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Holy Cross Anglican Church - Omaha,NE
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Welcome to Holy Cross Anglican Church
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<b>Meeting at Holiday Inn Express<br>17677 Wright Street<br>Omaha, NE <br>
USA<br>(402) 573-6558<br></center>
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<TR><TD><b>Pastor</b> </TD><TD><b>Rev. V. E. Novak</b><br> </TD><TD><A HREF="mailto:venovak@earthlink.net"> Send an Email...</A><br></TD></TR>
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Weekly Schedule</h2>
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<TR><TD><b>Morning Prayer</b> </TD><TD><b>9:30AM / Sunday</b><br></TD></tr>
<TR><TD><b>Holy Communion</b> </TD><TD><b>10:00AM / Sunday</b><br></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><b> Other Services</b> </TD><TD><b>As Announced</b><br></TD></TR>
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<center><h1>WELCOME!</h1></center></h3>
<p><font size=+1>I welcome you to our parish website in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I hope that you will find this website helpful in learning more about Holy Cross Anglican Church in Omaha, Nebraska, and the Reformed Episcopal Church in general.</p>
<p>At Holy Cross parish we are committed to "earnestly contend for the faith once and for all delivered to the saints" (Jude 3). You won't find anything new here. No new theology...no new morality...no trendy worship.What you will find is a congregation committed to the Word of God and to worshipping God in spirit and in truth. </p>
<p>For nearly 135 years, the Reformed Episcopal Church has remained faithful to the inerrant Word of God, powerfully proclaiming the unchanging Gospel of Jesus Christ, upholding Biblical morality, and making real disciples. We thank God for the privilege of ascending before the Heavenly Throne in worship every Lord's Day, to hear His Word and to partake of the Sacrament of Holy Communion. We worship the Holy Trinity according to the liturgy of the classical Book of Common Prayer and sing the great hymns of the Church.</p>
<p>The Reformed Episcopal Church has grown by a congregation every two months for more than a decade now, and has doubled its membership in the last ten years. The Church consists of five dioceses in North America. It has four seminaries, parochial schools, retreat centers, and does missionary work throughout the world. It is not in communion with the liberal Episcopal Church USA, but is linked to the Anglican Communion through its union with the Anglican Church of Nigeria, the largest Anglican Church in the world, and works closely with the orthodox Anglican Provinces of the Global South. The Reformed Episcopal Church is also a member of the Common Cause Partners and the Federation of Anglican Churches in the America's under the patronage of Archbishop Gregory Venables, primate of the Anglican Communion's Province of the Southern Cone headquartered in Argentina.</p>
<p>Holy Cross Church became a congregation of the Reformed Episcopal Church on Sunday, July 29, 2007. We are a small but committed congregation, and have big plans for the future. We are currently meeting at the Holiday Inn Express, 17677 Wright Street, about 1 block South of 177th and West Center Road, in Omaha. The room we meet in is attractively and tastefully decorated, and our worship is accompanied by an organ keyboard played by a qualified church organist.</p>
<p>Holy Communion is celebrated every Sunday at 10:00 AM, and is followed by fellowship and refreshments. I have more than 20 years experience in the ordained ministry, and I am assisted by a Lay Reader and a Music Director. At Holy Cross parish, God is worshipped in a spirit of holiness, the uncompromised Word of God is proclaimed and taught, and the Sacraments are administered with reverence.</p>
<p>If you are visiting the Omaha area or looking for a church home, I hope that you will visit us. Holy Cross Church is a faithful and friendly congregation, and we have a place for you!</p>
<p>Come and See!</p>
<p>Fr. V. E. Novak+</p>
<p>Rector</font></p>
<center><font size=+2><b><font=Helvetica><p>Links</p
<p><a href=http://rechurch.org>The Reformed Episcopal Church</a></p>
<p><a href=http://anglicanhistory.org>Project Canterbury</a></p>
<p><a href=http://www.anglican-nig.org>The Anglican Church of Nigeria</a></p>
<p><a href=http://homepage.mac.com/shanerosenthal/reformationink/>Reformation Ink</a></p></font></b></center>
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<center><h1>NEWS AND EVENTS</h1></center></h3>
<p><font size=+1>NEWS</p>
<p>Updated 10-4-07</p>
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<p>The New Reformation in Anglicanism continues to progress rapidly. Last week, fifty-one Common Cause bishops met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the first meeting of the Common Cause Council of Bishops. The Council of Bishops meeting consisted of all of our Reformed Episcopal Church/Anglican Province of America bishops, the American bishops under Global South Provinces (AMIA-Rwanda, CANA-Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, etc.), and thirteen active or former Episcopal Church diocesan bishops, including Keith Ackerman (Quincy), Fitzsimons Allison (South Carolina), Jack Iker (Fort Worth), Robert Duncan (Pittsburgh), Donald Parsons (Quincy), and William Wantland (Eau Claire). In addition, Archbishop Yong Ping Chung of South East Asia was in attendance.</p>
<p>At the meeting, the Common Cause Partners became a Federation that is pledged to grow into an organic "Anglican union" which will replace the Episcopal Church USA in a realigned and faithful Anglican Communion. Common Cause is a Federation of ten Anglican jurisdictions (REC/APA, AMIA, CANA, etc.); dioceses (Fort Worth, Quincy, Pittsburgh, etc.); and organizations (the Anglican Communion Network, etc.), and consists of some 800 local congregations, of which more than 200 belong to the reformed Episcopal Church/Anglican Province of America. The Common Cause Council of Bishops will meet twice each year.</p>
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<p>On October 2, 2007, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth announced that it will ask its diocesan convention that meets November 16-17, to "take the first step to dissociate itself from the General Convention of the Episcopal Church and to begin the process of affiliating with another Province of the world-wide Anglican Communion." Fort Worth becomes the third diocese in two and a half weeks to announce that its leadership will ask its diocesan convention to begin the process of severing all ties with the Episcopal Church. The others are Quincy and Pittsburgh, and they join San Joaquin which announced its intentions earlier.</p>
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<p>EVENTS</p>
<p>Updated 10-4-07</p>
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<p>On October 18-19, 2007, the 101st synod of the REC Diocese of Mid-America will be held in Houston, Texas. St. Matthias Cathedral will host the event. The Diocese of Mid-America consists of more than 50 congregations and two seminaries. Bishop Gerhard Meyer, REC Bishop of Germany, will report on missionary work there. On Thursday, October 18, there will be an Ordination Service and on Friday the Most Rev. Walter Grundorf of the Anglican Province of America will be the preacher at a celebration of Holy Communion</p>
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<p>Holy Cross Anglican Church will host its first parish social activity on Saturday, October 27th at 6:00 PM at Santa's Woods. Mark your calendar and plan to be there for a hayrack ride, bon fire and potluck dinner - and invite your family and friends. Santa's Woods is located on Blair high Road between Omaha and Blair. The cost is $7.50 per person, and $5.00 for children under 12 years of age. Santa's Woods is a working farm and a fun place to relax and enjoy the country. They even have reindeer!</p>
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<p>We clebrate the Holy Communion every Sunday at 10:00 AM at the Holiday Inn Express, located at 17677 Wright Street (1 block South of 177th and West Center Road), in Omaha. We hope to see you there!</font></p>
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<p><font size=+1><marquee>"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the Word of our God shall stand forever" (Isaiah 40:8).</p></marquee></font>
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