Cross Lutheran Church is a friendly and welcoming community of people dedicated to following Christ, loving God, loving neighbor, and serving our hurting world. We may be small, but we have been gifted by the Holy Spirit with generous hearts, open minds, and a gracious spirit. Whether you are looking for a church home, respite from a challenging world, or a place to ponder life and faith, we are here for you.

  • Name of Jesus

    New Year’s Day 2025 falls on the Eighth Day of Christmas (in the liturgical calendar), on which the Church also remembers the Name of Jesus. It’s a wonderful reminder that our identity as people of faith begins, is sustained, and ends in our identity as sisters and brothers of Christ and in Jesus, the Christ.…

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  • This Advent…

    When I was young, my parents always loaded up the car with luggage and presents, food and drink, kids and dogs for our annual Christmas trip to Cambridge, Nebraska, where my mother’s parents, George and Babe Scott lived. In the earlier years, we spent Christmas on the family farm ten miles or so north of…

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