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Social Ministries
The Social Ministry Team is always looking for new project ideas. We are also always looking for more volunteers! Contact one of us if you have any questions or have anything to contribute.
HOLY CROSS SAYS FAREWELL TO PASTOR JOHN!
Holy Cross has been blessed to have the leadership of Pastor John Stiles over the past 7 years. We appreciate all he has done for our congregation, and wish him the best as he accepts a new call in Brainerd, MN
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Welcome Pastor Anne Hockenstad,
Interim Pastor of Holy Cross!
Pastor Anne’s Contact Information
Pastor Anne can be reached at this email address: pastoranne@holycrosslc.org. She can be reached in the Holy Cross church office Monday – Thursday. The church number is 651-793-0643. Pastor Anne is in the office at various times on Mondays-Thursday. She is available to meet with Holy Cross members during the day and some evenings. Friday is her day off. If you are in need of emergency pastoral care or in the case of a death, please call her on her mobile phone at 651-468-5773.
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HOLY CROSS WINS "GREEN" AWARD
Holy Cross was awarded The Green Acorn Award by the Oakdale City Council for "Lessening Their Impact on the Environment" for the lighting project competed in March. By replacing all the light fixtures in the church with new, energy efficient ones, the church has realized a substantial monthly savings already. Congratulations to Tom Nun, Joe Knuesel, and the Men's Club for planning and carrying out the fund raising drive and project. Thank you to all the members of Holy Cross for having the foresite to support the project! |
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School Supplies for Local Kids...Thank You!!!
And The Winner Is …. WOW! What a response!
Along with our partners, House of Prayer Lutheran Church, Transfiguration Catholic Church and international students from area high schools we were able to fill three of our big round tables in the Fellowship Hall and more with school supplies. There were enough supplies donated to help 200 students plus enough supplies for the teachers to stock the cupboards in their classrooms. Following worship join us outside for ice cream treats to celebration.
 
 
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Holy Cross at Oakdale Summerfest 2012!
  
Mission Trip to Tanzania
Our Mission Team arrived home safely on July 3rd from Iringa, Tanzania Participants are: Sarah Lipker, Diane Boonstra, Roxanne Choulock, and Pastor John, Sandy, Bethany and Nathan Stiles. If you’d like to read the updates and see pictures and video online, Pastor John set up a blog at http://bluejeremiah.wordpress.com They will be sharing their experiences in coming weeks. Below are some pictures from the team.
 
Above left: The children of Ikengeza greet us as our bus rolled into the village.
Above right: Here is one of the preaching points of Ikengeza made up of mostly Masai villagers. The church is made out of branches
and is too small for them to meet now.
 
Above left: Pastor John presenting the wooden altar cross to Pastor Anania Kadege and one of the evangelists at Ikengeza.
Above right: Meeting some of the children at Ikengeza!
 
Above left: Here we are being welcomed to a preaching point with drummers!
Above right: Here are some typical homes in Ikengeza made from mud bricks and thatched roofs. Other roofs have corrugated tin.
 
Above: Here is our welcome to Ikengeza with the church in the background.
Above right: Here are three of the students we sponsor at Ikengeza. It costs money to attend secondary school,
so most children stop going after elementary age. There is a need for more scholarships!
 
Above left: Roxanne shows a picture she's taken of two Masai warriors.
Above right: This is the sanctuary of the church in Ikengeza.
Above: This is the roof Holy Cross funds were used to construct
for one of the preaching points.
Social Ministry
Many of you are probably wondering: "What does the Holy Cross Social Ministry Team do?"
The official duties of the team are as follows:
This team shall recruit, motivate, equip, and support members of the
congregation to assist Church members and the community at large in
times of need. This team's responsibility includes but is not limited
to coordinating the Church's effort to help the poor and hungry, whether
through a local food shelf or on a worldwide basis through the ELCA
World Hunger Appeal; overseeing the Church's role in such nonprofit,
social organizations as the Community for Affordable Senior Housing
and Habitat for Humanity; encouraging the congregation's financial
contributions to assist those who have experienced tragedies or disasters;
promoting blood drives; and any other social ministry which the team
considers appropiate.
So what does all this really mean?
It means that the Social Ministry Team helps people! We try to carry out our Christian duty to help alleviate problems with hunger, housing, and other social issues that prevail in our world today. This includes helping people in our own community as well as people on the other side of the world.
Among the projects that we have done:
- Provide and serve food for Loaves and Fishes (a soup kitchen) once every other month.
- Collect food for the local food shelf
- Organize the Christmas Giving Tree for local needy children
- Distribute coinboxes to collect money for the ELCA World Hunger Appeal during Lent.
- Collect hats, mittens, gloves, etc. for Oakdale Elementary.
- Collect school supplies for Oakdale Elementary.
- Organize a Habitat For Humanity work day.
- And more!
Befrienders
Holy Cross has twelve Befrienders who are trained in listening skills and are part of the pastoral ministry team. If you would like to request a Befriender or have questions about Befriending ministry, please contact
Pastor John at 739-0643 or send e-mail to Befrienders@holycrosslc.org.
Jobs in Transition
Career Resources:
CareerBuilder
Federal Government Jobs - USAJobs
Simply Staffing - Eastern Minnesota/Western Wisconsin
FedWorld
Minnesota Department of Employee Relations
Minnesota Workforce Center
Monster.com Star Tribune Employment Classifieds
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