Some traditions are worth keeping, not for the sake of tradition, but for the sake of God’s mission to our broken world. Holy Week is a time set apart for telling, sharing, and celebrating the good news of the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection (1 Cor. 2:1-5). Holy Week is all about the new life in Christ, found in the cross and the empty tomb where our sins are forgiven and our faith is fortified.

Easter is early this year – March 31^st! Many centuries ago, the church set the date for Easter based on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the Spring equinox. What matters more though is not "when" but "who and what"! Easter is all about the risen Christ and His victory over death and the grace for all that bend their knee and confess with their tongue that Jesus is Lord (Phil. 2:10-11).



You are invited to join us for Easter at Emmanuel. Bring your friends and get ready to shout “Alleulia!” Easter is a great time to bring guests to church. We have a whole weekend of services for you beginning Saturday at 5:00pm with our Traditional Worship. Sunday morning we’ll gather at 7:00am for Sunrise Worship and the blessing of our new paschal candle! We’ll also have our 8:30am Traditional Worship service and our 10:15am FaithBridge Family Service with Children’s Sunday School at the same time. Come prepared to hear about the “Resurrection of Trembling and Amazement!” We'll see you there!

Christ is Risen! Christ is Risen indeed! Alleluia!

Pr. Will

• Saturday, March 30:

5:00pm: Easter Worship

• Sunday, March 31: EASTER SUNDAY

7:00am: Sunrise Easter Service

8:30am: Traditional Worship

10:15am: Children's Sunday School

10:15am: FaithBridge Family Worship

• Monday, April 1:

8:00am: Garden Angels

9:00am: Dorcas Quilting, Rowe Hall

10:00am: Centering Prayer, Zoom

1:00pm: Mark Bible Study, Rm 101

1:00pm: Soul Sisters, Office Center

• Tuesday, April 2:

9:30am: Finance Committee, Office Center

10:00am: Torah Tuesday w/ Pastor Batchelor, VOTI

12noon: Widow's Luncheon, Bob Evans Restaurant

12:30pm: Mahjong, Rm 106

2:00pm: Property Committee, Office Center

• Wednesday, April 3:

2:30pm: FaithBridge Joyful Noise

5:00pm: Youth Group

• Thursday, April 4:

10:30am: Jan's Exercise Class, Pinebrook Club House

1:00pm: "Write Your Own Story", Rm 101

• Saturday, April 6:

4:00pm: Weekend Forum, Rm 101

5:00pm: Traditional Worship

More information about several of these events follows.

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5pm & 8:30am Traditional

Worship Folder

7:00am

Traditional Worship Folder

10:15am FaithBridge Family

Worship Folder

EMMANUEL WEEKEND FORUM

Rowe Hall, Room 101

Saturday @4:00pm

Sunday @9:30am

What is the Giving Challenge?

It's an exciting online 24-hour giving event that connects numerous non-profit organizations with passionate donors. The Challenge creates a lasting, powerful impact in supporting these local and diverse causes.



How does it work?

Each organization's giving link will be live for 24 hours, from 12 PM on Tuesday, April 9th to 12 PM on Wednesday, April 10th. During this time, donors can go online to www.GivingChallenge.org to make a secure donation, helping their favorite organization receive special matching dollars and grant incentives. Each gift of up to $100 to any of the participating non-profits will be MATCHED by the Patterson Foundation during the Giving Challenge.

Some of the agencies that we at Emmanuel support that are part of this Giving Challenge are:

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Suncoast
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties
• Family Promise of South Sarasota County
• Habitat for Humanity, South Sarasota County
• Loveland Center
• Pregnancy Solutions
• South County Food Pantry
• The Twig
• Venice Area Mobile Meals
• The Warehouse of Venice
• Venice Area Beautification Inc.

Summer is coming, and especially for us Floridians, it gets really hot, muggy, and miserable. So, what do we need to do? Drink more water!! I have now gotten used to drinking water, but there was a time when I couldn’t stand the taste of water and drank my 2L. of diet Pepsi every day. Since some of you, like me, may not like the flavor of water, here are some helpful tips. Drink filtered water, whether it is from a filtering pitcher, under the sink filter, or a refrigerator filter. Add flavor like fruit juice, or lemon, or add fruits to a pitcher like citrus, berries, melon, or mint, or cucumber. Add sparkle. Carbonate it yourself with a seltzer maker, or add some from a can, which also comes with flavors. Drink up people, don’t make me turn the hose on you!

Please keep the following people in your prayers:

• Ellie Boehmer
• Caroline Giambattista
• Jim Hightower
• Tim Huber (Becky Rothgery's brother)
• Pat Ross
• LaDonna Whetzel

Click the graphic above for more information about the Youth Gathering!

Saturdays after Worship

In Narthex

Sundays 9:15am-10:15am

In Fellowship Hall

Come enjoy a cup and mingle!!

Hosts are still needed. Sign-up in Fellowship Hall.

Garden Angels

@8:00am

1st & 3rd Monday of each month

Work on Outside Projects

Come and join us!

Torah Tuesdays

10:00am every Tuesday

Venetian Room, Matthew Hall

at Village on the Isle

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You may view these 2 publications and other information about the ELCA and WELCA online be clicking on the names.

March 31

Easter Sunday

Acts 10:34-43

Psalm 118:1-2,14-24

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Mark 16:1-8

April 7

Second Sunday after Easter

Acts 4:32-35

Psalm 133

1 John 1:1-2:2

John 20:19-31

Pastor William A. Kittinger, Jr: wkittinger@emmanuel-elca.org

Pastor Dave Hess, Visitation Pastor: linda.hess@gmail.com

Kris Bowker, Worship & Music Director: kbowker@emmanuel-elca.org

Aiden Capps, A/V Coordinator: avcoordinator@emmanuel-elca.org

Linda Critchfield, Bookkeeper/Finance Secretary: bookkeeper@emmanuel-elca.org

Peter Doherty, Property: pdoherty@emmanuel-elca.org

Debi Hammett, Office Coordinator: dhammett@emmanuel-elca.org

Chuck Koons, Treasurer: treasurer@emmanuel-elca.org

Becky Rothgery, Office Coordinator: info@emmanuel-elca.org

Barb Spenks, Parish Nurse: bspenks@emmanuel-elca.org

Nick Sperry, Youth Director: nsperry@emmanuel-elca.org

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