High School students are invited to hang out in a welcoming and safe environment. Each week we will alternate between dinner and dessert. This is a free event, invite a friend! Email Drew with any questions.
Meeting Every Friday at 8pm October 7th - November 18th Location: Zoom Join us as we take a closer look at The Last of Us. At first glance, this game is about zombies and survival, but once you take another look you find a story about family and spirituality. You will not need to purchase […]
Worship November 6-20 @ 10am At Crossroads UMC or Livestream Everyone has the potential to be a servant leader, but what are the characteristics we should look for? How might we develop ourselves to become a servant leader? The Bible gives us examples of great and not so great leaders. This series will look at the difference […]
Student Ministries Community Night Sundays, 6:30-8pm Middle and High School Students are invited to get together Sunday evenings to connect, learn, and have fun! Email Drew Ensz with any questions!
Tuesday Morning Men's Group Tuesdays, 6:45-7:45am via Zoom This group of men meets at the beginning of the day. Using prayers and praises, they offer mutual support in an honest and safe environment. They journey together as they follow in the way of Jesus. Always open to new members. The book currently being read and discussed […]
We will be studying: "Encountering God - Cultivating Habits of Faith Through the Spiritual Disciplines". Join us as we unpack the biblical foundation for these habits and learn how practicing them can create more margin in our lives. A link for the study guide can be found here. For questions, contact Jeri Bennett.
High School students are invited to hang out in a welcoming and safe environment. Each week we will alternate between dinner and dessert. This is a free event, invite a friend! Email Drew with any questions.
A Moms group for Moms of school age children (elementary school and up). Meets the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month at noon. Sign up here. Email smallgroups@crossroadsnova.org with questions.
Meeting Every Friday at 8pm October 7th - November 18th Location: Zoom Join us as we take a closer look at The Last of Us. At first glance, this game is about zombies and survival, but once you take another look you find a story about family and spirituality. You will not need to purchase […]
Meeting Every Friday at 8pm October 7th - November 18th Location: Zoom Join us as we take a closer look at The Last of Us. At first glance, this game is about zombies and survival, but once you take another look you find a story about family and spirituality. You will not need to purchase […]
Worship November 6-20 @ 10am At Crossroads UMC or Livestream Everyone has the potential to be a servant leader, but what are the characteristics we should look for? How might we develop ourselves to become a servant leader? The Bible gives us examples of great and not so great leaders. This series will look at the difference […]
Worship November 6-20 @ 10am At Crossroads UMC or Livestream Everyone has the potential to be a servant leader, but what are the characteristics we should look for? How might we develop ourselves to become a servant leader? The Bible gives us examples of great and not so great leaders. This series will look at the difference […]
Friendsgiving for MS and HS Students Gratitude is easy with good food and good friends! Come enjoy our version of the year's best meal. Sign up to indicate what you're bringing here! Email Drew with any questions.
Thanksgiving Baskets This year Crossroads will be providing Thanksgiving Baskets to needy families at Payne Elementary in Southeast DC and throughout Loudoun County. There are many ways you can help serve in this mission. SHOP FOR NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS AND PURCHASE GROCERY STORE GIFT CARDS – A LIST OF ITEMS TO BE PURCHASED AND INCLUDED […]
Tuesday Morning Men's Group Tuesdays, 6:45-7:45am via Zoom This group of men meets at the beginning of the day. Using prayers and praises, they offer mutual support in an honest and safe environment. They journey together as they follow in the way of Jesus. Always open to new members. The book currently being read and discussed […]
We will be studying: "Encountering God - Cultivating Habits of Faith Through the Spiritual Disciplines". Join us as we unpack the biblical foundation for these habits and learn how practicing them can create more margin in our lives. A link for the study guide can be found here. For questions, contact Jeri Bennett.
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 24, 2022 Thanks to the many who participated in this run. Results can be found here. This year, the 29th Annual Ashburn Farm 10K| 5K | 2k run is raising funds for the local regional and international missions of Crossroads UMC. Crossroads serves children and families in Ashburn, Loudoun County, DC, […]
Advent Calendar of Devotions can be found here. Advent Message Series: Christmas Surprise The weeks before Christmas can be full old routines and ancient traditions. But the first Christmas came in a way that interrupted people’s lives. This December we will talk about the ways God is still coming into the world in the most surprising […]
Christmas Surprise Series Discussion Mondays, November 28th - December 19th in Ryan Chapel (outside the sanctuary) or by Zoom, 6pm-7pm This is a small group centered around the Advent sermon series Pastor Tim is focusing on during the holiday season. We will be focusing on topics including hope, surprises, God's blessings, and more. This is […]
Tuesday Morning Men's Group Tuesdays, 6:45-7:45am via Zoom This group of men meets at the beginning of the day. Using prayers and praises, they offer mutual support in an honest and safe environment. They journey together as they follow in the way of Jesus. Always open to new members. The book currently being read and discussed […]
We will be studying: "Encountering God - Cultivating Habits of Faith Through the Spiritual Disciplines". Join us as we unpack the biblical foundation for these habits and learn how practicing them can create more margin in our lives. A link for the study guide can be found here. For questions, contact Jeri Bennett.
The Journey Advent Study Wednesdays, November 30th - December 21st in Ryan Chapel (outside the sanctuary) or by Zoom, 6pm-7pm The Journey Advent Study: This Advent study will follow The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem by Adam Hamilton. It will be led by Jessie and Stefan Belzer. The book follows those most prominent during the birth of […]
High School students are invited to hang out in a welcoming and safe environment. Each week we will alternate between dinner and dessert. This is a free event, invite a friend! Email Drew with any questions.
A Moms group for Moms of school age children (elementary school and up). Meets the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month at noon. Sign up here. Email smallgroups@crossroadsnova.org with questions.
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience,
regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level.
These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible
to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific
disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML,
adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Screen-reader and keyboard navigation
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with
screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive
a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements,
alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website.
In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels;
descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups),
and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag
for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology.
To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on
as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments
Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over 7 different coloring options.
Animations – epileptic users can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
Browser and assistive technology compatibility
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and for MAC users.
Notes, comments, and feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to