| September 13, 2018 Emmanuel's E-News |
Greetings from
Emmanuel Episcopal Church!
This Sunday is the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost.
Rev. David Jackson will celebrate and Deacon Bill will preach.
We look forward to seeing you in church!
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September 16 is the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost.
As on most Sundays during "Ordinary Time," the longest season of the church year, vestments and altar cloth are green, the color of growth and life.
This is a period in which the liturgy Sunday after Sunday leads us into a serious consideration of the content of Holy Scripture in an orderly way. This time in the Church Year is a time to build on the growth and renewal of grace we experienced in the first half of the year, a time to prepare ourselves to celebrate more fully when we come around again to the seasons from Advent through Easter.
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All classes meet at 9am on Sunday
From September 16th-30th, Rev. Ellen and Drew Beyer will be offering an Acolyte Super Camp! All kids K-7 are invited to learn about the holy things and our worship services. You don't need to be an acolyte to attend - all are welcome.
Then, in October, we will turn to the Max Lucado animated video called "You Are Special". This program is styled as a story about self-worth and teaches important life lessons.
Stay tuned for the November schedule.
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Adult Formation Schedule-
Fall 2018
All classes meet at 9am on Sunday in Beaudway Hall, unless otherwise noted.
We will start by completing the last course in The Discovery Series, which was our adult confirmation class in 2017-2018. The schedule is as follows:
September 16, 2018 - The Great Commission: What is Mission?
September 23, 2018 - The Great Commission: Spreading the Good News
September 30, 2018 - The Great Commission: My Life's Mission
We will then turn to another video-based series called Animate to learn more about the Bible. This is a really great program which includes a number of fun-filled and easy to digest talks by leading voices in today's church. Optional journals are available for $15, so please let Revs. Ellen or Dave know if you want to buy one.
- October 7, 2018 - Canon: Mining for the Word, with Eric Elnes
- October 14, 2018 - History: Parchment to Pixel, with Phyllis Tickle
- October 21, 2018 - Testaments: One Story, Two Parts, with Rachel Held Evans
- October 28, 2018 - Gospels: Unexpected Good News, with Nadia Bolz-Weber
- November 4, 2018 - Genre: Rhythm of the Text, with Jose Morales
- November 11, 2018 - Interpretation: Scripture Reads Us, with Will Willimon
- November 18, 2018 - Grace: Love is the Bottom Line, with Jay Bakker
We will take a break for Thanksgiving weekend on November 25, 2018 and then begin our Advent program on December 2nd. Stay tuned for details!
Blessing of the Backpacks
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Emmanuel Youth Group
Next Sunday
(the 16th)at 11:30am will be the Youth Group organizing meeting in the Swamp. All kids in grades 8-12are invited to attend as we make the schedule for the next year.
We will be ordering pizza, so please RSVP no later
than Saturday the 15th to Rev. Dave by email assistant@eeclg.org or text (810) 357-1019.
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Upcoming Meetings at-a-glance
Vestry Meeting: September 18
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Upcoming Children's Art Programs
Hello Art Friends!
Hope you have had a peaceful and relaxing summer with your families. Check out our upcoming classes for young artists, ages 6 and up, at The Kensington Arts Center. http://www.kensingtonartscenter.org
New this season, we will be offering weekend and weeknight private and semi-private lessons. Or join us on Saturday afternoons, when the studio will come alive with mini-series classes focusing on exciting topics. (See a sampling below.)
As always at the KAC, kids will create with an amazing variety of art materials including acrylic and watercolor paint, oil pastels, colored inks, recycled materials, natural items, wire, decorative papers, and more. Kids will be encouraged to develop their unique style in a real art studio environment.
In addition to private lessons and classes, please keep our Kensington Arts Center Studio in mind for hands-on art programming for educator in-service workshops, birthday parties, and scout badge events. See the attached flier for more information, and/or like us on Facebook to stay connected.
Thank you for your on-going support of our children's art programs.
Art-Making-Mini-Series Saturday Classes
Girl FLOWER Power
for ages 6 and up
Saturdays 9/15, 22, and 29 4-5:30 PM
Get ready to explore what it means to be a STRONG girl. Delve into ideas about how to make true friends, avoid drama, and focus on kindness. Create friendship flower books, kindness charm necklaces, and mixed media self-esteem weavings.
Fee: $
75
Spooky OCTOBER Extravaganza
for ages 6 and up
Saturdays 10/13, 20, 27 from 4-5:30 PM
Bring your scary imagination to create haunted 3D projects. Learn how to craft a groovy ghost town, sparkling pumpkin mask, and a mad scientist laboratory. Fee: $75
Gratitude with Attitude
for ages 6 and up
Saturdays 11/10 and 17 from 4-5:30
Prepare to jump head first into a discussion about why gratitude rocks. Learn about what you are thankful for while you create a happy-dancing turkey and a beautiful autumn symbol quilt that shows what matters most.
Fee: $50
Holiday Meaningful Magic
for ages 6 and up
Saturdays 12/1, 8, and 15 from 4-5:30
It's the season of light.... Spread joy, learn mindfulness, and practice peace as you make a marvelous mixed media angel, shimmering set of winter votive candles, and a Holy Family Clothes Pin People Nativity Scene.
Fee: $
75
To ENROLL, Call or Text Instructor
Rachel Weaver Rivera, MFA, LPC at (773) 203-6659.
The Kensington Arts Center
Housed in Emmanuel Church (Conveniently located a few blocks from downtown LaGrange)
203 South Kensington, La Grange, IL 60525
Kensington Arts Center $20 Annual Family Registration Fee
Siblings Welcome! Sibling discounts available.
Rachel Weaver Rivera, MFA, LPC
Imagine Art Studio
Owner and Teaching Artist
Cell: (773) 203-6659
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The Man Who Never Met A Stranger
The Man Who Never Met A Stranger, by Deacon John R. Dolan
 In his third book,
The Man Who Never Met A S
tranger
, author Reverend John R. Dolan combines the love and spirituality that infuse his other works to create not only a
n homage to his friend, Frank Nicholson, but also a model for readers who would love to succeed at their own endeavours.
Available in Paperback or Kindle versions.
Click on the book cover to view and purchase on Amazon.com. If you have an Amazon Smile account, you can order through that to benefit the charity of your choice, including the Pipe Organ Project.
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Listen to Emmanuel Sunday Sermons Online
If you were truly inspired by any of the sermons you hear, don't forget you can listen again to the sermons from Emmanuel. They are normally available on our website within a few days of the Sunday service. Click HERE for the full list.
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Short Takes
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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 Weekly Schedule
Tuesday
7:15 am- Contemplation & Meditation
Wednesday
9:30 am- Healing and Anointing Service
10:00 am (after service) Bible Study
Thursday
7:15 am- Contemplation & Meditation
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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Memorable Christians of the Past:
Feast of The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Holy Cross Day)
14 September 335
During the reign of Constantine, first Roman Emperor to profess the Christian faith, his mother Helena went to Israel and there undertook to find the places especially significant to Christians. Having located, close together, what she believed to be the sites of the Crucifixion and of the Burial, she then had built over them the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which was dedicated on 14 September 335. It has become a day for recognizing the Cross (in a festal atmosphere that would be inappropriate on Good Friday) as a symbol of triumph, as a sign of Christ's victory over death, and a reminder of His promise, "And when I am lifted up, I will draw all men unto me." (John 12:32)
The Christian custom of tracing the sign of the cross on persons and things as a sign of blessing is very old. Some think that it goes back to the very origins of Christianity and earlier. In Ezekiel 9, we read that Ezekiel had a vision of the throne-room of God, in which an angel was sent to go through Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the faithful few who mourned for the sins of the city. Afterwards, other angels were sent through the city to destroy all those who had not the mark. We find similar visionary material in Revelation 7:2-4; 9:4; 14:1, where the mark on the forehead again protects the faithful few in the day of wrath, and it is said to be the name of the Lamb and of His Father.
What is the significance of the sign of the cross? Well, in the first place, we often place our initials or other personal mark on something to show that it belongs to us. The Cross is the personal mark of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and we mark it on ourselves as a sign that we belong to Him, just as in the book of Revelation, as noted above, the servants of God are sealed or marked on their foreheads as a sign that they are His.
Again, as one preacher has said, if you were telling someone how to make a cross, you might say, "Draw an I and then cross it out." As we make the sign, we first draw a vertical stroke, as if to say to God, "Lord, here am I." Then we cancel it with a horizontal stroke, as if to say, "Help me, Lord, to abandon my self-centeredness and self-will, and to make you the center of my life instead. Fix all my attention and all my desire on you, Lord, that I may forget my self, cancel my self, abandon myself completely to your love and service."
Source:
justus.anglican.org
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New Comma Baroque Presents:
Fundraisers for Emmanuel Episcopal Church of LaGrange
Telemann's 'Lost' 12 Fantasias for Solo Viol, 1735
Located in 2014 by Thomas Fritzsch, a copy of Telemann's self-published 1735 fantasias for viola da gamba survived near Hanover at Ledenburg Palace in the collection of Eleonore von Münster (née von Grothaus, 1734-1794).
Dedicated to musical subscriber Mr. Pierre Chaunell (1703-1789), Telemann's fantasias encompass a variety of forms spanning fugal writing to elements of the rondo and concerto while straddling the Polish and Moravian music of his early career to the High Baroque and the galant.
Join
New CommaBaroque's
Phillip Serna in honoring the music of Telemann - all while fundraising to restore the
Casavant Organ at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of LaGrange.
New Comma Baroque at Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, La Grange, IL
Sunday, October 7, 2018 3:00PM
$20 General Admission, $15 Seniors, $10 Students, Free Under 18
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Schola Antiqua
Directed by Michael Alan Anderson, the early music ensemble Schola Antiqua honors the quincentennial of the death of Pierre de la Rue, prized composer of the early sixteenth century.
Sunday, October 21, 4:00pm
Emmanuel Episcopal Church of La Grange
203 S. Kensington Avenue, La Grange
$25 General Admission / $10 Seniors and students with ID
This program is sponsored in part by the Lumen Christi Institute
and by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council
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The Last Word
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Presiding Bishop Returns to Work
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry thanked everyone who prayed for his recovery from prostate surgery
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This Sunday is the Seventeenth Sunday after
Pentecost
Lessons appointed for
Proper 19:
The Old Testament:
The Response:
The Epistle:
The Gospel:
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Meetings and Special
Events
September 14th-16th
- Yearly Retreat with Rev. Ellen
September 16
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September 23
September 30
October 7
October 21
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