Category: Notes From Pastor Hedden
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Weekly Update–September 28, 2012
Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, Good morning. Today and tomorrow we will be celebrating with William Knoll and Jennifer Shoffner as they get married tomorrow afternoon. Please join me in wishing them well. Sunday morning worship deals with Mark Chapter 9:38-50–we will highlight the failures the disciples were experiencing–The sermon is entitled “Fumbling…
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“God sightings”: An Interview with our Mystery Worshiper
Good morning friends, This Sunday we had a special mystery guest in worship who is going to share his/her impressions of worship yesterday. Question: Good morning mystery worshiper. Answer: Good morning! Question: What was yesterday’s worship experience or special occasion? Answer: It was “A Day in the Life of Camp Living Waters.” Question: Did anyone…
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Weekly Update–September 20, 2012
Good morning friends and Members of Emmanuel Church, Saturday is a work day at church. We are going to repair the garage roof and could use your help! Thanks in Advance! Sunday morning at 9 a.m. is our Confirmation for Adults. We are dealing with the theme: “How we got our Bible.” With all the…
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Sermon of September 9, 2012–“What are You Waiting For?”
Mark 7:24-37 7:24 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, 7:25 but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and…
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Weekly Update–August 24th, 2012
Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church, First off, a great big thank you for a wonderful week of Vacation Bible School! All the volunteers and children deserve a big round of applause for the really well done program and the fun we all had. The talent show on Wednesday was fantastic! Again, thanks…
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Sermon of August 19, 2012–“The Best Kind of Prayer”
1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 2:10 Then David slept with his ancestors, and was buried in the city of David. 2:11 The time that David reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 2:12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David; and his kingdom…
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Weekly Update–August 17, 2012
Good afternoon friends and members of Emmanuel Church, This Sunday is worship with a meditation on 1 Kings 3–Solomon’s prayer to God. The sermon title is: “The Best Kind of Prayer.” Immediately following worship will be our very first meeting of the Stewardship Committee–anyone is invited to be part of the stewardship committee and to…
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Thursday Morning Update–August 9, 2012
Good morning friends and members of Hills Church, On Saturday morning, a group of volunteers will gather at 8 a.m. to work on the back door ramp and various other projects. If you can spare some time, we’d love to have you involved! Sunday’s worship theme will be “That Old Time Religion” with special music…
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Weekly Update–July 26, 2012
Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church, Tonight is our Member in Discernment Committee meeting with Ryan Lucas. It begins at 7 p.m. here at the church. Ryan is currently a student in the Penn West Academy and is seeking to follow God’s call to ministry in the United Church of Christ. Tonight we…
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Weekly Update–Friday, July 13th, 2012
Good morning friends and members of Emmanuel Church, Sunday’s worship will have Bill Dulaney preaching and his topic is “Changing the Bottom Line.” Our noisy collection with the kids is this Sunday as well, so bring your change! Future dates: July 26th at 7 p.m–Member in Discernment Meeting with Ryan Lucas; Sunday July 29th–MOOK (Meaningfully…
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