February 11, 2016 Emmanuel's E-News
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Greetings from
Emmanuel Episcopal Church!
This Sunday is the First Sunday in Lent.
Pastor Susan will celebrate and Deacon Bill will preach.
We look forward to seeing you in church!
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Lent
The church season of Lent, the 40 days (minus Sundays) preceding Easter, is the perfect time to slow down, open your eyes, and see God working God's wonders in you and all around you. There will be a number of ministries going on at Emmanuel Church to support you in this time of reflection.
First, pick up a copy of
Living Well through Lent 2016, edited by Scott Stoner. This devotional booklet provides short daily meditations under the theme
Letting Go with All Your Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind. Fellow parishioners have used these meditations before and rave about them. They are provided to us free from the Diocese. Copies are available at both entrances to our worship space.
On the five Wednesdays in Lent beginning February 17, Pastor Susan will be leading Soup, Sandwiches, and Scripture from 6:30 to 7:30 pm in Beaudway Hall. Come at 6:30 pm for soup and sandwiches. Thanks to Penny Longo, Jean Owen, Ellen Busch and Lisa Enright for providing food for us. At 7 pm, choir members may head up to the choir room for practice. Or stay with Pastor Susan for study of the gospel of Luke. Luke is the primary gospel that you will hear throughout the coming year on Sunday mornings. For a half hour on these Wednesday evenings, we will look at some of the unique stories of Luke, the choreography of Luke, the passion story according to Luke, and more. One evening will be devoted to a creative expression of our understanding of Luke, another to a
lectio divina based on a text from Luke.
As you are able, be part of these activities during Lent, enriching and deepening your faith.
Pastor Susan Gerow
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Soup, Sandwiches, and Scripture
We begin our Lenten series next Wednesday evening starting at 6:30 pm in Beaudway Hall. Penny Longo will be preparing delicious ham and bean soup and accompanying sandwiches. At 7 pm, choir members will head upstairs to sing and the rest of us will take a look at what makes the gospel of Luke unique.
Luke is the gospel from which we will hear most of our Sunday morning lessons over the course of this coming year. Join with Pastor Susan and your Emmanuel Church community for food and conversation.
See you there!
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 ECW Winter Tea
The ECW Winter Tea will take place Sunday February 21th from 3-5. Please bring a friend and gather around the fire in Beaudway Hall for food and fellowship.
Email Stephanie Morse with
any questions.
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Sunday Service Project, February 28
Between worship services on February 28, we will be putting together baggies of toiletries for those in need. Please bring in small, travel sizes of soap, shampoo, lotion, and toothpaste, and place them in the baskets at the entryways. Perfect are all those complimentary toiletries that you have picked up and brought home from vacation stays. On the 28th, we will be packaging them with greeting cards decorated by our children. We will share these with the Quinn Center and other agencies.
Come join the fun!
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Youth News
EEC Youth Group is for all youth in 9th - 12th grades. We will be meeting after the 10 am service on the following dates. Please join us!
Contact Katherine Valenta with any questions.
- 2/21 Sunday 11-1PM: Meeting @ EEC
- 2/28 Sunday 11-1PM: Meeting @ EEC
- 3/13 Saturday/Sunday: SKI OVERNIGHT
- 3/20 Sunday 11-1PM: Palm Sunday Brunch
- 4/3 Sunday 1-11PM: Meeting @ EEC
- 4/17 Sunday 11-1PM: Meeting @ EEC
- 5/1 Sunday 1-11PM: CINCO DE MAYO
- 5/15 Sunday 1-11PM: Meeting @ EEC
- 5/22 Sunday 1-11PM: YOUTH SUNDAY Brunch
- 6/14 Tuesday 6-10PM
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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's Message for Lent 2016
"The season of Lent is upon us," Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry says in his Message for Lent 2016. "It is a season of making a renewed commitment to participate and be a part of the movement of Jesus in this world."
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Sign up for Daily Lenten Meditations from Episcopal Relief & Development
Sign up to receive daily Lenten Meditations via email, or click
here to view or download the PDF.
Click on the ER&D logo for more Lenten resources.
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Christ Church Cathedral Choir Tickets Are Now On Sale! 
By way of Oxford, England, the men and boys choir of Christ Church Cathedral, led by Stephen Darlington, will perform in our sanctuary on Monday, April 4, 2016 at 7:30pm.
Given the stature of this internationally acclaimed choir, tickets are expected to sell out. Don't miss out on this historic performance at Emmanuel. Purchase tickets
now, directly from the parish website's
EVENTS page or call (708) 352-1275.
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Internationally Acclaimed Christ Church Cathedral Choristers seek Lodging Here
As one of only two sites on their spring tour, the Christ Church Cathedral Choristers will be as excited to perform at Emmanuel as we will be to host them. Part of our association with this special visit is the opportunity to host this esteemed group in our homes during their Chicago stay. The 24 young men who sing, ages 9-18, are accompanied by several support staff including organist, conductor, chaperones and others. We'll put them all up in 22 rooms around our community and hope that you can open your doors to be a host.
Boys must be assigned to hosts in pairs, and hosts for boys are required to take
Keeping God's Children Safe (really easy online, and if you've already taken, you're good). Hosts will be asked to provide breakfast and a ride to Emmanuel in the morning. Dates are Sunday April 3 through Wednesday April 6 (3 nights).
If you'd like to take part in this great experience please contact George at (312) 835-2526 or
[email protected]. There is also a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board by the sacristy.
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Emmanuel Creates is now
Kensington Arts Center
ART STUDIO WISH LIST
We would LOVE to have some of your recyclable items to repurpose as collages. They would also welcome donations of new art supplies. The list includes:
* Recycled bottle caps, paper towel tubes, cardboard pizza circles, buttons
* Beads
* Ribbon and yarn
* Colored felt
* Stickers, stamps, decorative papers
* Elmer's glue bottles and sticks
* Hot glue guns and glue sticks
* Tempera paints
* Liquid watercolors in bottles
* Set of white bristle paint brushes
* Crayola markers
* Cray Pas or other brands of oil pastels
* Colored Sharpies
* Black Sharpies
* Student grade watercolor paper
* Roll brown Kraft paper, 36" wide
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Very truly yours,
Vicki Roe, Jean Owen, Sue Jasiak and Stephanie Morse
2016 Spring Antique & Vintage Market Co-Chairs
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Short Takes
For the third year in a row, Rebecca O'Brien was named a member of the Illinois Music Educators Association All State Honors Orchestra and was also named principal of the second violins.
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Send us your news! We would like to celebrate your and your family's achievements. Did your child get into the college he/she wanted? Did they make the honor roll? Are they performing in a concert or play? How about a work promotion or achievement for you or your spouse? Let us know so your church family can celebrate with you.
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Vestry Minutes
Click on the dates below to view the minutes of the respective Vestry meeting:
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Emmanuel Worship Schedule
9:30 am- Healing and Anointing Service
Sunday
8:00 am- Said Mass Rite II
10:00 am- Choral Mass Rite II
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Planning an Event? 
All event dates MUST be sent to the Parish Administrator so that they can be entered on the website calendar. This is the master calendar. If you are planning an event, click on the calendar graphic to find out if your event conflicts with other activities.
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BEDS needs a few good people...
...to volunteer for open shifts for the emergency overnight shelters at local churches evenings during this shelter season.
BEDS Plus openings:
TUESDAYS
BRAINARD BAPTIST
6251 Brainard Ave 3
rd
shift 3am - 7:30am
Countryside 4
th
shift 5:30am - 7:30am
WEDNESDAYS
EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
203 S. Kensington Ave.
La Grange 1
st
shift 6:30pm to 11:00pm
3
rd shift 3:00am to 7:30am
THURSDAY
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
100 W. Cossitt,
La Grange 1
st
shift 6:30pm to 11:00pm
FRIDAY
ST BARBARA PARISH
8900 Windemere,
Brookfield 3
rd
shift 3:00am to 7:30am
SATURDAY
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
4300 Howard
Western Springs
2
nd
shift 11:pm to 3:00am
Volunteers supervise sleeping shelter clients and help close down shelter in the morning. Volunteers receive on-the-job training from an experienced worker and have the support of staff when needed.
Consider assisting in this very important ministry of our church. Email or call Erin Molek, BEDS Volunteer Coordinator at (708) 354-0858 ext. 3 if you are interested.
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Click on the graphic above for more information on employment opportunities at Brookfield Zoo.
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Spring Programs at the Nicholas Center
Upcoming trainings at the Nicholas Center include Fierce Conversations and Contemplative Leadership with Brian Taylor
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This is the First
Sunday in Lent
The Lessons Appointed for the day:
The Old Testament:
The Psalm:
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The Gospel:
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