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PASTOR FRANCIS’ PROJECTS

SUNDAY MORNING ADULT CLASSES

CIRCUIT YOUTH

TOURNAMENT

PREPARATIONS FOR SUNDAY SERVICES &

LENTEN SERVICES

ADULT INSTRUCTION CLASSES

WEEKDAY SCHOOL & CONFIRMATION CLASSES

FEBRUARY CIRCUIT PRO-FESSIONALS MEETING

EARLY CHILDHOOD CHAPEL SERVICES

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2015

THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY SENIOR PASTOR’S ARTICLE

Pastor Francis L. Schroeder Holy Cross Lutheran—Nederland

Every year someone says that to me on Ash Wednesday. Maybe it has happened to you too. In the past it used to frustrate me, but in recent years I have come to see it as a great opportunity to share with someone the hope of Jesus Christ. So, what do you say when folks ask you about that smudge on your forehead?

Here are a few responses….

In Old Testament times people used ashes as a sign of repentance. They would sit in ashes, roll around in them, sprinkle them upon their heads, or even mingle them with their food and drink.

Ash Wednesday begins Lent, a time when we stop and assess how we're doing in our walk with God. Lent helps us identify spiritual areas in which we can grow and areas that we need to avoid. To repent, put simply, means to turn away from sin and turn toward God. We use ashes as an outward expression of our need to begin again.

For over twelve hundred years on Ash Wednesday followers have approached the altar and received ashes upon their foreheads. These ashes are made from the burnt palm branches that were blessed on the Palm Sunday of the previous year. Ash Wednesday ashes are applied to believers' foreheads in the shape of the cross.

Ash Wednesday also begins our preparation for Holy Week and the Passion and Resurrection of my Lord, Jesus, without Whom I have no life here and no chance at eternal life in Heaven.

God forgives. He loves. And He gives this sinner a second chance.

Blessings,

Pastor Schroeder

“SIR, YOU HAVE SOME DIRT ON YOUR HEAD”

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SUNDAY MORNING,

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, & EVENING WORSHIP SERVICES

FOR FEBRUARY 2015 FEBRUARY 1st THE 4th SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY 10:30 AM Worship Service in the Sanctuary with Holy Communion with the Receiving of New Members FEBRUARY 8th THE 5th SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY 10:30 AM Worship Service in the Sanctuary Blended Service with the Band FEBRUARY 15th THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD 10:30 AM Worship Service in the Sanctuary with Holy Communion FEBRUARY 18th ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES 2:00 PM Worship Service in the Sanctuary with Holy Communion 7:30 PM Worship Service in the Sanctuary with Holy Communion FEBRUARY 22nd THE 1st SUNDAY IN LENT 10:30 AM Worship Service in the Sanctuary FEBRUARY 25th MIDWEEK LENTEN SERVICE 2:00 PM Worship Service in the Sanctuary 7:30 PM Worship Service in the Sanctuary

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DID YOU KNOW THIS FOR FEBRUARY & MARCH?

IN OUR SUNDAY MORNING PRAYERS WE LIFT UP…...

February 1st Redeemer Lutheran Church - Beaumont, Texas Pastor Fred Kelm February 8th St. John Lutheran Church - Beaumont, Texas Pastor Doug Rathgeber February 15th Hope Lutheran Church - Winnie, Texas Pastor Richard LeBlanc February 22nd St. Paul Lutheran Church - Sheboygan, Wisconsin Pastor Alan Kretschmar (Son of Holy Cross) March 1st Trinity Lutheran Church - Port Arthur, Texas Pastor Tim Dinger & Pastor Mario Casillas March 8th Grace Lutheran Church - Orange, Texas Pastor Tom Haas March 15th St. Paul Lutheran Church - Groves, Texas Pastor Richard Turner March 22nd Our Savior Lutheran Church – Centerville, Texas Pastor Jan “Trey” Rienstra (Son of Holy Cross)

March 29th St. Paul Lutheran Church - Jasper, Texas Faith Lutheran Church - Woodville, Texas Pastor Mark Follett

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DID YOU KNOW THIS TOO ?

OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONS (December, January, & February) are available in the narthex of the church. PORTALS OF PRAYERS (January, February, & March) are available in the narthex of the church. THE CIRCUIT PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCE will be on the second Tuesday of every month at a different church in the cir-cuit. We gather at 8:30 AM for coffee and refreshments, 9:00 AM for Opening De-votion, 9:15 AM for Bible Study, 10:15 AM for Break, 10:30 AM for Topical Study, 11:15 AM for Circuit Business and Casuistry. The next Circuit Professionals Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 10th @ St. Paul Lutheran in Jasper. HOLY CROSS HOMEBOUND MEMBERS receive on a weekly basis an CD of Holy Cross’ Sunday morning services and on a monthly basis a DVD from Lu-theran Ministries Media. WORSHIP BULLETINS RECEIVED FROM MEMBERS St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York City, New York Church of the Covenant in New York City, New York Hillcrest Baptist Church in Nederland, Texas United Methodist Temple in Port Arthur, Texas St. Paul Lutheran Church in Norwood Township, Illinois Hosanna Lutheran Church in Kerrville, Texas Asbury United Methodist Church in Allentown, Pennsylvania Trinity Lutheran Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana St. Paul Lutheran Church in Serbin, Texas Grace Lutheran Church in Smithville, Texas St. John Lutheran Church in Chatham, Illinois TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH—PORT ARTHUR is in need of volunteers to work in their THRIFT SHOP on Tuesday, Friday, & Saturdays from 8 AM until 12 Noon. Please contact Trinity Lutheran at 983-1130. TRINITY LUTHERAN FOOD PANTRY has temporarily suspended operations. It will resume sometime in 2015. CIRCUIT 34 FORUM will be held on Sunday, January 11th at 2:30 PM at Trini-ty Lutheran in Port Arthur. CIRCUIT 34 YOUTH TOURNAMENT will be at St. Paul Lutheran in Groves on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, February 6th, 7th, & 8th.

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OUR STEWARDSHIP AT HOLY CROSS JANUARY 2015

ATTENDANCE ENVELOPES DESIGNATED SPECIAL

01/04 175 $15,592.00 $ 192.00 $ 70.00 01/04 124 Concordia Seminary Concert/Kantorei 01/11 150 $ 4,828.75 $ 145.00 $ 12.65 01/18 188 $ 7,544.56 $ 68.22 $227.64 01/25 February Newsletter Gone to Print

2015 WORSHIP ATTENDANCE STATISTICS

TOTAL WORSHIP ATTENDANCE: 637 NUMBER OF WEEKS CELEBRATED IN 2015: 03 AVERAGE ATTENDANCE FOR 03 WEEKS IN 2015 212 AVERAGE ATTENDANCE FOR 03 WEEKS IN 2014 205 AVERAGE ATTENDANCE FOR 03 WEEKS IN 2013 205 TOTAL MID-WEEK ATTENDANCE IN 2015: 000 AVERAGE MID-WEEK ATTENDANCE: 000 NUMBER OF MID-WEEK WORSHIP DAYS: 00

2015 FINANCIAL HEALTH OF HOLY CROSS WEEKLY BUDGETED EXPENSES: $ 10,558.12 HOLY CROSS YEAR TO DATE BUDGET $ 31,674.36 HOLY CROSS YEAR TO GATE GIVING $ 27,965.31 $- 3,709.05

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1—Shelly Benoit 2—Alyssa Parks Sophie Stahl Kelsi Strahan Peter Wolfe 3—Helen Simmons Jimmy Taylor 4—McKenzi Armstrong Ethan Lightfoot Pauline Tran 5—Presley Abshire Ida Trojcak Jesse Wheeler Pam Withrow 6—Bruce Durham 7—Jon Longlet Cayden Orta 8—Dawsen Collins Maggi Collins Cheryl Doyle Will Rash 10—Mikal Gallagher 11—James Landrum Trey Richard Renee’ Runnels Pastor Schroeder 12—Kyle Lavespere Kerry Viator 13—Jamie Lavespere 14—Justin Schrader Sharon Teinert 15—Ashley Heatherly 16—Kirk Stahl Charley Teltschik

18—Amanda Neeb Elise Wilson 19—Yancy Herring Trace Holmes 20— Douglas Kihlken 21—Paul Beckcom 22—Gena Carter

23—Cary Erickson

Trish Sevin

Sue Tindel

25—Darrell Wukasch

26—Faye Nolan

28—Amber Harms

Landon Riley

Catherine Digiovanni

COME VISIT OUR CHURCH

LIBRARY in the Education

Building. We have new books coming in! Just sign the checkout card & leave it on

the desk. Any questions, call Lynne

Hollomon, Pam Vincent, or Kathy Pinnt.

1—Susan & Brent Rozell

3—Kelly & Justin Schrader

12—Ruby & James Stoker

13—Robin & Pat Barrington

14—Lydia & Casey Gillard

15—Janet & David Collins

16—Irene & Mervin Primeaux

Denise & James Shipley

19—Vera & Tom Canton

20—Ashley & A.J. Delage

Myrna & Herb Wukasch

21—Gisela & R.C. Gunter

23—Pam & Kerry Viator

24—Trish & Louie Sevin

25—Collette & Kent Stahl

Donna & Chris Wolfe

26—Janice & Jody Chesson

Deadline for

March Newsletter

is February 20.

To: Holy Cross Adult Choir In memory of

Twyla Nau given by

Pam & Steve Vincent Laurenda & Bob Wolford

Loretta Williams *****

To: Church Choir Scholarship Fund

In memory of Twyla Nau given by

Judy & Pat Sturgis *****

To: Holy Cross Memorial Fund In memory of Elsie Beckcom

Steve Wiley given by

Judy & Pat Sturgis *****

To: Holy Cross ECE In memory of Steve Wiley

given by Laurenda & Bob Wolford

*****

To: ECE Scholarship Fund In memory of

Rev. Kim DeVries given by

Rosemarie & Frank Her-ring *****

To: LWML In memory of

Twyla Nau given by

Ruth Anne & Walter Perryman

*****

To: LWML In memory of

Ben Hanks (service committee meals)

given by Ida Trojcak

*****

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LWML is: Lutheran Women who are: In the Word, of the Word, walking with their Lord!

We have many opportunities for the congregation to help us with our worthy mission projects.

News from our: Lutheran Women’s Missionary League

QUILTING

THURSDAY February

5, 12, 19, 26 @ 9:30am in

Conference Room A. If you’re unable to quilt, with

the group, you can work on the quilts at home. Call Rosie at 201-5710, and she will give you the fabric. We are still accepting donations of blue jeans. You can call or drop them at the church office.

Questions, call Rosie Herring.

LADIES SMALL GROUP

Thurs., February 19,

at 2:30pm at Laurenda Wolford’s.

LWML will be collecting items for their Human Care Kits to be sent to Lutheran World Relief. Items that are being collected are as follows: One sturdy comb One adult-size toothbrush in its original packaging

(multi-packs will be accepted) Two bath-size bars (4-5 oz.) of soap, (any brand—in origi-

nal wrapping) One light-weight bath-size towel (maximum 52” x 27’—dark

color recommended) One metal nail clippers (attached fil optional)

We are collecting through March 2015!

LWML

Tuesday,

February 10

@ 6pm

Hostesses:

Judy Alvarez

Sharon Teinert

Program:

“Showers of Grace”

All Ladies are invited!

Oh what “Grateful Hearts”

there are just because of you. Our Trash to Cash project of

collecting stamps is a “grateful” gift. Over $20,000 has been

collected for postage. So many of these stamps or even one stamp has come with a treas-ured memory. What a gift you give. One stamp plus another just add up.

Never think any are too few. Holy Cross LWML has

“grateful hearts” for your help in this mission project.

Put your used stamps in the Nar-thex mailbox of Judy Alvarez or

Sharon Teinert.

LWML Circles

A circle is a group of women who meet once a month for Bible Study, fellowship, to give their

Mites, and learn about the new and exciting things

that are going on with the LWML.

We have 2 Circles at Holy Cross. Each Circle meets at a different time of the month, so that hopefully, each woman can find one

that works best for her.

These Circles are:

1. Women’s Small Group Bible Study—meets the 3rd Thursday at 2:30pm.

2. Women’s Quilting Circle meets Thursdays at 9:30 am in the conference Room. Lutheran Women’s Mis-sionary League of Holy Cross is a “Society” and meets 2nd Tuesday each month at 6pm.

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Holy Cross Lutheran Church is

"“Growing In Christ" and we have a place for everyone in your family.

The material we will be using for

Sunday morning children's classes is called "“Growing in Christ."

Growing in Christ is a traditional

classroom Sunday School for all ages. This same-age classroom model helps students

learn and grow in faith alongside their peers as they explore the Bible, draw connections

to the Small Catechism, and learn the traditions of the Lutheran Church.

Questions? Contact DCE Kristy Witek

at 722-1609 or email at dcekristy@sbcglobal.net

for more information!

Sunday Morning Classes 9am - Classes &

10:30am - Worship

Where Do Classes Meet on Sunday Mornings?

Nursery (0-4 years) Nursery in Sanctuary

Kindergarten to 1st Grade Class

Education Building Room #3

2nd to 4th Grade Class

Education Building Room #1

Middle School Youth

5th-8th Grade Class Education Building (downstairs)

Room #4

High School Youth (9th-12th Grade) Class

Education Building (upstairs) Room #12, #13, #14

(aka: HS Youth Room)

Pastor Francis Schroeder’s Adult Bible Class

Conference Room A (New Office Building)

The LITTLE LAMBS CHOIR sings on the 4th Sunday of each month (usually)!

The Little Lambs Choir is for any and all children 0 years through the 4th grade. Practices are 9:15am each Sunday morning.

Sunday Morning Schedule for 0 years to 4th Grade

9am-9:15am - Craft/Coloring Sheets and Fellowship Time 9:15am - Song Time for Little Lambs Choir 9:30am-10:00am - Sunday School Classes 10:00am - Dismiss Children

If you would like a CD of the songs so you can practice at home, please stop by DCE Kristy Witek's office or contact her at

dcekristy@sbcglobal.net Little Lamb’s Choir Schedule Sunday, January 25 - “Go” Sunday, February 22 - “God’s Love” Sunday, March 29 -Palm Sunday— “Hosanna” Sunday, April 5—Easter Sunday Service @10:30am “1,2,3”

Questions? Contact DCE Kristy Witek @722-1609 or dcekristy@sbcglobal.net.

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Mid-week/Kingdom Quest (K-4th) and

Confirmation (5th-8th) Classes 5:30pm – M&M Time (“Meal & Memory” Work Time)

Family Life Center Foyer

Feb 4-chipped beef sandwiches, chips, & fruit Feb 11-pizza & fruit Feb 18-hot dogs, chips, & fruit, Feb 25-chicken nuggets & fruit

6pm-7:15 — Classes FREE MEAL: Holy Cross serves a light supper at 5:30pm for

anyone who attends the Wednesday evening classes: kids in Weekday School and Confirmation Classes,

young adults in the high school / college class, adults in the Life Light classes, and all teachers.

Even if parents are running late, the kids can take their plates to the classroom at 6:00pm.

Pastor Schroeder leads our 8th Grade Confirmation class and he uses his own curriculum.

Mr. Michael Rose leads our Young Adult Class - 9th Grade through 21 years.

Adult LifeLight Classes resume January 7th. More details about our Confirmation Classes, Memory Work and Class Schedules, please go to our website

www.holycrosstexas.org If you have any questions or would like to know more about our Midweek, Kingdom Quest and

Confirmation Classes, please contact DCE Kristy Witek at 722-1609 ordcekristy@sbcglobal.net

We can't wait to see you Wednesdays @ 6pm!

BRING A FRIEND! Parents—Please drop off all children at Family Life Center, and use the covered walk-way when

traveling from one building to another. K-4th Children will stay in the FLC from the time they

arrive until 5:55pm and will walk together with teacher to classroom. Thank you!

Can We Invite Friends to Church/Youth Events?

This question is asked just about every time we have a special event for youth or adults

and I often wonder why? Luke 14:23 says, "Then the master told his servant, Go out to the

roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.”

So, can we invite friends, family, neighbors to functions, events, worship, Bible studies and youth or adult events at Holy Cross?

The answer is —YES!

In fact I believe, we should always, always, always be inviting someone to join

us for everything we participate in at Holy Cross: Worship Services, Bible Study, Confirmation, Youth Events, Adult Fellowship Events, potluck dinners.

If our doors are open, then we should…

ALWAYS INVITE A FRIEND!

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High School Youth Texas District Gathering

Thursday, July 16-Sunday, July 19, 2015

San Marcos, Texas

Registration: $170 per person (non-refundable)

Deadline to register is Sunday, February 15

Eligible youth are those presently in the 8th Grade through 11th Grade.

Must be entering 9th-12th Grade in the fall of 2015

If you are 21+ years old and willing to attend as an adult counselor, please contact DCE Kristy!

GLORYBOUND REGISTRATION FORM

Youth's/Adult's Name:_____________________________ Birth Date:__________

Grade in fall of 2015: __9th __ 10th __ 11th __12th __ Adult

Address:____________________________________________

Parent's Home Phone #:__________ Work #/Cell #: _____________

I/my youth is hereby committing to attend the Glorybound Trip to San Marcos, Texas on Thursday, July 16

through Sunday, July 19, 2015 and give myself/son/daughter permission to attend. I understand that I will be

responsible for paying the $170 (non-refundable) Registration Fee for this trip.

Participant's Signature:____________________________________ Date:_______

Parent's/Guardian's Signature:_____________________________ Date:_______

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Holy Cross has a group of 20+ women planning to attend the Women of Faith Conference in Houston on February 20-21, however, if you haven’t yet purchased a ticket or it is difficult for you to travel to Houston for the weekend, please prayerfully consider participating in

this LIVE Simulcast at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Beaumont.

Contact Redeemer Lutheran Church at 892-3286 if you are interested in purchasing a ticket.

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CIRCUIT 34 MISSION COUNCIL NEWS

We continue to move toward our goal of establishing a new Hispanic congregation in Port Arthur. Pastor Casillas comes to our area for ESL

classes each Wednesday. He is present at the Thrift Store on Saturday to make contact with those who come there to shop. Sunday morn-

ing worship is held each week at Trinity at 9:00 AM.

The tentative name of the new congregation is La Trinidad. They are in the process of identifying members who could serve as officers of

the congregation, so the group could

apply to the Texas District for a charter. In addition to the Pastor, they would need a

president, a secretary and a treasurer.

We are in need of a bi-lingual teacher! Rosie Cabrera, a member at Trinity, teaches an ESL Bible study each Tuesday from 9 AM to 10

AM. She teaches simple Bible stories using Sunday School lessons and some Arch Books. Rosie is moving away in December, so we need someone who could work with this group. If you can help, please contact Pastor Tim Dinger

at 409-983-1130 or revtdinger@gmail.com.

Food Pantry: The Circuit 34 Mission Council board met on Sunday, November 9. The board decided to suspend operation of the Food Pan-

try until March 28. Our bank balance had reached the point that if we continued the Food Pantry, we would not be able to support Pastor

Casillas properly. If our financial condition improves, we will resume the Food Pantry in the spring.

We thank the Texas District Lutheran Women's Missionary League for their gift to the Hispanic Mission. They have allotted $7700 for our mission.

The November issue of The Lutheran Witness has an excellent article about our work to establish this new

congregation.

As always, remember The Thrift Store at Trinity. It is open Tuesday,

Friday and Saturday from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. They always need help at the store.

Please consider giving a few hours of your time to serve in this way.

The Thrift Store sells any kind of items: clothing, household furnishings, dishes, tools, etc. Be sure all your unwanted items go to the Thrift Store. Proceeds from the store fund the ESL program at Trinity.

Please pray for the success of our mission outreach and consider how you and your congregation can help with this kingdom work.

To our Thrivent Financial Members Have you allocated your 2014 choice dollars? Remember, you have to do this annually for these to go to

Holy Cross or the charity you chose. The deadline to allocate you choice dollars for last year is March, 2015.

If you have any questions about Thrivent Choice Dollars, the new Action Teams program,

or how Thrivent Financial can help you with your life insurance, retirement or investment needs.

Please call your representative or contact me and I will be happy to help with any questions you may have.

Thank you,

Brian W Orner

Financial Associate CLTC, FIC Thrivent Financial®

17450 El Camino Real, Houston, TX 77058-3030 Office: 281-461-6200 ext: 22 Cell: 713-298-9558

Email: brian.orner@thrivent.com

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5th-8th Grade CONFIRMATION RETREAT

Friday, March 27 through Saturday, March 28, 2015 Salem Lutheran Church—Tomball

The 5th and 8th Grade Confirmation students will be attending EPICENTER together on Friday, March 27

through Saturday, March 28 for the Confirmation Retreat. Epicenter is a two day, one night middle school youth gath-

ering that features a house band, high quality presenters, inflatables, a crazy dress dance, video gaming, breakout sectionals and

much, much more! The 5th-8th Grade Confirmation group will also be staying overnight at

Salem Lutheran Church—Tomball as part of this year’s retreat.

Questions? Contact DCE Kristy Witek @722-1609!

Cost: $40 (NON-REFUNDABLE Registration Fee) + cost of 1 meal on Friday + souvenirs + snacks at snack bar

*Registration Fee covers cost of event, travel, housing + 3 meals on Saturday

DEADLINE DEADLINE DEADLINE Registration form must be turned in to DCE Kristy Witek by

Sunday, February 15, 2015.

Fill out the REGISTRATION FORM BELOW and return to DCE Kristy Witek *****************************************************************************************************************

5th-8th Grade Confirmation Retreat

RETREAT REGISTRATION Friday, March 27 through Saturday, March 28, 2015

Salem Lutheran Church—Tomball

Youth's Name: ________________ Birthdate: ____________ Confirmation Class: ____ 5th ____ 6th ____ 7th _____ 8th Address: _______________________________________ City:____________________ State: ________ Zip: ________ Parent's Home Phone #: __________ Work #/Cell #: ________ Email: ___________________________

I hearby give my son/daughter permission to attend the 5th -8th Grade Confirmation Retreat at Salem in Tomball on Friday, March 27 through Saturday, March 28, 2015

Parent's/Guardian's Signature: __________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________________________________________________________________

Jeffrey Dean, Speaker

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Thank you!

A special thank you to everyone at Holy Cross for your prayers, kindness, love, support, understanding, and encouragement throughout 2014. My sincere thanks to the youth of our congregation for taking steps for-ward to grow in your faith to which you were baptized. It is not easy to take time to be in God’s Word and in God’s house with your busy schedules, yet you do it and I am ever so thankful! It is such a blessing to be able to see you walk with Jesus. Also, a sincere thank you to all the parents, families and individuals who

have donated their time and talents to make our youth and church activities worth coming to. By the grace of God our youth programs are growing and the activities could not go on without you. An extra special

thank you to Michael Rose, one of my former youth, who graciously and selflessly serves as our High School Youth Leader. There are not many 20-somethings who would give up their weekends and evenings to

spend time with high school students, but Michael does, and for that I am truly thankful. Our team minis-try has made both Middle School and High School Youth ministry better. Also a special thanks to those who are “always” there every Wednesday and Sunday. We are indebted to you! I want to thank Holy Cross Lu-

theran Church for your precious gift and offering this Christmas!! Your generosity is beyond words!!! Thank you. To God be the Glory! Finally, thank you to our Heavenly Father, who called me to serve here.

Without God’s amazing guidance, patience, forgiveness and love I would not be here, but 14 1/2 years later, I am still here. Thank you, Lord Jesus!

Love Always in Christ,

Kristy L. Witek Director of Christian Education

PS: Thank you to the person/family who gave me the “Tuscany” gift card. I was somehow unable to record

“who” that person or family was and I want to properly thank you. THANKS!

We have 2 jackets in the church office.

One is a boys blue Nike zip up jacket w/ hood &

the other is an adult small LSU zip up jacket w/ hood. If either of these is

yours, please come by & pick it up.

Chili Lunch & Auction Sunday, February 8, 2015

Serving from 11am-1pm $10.00 Includes: chili, drink, & dessert

Eat in or Take out Live Auction starting at 12:30pm

Hope Lutheran Church 9th & LeBlanc Winnie, TX

Mark you calendars for our

First Annual

Pancake Breakfast and Races

Sunday, April 12th

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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

NEWS!

Enrollment:

Monday-Wednesday—71

Tuesday-Thursday –69

Dates to remember in February:

11th and 12th—Valentine Parties, Pizza Lunch;

16th—No School

Our chapel days have changed to Tuesday and Wednesday. Thank you Ms. Kristy and Pastor Francis. Thanks to guest puppeteers Jim and Melissa Lavespere and Renee O’Connor.

Thank you parents, for continuing to dress your children appropriately for the day’s weather—we are so ready to play outside!

We appreciate your prayers for our children and staff. We pray for you daily.

5th-8th Grade Confirmation Retreat Friday, March 27 through Saturday, March 28, 2015

Salem Lutheran Church—Tomball

ADULT COUNSELOR APPLICATION Adult Counselors Needed

If you are willing to be considered as an adult counselor for the 5th-8th Grade Confirmation Retreat at Epi-

center in Salem Lutheran in Tomball on Friday, March 27 through Saturday, March 28 please fill out the fol-

lowing Adult Counselor Application and return to DCE Kristy Witek by Sun., February 15, 2015. The Board

of Christian Education will review nominees and selection will take place at a later time. All Adult Counse-

lors must be at least 21-years of age. ***********************************************************************************************

I ____________________ would like to be considered as an Adult Counselor for the Epicenter 5th-8th Grade

Confirmation Retreat on Friday, March 27 through Saturday, March 28. I understand that I will be responsible

for supervising our youth throughout the weekend. I also understand that I will be responsible for returning

this form to DCE Kristy Witek by Sun., Feb. 15, 2015 in order to be considered as an Adult Sponsor. There is

no cost to adult counselors. A random drawing (of all interested adults) to decide who will be the “official”

counselors.

Signed: _________________________________________________ Date: __________________

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For the first time, we are asking that all donated items for the Silent Auction at the Guys,

Dolls and Spicy Meatballs event be BAKED GOODS. If you are willing to make, bake and

donate home-made baked goods for the Silent Auction on Saturday, February 28, please

contact DCE Kristy Witek at dcekristy@sbcglobal.net or 722-1609.

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