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Worship Material 3-22-2020

While we cannot gather together for worship, here are some worship resources that you can use at home. Bulletin — Morning Prayer Matins – March 22, 2020 Sermon I hope that you find them helpful as we get through this unprecedented time of social distancing together

Events Cancelled through March 22

Dear Friends in Christ, Sadly, this strange time that we’re living in does not seem to be heading for a quick and easy resolution.  Unfortunately, this leads us to having to cancel all in-person events at Emmanuel March 16-22, including Sunday worship on March 22.  The Digital Ministry Team and I are working on providing…

Lenten Devotional – Week of 3-15-2020

For at home worship on Sunday, instead of sharing my sermon with our kids, we read the gospel reading (John 4:5-42, The Samaritan Woman at the Well) and I asked them if they saw any connections between the reading and what is going on in the world (and their lives) today, with the Coronavirus scare. …

3/15 Worship Cancelled

All week I was planning on having worship this Sunday, with some extra precautions in terms of some of our liturgical actions in place.  However, when Norwood Public Schools made the decision to close today through next Friday, I consulted the Executive Committee and, together, we made the decision to cancel public worship and Sunday…