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WEEKLY E-NEWS
March 28, 2024
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Bulletin for Good Friday, Friday, March 29 at 6:30
Bulletin for Holy Saturday, Saturday, March 30 at 9:30 am
Bulletin for The Great Vigil of Easter, Saturday, March 30 at 7:30
Bulletin for The Feast of the Resurrection, Sunday, March 31 at 8:00
Bulletin for The Feast of the Resurrection, Sunday, March 31 at 10:00
Prayers of the Parish
Emmanuel on YouTube
If you have a name tag, please wear it!
If you need a name tag, let an usher know!
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Livestream schedule for Holy Week & Easter services on YouTube:
- Maundy Thursday at 6:30 pm
- Good Friday at 6:30 pm
- The Great Vigil of Easter at 7:30 pm
- Festival Eucharist at 10:00 am
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March 31
8:00 Rite I Festival Eucharist, no music
10:00 Rite II Festival Eucharist with children's choir, adult choir, organ and brass (No Children's Chapel this week)
11:00 or immediately after the 10 am service, children's Egg Hunt!
April 1
Office closed
April 3
6:00 Fellowship dinner (dinner by Men of Emmanuel!)
6:30 NO Children's choir
6:45 Taizé
7:30 NO Adult choir
April 4
6:30 Men of Emmanuel Brown Bag
April 7
11:15 First Emmanuel Connects!!
2:00 Youth Group (please RSVP to Katie G.)
For meetings on Zoom, click the event on the calendar to find Zoom info.
Emmanuel Calendar Link
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April 7 Formation resumes at 9:00 am
Remember the plastic bags we collected?
WG High School senior, Lauren Knapp created a community impact project by turning plastic bags into mat-like beds for unsheltered individuals.
Lauren will be with us to talk about her project. We hope you'll come support Lauren. And we will have biscuits and honey.
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APRIL 7, EMMANUEL CONNECTS!!
Come join us after the 10 am service in the parish hall to get to know each other better.
This is the first of 5 opportunities to gather for a short time together to allow us time to read that name tag, say hello face to face, ask a question, find out how you can engage at Emmanuel or just meet someone new!
Donut holes will be in the room!
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The Great Vigil of Easter Saturday, March 30
7:30 pm This service begins outside with lighting of the new fire and the Paschal candle. Organ, choir and brass ensemble. After the service join us for traditional champagne and chocolate (a non-alcoholic option available).
Easter Sunday March, 31
8:00 am Rite I Festival Eucharist spoken, no music
Easter Sunday March, 31
10 am Rite II Festival Eucharist with organ, children's choir, adult choir and brass.
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Children's Easter Egg Hunt
After the 10 am service children of any age are invited to join us for an Egg Hunt. This year, it's a non-traditional Easter Egg Hunt on Easter, Sunday, March 31. Kids will hunt eggs and inside each egg will be "money".
After the kids hunt, they will then visit up to four different tables, one for each Faith in Action pillar. Kids will donate their "money" to a cause that supports one of the four pillars. Click here to read more. Join us for coffee, biscuits and help prepare for the egg hunt!
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EASTER OFFERING
The Easter Offering this year will benefit Emmanuel’s Food Center, and our hope is to raise $5,000 which will cover four months of grocery shopping for our food pantry.
Some of you donate regularly to the Food Center, which we love. But, for Easter, we are asking for a one time gift from anyone to the Food Center. To make a one time gift, use this link: donate online. These one time Easter Offerings may be made through Sunday, April 8.
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MEN OF EMMANUEL
The Men of Emmanuel are busy next week!
Wednesday, April 3 MOE will cook and serve Wednesday night dinner. Menu of grilled hamburgers and hot dogs with baked beans, coleslaw and mac n cheese! If you are able to help, please email Bob Zagar.
Then, on Thursday, April 4 at 6:30 pm
resume packaging brown bag. They will now be packaging for Grace House at St. Patrick's Center. Grace House is the first comprehensive, low barrier, 24 hour safe haven for 25-40 people who need safe, sanitary housing while in transition to permanent housing. We'll be packaging fewer meals with a different shopping list. All men are welcome!
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Rise Against Hunger April 28, 2024
Following 10:00 AM service
Two shifts
11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
We will have opportunities to assist with this project on Sunday, April 28, 2024, AND on Saturday, April 27, 2024.
On Saturday, Rise Against Hunger will deliver the food supplies that we will repackage on Sunday. We will gather on Saturday starting at 4:00 PM. On Saturday, we will need about ten people.
Please save one or both dates to assist in this fulfillment of our Feeding and Caring pillar. You will need to select a session to attend. Links to sign up for your volunteer opportunity are here:
http://events.riseagainsthunger.org/emmanuelepiscopal2024
We continue to need assistance in meeting our $10,000 goal. Please consider making a monetary contribution or participate in the plant sale (see elsewhere).
Here is another story of how our work will benefit people across the world.
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The Philadelphia Eleven
The Diocese of Missouri and St. Francis Episcopal Church in Eureka invite you to a special screening of the new documentary film, The Philadelphia Eleven.
In an act of civil disobedience, a group of women and their supporters organize their ordination to become Episcopal priests in 1974. The women are harassed, threatened, and banned from stepping on church property.
In this feature-length documentary film, we meet the women who succeed in building a movement that transforms an age-old institution, and challenges the very essence of patriarchy within Christendom.
St. Francis has rented the Hi-Pointe theatre for April 13, 2024 at 2 pm. Tickets are $5 per person and available on a first come, first served basis. The official trailer is below. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
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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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