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 VISION STATEMENT: Emmanuel Episcopal Church is uniquely embodied in the embrace of scripture, tradition and reason. We seek to encourage Christian formation and fellowship, to involve more people in ministries, to share our gifts and blessings with others, and to be a welcoming place for worship and celebration. Please join us for worship on Sunday at 8am (Holy Eucharist), 9am for Sunday school and at 10am (Holy Eucharist with Choir). CHILDREN OF ALL AGES are welcome in our worship services here at Emmanuel. If you wish, childcare is offered for infants and young children from 9:45am until the 10:00am service is over. The nursery is located in the South Building (across the hallway from the main church). CHILDREN'S CHAPEL: For those children who are too young to participate in the entire 10:00 AM liturgy, Emmanuel offers a children’s chapel during the first half hour of that liturgy service. Children hear the gospel in terms accessible to them. They then process into the church to join their families at the time that parishioners exchange the peace with each other. SUNDAYS IN LENT: Emmanual will offer our regular services at 8:00am and 10:00am and an additional service at 4:30pm. The evening service will utilize the liturgical texts from Enriching our Worship and feature some simple chants to enhance our worship experience. STATIONS OF THE CROSS ON TUESDAYS IN LENT: YOUTH GROUP NEWS: Emmanuel’s Youth Group (Grades 8-12) meets throughout the year for faith, fun, fellowship, service projects, and food. Service projects include participating with Emmanuel’s Sudan 5k race and feeding the homeless at St. Chrysostom’s in Chicago. Some of our more popular outings include Episcopal Day at Six Flags, Whirlyball, and ice skating at Millennium Park. All are welcome! Parish Outreach, Haiti Relief Contributions: Your compassion and generosity are to be greatly commended. Parish gifts enabled us to send $2727 to the Episcopal Relief and Development Fund in addition to the $1000 already designated for that purpose by the ECW. The $3727 in funds will be used to provide immediate and longtime assistance to our brothers and sisters in this devastated Island Nation. 54th ANTIQUE SHOW, Thanks to everyone who worked so very hard for almost an entire year, the 54th Annual Antique Show is being considered as one of the best we've ever hosted. "Foot traffic" was up from past years, there were more "diners" than we had food and beverages for, and dealers seemed pleased with their sales volume. Even though the Episcopal Church Women (ECW) group here at Emmanuel is the official sponsor of the show, it takes nearly the entire parish to make the show happen. Publicity, coordination with local police and fire departments, cleaning the kitchen, dealer spaces and contract negotiations, printing and fielding phone inquiries, planning meals, cooking meals, serving meals, taking tickets, tallying receipts, checking coats, moving furniture out and in, making coffee, clearing away piles of snow, making signs, offering smiles, tea and cakes, baked goodies, aching feet and tired backs, sharing stories about the church... not the work of one person or even one committee but the collective work of this community. The end results are not just for us. One half of all proceeds (from ticket sales, meals, baked goods, and dealer space rental) goes to meet community outreach needs. The remaining half helps fund special projects within the parish that otherwise would be "unfunded" because of budget constraints. This is an extraordinary effort that has grown from a modest beginning to a community tradition. I am proud to be associated with a parish that commits to this type of work every year and I am profoundly grateful for all that you do to make this happen. Rev. Terri+ Click Here for Antique Show Schedule Click Here for Antique Show Video
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