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The Apostle Paul opens his letter to the Romans with this greeting: “To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be His saints, grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 1:7) Here’s a summer challenge: this summer let us, as a congregation,… Read More

VBS will be July 11-13 (Tuesday – Thursday) this year. If you would like to assist in some capacity, please speak with Isabel Dettmer at 716-688-8902 or Pastor Nickel. Ages 4 year old through 5th grade can participate in the program and 6th graders will be helpers. To sign up your children or to volunteer,… Read More

VBS will be July 11-18 (Tuesday – Thursday) this year. An organizational meeting will be held this Wednesday, May 24, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in Krampitz Hall. If you would like to assist in some capacity, please speak with Isabel Dettmer at 716-688-8902 or Pastor Nickel.

Perhaps you’re familiar with this verse. Maybe you even have it printed or posted or embroidered on something in your home. But which day is it talking about? A perfect spring day? Psalm 118 is appointed for Palm Sunday. It begins with a famous call to give thanks: “Give thanks to the Lord, for he… Read More

In The Case for Easter, Lee looks at the story of Jesus’ resurrection and reveals how we can know that it actually took place. He explores the “discrepancies” critics have pointed to in the Gospel accounts, looks at the evidence that Jesus’ tomb was truly empty, and shows how the eyewitness accounts of those who… Read More

Blessings to you in Jesus name! We were successfully approved for a Thrivent Actions Teams grant for our Palm Sunday Ham Dinner to support Holy Cross Lutheran Church Youth to participate in the 2025 LCMS National Youth Gathering, and a link has been created at Thrivent online fundraising page – click the link below to… Read More

By Rev. Jeff Nickel, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Clarence According to those who track these things, “What is love?” was the most popular religious search term on the internet in 2022 (7.48 million searches).  That more than doubled the 3.35 million searches for the same term in 2019, when it also was number one. If… Read More

On November, 15, 2022, Pastor Jeff Nickel, Holy Cross President Doug Hartley and other members of Holy Cross Church presented “Miss Penny” a check for $6,414.85. Ms.Penny runs Plates of Love Ministry out of the Cold Spring Community Foundation that feeds homeless and low income families on the east side of Buffalo. The location is… Read More

Dear Sunday School parents, I hope that you and your family had a wonderful summer. Holy Cross Sunday School staff would like to welcome you back to our 2022-2023 Sunday School Year. As you probably already know, Sunday School begins with Rally Day, Sunday, September 18th at 9:30am for Pre-k through grade 3. Pre-k through… Read More

We are starting our monthly 2022/3 studies in K-Hall.  Before the studies a fresh food focus and popular topic focus for everyone!  The Concordia Publishing House Faith Coarse “Apologetics” focuses on young Christians in high school and college asking these and many other questions, yet too often they are going unanswered by Christian pastors, teachers,… Read More