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Emmanuel Members Recognized for Scarves Project
posted on Dec 7, 2019Beyond Our Walls / Community / Fellowship / Our Neighborhood / Our Parish Life Together / Shelter Care Ministries / Welcome / Latest News
Emmanuel members Greg Cox and Amy Gustafson were recognized in a Rockford Register Star article about the "Scarves Project" which provides handmade winter scarves for members of the Jubilee Center. The Center is a Shelter Care Ministries progra...
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Shelter Care Ministries Receives 2019 Excelsior Award!
posted on Dec 6, 2019Community / Events / Our Neighborhood / Our Parish Life Together / Shelter Care Ministries / Urban and Social Outreach / Latest News
During an night of honoring those who contribute to the strength of the Rockford community, the Rockford Register Star presented Shelter Care Ministries with the 2019 Excelsior Award "for its decades-long commitment to helping homeless familie...
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Music for Advent 2019
posted on Nov 21, 2019Music / Previous Music
December 1 Lighting of the Advent Candle: Hymn #56, verses 1 and 2 Processional Hymn #61: “Sleepers, wake!” Gradual Hymn #73: “The King shall come when morning dawns” Offertory Anthem: “People Look East” Communion Hym...
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Emmanuel Reads
posted on Nov 20, 2019Community / Events / Fellowship / latest post / Latest News / Our Parish Life Together / Welcome
Emmanuel Reads meets the first Thursday of each month (there will be no meeting in January 2020). For details, please contact Mary S. Johnson (815-226-1112) for questions. December's book is Paris Wife by Paula McLain.
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Lessons & Carols - 2019
posted on Nov 20, 2019Community / Events / Fellowship / Liturgy & Tradition / Music / Our Parish Life Together / Welcome
On Saturday, December 14 at 5pm, Emmanuel Episcopal will host a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. Based on the tradition of the Christmas service broadcast annually from King's College Cambridge, England, the service features both the Emmanue...
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Adult Forum Series: Advent 2019
posted on Nov 20, 2019Spirituality for Adults / Fellowship / Our Parish Life Together / Children & Families / Welcome
On four consecutive Sundays (Dec 1, 8, 15, 22), Dr. Jacob Hardesty will lead discussions of Heidi Haverkamp's book, Advent in Narnia. Please come join in on the lively conversions.
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More Than 150 Attend Emmanuel's Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead)
posted on Nov 20, 2019Aspire / Beyond Our Walls / Children & Families / Community / Events / Fellowship
On Saturday, November 2, more than 150 parishioners and visitors attended the Day of the Dead Celebration.
Children and adults watched the award - winning movie Coco , enjoyed a catered Mexican lunch, watched dance presentations b...
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Farewell to Fr. Bill
posted on Nov 13, 2019Events / Fellowship / Our Parish Life Together / Welcome
In the Episcopal Church, an Interim Rector wears many hats: a healer who helps a parish grapple with the loss of its Rector, guides a parish through discernment and maintains a steady hand through the search process. For the past ten months, Fr. ...
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Adult Forum: The Legacy of Connie Lane
posted on Nov 13, 2019Spirituality for Adults
On Sunday, November 10, Dorothy Paige-Turner spoke at Adult Forum, telling us the story of Connie Lane, our beloved parishioner who was the first African-American principal and superintendent of the Rockford Public Schools. Connie was also an act...
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Come Walk Emmanuel's Labyrinth
posted on Nov 6, 2019Community / Events / Fellowship / Spirituality for Adults / Welcome / Worship
Weekly Advent Labyrinth Walks will be held on Wednesdays, beginning December 4, and continuing through December 18. 5-6pm - Nicholas Center (3rd floor). Celebrate the season and walk in anticipation of the coming of Jesus again into our lives.
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