Welcome

Lutheran Church of the Cross of Bismarck, North Dakota, where you will find a welcoming environment with friendly faces and meaningful worship experience. We are a participating member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Please take some time to see what we’re all about. Get to know this wonderful church and make some friends along the way!

Have questions?
Please call us at 701-223-1001 or email:
churchsecretary@midconetwork.com

Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Cross!

Discover a welcoming environment with friendly faces and a meaningful worship experience at Lutheran Church of the Cross of Bismarck, North Dakota. As a participating member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, we invite you to explore what makes our church so wonderful and make new friends along the way. Join us as we finish off a beautiful summer and prepare for a fun fall together. Its not too late to mark your calendar for our upcoming summer worship and picnic and neighborhood block party. We also have exciting opportunities to contribute to our community and engage in enriching activities. Come and be a part of our vibrant community!

Announcements

Click here to see the weekly announcements or scroll to the bottom of the page to see the e-bulletin board.

Blessing of the Backpacks & Installation of Teachers 

Kids, bring your backpacks – already busy being useful! – to worship on Sunday, September 15th or Wednesday, September 18th. Church School teachers and Confirmation leaders will also be installed! Hope you all can be there! 

New Member Orientation

Are you interested in joining Church of the Cross, or hearing more about it? Let Pastor know of your interest, and she will check schedules for what will work best for the group for a new member class! 

Confirmation, Youth, and Church School Schedules

It seems crazy that school is starting again already! And so is fall programming here at LCC. September 8: Rally Sunday – come meet your church school teacher during worship, and fun activity afterward! Think scavenger hunt! September 11: Rally Wednesday –...

Faith and Politics Movies 

Sundays, Sept. 15 and 22 from 3 pm – 5:30 pm: Movie screenings of Postcards from Babylon and Bad Faith, followed by discussion, at the Bismarck Public Library, room A. Together we’ll explore the use of faith in politics, the origins of Christian Nationalism, and what...

In the Footsteps of Paul Trip update 

If you are interested in the Footsteps of Paul tour March 18-29, 2025, with Pastor Lisa and other friends from LCC, now is the time to get your registration in! Be sure to add a note if you are interested in the three-day extension to Istanbul. If you have questions...

Lectionary Year C

This fall marks the start of Lectionary Year C. What does this mean for ELCA Lutherans? Learn more by visiting this site. Year C - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (elca.org)

God’s Work/Our Hands + Altar Focus for September

Rally Sunday is also “God’s Work, Our Hands” day, and we like to choose a project to serve others. This year we will join forces with several other churches to support the efforts of Bridges of Hope and Ministry on the Margins to expand their “Fresh Start Kits” for...

Study on St. Paul to begin in September 

Some of you are planning to go on the footsteps of Paul trip next March. We will be starting a book study in September as we prepare – you don’t have to be going on the trip to join in! The book is called “Paul Among the People” by Sarah Ruden. It is available on...

Book Club

Book Club Meets the 2nd Wednesday at 1:30pm in the library. Sept: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano October: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano November: The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Palaki Consider coming to the Book Club. We have interesting and...

More Opportunities to Help

There are now clipboards with the summer Sunday dates listed for you to sign up to bring treats and serve coffee (always fun to do with a friend or as a family), and to run the dishwasher. We all enjoy the fellowship after worship so much. If a date works for you,...

Did you know the Crossword is available online?

Yes, our favorite monthly update is available online. Check it out at https://churchofthecross.org/newsletters/

Who we are

We started as a home mission congregation…

of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1955. Trinity Lutheran Church of Bismarck acted as the sponsoring congregation. The first services were held in the current building on the 11th of March, 1956, and the rest is history.