Upcoming Events
ReBoot Recovery
REBOOT is a 12-week, faith-based, peer-led course empowering everyday people to overcome trauma and embrace a brighter future. Too many never really heal from trauma, and trauma ends up controlling their lives. Maybe that’s you. Through practical teaching and a supportive community, REBOOT can help you begin to break free from the pain of your past and find renewed purpose and strength. It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it.
Sisters Christmas Brunch - Freeport
Join Crossroads Sisters (6th grade and up) as we celebrate in style, enjoying a delicious brunch with other ladies and a timely word from Pastor Lisa Clay.
Kids Christmas Program
Who’s ready for some holiday cheer!? Your family is invited to ours as your kids celebrate Christ’s birth with us.
Click this event to find service times and campus addresses.
Surviving the Holidays - Freeport
Holidays are challenging when you're grieving a loss. GriefShare Surviving the Holidays provides encouragement, support, and valuable tools to navigate the season. By joining us for this seminar, you’ll find encouragement, support, and valuable tools to navigate the season.
Golden Christmas Memories Bells Concert
The Winnebago Handbell Team will be presenting "Golden Christmas Memories"!
Come journey through the celebration of Christmas as we explore its story through music! Also, there will be a donation-based bake sale held during intermission to support our Crave Youth students.
Due to limited seating, registration is required. Please sign up for our 3 PM or 6 PM showtimes.
Christmas Eve Services
This Christmas, we’re celebrating what matters most—the birth of Jesus Christ. As we mark His “golden birthday,” we invite you and your family to join us for candlelight services at any of our six locations or online. Enjoy beautiful worship, a traditional candlelight ceremony, and an uplifting Christmas message.
Crave Winter Retreat
Hey Crave Students & Parents! We're excited to announce that we're trying something new this year - Winter Retreat! On February 6th-8th, Crave is going to be a part of Lake Geneva Youth Camp's Above (Winter Retreat). We get to go be a part of this awesome retreat where they provide lodging, food, a speaker, winter outdoor activities, and worship! This retreat will include other youth groups that will be there while we are there, so it will allow us to meet new people and make new friends.
Country Harvest Party - Freeport
A country harvest party complete with line dancing, roping, a pie eating contest, games, hay rides, an apple slingshot, and MORE!
Join us for a fun afternoon for the whole family.
Crave One Night
One Night is a network-wide youth gathering for any students in 6th - 12th grades. We will have fun games, prizes, and free food!
Most importantly, we will worship the Lord passionately with faith that He wants to see us free and redeemed! We will be taught that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). We are called to be lights in dark places, and we can do that through the freedom of salvation. Your student will not want to miss this!
Trunk-Or-Treat - Galena
Don't miss this Trunk or Treat at Crossroads Community Church! This is a free event for all. Children will get to trick-or-treat at all the trunks. We will have bounce houses, face painting, crafts, carnival games & prizes! Food will also be available for purchase.
Men's Retreat - Freeport
The Crucible: Building Men of Faith, Focus, and Fire: In the heat of life, true strength is forged.
The Crucible is a call to men ready to step out of distraction and into purpose—where the pressures of life aren't avoided but embraced as the very fire God uses to form fathers, leaders, and men of conviction.
This isn’t about hype or hustle. It’s about returning to the basics: grounding yourself in God’s Word, leading your home with clarity, and living with unshakable focus. Like metal refined by fire, this is where men are shaped—stripped of what’s shallow and strengthened for what matters most.
Women's Conference - Freeport
You are invited to join us in the main auditorium for the Build My Life Women’s Conference! We will enjoy meaningful times of worship and sessions featuring our own Mary Thom, Julie Kleier, and Jen Woodward.
We hope to see you at the conference, where we will gather to be refreshed as we build our lives on the Lord!
Mom's Day Out
Moms, come enjoy some coffee and conversation as the children play. Please feel free to invite any moms who would appreciate support and encouragement in their life.
Women's Brunch - Galena
Join us for our Women’s Church Brunch — an inspiring morning designed to connect, nourish, and uplift. Enjoy a delicious meal while building meaningful relationships with fellow women of faith. Bring a dish to share and a friend.
Life Group Leader Training
Have you ever felt like there's more? More to learn, more to give, more to become in your walk with God? If you're feeling stuck, unchallenged, or even just ready for the next step, this might be exactly what you're looking for.
Join us for a morning of practical teaching, real stories, and encouragement for Life Group leaders and those exploring leadership. Whether you’re currently leading, have led before, or are just curious, this event will inspire and equip you to help others grow in faith and community.
Winnebago Baptism
Come on out for some family-filled fun! The Winnebago Campus wants to celebrate Jesus’s impact on our lives together. A family barbecue and baptisms will happen at the Freedlund Farm. Bring a chair and a life jacket for swimming afterwards.
Global Leadership Summit
The Global Leadership Summit brings together curious, growth-minded leaders and aspiring leaders—including those who don’t yet realize the value of their influence.
Get your infusion of actionable leadership insights & inspiration, learn from a diverse world-class faculty, and leverage the Summit as a resource to transform yourself and your community. Join with people from 110+ countries and 55+ languages who attend the Summit around the world
Color Blast
Color Blast is a night of fun and relationship for our Crave Youth family. It is on July 30th, and all campuses are invited to attend. We will have food and games, and we will be doing a color blast event with paint and colored powder in the field at our Freeport Campus. Make sure to wear white and bring a friend. You won’t want to miss Color Blast this year!
Tools For School - Polo
Crossroads is all about raising the next generation of leaders. That includes your children!
Sign up today to receive school supplies for your family through our backpack/school supply drive. Ensure your children have everything they need for the upcoming school year by registering now. Let us support you in preparing your kids for success.
VBS - Winnebago
Join us for an unforgettable adventure at Vacation Bible School (VBS) at Crossroads Community Church!
This year’s theme is Road Trip, where kids will embark on an exciting journey to discover God through engaging Bible stories, hands-on lessons, creative crafts, uplifting music, exciting science experiments, and fun recreational activities.
Crave Camp
Crave Camp is an incredible 5-day-long experience at a new location - Rock River Christian Camp in Polo, IL. From outdoor activities like paintball, high ropes, and swimming, to laughing and making memories with your small group, there is something for everyone! During camp, your student(s) will eat great, sleep comfortably, meet new friends, create lifelong memories, and experience summer break in a whole new way as they learn, discover, or try something new. The best part of summer camp is getting away from all of the noise and encountering the presence of God! Get ready for a new place and new life change!
Kidzlink Summer Camp
Kidzlink has always aimed to be the best part of your kids’ week. Now, let’s take it to the next level! This will be a week filled with summertime fun with plenty of opportunities for God to speak into your child’s heart.
Child Dedication - Galena
When raising kids, we understand the importance of guiding your children to a fruitful and healthy life. For in Psalms 8:2 says, “Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.”
This is why we invite any parent to bring their child/children to partake in a public statement of faith: that you wish to raise your child under God's grace and wisdom.
Warrior Way - Men’s Conference
Strong on the outside, exhausted on the inside? What would your life look like to raise your level of leadership for your family, work, or business?
Join Pastor Rich Clay and Ben Martin to learn five areas that will change the way you look at the world and change the way the world looks at you.
Welcome Party - Winnebago
If you’re new to Crossroads, then the Welcome Party is for you!
You’ll get to know the Winnebago staff, hear some great stories, and learn more about Crossroads. Regardless of where you are in your faith journey, coming to a Welcome Party is the place to start. We can't wait to connect with you!
Lunch will be provided. | Registration ends May 14th.
Child Dedication
When raising kids, we understand the importance of guiding your children to a fruitful and healthy life. For in Psalms 8:2 says, “Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.”
This is why we invite any parent to bring their child/children to partake in a public statement of faith: that you wish to raise your child under God's grace and wisdom.
Each campus will be hosting this during service on Mother’s Day weekend.
Journey To Us | Marriage Conference
Join us for five sessions over two days to find you and your spouse’s way back to a marriage that feels like the safest place on earth.
We will learn about Building a Safe and Secure Marriage; Learning How to Have Healthy Conflict; Caring for Yourself and Your Spouse; Being Completely Known and Loved; and Working as Teammates.
Easter
Easter is a celebration of goodness and hope, but do you feel those things in your life? Do you believe there's good ahead? Or that God loves you? Easter at Crossroads is a chance for you to bring those questions and learn more about Jesus for yourself.
Details change per campus. Find your campus details below by selecting your campus!
Good Friday
Join us on Good Friday as we come together to reflect on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Our Good Friday services are a time of solemn remembrance and deep gratitude for the ultimate love displayed on the cross.
Maundy Thursday
Join us on Maundy Thursday as we come together to reflect on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Our Maundy Thursday services are a time of solemn remembrance and deep gratitude for the ultimate love displayed on the cross.
Easter Outreach
Easter has tons of opportunities to partner with local partners and to celebrate the season within our communities! Events and details change per campus. Find your campus details below by selecting your campus!
Brothers Breakfast - Freeport
Hey Guys! You are invited for a morning of fun, faith, and food!
Bring your friends and join us for this event hosted by Crossroads Freeport Men’s Ministry
Night of Worship - Freeport
Our Worship Night is a time of extended worship where we come together as a church family to worship God, sing songs, and pray. We set aside the busyness of life and the stress of our circumstances to praise God for who He is.
This time, we will be worshiping over at the Father’s House. We hope to see you there!
Next Is Now
Our Kidzlink and Crave leaders are the lifeblood of our NextGen ministry at Crossroads! If you serve or are interested in serving in NextGen, join us for a night of encouragement, equipping, and fellowship at the Freeport Campus Small Auditorium. Next Is Now starts on February 21, from 6-9 pm (doors open at 5:30 pm).
Dinner will be provided
Childcare is provided
Registration ends on February 9th.
Have any questions? Ask our Kidzlink Team at kidzlink@crossroadscn.com or call (815) 233-9004.
Men's Breakfast Bowl
Join the men for a buffet breakfast and a special message from best-selling author Jay Payleitner, Make the World a Better Place based on his latest book Checking the Boxes Only You Can Check.
BASICS:
DATES: February 8, 8-10 AM
LOCATION: Winnebago Campus
COST: Free
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 1st
Welcome Party & Growth Track
New here? Let’s Connect
Join us after service for lunch and our combined Welcome Party & Growth Track!
Our Welcome Parties are a great time to meet other new people and connect with Pastor Rich and the leadership team. Expect to have fun, hear some great stories, and learn more about Crossroads.
Growth Track - Freeport
Growth Track guides you to discover your redemptive purpose and live the life God created for you! Join us as we look at what it means to BELONG to a family, BECOME all God has created you to be, and BUILD - making a difference together.
We are excited to be on this journey with you!
- Lunch will be provided