Welcome to Holy Cross! We invite you to come and visit. Holy Cross Lutheran Church is a caring community seeking to communicate the Gospel message of grace and hope in Jesus Christ. Holy Cross is a place where people are welcomed and encouraged to share their gifts; where people show genuine interest and respect for each other as they seek to live out the Gospel.
Mission Statement
We Grow and Go to Make Disciples
Holy Cross is a discipleship making congregation. Our mission is to grow in our own discipleship while inviting others to follow the ways of Jesus. We make use of the seven faith practices as presented by the Evangelism/Education Teams of the ECLA.
Opening the Door to Luther with Rick Steves
Join public television host, author and ELCA Lutheran Rick Steves as Mosaic takes you on a journey through Lutherland! Travel from Eisleben where Luther was born to the university town of Wittenberg where he taught and preached. After a pilgrimage south to the Vatican in Rome, the program follows the tumultuous events of the Reformation at Worms, Erfurt, Eisenach, Marburg and Augsburg.
Think VBS! ZOOM ZONE
Discovering Jesus is Forever
Vacation Bible School is coming!
August 2 - 6
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
We’ll be ZOOMING all over the bible.
Discovering how Jesus loved everyone. We’ll Zoom to the Temple (St. Luke 2.41-52), Zoom with Kids (St. Mark 10. 13-16); We’ll Zoom with the Spirit (Acts 2.1-13),and Zoom with Friends (St. Luke 10.38-42. Finally, we’ll Zoom to New Heights with Jesus (St. Luke 19.1-10). So everyone get ready kids, youth, adults. ALL are needed to share God’s love!
Money donations are greatly appreciated for supplies.
ADULT VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL July 26 - 30 Sunday - Thursday
The Theme will be focused on Ethics from a Confessional Point of View. The order of this event will take the following format:
New Contemporary Service Beginning: August 2, 2009 11:45 a.m. (45 minute service)
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Holy Cross is now on Facebook! Holy Cross is now accepting donations for our annual yard sale. Please drop off items at church or contact the office if you would like donations picked up. The yard sale is set for Friday, September 11th and Saturday, September 12th. WELCA's annual pool party will be on July 22nd at 6 p.m. at Helen Plemmon's home. Please bring a snack to share. All ladies invited!
Fairfield Food Pantry items are greatly needed. You may drop off items at the church and we shall deliver them. Non-perishable items will be greatly appreciated. Thanks a million.
Craft Group meets every 1st and 3rd Thursday at 7pm at the church. All welcomed!
Whom Could I Invite To Our Church This Week? A co-worker? A neighbor? A family member? A new person in the neighborhood? A friend who doesn't worship elsewhere? Someone I know to be struggling with a problem and who needs to hear about God's love for them?
September 14th at Holy Cross Lutheran Church Pre-registration is required. Call: 1-800-324-1851 Source Code: HSC3034 www.LifeLineScreening.com
The 2009 Membership Directory is in your church mailbox. Let the office know if you would like yours mailed out to you. PLANS FOR CREATING CONVERSATIONS IN CHRISTIAN ETHICS ONCE EVERY TWO OR THREE MONTHS. DAYS AND TIMES TO BE DETERMINED.
We will spend some time formulating how a confessional faith outlines its ethical stance. These will include the biblical perspective of Jesus and the challenges he gave to the Pharisees with whom he was in dispute. We will then look at several social issues that are prevalent today.
The basic outline, however, will be ethics from a Lutheran perspective. The first one may occur in the summer. If interested, speak with pastor or look for more information to come.
Mentoring Group with Pastor Tim include 3-4 persons who gather twice a month to share scripture both in devotion and discussion: discuss faith issues that emerge. Each group will help define the directions it wants to move.
Wednesday group meets the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 7 pm.
Thursday group meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month at 7 pm. Pastor is mentoring one on one twice a month.
If you are interested in forming a third group, please speak with Pastor.
INTERESTED IN A MEN’S GROUP? CONTACT PASTOR TIM WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.
1. I prefer meeting in the daytime (late morning-lunch or early afternoon) __
2. I prefer meeting in the evening __
1. I prefer meeting on a Saturday __
2. I prefer meeting on a week day (any Tuesday or Wednesday) __
1. I am interested in a group that gives a primary emphasis on __ fellowship; __ social outreach; __ study and prayer; or __ other (specify).
2. I am interested in helping initiating this group ____.
Please contact pastor or email at holycrossfairfield@yahoo.com
WELCA is collecting pennies (other coins, green backs and checks made payable to WELCA) for The Red Eye Women of Tanzania. Jars for your contributions are at the entrance of the church.
SCHOOL KITS
A school kit may provide the only supplies for children returning to school after the disruption of war. School kits help parents continue their children's education, even while living in a refugee camp, for example. A school kit may also be used in adult literacy classes.
WELCA will be assembly school kits for Lutheran World Relief. If you would like to donate supplies please put the school items in the boxes located in the church narthex. School supplies needed:
Notebooks of wide- or college-ruled paper approximately 8" x 10 ½" totaling 150-200 sheets (if using 70-sheet notebooks, please include three); no loose-leaf paper
Blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)
30-centimeter rulers, or rulers with centimeters on one side and inches on the other
pencil sharpeners
Unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers
Eraser approximately 2 ½" long
Construction paper in assorted colors
Boxes of 16 or 24 crayons
We,re spreading the good news about what it means to be Lutheran.
These television ads are part of a comprehensive advertising initiative to strengthen Lutheran identity and grow awareness for our ministry as Lutherans. The theme of the advertising initiative is "God’s work. Our hands." Through television spots, print ads and much more, we tell the story of what God is doing in and through us for the sake of the world. Our hope is that these communication tools will foster evangelism, outreach and hospitality —helping you share God’s boundless love with the world.
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Holy Cross is now accepting donations for our annual yard sale. Please drop off items at church or contact the office if you would like donations picked up. The yard sale is set for Friday, September 11th and Saturday, September 12th.
Craft Group meets every 1st and 3rd Thursday at 7pm at the church. All welcomed!
The 2009 Membership Directory is in your church mailbox. Let the office know if you would like yours mailed out to you.
PLANS FOR CREATING CONVERSATIONS IN CHRISTIAN ETHICS ONCE EVERY TWO OR THREE MONTHS. DAYS AND TIMES TO BE DETERMINED. 
