The Herald

• Pentecost – the Spirit and the Church – With Easter sometimes held hostage to our unpredictable spring weather, it remains for Pentecost to support the joy of the season with …
• Community Yard Sale on Again  – Once more Holy Cross is ready to mobilize all hands for North East’s annual community Yard Sale. The storeroom and green room downstairs…
• Treasurer’s Report – It’s hard to believe that 2022 is almost half over as June comes in.

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• The Lent Report – For Lent this year mHoly Cross was fortunate to have not just one but two small groups meeting weekly – one led by…
• Notes from the Treasurer – Sitting in the back of the church recently so as not to disturb anyone by a horrible cough I was trying to get rid of, I looked at all the beauty of Holy Cross, from the ceiling to the people in the pews…

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• Holy Week and Easter – The holiest days of the year are almost upon us, as Lent draws to a close. Palm Sunday, April 10, begins Holy Week, the commemoration of Jesus’s suffering and death, leading to Easter, the day of Resurrection. It’s so mind-boggling a mix of…
• Reminder: Food Pantry – Holy Cross is n duty at the Food Pantry for the month of April. We are usually fully staffed,

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• Bishop’s Visit – November is noted for the Thanksgiving holiday, and this year we have another reason to be thankful – the visit of Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe…
• Annual Parish Meeting – Holy Cross’s annual congregational meeting was held after the eucharist on October 24… The occasion was enhanced by…
• Notes from the Treasurer – It’s been some time since the newsletter has been published.

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• Holy Week and Easter – return this year after what seems like an entire year of Lent, as we lived through a pandemic the likes of which…
• But Resurrection Happens – Resurrection means different things in different contexts. In the context of Holy Cross’s facing a second Holy Week and…
• Now that almost all of us – have been vaccinated, and the weather will allow for good ventilation,

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• • As Lent Begins – The season of Lent is upon us. This issue offers some guidelines to a happy Lent through the aids offered.
  • The Warden and the Treasurer – Tax time is hectic and doesn’t offer the opportunity to write separate columns.  This is a combined version of both and a financial update.
  • Hannah’s Page – Our roving reporter offers her observations as she goes looking for support in Lent.

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• February Doings – The bitter cold of an Erie winter cannot dampen the spirits of Holy Cross. Things go on at their usual pace, and some of them are marvelous.
• Bishop’s Committee Report – The January BC Meeting … began with meditation on St. Paul’s advice to the Corinthian congregation (read in a ‘modern’ as well as the standard translation) on the futility of human skills to convey the richness of the gospel …

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• The New Year Begins – The new year begins at Holy Cross like many of our new years, in a lull from all the activity of the Advent and Christmas celebrations. Our Advent Conversations revealed a curious ambivalence about all the…
• Warden’s Words – At this time of year, not just because it’s the holidays, we are asked to give again and again. The need is always great!

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• Annual Meeting – Holy Cross’s annual congregational meeting was held after the 10:30 eucharist on October 27, with 21 people attending. It opened with prayer led by Carol Carlson, then…
• Diocesan Convention – Lisa Furey, Carol Carlson and Anne Bardol represented Holy Cross at the annual diocesan convention on October 25 and 26.
• A Night at the Phil – Our sponsorship of the Erie Philharmonic’s concert on November 16 entitles us to 10 free tickets,

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• Wine Festival Report – Another Wine Festival is over, and the pie-report again commands shock and awe. Despite a late start in sales, after the tent was taken down by wind, total pies made and sold or given away were 463; total earnings were almost $7,000.
• Annual Meeting – Holy Cross’s annual parish meeting will take place, as usual, on the last Sunday in October. We will have brunch that week instead of the previous one,

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• Holy Cross Day – This year’s celebration of our name-day will be a glad and exciting occasion. It will be the first such celebration for all our newest members, and we aim to give them and the rest of us a taste of what it means to be a church that rejoices…
• Warden’s Words – Many years ago, Holy Cross began participating in the Adopt-a-Student program, a mission of the North East Schools and Council of Churches.

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