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Independence Sunday |
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This years celebration was dampened by the absence of our fearless leader, Pastor Nibbe. He fell and hurt his back and on doctor's orders had to miss our celebration this year.That didn't stop him from making many phone calls to make sure everything was under control.
The United States Army Color Guard did the "Presentaion of the Colors" as Big Butter and the Sacred Egg Dixieland Band played "The Caissons Keep Rolling Along."
Assemlywoman Fiona Ma, the Majority Whip was in attendence and shared some inspirational words with us. Mayor Pro Tem Sue Digre graciously filled in for Pastor Nibbe.
Our congregation worked hard decorating the church and providing a hot dog and beans luncheon for all of the attendees. |
Mayor Pro tem Sue Digre and Alan Hale | |
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Assemblywoman Fiona Ma with Warren Hultberg and Bonita Holmgren |
Photos of Mayor Digre and the "Big Butter and Sacred Egg Band" were taken by Tim Alexander.Photo of Assemblywoman Fiona Ma was taken by Jackie Thompson. | |
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Big Butter and the Sacred Egg Dixieland Band | |
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Christmas at Holy Cross |
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Bonnie helped decorate the Christmas tree this year. | |
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Harvest Festival |
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This year's Harvest Festival
was a rousing success!
The children had plenty of games
and treats to keep them
busy. |
Mummy contest | |
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Independence Sunday |
Navy Color Guard |
Holy Cross celebrated Independence Day on June 29,2008.
The Navy Color Guard from the Naval Operations
Support Center in San Jose presented the national
colors. The Fog City Stompers Dixieland Band played
traditonal patriotic July 4th music. City Council
member Sue Digre recited the Declaration of
Independence and Mayor Jim Vreeland shared his thoughts
on the New Testament reading. | |
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Easter morning at Sweeney Ridge |
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Pastor Nibbe and several members of Holy Cross
joined other Pacificans early Easter morning
to watch the sun come up and celebrate
the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
David Vashcresse played the bagpipes.
It was a very beautiful and
inspiring service.
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photo by Shama Nibbe | |
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Mardi Gras at Holy Cross |
Liz, Barbara and Joan enjoying the Mardi Gras atmosphere |
Instead of Fat Tuesday we had Fat Monday!
On Monday Feb 4 we enjoyed a Louisiana
style dinner. Dan Cinti cooked up some
gumbo and rice for us. Ummm, uummm
cornbread and rice and beans!
On Mardi Gras one uses up all the
fat in the household before the
beginning of Lent. | |
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Victorious Voices |
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No, it's not the "We are Family" or
the "Village People" it's the
Victorious Voices singing "When God
Almighty came to be one of us."
A big thanks to Teresa Naqishbendi
for leading the group and playing
piano. John and Joan Thompson, Warren
and Carolyn Hultberg, Merle and Betty
Eggan and Jeri Luna make up this
amazing group. |
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Inter Mountain Christian High School |
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Every year we look forward to Gordon Hultberg's visit.
The sanctuary comes alive with his rousing boogie,
woogie piano playing. His students, from Inter Mountain
Christian High School in Utah, not only welcomed
the worshippers but gave testimonies and sang for us. | |
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The other thing we all look forward to is Pastor Tom and
Gordon gettin' down with some "old time religion!" | |
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Easter Season |
A time for reflection"I will declare your name to
my brothers and in the midst
of the congregation will
I praise you."
Psalm 22:22
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Broceliande comes to Holy Cross |
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On December 10,2006 Broceliande helped us prepare
for the Season Of Advent by leading our Sunday
morning worship service and performing an afternoon
concert which was open to the public.
Brocilande plays Celtic music from the British
Isles. Their lyrics and harmonies took us back
to the days of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. | |
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Kristoph Klover lights the Advent candle |
Members of the group are; Margaret Davis(vocals,
flute, harp, and recorders), Karl Franzen(guitar,
octave mandolin, vocals, whistle, harmonia, melodean,
and hand-drum), Kristoph Klover (vocals, 12 and 6
string guitar, octave mandolin and oboe), and Kris
Yenney ( cello, viol, percussion and vocals).
Kristoph's dad was a pastor for Holy Cross when he
was a child. It was a proud day for Holy Cross
to have him sharing his love for Jesus through
his music and testimony.
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Community Thanksgiving Feast |
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Holy Cross Lutheran hosted a Thanksgiving
Day Feast this year for the community.
The meal was the brainchild of Janis Haynes
and Valerie Jeffries. Approximately 45
people showed up for a warm welcome and a hot
meal.
The church plans on making this an annual
event.
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Holy Cross Jubilee Celebration |
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A very special thank you to Eleanor (Eggan) Lindgren
and Cathy (Henkel) Riewerts for sharing their photos with us. |
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Sunday morning celebration |
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July 2 |
On July 2, 2006 Toot Sweet
brought their brand of
DixieLand music back to
Holy Cross to help us celebrate
our nations' birthday.
The Marine Color Guard opened
our service and Pacifica's
Mayor Digre shared her vison
of the future for our nation. |
Merle Eggan holding the Christian flag | |
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Covenant Four |
"Singin' it up" |
Covenant Four lead our worship
service on Sunday, June 11th.
Their special blend of voices
took us away to days past
and had the congregation
longing for the return of that
"Ole Time Religion...."
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St. Patrick's Day Observance |
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This year St. Patricks's Day was celebrated on Sunday
March 12, 2006. Master Jay Salter led our music service
playing traditional Irish hymns. He played the Irish
bagpipes, filling the church and the neighborhood with
hearty sounds of praise to God. |
Master Jay Salter | |
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Sacred Indian Dancers |
Teaching us hand gestures |
Holy Cross was blessed by a performance of traditional
Indian dancing done with a Christian theme by Alexandria
D'Souza and Ruth Alexander of Los Gatos. As the music
filled our social hall they danced with rhythmic
movements, graceful and interpretive facial expressions
and hand gestures. They also encouraged us to participate
by showing us hand gestures. This helped to give us a greater understanding of their dance and also promoted the universal
oneness of the language known as music.
Alexandria and Ruth left us wanting more and with a deep
and abiding appreciation of their faith and culture.
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Christmas Morning at Holy Cross |
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Christmas morning at Holy Cross was very special. God filled the sanctuary with His presence as we worshipped and gave thanks for His gift to us...His Son!
Ryan Jeffries and Alicia Silverfarb performed the acolyte duties and John Thompson shared the scripture readings.
Pastor Nibbe's sermon was especially poignant sharing from the 1st chapter of John. "In the beginning was the Word...." |
Ryan and Alicia | |
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Adopt a Family |
Holy Cross is participating in the Pacifica Resource
Centers' "Adopt a Family" for Christmas Program. Gifts have been purchased for family members and all the fixings for a holiday meal will be provided by Holy Cross members.
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HARVEST LUNCHEON |
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This past Sunday, November 6, we celebrated the fall season with a "Harvest" luncheon. Special thanks go to Anne Anerson, Teresa Naqishbendi and Priscilla Nibbe for the special treat and decoratons. | |
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