Crossroads Celebration Church

Experience football displayed on a high-def projector the way it’s meant to be watched. We’re providing food on the grill so make sure you come hungry. The only thing you need to provide is a chair to enjoy the game. Anything from folding chairs to a La-Z-Boy recliner; if you can haul it we can find space for it. When: Monday Nights starting at kick-off Where: 1306 SE Waywin Cr. Ankeny, IA (Tuttle’s Garage) What to bring: A chair and a friend AKPC_IDS += "607,"; Read More →

Preacher: Mark Tuttle (33), Bob Scrivner (1), Mark Adams (1), Shannon Grommon (1). Book: Exodus (1), 1 Samuel (1), Isaiah (1), Matthew (1), John (2), Romans (1), 1 Corinthians (1), Philippians (1), Colossians (1), 1 Thessalonians (1), 2 Timothy (1), Hebrews (1), 2 Peter (1), Revelation (2). … (5 more) Series: Faithbook (4), Summer Blockbuster Movies (6), Transformation (4),... (more...)

Join Crossroads Church May 16-June 13 for a sermon series on Apologetics, the discipline of defending and recommending your faith. “And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it. But do this in a gentle and respectful way.” 1 Peter 3.15-16 NLT May 16 GOD May 23 SCRIPTURES May 30 HUMANKIND June 6 SALVATION June 13 LAST THINGS AKPC_IDS += "542,"; Read More →

On Tuesday, April 27th I will be sharing the last chapter in our Ethics class on environmental ethics.  I will ask the students what they do to help keep the earth green.   Most students have some things they do and on occasion there is one or two students who can’t think of a thing they have done to conserve energy or clean up the planet. Today I installed our first ever rain barrel.  For the last two years it has been on my list to do and I even wanted to make my own.  A few weeks ago... (more...)

What an absolutely amazing God we have. We just finished the Lent into Easter season and we had a great sermon series.  I am not patting myself on the back.  If it were just me, it would have been a disaster of a series.  But God was pumping out his Word despite me.  Then we turn around and start this Transformation series to really celebrate new life of Easter.  I started out really hesitant and looking over it I was sure I made the wrong choice in doing a four week series on Transformation.... (more...)

Beginning on April 11, join Crossroads as we discover the secret of transformation. Take your everyday, ordinary life and place it before God. Be transformed from the inside out through Christ. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 AKPC_IDS += "532,"; Read More →

I may have given the wrong impression on my last blog about being at UNI and playing tennis.  I was not on the tennis team.  It was a PE course.  Tim Grover was my partner at class and a couple of years later I was the pastor at his parents church.  I baptized some of my tennis partners kids and officiated at his brother’s wedding.  I also took archery as a PE class. I did earn my life guard license at UNI also and was a church camp life guard for two summers in Cedar Falls. I know that... (more...)

Yes, I am an alumni of UNI in 1983.  I have had a niece graduate from there and several young friends as well.  Ran into a classmate and friend yesterday from UNI.  He and I played tennis together there. So I just have to give a shout out to UNI who won against KU last week.  It was like David and Goliath.  Nobody thought UNI could beat the number one ranked team.  Even my devout ISU neighbors were cheering on the Panthers. Here’s praying that the UNI Men’s Panther Basketball team... (more...)

I was at the crossing guard corner this morning that I have worked for seven months.  I had this sense of community.  What is your idea of community? I took some kids across the street that I happen to now know by name.  I have a few details of his life and find the kid very polite and pleasant.  I also happen to know his parents vehicles now.  His dad drives the Skinner Carpet Cleaning van.  He waves every time we see each other.  One day I got his attention, he rolled down his window and... (more...)

Thursday was warm enough I almost had my shorts on to be outside.  It was in the sixties in the middle of an Iowa March.  I got the lawn mower out to bag up the dead leaves and things ready to get the lawn ready for spring.  Two days later, I am wearing my long johns and using the snowblower to clear off my driveway of what was said to be six inches of snow. Is it spring or not?  Today is the official first day of spring and my lawn mowing is really short lived! God is full of surprises!  And... (more...)