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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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“Walking Wounded: The Road to Emmaus” Sermon of May 8, 2011
Luke 24 13 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, 14and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, 16but their eyes were kept from…
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Thursday Morning Update–May 5, 2011
Good morning friends of Emmanuel Reformed, Tonight is the National Day of Prayer observance at the Export American Legion on Old William Penn Highway from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. This Day of Prayer dates back to the Truman Administration and we will gather as pastors and lay people to pray for our nation and its…
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The Program Committee wants your Feedback!
Here is a poll for what you’d like to see at Emmanuel Reformed Church in the future. Some of these events we’ve done before and others are brand new. I hope you’ll take the time to vote. You can choose as many options as you’d like. Peace, Joseph
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Easter Sunday Sermon–“Glory in the Garden”
It is a challenge to paint a visual picture in sermon using just words. So, this week, I took full advantage of the surroundings and used the painting from the sanctuary to help me tell the story of the resurrection from John’s Gospel. The sermon starts in the Garden of Eden and ends at the…
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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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Wordle Picture
My daughter showed me a cool new site and you can find the link here. We ran the whole website through the Wordle Window and you can see the results here. Pretty wild, I think!
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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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