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The Newsletter Podcast
The Newsletter Podcast is a production of Emmanuel Church for Emmanuel Church. With new episodes each week, we’ll hear what’s coming up, what’s gone down, and we’ll have a little fun along the way.
Episode 15- December 17, 2024
Highlight – The prayer ministry of the church (Mr. Andrew Pierson joins us in studio!)… Recap – Community Supper… Recap – Staff Christmas Party… Announcement – Christmas Cantata… This Week in Church History (John)… Top Ten!… Live Music (Tom)… Highlight – Church at Corrine’s School of Dance… Announcement – Christmas Eve Service… Announcement – Night to Shine… Announcement – Come and See… Mail Bag… Announcement – Baptism on January 5th… Announcement – Evensong
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The Sunday Dinner Podcast
Conversations with folks from the Emmanuel Church Family and friends about life, faith, and our God who knits us all together.
Chapter 9- Roosevelt Pires
Young Life… An Upward Spiral into apologetics… The most fun wedding at the Governor's Inn… Scale Free… All this and more with our very own Roosevelt Pires!
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Catacomb Christianity
June 1, 2020
‘It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity. Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart. Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools. Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.’ Ecclesiastes 7:2-10
One Sword for Another
May 30, 2020
And the angel who talked with me came again and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. And there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’” Zechariah 4:1-7
Resuming Gathering- What to Expect
May 29, 2020
We’re looking forward to resuming our Sunday worship services this Sunday, May 31st! We’ll be holding an 8am and a 10am service in the Family Life Center. We’ve worked hard to reconfigure the sanctuary seating to accommodate the government’s guidelines for gathering and we’ve done a number of other things to ensure the safety and well-being of our family. I’ll explain these changes below, but please watch this brief video that will help you visualize some of the steps we’ve taken:
Here are some items of interest to consider as you plan to join us this Sunday:
-The services will be shorter than normal – no more than an hour. There will be worship, prayer, communion, and a message from God’s Word.
-The communion meal will come in a pre-packaged container that you will be able to pick up as you enter the sanctuary.
-When you come in, please sit wherever you’d like. We’re asking that you please ensure that there are three empty chairs between you and anyone not in your home or family.
-The rows of chairs are all six feet apart.
-There will be no fellowship hour following either service. Please feel free to bring coffee and a snack with you – we definitely want that 8am service to be caffeinated!
-No one is required to wear a mask, but masks will be available to anyone that would like one.
-If you would like to give an offering, there is a marked collection box at the rear of the sanctuary where you may deposit it.
-Our nursery and jr. worship ministry will not be provided for the time being, but the parent room will be open and available for use.
We’re confident that we’ll be able to comfortably host our church family over the two services. That said, if you’re an early riser and wouldn’t mind getting out early for the 8am service, we encourage you to do that. The more that make it out to the early service, the easier it will be to accommodate everyone at 10am.
Finally, I want to stress that attendance at these services is not a test of anyone’s faith. We feel led of the Lord to resume corporate worship again as a part of our body life; but we don’t expect everyone to feel comfortable joining in just yet. We expect you to exercise your own judgement in discerning what is best and wisest for you and your family. We will fully support and encourage you no matter what you decide. If you do decide to wait a while longer, please reach out and let me know. We want to be sure to work hard to see that you’re being ministered to and cared for right along. There are a number of online and small group gatherings that we’d love to plug you into. I’m also very happy to sit outside with you at your home and share in prayer and communion. We love you and remain here for you!
The Thousandth Man
May 24, 2020
“Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6
The Eastern Sky
May 22, 2020
“The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.” Psalm 50:1-2
49ers for Wisdom
May 21, 2020
“Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.” Proverbs 3:13-15
Fashioned to Fly
May 20, 2020
“Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:17-24