Emmanuel Reformed Church of the United Church of Christ

” Midwives, Bus Drivers, And Janitors ” — Sermon of June 18, 2017

Acts 8:26-40 Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, ‘Get up and go towards the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.’ (This is a wilderness road.) 27So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians,…

June 16, 2017 Weekly Update

This Sunday: “Midwives, Bus Drivers, and Janitors” Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, It is a hot, humid day up on God’s hill!!! Sunday’s Sermon is entitled “Midwives, Bus Drivers, and Janitors.” It is based on Acts 8:26-39–Philip the Evangelist and his encounter with an Ethiopian who wants to know more about Jesus….

Sermon of June 11, 2017 — “Keep On Keepin On”

Acts 4:1-12 While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came to them, 2much annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming that in Jesus there is the resurrection of the dead. 3So they arrested them and put them in custody until the…

“Spirit Sightings” — Sermon of June 4, 2017

Acts 2 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.3Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of…

Vacation Bible School. June 19 – 22. 6 to 8 p.m. Registration Form

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June 2017 Hilltopper E-Newsletter

Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, It’s a beautiful afternoon up on God’s hill! We have the latest issue of the June Newsletter available for you below. We are full of good events in June, including Graduation Sunday (June 4), Vacation Bible School and Homecoming! Check us out! And, as always, pay close attention…

May 28, 2017 Sermon — “The Strange Symbol of the Cross”

The Gospel of Mark Chapter 15:33-40 33 When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34At three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’ which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ 35When some of the bystanders heard it, they said,…

May 21, 2017 Sermon — “Thoughts in the Upper Room”

Luke 22:14-38 14 When the hour came, he took his place at the table, and the apostles with him. 15He said to them, ‘I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; 16for I tell you, I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.’ 17Then he…

May 14, 2017 Sermon — “Muscle Memory”

Luke 20:9-19 9 He began to tell the people this parable: ‘A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenants, and went to another country for a long time. 10When the season came, he sent a slave to the tenants in order that they might give him his share of the produce of the vineyard;…

April 30 Sermon — “Is that you, Jesus?”

Matthew 25:31-46 31 ‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33and he will…

April 23 Sermon –“The Tricky Politics of Salvation”

Luke 19:1-10 He entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax-collector and was rich. 3He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. 4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycomore…

April 16, 2017 Sermon — “What next?”

Colossians 3:1-4 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, 3for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4When…