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Greetings Emmanuel Church Community ~ Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah! Emmanuel Church will open its doors for the 133rd summer season, with cautions in place. Bishop Rob shared the good news with the Seasonal Chapels leadership, alo...

Dear Friends, Under normal conditions, clergy everywhere spend Advent searching for signs of hope that might invite their beloved parishes to await the unexpected. After our long quarantine though, recent news gives us enough signs of hope - i...

This fall, Ted and Wendy Pearre (Buildings & Grounds Committee) led groups of Dublin School Work Gangs over four weekends in cleaning up the grounds. Many truck loads of leaves and an unusual crop of acorns were hauled away by Dublin School's Dir...

As 2020 is waning, there is great hope for 2021! Don't you feel it? Hope for the minimizing the threats of COVID-19 because of the vaccine and people protecting themselves with masks, social distancing and washing their hands; the ret...

God of compassion, be close to those who are ill, afraid or in isolation. In their loneliness, be their consolation; in their anxiety, be their hope; in their darkness, be their light; through him who suffered alone on the cross, but reigns with ...

Music for the liturgical season of Advent as we wait with expectation and hope for the coming of Christ, selected by Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary (vtslifelong.org), “ Waiting with Expectation and Hope: A Spotify A...

O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel..... This well-known Advent hymn (#56), often sung as each of the four candles of the Advent wreath are lit, marks the days in our countdown to the Nativity of our Lord. Emmanuel â€"meaning, ...

The eleven services of 2020 have been archived on our website . For all who participated and attended, thank you for "learning" with us as we adapted to a virtual presence. You will hear from us over the course of the fall, winter and spring ...

Two new books of interest to Episcopalians and others have recently been published. If you are starting to build up your fall and winter reading list consider: With Sighs Too Deep for Words...Grace and Depression by Bishop Robert Hirschfel...

I recently received notice of a series of zoom events sponsored by one of the “tall steeple” churches of New York City . The series was focused on presentations by some of the top theologians and theological faculty of such univers...