Cross Road Nuggets
Spring 2015
Volume 4 Issue 1
Fa i t h a n d Joy Aw a rd W i n n e r : M i l e t t e A d l e r
Each year the staff of the Cross Road Clinics nominate a peer
they believe best lives out Cross Road’s values for the Faith and
Joy Award. This year, Milette Adler, CRMC’s Glennallen
Front Office Manager was given the award. Usually the award
is given out at the Christmas dinner, but Milette was in the
Philippines on a ministry leave trip at that time. She received
her clock award at the All-Staff training day Feb. 13, 2015.
Milette has worked at CRMC since 2002. She shares, “I give
God all the glory for how He works in and through me. I enjoy
my work at CRMC and love to have the ability to share the love
of Christ daily with those who come in as patients and with the
CRMC staff. I appreciate the care I feel from many at work and
in this community. I know that God is good!”
W h a t ’s H a p p e n i n g a t t h e C R M C C l i n i c s ?
CRMC is excited about celebrating the one year anniversary of service in Delta Junction
The first patient was seen there on Feb 27, 2014 and the doors officially opened on
March 3, 2014. The Interior Alaska Medical Clinic (IAMC) is a primary care clinic
which offers urgent care during working hours. Between March 1, 2014 and February
28, 2015, 1,972 patient visits were done at the clinic. As patient numbers continue to
increase, we hope to be able to add further services at that site. We currently are seeking
another mid-level provider (nurse practitioner or physician assistant) for this clinic. Help
us spread the word!
North Country Clinic will be re-opening mid-March, if all goes as planned. Dede has
been away for 5 months on Home Service, spending time with family, and recuperating
after knee surgery. She is anxious to be back meeting the needs of the Grizzly Lake area
and we’ll all be glad to have her back!.
Glennallen’s clinic continues to be busy. Unfortunately, we are going to be saying goodbye to Dr. Doyle Yeager and his wife Laura (lab) in June. They will be returning to his
practice in Indiana. We are grateful for their time of service here. If you know of a great
doctor interested in helping with our healthcare ministry, please refer them to us! On the
happier side, we always enjoy having nursing students and look forward to having nursing students from Biola and Cedarville joining us over the next several months. We hope
to have them spend some time at the other clinics during their final weeks with us, too.
At a recent strategy meeting, the CRMC board affirmed their stance that “Cross Road is
a ministry that happens to do health care, not health care that happens to do ministry.”
Remembering that guide, we strive to continue to look at our programs and our approach What a change! IAMC X-ray
to service to try and see if we are truly serving our communities in a heart of ministry.
area early 2014 and today
I will be taking a temporary absence over this next quarter and Debbie Davey, CRMC
HR Director will be filling in for me. Please keep her and the staff in your prayers.
Blessings,
To learn more about CRMC’s
healthcare ministry, explore
Joel Medendorp
our website:
www.crossroadmc.org
CRMC CEO
Outreach Coordinator Hired
Bob Sloma has joined the staff of Cross Road Medical Center and will be working to
expand our outreach services. There are many needs in our area. If you’re interested
in volunteering some time or bringing a work group to the area, Bob will be helping
coordinate needed projects.
If the Sloma name sounds familiar, they are the parents of former CRMC employee
Tim, maintenance director (married to Erin, RN). Bob and his wife Donna have
worked with a variety of ministries over the last 16 years: Bible Centered Ministries,
Ripe For Harvest World Outreach, and seven camp ministries including camps in
Maine, Pennsylvania, and Nova Scotia.
Bob has started working for CRMC, and he and Donna will be moving from Maine
to Glennallen in April. He is planning to speak about CRMC’s ministry at several
churches in the lower 48 before moving to Alaska--and perhaps some on the way.
Please contact Bob if you’d like to have him speak at your church or organization--or to find out more about volunteering or bringing a work team to CRMC. Contact Bob at rsloma@crossroadmc.org or call (907) 259-3215.
Check out the “Opportunities” page on our website for CRMC staffing needs: http://www.crossroadmc.org/Opportunities.htm
Serving Locally and Around the World
CRMC gives up to two weeks of paid ministry leave to full time staff, enabling our staff to support health and ministry
work of their choice. Here are a few ways CRMC has reached out in our community and world this past year.
See ideas on our website’s donation page or email info@crossroadmc.org for current needs.
Rachel and Liz --Working with
children at a camp in
Burgas, Bulgaria
Libby: Camp Nurse at
Victory in Alaska
Milette: Assistance in the Philippine
mountain areas devastated by storms
Payers List/Upcoming Events
Pray With Us:
 Praise of celebration for 1 year
of meeting needs in the Delta
Junction area.
 Praise for several new staff
members
 Praise for those helping meet needs
through prayer and giving of time,
assistance, and resources.
 Prayer for staffing needs: Doctor in
Glennallen and mid-level provider in
Delta Junction
 Prayer for wisdom in balancing needs
in the area with resources available.
Upcoming Events in Glennallen: (check
local papers for times)
April 4 Spring Fling
May 16 Health Fair
“Farmer Joel:”
Gulkana, Alaska VBS
Mitch and Sherri:
Serving at a women’s shelter
and orphanage in Mexico
Ways to Help
This year we are trying to raise between $80,000 and $100,000 to purchase land (under many of our buildings). We are thankful to all who
have sent donations up to this point. Current total that can be used for
land: $2, 808.51.
We are also planning to get an oxygen generating
system which will allow us to make our own oxygen-saving us trips to town, rental fees, and ensuring we
have plenty of oxygen when needed. Cost: $25,000
If you’d like to help specifically with either project,
please send your contributions to Cross Road and
mark them “CRMC Land Purchase” or “Oxygen
System.”
Tax deductible financial gifts for all of our clinics can be done by credit
card online on our website (www.crossroadmc.org) or sent to:
Cross Road Medical Center
PO Box 5
Glennallen, AK 99588