Dear Friends and Guests,

This week we welcome Eric and Jennifer Garcia as we continue our five-week teaching series, “Marriage & Single Vows.” No matter what your marital status, you will learn biblical principles for establishing and maintaining healthy relationships. If this is your first time visiting, we feel honored to have you as our guest and pray that you have a genuine experience with God this weekend.

God Bless,Greg and Tamara Dumas Lead Pastor

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The 26.2 Spiritual Race is intricately designed with you in mind! Through the different 26.2 Experiences, you can learn more about The Crossing and its leadership, become involved in a LifeGroup, and understand more about your spiritual gifts. We encourage everyone to join in the race. Register for all the 26.2 Experiences at: www.crossingonline.org. The next experience dates are:

•WarmUp: August 22, registration closes August 15•StartingLine: September 11, registration closes September 5•Mile1: October 2, registration closes September 26•PushingThrough: October 23, registration closes October 17•Momentum: November 13, registration closes November 7•PassItOn: December 4, registration closes November 28

This Weekend at The Crossing: Guest Speakers Eric & Jennifer GarciaEric and Jennifer are the co-founders of the Association of Marriage and Family Ministries (AMFM). AMFM was birthed based on needs they found in their own church and on their belief that the church must lead, by example, the movement to strengthen marriages and families in a community. We are privileged to share in the Garcia’s extensive marriage and relationship knowledge and experience.

KP3 AcademyKP3 is a key component to our ministry here at The Crossing. As part of this vision, we offer a KP3 Academy to raise, train and empower each new generation of leaders. Enrollment is now open. For more information visit http://www.crossingonline.org/kp3.

Before You Say Your Vows...Whether you’re engaged or dating, we want to help you establish a foundation for an enduring union. This two-day pre-marriage class will provide practical tools to help you maintain a strong, successful marriage. Each two-day class consists of a Friday night session, 7 to 9 p.m. and a Saturday session, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Summer Pre-Marital classes will take place on Friday, August 6 and Saturday, August 7. The cost to participate is $60 per couple. Please register online athttp://www.crossingonline.org/pre-marital-class.

Elder ConfirmationThe Crossing Church is pleased to announce that Jim Carter has accepted our invitation to join our team of Elders. Jim will be formally introduced at our First Wednesday Service on August 4th.

Church Wide AuditionsWe will be holding church wide auditions for anyone interested in being a part of the Worship Arts Team at The Crossing Church. We will be auditioning musicians and vocalists September 2nd from 10am-6:00pm and September 4th from 9am-2pm. To set up an audition time, vocalists please contact Morgan Burch at mburch@crossingonline.org, musicians please contact Jon Richardson at jrichardson@crossingonline.org.

LIFEGROUPS

Use the following as a resource for your LifeGroup to go deeper with this week’s message.

We hope this helps you as you “do life together”.

Opener:

1. We’ve never done this before… Play CHARADES. Yes, charades. You will have to get

people to guess something from your past, in particular a role you had, Cheerleader,

McDonald’s employee, 1st chair flute, ROTC, etc.

Digging Deeper:

2. This weekend, the Garcia’s are getting at the root of relationships that suffer due to

the many masks we put on when around people. Take a look again at the five main

opportunities we have to eliminate masks in our relationships and then discuss the two

topics below:

a. Be Approachable – Mark 10:14

b. Keep Open Communications – Matt. 26

c. Reflect Authenticity - Luke 5:30-32

d. Create Trust – Matt. 14:28-31

e. Be a Safe Place – John 4

• To understand each of these areas, look at them from the opposite point of view. For

example, what does it look like in a relationship to not be approachable?

• Which of these areas seems to come most easily to you? Which are the hardest for you?

When it gets hard, can you identify the mask you wear?

Application:

3. If possible, break into groups of two or three based on gender. Allow each person to

share a specific example of how they struggle to remove the mask in relationships.

Using Jesus as the example from Scripture above, what practical steps can be taken to

overcome the mask? What nuggets came from this past weekend’s message that now

seem perfect solutions? Pray!

CREATE TRUST

KEEP OPEN COMMUNICATIONS

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BE APPROACHABLE

Saturday, July 17Sunday, July 18

MARRIAGE/SINGLE VOWSThe Mask: Who Are You?

Matthew 22:37 & 39a Eric & Jennifer Garcia

WELCOME TO THE CROSSING CHURCH

BE A SAFE PLACE

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REFLECT AUTHENTICITY