Welcome to Church of the Holy Cross’s live streaming worship service for January 17, 2021. Feel free to follow the service text by scrolling down, or you may download and print the service in PDF format below. Online Worship, January 17, 2021Second Sunday after Epiphany Rev. Eric S. Anderson, Pastor WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD […]
January 15, 2021 in Worship by holycrosshilo
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Sharing of Time and Skills “Do your little bit of good where you are. It’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” – Archbishop Desmond Tutu Love is a verb. Not simply a feeling or thought. Grounded in God’s love for us, we are called to act, to love. 1 John […]
January 15, 2021 in Community by holycrosshilo
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January 13, 2021 Last Wednesday was a scary day. The images from the United States Capitol combined the terrifying with the bizarre. One moment I saw violent physical clashes between rioters and Capitol police officers. The next moment I saw light-hearted invaders walking between red velvet ropes. One photo, taken when the Representatives had moved […]
January 13, 2021 in Pastor's Corner Reflections by holycrosshilo
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Jesus told Nathanael that he would see angels descending with the Son of Man. Well, after last week, I would welcome some angels. Here’s a transcript: I’m thinking about how much I looked forward to the end of the year 2020, how much I hoped that 2021 would bring respite, relief; would bring renewal after […]
January 11, 2021 in What I'm Thinking by holycrosshilo
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The video above will be live at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, January 13, 2021.
January 10, 2021 in Events, Song from Church of the Holy Cross by holycrosshilo
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January 10, 2021Baptism of Christ Acts 19:1-7Mark 1:4-11 by Eric Anderson The story – not this story, but the story within this story – started with a finch. As stories go, it wasn’t an impressive one. It was depressingly simple. The story was this: that cats hunted regularly in one grassy area filled with seeds […]
January 10, 2021 in Sermons by holycrosshilo
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Click the video box above at 6:00 PM to sing along on old favorites and refresh the spirit.
January 8, 2021 in Events by holycrosshilo
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Welcome to Church of the Holy Cross’s live streaming worship service for January 10, 2021. Feel free to follow the service text by scrolling down, or you may download and print the service in PDF format below. Online Worship, January 10, 2021Baptism of Christ Rev. Eric S. Anderson, Pastor WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD Welcome […]
January 8, 2021 in Worship by holycrosshilo
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January 6, 2021 “And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another road.” – Matthew 2:12 On January 6th, we are well into the season of “Have you broken all your New Year’s resolutions yet?” jokes. The portrait of well-intended but lightly-made, lightly-taken, and […]
January 7, 2021 in Pastor's Corner Reflections by holycrosshilo
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December 30, 2020 I have a habit of observing each year that we celebrate the New Year at an arbitrary time – for truly, any day to end an old year and begin a new year has to be an arbitrary time. I’m not sure I’ve ever hoped (even prayed) that the arbitrary turning of […]
January 7, 2021 in Pastor's Corner Reflections by holycrosshilo
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