Preparing for All Saints’ Sunday Observance

It has been our tradition on every All Saints’ Sunday to name aloud Parishioners and friends of the Parish who have died during the past year (11/01/2025-10/31/2026). As these names are often handwritten into the Prayers of the People roster each week, we do not always know how the deceased is connected to the parish or if that added name is simply a memorial from prior years. To that end, a list of names has been posted in Skiles Hall for your careful review. The posting will remain in place until Sunday, October 25. Please let us know if we have inadvertently omitted a name.

Note: If you add a name, please be sure to print in the relationship to you and/or Holy Cross otherwise their name will not be read aloud. Thank you for your help.

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Sunday – Wednesday, October 25-28, 2026
Holy Hikes: A Canticle with Creation

Valle Crucis Conference Center

We can learn to lead our lives like songs on the land! Led by Charles and Kathy Hulin, this retreat is in dialogue with traditions associated with Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi, giving participants opportunities to connect imaginatively with creation. Being together with God and one another through beautiful hikes, teaching times, and reflective activities will lead participants to envision and express something of the spirit of Francis and Clare in their own lives and contexts. Prayer services will include liturgies of the Episcopal Church and original sung prayer composed by Charles Hulin.

Dr. Charles Hulin is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Peabody Conservatory with experience in leading and teaching in Baptist, Episcopal, and Pentecostal institutions. The Rev. Dr. Kathy Hulin is Associate Rector for Formation and Pastoral Care at St John in the Wilderness Episcopal Church in Flat Rock NC. Author of Send Us Out: The Church on Mission Though Hospitality, she also has experience leading and teaching in Baptist and Episcopal churches. The Hulins are spiritually nourished in nature and have led pilgrimages in the USA and in Europe.

This retreat is hosted by the Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness. The program is open to all faiths and backgrounds. Both hikers and non-hikers are welcome. Optional group hikes for various ability levels will be offered by Holy Hikes-WNC on Monday and Tuesday.

Please contact the Valle Crucis Conference Center to register for this workshop, or follow this link to sign up: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/holy-hikes-a-canticle-with-creation

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November Christian Formation
The Early Church in the First Century

Join acclaimed author and beloved Holy Cross member Katerina Whitley on Sunday mornings in November as she leads our Christian Formation classes on the Early Church and the growth of our faith.

November 1: The Context – The Empire and the Culture of the Greco-Roman world contrasted with the Judean world in which Jesus was born; the Pentecost

November 8: Beyond Pentecost – Against the Culture of the Empire; St. Paul and his revolutionary letters

November 22: The First Ekklesia – Its dynamic nature, and the threat to the Roman Empire; persecution

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Sunday, November 1, 2026
Daylight Savings Ends!

Be sure to turn your clocks back one hour before retiring on Saturday night and plan to attend the 8:00 and 11:00 am Worship Services on Sunday! Our morning worship will be a time for celebrating all the Saints and Souls that have brought the grand tradition forward and have been the lights of Christ in their generations.

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Sunday, November 15, 2026
Parish Annual Meeting and Lunch

One Service Only

Come and celebrate the grace of God that has continued to abound through the ongoing mission and ministry of Holy Cross, hear reports from our leadership, and elect 3 new Vestry Members at the meeting. More information on the nominees will be coming soon. Entrée and dessert will be provided, and we ask those attending to bring a side to share.