Altar Guild
The Altar Guild is responsible for storing, preparing and removing worship items from the Sanctuary for services, including candles and linens. They are also charged with the preparation and disposal of communion bread, wafers, and wine.
Altar Guild Directress – JoAnn Quinlin
Outreach Ministry
During the school year, we have partnered with a local Elementary school and other churches, to provide food for students in need a bag of food for the weekend.
We also participate in Feed the Need over the summer months when school meals are not available and families and children suffer from food poverty.
Outreach Ministry Chair – Ray Sackett
Prayer Shawl Ministry
The Prayer Shawl Ministry makes prayer shawls for the sick and shut ins.
Join our knitters & crocheters on the 1st Friday of each month in the Sanctuary.
If you would like to request a blessed prayer shawl for someone dealing with a physical or mental hardship, contact the church office.
Knitting Chair – Tryn Hinkle
Ladies’ Luncheon
Our Ladies’ Luncheon group meets at The Brentwood Grille on the 1st Thursday of the month. We share good food and fun and strengthen the bonds of our community.
Men’s Social Group
The Men’s Social Group offers a chance for the men of Holy Cross to gather for fellowship and service. Non-members are also welcome to join us. We gather at once a month at a local restaurant to share light-hearted banter or serious discussion over breakfast.
Meet us at Moe’s on Ten @ 9am, the 1st Saturday of each month.
EMMAUS
Food brings people together and Church happens where Christians are. Bring the two together and you get Emmaus – Christian fellowship through food in the community. Join us for a great meal and even better discussion about walking with God and others.
Restaurant Worship – The Rev. RaeLee Baxter
Prayer Ministry
In need of prayer? A group of parishioners have taken on the ministry of praying for people in a time of crisis or need (such as surgery, illness, etc.). Contact the Church Office or click the button below to fill out a prayer request form.
Health & Wellness Ministry
The Health and Wellness ministry is a group of church members who focus on the health-related needs of the people it serves both members and the community at large. The goal of the health and wellness ministry is to empower members of the congregation to live fully abundant and healthy lives as God intended: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Health & Wellness Ministry Chair – Mercedes Williams
Social Justice Ministry
Our social justice ministry is focused on combating prejudice and discrimination on the basis of creed, color or gender. We take on actions such as donation drives, campaigning and marches to raise awareness with our congregation and in the community. All are welcome to join! 2nd Thursday each month (generally) – Zoom link below.
We collect donations on alternate months for the ACLU, SPLC, RIP Medical Debt Michigan, Cass Community Social Services, and Episcopal Relief & Development.
Social Justice Ministry Chair – Silvia Huth
Visiting EMs
Visiting Eucharistic Ministers are licensed to visit those who are shut-in or hospitalized and provide prayer and communion. If you would like to request a visit, contact the church office.
Youth Ministry
As a church we love to have children in church for the entire workshop service, and encourages the little ones (ages 0-3) to come and play in the Soft Space provided in the Sanctuary.
Sunday School meets during the 10am service. Children of all ages are invited to meet in the Preschool Room (down the hall from the Sanctuary).
Landscape & Garden Ministry
This group of volunteers assists during the non-winter months with the appearance of church grounds. Volunteers design, clean, plant, and maintain the flower beds, herb gardens, shrubbery, and outdoor meditative space. If you have a green thumb or simply enjoy God’s gift of nature, join us.
Memorial Garden and Labyrinth
Open Weekdays from 6pm – dusk & Weekends from dawn to dusk.