Tag: United Church of Christ in the Philippines
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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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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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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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Thursday Morning Update–March 1, 2012
Happy March everyone! Sunday is the second in our series of “The Power of Kingdom Living” which seeks to discover how to live faithful lives in our 9 to 5 world. We’ll be looking at a man from Acts 21 in the Bible who is only mentioned in 1 verse! His name is Mnason (the…
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Thursday Update–February 2, 2012
Good afternoon friends and members of Emmanuel Church, Last Sunday we were blessed with a powerful worship experience and an expansion of our fellowship! God has been very good to us. This week the good news continues as we welcome the Cub Scouts from Pack 213 to worship. They will lead us in worship by…
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Thursday Morning Update–January 19, 2012
Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Reformed Church, This Sunday is the Third Sunday after Epiphany and in worship we will be talking about the call to the disciples, as recorded in Mark’s Gospel Chapter 1. We will also be Affirming the Ministry of Ryan Lucas, who is a Member in Discernment and Student in…
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January 12, 2012–Weekly Update
Good morning Friends and Members of Emmanuel Reformed Church, This Sunday is the kick off for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. We will be doing a couple of things to commemorate the week. First, several of the prayers and worship materials on Sunday come from our partner church, the United Church of Christ…