Holy Cross
Episcopal Church
Weekly E-blast
Our Mission:
“Making Christ Visible in
God’s Community”
SORRY! I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT MEETING OUR GOAL I LEFT SOME THINGS OUT.... PLEASE READ ENTIRE EBLAST
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
UPDATED ANNOUNCEMENT
Hi everyone. I know the Blood connection has been a little unreliable the last 2 visits but most of that was issues out of their control as well. Buses breakdown, traffic slows travel time, and drives run late. Having the evening drives made us the last drive of the day so problems were likely to happen. It's like going to the doctor, you never want the later appointments because once your Dr starts running late you are in the waiting room all day!!
I say all that to say this, let's give them another chance. We have set up a drive first one of the day! The blood connection is our local hospitals only supplier. Lets continue to help our community.
you can fill out all your paperwork online with the link below and be in and out much quicker!
UPDATED ANNOUNCEMENT
ALL STUDENTS WELCOME!!
Bring your backpack to be blessed, you will also get a super cool backpack tag made by our secretary!
THANK YOU EVERYONE!! BECAUSE OF YOU AND OUR MATCHING DONOR WE HAVE HIT OUR GOAL!!

We are still accepting donations for Habitat but we have hit our goal!! Thank you so much for your help!


The Habitat for Humanity Faith Build will begin August 11, 2021. Holy Cross needs to raise $5000 for this build. We are seeking 100 donations of $50.
You may select one or more "squares" to fill the house.
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.
Staff Changes
“Jennifer, our parish secretary, has decided to move on to other employment opportunities. She intends to continue to worship with us and be involved in volunteer efforts. Her last day will be on September 15, 2021. We will miss Jennifer being our ‘go to’ person for so many projects, but are happy to have her present among us as a fellow disciple.”
Thanks
Mike+
Email updates: As you know Father Mike is leaving at the end of the year. We have started the long process of transitioning to prepare for a new rector. Many of you are using Mike’s personal email address and we need to change that over. Please change your contact to rector@holycrossep.org this is the church email for Father Mike and will become the new rectors email as well. Please from this point forward make sure you are using the Holy Cross email. If you need help changing the contact info on your email account please contact Jennifer Hellams.
Greetings to the Women of Holy Cross!
The pandemic brought changes to many aspects of life for all of us. For this and a variety of other reasons, several members of the retreat planning team needed to step down. If you are interested in serving on this ministry team, please let me know.
Thank you for considering.
Rev. Erin+
864-967-7470
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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