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If you would like to be a donor, there are 2 ways to do this: 1. Go online to

act.alz.org/hawaiiwalk Click on DONATE Team name: Church of the Holy Cross. Com-plete the information requested

2. Send a check made out to: Alzheimer’s Association to church: 440 Lanikaula Street, Hilo, HI, 96720 by Friday, Sept. 25th.

Checks will be for- warded and credited to the team. If you want to help solicit donations, you may give them this information to make it easier to donate.

S e p t e m b e r U p c o m i n g D a t e s

16 11:00 a.m. On line Song from Church of the Holy Cross

22 3:00 p.m. On line Bible Study via Zoom

26 Walk to END Alzheimer’s

S e p t e m b e r B o a r d M e e t i n g s

20 Deacons Meeting

I t is time for the “2020 Walk to End Alzhei-

mer’s”! But this time, it will be a bit different due to the COVID 19 pandemic. It will be a “virtual” walk to be held on Saturday, September 26th. Opening will be online at 9 am and a Promise Garden will be available at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel from 10 to noon. Participants will do their own walks, at their own time and place. If you would like to be a participant, go online to act.alz.org/hawaiiwalk and click on Register. Follow the instructions. Team name is Church of the Holy Cross and team captain is Anne Sadaya-su. Questions, call 981-5761.

Thank you to all past and present partici-pants in this community event!

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T hree years ago, I la-mented on social

media: “Hey, Inspiration, I don't have any company at the moment, so if you'd like to come visit, I'd love to welcome you. Really. A lot.”

I’m pretty sure I was struggling with a sermon at the time.

Inspiration is one of those things we hope for, one of those things all too fre-quently longed for but yet unseen. I hope for inspira-tion when I’m trying to write something. I hope for inspiration when I’m trying to puzzle out why some device doesn’t work. I hope for inspiration when I’m sitting with someone who is deeply sad so I can be of good comfort. I hope for inspi-ration when I’m sharing a story.

New projects, new rela-tionships, new stages of life: all of these call for in-spiration. And where does it come from? Truly, I can’t tell you. Sometimes it comes from other people, and sometimes it comes in a circle.

That happened to me last week. Part of my prepara-tion for Sunday involves writing a poem based on the text from which I’m preaching. A few friends read them. Maren Tira-bassi, who happens to be among the best spiritual writers I know, found something of a spark in my poem about Miriam’s dance along the shores of

the Red Sea. She wrote her own poem, and it brought tears to my eyes.

Further, it gave me an-other idea that became the song I played during this week’s Song from Church of the Holy Cross.

Inspiration doesn’t al-ways work like that, but it is a delight when it does. How marvelous when one friend’s recipe inspires another’s, or when a ministry of com-passion takes a new shape in another church’s hands. How amazing that we learn how to take care of one another from one anoth-er. How beautiful.

And how inspiring.

With aloha,

Pastor Eric

My original poem: https://ordainedg-eek.com/2020/09/09/horse-and-rider-thrown-into-the-sea/

Maren Tirabassi’s poem: https://giftsinopenhands.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/for-world-suicide-prevention-day-september-10-2020/

Song from Church of the Holy Cross: http://holycrosshilo.com/2020/09/13/a-song-from-church-of-the-holy-cross-september-16-2020/

The Pastor’s Corner

Bible Study With

Pastor Eric

We gather for:

Deep questions

Surprising wisdom

Unforgettable stories

Seeds of thought

Refreshment for the

spirit

Bible Study Online:

Tuesdays 3:00 pm

See the Weekly Chime

for connection

information via Zoom,

or call the office for

instructions

September 20 Exodus 16:2-15

Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45 Jonah 3:10—4:11 Philippians 1:21-30 Matthew 20:1-16

September 27 Exodus 17:1-7

Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16 Philippians 2:1-13

Matthew 21:23-32

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The Messenger The Messenger is now a weekly newsletter distributed by the Church of the

Holy Cross in Hilo. If you have an article you would like to submit, please send it via email in Word format to holycrosshilo@hawaii.rr.com

or via postal service.

3 Osterwalder, Christine

6 Hayashi, Wataru

7 Niino-DuPonte, Ruth

8 Petrus, Burden

9 Sakumoto, Mark

10 Chen, Christopher

11 Okuda, Erin

12 Enomoto, Michiko

12 Nakamoto, Jordan

12 Tanouye, Eric

14 Kita-Seckman, Jennifer

17 Ushijima, Andi

21 Nakamura, Chiyoko

21 Tanaka, Moira,

22 Albano, Theone

25 Mortemore, Avis

26 Miyashiro, Kimiyo

26 Uchima, Lester

29 Tanouye, Mark

O c t o b e r 1 Masutomi, Reiko

3 Tanita, Miyoko

5 Tadaki, Gary

9 Mishina, Faith

12 Yoshiyama, James

12 Debus, Cynthia

13 Katayama, Mary Ann

14 Okabe, Jolie

18 Kusinski, Joy

19 Chin, John

21 Kondo, Jennie

21 Matsui, Dorothy

21 Tanouye, Lolita

22 Mathews, Travis

24 Nakamura, Greg

25 Robert, Sabrino

28 Okada, Irene

29 Masutomi, Ben

29 Lum, Christa

30 Miyake, Shirley

S e p t e m b e r

D uring September, make a donation

to Church of the Holy Cross at any Foodland or Sack N Save checkout, and Foodland and the Western Union Founda-tion will make a dona-tion to our organization too!

The donation number for Church of the Holy Cross

is 77840

How to Donate:

1. Shop at Foodland or Sack N Save!

2. Show your Maika`i card to the cashier at checkout.

3. Tell the cashier our code and the amount of your donation (up to $249)

4. Review your receipt to confirm the follow-ing appears: Our organization name Your donation amount Your Maika`i number

Mahalo for your support!

Sunday on-line Worship Service begins at 10:00 am

Pastor: Rev. Eric S. Anderson

Weekly at the Church of the Holy Cross The Gathering Place: Mondays, 1:00 pm pickleball, Building of Faith

Bible Study: Tuesdays, currently 3:00 p.m. via Zoom

One Song: Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m. on line

Community Sing: 2nd & 4th Friday of every month, 6:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Other Congregations Returning Soon

to Worship Here

Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa, Hilo [CCCAS] -

Rev. Ausage and Rev. Rae Lelili`o: 12:00 pm to 1:30

The United Church of Christ, Pohnpei – Rev. Bermenso Santiago and Rev.

Bensis Henry: 1:30 to 3:30 in the Sanctuary

Bedesta Church - Pastor Edmes Edwin: 3:30 to 6:30 in the Sanctuary

Islamic Center of Hawaii: Fridays, 12 to 2 pm, Building of Faith

Church of the Holy Cross—UCC 440 West Lanikaula Street

Hilo, HI 96720

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CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS

440 West Lanikaula Street

Hilo, HI 96720

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