Welcome to our announcements page. Here you can find everything that is going on at Holy Cross and within our community. If you’d like to receive weekly emails with updates and new announcements, please scroll to the bottom of this page to sign up.
You can also view our community calendar here.
If you'd like to invite Holy Cross members to an event or include an announcement, email April at aprilparviz@gmail.com
Offering Envelopes for 2026 have arrived! They are on the large table at the back of the sanctuary. If you would like an offering box, please take one and complete the “sign-up list” with your name and envelope number. Start using your new envelopes only after January 1. If you have any questions, talk to Seth Euken. (12.11.25)
Snow Days and Church Cancellations: It’s that time of year again where snowfall or ice can make getting into Holy Cross difficult. If the weather looks bad enough that we will have to cancel church, we will send out an email to everyone on the emailer list to let you know church has been cancelled, and we will also try to update our social media to hopefully catch everyone. If you are signed up for the weekly emailer but haven’t been getting it recently, check your spam folder as it may be in there. If you are not on the email list and would like to be, please email Megan in the church office at hclcstl@gmail.com (12.4.25)
Holy Cross Family Life Wishlist Holy Cross is a great place for families with kids, thanks to God and to all the loving people that surround them! We’ve put together a list of items that could continue to make the space hospitable to families. If you would like to gift an item, or two, to family life at Holy Cross, you can find the list and learn more at www.holycrossstl.org/wishlist. (11.20.25)
Christmas Morning Service Time Changed The time for our Christmas Morning service has been changed. Your “Life Together at Holy Cross” brochures say it will be at 9:00am. Please note that has been adjusted to 9:30am. (11.6.25)
Weekly
SUNDAYS : Education Hour at 9:15AM | Worship at 10:30AM | Coffee Hour to follow
TUESDAYS : Men's group at the Bridge House at 6:00AM
FRIDAYS : Moms group from 9:30AM - 11:30AM
Prayers John Held, Amanda Berding, Alexandra Durdello, Connie Findley, Joyce Sieber, Cindy Hamil, Megan Laufer, Barbara Horne, Noah Oloff, Joe Harwell, Tracey Brewer, Gene Lehr, Cathy Mesey, Lee Hagan, Steve Helton, Diana Niemann, Anne Harrigan, Sarah Marlatt, Kelpe Family, Sharon Farris, Gerry Held, Laverne Cole, Judy Greenwald, and for the missions of: • Carl and Kelsey Grulke (October 2025 newsletter) • Groundwork Guatemala • Zach Barz • Chai V'Shalom (August edition of Hineni)
Blessings Box Update A special thanks to Meghan Berding for her Thrivent Action Donation to our coat drive!
The goal for the month of December is to provide twice the number of items available to the community each week. The blessing box is collecting the following items: syrup, pasta, pasta sauce, gravy, jelly, and tissues. Please place donations in the bin that is located in the former church office. If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact Melissa Barnett by text at 618-973-0772 or by email at tmkvbarnett@sbcglobal.net
Please help decorate the tree in the back of church with socks! The socks will be distributed to the community through the blessing box.
Holy Cross Life Kati Gaschler compiles photos of life at Holy Cross in a google album. You can see the photos any time at this link here. She has also a blog about life at Holy Cross. You can follow her blog here.
Christmas Party: This Sunday, December 14th at 9:15am children and adults are invited to meet in the basement for this year’s Christmas party! Bring a treat to share and come join in some festive fun! Feel free to also bring a nativity scene from your home to display during the party.
Reception for Kitchen Hymns: After Advent service next Wednesday, December 17th, we will have dinner in the basement and then we’ll have dessert over in the Bridge House for the opening of Kitchen Hymns. Kitchen Hymns explores how domestic spaces and intimate relationships impact our faith journeys, and features new works by Charlotte Eshelman and Katherine Gastler. We will have cookies, hot and cold drinks, plus a small activity for the evening. Hope you can join us!
ADVENT WORSHIP + FELLOWSHIP SCHEDULE:
Sunday, December 14 - Christmas party, church basement, 9:15-10:15am Bring Treats to Share! And your nativity scenes from home for decoration : )
Wednesday, December 17 - Midweek Advent Service, 5:30pm
Reception following: Kitchen Hymns, Bridge House
Wednesday, December 24 - Christmas Eve service, 7pm
Thursday, December 25 - Christmas Day service 9:30am (time changed from Life Together at Holy Cross brochure)
FUTURE FEAST SERVICES : Christmas Eve • February 18th • April 2nd • April 3rd • April 5th • May 31st • Learn more here.
NOVEMBER GARDEN NEWS
Dear Holy Cross Gardeners and all of our volunteers,
Our mission (both out reach and in reach) is to love and care for our family at Holy Cross and our neighbors. We are able to accomplish our goals through the Gardens and Arboretum at Holy Cross only with the help of many hands. When you have prayed for the gardens or helped to maintain the beauty of our gardens, or donated or helped to stock the Blessing House, or donated Bibles and other reading materials or reading glasses for the Library Box or helped to keep it stocked, or helped with prayers for our neighbors, or helped in any way with keeping the gardens ready for other organized gatherings then, you, our faithful volunteers/workers/supporters have helped to make all this happen.
THANK YOU Without your prayers, your words of encouragement, your dedication and hard work none of this would be possible. 2025 was a beautiful year because of YOU!!!
As Thanksgiving, the Hanging of the Green, Advent and Christmas draw near, we wish you and yours all of God’s good gifts, mercy, peace and love.
MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY 2026
- The Gardens and Arboretum at Holy Cross – 2025
TO VOLUNTEER OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONTACT:
Gardens : Gail Radinsky 314-276-4454
Blessings House : Melissa or Kaitlyn Barnett 618-973-0772
Library Box : in need of volunteer
Prayer Request Volunteer : Pastor Gaschler 308-882-6015
Historian for the Gardens and/or Arboretum: Ji Thompson
Follow the Facebook group for the Gardens at Holy Cross!
GARDEN WORK DAYS
January 10th Take down: 10am - done
CURRENT EXHIBITION Interstitium is open to the public, and you can come see the show during Intersect's regular office hours, Tuesday-Saturday 11am-5pm! Learn more about Interstitium here. The exhibition runs through March 22nd.
CLASSES AT INTERSECT! There are a number of exciting classes available at Intersect! There's a variety of ceramics classes, among some other fun options! You can see all our classes and register here. All classes are free for Holy Cross members. Email Megan at intersectstl@gmail.com if you'd like to register.
More events coming soon!