Crossroads Restart
Crossroads is undergoing a "mission restart" until Easter 2026.
During that time, we're pulling back from our regular worship schedule to spend our time learning about our community and fine-tuning our ministry.
If you'd like more information, we'd love to hear from you! Email Pastor Jake at pastor@crossroadschicago.org.
Crossroads Chicago Mission Restart
As Crossroads enters into a restart phase, it’s important to understand what it is, and why we are doing it. Below are answers to some of these questions so that we can all be aligned and understand the task ahead of us.
WHAT IS A RESTART PHASE?
When a church has been through a significant disruption, like a long vacancy, it can be beneficial to take a step back from the usual week to week operations for a period of time in order to re-calibrate on identity and strategy. This break from regular activity provides space to better understand and re-engage with the community. At the end of the restart phase, the goal is to relaunch with an updated identity and vision for how the church will operate.
WHY RESTART CROSSROADS?
Crossroads has experienced a number of major disruptions in its recent past. Covid, the loss of access to our worship space, and a 20 month vacancy have disrupted nearly every aspect of church life. On top of all of that, Chicago is a different place than it was before 2020. A restart phase for Crossroads now will give us an opportunity to re-calibrate on who we are, and who our community will be moving forward.
HOW WILL IT WORK?
Our restart phase is planned for approximately 8 months (August 2025 - March 2026), with the goal to relaunch on Easter Sunday 2026 (April 5th). During this time we will operate differently.
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We will meet at Courtenay the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. These Sundays will be a shortened worship service, followed by a meeting to discuss various topics based on the restart schedule.
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Other Sundays we will not meet for formal services, but will spend the time focused on community engagement.
LAUNCH
We will launch the new Crossroads on April 5th, 2026 (Easter) at Courtenay Elementary. After which we will return to regular Sunday services at Courtenay.