Category: From The Pastor HCE
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Weekly Update–Summer Vacation Edition
Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Reformed Church, This Sunday, July 6th, we will begin with our hymn sing for the summer and Bill Dulaney will be bringing the message: “Come Unto Me–For My Burden is Easy.” After worship, join your friends for a time of fellowship in the Steele Building. Next Sunday, July…
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194th Anniversary! June 29, 2014
Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church, We just completed 3 days of Vacation Bible School and little kids and adults together learned about how God transforms us! Thanks to all the volunteers and to the parents and children for participating! This Sunday, June 29th, is Emmanuel Church’s 194th Anniversary! To celebrate, we will be…
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Weekly Update–Vacation Edition
Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church, Sunday morning is worship at 10:15 a.m. The theme is Matthew 10:24-39 (not an easy passage to preach on! In it Jesus says, “Whoever loves father and mother more than me is not worthy of me.”! I will do my best . . . ) The sermon title is “School’s…
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Weekly Update–Trinity Sunday
Trinity Sunday Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church, We have some great events coming up in the next couple of weeks! First off, Sunday is our Special Worship event where we will share in a continental breakfast downstairs (this is an informal service, you are encouraged to eat while worship is going on).…
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Two Pentecost Sermons–“Prayer Chain” & “For This Moment”
John 17:1-11 After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, 2since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3And this is eternal life, that…
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Weekly Update–Pentecost Sunday!!!
Pentecost & Graduate Sunday Sunday, June 8th at 10:15 a.m. Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church! Tonight, Thursday, June 5th is Our Vacation Bible School Planning meeting. We will meet at 7 p.m. and talk about roles, responsibilities, as well as being introduced to this year’s theme. Dates for Vacation Bible School are…
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Sermon of May 11–“The Leader We’ve Been Waiting For”
John 10:1-10 “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit.2The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls…
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Easter Sunday Sermon–“Christ is Risen, Indeed!”
John 20: 1-18 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have…
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April 16, 2014–Holy Week & Easter
Hello friends and members of Emmanuel Reformed Church, Tomorrow night, Thursday, April 17th is our informal Maundy Thursday service in the Steele Building. We will have a simple soup supper followed by hymns and communion. Everything starts at 6:30 p.m. Friday night is a somber remembrance of Jesus’ Cross, Good Friday. Worship is at 7:30 p.m.All hands on deck for…
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“Sending Back to School” Project
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 8 p.m. Murrysville Community Park Hi all–this is the official announcement from our partner Bill Rehkopf and a group of us that met at Emmanuel Church last evening. The Murrysville community will gather together as one on Tuesday evening, April 15, at 8:00PM at the Leftwich Pavilion at Murrysville Community…
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