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As you know we are wrapping up our annual pledge drive and hope you have all turned in a card in the offering plate (or to the office) to be sure your are marked as a pledger for the coming year. However, as you know there are always opportunities...

This Sunday, we have our Ninth Annual Messiah Sing-Along. If you've never been, ask anyone who has come over the past 9 years: for many of us, this is the event that marks the transition into Advent as we begin to prepare for the coming of Jesus. ...

Sign up for the Men's group-hosted Christmas dinner below! The St. Cross Men’s Fellowship Group hosts their Annual Christmas Dinner on December 2nd at 6 PM. Those who have attended before will be sure to tell you what a wonderful holiday feast t...

Craving a Thanksgiving service? Next week, St. Francis in Palos Verdes has a service on Thanksgiving Day at 10 AM. The annual South Bay Interfaith Thanksgiving Concert & Service will be on Tuesday night, Nov, 20 starting at 7:30 PM. It will take p...

We are pleased to announce that we have hired Canon James Walker, the retired organist and choirmaster from All Saints' Pasadena, to be our interim organist and choirmaster. Canon Walker will be working with the choir and playing for most Sunday s...

All Souls' Day service is tonight, Wednesday, November 7 at 7 PM. This is the service in which we remember those who have died and remain in our hearts. It is a time to remember those who we miss in our lives through tears, smiles, prayer and the ...

Construction continues around St. Cross. Office and Church Building: The scaffolding is still up in the garth but the workers are laying the new layers of brick where the rebar has been rusted on the office building. And they have finished drilli...

On Thursday, November 1, 2018, John Tveit passed away in his home in Hermosa Beach, CA. John was the Organist and choirmaster for St. Cross Episcopal Church in Hermosa Beach and St. Columba's Episcopal Church in Big Bear, CA. He also performed mu...

This Sunday, we gather to worship, to remember John and to take part in our life together as a church family. A few notes and reminders: Diana Butler Bass at 9 AM: Diana is an award winning author, speaker, and independent scholar specializing in...

In addition to the invitation to join the Soulful Shabbat Service on Friday at 7:15 PM (mentioned in the letter below), please be aware that there is also a vigil tonight (Tuesday) at the Manhattan Beach Pier at 6 PM.The communities of Temple Shal...