Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Holy Week Services

We are all invited to Chatham's two ecumenical services this Holy Week:

 

• Maundy Thursday 7:00 p.m. This Tenebrae service will be at Chatham Presbyterian.

• Good Friday 7:00 at Concord United Methodist Church (intersection of Tightsqueeze/Irish and Concord Roads) Concord's new pastor, Tobias Lutz, who spoke at the final ecumenical Lenten supper last week, will lead the Good Friday worship.

 

Feast of Cyril

The Collect -

Strengthen, O Lord, the bishops of your Church in their special calling to be teachers and ministers of the Sacraments, so that they, like your servant Cyril of Jerusalem, may effectively instruct your people in Christian faith and practice; and that we, taught by them, may enter more fully into the celebration of the Paschal mystery; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Click here to learn more about Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, 386

Feast of Patrick

The Collect -

Almighty God, in your providence you chose your servant Patrick to be the apostle of the Irish people, to bring those who were wandering in darkness and error to the true light and knowledge of you: Grant us so to walk in that light that we may come at last to the light of everlasting life; 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 Patrick, Bishop and Missionary of Ireland, 461.

Feast of Gregory the Great

The Collect -

Almighty and merciful God, you raised up Gregory of Rome to be a servant of the servants of God, and inspired him to send missionaries to preach the Gospel to the English people: Preserve in your Church the catholic and apostolic faith they taught, that your people, being fruitful in every good work, may receive the crown of glory that never fades away; 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 Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604.

Service Bulletin for the Fifth Sunday in Lent

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Feast of Gregory

The Collect -

Almighty God, you have revealed to your Church your eternal Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in Trinity of Persons: Give us grace that, like your bishop Gregory of Nyssa, we may continue steadfast in the confession of this faith, and constant in our worship of you, Father, son, and Holy Spirit; for you live and reign for ever and ever. Amen.

Click here to learn more about Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c.394

Feast of Perpetua and her Companions

The Collect -

O God the King of saints, you strengthened your servants Perpetua and Felicitas and their companions to make a good confession, staunchly resisting, for the cause of Christ, the claims of human affection, and encouraging one another in their time of trial: Grant that we who cherish their blessed memory may share their pure and steadfast faith, and win with them the palm of victory; 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 Perpetua and her Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 202.

Service Bulletin for the Fourth Sunday in Lent

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Feast of John and Charles Wesley

The Collect -

Lord God, you inspired your servants John and Charles Wesley with burning zeal for the sanctification of souls, and endowed them with eloquence in speech and song; Kindle in your Church, we entreat you, such fervor, that those whose faith has cooled may be warmed, and those who have not known Christ may turn to him and be saved; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Click here to learn more about John and Charles Wesley, Priests, 1791, 1788.

Feast of Chad

The Collect -

Almighty God, for the peace of the Church your servant Chad relinquished cheerfully the honors that had been thrust upon him, only to be rewarded with equal responsibility: Keep us, we pray, from thinking of ourselves more highly than we ought to think, and ready at all times to step aside for others, that the cause of Christ may be advanced; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Click here to learn more about Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, 672.

Feast of David

The Collect -

Almighty God, you called your servant David to be a faithful and wise steward of your mysteries for the people of Wales: Mercifully grant that, following his purity of life and zeal for the Gospel of Christ, we may with him receive our heavenly reward; 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 David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales, c. 544.