Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Announcements

• 2020 Stewardship - Oct. 20

  
  Stewardship Sunday is October 20th. This will be the perfect time to return your Pledge cards and Capital Campaign cards that you will be receiving the week of October 7th. 

  Please join us on Stewardship Sunday, October 20th for a special fellowship and to give thanks and celebrate all our many blessings.
  We are so blessed and have much to be grateful for at Emmanuel!

  ~Spence Strickley & Carol Scofield 2020 Stewardship Co-Chairs~
• Advent Dinner - Dec. 15

  Emmanuel Church Advent Dinner. This year’s theme is “ A Southern Home Cooked Christmas” featuring Ham, String Bean Casserole, Sweet Potato Casserole, and Red Velvet Cake just to name a few items on the menu. Sign-ups will start in November.
• From the Junior Warden - October 2019

  
  FROM THE JUNIOR WARDEN
  As we begin our budget process for the coming year, our Administration and Finance Committee felt it would be helpful to share with you the process and oversight that goes into repairing, maintaining, and improving these beautiful buildings and grounds that God entrusts to us. The process that governs the care and oversight of the church property is actually laid out in the Canons of the Episcopal Church. According to these canons, the vestry is responsible to the church for managing all of the church’s property. Because of this framework, the process that we utilize for projects is that the junior warden, with the assistance of others, identifies needs and desires for the care of our facilities and grounds, which are then evaluated by these three criteria: 1) safety; 2) preservation; and 3) upgrade. We currently have a list of projects, which has been approved by the vestry, to be completed in calendar year 2019. If funds are not available for all of these projects, they will roll over to the next year where they will, in all likelihood, be joined by other projects not yet approved by the vestry.

  
  In 2019 we completed a major plumbing project as well as bringing all three major buildings (church, Buck Hall, and rectory) up to date with regard to electrical systems. We had a new roof installed above the sacristy, necessary because of last winter’s leak, and will be patching the ceiling and purchasing a new light fixture. We hope to repair dry rot on the exterior of the office and in the rectory backyard. Future projects include caring for numerous trees in the church and rectory yards and staining of the exterior of the church.

  
  It seems there is always constant work to be accomplished on these wonderful old historic buildings. That being said, if you identify a concern or a need, which you feel could help our buildings and grounds be safer, better preserved, or upgraded, please bring that request to the junior warden for consideration by the vestry.

  Thank you,
  Leslie Stutz, Junior Warden
• Victorian Christmas Faire Opportunities

  VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS FAIRE OPPORTUNITIES

  This year the Victorian Christmas Faire will be Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2, 2019. You may buy any of the wonderful things left over on Sunday, November 3 after each church service.

  We need lots of help to make this event a tremendous success!

  First, we need you to sign up to help put this event together the week before beginning on Sunday, October 27 to help Spence Strickley bring items from St. Catherine’s storage shed in the back garden up to Buck Hall.

  We will be working each day, October 28 through October 31, from 9:00 to 4:00 in Buck Hall getting ready. To volunteer to help please sign the sign up sheets on the wall to the left as you enter buck hall.
  
  We need nice big shopping bags for packing all the nice gifts people will buy – gift bags, please not grocery bags.

  
  We need you to sign up to help Monday through Thursday in Buck Hall. I will be providing lunch each day for the workers. And then, of course, we need you to work the two days of the faire in shifts from 9:00 to 1:00 and 1:00 to 4:00. Please wear a white top and black pants or a black skirt the 2 days of the faire. We have aprons, if you wish.

  
  And then, Adrienne Ybarrondo is chairing the committee to put Buck Hall back together again. She would like help on her committee.

  
  Our proceeds go to 14 charities in Nevada County that St. Catherine’s Guild supports. The guild also supports our budget for the church.

  
  We will have small post card size mailers for you to mail to your friends and to give out at your favorite group meetings to tell everyone not to miss this fabulous Victorian Christmas Faire.
  
  Chris Shelton and her super committee will be expecting you and a million of your friends to come to lunch Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2. The menu is superb! The pies you all are going to be making will be out of this world.
  
  Betty Jane will be chairing the bakery table and is looking forward to everyone making something to sell that is tantalizing and delicious—cookies, candy, pie, cake, muffins, breads, etc.

  • Please bring your food items for sale on a nice plate wrapped in clear wrapping.
  • Neila will be chairing the jewelry table and wants you to bring all your best jewelry that you no longer wear but someone else would love to buy.
  • Lorraine and Fran will chair the soft goods section and want your beautiful donations of scarves, linens, and aprons, etc.
  • Lorraine, Julie, Roxanna, Sally and Linda have been hard at work all year making over 300 jars of jellies and jams, chutneys, relish and marmalade. New items this year include pluot and mandarin orange jams, peach chutney, and delicious quarts of spiced peaches.

  We have been originating and stocking over 25 gift baskets for sale! Come and bring all your friends to make this the very best ever- Victorian Christmas Faire! Thank you!
  
  ~Julie Barker and Debbie Wicks, Co-Chair~
• Bible Studies

  The Tuesday group meets at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday evenings.. The Thursday group meets at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday mornings.  Both groups meet in Buck Hall.
• Men's Weekly Gathering - Thursdays

  All men of Emmanuel are welcome to meet with the group on Thursday mornings at Humpty Dumpty Kitchen, 1711 East Main Street, Grass Valley between 7:30 and 9:00 a.m. Come join us for fellowship, prayer, and spiritual growth. For more information speak to Fr. Seth.
• Laity Schedule for October 2019

  Please click here to read the schedule in .pdf.
• Emmanuel Sermons on YouTube

  Sunday Sermons can be found in audio format on the church website and in video format on YouTube.  Click here for the YouTube link.

   

   
• Support the Church through Amazon Smile

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• Northern California Diocese

  

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