At Holy Cross we care about youth.
The Events Below are designed to bring your Middle or High School youth into connection with other Christian Youth, with Jesus through his word, and with the community and world through service. Many of these events are Organized together with youth and Youth Leaders from LCMs churches across Spokane.
All The Events Below are For:
Middle School youth (6th-8th Grade)
High School Youth (9th-12th Grade)
& Friends!
Every Sunday from 10 - 10:30 am Middle and High School Youth will be joining for Bible Study in the Holy Cross Youth room with Pastor Mike and other Youth Leaders from Holy Cross. Join us! Friends are welcome too!
Pack your bags! We’ll meet at St. John’s on Saturday at 5 p.m. and will kick off our lock-in by having dinner together. The rest of the night will consist of a variety of games and plenty of snacks. Please bring a sleeping bag and pillow and an overnight bag. We will be having breakfast and attending worship at St. John’s on Sunday morning. The event will end at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.
We’ll meet at Beautiful Savior for lunch, games, and time in God’s word. All middle and high school youth are invited. Friends are welcome. Sign them up here. There is no cost! Signing up early helps us plan.
More Upcoming Events
Spring 2024 events are still being planned. Stay tuned for more details about April and May events.
The next youth gathering is coming up in the Summer of 2025, all youth entering 9th grade to 12th grade, or who have just graduated High School as of that summer are welcome to attend. Start thinking ahead now. It will be in New Orleans, LA. , July 19-23, 2025. The theme is “Endure” based on Hebrews 12:1-3. Learn more at: https://www.lcmsgathering.com/
Check out the fun from our Time at the Last LCMS National Youth Gathering
July 9-13, 2022 The LCMS National Youth Gathering in Houston, Texas
Several LCMS churches in Spokane are sending youth to the National Youth Gathering (NYG). Holy Cross’ group will be attending with Beautiful Savior Lutheran. The registration deadline for Holy Cross was October 17. We have three youth and three adults from Holy Cross signed up. NYG 2022 here we come!
Our Holy Cross & Beautiful Savior NYG Group 2022
First Selfie - Meeting at the airport at 4:30 am
Airport Snacks and downtime
View of Hotel pool and Lazy River from our Hotel Rooms
Thursday - July 7: We had a smooth, but slow travel day today! Everything went well, but we got our first taste of Houston traffic when we arrived downtown as the Astros game finished. The group kept their spirits up though, and we enjoyed dinner at the hotel and time at the pool. Tomorrow we’ll be tourist at Space Center Houston and the Kemah Boardwalk.
Friday Fun Day!
A tiring but fun day! Lots of sight seeing. And sweating but excited to start the gathering tomorrow with the first mass event.
Ready for this event to start!!
Opening Mass Event - Saturday Evening - Minute Maid Stadium
Over 19,000 youth from all over the United States
NYG Theme - In All Things!
Our seats at Minute Maid Stadium … such a BIG stadium!
Minute Maid Stadium Baseball field changed into a center to worship our Lord and Savior.
Saturday was our day to register, start planning our session options for the week, enjoy some more delicious Texas cuisine, and attend our first mass event. We finished the night with an epic fireworks show, and the whole event left our youth with the conclusion, “God is awesome!”
On Sunday, our group was selected to do an Off-Site Servant Event at the Houston Food Bank
Hard at work and getting some directions. Last year the Houston Food Bank provided 150 million meals to 18 counties in southeastern Texas!
Many hands make light work at the Houston Food Bank. Thanks so many eager NYG Volunteers.
Bus transportation to the Food Bank. We are eager to serve the local community in Houston!
Small Group time while waiting for things to start is always fun and games.
And the games continue….
Monday brought our groups first day of experiencing all the things in the big exhibit hall.
Selfie Time again! Our green shirts are not only cool but they stand out in the crowd of people.
We love the Mass Events and are developing stronger friendships.
Over 19,000 youth are loud, bright, and fun as we worship our Lord and Savior Jesus!
Holy Cross and Beautiful Savior group from Spokane WA! What a great group!
Monday started with Bible Study (with close to 4,000 people!) and was our first full day of sessions, speakers, and visits to the gigantic exhibit hall. We we’re confronted by just how great our own and our world’s need for reconciliation is, and comforted with reminders of Christ’s ability to reconcile ALL things!