Parish Life and News (Page 17)

NAMES DUE MONDAY MORNING FOR ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY SERVICE NOV. 7 If you have a friend or loved one who has died who you would like to have remembered on All Saints’ Sunday, please send their name via email to Melissa or drop the name(s) into the offering plate by the morning of Mon., Nov. 1, for the Sun., Nov. 7 services. LIGHT UP WOODSTOCK: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We’re taking part in Light Up Woodstock this year by setting out individually…

LIGHT UP WOODSTOCK: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We’re taking part in Light Up Woodstock this year by setting out individually wrapped cookies on tables at the sidewalk out front of Emmanuel. We won’t be doing hot chocolate this year due to COVID. VOLUNTEERS FOR SET UP/TEAR DOWN We’re in need of some volunteers to set up the table, set out the cookies then bring everything in after. BAKERS/COOKIE BAGGERS We also need folks to bake cookies then place each in an individual snack…

“As Christians, we are commanded to embrace Sabbath. Walter Brueggemann, the Hebrew Bible scholar, writes “the observance [of the Sabbath] is an act of resistance against having one’s life defined by one’s productivity…. Sabbath is not merely rest from work, but a day to renounce autonomy and self-sufficiency.”  ~ Bishop Porter Taylor SERVICE AT SHRINE MONT Thank you to everyone who attended the service at Shrine Mont last Sunday. Here are a couple photos, the first two are by Rod Shepherd and the…

“However, this is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. I fear becoming a Miniver Cheevy (remember your high school English) who mourned over the life he could not live as a medieval knight instead of living the life given to him in the present moment. I am trying not to lament what didn’t happen during COVID nor fear what might happen in the future. Instead, I am praying to be like the voice of…

All the little ghosts, ghouls, goblins, witches, princess, super heroes, pumpkins — you get the picture — are invited to stop by Emmanuel for a Halloween treat bag from Emmanuel and St. Andrew’s during Woodstock’s Halloween on Court Square event from 11 a.m. until the goodies run out!

“When we follow Christ’s script, we are tied tight to the foundation; the Church and the world are healthy. When we stray from that script, all hell breaks loose, in the Church and in the world.” ~ Bishop Jennifer Brooke-Davidson OCTOBER SERVICE AT SHRINE MONT Sunday, Oct. 17, at 11 a.m. we’ll be having a joint service at Shrine Mont in the lower pavilion. We’ll be asking folks to wear masks and practice social distancing. If you have any questions,…

“On Friday of this week, October 1, Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins. Also on Friday of this week, I celebrate one year since I completed active cancer treatment of surgeries, chemo and radiation. As these two moments converge, I share one of the Psalms from the Wilderness that I wrote during and after treatment, one that speaks not only of the disruption of cancer treatment, but the disruption of this continuing time of pandemic. As I share it, I urge all of my…

“We never know what can happen when we feel called to follow Jesus’ gospel witness of welcome. Heeding such a call can require incredible courage. Sometimes this gospel way of welcome can lead us to put our very lives on the line. But Jesus’ way of welcome can inspire us to keep working to do what is right in a world where too often too much is wrong.” ~ Presiding Bishop Michael Curry OCTOBER SERVICE AT SHRINE MONT Sunday, Oct.…

The reader schedule for October through January is now available! If you’re not able to read as listed, please find a replacement and let Mother Kathy and Melissa know of the change. 

Saturday, Oct. 2, Mother Kathy is offering pet blessings at Emmanuel from 11 to 11:30 a.m. and at St. Andrew’s from 1 to 1:30 p.m. She’ll be out in the parking lot for you to do a drive up or stand-next-to-your-car blessing of all your furry, feathered or scaled friends. Please be sure your animal buds are secured in a carrier or on a leash. If you’d prefer, you’re welcome to bring a photo instead. 

“Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks [with] Compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands with which he blesses all the world.3 Discipleship is about focusing on Jesus, following in the footsteps of Jesus, becoming his hands and feet in the world. Discipleship is about loving as Jesus loves, giving as Jesus gives,…