The present news regarding COVID-19 and the increase of positive cases in Pima County is something I don’t want to take lightly. This is a year we have all had to become more adaptive and better at using the “eraser end of our pencil”, so to speak.
Keep ReadingWatch our 2 minute video about the good news coming to Holy Cross Kids.
Keep ReadingHere is an important update on our Sunday morning worship plans.
Keep ReadingSince the very earliest pages of scripture, the Lord has been giving his people visible and tangible signs of His faithfulness. Think about the clothing of animal skins that he provided to Adam and Eve to cover their nakedness (Genesis 3:21) – we are now able to look back and think of Christ, and the covering he has provided for our sinfulness.
Keep ReadingIs church on a break? That's what it feels like right now. It's now been over a month since we've gathered for worship and other church-related activities. And in a certain sense of what you and I might commonly think of church--yes, much is on a break. Consider all that we've postponed--Sunday worship gatherings, weekly Life Groups in homes, shared meals with others, meaningful fellowship with new and old friends, Magnify nights, and our cherished monthly prayer on the second Sundays.But, what if all those things were merely expressions of our identity, not the core of our identity?
Keep ReadingOur medical professionals are in great need of protective gear, in particular face shields. A member at Holy Cross is a floor supervisor in the Intensive Care Unit at UMC Banner in Tucson. We have assembled and are delivering dozens of face shields to UMC Banner to express our support and love to all our medical professionals.
Keep ReadingEarlier this week we posted a letter online explaining our church's response to the coronavirus outbreak. In that letter we mentioned that we would be updating you with any adjustments to our ministry activities. As of this morning, we have decided to suspend our worship services for tomorrow, March 15th. First, let me tell you why we've come to this decision
Keep ReadingDear Holy Cross Family, Your leaders at Holy Cross desire to lean into the global conversation surrounding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. There is so much to be said, but we believe a starting place for us would be to consider how this pandemic provides the opportunity to move towards God in faith and towards others in love as we seek the welfare of our church, city, and world. In this announcement we
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The constant distraction of our culture shields us from the kind of deep, honest reflection needed to ask why we exist and what is true. Instead of re-grounding myself in the the story of Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration, I am distracted by the tyranny of the urgent. Noble's book is filled with concrete examples that flesh out this idea. He speaks of Christians posting verses on social media as a way of evangelizing or at least boldly signaling what they believe. But to their secular friends "the images are indistinguishable from all the other random content we quickly share and forget on social media. The gospel appears thin, superficial, and inconsequential--just another image vying for our time.
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2019
For most of my Christian life, I have participated in some sort of Bible study, life group, or discipleship program. Some equipped me well for digging into God’s Word. Some left me frustrated...
