January Newsletter is Available… …on the large table in the narthex, or on the church website: www.holycrosskearney.org

Holy Cross Staff Pastor Duane Duley Cell: 627-7923 dduley@hclk.org Pastor Executive Director Joe Schutt Office: 237-2944 jschutt@hclk.org Director of Youth Ministries & Adult Education Andrew Rohwer Cell: 293-3796 arohwer@hclk.org Children’s Ministry & Assimilation Director

Michelle Bombeck Office: 237-2944 mbombeck@hclk.org Campus Ministry Coordinator

Judy Wellman Office: 236-8253 jwellman@hclk.org Music Director

Jolene Berke Office: 237-2944 jberke@hclk.org Preschool Director

Deanna Kitzelman Office: 237-2944 dkitzelman@hclk.org Preschool Aides

Amy Humphrey Office: 237-2944 Brittney Carnahan Office: 237-2944

Finance/Benefits Administrator Tammy Hayden Office: 237-2944 thayden@hclk.org

Administrative Assistants Sue Seaton Office: 237-2944 sseaton@hclk.org Dianne Duley Office: 237-2944 office@hclk.org Linda Muhlbach Office: 237-2944 office@hclk.org

Custodian Dustin Limbach Office: 237-2944 dlimbach@hclk.org

Financial Update General Fund December Year to Date Receipts $ 160,480 $ 1,115,614 Expenditures $ 97,264 $ 1,105,326

Please Notify Us for Hospital Visitation! HIPAA laws prevent the hospitals from informing us of

your health situation. Please notify us by calling the church office at 308-237-

2944 so Pastor or an Elder can visit you.

Current Servant Opportunities Ministry Action Teams TRUSTEES: Maintaining church facility & properties Contact: Blake Hild, 308-440-2410 MEGAN KERSTEN: Join others with a heart for supporting

workers in the mission field through donations & prayer Contact: church office, 308-237-2944 OUTREACH: Join with others who have a passion to share

Jesus’ love with our community & world Contact: Ryan & Amanda Overleese, 308-830-1451 MUSIC: Assists the music director with music ministry

needs, planning, and ideas. Contact Jolene, 308-293-0084

Holy Cross Weekly Calendar Sunday, January 6

8:00 am Traditional Worship Service 9:30 am Blended Worship Service 9:30 am Sunday School (3yr.-8th Gr.) in Education Wing 9:30 am Youth Bible Study at the Youth House 9:30 am Adult Bible Study in the Overflow (Rooms 11/12/13) 11:00 am Blended Worship Service 2:00 pm Private Piano Recital

Monday, January 7 10:00am Staff Meeting in Library 1:00 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry in Room 11 1:00 pm Quilters in Rooms 12/13 2:00 pm LWML Board Meeting in Library 7:00 pm Elders’ Meeting in Library 7:00 pm HOPE Support Group in Rooms 1/2

Tuesday, January 8 2:00 pm Women in Mission (LWML) in Library 6:00pm “New” Adult Bell Choir Rehearsal in Music Room 6:30 pm New Member Class Section 1 in Rooms 3/5 7:00 pm Women in Mission (LWML) in FH/K 7:00 pm Hearts Alive! Praise Team Rehearsal in Sanctuary

Wednesday, January 9 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study in Rooms1/2 5:00 pm 3rd-5th Gr. Bell Choir Rehearsal in Music Room 5:30 pm 6th-8th Gr. “Kampanes” Bell Choir Rehearsal in MR 6:00 pm Youth Group @ the Youth House 6:00 pm Praise Team Rehearsal in Sanctuary 6:15 pm 3yr. – 5th Gr. “BELIEVE” in Ed. Classrooms 6:15 pm 6th-8th Gr. Confirmation Classes in Ed. Classrooms 6:15 pm Women’s Bible Study – Beth Moore in Overflow 6:15 pm Men’s Bible Study – God Connects in Garage 6:15 pm Grief Share in Church Library

Thursday, January 10 6:30 pm Revelation Bible Study in FH 7:00 pm Toastmasters Meeting Rooms 1/2

Friday, January 11 6:30 am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study in FH/K

Saturday, January 12 (Youth Weekend) 4:45 pm Music Rehearsal in Sanctuary 5:30 pm Worship Service

Sunday, January 13 (Youth Weekend) 8:00 am Blood Pressure Screenings in Library 8:00 am Traditional Worship Service 9:00 am Youth Brunch Fundraiser in FH/K (ends @ 11:00am) 9:30 am Blended Worship Service 9:30 am Sunday School (3yr.-8th Gr.) in Education Wing 9:30 am Youth Bible Study at the Youth House 9:30 am Adult Bible Study in the Overflow (Rooms 11/12/13) 11:00 am Blended Worship Service 6:30 pm Kahle Life Group in Friendship Hall

CONNECTION Growing Together in Christ’s Love and Reaching Out as His Disciples

WEEKEND WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Saturdays: 5:30 pm Blended Worship Sundays: 8:00 am Traditional Worship 9:30 am Praise Worship 11:00 am Praise Worship

3315 11th Avenue, Kearney, NE 68845 • 308.237.2944 • holycrosskearney.org

January 6 – January 13 EDITION

2019 Contribution Envelopes Contribution envelopes are in your church mailbox.

2019-2020 Holy Cross Preschool Registration is Open to the Public You can register on the church website or pick up a paper form @ the Holy Cross Ministry Center.

Two New Member Classes Offered FIRST CLASS: Tuesdays, Jan. 8-Feb. 5, 6:30-8:30pm, Rooms 3/5

SECOND CLASS: Sat., Feb. 9, 9am-4pm & Sun., Feb. 10, 1:00-4:00pm, in Rooms 3/5 Contact Michelle Bombeck, 308-237-2944

Wednesday Night Meal & Classes Resume this Wednesday, January 9! Meal begins serving @ 5:00pm. Classes begin @ 6:15pm.

Revelation Bible Study Resumes this Thursday, January 10 6:30pm in the Friendship Hall. Don’t forget your worksheets & handouts! All are welcome.

Youth Sunday Brunch, Sunday, January 13 9:00-11:00am, come support the high school youth as they prepare to attend the Nation Youth Gathering this July!

Breakfast burritos, coffee cakes, muffins & all the fixin’s will be served in the Friendship Hall. Free will donation will be collected, with all proceeds going to support our trip to the gathering.

Please stop by the Ministry Center between services and ask any questions you may have.

Let us know how we can pray for you, help you find a place to serve, connect you to Holy Cross.

How can I become a member? Contact Michelle Bombeck @ 308-237-2944.

Restrooms: Handicap accessible restrooms located in the alcove between the north & northeast doors OR in the hallway between the Friendship Hall & the Overflow area. Other restrooms are down the education hallway by the water fountain.

Nursery/Cry Room: 1st door on the left as you start down the education hallway. Toys, rocking chairs, changing table & extra “baby supplies” are available. Adults can see & hear the worship service on the TV provided. Toddler Worship Bags are available at the Ministry Center.

Bible Study & Sunday School Classrooms: Please check with the volunteer at the Ministry Center for help in locating these classrooms.

Special Worship Needs: for the visually impaired, an usher will be happy to provide large print worship folders.

We Celebrate Holy Communion on 1st & 3rd weekends: If you are a guest & would like to commune with us, please read the laminated card in the pew racks. Gluten-free wafers and sulfite-free grape juice are available; please let the server know you desire these options.

Coffee & doughnuts are available in the Friendship Hall @ 9:00am and until they are gone.

Wednesdays, 5:00-6:15pm in the Friendship Hall Prices: 0-5 yrs. - free; 6-15 yrs. - $1; 16 yrs. + - $4

Jan. 9 – Meatballs & Mashed Potatoes

If you don’t currently get the weekly church email, fill out a form on the large table in the narthex so we can add

you to the list!

Prayer Shawl Meeting January 7 1st & 3rd Mondays at 1:00pm in Room 11 Contact: Kay Kreutzer, 308-237-5713

Women in Mission Quilters January 7 Mondays, 1:00-3:00pm in Rooms 12/13 We fellowship and sew, cut, tie & pin quilts Quilts are donated to Orphan Grain Train & local charities Contact: Janet Asche – 308-440-7879

Women in Mission (LWML) Meetings TUESDAY, JANUARY 8

2:00pm in the library Program: DVD on the daring rescue, against impossible odds in the Bering Sea, of Dave Anderson & 6 others. Bring your Mites!

7:00pm in the Friendship Hall Program: Bible study from Winter Quarterly. Bring your own quarterly, Mites & a guest!

Weekly on Wednesdays beginning January 9 6:15-7:30pm in the Holy Cross library Grief Share is a weekly seminar & support group that

offers a warm, caring environment that features biblical concepts for healing from your grief.

What to expect? Each week there will be a video seminar that is encouraging and features leading grief recovery experts, small group discussion about the weekly video and a personal study exercises w/journaling that will reinforce the weekly session topics.

A sign-up sheet is in the church office Facilitator: Amy Koski, 308-237-2944

NEW Adult Bell Choir Starts THIS WEEK, Tues., January 8

Rehearsals will be on Tuesdays from 6:00-7:00pm in the Music Room. Sign-up sheet is @ the Ministry Center.

Always been curious about bells or wanted to try ringing a handbell to see what it’s like? Now is the perfect time to join & give it a try!

No experience necessary. Don't read music? We'll teach you! No commitment - just come and give it a try! Bell Director – Patty Henry

Questions? Music Director, Jolene - jberke@hclk.org

HEARTS ALIVE! starts THIS WEEK, Tues., January 8 The 30-minute rehearsals are every Tuesday, 7:00-

7:30pm in the Sanctuary Join us for Hearts Alive!, a new praise team forming @

Holy Cross, which will sing in worship 1 time a month. Men & women of all ages who love: to sing contemporary

praise music, the acappella sound, to sing harmony, read music, harmonize by ear; this group is for YOU!

Kampanes (6th-8th) AND Ring Us Up to Heaven (3rd-5th) Bell Choirs start up again THIS WEDNESDAY, January 9:

NOW is a great time to JOIN US if you’d like to ring bells. 3rd-5th grade (and 2nd graders who take piano lessons) ring

Wed. @ 5:00pm in the Music Room 6th-8th grade ring on Wed. @ 5:30pm in the Music Room Bring a friend!

BIGS (1st-5th Gr.) sing “The Gospel Truth” in worship Sunday, January 20, @ 9:30 & 11:00am Mark your calendars! Save the date! See you then!

Kids’ & Youth Ministries Contacts: Kids Min - Michelle Bombeck, 308-237-2944 Youth Min - Andrew Rohwer, 308-293-3796 Music Min – Jolene Berke, 308-293-0084

Sunday Sunday School – Kingdom Quest

9:30-10:30am in the Education Wing High School Bible Study – NO CLASS ON JANUARY 13

9:30-10:30am @ the Youth House (3304 11th Ave, SW corner of church)

Wednesday 3rd-5th Grade Bell Choir – “Ring Us Up to Heaven”

5:00-5:30pm in Music Room 6th-8th Grade Bell Choir – “Kampanes”

5:30-6:00pm in Music Room 3yr.-5th Grade Classes

BELIEVE by Randy Frazee 6:15-7:30pm in Education Classrooms

6th-8th Grade Confirmation Classes 6:15-7:30pm in Education Classrooms

High School Youth 6:00pm – Come hangout, play games, enjoy a meal (thanks to

parents) & relax @ the Youth House (3304 11th Ave, SW corner of church)

7:00pm - Gathering begins, light snacks provided. Join us for Bible study, relationship building & growing together

in our faith.

Adult Education & Support Ministries Sunday Adult Bible Study

BELIEVE by Randy Frazee 9:30am in Rooms 12/13 (Overflow)

Contact: Linda Muhlbach, 308-627-4717 Wednesday Women’s Morning Bible Study

Prayer – We Speak to God by John Kleinig 9:30-11:00am, Rooms 1/2 Contact: Verna Wood, 308-236-2091

Women’s Evening Bible Study Here & Now…There & Then by Beth Moore 6:15pm in Rooms 12/13 (Overflow) Contact: Carol Larson, 308-627-7782

Men’s Bible Study God Connects by Lutheran Hour Ministries 6:15pm in the Garage Contact: Pete Kotsiopulos, 402-326-8390

Thursday Adult Bible Study

The Book of Revelation 6:30pm in the Friendship Hall Contact: Pastor Duley, 308-237-2944

Friday Men’s Prayer Breakfast & Bible Study

The Atheist Delusion by Ray Comfort 6:30-7:30am, Friendship Hall Contact: Gene Beerbohm, 308-440-2449 or Rick Meyer, 308-

627-1164

Thank You… …to my Holy Cross family for all the prayers, cards, phone calls and food that was given to me following my stay in the hospital. I am so blessed and grateful for all of you. Cathy Kahle

…to our Holy Cross family. We pray that God will bless you all as much as you have blessed us. Dianne & I thank you for the support, encouragement, cards & gifts given us over this Advent & Christmas season. We deeply appreciate your love & thoughtfulness & we pray that this New Year, 2019, is filled with God’s peace, joy, mercy & grace for each of you. With grateful & humbled hearts…Pastor & Dianne Duley

Volunteer Snow Removal Sign-Up

We Need Your Help This Winter! Please help us keep the sidewalks & steps @ Holy Cross

safe & clear of snow this winter! There is a sign-up sheet on the office window to add

yourself to a team of volunteers to help with this ministry Contact: Joe Schutt, 308-237-2944

Red Cross Blood Drive @ Holy Cross Tuesday, January 29, 12:00-6:00pm in Friendship Hall Sign-up @ the Ministry Center to donate blood and/or to

volunteer on that day. Walk-ins are welcome! In the last 4 years, blood donors have declined by about

320,000 donors! Please consider donating or becoming a new donor.

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