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WEEKLY E-NEWS
JANUARY 11, 2023
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Sunday, January 14 at 9:00 am we welcome Dan Richter from LifeWise StL. During that time we will be doing a poverty simulation and discussion. Participants are asked to complete the simulation 24-48 hours before the session where LifeWise StL staff will facilitate conversation regarding the experience. Since you will do the simulation in advance, LifeWise StL staff wanted to provide you with some details that will be helpful to you as you complete the simulation. First and foremost - while the simulation may or may not reflect your own reality - we ask that you make decisions as if they were your own, based on your values, education, experience, etc.. Again, following this exercise, we will meet in person in order to debrief and discuss the experience. CLICK here for instructions.
People can even do it two times, once making decisions based on values and the other time based on extremely thrifty use of finances (presuming those are not one in the same). Otherwise, if it's helpful to folks, we've linked a worksheet in those instructions. That way, people can print that up and jot notes down on it as they make progress through the simulation. We simply ask that participants complete this between 24-48 hours before we meet, so it's still fresh in their minds.
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JANUARY 13
1:30 Eucharistic Visitor training. Anyone interested in taking home communion is welcome to be trained. Sujanna† will be here!
JANUARY 14
8:00 Rite I Holy Eucharist
9:00 Intergenerational Christian Formation for children & adults in the parish hall. Guest speaker from LifeWise StL (details above)
10:00 Rite II Holy Eucharist (with Children's Chapel)
Note: WOE Window Glow event postponed due to weather. Reschedule coming!
JANUARY 15
MLK Holiday, preschool and offices closed
JANUARY 17
6:00 Fellowship Dinner
6:30 Children's choir this week
6:45 Taizé Service
7:30 Adult choir rehearsal
Emmanuel Calendar Link
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Beginning this Sunday, you will notice changes to the bulletin formats. While we all like the full service bulletins, they do take more paper and we'd like to pare down the quantity of paper we use! So, we will go back to using the shorter (1 page) bulletins for 8 am and have a few full service bulletins available. At the 10 am service, we will continue to use full service bulletins but they will not include the music. Music will be in the hymnal. The bulletins in the weekly email and online will always be full service with music.
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SAVE THE DATE FOR 2023 ANNUAL MEETING
Every year on the last Sunday of January we hold an annual parish meeting for the purpose of electing a vestry & delegate slate and to hear reports from the previous year.
This year the meeting will be on Sunday, January 28, 2024 immediately following the 10 am service. The meeting will be both in person and on Zoom. We will be sending the Zoom link soon. In the meantime, click here for a PDF of last year's booklet.
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From Intern Alexa Brewen...
I just wanted to thank the community at Emmanuel for welcoming my family and me into your beautiful fold. Starting my journey to ordination has been an incredible experience, and a huge part of that has been due to my time here. You were all so quick to give support, and you accepted us without hesitation. Hearing God’s call can be an intimidating thing, and the love you’ve shown me has made it feel easy, right, and absolutely exhilarating. This is the beginning of a long process, and you’ve all given me strength and determination by believing in me. I want to thank Valori, Susanna, and Jerre—and all who have been up here with me. You’ve been patient with the fact that I’m a bit out of practice on some of the details, and you’ve never made me feel out of place. Being among you all has been a true gift—not just for me, but for my husband, son, and dad. It has been inspiring for us to see a congregation so motivated and so filled with love. I’m going to miss you all terribly, and I will definitely be back from time to time. I know I’ve made forever friends here, and that means more than you could ever know. From the bottom of my heart—thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Emmanuel Prays
The new Emmanuel Prays Ministry ensures that everyone on the intercessory list is prayed for every day by their Emmanuel family. That is a way we can love and honor all those who need prayers for as long as they need our prayers. There are four different groups of people praying the intercessory list (groups divided by A, B, C, D). The intercessory prayer list will be divided into four sections (red, green, purple and blue). Every week each group will pray for a different part of the intercessory list. So, the groups remain the same, but each group will rotate through the intercessory list by week.
If you would like to be a part of this special way of praying for Emmanuel, please let Rev. Sujanna know. Anyone is welcome to pray that list at any time whether part of an Emmanuel Prays group or just as an individual. Being intentional about holding someone in prayer or even just saying their name aloud can be powerful for both those for whom we pray as well as those who are praying.
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WOE EVENT & RAFFLE
Due to the bitter cold forecast, the Women of Emmanuel event scheduled for this Sunday, January 14 is POSTPONED. We will reschedule it soon!
But, we are still raffling off a quilt from Harvest Wind LLC a woman owned enterprise located in Parmelee, SD. Harvest Wind LLC provides jobs to many of the women who live on or near Rosebud Reservation. Tickets are $5 each and all donations will be sent to Harvest Wind. We will sell tickets during Wednesday night dinners and the quilt will be on display!
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The Road to Revival: A Case For Love.
A Case for Love is a new documentary film inspired by the teachings of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. Watch the trailer -- it looks really great!
The movie is being distributed by Fathom Events - one night only - at several movie theaters throughout our diocese on January 23. Showtimes are at 4 and 7 p.m. Group ticket sales (25 or more) are available at certain theaters.
The movie is inspired by the teachings and writings of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. Watch the video clip below and click here to learn more and get tickets.
Save the date: March 15, 2024 for the Diocese of Missouri Revival with Presiding Bishop Curry here in StL!
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