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Warmest Greetings! The family of Holy Cross greets you this day and welcomes you to this site. We come together regularly to worship and celebrate as a community, and to give thanks and praise for the blessings from God’s almighty hand. We are glad that you are here and hope that you enjoy your time with God and with us. If we can be of any assistance to you or your loved ones, please be in touch with us.

Yours in Christ’s Love, Rev. Claudia D. Raggie

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COMING SOON!

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this week’s Sermon Podcast

New Sermon Series! Taming Your Tongue...

08/15/10	A Lying, Rude or Tactless Tongue... Everything we do and say must be based upon the truth. Lies make a shaky foundation for any relationship. Half-truths, deceitfulness, exaggeration are not acceptable. Rudeness often results from an over-booked life and is expressed by impatience, lack of consideration of another and loss of civility. Tactless or tactful has to do with being able to choose the proper wording so as to be gracious and sensitive. Jesus spoke the truth in love. Jesus called us to love even those who are hurtful to us.
08/22/10	A Complaining, Self-absorbed or Boasting Tongue... We often elicit others to commiserate in our unhappiness rather than try and solve it in some way. Complaining focuses on us and keeps us self absorbed. Boasting does too. Our Lord desires that our relationships and conversations with others are caring toward others; serving others.
08/29/10	A Judgmental, Belittling or Discouraging Tongue... A judgmental person engages in a critical, fault-finding assessment of another person’s behavior. They feel better about themselves, just as a person who belittles other people. Both break down relationships and do not build up. The discouraging tongue is the one who throws a wet blanket on your hopes, joys, celebrations and successes thus dampening your enthusiasm or confidence. God does not want us judging other people or belittling them or destroying their confidence.
09/05/10	A Divisive, Argumentative or Retaliating Tongue... Divisive people often engage in bringing dissension and sowing discord. So does the argumentative person. They are both quarrelsome, disagreeable and contentious. Retaliation often rears its ugly head after a quarrel or argument. Jesus does not want us repaying evil for evil. Nor does he want disagreements lingering, for retaliation seems to follow. We are called to work to understand a person’s behavior and love one another.

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COME AND PRAISE OUR GOD

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WORSHIP ASSISTANT SCHEDULE

for May through August

9:00 am... Spirited Traditional with Holy Communion

Children’s Sermon

Sunday School after the Children’s Sermon

11:00 am... Spirited Traditional with Holy Communion

Baptisms are done at this time when scheduled

11:00 am... Worship Team on the road on Sunday to

Lake Shore Assisted Living Facility

Extending our worship to the residents

We come... together in prayer, praise, and thanksgiving!

We come... together to celebrate Holy Communion!

We come... as a community desiring to know the love of God!

We come... to share his love with those who do not know him!

We come... just as we are!

COME JOIN US! When God is involved we are never the same!

AS WE CELEBRATE HOLY COMMUNION... we reflect on the awesomeness of God. It is a time of spiritual renewal - a time to give thanks for the gift of His Son Jesus Christ. It is a time to meditate, pray and reflect on our spiritual journey. Enjoy this very special time in our worship experience when you can talk with God and focus on him alone.

RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION... all who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are welcomed to the table for Holy Communion. You do not have to be a member here at Holy Cross, but you do need to be a Christian - that is a believer in the Triune God; God the Father, His Son Jesus Christ our Savior, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Come and be fed, nourished and sustained. Jesus Christ offers himself in this meal. FYI - “What is intinction?” It is taking the bread (Body of Christ) at Communion and dipping it into the chalice which contains the wine (Blood of Christ). We receive this way because it is closer to the original intention of the Lord’s Supper.

KNEELING AT HOLY COMMUNION TIME... we are encouraging you to take this step of faith. After receiving Holy Communion you have time to come before God by kneeling in prayer. Stay as long as you like. Kneel and listen to the words being sung all around you. Kneel and have your quiet, humble time before your God.

SINGING DURING HOLY COMMUNION... this time in our worship experience is an opportunity for us to raise our voices in praise of our Savior, Jesus Christ. We use songs that are easy to learn and that seem to “stick with us” as we leave on Sunday mornings. You may find yourself or your children singing them throughout the day. That’s great! We call these songs “heart songs” because they go from the mind, deep down into the heart - committed to memory without really realizing it. Then, in moments unexpected, the words and the melody ascend from the heart into the mind and are placed on our lips. We hope this helps you in your spiritual journey day by day with Jesus.

SUNDAY SCHOOL... Sunday School classes are at the 9:00 a.m. worship service during the school year and start at age 3 and go through the 6th grade. If you have a child that needs special services, please let us know in order for us to accommodate them. For further information about Sunday School, please contact Jenn Hecker or Lauren Rogers or the Church Office at 588-9509.

A.C.T.S.... Active Children’s Time in the Summer (A.C.T.S.) is Sunday morning Christian activity time during the summer months. Held during the 9:00 am service, it is a time for preschoolers through 4th graders to experience the Word of God through fellowship, Bible stories, crafts, snacks and games.

ALL ARE WELCOME

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RALLY SUNDAY

September 12th

9 and 11 am Worship Services

Rally Sunday signals the end of the summer, the welcoming back of our members who have been away and the beginning of a new Education Ministries year. Sunday School registration will begin this day for students age 3 years through the 6th grade. Please stop by our tables and register your child. For additional information, go to the menu to the left and click on Education Ministries and follow the links to Sunday School.

RALLY DAY BRUNCH!!! Please join us for breakfast this day after each service. Enjoy some great food and catch up with friends and your Holy Cross family. Donations of bagels, doughnuts, cookies, Danish, butter, milk, juice, cream cheese, etc. will be very appreciated. Please bring them with you that day and leave them in the kitchen.

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Save the Date...

3rd Annual HCLC Christmas Fair

Friday and Saturday,

November 26th and 27th

Pencil in the date! HCLC has scheduled our next Christmas Fair to be held on Friday and Saturday, November 26th and 27th. Music! Prizes! Food! Raffles! Lots of fun!!! Keep watching for more details! Want to help make this happen? Give your name and number to Barbara Drewes in the church office or see Sue Fantel.

VENDORS!!! Click here to go to our 2010 Fair Contract and Flyer page.

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Item of the Month

Click on the Donate Button to the left if you would like to make an on-line contribution to our Item of the Month using your credit or debit card or your PayPal Account.

August’s Item of the Month is paper goods. Your donations will be very much appreciated! Thank you for helping to keep our ministry costs down. Donations can be left in our collection drawers to the left of the Narthex (Lobby) entrance. God bless!

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webmaster: T Moldovan at hclc@optonline.net

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...for preschoolers through 4th grade. It's a time of Christian activity for the kids during our 9:00 am service throughout the summer. See “Miss” Doris Ahrens if you would like to volunteer to help.

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