Vision

Holy Cross Episcopal Church Vision
During 2003, the Holy Spirit led several people to begin praying and meeting for the purpose of starting a new Episcopal church in the southern part of New Hanover County. Our vision was for a contemporary church filled with a community of loving brothers and sisters of Christ following the Episcopal liturgical tradition. Through prayer and discussion we adopted the following goals/purposes, which we believe are being met as we mature as a church:

• To answer God's call to join with other Christians who above all love the Lord and desire to serve Him in service and outreach; to grow in faith by being in communion with one another through the worship and study of His Word.
• To be a neighborhood church that professes the love of Christ and shares it freely and openly with all; to provide a place of fun and fellowship, but also a place to be serious in order to grow together in the Lord to form a strong relationship that will last a lifetime - ours and His.
• To be a church where pastoral care, youth, and outreach are priority ministries; where children are happy and want to be; where the priest and people are charged with proclaiming God's Word to all, especially reaching those not affiliated with a church.
• To have music that is a blend of traditional hymns from sources such as the Episcopal Church's 1982 Hymnal and contemporary songs from various sources, one being the hymn supplement "Wonder, Love and Praise."
• To have a church building that is bright, open, light-filled, and ideally sitting on a multi-acre plot of land where parking and growth would never be a problem.

Bishop Daniel called us to mission by:

• Beginning a new way to reach out to those who do not know Christ.
• Each person inviting a new person into the life of the parish and the fellowship of Christ.
• Worship being a time in which people expect to be transformed by the Holy Spirit.
• Practicing radical hospitality with keen attention to newcomers' ministry.