Service & Missions

Holy Cross Mission Support 2025

Each year, the members of Holy Cross vote to provide monetary support (above and beyond our monthly giving to the church) to four organizations.

January—March
“Adopt a Student” (Lutheran Leadership) During this quarter we are collecting offerings for three men in our church who are preparing for ministry. Currently we have: Isaiah, a first year student at Concordia University, Nebraska preparing for Pastoral ministry; Vicar Mark who is working towards his pastoral degree online through Concordia Seminary in St. Louis; and Josh, taking classes to complete his Deacons license through our Pacific Southwest District.

April—June
Garuna Ministries: LISA. The Luther Institute Southeast Asia (LISA) is a ministry of The Garuna Foundation that is dedicated to helping teach God's Word in Southeast Asia. This Bible teaching and training ministry assists the Thailand Concordia Lutheran Church (TCLC), the Cambodia Lutheran Church (CLC), and other regional Lutheran partners in the training of indigenous and national pastors, deaconesses, Garuna School teachers, and lay leaders for service in their respective churches. Learn more.

July—September
Sunshine Acres Children’s Home Sunshine Acres provides a loving, wholesome, Christian home for children who are separated from their parents and helps them establish long-term relationships with stable parental figures, preparing them for success in adult life. Learn more.

October—December
Member Assistance Fund Our internal Holy Cross community fund to help members in need when times get hard. Rest assured we have worked diligently to improve our processes for screening, approving and tracking given funds so you should feel good knowing that everything you give is supporting someone truly in need.

In addition, our congregation carries out several projects each year to support our local community. Recent projects include:

Peanut Butter & Jelly Drive for Vista Del Camino. Peanut butter and jelly are staples that are placed in every food box given out by this Scottsdale area food bank. The bank has requested we provide these two specific items to restock their shelves.

Code Red Summer Heat Relief: Last year was the hottest summer Phoenix has ever had, and it was the deadliest one on record for people experiencing homelessness. This is the second summer that our congregation has collected cases of water and cash to be given to Phoenix Rescue Mission to provide this life-saving resource to those experiencing homelessness. We collected more than 7,500 bottles of water this summer!