Centennial Celebration & Historic Tours

2025 marks the centennial year of the location of Holy Cross Episcopal Church and its signature red front door, and the parish will commemorate this blessed anniversary with a series of public events that celebrate its worship and ministry, plus four of its most cherished venues: the historic 1862 St. John’s Chapel on the lower Watauga River, the venerable 19th century Bishop Ives Cabin, the former 1910 mission school now known as the Valle Crucis Conference Center (VCCC), and the gothic revival architecture and adornments of Holy Cross Church itself, consecrated in 1925.

Featured events include free history tours led by parishioners in period costumes portraying historical figures who played a prominent role -- pun intended -- in the formation, development, and ministry of the mission school, conference center, and church.