Current Sermon Series: Made New
Genesis 2:18-25, Ephesians 5:22-33, Mark 10:2-9
Crawfish Boil – Mark Your Calendars!
The High School Mission Trip Crawfish Boil fundraiser will be on Saturday, March 30th, 6:30pm – 8:30pm. The ONE-DAY ticket sale will be on Sunday, February, 24th. Buy your tickets and see you at the Boil!
Annual CancerBank Poker Tournament – March 2nd
The 8th Annual CancerBank Poker Tournament will be held on Saturday, March 2nd at HCLA Upper Campus (100 Aero Lane Sanford). Player registration is open at CancerBank.org. If you have any questions or to sponsor or to donate, email Pastor Chris, chrisj@cancerbank.org or Lara Jackson, ljackson@cancerbank.org.
Family Serve: Parking Help at Heathrow Arts Festival – March 3rd
We will be working with HCLA again this year to assist the Lake Mary ~ Heathrow Arts Festival with parking on March 3rd (9:30-3:30). Shifts will be 2 hours long and those age 11 and up can easily help. Visit our Facebook Page event to lock in your time slot.
Ash Wednesday Service – March 6th
We will be having Soup, made by LWML, and sandwiches, which you will bring with you, at 6:00pm in the Community Center followed by Ash Wednesday Service at 7:00pm in the Worship Center. Service includes the imposition of ashes and communion.
Early Communion Class – March 13th
The class is for 4th-5th grade children, which in their parent’s estimation, are mature and ready to receive the Lord’s Supper. The class starts on Wednesday, March 13th from 6:30pm-8:00pm, then will run each week on Wednesdays through April 17th. After the 6-week class, the students are invited to partake in their first communion at the Maundy Thursday service, April 18th at 7:00pm. Register online at hclm.org/communion.
St. Luke’s Concert Series – February 16th
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church Concert Series has the UCF Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, February 16th at 7:00pm. Concerts are free and open to the public.
6th Annual Hymn Festival – March 2nd
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer is sponsoring the 6th Annual Hymn Festival “Fruits of the Spirit” featuring Composer and Organist, David Ludwig on Saturday, March 2nd at 4:00pm (2525 S. Oak Ave. Sanford). Come sing along and be entertained by extraordinary music and hymns including old familiar tunes along with new compositions. Festival is free and open to the public.
Announcements & Updates
Prayer Teams Meeting – February 10th
The Prayer Teams are meeting on February 10th in the Community Center at 12:20pm.
Dream Builders – February 22nd
Holy Cross Lake Mary’s Dream Builders team is raising money to help build a home with Habitat for Humanity’s Women’s Build 2019. Join us for a Ladies night of Bunco to raise funds for our build days. Friday, February 22nd – in the Community Center NO BUNCO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED! Doors open at 6:30pm and the dice roll at 7:00pm.
Tickets are $20. There will be food, drinks, prizes, a raffle, and 50/50 drawing with all proceeds going directly to the build. To reserve your spot at a Bunco table, email Shiela Diaz at diazshiela88@gmail.com. If you can’t make it and would like to donate or just want more information about the team go to: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/team/828025/.
Family Serve: Road Clean Up – February 23rd
Join us for a fun morning with your family while we make a noticeable impact on our community. We will be cleaning up trash along Longwood Lake Mary Road. All ages are welcome. We are meeting at Star Child Academy on Longwood/Lake Mary Road to clean up our adopted road.
How Has God Impacted Your Life?
Has God used Holy Cross to impact your life? We would love to hear about it! Visit HCLM.org/testimony to share your story.
The Sharing Center Food Pantry
This month we are collecting canned tuna, packaged tuna, and macaroni & cheese for the Sharing Center. All sizes of these protein items are needed, look for BOGO and also special pricing at Supermarkets and Warehouse clubs. Please help us out by picking up some of these items and dropping them off in the Narthex. Thank you all for your support of the Food Pantry!
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity needs our help. They have been offered materials to help their organization meet their mission of seeking to put God’s love into action, by bringing people together to build homes, communities, and hope. They have volunteer opportunities to assist with packing and moving the materials over the next few weeks. Find out more and sign up at https://habitatseminoleapopka.org/trade-show/.
L Team News
Second Tuesday Lunch Bunch – February 12th
Join the ladies on February 12th at Austin’s Buffet & Bakery located at 2300 W SR434 Longwood, FL 32779 for lunch at 11:30am. To make reservations call Sherry Fox (407-869-1341).
JOY – February 21st
JOY (just older youth) is a social group for 50+ adults. We will meet at the Patio Grill in Sanford for dinner on Thursday, February 21st at 6:30 pm. If you enjoy Food, Fun, and Fellowship, come join us. Contact Denny McCombs at 317-919-7969 or lindenmc@gmail.com for information.
Book Club – February 25th
Join the Book Club on Monday, February 25th at 7:00pm for discussion of “Killers of the Flower Moon” by David Grann led by Jane Reed.
BUNCO – February 26th
Come fellowship and have FUN on Tuesday, February 26th at 11:30am with brown bag lunch, games start at noon in the Community Center.
Ladies Bible Study – February 28th
Join the Ladies Bible Study on Thursday, February 28th at 6:30pm as we continue our bible study upstairs in classroom 1.
Prayers of the Church
Prayers of Thanksgiving
Ervin Schreiber thank the Lord for another year of blessings – as he celebrated his birthday
Prayers of Comfort
Family of Robert (Bob) Hester
Prayers of Healing
Karen Lorenz successful (left) hand surgery on February 12th with little scarring, healing and recovery, being able to return to work in two weeks
Virginia Fauble in hospital with infections and some dementia
Barbara Hartpence continued healing and recovery
Paul Short (Kathy Sinninger’s Brother) continued healing from heart surgery and quick recovery
General Prayer
We pray today for our nation and our world. We ask that God would be with all of our leaders and elected officials; we pray that He would bring peace to the world, an end to violence and especially watch over Christians that are facing persecution.
Prayers for Healing from Cancer
Mike Bair
Barbara Bechtold
Steve Benson
Robert Bowes
Karen Brett
Texann Buck
Becky Burrell
Jack Cadden
Kathy Carr
Theresa Ciullo
Andrea Clark
Karen Dunn
Wendy Eisenhower
Joey DiFazio
Jamie Fabozzi
Tosha Feldmann
Carla Ford
Michael Francis
Jerry Gross
Dana Grimes
Courtney Guenther
Dennis Halloran
Bob Hamilton
Saundria Henderson
Martha Herring
Steve Homan
Marlin Houser
Lynne Kramer
Al Laruffa
Lori Luedtke
Jean Mactye
Larry Miller
Desmond Niburg
Dan Olson
Irmgard Pommerening
Sue Puglisi
Dawn Pursel
Karen Schlue
Jean Skelly
Gary Starkweather
Cash Register
Nancy Taggart
Will Thompson
Maria Valez
“Casting a light to help those who are lost find their way in Christ”
Sunday Services at 8:00am, 9:30am and 11:00am in the Worship Center
Monday Service at 6:30pm in the Community Center
Pastor Matt Wallis (mwallis@hclm.org)
Pastor Chris Johnson (chrisj@hclm.org)
Executive Pastor CFLCN: Pastor Paul Hoyer (paul@hclm.org)