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Couples Club BBQ Dinner The Couples Club at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Warda will have their annual BBQ Chicken Dinner on Mothers Days, May 14. Chickens are $13 and cups of sauce are $3. Pick up is at Holy Cross picnic grounds from 10:30 a.m.-noon. You may place your order by calling the church office at: (979) 242-3333. Deadline to preorder is Monday, May 1.

Bake Sale

Faith Lutheran High School will be hosting its annual Good Friday Bake Sale on Friday, April 7 at the Classic Bank parking lot in Giddings. Cookies, pies, cakes, kolaches, cinnamon rolls, homemade noodles, homemade breads and more will be available from 8 a.m. till noon, or until sold out.

150th Anniversary Celebration Everyone is invited to attend the 150th Anniversary Celebration of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Warda on Sunday, April 23. There will be a “homecoming” worship at 9 a.m. welcoming back former members and Pastors. Refreshments will be provided at 10:30 a.m. with time for socializing, reminiscing and special greetings. There will be a catered meal with free will donation at noon. A special Anniversary Celebration Worship will be held at 3 p.m. with guest Preacher Dr. Michael Zeigler from the Lutheran Hour.

Knox Memorial Scholarship Raffle tickets for the Amanda Knox Memorial Scholarship Fund are now on sale. There are two separate raffles. The first raffle is for half of an Angus/Wagyu calf and the processing. Only 100 tickets will be sold and 2 tickets will be drawn from that group. The second raffle is for a trip to New York City, including airfare, three nights at the Edison hotel, and two tickets to two New York Yankees games. Only 100 tickets will be sold. Tickets are $100 each and all the money raised goes to the Amanda Knox scholarship fund. This scholarship will pay for the tuition for an incoming Faith Lutheran High School student. Drawings will be held on April 10 for the calf and April 24 for the New York trip. Tickets can be purchased at the church office, LaGrange Chevron or by contacting cyndy. zoch@gmail.com.

Applications are now being accepted for an academic- based scholarship from the Amanda (Zoch) Knox Memorial Scholarship Fund. This fund will pay for the full tuition for an upcoming 9th grade student of Faith Lutheran High School beginning in the Fall of 2023. Applications are available from Mrs. Kueck (979) 242-2889 or from Cyndy Zoch at cyndy.zoch@gmail.com. Applications are due May 1, 2023.

Condolences

Sympathy to Wayne and Lisa Brugger and their family on the death of Wayne’s mom, Loretta Brugger, on March 27.

Holy Cross Services

Services at Holy Cross Lutheran are Sunday at 9 a.m. Bible Class and Sunday school follows the morning service.

Good Friday Service will be at 7 p.m. Friday April 7 and Easter Services will be held Sunday April 9, with sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and Festival Worship with communion at 9 a.m. There will be an Easter Egg Hunt at 10 a.m.

Sermon links/streaming videos and additional information is on the website at: www.holycrosswarda.com.

Faith Lutheran High School Registration for the 202324 school year is underway. Five new students have already enrolled. If you would like to become part of the Falcon family, call (979) 2422889 or visit the website at www.flhstx.org for registration information or to schedule a shadow day.

Faith Lutheran High School will have part time openings on its faculty for the 2023-24 academic year. Interested individuals who teach any subject are encouraged to apply, but science, social studies, English or electives are sought after skills. Applicants may submit resumes to Faith Lutheran High School, PO Box 138, Warda TX. 78960, call (979) 242-2889 or email them to kueckn@flhstx.org.

Everyone is invited to join in the weekly Chapel Worship Service every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

Prayer Requests

Larry Woelfel, Jeanette Schramm, Carolyn Jurk, Al Jurk, Linda Hobratschk, Nancy I. Pietsch, Mike Kasper, Becky Urban, Chris Penland, Donita Ortiz, Gayle Berry, Carolyn Hunger.

Special prayers for those fighting cancer: Nancy I. Pietsch, Darrell Schubert, Karen Schubert, Dee Tegtmeier, Jana Tindle, John Kaiser, Carolyn Major, Wesley Cervenka, Diane Tribble, Taylor Korenek, Susan Dube, Lacey Quadrelli, Carol Phillips, Michael Williams, Jo Ann Fehrle, Theresa Krause, Donita Ortiz.

Anniversaries

Anniversary wishes are extended to the following couples: Jim and Betty Duke-April 10.

Birthdays

Birthday wishes are extended to the following celebrants: Eleanor Carey-April 6, Abigail Noack, Slayde Burgess-7, Roger Heinrich Sr., Terry Lehmann-9, Phillip Wagner-10, Linda Nietsche- 11, Daxton Heselmeyer- 12.