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WEEKLY E-NEWS
April 25, 2024
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April 28
8:00 Rite I Holy Eucharist
9:00 Light brunch in parish hall
10:00 Rite II Holy Eucharist (no children's chapel)
11:30 Rise Against Hunger in the Parish Hall
3:30 Rise Against Hunger in the Parish Hall
April 29
7:00 Women's book group in the parish hall (reading Vladimir by Julia May Jonas)
May 1
6:30 Children's choir
NO Adult choir this evening
May 4
11 am to 2 pm Emmanuel Preschool Carnival. Open to the public.
For meetings on Zoom, click the event on the calendar to find Zoom info.
Emmanuel Calendar Link
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Mandi Rice's last Sunday
It's easy to get attached quickly to the interns, seminarians and postulants who train in our midst. As part of her training, Mandi has attended nearly all meetings and services and we will miss seeing her!!
Mandi will be ordained as a deacon on June 1 at St. Paul's Cathedral in Boston! Episcopal priests serve as deacons for at least six months, rooting their ordained ministry in an ethos of service. Mandi's ordination as a priest will likely take place here in Missouri and she will share more about that when those details are available. In the meantime, please congratulate Mandi.
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RISE AGAINST HUNGER IS HERE! | |
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A HUGE thank you to everyone who made Wednesday Night Fellowship Dinners happen this program year!
A huge number of you helped in many ways to make these meals happen, and it's appreciated.
Fellowship dinners will recess until the fall, and we hope all of you will re-join us in September! In the meantime, give yourselves a HUG for loving our community in this way!
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DIAPER DRIVE!
This is the last week to donate to the Diaper Drive that Emmanuel Youth Group is hosting to benefit Isaiah 58 Ministries. Please have all diapers here by Sunday, May 5.
We are collecting sizes 5 and 6. But, if you have open boxes of other sizes, bring them! Drop them in the blue bins!
If you are online shopper, feel free to have diapers delivered directly to Emmanuel.
Ship to:
Emmanuel Episcopal-DIAPERS
9 S. Bompart Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63119
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Sunday, May 19 is the Day of Pentecost
At the 10 am service that day the Gospel will be read simultaneously in a variety of languages. If you speak another language and would like join in the "speaking in tongues", let us know by emailing Ann Marie Ruhlin. We will provide you with the translation, which you read from where you are sitting allowing us to be one in spirit!
On Pentecost we all wear red to represent the flames of hope and we will continue the celebration with a picnic on the Jones Hall lawn after the service! More details coming soon!
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ANY GRADUATIONS COMING UP? | |
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Graduations are around the corner!! We love to celebrate our children and youth. If you have or know a youth you'd like to celebrate, either on social media or directly with us, please do!
These students leaving school in 2024 all started their high school or college journeys during COVID. These young people are strong and resilient, and deserve applause!
Pic: Meg & Mike Lawless with daughter Jane who was inducted into The National Honor Society. Jane is the granddaughter of Steve & Norita Cunningham.
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AND there's more...the diocesan youth minister, The Rev. Erin Pickersgill, and the diocesan young adult leader, The Rev. Aaron Rogers, will be sending out gifts to all high school & college graduates they know about!
Emmanuel will provide names of high school grads but we don't always know about college grads so, anyone interested may contact Erin or Aaron directly via email or pass names along to Katie Gregston.
epickersgill@diocesemo.org or
arogers@diocesemo.org
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Sunday, June 2 at 5:00 pm we will host a Pride Prayer service. Many LGBTQIA people have been hurt by the church. We wish to acknowledge and lament that hurt at this service that is open to anyone.
Sunday, June 9 beginning at 1 pm we will participate in the Churches Together for Justice Gun Violence Prevention March and Rally. The march will begin at Webster Groves Presbyterian Church on Lockwood & Gore and walk down Lockwood, ending at Emmanuel. There will be speakers at Emmanuel, including Bishop Deon Johnson.
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Phillip Poke wants everyone to know how grateful he is for your presence at the visitation and Memorial Service for DJ Cunningham last week. Emmanuel has become a part of Phillip's family over the years. DJ and his cousins Marlee and Maxx all came to the first Easter Egg Hunt hosted here. Continue praying for this grieving family.
DJ's family will be setting up a fund to support kids DJ played with through TruVision basketball. The fund is not yet set up so all donations may be made out to Emmanuel Episcopal with DJ Cunningham in the memo. We will send one check from Emmanuel to Darius, Sr. once the account is set up. Here's a link to donate through Emmanuel.
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Beautiful Bridges: An Initiative for Sharing the Peace.
As the next step from our Healing in the Heartland event, the Rev. Aaron Rogers introduces a new diocesan initiative to bring congregations together to work across differences to create relationship, have focused formation, and develop ministry projects. To read more about Beautiful Bridges, click here.
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