Ever Reef Roeben

  Meet the newest member of our parish! Ever Reef Roeben was born August 22, 2021 at Betty H. Cameron Women's & Children's Hospital in Wilmington NC. His favorite activities include drinking milk as often as he can, sleeping when he isn’t hungry, and being held all the time. He also enjoys all the loving attention he gets from his enthusiastic big sister Zaide, which there is no lack of. As soon as she gets home from a long day in kindergarten the very first thing she wants to do is see he…

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Martha Scholl

Martha Scholl started attending Holy Cross regularly in May 2013. The Wednesday evening service and Father Jerry’s message of love attracted Martha, and the welcoming, casual nature of Holy Cross made it easy for her to keep attending services. Martha is a cradle Episcopalian and had been used to the more formal Episcopal tradition so the contemporary nature of Holy Cross was different to her. However, Martha said, "She has never attended a church with such a loving, caring spirit as Holy Cross.…

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Erin Wallace and family

Erin Wallace and her sons, Andrew, Phillip and Cameron starting attending Holy Cross in February 2011.  They discovered Holy Cross along with Erin's Mom, Ellen Wells who happens to be our current Senior Warden. Erin was familiar with the Episcopal Church and was looking to reconnect with church to provide a spiritual foundation for her boys. She likes the music as well as the people here at Holy Cross. She says it was a bit of a "culture shock" when she first attended and witnessed the casual, l…

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Helen Setzer and family

Helen Setzer can't recall the exact date she and her children, Sean and Elijah, starting attending Holy Cross. It was sometime after April 2010 when we moved into our current building.  She had heard about Holy Cross from co-workers and others who were already attending Holy Cross. She has always felt "right at home" here! She especially likes the clergy and the people here. Holy Cross is very nurturing to her children and also genuine in their caring about her family. Helen participates as a Ch…

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Tim and Claire Corbett

Tim and Claire Corbett can't remember the date that they first started attending Holy Cross, but do remember that we were still worshiping at Myrtle Grove Middle School.  They had heard about Holy Cross through word of mouth.  One of the reasons they kept coming back to Holy Cross was that our worship seemed to be the right compromise of traditional and contemporary styles.  Tim and Claire have full time careers and are parents to a five and two year old, Anna and Nathan. Because they are a very…

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