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Music and a Christmas Pageant for all generations

Just before Christmas this year, Holy Cross featured wonderful music, and an intergenerational Christmas Pageant. Sure, in both cases we told the story of the Savior of the World coming in humble estate. In both cases we talked about the birth being announced by a prophet foretold for generations.

And in both cases we had a lot of fun. In Worship, and after. The Joy of the Christmas season is often best seen reflected in the faces of young and old, known and unknown, as we share Christmas together.

We share Christmas again this sunday, December 29th at 9:30 am for Lessons and Carols (you pick the carols). Won’t you join us?

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Making the space beautiful for Christmas

Beauty is a great thing, and our worship space at Holy Cross is really beautiful. Folks use their artistic gifts and imagination, and just plain common sense and things happen. We took pictures of the crew who showed up December 15 to decorate the sanctuary for Christmas – the fun we had, and the camaraderie we shared as we adorned the space is evident in the smiles and joy on all the faces! Enjoy! (oh, yes, and there was pizza!)

Pastor Patricia+

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Exhuberant Giving

Giving is the aerobic activity at Christmastime that has the power to change the world. Folks at Holy Cross Lutheran and Capital Baptist, both in Salem, Oregon had the opportunity to give this year – stretching ourselves in new ways, to participate in the Life Changing power of Giving.  Continue reading “Exhuberant Giving”

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Wilderness moments

John the baptist was Jesus’ cousin. Do you have cousins? I remember seeing the facebook meme saying “Cousins are our first friends” – boy was that not true for me at all. My family were very mobile with my father’s job with an oil company, and I saw my cousins pretty seldom. I enjoyed them, don’t get me wrong, but I barely knew them. Which is a loss, as I look back on it.  Continue reading “Wilderness moments”