Welcome to our worship service on October 23, 2022. The order of worship for this service can be found here.
EMMANUEL’S NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
*Our United Methodist Committee on Relief has issued an urgent call for Cleaning Kits, also known as Flood Buckets, to support the clean-up efforts taking place in many storm-damaged areas in the U.S. Please see the detailed instructions in the October church newsletter, or on the handouts available at the Sanctuary entrances and check-in tables. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please purchase only the items asked for in the sizes indicated. Extra items and larger sizes will not fit in the bucket. The lid needs to fit securely on the bucket after all items have been included. Thanks for your participation in this ministry!
*HALLEBOOJAH! It’s time to get ready for our annual Halloween-on-the-Lawn event to be held on Monday, October 31 from 5 to 7 p.m. (Set-up begins at 4:00 p.m.) The Vitality Team invites the congregation to dress up in your Halloween best and join us on the lawn for the festivities. Please bring your own lawn chair. Hot chocolate and treat bags will be distributed to our community trick-or-treaters. Your donations of wrapped candy for the treat bags may be placed in the Narthex tub no later than TODAY.
*On All Saints’ Sunday, November 6, our church family will remember the members of our congregation and the loved ones of our church family that have passed away since last All Saints’ Sunday (November 7, 2021). If you have a loved one that you would like to include in this observance, please call or send an email to the church office (434-946-7624; office@emmanuelamherst.org), or share the information on the back of your blue “connect with us” form available in the worship bulletin each Sunday. Please tell us your name, the name of your loved one, their relationship to you and the date/approximate date of death if known. We appreciate receiving this information no later than today, Sunday, October 23.
*Memorial Bricks: Our church provides a way for families to honor and remember loved ones by placing a memorial brick in our church’s Memorial Rose Garden. If you wish to order a memorial brick, please contact Cat Brandell at catbrandell@gmail.com or 434-946-9102. Order forms are available from Cat or from the church office (can be emailed to you). Copies are also located in the Sanctuary. Bricks can be ordered at any time, but the company requires a total of 5 to place an order at the reduced rate. Because the roses in our rose garden are not thriving at the present time, we have suspended all new orders for Memorial Rose Bushes until further notice.
*Called Virtual Annual Conference, Saturday, October 29, 9:00 a.m. Church Council Members will receive a link to attend the Conference through their own device, or you may join with others in the church Sanctuary for this meeting.
*Mountain View District Palooza: (Charge Conferences for all churches in the MV District, and District Conference), Saturday, November 5, 9:30 a.m. at Heritage UMC in Lynchburg. Lay delegates to the Annual Conference and District Conference, and church team leaders/committee chairs are expected to attend this meeting. Other church members and friends of the congregation are welcome to attend as well.
* On Sunday, November 13, the worship team looks forward to honoring our Veterans! We will provide a breakfast for our Veterans and their families at 8:30 a.m. in the Social Hall, and all veterans present will be honored in the morning worship service. Please RSVP for the breakfast by contacting the church office (434-946-7624, office@emmanuelamherst.com) or by using the back of your blue connection form in worship by Wednesday, November 9.
