Holy Cross
Episcopal Church
Weekly E-blast
Our Mission:
“Making Christ Visible in
God’s Community”
Announcements & Upcoming events
Masks MUST be worn at ALL TIMES when in ANY Holy Cross building.
This is in effort to keep our community safe. The mask mandate is not up for discussion or available for any exceptions. If you are over the age of 5 a mask is REQUIRED. This will help us be able to continue to worship together in person. Thank you for your understanding. -Jennifer
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
With no head of the Hospitality Ministry in place, Jennifer will be organizing the Holy Cross Day Picnic. A needs list will go out very early next week of donation items needed and volunteer spots available. We encourage you all to attend and help if you can. If you want to help organize please reach out to Jennifer! If you would like to head Hospitality please reach out to Father Mike for more details!!

Thank you!!
Dear Retreat Participants,

Thank you for your past support of the women's retreat.

I want to update you regarding the retreat planning process. There are two considerations I want to share with you.

To read the rest of the letter, please click here.
Have you wanted to help but not been able to commit too much time? Altar Guild NEEDS you. Just ONCE a month!!!!

Altar guild volunteer needed for one 10:30 set up
And one clean-up/take down after 10:30 service   Each slot is for a once a month duty.
Will train if needed. If interested contact Kathy Cobb 864-293-6688 or Noreen Smith. 864-616-7174.
One of our Holy Cross ministry partners is the James Monroe Mission House. A member of Holy Cross has been serving on their board for the last several years. She has stepped down, but the Mission House board would like a member of Holy Cross to continue to serve on their board.
 
A description of their ministry from the pastor at Trinity UMC, Fountain Inn is below:
“The Mission House is an important ecumenical outreach involving several churches and denominations in the Fountain Inn / Simpsonville area. Churches currently represented on the Board including Trinity - Fountain Inn UMC, are Fountain Inn Presbyterian, Simpsonville UMC, First Baptist Church - Fountain Inn, and Buncombe Street UMC 
The James Monroe Mission House is located next door to Trinity (401 S. Weston St.). We welcome clients in need of food assistance on Mondays from 9am-12:00 pm. We distribute USDA (US Dept. of Agriculture) and TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) food items and other food items purchased from Harvest Hope or donated food products to the qualifying public. Pre-pandemic we were serving approximately 250 families on a weekly basis. Currently we are serving approximately 130 families and the numbers continue to rise.”
This is an opportunity for anyone who wants to be involved directly with a local outreach ministry. If you are interested, please contact Fr. Mike+
The bulletin for every Sunday will be sent out via Eblast on Fridays.
With social Distancing strongly recommended and our odd office hours we are asking everyone to send their pledge checks to the church P.O. Box.
Holy Cross
P.O. Box 187
Simpsonville, SC 29681

You can also contribute online through My Holy Cross. If you need any help with this please contact Jennifer Hellams and she will walk you through.

Please continue to give as you can.
Counseling service offered by
Holy Cross
We are proud to announce that Bobbie Godwin has agreed to offer counseling services to Holy Cross members for a reduced fee of only $50 per hour. Bobbie is a SC Licensed Professional Counselor and SC Licensed Addictions Counselor with over 20 years of experience.
You can schedule an appointment with Ms. Godwin by contacting her directly at 843-287-3760. Due to the current covid-19 pandemic, sessions will be held outside at our pavilion or in the Meeting Hall with masks and appropriate social distancing.
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