March 18, 2020 Emmanuel Family and Friends, I am recommending a site that has lots of resources for Pittsburgh. With neighborhood-specific information, resources for government aid, for the homeless, food assistance, mental health, pet care, help with utilities, best take-out eateries, self-care for health workers, info on testing, support for small businesses, and more … …
Prayer to Breathe Dear Father, Our world is suffering. So many people sick. So many dying drowning in the effects of a tiny, hungry virus. Longing for breath. Drowning first in fear afraid of this tiny destroyer. How dare it attack our beautiful lungs! Families helpless to save loved ones afraid for themselves Will I…
A Prayer for Persons Suffering from the Coronavirus and their Families by Rev. Jocelyn Irving, Chaplain for the Province 3 Daughters of the King You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day. Psalm 91:5-6 Gracious God, we come before You, Sisters of the Order of…
As per Bishop McConnell’s suggestions, (read below) Father Don and Seminarian Will Robbins demonstrate ways to pass less germs while passing the Peace! Take it away, boys! FIST BUMP ELBOW THUMPALTERNATING TOE TAPS
Sunday, March 8th, 2020 5:00 pm There is a lot of pressure these days to decide who you are, when maybe that is way too big a decision for anybody to have to make. It is a big enough challenge to believe who God says we are and live in to that. Chosen. Loved. …
Ash Wednesday Service TONIGHT, February 26, 2020 – 7 pm
Sunday, February 9th, 2020 This year, Jazz @ Emmanuel brings you music and meditations related to Decisions — as only Jazz @ Emmanuel can. September 8. Edge of the Water October 13. Ebb and Flow November 10. Tumultuous Times December 8. Being Human / Stepping Back January 12. Reborn…
Sunday, January 12th, 5:00 pm Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, that person is a new creation. The old has gone, the new is here! ~ 2 Corinthians 5:17 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. ~1 Peter 1:23 THE GOOD NEWS is…
I come, not because I am worthy, but because I have sinned and fallen short of what, by God’s help, I might have been. I come, not that there is any magic in partaking of the symbols of Christ’s body and blood, but because the Lord’s Supper is a memorial to Him and a…
Don started off his sermon today, the Sunday before Christmas, with a few of the words from a popular, secular Christmas song, “Santa Baby.” It is pretty tongue in cheek, but it does get right to the American heart of making a Christmas list of wishes that defy gravity. Contrast that, Don suggests, with another…