Cross of Christ Lutheran Church
As a fellowship of believers, it is our mission to joyfully proclaim the gospel of Christ in word and deed, inviting people to worship together, nurturing them in the Christian faith, loving one another, and serving a world in need. We invite you to visit us.
Cross of Christ
Sunday Worship Service
9:30 a.m.
Facebook Live Sunday Service
Bulletins
(Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-725137.
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October 26- November 1
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
2:00 p.m. WELCA Thank Offering Program/Election of Officers
Pastor’s Day Off
Saturday:
Halloween
Sunday:
8:30 a.m. Choir
9:30 a.m. All Saints Sunday Worship w/Holy Communion/Noisy Offering/FB
10:30 a.m. Sunday School/Confirmation/Coffee Hr. 11:30 a.m. Roadside Cleanup
Upcoming Events
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1st Sunday of each month Noisy Offering
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Sunday November 1st All Saints Sunday. Consider bringing a photo of a loved one to place on the altar as we remember those who have died
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SAVE THE DATE - November 21st WELCA will be hosting the annual holiday bazaar. As always we encourage and appreciate your continued support by donating baked goods, candy, preserves, produce, and crafts. Watch for more details to follow soon.
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November 1st Roadside Cleanup. CofC will provide bags and approved safety vests. Contact Jen Jarchow if you have questions or need more information. All volunteers between the ages of 12-17 must have written consent of a parent or legal guardian to participate; these forms are available in the narthex.
Contribute to
Cross of Christ?
As easy as sending a text!
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Send Text Amount to the phone number 833-987-5990.
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You will receive a text message back with a link to register.
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Click on the link and register.
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You will receive a message when completed that says. "Thank you for donating $(amount donated) to Cross of Christ Lutheran Ch!
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Text "repeat" to make this recurring or "refund" to cancel this donation."
Meals on Wheels Volunteers are needed!
Volunteers needed to deliver meals to people in our community. Please contact Holly Westby if you are interested in helping.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God."
— Ephesians 2:8
Reformation Day is October 31 when in 1517 Martin Luther posted the 95 Thesis in Wittenburg, Germany.
Martin Luther emphasized this truth during the Reformation: We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, because of Christ alone.
All Saints Day
from essay by Benjamin M. Stewart
For Lutherans, All Saints resonates with the conviction that in Christ every saint is a sinner and every sinner a saint. Lutherans especially remember on this feast that it is God’s grace, apart from our works, that makes us saints. We find lasting rest only in the mercy of God.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God." (Ephesians 2:8
Sunday November 1st All Saints Sunday. Consider bringing a photo of a loved one to place on the altar as we remember those who have died.
Matthew 23: 1-12
The chapter's central target is hypocrisy. These religious leaders give the appearance of being righteous, but inwardly they are unrighteous. Jesus, by contrast, said that he desires genuine spiritual commitment.
23 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and his disciples, 2 “The legal experts and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore, you must take care to do everything they say. But don’t do what they do. 4 For they tie together heavy packs that are impossible to carry. They put them on the shoulders of others, but are unwilling to lift a finger to move them. 5 Everything they do, they do to be noticed by others. They make extra-wide prayer bands for their arms and long tassels for their clothes. 6 They love to sit in places of honor at banquets and in the synagogues. 7 They love to be greeted with honor in the markets and to be addressed as ‘Rabbi.’
8 “But you shouldn’t be called Rabbi, because you have one teacher, and all of you are brothers and sisters. 9 Don’t call anybody on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is heavenly. 10 Don’t be called teacher, because Christ is your one teacher. 11 But the one who is greatest among you will be your servant. 12 All who lift themselves up will be brought low. But all who make themselves low will be lifted up.