Approximately 40 Emmanuel parishioners and friends enjoyed a sumptuous meal of prime rib roast beef with plentiful vegetables and beverages at the Parish's Mothers' Day Dinner on the evening of Thursday, May 7.
The ladies were the guests of the men who assisted Chef Tred Hunt in the kitchen and with the set up and clean up.
Approximately 40 parishioners and friends attended a parish-wide Dinner Clubs' Winter Cocktail Party on Saturday, January 31st at Eldon co-hosted by Mary Hicks Heitzler and Alice and Wayne Wilson.
Enjoying the fellowship are: Pete, Susan, Joe & Mary Hicks.
Emmanuel’s Dinner Clubs Program allows groups of 8 to 10 adults, singles and couples, to meet on a monthly rotating basis for an evening of potluck, fun and fellowship.
New groups are forming for the coming season, and several events are currently being planned. Please call Mary Hicks Heitzler for more information.
Please join us for a parish-wide Dinner Clubs’ Winter
Cocktail Party on Saturday, January 31st beginning at 6 pm,
co-hosted by Mary Hicks Heitzler and Alice and Wayne Wilson.
All adult parishioners and friends are invited. Just bring a heavy hors d’oeuvre to share. Beverages will be provided. Please call Mary Hicks Heitzler or Alice Wilson to confirm your attendance or to learn more about the Dinner Clubs.
Emmanuel’s Dinner Clubs Program allows groups of 8 to 10 adults, singles and couples, to meet on a monthly rotating basis for an evening of potluck, fun and fellowship.
Emmanuel's Annual Congregational Meeting and Luncheon was
held on Sunday, December 14th, in the Parish Hall immediately following the 11
am service of Holy Eucharist.
Dick Camp, Senior Warden, provided an overview of the Parish’s affairs during 2008. Jeanne Reynolds, Junior Warden, updated parishioners regarding various projects completed around the buildings and grounds. And John Geyer, Treasurer, reviewed the parish’s current financial position.
Finally, the Parish elected Jayne DePaulo and Ron Irby to serve three-year terms on the Vestry beginning in January 2009.
Dr. David Smith, Pastoral Vicar, summed up the meeting when he said, “Spirits were high and all is well.”
The Vestry of Emmanuel invites all Emmanuel parishioners to
a potluck dinner at Emmanuel Church on September 20th, beginning at
6:30 pm, to discuss the nominees for 10th Bishop of Southern
Virginia and vote on the nominee of our choice.
Six nominees will stand for election. Biographical sketches of the nominees along with their responses to two questions have been printed in the Jamestown Cross. Pictures, profiles and responses to additional questions for all six nominees are available on the diocesan website at http://www.diosova.net/walkabout.html
A dozen Emmanuel parishioners and friends enjoyed the
dining room of the Lawson-Overby Inn
Bed and Breakfast on Main Street in Danville last Friday evening. The
beautiful, opulent home offered a wonderful atmosphere for some great food. And
dinner was capped with a tour of this spectacular house.
The Molasses Grill in Halifax, Virginia was the scene of the Dinner Clubs’
mid-summer outing on Saturday evening July 12th.
Some seventeen Emmanuel parishioners and friends enjoyed the
Grill’s fine “Southern Inspired Cuisine” including a variety of seafood
and fine steaks followed by the Grill’s delectable desserts.
Several dozen parishioners and friends of Emmanuel celebrated the conclusion of the Winter Season Dinner Clubs and the launch of the Summer Season during a Potluck Supper on Saturday March 10.
Emmanuel's own Ron Irby and the Briar Ridge Ramblers provided special entertainment with their renditions of numerous Blue Grass/country music favorites.
Photo by Rosemary Nichols
Emmanuel’s annual Bar-B-Que on the Lawn fundraiser drew a steady stream of bar-b-que fans for a delightful spring afternoon meal on Emmanuel’s side lawn on Friday, May 2nd. Once again, Tred Hunt cooked up a heck-a-va meal – excellent fresh cooked pork bar-b-que with all the fixings!
Our thanks to all of Emmanuel’s vestry members and others who made this year’s event an outstanding success!
Join us for the Dinner Clubs’ Spring Potluck Supper
on Saturday, May 10 beginning at 6 p.m. in the Parish Hall as we celebrate the
conclusion of the Winter Season and organize for the Summer Season. Bring a dish to pass. Fried chicken and beverages will be provided. All parishioners and friends of Emmanuel are welcome!
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Special Treat
Emmanuel's own Ron Irby and the Briar Ridge Ramblers will entertain us with Blue Grass Music.
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The Dinner Clubs have been very active over the Winter Season in a variety of settings including dinner and cocktail parties and restaurant events.
A Dinner Club meeting at the Hairstons.
The Dinner Clubs program allows groups of 8 to 10 adults, singles and couples, to meet on a monthly rotating basis for an evening of potluck, fun and fellowship. Since the format of each evening is at the discretion of that night’s host / hostess, the venue could be a cookout, a buffet, just coffee and desserts, or an evening at a local restaurant.
If you would like to join a dinner club for the coming season, please email the Parish Office for more details, or contact Mary Hicks Heitzler.
Nearly two dozen parishioners and friends from two Dinner Clubs (Linda Swanberg's and Alice Wilson's) enjoyed an evening of fellowship and excellent food at the Yancey House Restaurant and Gallery in Yanceyville, North Carolina on February 22nd.
The Yancey House was originally the home of Bartlett Yancey, one of Caswell County’s most noted citizens. The house was built in three stages over the course of the nineteenth century using three different styles (Federal, Greek Revival, and Victorian) .
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Members of the Emmanuel Vestry hosted over 50 parishioners and friends in the Parish Hall on Tuesday evening, February 5th, for the traditional Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. In addition to some great pancakes, the menu included fried ham and stewed apples along with an assortment of beverages.
Shrove Tuesday is the last day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, the forty-day liturgical season of fasting and prayer leading up to Easter. Traditionally, pancakes and donuts were an efficient way of using up rich ingredients such as eggs, milk, and sugar before Lent when only the plainest foodstuffs would be eaten.
Emmanuel held its 2007 Congregational Meeting and Luncheon following the 11 am Service on Sunday, December 9th. After a delightful lunch, parishioners:
The Parish Luncheon
More than two dozen parishioners and friends gathered in Emmanuel's
Parish Hall on Saturday evening October 20th for a pot luck supper to
celebrate the successful conclusion of the first season of Emmanuel's Dinner Groups Program.
The summer season's four dinner groups (ably led by Betty Camp, Jane De Paulo, Mary Hicks Heitzler and Jane Ruef) brought some four dozen parishioners and friends together on multiple occasions and in a variety of social settings ranging from cocktail and dinner parties, to picnics and restaurant nights out.
The dinner groups program allows groups of 8 to 10 adults, singles and couples, to meet on a monthly rotating basis for an evening of potluck, fun and fellowship. Since the format of each evening is at the discretion of that night's host / hostess, the venue could be a cookout, a buffet, just coffee and desserts, or an evening at a local restaurant.
If you would like to join a dinner group for the coming season, please email the Parish Office for more details, or call one of the group leaders.
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Emmanuel’s Dinner Groups program is off to a rousing start. Since the program’s launch in April, each of the groups has met at least once and two groups have held their second event. As expected, meeting formats have varied from dinners to a cocktail party to a porch picnic. Participants appear to be enjoying great fun and fellowship.
Some of the "revelers" at Mary Hicks Heitzler's recent cocktail party
The dinner group program allows groups of 8 to 10 adults, singles and couples, to meet in private homes on a monthly rotating basis for an evening of potluck, fun and fellowship. Since the format of each evening is at the discretion of that night's host / hostess, the venue could be a cookout, a buffet, just coffee and desserts, or an evening at a local restaurant.
If you would like to join a dinner group, please email the Parish Office for more details, or call one of the group leaders: Betty Camp, Jane De Paulo, Mary Hicks Heitzler, or Jane Ruef.
Some 30 parishioners and friends gathered Saturday evening, April 14th for a covered dish supper in the Parish Hall to launch Emmanuel’s Dinner Groups program.
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The program allows groups of 8 to 10 adults, singles and couples, to meet in private homes on a monthly rotating basis for an evening of potluck, fun and fellowship. Since the format of each evening will be at the discretion of that night's host / hostess, the venue could be a cookout, a buffet, just coffee and desserts, or an evening at a local restaurant.
Approximately 50 people have signed up to participate in the summer season dinner groups. Participants have been organized into four groups led by: Betty Camp, Jane DePaulo, Mary Hicks Heitzler, and Jane Ruef.
The dinner groups are meant to grow! If you would like to join a dinner group but did not sign up in advance or attend Saturday’s covered dish supper, please call one of the group leaders above to ask about joining a dinner group, or email the Parish office at emmanuelchatham@gmail.com.
And always feel free to invite new faces to join us!
