Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Chatham Concert Series Presents: Beethoven's "Archduke" Trio, Rescheduled to Sunday, March 26 at 3:30 p.m.

The Chatham Concert Series will present pianist Harold Brown, cellist Julia Goudimova, and violinist Kevin Matheson for an afternoon of Beethoven’s music at 3:30p.m. on Sunday, March 12 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Chatham.

Chatham Concert Series Presents Bach 2 the Baroque, Sunday, October 9th at 3:30 p.m.

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Chatham Concert Series Announces Its 15th Season at Emmanuel

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Chatham Concert Series: An All American Program, Sunday, July 3rd at 3 p.m.

 

Holy Week Services at Emmanuel

Maundy Thursday. April 14^th, 7pm. Holy Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar.

Good Friday. April 15^th, 12 noon.

Holy Saturday. April 16^th 12 noon 

Easter Sunday. 11 am. Followed by a pot luck lunch! Please bring a side dish or dessert to share.

 

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, March 1st

The Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper is back!   And this year it is at Hunt and Company Restaurant.

Plenty of room to be physically distanced! Join your vestry as they cook a stack for you!

Serving begins at 5:30.    Come and let your vestry serve you.

Christmas 1 - Diocesan-wide Service Available Beginning at 8 am, Sunday, December 27

Service Bulletin

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Service Bulletin for the Fourth Sunday in Advent

Download Bulletin 12-20-2020

Dear all,

• Tomorrow's bulletin is attached. 
• As the roofers are repairing our flat roof on the parish house, the parking lot is closed. 
• Mrs. Bowers has offered her driveway for drive-in worship tomorrow. And there is still street parking. 
• As it will probably be raining, Kenyon, Charlotte and I will be inside. 
• Monday afternoon, we will dedicate the wreaths that Kenyon and Lleweynn will be hanging. These will be a lovely addition to our yard as well as fitting remembrances.
• Monday, Dec. 21^st 4:30 pm  St. Thomas Day    Dedication of Christmas WreathsOn St. Thomas Day, and the longest night of the year, we will dedicate the Christmas Wreaths given in honor and memory of someone. The dedication will be recorded and emailed as well as posted on facebook.  
•  Christmas Eve   4:30 pm   We will hold a very special Christmas Eve service of music and candles. There will be chairs set out in Susan Bowers yard as well as our side yard or you can hear the service in your cars via the radio. 

Becky+

Emmanuel Moves to Drive-in Worship this Week

Beginning this Sunday, we will stop in-person worship for the next few weeks.  We are following guidelines set by our diocesan medical advisory panel. This panel is composed of doctors, nurses, physicians’ assistants, nurse practitioners, epidemiologists, and one attorney. The members are from around the diocese, including people from our end of the diocese!

And so, with sorrowful hearts but mindful of our care for and stewardship of the people of Emmanuel, your vestry and I have made the decision to stop in person worship. This Sunday we will hold our drive-in worship as well as have a few chairs in the yard, 10' apart. If you choose to come and sit in the yard, you must wear a mask. There will also be a worship video posted on our Facebook page, later in the day, or at the latest, Monday morning.

Even if you have not joined Facebook, you can view our page: 

https://www.facebook.com/EmmanuelEpiscopalChatham

After a beautiful Sunday service last week, when we were blessed with the beautiful voice of Charlotte Paris singing, this will be a different experience. But we will be together with God. 

So, begin Advent with us. 

Becky+

Inside / Drive in Church October 18th at Emmanuel

Inside / Drive in Church

 

11 am worship is now both inside and via radio for drive-in. Inside we are staying safe by keeping the doors open, limiting the numbers inside, and keeping the 6’ distance requirements. So if you plan to be inside, you must let us know each week by Saturday at 5pm, that you are planning to come. 

 

THIS Sunday, October 18^th - the Feast Day of St. Luke

 

We will honor this day though special prayers and music, not only for those who are ill but in thanksgiving for those working in the health care field. Please send us any names of those to be remembered in prayer – those who are ill as well as those who work, in any way, in the medical field. 

Tomorrow at Emmanuel - Sunday October 4th, 11 am - Holy Communion

Tomorrow the church remembers Francis of Assisi. His love of all creatures, great and small, lead to the tradition of blessing our pets on this day. 

So we invite you to bring your pets (please, no snakes.) 

Our service of Holy Communion will be offered as both drive-in church and church in the yard! 

Chairs will be placed in the yard for those who wish to be outside of your car.  

We celebrate God's blessings of our pets, remembering that everything belongs to God and we are blessed by the gift of companionship pets bring to our lives. 

A note about worship at Emmanuel on Sept. 27 and going forward

In the best interest of our health and safety, the vestry and I have decided to continue with drive-in church for the foreseeable future. We know this announcement will disappoint some who were looking forward to coming back inside. But new statistics have caused us to reconsider. 

As we walk the Jesus story with Matthew’s gospel in this later part of the Pentecost season, the gospel readings will speak more and more about Jesus’ sacrificial love. In this COVIDTIDE season of our life together, our walk of love has a sacrificial component to it as well.  We are having to sacrifice many things that we feel important for identifying us as the people of Emmanuel, chiefly worshipping inside.

But in this time, we must be mindful of how we are good care takers of each other.

We are not only protecting those present but also those with whom they will have contact.

So worship will continue to be different. We strive to make changes that do not strip away all of what we believe about the power of our liturgy to mold and transform us a people of God. We are having to put some new wine into these old skins! And I know most of us do not like it. I do not as well.

However, the vestry and I feel we must be careful about calling us back together. Hospitalizations have recently gone up and there is an uptick of the spread once again in our area.

In this “Covidtide” the indoors criteria is about not only duration and droplets but also aerosol transmission. So, the changes we make, and will make, will attend to that criteria.  All these changes are to help us be safer and slow the spread of this virus.

This concern for the health of those who may come into contact with us is a way we Love Godand each other. We do so, yes, out of an abundance of caution but more so out of an abundance of Christian love for our each other; for our Neighbor.

Being attentive to what we do, and what we are asked to do, is never more important. We must commit ourselves to new and intentional ways of being together. This is walking in love.

And may the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, keep us all.

So come tomorrow and drive-in. Come help us reflect on the mind of Christ. 

Come in joy to meet the Lord!  (Click on this link to hear a beautiful version of this hymn! 

Becky+ Crites

Priest-In-Charge, Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Episcopal Priest, Chatham Hall

Service Bulletin for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Download Bulletin 09-20-2020

Compline, Sunday, August 16, 7 pm

 

Compline, Sunday, August 16, 7 pm. Email [email protected] if you will be attending. 

 

If we cancel due to weather, we will post the cancellation by 4pm. 

"AMAZING STORIES, UNEXPECTED STORYTELLERS" CONTINUES TODAY. Thursday, August 6th (and next Thursday August 13th, too)

Bring your elementary-aged children to pick up a bag full of information, crafts and supplies related to each week's bible story.

 

Each bag will have information on how to watch the online storyteller tell the story of the week.

 

Last week was Faith - God calls us to be heroes (David and Goliath)! This week is Hope - Jesus with Us (The Woman at the Well) and next week is Love - Lead with Jesus (Dorcas)

 

It's free - this is our gift to you!

 

Please stop by Emmanuel's churchyard TODAY - THURSDAY, August 6th between 5 - 6 pm and pick up your bag. If you didn't receive one last week, we have a few of those for pick up as well.

The Holy Three Days

Palm Sunday at Emmanuel

Worship from St. Stephen's: Palm Sunday

Worship from St. Stephen's: Palm Sunday from StStephensRVA on Vimeo.

Join Presiding Bishop Curry live online today at noon to pray the Lord's Prayer

Join Presiding Bishop Curry live online today at noon to pray the Lord's Prayer

 

In response to a call from both Pope Francis and Archbishop Justin Welby, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry will be praying the Lord's Prayer (via Livestream and Facebook Live) TODAY, March 25, at noon Eastern Time. He invites you to join with Christians around the world to offer this prayer in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
 
To join Bishop Curry live today, March 25, at noon Eastern Time, click here:

Livestream

The Episcopal Church Facebook page

Presiding Bishop's Facebook page 

 

Chatham Concert Series Cancels Concert Scheduled for April 3rd

Due to continuing efforts to reduce gatherings and travel so as to safeguard people and communities from the coronavirus epidemic, the Chatham Concert Series announces the cancellation of its concert previously scheduled for Friday, April 3, 2020 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

We greatly appreciate the patronage and support for the Concert Series in our community.

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The Chatham Concert Series performances are sponsored by Chatham First, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Chatham Arts, Chatham Hall, Davenport Energy, First Piedmont and La Chaumière Bed and Breakfast.

Lent at Emmanuel

Quiet Mondays in Lent

5:30-6pm

Come and let the sacredness of space, music, prayers and light envelop you.

  

Bible Study in Lent  (begins this week)

Mondays 6:15-7:15pm, Wednesdays, 10 – 11 am

Embodying Forgiveness

 

Wednesdays in Lent 

Community Lenten meal and meditation on various OT prophets

Chatham Baptist Church

Meal is 5:30 PM, caterer is Gentleman's Ridge, cost is $8 per person.

Meditation begins at 6:15 PM.

Mar 11 - Chatham Baptist hosting.Chuck Warnock, meditation on the words of Malachi.

Mar 18 -Chatham Baptist hosting. Hargrave Chap. Adam Felty, meditation on the words of Habakkuk

Mar 25 - Emmanuel Episcopal hosting. The Rev.Becky Crites,meditation on the words of Hosea

April 1  - Chatham Presbyterian hosting. The Rev. Mikel Pugh, meditation on the words of Micah

 

 

Chatham Concert Series: Music for Cello and Piano, Sunday, March 1st at 4 pm

Come join us this Sunday, March 1st at **4:00 p.m.** at Emmanuel Episcopal Church to be enthralled by the duo “Anime and Grazia” performing music by Grieg and Sibelius.

Dr. Anna Billias was trained as a concert pianist at the Prokofiev State Academy of Music in Ukraine, performed as featured soloist with the school’s symphony orchestra and received her D.M.A. in piano performance from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia. She currently teaches at Washington and Lee University and for thirteen years was Director of Piano Studies and Collaborative Performance at Sweet Briar College. Dr. Billias has performed in England, France, Russia and Ukraine. In 2018 Dr. Billias collaborated with baritone Dr. Gregory Parker for a concert in Paris, France and in 2019 she performed concerts in Crimea, Russia, with the Renowned Artist of Ukraine, soprano Anna Bratus.

Julia Goudimova teaches cello at Washington and Lee, Southern Virginia, and Hollins Universities and is principal cellist of the University Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra. Julia has performed in Germany, France, Belarus, Moldova, South Korea, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Since moving to the United States, Julia has been involved in symphony orchestras and chamber music performances in Virginia, Washington D. C. and West Virginia. Julia was born in Moscow and began studying piano at the age of five and cello at the age of seven. She studied in Tiraspol College of Music, Belarus Academy of Music and participated in the International Cello Competition in Minsk. 

Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to support the concert series. After the concert, mingle with fellow concert fans and the musicians while enjoying the delightful reception provided by Chatham First. 

Chatham Concert Series Presents the Roanoke Ballet Theatre and the Rainier Trio, Sunday, January 26, 3 pm, at Chatham Hall

The Chatham Concert Series brings ballet and live music together for the first time this Sunday, January 26 at 3:00pm in the VanVoorhis Hall at Chatham Hall. The Roanoke Ballet Theatre’s new choreography to Piazzolla’s famous tangos “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” brings them to life. Other favorites including Canon in D and The Entertainer will have a new look with dance while the Rainier Trio provides live music.

The Roanoke Ballet Theatre is a company of professional dancers from across the country, who have undergone years of extensive training and danced professionally with other companies. Their full performance schedule includes main stage shows, in-studio Black Box series, and traveling collaborations throughout Roanoke and surrounding communities. The company also provides an opportunity for the dancers to work alongside the staff and students of Roanoke Ballet Theatre’s Youth Ballet.

The Chatham Hall Dance Ensemble will take the stage for “Connections,” choreographed to Gabriel Faure’s famous Sicilienne by their instructor Donna Franklin.

Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to support the concert series. Chatham Hall is catering a reception afterwards where the audience can meet the dancers and musicians after the performance.

VanVoorhis Hall is in a building connected to the main building. There will be signs out as well. Here is a link to the general map. (It is in the building North and to the right of the red marker on this map) https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chatham+Hall/@36.8263053,-79.3905512,18.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x884d555715e9375b:0xabf1ff783221d731!8m2!3d36.8263541!4d-79.3896572

Special thanks to Chatham Hall for collaborating with the Chatham Concert Series for this performance. Other sponsors are Chatham First, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Chatham Arts, Chatham Hall, Davenport Energy, First Piedmont, La Chaumière Bed and Breakfast and Reid Street Gallery.

Additional concerts this spring are “Music for Cello and Piano” on Sunday, March 1st at 4:00 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The duo “Anime and Grazia,” comprised of Washington and Lee University music faculty Julia Goudimova and Anna Billias, will perform Edward Grieg’s Sonata for Cello and Piano and other works by Scandinavian composers. 

The Rainier Trio will close the season on Friday, April 3 at 7:00 p.m. with fun and familiar works including Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, Joplin’s Elite Syncopations, Meditation from Thais and Dvorak’s “Songs My Mother Taught Me.”

Chatham Concert Series: Christmas Favorites, Sunday, December 8th, 7:30 pm

Soprano Leslie Mabe will join the Rainier Trio for an evening of your favorite songs as a fitting addition to the Christmas in Chatham celebrations. Selections from The Nutcracker, Handel’s Messiah, Twas the Night before Christmas and O Holy Night will get you in the holiday spirit. A sing-along of carols will send you out with a song in your heart.

At Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Advent at Emmanuel

Music and Candles                 5:00-5:30 pm                 Mondays, Dec. 2^nd,9^th, 16^th

Just come and sit and let the sacredness of space, music and light envelop you.

                                                                               

Chrismon Workshop                   6 pm                            Monday, Dec. 2^nd 

The “Crismon Crew” invites you to their next craft session. Sharon Taylor is our point person. Give her a call if you have any questions. ALL are welcome- even if you think you have NO crafting skills, come and enjoy the mistakes and/or laughter as we share our love and prepare for the birth of our Lord.

 

Festival Fridays

St. Nicholas Day   5:15 – 6:15pm          Dec. 6^th

The story of St. Nicholas. Music, crafts and refreshments. For children.

 

St. Lucy’s Market 4-6:30 pm   Dec. 13^th

Unique and local vendors. A nod back to an old Emmanuel tradition.

 

St. Thomas Eve 5:30 – 6:30 pm  Dec. 20^th

A service on the longest of nights  

The Chatham Concert Series Kicks Off Its 11th Season at Emmanuel - Friday, October 25 at 7:00 p.m. with Mozart’s Night Music and Schubert’s “Trout Quintet"

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Emmanuel - 175th Year Anniversary Celebration - May 5th

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Lent at Emmanuel Continues Today

Greetings!

 

Last night's time of listening to a sung compline offered just a simple time of presence. I encourage you to mark your calendars for next Monday's 30 minute gathering.

 

Today we will attend to our spiritual nature through a word; one word. simple snack food and drink is also offered. So come today, from 4-5, to a simple fun feast.

 

Tomorrow from 10-11am we will explore the gathering part of our Sunday morning liturgy.

 

And then at 5:30 we will meet for the Lenten community program at Chatham Baptist Church. Childcare is provided. The meal costs $7.00/person. (children free) It ends by 6:45pm. 

 

Becky+ Crites

Priest-In-Charge, Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Asst. Chaplain for Episcopal Identity, Chatham Hall

Lent at Emmanuel: Come and See

See the event listing on the Calendar.

Chatham Concert Series: Virtuoso Solos, Friday, March 8 at 7 pm

On Friday, March 8^th the Chatham Concert Series continues with an exciting program featuring pianist Judith Clark and Bryan, Kevin and Elizabeth Matheson.

Over the centuries, the greatest violinists wrote or arranged music to show off their talents and dazzle the audience. Jascha Heifetz adapted Rimsky-Korsakov’s famous “Flight of the Bumble Bee” and the Mexican serenade “Estrellita” for violin, Fritz Kreisler arranged deFalla’s “Spanish Dance,” and Pablo de Sarasate wrote “Zigeunerweisen” or “Gypsy Airs."

The twentieth century violist William Primrose transcribed Weber’s “Andante & Hungarian Rondo” and “Jamaican Rumba” by Arthur Benjamin to help increase the virtuoso viola repertoire. Other works on the program are Robert Schumann’s romantic “Fairy-Tale Pictures” for viola and piano and Bela Bartok’s ever popular “Romanian Folk Dances” for violin and piano. Judith Clark will perform Franz Liszt’s Grand Etude “La Campanella” based on Paganini’s famous violin piece.

Join fellow concert fans and the musicians to enjoy a glass of wine, chocolate truffles, mini fruit kabobs and marinated mozzarella and tomato skewers. The Chatham First sponsored receptions are a tradition not to miss!

Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to support the concerts. Come Friday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m. to Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 66 N. Main St. in Chatham.

The Chatham Concert Series would like to thank all of the individual sponsors who have made this season possible! Mr. and Mrs. William Black, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore E. Bruning, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Richard Camp, Mr. and Mrs. John Collins, Mr. Rick Dixon, Capt. Cameron A. Gillespie, MD and Tomoko U. Gillespie, Dr. Peyton and Lucy Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rogers.

The concert series is also sponsored by Chatham First, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Chatham Arts, Chatham Hall, La Chaumière Bed and Breakfast, Reid Street Gallery, Callands Coffee and Brenda Brokaw music lessons.

 

Chatham Concert Series: Saturn String Quartet - Mozart, Dvorak & Gershwin, Sunday Jan 27, 3 pm

The Chatham Concert Series will continue its 10^th anniversary season this Sunday, January 27 at 3:00p.m. with the Saturn String Quartet, comprised of Bryan, Kevin and Elizabeth Matheson and Russian cellist Julia Goudimova. They will play Dvorak’s famous “American” Quartet, Gershwin’s “Lullaby for Strings,” the romantic “Nocturne” by Borodin and Mozart’s virtuosic “Divertimento for Strings.” The theme from the De Beers diamond commercial, “Palladio,” and some Chinese folk songs arranged for string quartet will transport you from the winter weather to faraway lands.

Chatham Concert Series: Christmas Traditions, Sunday, December 2 at 3 pm

Soprano Leslie Mabe will join the Rainier Trio for an afternoon of your favorite songs as a fitting addition to the Christmas in Chatham celebrations. Selections from The Nutcracker, Handel’s Messiah, Believe from the Polar Express, Gesu Bambino and O Holy Night will get you in the holiday spirit. A sing-along of carols will send you out with a song in your heart.

After the concert, mingle with fellow concert fans and the musicians while enjoying the delightful reception provided by Chatham First.

Sunday, December 2 at 3:00 p.m. –“Christmas Traditions” at Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Chatham Concert Series Presents Vivaldi & Piazzolla, Friday, October 5 at 7 pm

The Chatham Concert Series is pleased kick off its 10^th season with the Rainier Trio’s new program “Vivaldi and Piazzolla: The Four Seasons” on Friday, October 5, 2018, at 7 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 66 N. Main St. Chatham

Guest violinist Elizabeth Matheson will join the Rainier Trio, comprised of Kevin and Bryan Matheson, violin and viola and Brenda Wittwer on piano.

The timeless music of Antonio Vivaldi's “The Four Seasons” will be paired with passionate tangos “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla. You will also hear readings of the poems that inspired Vivaldi to write the first “programmatic music,” painting a picture with sound by imitating bird calls, thunder, insects and frigid winds.

 

After the concert, mingle with fellow concert fans and the musicians while enjoying the delightful reception provided by Chatham First.  These receptions have become a tradition not to be missed in Chatham!

Chatham Concert Series Announces Its 10th Season at Emmanuel

 The Chatham Concert Series is pleased to announce the dates for the tenth season of the series!

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Emmanuel Calls the Reverend Becky Crites as Priest-in-Charge

The Vestry  of Emmanuel is pleased to announce the calling of the Rev Becky Crites as Priest-in-Charge at Emmanuel and Asst. Chaplain for Episcopal Life at Chatham Hall. 

 

Her first Sunday to preach and celebrate will be August 19th with a reception to follow. Becky+ comes to us from an interim position at Holy Comforter, Burlington NC.

 

Guest Celebrants and Preachers at Emmanuel: February - April 2018

February 18 – Reverend Russ Ingersoll

February 25 - Reverend Jim Mathieson

March 4 – Reverend Roy Polina

March 11 – Reverend Jim Mathieson

March 18 – Reverend Ron Johnson

March 25 – Reverend Jim Mathieson

April 1 – To Be Announced

April 8 – Reverend Gene Anderson

April 15 – To Be Announced

April 22 – Reverend Jim Mathieson

April 29 – Reverend Gene Anderson

Chatham Concert Series: The Classic Strings Duo, Sunday, Jan 28 at 3 pm

Join us this Sunday at 3pm for a concert of Mozart, Beethoven Dvorak and more! The Classic Strings Duo will be joined by Kevin’s violinist wife, Elizabeth Matheson for the famous “Terzetto” that Dvorak composed in just one week, January 1887. Also on the program are Beethoven’s Serenade for two violins and viola and Mozart’s first duo for violin and viola. Theme and Variations in Boogie and R&B, “Hebraique Elegie” by Amy Barlowe and a Japanese video game theme round out the program.

Reception following the performance provided by Chatham First to talk with the performers and fellow concert fans.

Chatham Concert Series Presents Holiday Favorites, Sunday, Dec 3, 7:30 pm

Sunday, December 3 at **7:30pm** Maestro David Stewart Wiley, conductor of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra will join Kevin and Bryan Matheson for a truly memorable Christmas program. Classic Christmas selections for piano and strings, plus Christmas stories and a new holiday sing-along sure to put you in the Yuletide spirit.

David Stewart Wiley, Pianist

Kevin Matheson, Violin

Bryan Matheson, Viola

Please join us at Emmanuel for this memorable program.

Chatham Concert Series Opens Sunday, October 1, at 3 pm

Sunday, October 1 at 3:00p.m. Celtic, Japanese & French Impressionist Selections performed by the Silver and Strings Quartet: Helen Rifas, harp; Julee Hickcox, flute; Kevin Matheson, violin; Bryan Matheson, viola.

The heavenly sounds of harp, joined by flute, violin and viola transport the listener to a different world with the famous “Claire de Lune” by Claude Debussy, “Flower Duet” by Delibes and “Barcarolle” from the Tales of Hoffmann. Other works on the program are Shenandoah, March of the Toreadors from Carmen, Japanese folk songs and Three Celtic Duos for Violin and Viola.

Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 66 N Main Street, Chatham, VA

Admission by Donation for the Musicians

Duo Pianists to Perform at Chatham Hall Saturday, September 16, 2017

Miri Yampolsky and Xak Bjerken

A husband-and-wife duo piano team from Cornell University will play a free concert open to the community at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 16, 2017 in St. Mary’s Chapel at Chatham Hall. The concert is dedicated to the memory of Frances Hallam Hurt, local author, historian, and arts patron, and is sponsored by Chatham Hall. There will be a reception in the Tea Room of the library following the concert.

Xak Bjerken, professor of piano at Cornell, and Miri Yampsolsky, senior lecturer of chamber music at Cornell, will open the concert with the Mozart Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448. They will also perform the Rachmaninoff Suite for Two Pianos No. 2, Op. 17, along with a variety of solo works that includes Scriabin’s Ninth Sonata and pieces from Brahms Op. 116. 

The couple recently played the Rachmaninoff Suite for Two Pianos at The Voice of Music in the Upper Galilee Chamber Music Festival, Israel’s oldest chamber music festival. In the upcoming year, Yampolsky will perform in New York City and Berlin with cellist Zvi Plesser, and Guy Braunstein, former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic. Bjerken will record and premiere concertos by Stephen Hartke and Jesse Jones at Oberlin College-Conservatory, as well as perform these pieces in Ithaca, Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles. 

Bjerken, born and reared in Santa Barbara, California, and Yampolsky, born in Russia and reared in Israel, were students of Leon Fleisher at Peabody Conservatory. They are co-founders and artistic directors of Mayfest, the Cornell Department of Music’s annual festival of world-class chamber music, which celebrated its tenth anniversary this year. The couple has three children: Misha, who is in high school and plays the double bass and sings; Anna, who is in middle school and plays the piano and sings; and Maya, who is in kindergarten and studies dance. 

The entire community is invited to attend. 

Chatham Concert Series - A Musical Trumpet Garden, Friday, March 31, 7 pm

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Bishop's Visitation at Emmanuel - Save the Date, April 23rd

    Bishop Hollerith  

March 9-15 - House of Bishops meeting  

April 15 - Easter Vigil at the York River

--> April 23 - Emmanuel, Chatham

April 30 - Emmanuel, Virginia Beach
May 3 - St. Andrew's, Newport News 

May 7 - Hickory Neck, Toano

May 21 - St. Paul & St. Andrew, Kenbridge

May 25 - St. John's, Portsmouth

June 4 - St. Paul's, Suffolk 

June 25 - Emmanuel, Franklin

 

Chatham Concert Series presents the Saturn Piano Quartet, Sunday, Feb. 26 at 3 pm

The Chatham Concert Series is pleased to present the Saturn Piano Quartet this Sunday, Feb. 26 at 3:00pm at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Chatham. Kevin Matheson, violin; Bryan Matheson, viola; Julia Goudimova, cello, and Judy Clark, piano, will play the great C Minor Quartet by Gabriel Fauré.  Considered one of Fauré’s finest early works, its dynamic rhythms and engaging melodies will delight music lovers. 

Opening the program will be the fourth premiere performance of Virginia Composer James Lego’s Piano Trio No. 1.   Lego is a former apprentice artist for Opera Roanoke and a composition graduate from the University of North Carolina.  The trio was composed especially for Kevin and Bryan Matheson and fully exploits the resources of both the string instruments and the piano.

Goudimova will perform two works for cello and piano: Song Without Words by Mendelssohn and Allegro Appasionato by Saint-Saens. You can hear them in a previous performance of the Faure: https://youtu.be/ZiTxO3HAUKM 

Local music student Layne Larson, of Danville, will perform Beethoven’s famous Für Elise on piano.

Please join fellow music lovers and the musicians afterwards for a reception provided by Chatham First.

Emmanuel Offers Holy Communion 8:30 am, Sundays

In addition to our 11 am Eucharist, the vestry of Emmanuel has agreed to support an additional Sunday service to meet the needs of those who cannot come to the later service:

 

Holy Communion now also at 8:30 AM Sundays at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Chatham, VA. All are welcome.

The painting by Dieric Bouts the Elder, Early Flemish Gothic. Please note: there is a place at the table reserved for you.

Emmanuel will also be hosting a Bible Study group, starting early in Lent. Details to follow.

Burns Night, Sunday, February 12 at 3 pm

Burns Night is an event that honors the Scottish poet laureate Robert Burns. Celebrated sometime near Burns’ birthday, it is an opportunity to celebrate all things Scottish.

Emmanuel parish will host a Burns Night, Feb. 12, at 3 PM, as a benefit. Accompanied by Celtic harp and guitar, Stephen & Regina will sing Scottish songs, including several by Robbie, recite Robbie’s poetry, and play Scottish dance tunes.

A reception of light Scottish fare will follow. No haggis, we promise. The concert will benefit the music program at Emmanuel, with a portion going to Episcopal Relief and Development to fund the Millennial Development Goals.

When	Sun Feb 12, 2017 3pm – 5pm Eastern Time
Where	Emanuel Episcopal Church, 66 Main St, Chatham, VA 24531, USA (map)

Ecumenical Gathering, Watson Memorial United Methodist Church, Sunday, Jan. 22 at 3 PM.

Bishop Will Willimon will deliver a lecture on “small church ministry and discipleship” at Watson Memorial United Methodist Church on Sunday, January 22nd beginning at 3 p.m.

The service begins with a Joint Choir, followed by the Lecture by Dr. Willimon, and at 4:15 pm a question & answer time.  This will be followed by a fellowship time with refreshments. 

Rev. Dr. Willimon served as a bishop in the Methodist Church after a long and distinguished career as a theologian, professor, and Dean of the Chapel at Duke University.  He has published over 60 books. 

Please call 434-432-0161 if you would like to sing in the choir.

Christmas Worship Services

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Chatham Concert Series - Holiday Favorites: The Rainier Trio with Soprano Leslie Mabe, Sunday, December 4, 3 p.m.

As the grand finale of Christmas in Historic Chatham, the Rainier Trio with soprano Leslie Mabe present a program of Holiday Favorites.

The program includes new arrangements of “Do You Hear What I Hear,” “A Celtic Silent Night,” Tchaikovsky’s “Pax de deux” from Nutcracker, and favorites:  “O Holy Night,” “White Christmas,” “Ave Maria” and concludes with a sing-along of carols.

Join the musicians and fellow concert goers afterwards for a reception provided by Chatham First.

If you aren’t able to make this concert, you have two more opportunities to hear this enjoyable program in the area!

Thursday, December 8, 7:00 p.m. Reynolds Homestead, 463 Homestead Ln, Critz, VA 24082

Wednesday, December 14, 3:45 p.m. The Wednesday Club, Danville, VA

 

Coming Events during Advent & Epiphany

Advent and Christmas Service Schedule

·         Holy Days: Nov. 30 St. Andrew, Dec. 21 St. Thomas,

                Dec. 26 St. Stephen, Dec. 27 St. John, Dec. 28 The Holy

               Innocents

·         Blue Christmas/ Longest Day Service, Dec. 14 at 7 PM

·         Greening of the Church, Dec. 18

·         Christmas Eve Midnight Mass:  10:30 carol sing,

                11 PM Liturgy

·         Christmas Day, 11 AM Holy Eucharist

.            Monday Dec. 26     Feast of St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, Evening Prayer 7 PM

.         Tuesday Dec. 27     Feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist, Evening Prayer 7 PM

.         Wed. Dec. 28          Holy Innocents, Evening Prayer 7 PM  

·         Christmas 1 Lessons and Carols Service with Eucharist.  Jan 1.

·         Feast of Epiphany on Jan. 6, a Friday.   7 PM service.

·         Epiphany 1 is The Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, on Jan. 8.

Burial Office for the Rev. Dr. John Ruef Set for Nov. 29 at 2 p.m.

The Office for the Burial of the Dead for the Reverend Dr. John Samuel Ruef, with Holy Eucharist, will be said at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Tuesday, November 29 at 2 p.m..  The Rt. Reverend Herman "Holly" Hollerith IV, Bishop of Southern Virginia, will be the Celebrant and the Reverend James W Mathieson will preach.

Dr. Ruef passed away on October 31, 2016 at the age of 89.