Emmanuel Episcopal Parish invites you to a twelve session introductory series on Islam. We will gather to watch a half hour video presentation by Prof John Esposito, Ph.D. from Georgetown University followed by a group discussion for another half hour. The purpose of this series is to help us understand this important world religion, it’s […]
Dear Ones, You’ve seen it on the news. You’ve heard about it on the radio. Maybe you’ve heard from friends or family in the crisis areas, smelled the smoke or driven through an area of our State on fire. Currently 25 fires large and small are listed as active in our state, affecting approximately 486,000 […]
“That cross that comes on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday is a reminder of the cross that’s put there at Baptism,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in her Lent Message 2015. The video of the Presiding Bishop’s message is here. Lent is a season of Christian reflection that begins on Ash Wednesday […]
Book offers insight, guidance for the Lenten season What are you giving up for Lent? Chocolate? Wine? Red meat? Episcopal priest Joanna Leiserson encourages us to dig deeper this Lenten season. We can begin, she says, by asking the right questions: “Who will you be in Lent?” and even “Whose will you be in Lent?” […]
Emmanuel Episcopal Parish invites the community to celebrate with us the renewal of our ministry and the welcoming of our new rector Berto Gándara on Sunday, February 8 at 10 a.m. at Emmanuel Church. Since starting his pastoral duties last summer, Berto, as he is familiarly known, has said that he intends for his service […]
A Win-Win Challenge benefitting Episcopal Relief & Development With The Ohio State University Buckeyes and the University of Oregon Ducks meeting in the first NCAA National Championship football game, the bishops of Ohio and Oregon are challenging their dioceses to see who can raise the most donations for Episcopal Relief & Development. Donations of any […]
Greetings to you this fresh season of Autumn! In this time of vibrant colors, late harvest and crisp weather, we begin to plan for the new year that will soon be upon us. With this change of season, appropriately, the stewardship campaign begins again, the time of year when we gather our various individual resources, […]
2015 is the 75th Anniversary of Episcopal Relief & Development. With our successful track record of international aid efforts in over 40 countries worldwide, we have much to celebrate! On October 25thm there will be a Celebration Workshop. Episcopal Relief & Development Parish Representatives, clergy, outreach committee members, or anyone willing to help in this celebration […]
We pray for your church and all who worship that they may be aware of your Holy Spirit and carry out your mission on this earth. Lord, help us. We pray for our country and our leaders that they make wise decisions on our behalf. Lord, help us. We ask that You lead us and […]
Dear Ones, I have many thoughts about the war now raging in Israel/Palestine. I have a lot of thoughts about the propaganda of both sides. What I see and know after visiting the land of the Holy One, is that there are truly two worlds. There is a world where the vast majority of people, […]