Crossnore Presbyterian Church Is Up On The Hill

Sunday, April 27, 2025 - 10am Meet with Lynn O'Meara and Cheryl Lewis to affirm their elder training.
11am: Worship services to honor elders who have finished their terms.
12pm: Coffee and cookies to thank past elders and welcome new elders.
12:45pm: Lunch at Cellucci's Italian Restaurant for past, present, and future elders.

Our normally scheduled worship services are held Sundays at 11 am in the Fellowship Hall.

Crossnore Presbyterian Church Donations to our Local Communities was held May through November 2024.
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Peace and joy will extend beyond our church because of the abundant generosity of everyone who contributed to the Christmas Eve Offering this year. We raised over $13,000! Thanks be to God! These donations will be used by Volunteer Avery County for emergency propane, kerosene, gas, and electricity to heat homes of many who are struggling financially this winter. Thanks for caring and sharing!

Over the past four months since Hurricane Helene devastated the mountain communities of Western North Carolina, we have raised $117,000 (from individuals, churches, and foundations) and more contributions continue to come in. Thanks be to God! Contributions have come from all over the country and even as far as Canada! We have spent over $40,000 on relief and recovery projects. Click here for more information on the distribution of the funds.

Samaritan’s Purse, and many churches and service groups continue to work on clearing trees, roads, and debris, rebuilding culverts, laying pipe, providing basic supplies, and finding temporary housing for folks who are still without power.

“Growing Deeper in Faith, Reaching Out in Love” - Mission Statement of Crossnore Presbyterian Church

Please join us for worship every Sunday morning at 11 a.m. in our historic rock sanctuary. We are a very warm and welcoming congregation and delight with each new person who comes through the door. There are no strangers here. We praise God with a mixture of traditional and contemporary hymns and songs. The service is fresh, relevant, and engaging, and leaves one with an inspiring message and mission to take into the week. Coffee Hour in the fellowship hall after worship provides an opportunity for newcomers to get to know some of the members of the church family. For more information, please contact the church office, at 828-733-1939.

If there is inclement weather, we will post the cancellation of in-person worship on the website, Facebook, and the church office phone message. When we are not able to meet in person, Pastor Kathy records her sermon on Zoom and sends it out along with the bulletin and music links.

Pastor Kathy Campbell

The Rev. Kathy Campbell has served at Crossnore Presbyterian Church since 2009 and loves being a small church pastor.

Before coming to Crossnore, Kathy served in campus ministry at six colleges/universities in North Carolina and Virginia in addition to being a solo pastor, co-pastor, and interim pastor. A native of Omaha, Nebraska, she received her B.A. in History and Political Science from Warren Wilson College and her M.Div. from the Divinity School of Duke University.

Rev. Campbell is married to Dr. Karl Campbell, Associate Professor of History, at Appalachian State University, and they are proud parents of Joanna Campbell, who has obtained her Ph.D. program in Chemistry at Duke University.

Maggie Lauterer

Maggie Lauterer Oversees a few services on a regular basis

The Reverend Maggie Lauterer is often referred to by some, as "The Singing Pastor". She grew up in Crossnore, NC attending our church as a child. She became an ordained pastor and had served several congregations before honorably retiring in 2017. Maggie has returned to her childhood church and is actively involved in assisting with preaching, worship, music, and Bible study leadership.

the interior of the church sanctuary

Praising God Through Worship

Our historic rock sanctuary sets the scene for traditional worship. We are a very warm and welcoming congregation and delight with each new person who comes through the door. There are no strangers here. We praise God with a mixture of traditional and contemporary hymns and songs. The service is fresh, relevant, and engaging, and leaves one with an inspiring message and mission to take into the week. Coffee Fellowship in the fellowship hall after worship provides an opportunity for newcomers to get to know some of the members of the church family. Pastor Kathy invites people to join her for lunch from time to time.

You can enter the sanctuary from the front or the back. The front steps of the church, which are handicap accessible, lead to the front door of the sanctuary. If you would like to come up the back steps, you can walk in the back entrance where the church office is located and take the steps leading up to the back of the sanctuary. There are restrooms in the basement of the church and in the fellowship hall.

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