Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Our service schedule - 3 services are now available:

• 7:45am - Holy Eucharist (spoken) with instrumental music
• 9am - Inter-generational Eucharist with contemporary music (Jerry Silvia or Hymns and Hers)
• 11am
• Holy Eucharist with primarily traditional music - Church Hall
• Logos service (a Children’s Liturgy) - Parish Hall or Room C

We hope you’ll try them all out to find one that works for you. Child care is available at all services.

Penecost weekend is just around the corner. This year worship will happen in our church at the 3 established service times. There will be a musical concert, an opportunity to sing some spiritual songs, and a ceremonial fire to burn palms.Sunday’s worship celebrations will be followed by a brunch and picnic. Again this year there will be yard games for adults,face painting and events for children, including a cotton candy machine. Save the dates of May 26 & 27 (Memorial Day weekend) for Penecost festivities!

There will be a special fellowship hour in lieu of formation next Sunday, May 6th. Items to share would be most appreciated.

St. David’s on the Hill is hosting an E-waste and Paper Shredding Event
When: Saturday, May 19th 2012 - 9 am to noon
Where: Garden City Parking Lot, Route 2, Cranston, RI
Description: Bring in your old electronics and for a $2 donation to the church we will recycle them. TV’s, AC units & humidifiers may require an additional fee but, most CPU’s, all computer items & wiring, monitors, laptops, phones, scanners, fax machines accepted. No alkaline batteries or white goods. Paper shredding 40 cents per pound.

The Brown Bag Ministry is not a new ministry at Emmanuel, but a refreshed way of how we do our collections for St. James Food Pantry.  Busy families hustle out to church on Sunday mornings, often times forgetting to grab a food item to place in one of our collection baskets.  The Brown Bag Ministry is intended to serve as a visual reminder for folks to fill over a week or a few weeks time.  Once the bag is full, it can be brought to church to be placed in one of our two collection baskets.  That simple!  Bags are always available in the Narthex or parish hall right near the doors.

A big thank you to Dave’s Marketplace for supplying the brown bags!

Holy Week at Emmanuel Church
Palm Sunday, April 1

• Holy Eucharist with the Blessing of Palms, 7:45, 9:00 &11:00 a.m.
• Hear the story of our Lord’s Passion at all three services.
• Explore the Stations of the Cross during Formation Hour at 10:00 a.m.

Maundy Thursday, April 5

• Holy Eucharist, 7 p.m.
• The Washing of Feet and the Stripping of the Altar

Good Friday, April 6

• Stations of the Cross, noon
• Solemn Liturgy of the Day, 7 p.m.
• Reading of the Passion and Devotions at the Cross

Easter Eve, April 7

• The Great Vigil of Easter, 8 p.m.
• Kindling of the New Fire, Salvation Stories, Holy Baptism, and Holy Eucharist

The Sunday of the Resurrection, April 8

• Procession and Holy Eucharist, 7:45, 9:15 & 11:30 a.m.
• Joyous Easter music at all services. Linger for festive Coffee Hour.

The Search and Nomination Committee has selected five priests to stand for election as the 13th Bishop of Rhode Island.

This preliminary slate consists of:

• the Rev. Kurt Dunkle, 50, rector, Grace Episcopal Church, Orange Park, Florida (Diocese of Florida)
• the Rev. Cathy George, 55, currently on a writing sabbatical; former priest-in-charge,St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Dorchester, Massachusetts (Diocese of Massachusetts)
• the Very Rev. Nicholas Knisely, 51, dean, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Phoenix, Arizona (Diocese of Arizona)
• the Rev. Ledlie Laughlin, 52, rector, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Diocese of Pennsylvania)
• the Rev. Jennifer Pedrick, 45, rector, Church of the Epiphany, Rumford, Rhode Island (Diocese of Rhode Island)

Information about all of the nominees can be found in the nominee profile,  or download a pdf version of the Nominee Profiles for photos, autobiographies and the nominees’ answers to the four essay questions posed by the Search and Nomination Committee. All the nominees will visit the diocese May 11 – 12, including an all-day public event on Saturday, May 12, at St. Andrew’s School in Barrington, where they will make remarks and answer questions from lay and clergy attendees. The 13th Bishop of Rhode Island will be elected at a special diocesan convention on Saturday, June 2, at St. Paul’s Church in Pawtucket. The bishop-elect will be ordained as Bishop of Rhode Island at a ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 17, at St. George’s School in Middletown. Please pray for the nominees and for our diocese, as we go through this important and exciting time in our life together.

The Parish Profile for Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Cumberland, Rhode Island is now available for viewing on line. Contact information is available in the profile. Questions regarding Emmanuel Church may also be directed to our office at 401-658-1506.
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An update to the Emmanuel History was completed as part of the Rector Search Profile and is now available on our web site.

An update on the Profile has been posted to our Search web site. Click the Rector Search link to the left to get the latest news on the Search.