E-News from Emmanuel Episcopal Church 10/14/21

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EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH

203 S. KENSINGTON AVENUE

LA GRANGE, ILLINOIS 60525

(708) 352-1275

(866) 668-2086 (FAX)

www.emmanuel-lagrange.org

October 14, 2021 Emmanuel's E-News

Greetings from

Emmanuel Episcopal Church!

Greetings!

This Sunday is The Twenty-first 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.

Historical Insights into

Pentecost- part 1

There are three things you need to know about Pentecost that will help you understand Acts 2 :

Pentecost was a pilgrim festival. That meant that according to Jewish Law, all the adult Jewish men would come from wherever they were living to Jerusalem and personally be in attendance during this celebration.
Pentecost was a holiday. No servile work was to be done. School was out. The shops were closed. It was party time.

Continued next week

Christian Formation at Emmanuel

Formation continues Sunday in Beaudway Hall at 11am.

The new series beginning this Sunday is titled:

#Rules_of_Engagement – Forming a “Rule of Life” For our Online Selves

Facebook has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons – but is it really all bad? What are our responsibilities as individuals and Christians in the online world of social media?

Join Rev. Kate for a six-week exploration of how we might align our digital activity with the Gospel’s call to be Christ’s presence in the world. Series begins this Sunday, 10/17 – join us for one or all of the sessions, as you are able!

This Sunday: #Rules_of_Engagement: Determining Your Purpose

What are we doing on social media? WWJP - What would Jesus post? (And what even is social media, after all?) Today we will delve into these topics and more, drawing from Christian ethics and world history to work towards a personal purpose statement for online activity.
(Reading along? We’re covering the Introduction and Chapter 1 this week. Not reading along? No worries! Join us anyway!)

Note: This series will be based on the book #Rules_of_Engagement: 8 Christian Habits for Being Good and Doing Good Online by Ann M. Garrido. You don’t need to buy or read the book to follow along but you may enjoy going deeper with it. Stay tuned for an exciting announcement about an upcoming author event with Garrido!

Next Sunday: #Rules_of_Engagement – Fake News and Biases

These programs will be conducted in-person after the 10:00am service or over Zoom at approximately 11:00am. Click HERE to participate via Zoom.

Worship at Emmanuel

Sunday Mornings- in-person

Holy Eucharist continues:

8:00am Said Holy Eucharist

10:00am Choral Holy Eucharist

Liturgical notes:

On Sunday, October 24th, we will be offering healing prayer and anointing with holy oil after Communion at both services. We intend to do this periodically for those who wish to participate.
On Sunday, October 31st, we will be celebrating All Saints at both services. The service will be shaped like a funeral, since we recognize that many people were unable to hold proper funerals.
We would like to commemorate all those who have died since the beginning of the pandemic -- family, friends, etc. -- by reading a list of names, so please send them to Judy in the church office no later than October 27th. We also encourage you to bring photographs of lost loved ones (regardless of when they died) to place on an Altar of Remembrance during the service.

Sunday Online options

9:45am to 10:00am- Social time on Zoom
10:00am to 11:00am- In-person worship will follow at Emmanuel
10:00am service will be streamed on Facebook and YouTube
Click HERE for Sunday worship bulletin

Tuesday and Thursday mornings- Contemplative Prayer (a time of Scripture and quiet prayer)

Beginning at 7:30am. Please join us for a time of centering. Click HERE to join us on Zoom on your computer or tablet.

Thursday Evenings: Compline (night-time calming prayer)

Fellowship and check-in time begins at 7:30pm and prayer begins at 8:00pm. Click HERE to join us on Zoom on your computer or tablet.

Emmanuel COVID-19 Policy

On August 26, Governor J.B. Pritzker announced an indoor mask mandate for all Illinois residents, regardless of vaccination status. All congregations and diocesan organizations are expected to comply with this requirement.

Socially-distanced seating will still be maintained in the rear one-third of the church.
People may share the Peace in whatever way is comfortable for them.
The distribution of Communion will continue for now as it is currently being practiced: at stations with disposable cups.

Please click HERE for further information.

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Wishing the following a

very Happy Birthday

for this week in October:

Deacon Bill, Eric D, Katie R, James D, Amanda D, Ron T

And we wish Leslie and Brian S, Hilary M & Wayne S, and Carry and Paul Z a very Happy Wedding Anniversary!

Tell Me the Truth About Racism is a story that frames racism through the lens of Christian faith for children 5-12. This training program received a Becoming Beloved Community Grant from the Episcopal Church in 2021, and has been presented in 21 communities in the United States and Canada.

An Introductory Seminar will be held here at Emmanuel on November 6.

Click on the graphic for full details.

Saint of the Week:

Teresa of Avila,

Reformer and Contemplative

15 October 1582

Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada (later known as Teresa de Jesus) was born in Avila, Spain, 28 March 1515, one of ten children whose mother died when she was fifteen. Her family was of partly Jewish ancestry. Teresa, having read the letters of Jerome, decided to become a nun, and when she was 20, she entered the Carmelite convent in Avila. There she fell seriously ill, was in a coma for a while, and partially paralyzed for three years. In her early years as a nun, she was, by her account, assiduous in prayer while sick but lax and lukewarm in her prayers and devotions when the sickness had passed. However, her prayer life eventually deepened, she began to have visions and a vivid sense of the presence of God, and was converted to a life of extreme devotion.

In 1560 she resolved to reform the monastery that had, she thought, departed from the order's original intention and become insufficiently austere. Her proposed reforms included strict enclosure (the nuns were not to go to parties and social gatherings in town, or to have social visitors at the convent, but to stay in the convent and pray and study most of their waking hours) and discalcing (literally, taking off one's shoes, a symbol of poverty, humility, and the simple life, uncluttered by luxuries and other distractions). In 1562 she opened a new monastery in Avila, over much opposition in the town and from the older monastery. At length Teresa was given permission to proceed with her reforms, and she travelled throughout Spain establishing seventeen houses of Carmelites of the Strict (or Reformed) Observance (the others are called Carmelites of the Ancient Observance). The reformed houses were small, poor, disciplined, and strictly enclosed. Teresa died 4 October 1582. (She is commemorated on the 15th--why not the 14th, I wonder--because the Pope changed the calendar from the Julian to the Gregorian system, a difference of 10 days, on the day after her death.)

Teresa is reported to have been very attractive in person, witty, candid, and affectionate. She is remembered both for her practical achievements and organizing skill and for her life of contemplative prayer. Her books are read as aids to the spiritual life by many Christians of all denominations. Her Life is her autobiography to 1562; the Way of Perfection is a treatise on the Christian walk, written primarily for her sisters but of help to others as well; The Book of Foundations deals with establishing, organizing and overseeing the daily functioning of religious communities; The Interior Castle (or The Castle of the Soul) deals with the life of Christ in the heart of the believer. Most of these are available in paperback. 31 of her poems and 458 of her letters survive. Her feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is 15 October. The Lutheran Church (ELCA) commemorates her on December 14 together with St. John of the Cross.

Christ has no body now but yours

No hands, no feet on earth but yours

Yours are the eyes through which He looks

compassion on this world

Christ has no body now on earth but yours.

Source: Justus.anglican.org

Regular Vestry Meeting October 19th

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.

Short Takes

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