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2021 Summer Stewardship ~ Two Weeks to Go!
posted on Jun 13, 2021 The Managing Committee met last Sunday to review current expenditures to income, as well as set the 2022 budget, to be presented at this coming Sunday's Annual Meeting. In the Treasurer's Report, Kathy Miner provided an overview of income from S...
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2021 Opening ~ Keeping it Simple
posted on Jun 13, 2021 Emmanuel Church’s 133rd season is like no other…as we are still in the midst of the pandemic. The world has yet to return to “normal.” This is important for all of us to remember as we unlock the doors, open the windows, ...
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Thoughts from Rev. John Branson
posted on Apr 21, 2021 The April 18 th Sunday New York Times included a section: Transformation; How the Pandemic Birthed An Awakening For Many Americans. Its two writers (Elizabeth Dias and Aura D.S. Burch) interviewed a diverse group of Americans asking them how t...
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Stewardship 2021
posted on Apr 19, 2021 Despite no in-person services in 2020, the congregation fully-funded operating expenses. Our collective generosity created no need to dip into the endowment. The added blessing ~~ we continued to provide much needed outreach support to local non-...
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The News We Have Been Praying For
posted on Apr 17, 2021 Greetings Emmanuel Church Community ~
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah! Emmanuel Church will open its doors for the 133rd summer season, with cautions in place.
Bishop Rob shared the good news with the Seasonal Chapels leadership, alo...
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Advent Letter from Gideon
posted on Dec 18, 2020 Dear Friends,
Under normal conditions, clergy everywhere spend Advent searching for signs of hope that might invite their beloved parishes to await the unexpected. After our long quarantine though, recent news gives us enough signs of hope - i...
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Settling Down for a Long Winter's Nap? Not so fast....
posted on Dec 16, 2020 This fall, Ted and Wendy Pearre (Buildings & Grounds Committee) led groups of Dublin School Work Gangs over four weekends in cleaning up the grounds. Many truck loads of leaves and an unusual crop of acorns were hauled away by Dublin School's Dir...
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Consider a Gift to Emmanuel Church
posted on Dec 15, 2020 As 2020 is waning, there is great hope for 2021! Don't you feel it?
Hope for the minimizing the threats of COVID-19 because of the vaccine and people protecting themselves with masks, social distancing and washing their hands;
the ret...
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A Prayer During Pandemic
posted on Dec 15, 2020 God of compassion, be close to those who are ill, afraid or in isolation. In their loneliness, be their consolation; in their anxiety, be their hope; in their darkness, be their light; through him who suffered alone on the cross, but reigns with ...
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Waiting with Expectation and Hope: Advent 2020
posted on Dec 14, 2020 Music for the liturgical season of Advent as we wait with expectation and hope for the coming of Christ, selected by Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary (vtslifelong.org), “ Waiting with Expectation and Hope: A Spotify A...
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