It is a busy season! Here are some of the special events taking place during the Advent and Christmas seasons at your Church of the Holy Cross. Friday, December 8: Community Sing 6:00 pm, Sanctuary. Our Christmas carol sing-along! Saturday, December 16 (note date change!): Community Concert 6:00 pm, Sanctuary. Pastor Eric sings his annual […]
November 28, 2023 in Uncategorized by holycrosshilo
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As we begin Advent, we recall that God’s compassion for us is present in both good times and bad. Here’s a transcript: I’m thinking about the thirteenth chapter of Mark’s Gospel (Mark 13:24-37). This coming Sunday is the beginning of Advent, a new season for us in the church year. It is also the beginning […]
November 28, 2023 in What I'm Thinking by holycrosshilo
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The video above will stream live at 11:00 AM HAST on Wednesday, November 29. It will be available as a recording afterward. You may need to click “Play” to launch the video.
November 26, 2023 in Events, Song from Church of the Holy Cross by holycrosshilo
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November 26, 2023 Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24Matthew 25:31-46 About 580 years before Jesus’ birth, Ezekiel wrote and spoke. Once a priest in the Jerusalem Temple, Ezekiel had been taken into exile in Babylon. There God called him to a new role in ministry: a prophet in the mold of Amos, Hosea, and Isaiah. The prophet wrote […]
November 26, 2023 in Sermons by holycrosshilo
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The video will stream live beginning a few minutes before 10:00 AM on Sunday, November 26, 2023. You may need to click Play to launch the stream. You can also watch the recorded video at this same place at any time afterward. Welcome to Church of the Holy Cross’s live stream of its worship service […]
November 26, 2023 in Worship by holycrosshilo
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November 22, 2023 The solar year invites people to recognize certain times. The winter solstice, when the days stop getting shorter and begin to lengthen, plays an important role in many religions, including Christianity. We celebrate Christmas soon after the solstice, and the Hawaiian Makahiki season centers on it. Persians, Chinese, and Incans have all […]
November 22, 2023 in Pastor's Corner Reflections by holycrosshilo
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The video above will stream live at 11:00 AM HAST on Wednesday, November 22. It will be available as a recording afterward. You may need to click “Play” to launch the video.
November 21, 2023 in Events, Song from Church of the Holy Cross by holycrosshilo
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In Matthew 24 and 25, Jesus spent a lot of time telling his followers to be ready. In the story of the sheep and the goats, he told them what being ready looks like. Here’s a transcript: I’m thinking about the end of chapter twenty-five of Matthew’s Gospel (Matthew 25:31:46). It’s the story we usually […]
November 21, 2023 in What I'm Thinking by holycrosshilo
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The video will stream live beginning a few minutes before 10:00 AM on Sunday, November 19, 2023. You may need to click Play to launch the stream. You can also watch the recorded video at this same place at any time afterward. Welcome to Church of the Holy Cross’s live stream of its worship service […]
November 16, 2023 in Worship by holycrosshilo
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November 12, 2023 Amos 5:18-24Matthew 25:1-13 “Is not the day of the LORD darkness, not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?” asked Amos some eight hundred years before Jesus (Amos 5:20). What he meant by “the day of the LORD” simply isn’t clear. He knew what he meant, it’s likely that his original […]
November 12, 2023 in Sermons by holycrosshilo
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