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Where are the Offering Baskets?
posted on Jul 6, 2021 Some might be wondering why the Offering baskets aren't being past among the congregation. Much like the Eucharist, we are limiting exposure by many hands on "high touch" items used during the service. This year, the baskets will be at the bac...
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Join us this Sunday, Independence Day
posted on Jul 2, 2021 Greetings ~
Despite the rainy forecast for the weekend, Emmanuel Church will be celebrating with patriotic songs and insightful liturgy. The Service is at 9:00 a.m. and perhaps we will have the fireplace going. We will have masks in ca...
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Guard the good treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us. 2 Timothy 1:14
posted on Jun 21, 2021 Episcopalians are bound together through a dynamic theology, liturgy, practice and understanding. We are sustained, upheld, and inspired through a common faith in Jesus, ignited by the Holy Spirit. Like every congregation in the Diocese of New Ha...
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Greetings from Gideon
posted on Jun 15, 2021 Greetings Beloved Friends! I am so looking forward to joining you shortly for another summer in our life together. This
season at Emmanuel Church has great promise. I know that it will be
different in many ways from previous year...
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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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