Welcome to Stafford Street Community Church

A GLOBAL METHODIST CHURCH AFFILIATE

We envision multiplying disciples of Jesus Christ as we worship passionately, love extravagantly, and witness boldly.

We are friendly, prayerful and

Jesus centered

Join Us

We are now a part of the Global Methodist Church.
Worship - 10:00am
Coffee Fellowship @ 9:15am Every Sunday

12348 Stafford St. Ravenna 49451

GOD BLESS

 

Making disciples of Jesus Christ

and spreading scriptural

holiness across the globe.

Upcoming Events

  • Adult Sunday School - Every Sunday after church service when school is in service.

  • SSCC Women’s Luncheon Group will be meeting (will update with information as I get it) June 29th @ Ravenna Round Table @ 11:30am. Please reserve your spot, you can call the church office at 231-853-6688. Come join a great time of fellowship and prayer.

  • Have you walked by our church on the sidewalk and noticed a Green & Yellow church mailbox? This for anyone who is walking by, if God is laying something on their hearts and you feel you have someone or something heavy on your heart that you would like us to pray for. There are Prayer/Concern Sheets inside the box, along with pen for anyone to write down their request. We will pray on these the following Sunday during our Prayer/Praise time of the service. CHECK IT OUT! Our small church & community area churches are a prayerful community, and believe it or not, GOD does answer our prayers!!

  • Every Wednesday morning, September thru May, the Women’s Group “Stafford Street Sowers” meets @ 9am. Our Mission: Sewing to Sow: Sowing the love of Christ through prayer, sewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting and needle work. Please join in for a fun time of fellowship and working on your own projects. Anyone and all are welcome!! Bring a friend!! Pack a lunch. The season will begin in September.

  • We celebrate the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ in Holy Communion the first Sunday of each month. We welcome any and all denominations to participate. Communion will be served on July 5th this month!!

  • The second Sunday of each month, September through May. Our Church Potluck has concluded for this season until July 19th, when we will have a church picnic. Main meat will be supplied as well as beverages and table settings. Please bring a dish to pass. This will be immediately after Sunday Worship service.

  • We are beginning our ShoeBox Mission for those in need in outer countries. We fill these boxes with toys, clothing and personal items. Please contact 231-853-6688 if you have items that you would like to donate to this cause.

DIRECTIONS TO: STAFFORD STREET COMMUNITY CHURCH 12348 STAFFORD STREET

  • DIRECTIONS: From Kent city M-46 (Apple Ave) west to South Slocum Road, West on Stafford Street to 12348 Stafford (just before Beechnau Elementary).

  • From Muskegon M-46 (Apple Ave) East to Ravenna Road (South) to Hts. Ravenna. East on Hts. Ravenna to 4 way stop. Turn South on Thomas (By Beechnau Elementary) to 4 way stop @ Stafford St. Church is on the North side.

  • From Grand Haven: 104 East to Nunica exit, north to Cleveland to East Street (Ravenna/Coopersville Rd) to Stafford St. West on Stafford. Church is on the North side before 4 way stop.

CROSSROADS July NEWSLETTER

From Pastors Desk:

Why is the church green?

Kingdomtide

Kingdomtide is a liturgical season observed in the autumn by the United Methodist Church, particularly in the United States, and certain other Protestant denominations. 

Methodist and Presbyterian Usage

Kingdomtide is a liturgical season or sub-season observed only by Protestant churches, especially Methodists and Presbyterians. Green is traditionally the color of the day throughout this season as it is a part of the season of Ordinary Time. In 1937, the Federal Council of Churches (now known as the National Council of Churches) recommended that the entire part of the Christian calendar between Pentecost and Advent be named Kingdomtide; however, two years later the Methodist Episcopal Church adopted the term only for the second half of this time period.

Precise criteria for determining when Kingdomtide begins vary in different localities. The most common practice is to start the season on the Sunday on or nearest August 31, which gives Kingdomtide 13 Sundays every year; in some places, Kingdomtide begins on the last Sunday in August, giving the season 13 Sundays in some years and 14 in others. The last Sunday of Kingdomtide is usually designated the Feast of Christ the King.

The liturgy for Kingdomtide stresses charity and assistance to the poor, in contrast to the preceding season of Pentecost, when a more spiritual mission is emphasized. Green vestments and paraments are used at church services during Kingdomtide, replacing the red used on the Sundays after Pentecost (in churches that do not recognize Kingdomtide as a separate season, green is generally deployed throughout the entire period between Pentecost and Advent).

In the United Methodist Church since the 1990s the observance of Kingdomtide has been on the decline, with many United Methodist churches adopting the more common ecumenical pattern of wearing green vestments on the Sundays After Pentecost.

In recent years Asbury Theological Seminary, an institution with Methodist roots has observed Kingdomtide as a way to frame their worship during the fall semester leading up until the Feast of Christ the King. J. D. Walt, the dean of the chapel at Asbury, says, "KingdomTide is like a banner we are unfurling to declare the mercy and justice of God in word and deed to the whole world."

Pastor Dave

Sermons for the Month of July 2026

God Never Said That Theme

July 5 2026

Week 1: Too Much too Handle

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1: 8-10;

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us,

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 New International Version

 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions,in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
July 12 2026

God Never Said That

Week 2: Forgive, don’t Forget
Scripture: Ephesians 4:31-32;                                                                                                                    Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Colossians 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
July  19, 2026

God Never Said That
Week 3: More Than Happy
1 Peter 1:15-16; 
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
John 15:9-11, 
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
Philippians 1:6                                                                                                                                      being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
July 26 2026

God Never Said That
Week 4: Does it Really?
Scripture Romans 8:28; 
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Genesis 50:20
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.


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MARS-Missions for Area Ravenna Services.

MAY MARS report

Hello, During the month of May we provided 28 people with food assistance. 14 adults, 14 children and a total of 9 families.

Thank you for your continued prayer and support.

Paula,

MARS Representative  

If you are able to help supply any or all of these, please drop off at any of our local churches, Ravenna Market or at the Muskegon County Library, Ravenna Branck MAR tote. Monetary donations may be made to: MARS, PO Box 107, Ravenna MI 49451

If you are having troubles making ends meet with food or hygiene products for your family, please reach out to any of our local area churches in the Ravenna area, and we will lead you to a contact person. You can reach our church, Stafford Street Community Church @ 231-853-6688, or you may call 231-798-5242, and leave a message, if no one answers, PLEASE, leave your name and number and a member of MARS will contact you!! PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST LIVE IN THE RAVENNA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ACCESS OUR MARS PROGRAM. IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT PLEASE CALL 211 FOR ASSITANCE.

PRAISE THE LORD, OUR GOD!! Thank you and may God Bless you today, tomorrow and always.