Holy Cross Christmas Pageant

Christmas Eve will be here soon. This year Holy Cross will host a pageant at the 5pm service. We are in recruitment mode! If your child or grandchild will be here over Christmas we would love to include them! Please contact Andrea McDonough (amacd1962@gmail.com) for details! We will host two rehearsals: The first will be after the 11am service on Sunday December 21. The other will be at a time to be determined on December 23. We would love to include you!

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Christmas at Holy Cross

Gather for the joyous celebration of The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ amid the quiet beauty of The Church of the Holy Cross.

Christmas Eve: Wednesday, December 24

• 5:00 pm - Family-Focused Holy Eucharist with Children’s Pageant

• 7:30 pm - Holy Eucharist with Special Music and Carol Singing

O Come, let us adore Him, Christ, the Lord!

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Christmas Eve Receptions

Ladies and Gentlemen! The holidays are upon us and we want to share the good cheer with our fellow parishioners.

On Christmas Eve at the 5:00 PM service, there will be children who will provide us with a Christmas play directed by Andrea McDonough. Snacks would be most appreciated by the kids and the attendees. After 7:30 music and service, please bring a small dish of your favorite appetizer. Wassail will be provided. Please make our Christmas Eve special by sharing a tasty morsel to celebrate the season.

Blessed Holidays for One and All!

Your Vestry Hospitality Members

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Rector’s Discretionary Fund

Rev. Robert is requesting that you consider a contribution to the discretionary fund. These funds are used to help folks in moments of crisis. Robert would like for there to be a more substantial fund for the incoming rector. Contributions can be made by check with ‘Rector Discretionary Fund’ in the memo or via the church website by selecting ‘Rector Discretionary Fund’ from the giving portal drop down menu.

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Join the Holy Cross Chancel Choir!
If you enjoy singing in the car or the shower, consider joining the Holy Cross Chancel Choir. We rehearse on Wednesdays from 7pm-8:30pm in the Skiles Hall Choir Room. Can't read music? No problem. Afraid you can't carry a tune? That's probably false. Afraid of the time commitment? Just talk to Shane. We'd love to have you join this aspect of our music ministry.

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2026 Calendars Available!
A limited supply of 2026 Churchman’s Ordo Calendars are available for purchase for $5 in the Parish Office. This calendar offers a full listing of the traditional feasts and devotional days which are frequently celebrated throughout the Anglican Communion.

Ushers and Greeters Needed
Holy Cross congregants, we are in dire need of additional Ushers to serve at both the 8am and the 11am services. Please prayerfully consider serving in this capacity.

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Dewey’s Bakery Holiday Shop Open!

Hello Parishioners who have supported SmileOnADG, the Adam Galleher Memorial Fund for many years!

Our Dewey’s Bakery Holiday Shop is open at Shoppes on the Parkway, Blowing Rock. We are located in Unit #2, open 7 days a week. Our contact phone is 828-572-9679.

Remember, when you purchase cookies & gifts from our shop, you are supporting Adam’s Memorial Fund at 35% and we thank you for that.

This enables us to continue giving grants and scholarships to our local schools in Watauga, Ashe & Avery. --Debbie & Mike Galleher

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Helping the Hungry in the High Country

You’ve seen the changes in funding for the SNAP food program. You’ve generously supported the Summer Food Program for Children through Holy Cross. Thank you for that. There is a great need again to help fill the shelves of local food banks. The need is urgent.

Please bring your canned and boxed goods to Skiles on Sundays (or any day) and place them on the tables in the Welcome Center designated for Hunger and Health Coalition, Hospitality House Kitchen Pantry or Foscoe Hometown Team. Check out store BOGOs, sales flyers, look over your own pantry and ask your clubs and social groups to join in the fight against hunger. Every can or box counts. You count. Someone nearby goes to bed with food in the belly because of you. A child, an older person, someone out of work needs what you do.

We are fortunate to have drivers to carry food to our local food banks. We just need the food. Bring any of these: canned fruits, vegetables, tuna or chicken. Boxes of cereal, milks and juices, baby formula, paper products, jars of peanut butter and jelly, condiments like ketchup, mustard, salt and pepper, hot sauce. New socks, sweatshirts and sweatpants, gloves, scarves, coats, winter work clothes and bottled water are all needed in Foscoe, where there are still homes without running water. Fill your green Simple Gesture bags. Kip Kingree or Judy Bondi will take them to Hunger and Health. Jeff and Angela Williams will tote goods and food to Foscoe Hometown Team. Ron Armstrong will carry food to Hospitality House Kitchen Pantry.

Thank you so much for your response to this food drive. It matters. Things work because of you. Blessings on you and yours for what you do for others.

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2025
The 106th Annual Hanging of the Greens

Just as they have for the past 105 years, all parishioners and friends are invited to gather for the annual Hanging of the Greens in advance of Christmas. We need as many people as possible to help transform the décor of our beloved church from the somber tones of Advent to the glorious brightness of Christmas. We plan to green the church on Sunday, December 21 at 12:30pm following the 11am worship service. We will need to put up the pew candle holders, window candle holders, fill the candles with oil, and hang the wreaths. There are jobs for everyone. So, bring your clippers and a lot of enthusiasm! The garlands and wreaths are purchased, but we need folks to find greenery such as fir, white pine, Galax leaves, boxwood, etc. and bring it to the church by Saturday, December 20th.