Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Service Bulletin for the Second Sunday of Easter

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Service Bulletin for Easter Day

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Presiding Bishop's Easter message 2014

 

"Where and how will we look for the Body of Christ, risen and rising?" Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori presents in her Easter Message 2014. "Will we share the life of that body as an Easter people, transformed by resurrection and sent to transform the world in turn?"

 

Click here to read Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori's Easter Message 2014.  

 

Holy Week Services

Palm Sunday at Emmanuel.  11 a.m.

 

Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. Watson Memorial United Methodist Church

 

Good Friday, 7 p.m. Chatham Presbyterian Church

 

Easter Vigil (Saturday), 7 p.m. Emmanuel Episcopal Church

 

Easter Day at Emmanuel.  11 a.m.

 

Service Bulletin for the Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

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Feast of George Augustus Selwyn

The Collect -

Almighty and everlasting God, we thank you for your servant George Augustus Selwyn, whom you called to preach the Gospel to the people of New Zealand, and Melanesia, and to lay a firm foundation for the growth of your Church in many nations. Raise up in this and every land evangelists and heralds of your kingdom, that your Church may proclaim the unsearchable riches of our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Click here to learn more about George Augustus Selwyn,

Bishop of New Zealand, and of Lichfield, 1878.

Feast of William Law

The Collect -

O God, by whose grace your servant William Law, kindled with the flame of your love, became a burning and shining light in your church: Grant that we also may be aflame with the spirit of love and discipline, and walk before you as children of light; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Click here to learn more about William Law, Priest, 1761.

Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The Collect -

Gracious God, the Beyond in the midst of our life, you gave grace to your servant Dietrich Bonhoeffer to know and to teach the truth as it is in Jesus Christ, and to bear the cost of following him; Grant that we, strengthened by his teaching and example, may receive your word and embrace its call with an undivided heart; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Click here to learn more about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pastor and Theologian, 1945.

Feast of William Augustus Muhlenberg

The Collect -

Do not let your Church close its eyes, O Lord, to the plight of the poor and neglected, the homeless and destitute, the old and the sick, the lonely and those who have none to care for them. Give us the vision and compassion with which you so richly endowed your servant William Augustus Muhlenberg, that we may labor tirelessly to heal those who are broken in body or spirit, and to turn their sorrow into joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Click here to learn more about William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, 1877.

Feast of Tikhon

The Collect -

Holy God, holy and mighty, you call us together into one communion and fellowship: Open our eyes, we pray,  as you opened the eyes of your servant Tikhon, that we may see the faithfulness of others as we strive to be steadfast in the faith delivered to us, that the world may see and know you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be glory and praise unto ages of ages. Amen.

Click here to learn more about Tikhon, Patriarch of Russia and Confessor, 1925.

Service Bulletin for the Fifth Sunday in Lent

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Feast of Richard

The Collect -

We thank you, Lord God, for all the benefits you have given us in your Son Jesus Christ, our most merciful Redeemer, Friend, and Brother, and for all the pains and insults he has borne for us; and we pray that, following the example of your saintly bishop Richard of Chichester, we may see Christ more clearly, love him more dearly, and follow him more nearly; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Click here to learn more about Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253.

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Feast of James Lloyd Breck

The Collect -

Teach your Church, O Lord, we pray, to value and support pioneering and courageous missionaries, whom you call, as you called your servant James Lloyd Breck, to preach, and teach, and plant your Church on new frontiers; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Click here to learn more about James Lloyd Breck, Priest, 1876.

Feast of Frederick Denison Maurice

The Collect -

Almighty God, you restored our human nature to heavenly glory through the perfect obedience of our Savior Jesus Christ: Keep alive in your Church, we pray, a passion for justice and truth; that, like your servant Frederick Denison Maurice, we may work and pray for the triumph of the kingdom of your Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Click here to learn more about Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest 1872.