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WEEKLY E-NEWS
April 11, 2024
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April 14
8:00 Rite I Holy Eucharist
9:00 Formation for all ages in parish hall (see activity info below)
10:00 Rite II Holy Eucharist (with children's chapel)
11:15 Emmanuel Connects in the Parish Hall
April 17
6:00-8:00 Visitation for DJ Cunningham (see location below)
6:00 Fellowship dinner (pizza!)
6:30 Children's choir
6:45 Taizé
7:30 Adult choir
For meetings on Zoom, click the event on the calendar to find Zoom info.
Emmanuel Calendar Link
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Please note: The Wednesday, April 17 Fellowship dinner was to be prepared by the staff. However, several staff members wish to attend the Visitation for Phillip Poke's grandson. So, we will serve pizza instead of a full dinner. We think the kids will be okay, hope you adults will be too! We need a bit of help setting up and cleaning up. If you're able to help, please let Mimi know at 314-961-2393 x209. Thanks for being a village! | |
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Sunday, April 14 at 9 am
This Sunday during formation time, the Earth Love team along with Katie Gregston will host a toy exchange, and we'll make bee hotels and paint rocks for our rock river area that's being developed on the north side of the building. We hope you and your family will join us!
Sunday, April 21 at 9 am
Next Sunday, Earth Love will host Daria McKelvey from the Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center to discuss how to establish a native garden that bring pollinators.
This past Sunday, Earth Love members planted native pollinator gardens in front of church and by the preschool entrance. Check it out!
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RECYCLE your Eclipse Glasses!
Bring your eclipse glasses to Emmanuel this Sunday. Janet Dobbs and Shari Kelts are asking you recycle your eclipse glasses, and they will send them to an organization collecting glasses for children in Latin America who will experience a solar eclipse in August!
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Dear Parish family,
It is a bittersweet announcement we share: our beloved, multi-talented Mimi is retiring! Mimi’s final date in our office will be August 31, 2024. Stay tuned for details about Mimi’s retirement celebration.
We have prepared a page on our website where you can find the job description and share it with those you would like to recommend for this position. We will post the position opening this coming week with our diocese and some local info boards.
All candidates must submit their cover letter and resumé to Lissa Johnson, our Senior Warden, and to Valori+, our Priest in Charge. The contact information for them is on the job description and the webpage.
“For everything there is a season” (Eccl 3:1) and we have been richly blessed by our season with Mimi as the heart of our church office. Let’s all pray as we make this transition and welcome the new season God is bringing to us.
Valori+
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RISE AGAINST HUNGER IS APRIL 28! | |
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APRIL 14, EMMANUEL CONNECTS!!
Join us after the 10 am service in the parish hall to get to know each other better.
We will have April and May event schedules, a sign up for Pentecost Picnic, Emmanuel pens, newcomer forms, a few printed directories and 150th history books!
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EASTER OFFERING UPDATE!
Thank you to everyone for your donations to the Easter Offering benefitting the Food Center!
We're thrilled to report that your generosity helped us exceed the goal of $5,000 and are so grateful for each of you.
The shopping teams are shopping, and filling shelves again!
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EGG HUNT NEWS!
On Easter Sunday, our kids found lots of eggs outside and some with play money in them. After all the eggs were rounded up kids took the "money" they found and "donated" it to one of the four pillars of Faith in Action. Feeding and Caring, Earth Love, Justice and Equity and Diocesan.
The big winner of the $100 egg was six year old Wiley Adams! Wiley put all his money in the Feeding and Caring bucket!
To acknowledge the kids' efforts, the play money has been turned into real donations by using unallocated Faith in Action funds to "donate" to each of the pillars.
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Feeding and Caring budget will receive $303.47 for the Food Center.
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Earth Love budget will received $179.40 for Bee Hotels.
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Justice & Equity will receive $162.00 for Rosebud Reservation.
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Diocesan will receive $72.75 for Episcopal City Mission.
We hope this was fun and informative for adults as well as kids. Checks will go out the door this week!
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DIAPER DRIVE!
Emmanuel Youth Group is hosting a diaper drive to benefit Isaiah 58 Ministries. Starting now through Sunday, May 5 we will be collecting sizes 5 & 6 diapers, the most needed. Opened boxes will be accepted.
Drop them in one of the blue bins!
You are welcome to shop online and have diapers delivered directly to Emmanuel.
Ship to:
Emmanuel Episcopal-DIAPERS
9 S. Bompart Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63119
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Below is information about the Visitation and Memorial Service next week for our sexton, Phillip Poke's grandson, Darius Cunningham.
Ten year old DJ died tragically from a severe asthma attack. DJ loved basketball and played for several teams, mostly through TruVision Basketball.
Wednesday, April 17 Visitation 6-8 pm:
William C. Harris Funeral Directors
1645 Redman Ave.
Spanish Lake, MO 63138
https://www.wcharrisfd.com/
Saturday, April 20 Memorial Service at 3 pm:
Kennerly Temple Church of God and Christ
4307 Kennerly Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63113
(both of these events are on our calendar with the location & address)
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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SUNDAY ALTAR FLOWERS
We are looking for donations for Sunday Altar Flowers! The next couple of months is a good time to donate for Mother's Day, anniversaries or Graduations, and you can always donate for birthdays, in memoriam or in thanksgiving.
The cost for both vases on the altar is $130 per week. We use Arranged By Andy and he selects based on the season. However, if you wish, you may ask for specific flowers or colors and he will do his best to make it happen! Lots of open dates from now through December 22. Click here for a link to select a date!
You may be unaware that after services on Sunday, the altar guild puts the flowers in vases and Rev. Sujanna takes them to Faith Christian Church of India for their afternoon service. They are very appreciative!
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3 WOMEN MYSTICS:
Their Lives & Divine Lovestyles
Exploring Devotional Intimacy with
Thérèse, Julian & Mechthild
Anyone is invited to attend this Saturday, April 27, 2024 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. The event is $30 and includes a light breakfast, beverages, snacks, and an optional walk of the Center's labyrinth afterward.
Held at the beautiful Mercy Conference and Retreat Center, 2039 N. Geyer R., St. Louis, MO, these 4-hours will offer seekers an introduction to a rainbow of women religious.
Thérèse of Lisieux (“the Little Flower,” France, 1873-1897), Julian of Norwich (England, 1342-c.1416), and Mechthild of Magdeburg (Germany, c.1207-c.1282) share more than one might expect.
After learning their lives and main tenets, the group will playfully match writings with authors to discern their similarities and differences. To meet the needs of various temperaments, our engagement time with mystical texts will offer opportunities and prompts for creative response or further study, alone, with a partner, or in a small group — with a final gathering for debriefing, sharing as desired, discussion, and a mystic-inspired prayer. The Rev. Dr. Emily Hillquist Davis and Sabine McDowell will host the event presented by Confluence: A Center for Spirituality.
Space is limited. Click on the link below to sign up through Eventbrite:
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