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WEEKLY E-NEWS
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
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Bulletin for Sunday, December 3 at 8:00
Bulletin for Sunday, December 3 at 10:00 (with children's chapel)
Prayers of the Parish
Emmanuel on Facebook
Emmanuel on YouTube
If you have a name tag, please wear it!
If you need a name tag, let an usher know!
This week we will begin the Common Cup at communion. That means that you may choose to have the priest intinct for you or receive bread only as we have been doing. Or you may choose the Common Cup. You will come up to the chancel step to receive the bread as you’ve been doing. Once you have the bread, you will consume it, and move to the Eucharistic Minister (EM) who will be standing at the head of the side aisle. They will offer you the cup of wine. Please note: neither the EM nor you may intinct your bread at this station. This is only for drinking the wine from the chalice.
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It's the FIRST Sunday of the Month and it's the first Sunday of Advent.
At 9am there will be a speaker from Prevent Ed. Prevent Ed's work prevents the harms of alcohol and other drug use through education, intervention and advocacy.
This week kids will meet Miss Pam in the Godly Play room.
In the Christian liturgical year, Advent is a time of waiting and preparation for the birth of Jesus, a time of prayerful yearning for Emmanuel, “God with us.” If you'd like to download a 2023 Advent calendar for adults, click here.
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DECEMBER 3
8:00 Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:00 Prevent Ed presentation in parish hall-nursery is open!
9:00 Children in Godly Play
10:00 Holy Eucharist Rite II
2:00 Senior high going to LifeWise StL to help with the Holiday Market
2:00 Middle School meeting at Emmanuel
DECEMBER 6
6:00 Fellowship dinner
6:30 Children's Choir
6:45 Taizé
7:30 Adult choir
DECEMBER 7
6:00 Caroling at Webster University dorms. Meet at Emmanuel to walk over
DECEMBER 9
11:00 Ordination of Bethann Rohlfing at Christ Church Cathedral. We invite anyone from Emmanuel to attend and support Bethann!
Emmanuel Calendar Link
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Festival Flower & Music Fund.
Each Christmas we provide special brass and organ music performed by professionals at the Christmas Eve 5 pm & 10 pm services, and we purchase poinsettias and greens to adorn the church in celebration of Christ's birth.
You may contribute to the the Festival Flower & Music fund in thanksgiving for someone or something or in memory of someone.
These remembrances and thanksgivings will be listed in the Christmas Eve bulletins. You may also contribute without a remembrance or thanksgiving.
If you wish to contribute and do a thanksgiving or remembrance, we ask you provide those names to Ann Marie Ruhlin by Monday, December 18. To contribute any amount electronically, click here.
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We invite everyone to the HOPE, PEACE, JOY and LOVE of Advent by attending service and watching the Advent Wreath Lighting each week, and by participating in some or all the activities that are planned!
Dec. 7 Caroling at Webster University dorms. Meet at Emmanuel at 6 pm, we'll be joined by students and staff!
Dec. 9 Attend the ordination of Bethann Rohlfing!
Dec. 10 Outside and inside activities including fire pits, cookie decorating and more!
Dec. 10, Help deliver poinsettias to parishioners after the 10 am service
Dec. 10, Attend the Holiday Concert at 2 pm
Dec. 17, Help with Hanging of the Christmas Greens inside and outside!
Anticipation of Jesus' birth is a wonderful time in our liturgical year and we will celebrate! Click here for the Christmas packet!
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Hey, hey, hey! Emmanuel we need a few Christmas elves to help at our Advent Celebration on Sunday, December 10 at 9:00 am. If you can help with any of the following, please let Katie Gregston know. Thanks!
- set up help
- starting and monitoring fires in the firepits
- helping at the craft table
- helping at the cookie decorating table
- helping at the game station
- clean up help
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Women of Emmanuel fun!
On Saturday, December 16 we will meet up at MoMo's Coffee Champagne Kitchen, 9500 Manchester Rd. for brunch!
Come grab a bite and then go finish your shopping chores! Bring a friend, a sister, a daughter or just you! No RSVP needed. But, the holiday spirit is required!
As you enter MoMo's order & pay first, then come sit with us.
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Sunday, December 3 volunteers will set up the luminarias and the outside Giving Tree. By evening you will see the lights!
The Giving Tree will be outside all season. You may take a tag to remind you that we are collecting, but tags are not necessary.
In the Christmas Packet there is a listing of the gifts/gift cards we are collecting from Dec. 3 through Dec. 17.
We will distribute the gifts to Episcopal City Mission, Grace Hill, LifewiseStL and Webster-Rock Hill Ministries.
Gifts may be left in the blue bins or if a gift card, please deposit in the mailbox on the piano in the parish hall!
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Enjoy a free Christmas concert by the Clarion Brass + Percussion on Sunday, Dec. 10 at 2 p.m.
Clarion Brass + Percussion will play some of your favorite songs and carols for the holidays! Joined by special guest, William Lenihan, on guitar for a special treat.
FREE admission. A free will offering to benefit Suzuki Harmony STL. Families welcome!
Suzuki Harmony STL is a non-profit that serves youth in under-resourced neighborhoods of the St. Louis region by providing high-quality private music instruction.
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GIVING UPDATE
We are making progress! Pledges to date are at 74% of our goal for the number of pledges and at 88% of our financial goal. Let's make both of these happen by December 15!
All pledges matter and all amounts matter, and we appreciate them all! If you wish to pledge online, you may use this link for an online pledge card. We will also have a QR code in the bulletins linked to the online pledge card. We, of course, will accept a pledge at any time during the year, but at this time, pledging allows us to budget for 2024.
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GIVING WAYS UPDATE.
If you have appreciated securities you would like to donate to Emmanuel (talk to your broker about the possible tax advantages of doing so), we have a new brokerage firm to receive these securities. Our new brokerage account is at Charles Schwab. Our old account at TD Ameritrade can no longer receive transferred securities for Emmanuel.
To get the instructions to provide to your broker to donate securities to Emmanuel, please contact our assistant treasurer Jim Kern at atreas@emmanuelepiscopal.org.
You can also talk to your banker or broker about the possible tax advantages of transferring funds to Emmanuel from your IRA account. If you do plan to donate securities or retirement funds to Emmanuel, please let Jim know you have done this and how you would like for your donation to be used (pledge for operations, etc.) to make sure you get credit on your giving statement
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OTHER NEWS CLIPS!
Caution! This time of year, scammers are active! Scammers tend to prey on churches because they know we are here to help. We urge you to check the email "from" address for anyone asking for money. Our clergy will never ask for money in an email. Potential scams are why we do not attach the directory to this email. We do post the directory on the Member page of our website. We will post a Dec. 1 Update tomorrow. If you wish to have access to the member page, click on that page and you may request access. We will receive an email and if we know you, we will give you access. This may take 1-2 days.
Now for some good news! In last week's Webster-Kirkwood Times there was a great article about The College School food donation and a story about the Emmanuel Food Center. Click here to read it!
Next Wednesday, Dec. 6 the Fellowship dinner is a POTLUCK Soup Supper. Operative word, potluck. If you can bring a pot of your favorite soup, please let Katie Gregston know.
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Our building is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm.
Please call or email us for more information about any of our offerings.
314-961-2393 or www.emmanuelepiscopal.org
mshipp@emmanuelepiscopal.org
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