Celebrate With Us Worship With Us Serve With Us WHO ARE WE? We're a growing and friendly 1200-member congregation of the ELCA with great youth and music programs. We accept and advocate basic definitions of Christianity and Lutheranism. Our members include young and old, working and retired, year-round and seasonal. Click to see a brief history of our congregation, a few members' email addresses, a list of new members, or photos of our facilities. WHERE ARE WE? We're just east of hiway #371 at the Sportland corner (#371 at hiways #13 and #77). That's 1.6 miles south of Nisswa and 11.6 miles north of hiway #210 in Brainerd. Here's one map, plus a Google map and satellite view. WHAT DO WE DO? Check events to see our busy calendar. And click service to see how we've organized to meet the needs of our congregation. We are a corporate sponsor of Luther Crest Bible Camp. THOUGHT-PROVOKING WEBSITES       On being a green congregation       On global inequality PLEASE CONTACT US If you're interested in more information or in joining us at Church of the Cross, please click here and we'll get in touch with you. Our pastors:   Pastor Andy Smith church: 218.963.2564   Pastor Bruce Hannem church: 218.963.2564 Staff Send an email:   Church Office Sunday mornings: Worship at 8:15 and 10:30 Coffee fellowship at 9:15 Nursery is staffed from 8:15 to 11:30 Wednesdays: Worship at 6:18 pm On Charter cable TV channel 8: Tuesdays at 5:00 pm and Wednesdays at 8:00 pm	WHAT'S NEW? Starting January 22nd, you can now go to our sermon page and click to see Pastor Andy's and Pastor Bruce's sermons as videos on YouTube. Click here to access them all. Or here to see the latest one. Come attend Pastor Andy's installation by Bishop Aitken on February 12. Click here to see the schedule of between-services forums this winter and spring. And here is our Great Reads book discussion schedule for 2012. We welcomed these new members on January 8, 2012. We have lots of fall/winter photos on our website. Click to see the Polka Party of October 30, Thanksgiving Eve, November 23, our debt retirement of December 11, voting to call a new Senior Pastor on December 11, the annual Fifty Plus lutefisk potluck on December 16, and saying farewell to Pastor Glenn on December 18. Please click here to read the "NEWS AND NOTES" from the latest worship bulletin. Here is a handy calendar for February. And here is the longer-term website calendar. Even if you receive our monthly newsletter in the mail, you should also read it online (click here) because it is so beautiful in color, in January featuring a lovely photo of Pastor Smith's family! Here's the beginning of our 2012 Great Reads book-discussion schedule. Click to see the hosts and food sharing for Fifty Plus during 2012. Eco-tips: Click here to see ideas for reducing waste at home, at work, at school, in the yard, shopping...in every aspect of your life. FOR YOUR REFERENCE   Strategic planning   New members   Sermons   Newsletters   Council minutes   Congregational meetings   Annual Reports   Membership, attendance, giving   Covenant of conduct   Our constitution   Our bylaws   Endowment Fund   Memorial Garden
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