A Message from Pastor Ryan Marsh:  

Dear Sisters and Brothers of Crossroads Lutheran Church,

It is with great joy and a full heart that I accept your invitation and God's call to the role of Crossroads pastor. I thank God for you and your faithful ministry in San Tan, Florence, and the many summer locations to which you are sent by God's Spirit.  Your faith had already been reported to me by several seemingly "random" sources.  In fact, I hope to share with you soon the many divine circumstances that have brought us together in life and ministry.

We are eager to be with you in person, but even before we do I urge you to pray for me and my family daily, and we shall do the same for you.  Pray also for one another, bearing each other's burdens.  Take this very seriously, for through this you will know without a doubt that our Lord Jesus cares for you, and likewise our neighbors will discover that we truly are Christ's hands and feet, not only in word, but in action.  I give you my vow to unashamedly proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, because it is the "power of God that brings salvation to all who believe" (Romans 1:16).  

Disciples of Jesus, pray also for the new disciples who are to come.  Even now the Holy Spirit is planting in their hearts the longing to receive Jesus and be joined with his Church.  May God make us worthy of the awesome task ahead of us!

Greet Vicar Lelia and President Rondi for me, and, as Thessalonians says, "acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work."  Likewise, greet Don and Cheri, whose generosity and hospitality are unmatched.

Please read these words publicly when you gather and share them with the disciples abroad, whom I long to meet in person when temperatures cool!

Now, may the God of hope

fill you with all joy and peace

as you trust in him

so that you might overflow with hope

through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Amen

Ryan & Bonnie,

Moses, Juniper and Simon