Join us this Wednesday evening from 5.30pm for a community BBQ and #ChangeTheHeart service. Led by Common Grace, ChangeTheHeart is a service of acknowledgement, lament and prayer as we approach January 26th – a day of mourning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. As we regather for the year, our BBQ and ChangeTheHeart service is a chance for us to enjoy time together in gratitude, and create space to hear the call toward a vision in the world of reconciliation, healing and restoration.
Our Advent Service on Sunday 27 December is a joint service at 9.30am (rather than our usual 9.00am).
Zoom ministry will be provided this Sunday by St Margaret’s at the following link: https://uca-nswact.zoom.us/j/97088373486?pwd=ak9jY2ovTTZkbjA1aE5PSzVaMGFxQT09
Meeting ID: 970 8837 3486. Passcode: 732688
Our fabulous programme of Christmas events is out now – featuring:
- Saturday 26 November, 2.30pm: Choir Concert – “Songs of Heaven & Earth”
- Sunday 27 November, 9.30am: Advent Sunday Eucharist, joint with St Margaret’s Uniting Church
- Sunday 27 November, 7pm: Darkness Into Light
- Sunday 4 December, 5pm: Family Christmas Time Out
- Friday 9 – Monday 12 December: North Canberra Nativity Festival (also on Facebook)
And much much more! Check out the posters below for more information.
It’s a season of longer days, warmer weather, and … pumpkins?! Once more our families and friends are gathering for a spring barbecue and firepit, party games and a touch of spooky fun. Kids’ costumes are encouraged!
Join us from 4.30-7.30pm.
All are welcome!
Join us one and all for a fabulous day at Holy Cross Hackett on Sat 19 Nov. Our fete is back for another year, with new games, activities and stalls, and all the wonderful things you have come to enjoy from Holy Cross. Join us from 11-3.30pm for food, activities, fine wares, Christmas goods, and our famous Holy Cross book stall. Join us on the day or reach out to us at events@holycrosshackett.org.au for more details.
We are excited to welcome Tim Hollo for an evening of jazz and participatory democracy to address the crises of our world.
Tim’s new book will help us start a conversation about how to bring a new world into being.
7-9pm Saturday 24 September
This event is part of the Sustaining Our Future Festival
Our North Canberra Sustainability Festival is back 24-25 Sept, bigger than ever.
Saturday will see a popup market, workshops, kids’ activities, a fabulous session on ethical fashion, followed by an evening of Living Democracy and live jazz with community leader Tim Hollo. On Sunday, we celebrate Creation with our joint Holy Cross and St Margaret’s Creation Sunday worship.
Saturday Program
11am-4pm Pop-up Market
- Conservation, sustainable living and community stalls, kids’ craft, sustainable food and drink, ethical coffee and fair trade goods.
11.30am-1.30pm e-bike rides!
Mini workshops:
- 11.30am Labyrinth spirituality
- 12pm Mosaic making
- 12.30pm Roving Regenerators composting workshop
- 12.30pm Mosaics in Christian history (presented by Dr Monica Short)
- 2pm Labyrinth spirituality
12-4pm Ethical fashion repair cafe and slow fashion op-shop: register here
- 12-4pm Textile repair cafe (drop in)
- 12-4pm Slow fashion op-shop
4-5pm Sustainable Fashion Q&A: register here
7-9 pm Living Democracy in practice, and live jazz with Tim Hollo: register here
Sunday 25 September 9.30am: Creation Sunday worship
Amidst this unpredictable winter, our parish ‘retreat’ will be a weekend of fellowship, fun and prayer right here at home.
We have put together an exciting program! Attendance is free – please sign up at www.holycrosshackett.org.au/weekend if you haven’t already put your name down on a sign-up sheet.
Saturday 13 August
MORNING (Church Annex)
- 9.00-9.45: breakfast (coffee, fruit, pastries)
- 9.45-10: Morning Prayer
- 10.00-12.00: Drawing Close to Jesus – spiritual session
- 10.00-12.00 (younger kids): games, movie
LUNCH
- hospitality in homes (for those who wish) – please make sure you register or email if you are hoping to join us
AFTERNOON (Mt Majura, then Church)
- 3.00: All Age Walk (with scavenger hunt for kids)
- 5.00: fire pit, hot chocolate marshmallows
- 6.00: supper – soup, sourdough, slice
- 7.00 (optional): games in the Annex
Sunday 14 August (Church, then Belconnen)
- 9.00: All Age Church Family Service
- 11.00: games and BBQ at John Knight Memorial Park, Lake Ginninderra – BYO meet and salad – drinks, plates and sauce provided
Join Holy Cross, the Good Faith Choir and the PNG Perovata Singers of Canberra in celebrating Christmas in July and the Coming of the Light, from 5.15pm 1st July.
5.15pm Firepit, kids’ games and marshmallows
6pm Carols for Winter Christmas and the Coming of the Light
7pm Christmas Feast with traditional foods from Australia, PNG and around the world
Our joint Pentecost service with St Margaret’s is 9.30am 5 June. In addition, Holy Cross is delighted to host an ABM fundraiser for people of Myanmar suffering from Covid-19 and military repression. Anglican Board of Mission Canberra is working through its Anglican partner, the Church of the Province of Myanmar, leading this initiative.
- Join us for a special ecumenical Taizé service at 5pm
- Hear first-hand (illustrated) stories from ABM’s 2020 pilgrimage to Myanmar.
- Enjoy a sumptuous supper of authentic Myanmar food with wine or fruit juice (no charge).
- Have an opportunity to donate to the ABM’s tax-deductible Myanmar Emergency appeal (cash or credit card). (This event is now over).