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We are staying LinkedIn as our children are hearing the word of God and studying the scriptures every Sunday. Our teachers are doing some wonderful, creative and fun education with our kids. We encourage our parents to discuss what your child(ren) are learning every Sunday and hope you set aside time every day for some family devotion time to reinforce what the children have studied and to keep us all in touch and LinkedIn with our God and Savior!
Excitement is growing as the children are practicing the music with Bill and Curtis Cook and their lines with their Sunday school teachers in preparation for our Christmas Program on December 21st at the 11:00 am service. We hope everyone will come and join us as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, both at the program and then following in Krampitz Hall for some goodies and fellowship. Stay LinkedIn with us!
Important Dates:
November 30th — no Sunday School
Rehearsal during Sunday School on Sunday, December 14th
Rehearsal in the sanctuary on Saturday December 20th at 9:30 am
Christmas Program on Sunday December 21st at 11:00 am
December 28th — no Sunday School
YOU ARE INVITED
To The Holy Cross Sunday School Christmas Program:
“JESUS — GOD’S GREATEST GIFT”
Sunday December 21st at 11am in the Sanctuary
Please join us after the program for a reception in Krampitz Hall
Mid-Week Advent Services
Our theme this year is: “Comfort and Joy.” During these troubled and unsettled times, sense the true comfort and joy that Christ brings this Advent season. Join us on Wednesdays for soup suppers at 6:00; hymn sing at 7:15; and worship at 7:30 pm.
Please remember to sign up to help bake, serve, and clean up for our brothers and sisters in Christ when we host on December 3rd!
Habitat Buffalo
Thank you to Holy Cross for the October benevolence of $158. On December 7, at 3:30 p.m. on site at 94 Fox Street, Habitat will dedicate its first Veteran Build with Ken Hodge, the new homeowner. You are cordially invited to attend and see the fine new build he and his family will move into for the holidays.
Heritage Home
The Tichy family will lead a Christmas Carol Sing at the Heritage Home on Sunday, December 28, at 10 a.m. It will be followed by punch and cookies. This is a wonderful way to share our Lord’s birth with our friends west on Sheridan Drive. Come and rejoice!
Shop with Scrip
As our Christmas season is upon us! We are once again promoting the Great Lakes Scrip gift card program which is a wonderful and easy fundraiser that benefits our youth attending the 2016 Gathering in New Orleans.
As a reminder this program offers gift cards to hundreds of local and national retailers. You purchase these gift cards at face value and a percentage of that value remains with Holy Cross. Since you will likely purchase several gift cards this Christmas season what better way to do so AND help out our Holy Cross youth?
And I remind you that it’s not just about giving these cards as gifts but also using them for your every day purchases. Places like Home Depot, Walmart, Target, Kohl’s, etc., we shop at these stores daily — so why not purchase gift cards to them BEFORE you shop and raise some money, too?
Updated Family Order forms are on the table in the Narthex. We will be placing one more order before Christmas so take a look at the awesome retailers and order, order, order!! The order due date is Sunday, December 7. Please make checks payable to Holy Cross for the full face value of the cards you are ordering.
As always, I am happy to field any questions you have about this program. I can be reached @ thewieperts@gmail.com or at 688-0864. It’s a great fund raiser!
~Andrea Wiepert ~ Holy Cross Youth Coordinator ~ DV
Youth Group Activity
On Saturday, December 20 we will meet at Holy Cross at 4:30 PM and caravan to go Christmas caroling to some of our elderly shut-ins. Parents, we will need your help to drive us. We will then travel back to HC for food and a Christmas party! Please bring a Christmas gift ($5 or less) to exchange, as well as something to drink and perhaps a dessert to share. Our ending time should be about 9:00-ish.