March 2015 News and Updates

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Mid-Week Lenten Series

Please join us at one of our circuit churches for the Mid-Week Lenten Series: “Restored in Christ”

Every Wednesday in March there will be: Soup Supper at 6:00pm  •  Hymn Sing at 7:15pm  •  Worship at 7:30pm

March 4th: Nazareth Lutheran Church, 265 Skillen St, Buffalo — Broken Trust

March 11th:  Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 44 Chapel Rd, Kenmore — Broken Bread

March 18th:  St. John Lutheran Church, 67 Litchfield Ave, Depew — Broken Promises

March 25th:  Our Savior Lutheran Church, 26 Brunswick Blvd, Buffalo — Broken Justice

(Holy Cross was not able to host a supper this year because of renovations)


downtownServant Event for Holy Cross Youth

Dear HCLC,

It is with great joy that we inform you that Holy Cross Lutheran Church has the opportunity to participate in the 2015 LCMS “Seizing the City for Christ” Youth/Teen Servant Event!

Servant Event Details: 

We will be reaching out through human care and service in Buffalo’s multicultural inner city. Our group might be assigned to help lead a community VBS for inner city children, work to complete a new home for a Lutheran Church & Ministry Center, serve at a food bank or other social agency, or share information about local churches in Buffalo neighborhoods!

Date: July 19th-24th 2015 @ the Pioneer Camp, Angola NY

Arrival: Sunday 2pm-4pm

Departure: Friday 2pm

Cost: $275.00, includes Lodging at Pioneer Camp, meals from Sunday dinner to Friday lunch, recreational activities, & a T-shirt

Registration:

Registration is open to all Holy Cross members and their friends 13-22 years of age. Registrations are accepted on a first come-first serve basis. The Holy Cross Council members are currently working on ways to help fund this servant opportunity.

To secure your opportunity to participate in this event, please return your completed form to Lindsay Gugliuzza NO LATER THAN MARCH 29TH ALONG WITH YOUR $75.00 DEPOSIT. Registration forms received after MARCH 29TH will be accepted. However, if the event has reached maximum capacity, your $75.00 deposit will be refunded.

Registration forms were sent by email, but are also available in the church narthex and in the HC Christian Center.

Praying you will join with me in “Seizing the City for Christ!”

Lindsay Gugliuzza Strola21@roadrunner.com (716)435-3007


CAYA Gathering Postponed

Due to current renovations, CAYA Gatherings are postponed. CAYA is dedicated to living lives of meaning, impact, and community as we learn to follow Jesus. CAYA longs to connect Millennials/Hipster-Generation to Jesus.


Screen shot 2014-05-31 at 7.16.30 AMHabitat Buffalo

Thank you, Holy Cross, for supporting Habitat’s vision of eliminating poverty housing from the face of the earth with your January benevolence gift of $121 and $300 from Dash tapes.  Habitat International has built more than 1,000,000 houses worldwide providing simple, decent, affordable houses for that many families.  At the same time here in Buffalo, Habitat dedicated its 264th house this past January.


Heritage Home

March 29, Palm Sunday, at 10 a.m. will be the monthly visit with our friends at the Heritage Home, just west on Sheridan Drive.  The filmstrip Bible story will be “Jesus Triumphantly Enters Jerusalem,” St. Matthew 21 And St. Mark 10 and 11.  We will talk about parades they have been to or been in and then this most wonderful of all parades as Jesus prepares to go to the cross to show His great love for us.  We will sing, make a simple project, and pray.  It is good to go for the visit!


Screen shot 2014-05-31 at 7.59.55 AMDash’s Receipts

Please remember to save those Dash’s receipts and get them turned in! The money we receive goes to Habitat for Humanity. Thanks to Lorraine Woodman who continues to tabulate the receipts.


sick visitVisitation Care

If you are or will be hospitalized or homebound and desire Christian care from the Holy Cross staff please phone the church office at 634-2332 and/or email Pastor Randy at pastorrandy8900@gmail.com, or contact Pastor Belasic at 716-803-5710 or email dbelasiced@verizon.net to let us know. Please do not assume that we know your situation because for many reasons we often don’t. We will do our best to visit you, and if homebound, see that you receive communion.