churchwide events (Page 5)

Jailbreak night – Sept 20

Friday, September 20 6:00-9:00 Jailbreak Night for students 7th grade and older. We will gather for pizza and ice cream sundaes and have time for at least a couple games of Jailbreak. Students are encouraged to bring their friends, phones, and flashlights to play this game that is a crowd favorite for Emmanuel’s youth.

Blessing of the Animals Sept 29

On Sunday, September 29, at 4:00 p.m. we will be holding a Blessing of the Animals on the lawn at Emmanuel. Pets of any kind are welcome at this service as long as they are properly contained and cleaned up after. If you pet does not enjoy meeting other animals or new people, then then…

Norwood Food Pantry

Ernie Boch Jr, one of Norwood’s residents, donated to the Norwood Food Pantry, you can hear from him as well as others about the Food Pantry’s need for donation.  If you want to donate please see the needs below as well as how to donate. Video about Norwood Pantry We have critically low stock –…

Blessing of the school year

The school year begins again soon, and on Sunday, September 1st, during the children’s sermon, we will have a special blessing for students and for everyone who works in education in any way.   Students of any age are encouraged to bring their backpacks or something else that represents the beginning of school to them.  Teachers,…

Pentecost June 9th

This Sunday, June 9, we will be celebrating Pentecost at our 9:30 a.m. worship service.  We will also be celebrating the Confirmations of 5 young people in this community.  We hope you will be able to be there, to celebrate the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life, our church, the world, and the…

Why Emmanuel Celebration

You might remember that during the season of Lent our Forward Leadership Team and Council invited people at Emmanuel to come to forums that gave them the opportunity to share their answers to why Emmanuel is their church.  What brought them here and what keeps them coming back?  Well, over the course of 5 Sundays…