Crossings Community Church

Upcoming Events

March 23:
9:00 am Worship Service- One Life Ministries- Sermon by One LIfe student, Owen Davis

March 30:
9:00 am Worship Service- "Judas: Thief and Betrayer", Pastor Calvin Bucher

April 6:
9:00 am Worship Service- "Peter: On This Rock I Will Build My Church", Pastor Calvin Bucher

April 6:
10:30-11:15am- Youth Sunday School in the Schoolhouse...studying New Testament book 1 Peter. Good stuff! Bring a friend!

April 13:
9:00 am Worship Service- LifeCycles Ministry Update and sermon by LC Director Lee DeRemer

April 20:
9:00 am Worship Service- "Easter Celebration", Pastor Rich Nolt

April 27:
9:00 am Worship Service- "The Theology of Play" Dr. Kevin Gushiken, LBC Dean/School of Bible & Ministry

Times & Location

Crossings Community Church
8 South Erisman Road
Manheim, PA 17545

Live Video Worship Service access via ZOOM link https://tinyurl.com/CrossingsCC

or phone 1-646-558-8656 (Meeting ID 896-5574-6433)

Sunday Worship 9:00–10:15 am

Sunday School (Adults) 10:30–11:15 am

Sunday School (Youth) 1st & 3rd Sundays 10:30–11:15am

Sunday Sermon Re-cap & Prayer Group (all ages) 10:30–11:15 am

Phone: (717) 653-4791
Email: crossingscc21@gmail.com
Lead Pastor: Rich Nolt Assistant Pastor: Calvin Bucher Elders: Marlin Martin, Tina Snyder

Why We Exist

Our focus… “Loving God, loving people, and inviting all to do the same”. Crossings Community Church includes people like you and me uniting to receive, relate to, and respond to God’s love.

Life’s journey is filled with many crossings and connections with people and situations ordained by God. Our desire, as Crossings Community Church, is that we will live into the fullness of Christ, the joy of the Lord, and a heart of surrender to God’s will.

Our prayer is that we will be deeply in love with Jesus, surrendering attitudes of self-reliance and pride. We see God as our first love who orders every moment of our days.

What we believe Our history

Services

March 30, 2025 - Crossings CC - Calvin Bucher (Bulletin)

March 23, 2025 - Crossings CC - One Life (Bulletin)

March 16, 2025 - Crossings CC - Calvin Bucher (Bulletin)

March 9, 2025 - Crossings CC - Calvin Bucher (Bulletin)

March 2, 2025 - Crossings CC - Jay Peters (Bulletin)

February 23, 2025 - Crossings CC - Calvin Bucher (Bulletin)

February 16, 2025 - Crossings CC - Calvin Bucher (Bulletin)

February 9, 2025 - Crossings CC - Rich Nolt (Bulletin)

January 26, 2025 - Crossings CC - Calvin Bucher (Bulletin)

January 19, 2025 - Crossings CC - Rich Nolt (Bulletin)

January 12, 2025 - Crossings CC - Calvin Bucher (Bulletin)

January 5, 2025 - Crossings CC - Calvin Bucher (Bulletin)

December 29, 2024 - Crossings CC - Rich Nolt (Bulletin)

December 22, 2024 - Crossings CC - Rich Nolt - Special Music (Bulletin)

December 15, 2024 - Crossings CC - Calvin Bucher (Bulletin)

December 8, 2024 - Crossings CC - Calvin Bucher (Bulletin)

December 1, 2024 - Crossings CC - Calvin Bucher (Bulletin)

November 24, 2024 - Crossings CC - Dave Musser (Bulletin)

November 10, 2024 - Crossings CC - Calvin Bucher (Bulletin)

November 3, 2024 - Crossings CC - Calvin Bucher (Bulletin)

Youth Group

Crossings Youth Group

11:30am-2:00pm, at the Schoolhouse at Crossings CC
3rd Sunday in January-May
LUNCH provided 11:30-noon
All youth in Grades 6–12
Come for lunch and fun activities!
Advisors: Beth & Claudio, Abby, Tina & Nate, Julia & Rich

Youth Sunday School

10:30-11:30am
1st and 3rd Sunday of each month.
Youth gather and connect for Biblical teaching and encouragement at to the Schoolhouse at Crossings CC.
Join us in your journey to be who God has called you to be. You are precious in His sight and you are welcome in this place. Email questions to “youth advisor” at crossingscc21@gmail.com
Teachers: Tina & Nate, Julia & Rich

Activity Schedule

May 18:
11:30am-2:00pm Youth Lunch in the Schoolhouse & Hiking at the White Cliffs of Canoy. Bring frends!

Ministry Opportunity: Sewing Circle

Thank you to all who recently contributed supplies, dollars, and time to assemble many Hygiene Kits for MCC’s distribution to those in need!

Erisman Sewing Circle was begun in 1933 during the Great Depression. A group of ladies began sewing clothing for destitute people in our community. Today our inter-faith group sews comforters for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). These handmade blankets are distributed to people around the world whose lives have been disrupted by war or disaster. A comforter provides not only warmth but also a tangible message to people that their needs are not forgotten. Due to the covid pandemic our group is not meeting in person. We currently work out of our homes and produce about 50 comforters a month. Some cut patches, some design tops, others sew or knot the final product. We also donate relief kits, hygiene kits and infant care kits to MCC as funds allow. We welcome anyone who wants to answer God’s call to “Uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. To rescue the weak and the needy.” We agree with the apostle John: “Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and truth.” To join our circle or to donate contact crossingscc21@gmail.com.

Our History

Over two hundred years ago, people settled in this area of Rapho Township, Lancaster County, PA and worshipped the same God we worship and serve today. In 1799, Abraham Erisman sold one acre of land to Samuel Nissley and Christian Metz, trustees of the Mennonite Society of the western part of Rapho Township. The meetinghouse was made of rough stone and was in constant use until it was replaced with another structure in 1891.

God’s faithfulness was present through the generations as this group of anabaptists worshipped under the name of Erisman Mennonite Church and as the name was updated to Crossings Community Church on October 3, 2021. During the past decade, God brought Erisman Mennonite Church to a healthy point of humility and full dependance upon God. God’s calling to make disciples of Christ guides our worship as we live into being a church able to be used for God’s mission.

During the years 2019-2021, God gave the church renewed purpose and joy as we embraced a shift from “going to church” to “being the church”. Plans were made for celebrating the 232 years of Erisman Mennonite Church’s ministry and embracing the October 2021 re-starting as the church called Crossings Community Church. The new name reminds us of God’s faithfulness and constant provision through all of life’s crossings.

Why Crossings Community Church? Crossings focuses on the CROSS, our hope in Jesus. We are crossing the “Jordan” by faith into the unknown God has for us…we want to minister to the many who cross by our church and in our lives daily…we are mindful of God’s divine purpose as we cross paths with others…and finally, we are a Biblical Community, opening our doors widely to all who seek to worship, learn from, and serve Jesus.

LMC (Lancaster Mennonite Conference), a fellowship of Anabaptist Congregations, continues to provide oversight as the congregation relates to the other churches in Manheim District of LMC.