in relevant social concerns; we proclaim no social gospel that does not include the personal transformation of sinners. (Book of Discipline, UMC) Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. (Joshua 1:9) The absolute essentials for worship are a sense of mystery and an admission of pain. (Robert Shaw) Poverty is not beautiful and can, just like riches, corrupt the soul. Power corrupts, but so too does powerlessness. (Ronald Rolheiser) Grace: The underserved unmerited and loving action of God in human existence through the ever-present Holy Spirit. (Book of Discipline, UMC) Justice is what love looks like in public. (Cornel West) Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander. (Yahuda Baurer) If the example of the saints is too much for us, we should at least have enough pride not to let ourselves be outdistanced by pagans. (Erasmus) I have been in sorrow’s kitchen…I have licked out all the pots. (Zora Thurston Neale) I have no interest in a theology that cannot be preached. (James Denney) O Lord, Keep me reasonably sweet: I do not want to be a saint some of them are so hard to live with, but a sour old person is one of the crowning works of the devil. (Unknown) If you can’t stand to be alone in silence with yourself, why do you inflict yourself on us. (Carl Jung) |
Meet Pastor Andy
