Category: From The Pastor HCE
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Thursday Morning Update–June 9, 2011
Good morning friends, Tonight is MOOK–Meaningfully Obeying Our King–at Norwalk Daily Grind. We meet at 7 p.m. We will be discussing Christianity in fiction–using Flannery O’Connor’s story “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” and a short story I wrote. Tomorrow and Saturday is the Penn West Conference Annual Meeting. The Conference is our…
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Thursday Morning Update–June 2, 2011
Hello friends of Emmanuel Reformed, Blessings to you on this beautiful Thursday afternoon! June Newsletters went out this week–and one note of clarification–those who cannot make it to church will still get theirs by mail. We are no longer doing the bulk mailing but are asking those who can to come and pick them up…
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Sermon of May 15th–Good Shepherd Sunday
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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Thursday Morning Update–May 12, 2011
Dear Friends of Emmanuel Church, Things are busy around here and I’d like to highlight a few events coming up in the next couple of weeks: This Sunday, May 15th is Good Shepherd Sunday and the scripture comes from Psalm 23 and John 10. Special music will be provided by Shawn Hanks and Pastor Joseph.…
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Thursday Morning Update–April 28, 2011
Good morning Friends of Emmanuel Church, First this morning: Our prayers and sympathies go out to the Edna Martinella and the Steele Families. Bryce Saylor, Edna’s brother, passed away earlier this week in Altoona and the funeral is tomorrow in Altoona. You can find the online announcement of his death here. Saturday is the PA…
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Holy Week and Easter Schedule
Tonight April 21 we remember the command of our Lord to celebrate the feast of bread and cup in his memory. We will start at 6:30 p.m with a light soup supper following with a very ancient service of communion worship–from about the year 200 A.D. Tomorrow night is Good Friday Worship at 7:30 p.m.…
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Thursday Morning Update–April 14
Dear Friends of Emmanuel Church, Tonight is the MOOK (Meaningfully Obeying Our King) Discussion Group at Norwalk Daily Grind! We meet at 7 and talk about our faith, our week, our job, our church or whatever is on our minds. It’s really an intersection of faith and life. I hope you can join us! Sunday…
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April 10, 2011–Sermon
The sermon for April 10 is Bound at Bethany. I pray it helps you understand freedom in Christ, even in the midst of death.
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Thursday Morning Update–April 7, 2011
Good morning friends of Emmanuel Reformed Church, Sunday is the Fifth Sunday in Lent. The Sermon is based on Jesus raising Lazarus (John 11) and the Sermon Title is “Bound At Bethany.” We will be looking at the various ways we are bound in modern life and how Jesus provides freedom. After Worship, the Women’s…
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“Spiritual Sight”–Sermon of April 3, 2011
To hear Sunday’s Sermon, click here: Spiritual Sight John 9 As Jesus walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ 3Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works…
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