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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.…
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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…
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Vacation Bible School. June 19 – 22. 6 to 8 p.m. Registration Form
Download Your Registration Form Here and Return to the Church: 2017 VBS Registration Form
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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,…
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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;…
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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…
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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…
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Holy Week and Easter Schedule 2017
Holy Week and Easter Schedule Maundy Thursday, April 13 — 6:30 p.m. Meal with Service following. Good Friday, April 14–7:30 p.m. Worship on the theme of “What is Truth?” Easter Sunday, April 16– 6:30 a.m.–Community sunrise Service in the Graveyard. (Look for the article in yesterday’s Penn Franklin News!) 8:00 a.m. — First Service of…
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April 9, 2017 — Palm Sunday Easter Choir Cantata
Matthew 21:1-11 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2saying to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. 3If anyone says anything…
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April 2, 2017 Sermon — “Stepping Over Problems”
Luke 16:19-31 19 ‘There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick…
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