| THIS SUNDAY AT EMMANUEL: SEPTEMBER 19, 2021 |
"Who Are We? Exploring the Nature of God"
You can find our 9am Online Worship Service Live-Stream HERE, with our bulletin HERE (available on Saturday), and read HERE about the current sermon series!
Emmanuel is happy to welcome fully vaccinated adults & accompanied children back into the Sanctuary for 9 AM worship! All attendees must wear masks that cover both mouth and nose and be safely seated. No sign-up is required. (The service will still be live-streamed.)
Please help keep everyone safe by committing to the following when you are in the 9am worship service:
- Please arrive by 8:50am so we can all be seated and ready to start live-streaming at 9am.
- No Childcare will be provided. Children not attending Sunday School must remain seated & masked with their adults for the duration of the service.
- Please feel free to join in on all the spoken responses, the Lord’s Prayer, and to sing together, with masks in place during worship!
- Join us outside for a modified Together@Ten!
Questions? Contact Becky at office@EUMCLaurel.org.
 If you would like a joy or concern shared publicly during Sunday worship, please fill out a digital joys & concerns card HERE. Don't forget to mention your name and whether you want them shared with just staff, during the service, or on our prayer list below. Alternatively, you can email Rev. Kim at RevKim@eumclaurel.org.
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| WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR OUR WORSHIP SERVICES! |
We're looking to have more people join us as liturgists in our worship services. Would you consider serving?
If you are interested in participating in the 9am service, please email Karen Irons at timberirons@comcast.net.
If you are interested in participating in the 10:45 drive-in service, please click HERE to sign up!
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Additionally, we need volunteers to help with running the sound during the 9am service. It's pretty simple and training is provided. If you could help out a Sunday or two, click here to learn more. |
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| SUNDAY SCHOOL BEGINS THIS SUNDAY - SEPT. 19TH! |
Sunday School begins this Sunday, September 19 @ 9am!
Interested in helping out one week? Click HERE and sign up to help for a Sunday or two!
Middle & High School Youth will meet outside at the Ministry Center
For Ages 3 – 5th grade there are two options:
Option 1- Attend church with your family and leave after the Children’s Sermon to attend class
Option 2- Attend class beginning at 9am
Class will be outside, weather permitting, with masks required.
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| CLASSES & GROUPS NEXT WEEK @ EMMANUEL |
Monday 9/20: Monday Book Study "Who Are We?" with Pastor Edgardo @ 9:30am & 7:00pm
Wednesday 9/22: Zoom Lunch w/ Rev. Kathleen Charters @ 12:15pm . This week's featured question: What do you feel called to do?
Saturday 9/25: Fall Bible/Book Study "Belonging" with Rev. Leo & Rev. Kathleen @ 11am.
Visit www.eumclaurel.org/online-gatherings for a full list of classes and links to the Zoom meetings!
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| NEXT UMC BLOOD DRIVE - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH |
The Red Cross continues to have an ongoing, critical need as blood product distributions to hospitals remain higher than anticipated. In recent months, the Red Cross has sent 12% more blood products to help hospital patients in need, including higher distributions to hospitals in areas where the pandemic continues to disrupt normal blood collection operations. To help meet the demand, we have scheduled another blood drive for Tuesday, September 28.
Scheduled donations will be accepted from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. To schedule a donation go to https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results.
If you have any questions, please contact Chris Bryant at 240-460-8536.
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| SEND US YOUR PICTURES ON WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY! |
 On Sunday, October 3rd we'll be celebrating World Communion Sunday. At the 9am service we encourage you to send in pictures of you celebrating communion at home for us to show in the service. You can text the pictures before or shortly after service begins to our prayer request line (410-705-4773) so that they can be shown in the sanctuary and on the livestream at the end of the service.
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| HOWARD COUNTY PRIDE CELEBRATION - SATURDAY OCTOBER 9TH! |
Remember, Resist, Rejoice! Join our Emmanuel family in celebrating our sponsorship of the second almost-annual-except-had-to-be-cancelleded-last-year-due-to-Covid Howard County Pride Celebration on October 9. From 11am to 6pm Emmanuel will be hosting a booth where we will be offering communion, support, and encouragement to Pride participants. We will also have games, face-painting, and interactive elements.
Sign up HERE to volunteer for a shift to help set up, manage, or take down the booth. Volunteers will be asked to welcome and engage visitors to our booth! We hope we will see you there!
Merriweather Post Pavilion at Symphony Woods, 10431 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044
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NEWS FROM BALTIMORE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE &
UMCOR SAYS THANKS |
The Baltimore Washington Annual Conference will take place completely online this year. To learn more, visit their website here.
Additionally, UMCOR recently sent us a letter thanking Emmanuel for their donations to disaster relief. If you'd like to read the letter, click HERE.
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| CURRENT & UPCOMING EVENTS @ EMMANUEL |
Click the links below to learn more about each event!
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| CHANGES COMING TO EMMANUEL! |
In case you missed the announcement in the Sunday service on Sept. 5th, there are some changes taking place at Emmanuel!
Dana Scott, our beloved pianist, has taken a new position on Sunday mornings and will no longer be playing at Emmanuel. Thank you Dana for your years of wonderful service!
Rev. Matt Upshaw and his family are moving back to Indiana in late-October in order to be closer to family. He'll be staying on in an online and remote capacity for a few months in order to help with the transition. So after the move he'll be supporting Emmanuel online from Indiana with recorded children's sermons and communications work.
And, some brand new information that wasn't shared Sunday: Rev. Leo Yates has taken a new position with the Baltimore-Washington Conference Mission Center team as the new Accessibility and Inclusivity Coordinator. This will require some travel and as a result he will be interpreting Sunday services at Emmanuel a little less often. But don't worry, when he's unavailable we'll still be offering ASL interpretation. Be sure to congratulate him the next time you see him!
As Pastor Edgardo shared on Sunday, times of transition are challenging, yet exciting, and we wish everyone the best in these new endeavors! |
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| ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT |
 The Bible teaches us to pray in every situation. Emmanuel’s Prayer Ministry group invites you to their weekly prayer conference call. Every Wednesday from 7:30pm to 8pm you can join the call. We start with a prayer, scripture reading, and devotion. Then the line is open for anyone to pray for joys or concerns.
For more information, or to join the Prayer Line, click HERE.
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 Please continue to leave non-perishable food items, as well as diapers/Pull-Ups and wipes, in the container under the carport of the Ministry Center as you are able. Rod Sams will pick donations up daily, and deliver them to LARS weekly! Thank you to those who continue to give! In photo - 50 pounds of EUMC food donations delivered by Rod Sams to LARS on Monday, June 28th! |
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