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EMMANUEL CHURCH IN THE CITY OF BOSTON Emmanuel Episcopal Church has been serving the urban community of greater Boston as a dynamic center for spiritual discovery and renewal since 1860. We explore Christian tradition and foster inquiry through the celebration of liturgy, music and the arts. We strive for justice and peace. Emmanuel Church welcomes all people without exception to our Eucharistic table. We honor individuals of every age, gender, ethnic heritage, sexual orientation and religious background, and we respect the dignity of every living being. May 31, 2020 Presiding : The Rev. Pamela L. Werntz Preaching: The Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates (pre-recorded) Deacon: The Rev. Robert Greiner Organist: Kevin Neel Subdeacon: Bill Margraf Crucifer: Rebekah Rodrigues First Reading & Psalm: Kevin Neel Second Reading: Luke Abdow, English; (the following, pre-recorded) Edgar Brenninkmeyer, Dutch; Christopher Connors, Icelandic; Carolyn Roosevelt, German; Mike Shea, Latin; Luke Abdow, Wolof; Gennifer Sussman, Spanish; Ryan Turner, Italian; Margaret Umbsen, French; Robert Diettrich, Japanese Videographer: Joy Howard Sexton: Bill Comer

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EMMANUEL CHURCH

IN THE CITY OF BOSTON

Emmanuel Episcopal Church has been serving the urban

community of greater Boston as a dynamic center for spiritual

discovery and renewal since 1860. We explore Christian

tradition and foster inquiry through the celebration of liturgy,

music and the arts. We strive for justice and peace. Emmanuel

Church welcomes all people without exception to our

Eucharistic table. We honor individuals of every age, gender,

ethnic heritage, sexual orientation and religious background,

and we respect the dignity of every living being.

May 31, 2020 Presiding : The Rev. Pamela L. Werntz

Preaching: The Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates (pre-recorded)

Deacon: The Rev. Robert Greiner

Organist: Kevin Neel

Subdeacon: Bill Margraf

Crucifer: Rebekah Rodrigues

First Reading & Psalm: Kevin Neel

Second Reading: Luke Abdow, English;

(the following, pre-recorded)

Edgar Brenninkmeyer, Dutch; Christopher Connors, Icelandic;

Carolyn Roosevelt, German; Mike Shea, Latin; Luke Abdow, Wolof;

Gennifer Sussman, Spanish; Ryan Turner, Italian;

Margaret Umbsen, French; Robert Diettrich, Japanese

Videographer: Joy Howard

Sexton: Bill Comer

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Beginning today, Pentecost Sunday, we will be refraining from hymn singing and sung liturgy in the service, for the safety of those physically present in the chancel. Singing communally has proven to be a “super spreading” event by health experts. For even solo singing, we must ensure that the ventilation in the sanctuary is adequate.

Communal singing is unlikely to resume in the near future. Hymns are included in the bulletin and organist, Kevin Neel, will play a verse or two of each as a meditation. Those of you at home may certainly sing along! Knowing

that Emmanuel is a passionate and enthusiastic singing community, we have made this decision with heavy hearts but out of our deep concern for those physically present in the sanctuary. We are looking forward to the day when we will be singing again, but in the meantime, we encourage you to seek other ways to feel the Holy Spirit moving

through and between all of us in the Emmanuel community in this season of Pentecost.

The Holy Eucharist

The Feast of Pentecost - Year A

Prelude Prelude on Union Seminary Charles Callahan (b. 1951)

Announcements

Opening Hymn O day of radiant gladness Hymn 48 (Please rise in body or spirit) ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELEIN

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The Word of God

Presider: Blessed be God: eternal Majesty, incarnate Word, abiding Spirit. All: And blessed be God’s Holy Name, now and forever. Amen. Presider: There is one Body and one Spirit; All: There is one hope in God’s call to us; Presider: One Lord, one Faith, one Baptism; All: One God and Father of all. The Collect of the Day Presider: God be with you. Response: And also with you. Presider: Let us pray. O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your

Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

(Please be seated)

The Lessons

First Reading Numbers 11:24-30

Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord; and he gathered seventy elders of the people, and placed them all around the tent. Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do so again. Two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the spirit rested on them; they were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp. And a young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.” And Joshua son of Nun, the assistant of Moses, one of his chosen men, said, “My lord

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Moses, stop them!” But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit on them!” And Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.

Reader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people. People: Thanks be to God. Psalm 104:25-35, 37 spoken in alternatim with the reader by whole verse; the congregation reads the bold verses

25 O Holy One, how manifold are your works; in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 26 Yonder is the great and wide sea with its living things too many to number, creatures both small and great. 27 There move the ships, and there is that Leviathan, which you have made for the sport of it. 28 All of them look to you to give them their food in due season. 29 You give it to them; they gather it; you open your hand, and they are filled with good things. 30 You hide your face, and they are terrified; you take away their breath, and they die and return to their dust. 31 You send forth your Spirit, and they are created; and so you renew the face of the earth. 32 May the glory of God endure for ever; may the Holy One rejoice in all creation. 33 God looks at the earth and it trembles; God touches the mountains and they smoke. 34 I will sing to God as long as I live; I will praise my God while I have my being. 35 May these words of mine find favor; I will rejoice in the Holy One. 37 Bless the Holy One, O my soul. Alleluia!

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Second Reading Acts 2:1-21 When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs-- in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.” But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: ‘In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’ “

Reader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people. People: Thanks be to God.

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Gospel Hymn We the Lord’s people, heart and voice uniting Hymn 51

(Please rise in body or spirit) DECATUR PLACE

The Gospel Reading John 7:37-39 Deacon: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. People: Glory to you, Lord Christ.

On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’” Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to receive; for as yet there was no Spirit [in them], because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Deacon: The Gospel of the Lord People: Praise to you, Lord Christ. The Sermon Bishop Gates The Renewal of Baptismal Vows BCP, pg. 292 The People respond with the bold Presider: Do you reaffirm your renunciation of evil and renew your commitment to Jesus Christ?

People: I do.

Do you believe in God the Father?

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God?

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

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Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit?

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

Will you continue in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers?

I will, with God’s help.

Will you persevere in resisting evil, and, whenever you fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord?

I will, with God’s help.

Will you proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ?

I will, with God’s help.

Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself?

I will, with God’s help.

Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?

I will, with God’s help.

Will you cherish the wondrous works of God, and protect the beauty and integrity of all creation?

I will, with God’s help.

The Presider concludes the Renewal of Vows as follows

May Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us a new birth by water and the Holy Spirit, and bestowed upon us the forgiveness of sins, keep us in eternal life by his grace, in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.

The Peace Presider: The peace of the Lord be always with you. People: And also with you.

The Holy Communion

Offertory Sentence I beseech you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love. (Eph. 4:1-2)

At the Offertory “The Ash Grove” setting by Wayne L. Wold

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Offertory Hymn Come down, O love divine Hymn 516 (Please rise in body or spirit) DOWN AMPNEY The Great Thanksgiving Eucharistic Prayer B, BCP pg. 367 The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Presider: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, God Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, through Jesus Christ our Lord. In fulfillment of his true promise, the Holy Spirit came down on this day from heaven, lighting upon the disciples, to teach them and to lead them into all truth; uniting peoples of many tongues in the confession of one faith, and giving to your Church the power to serve you as a royal priesthood, and to preach the Gospel to all nations. Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever say this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:

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Sanctus All: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might,

heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Presider: We give thanks to you, O God, for the goodness and love which you have made known to us in

creation; in the calling of Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus, your Son. For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Savior and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.

On the night before he died for us, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to

you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said,

“Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”

Therefore, according to his command, O Father, All: We remember his death, we proclaim his resurrection, we await his coming in glory; Presider: And we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, O Lord of all; presenting to you, from

your creation, this bread and this wine. We pray you gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts that they may be the Sacrament

of the Body of Christ and his Blood of the new Covenant. Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we may be acceptable through him, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. In the fullness of time, put all things in subjection under your Christ, and bring us to that heavenly country where, with all your saints, we may enter the everlasting heritage of your children; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation.

By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty

God, now and for ever. All: Amen. The Lord’s Prayer Presider: As our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say, All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as

it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

The Breaking of the Bread Presider: Behold who you are. People: May we become what we see.

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Fraction Anthem All: Be known to us, Lord Jesus, in the breaking of the bread. The bread which we break is the communion of the body of Christ. Be known to us, Lord Jesus, in the breaking of the bread. One body are we, for though many we share one bread. Be known to us, Lord Jesus, in the breaking of the bread.

Communion

Prayer of Spiritual Communion In union, O God, with your faithful people at every altar of your Church, where the Holy Eucharist is now being celebrated, I desire to offer to you praise and thanksgiving. And since I cannot receive you today in the sacrament of bread and wine, I ask you to come spiritually into my heart. Cleanse and strengthen me with your grace, and let me never be separated from you. May I live in you, and you in me, in this life and in the life to come. Amen.

St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787), from Enchiridion of Indulgences, 1969, Catholic Book Publishing Inc., altered Post-Communion Prayer (Please rise in body or spirit) BCP, pg. 365 Subdeacon: Let us pray. All: Eternal God, heavenly Author, you have graciously accepted us as living members of your Son our

Savior Jesus Christ, and you have fed us with spiritual food in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood. Send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you with gladness and singleness of heart; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Blessing Presider: May the Spirit of truth lead you into all truth, giving you grace to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, and

to proclaim the wonderful works of Love; and the blessing of God Almighty, Author, Word, and Inspiration be with you now and remain with you always. Amen.

Closing Hymn Praise the Spirit in creation Hymn 506 FINNIAN

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Dismissal Deacon: Let us go forth into the world rejoicing in the power of the Spirit. Alleluia, alleluia! All: Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia! Postlude Veni Creator en taille à 5 (Plein jeu) from Livre d’orgue Nicholas de Grigny (1672-1703)

All music reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-725712

Emmanuel Church Announcements

Today and Upcoming Thank you for joining us in worship today! During this time of innovation in worship transmission, we appreciate your virtual presence, patience, and grace. We are continuing to find our way when it comes to providing Sunday worship remotely. Wireless signals, amplification, mysterious buffering, and more still sporadically cause disruptions in our live stream service. If you find the interruptions too frustrating, you may prefer to watch the recording of the service, which becomes available after the live stream is complete. The service bulletin and a link to live-stream in on our website’s live-stream page. Whether you join us in real time, or in slightly delayed time, we are so grateful for your presence! We encourage you to be in touch with us by email if you have feedback to share. Our building has remained open throughout the pandemic, for refuge and protection from mistreatment, but sanctuary shouldn’t be confused with safety from illness or death. With increased cleaning and other precautions in place, our daytime shelter for unhoused people, a residential shelter for women, 12-step meetings, and other life-line gatherings will continue at 15 Newbury Street. Note from the rector: I’m very grateful to Bishop Gates for offering to preach this morning. As I write this note, I don’t know what he will say about our Gospel reading this morning, but here are a few things I want you to consider. The context of our Gospel reading for today is early in the Gospel of John. Jesus had gone to Jerusalem as expected, to celebrate Sukkot, the festival of booths, a harvest festival that recalls the wilderness sojourn of the Israelites after they escaped slavery in Egypt. John notes that Jesus went in secret, but then began to teach in the temple publicly in the middle of the week-long festival. According to the note in The Jewish Annotated New Testament, each day of the festival, water from the pool of Siloam was brought in a golden pitcher up the steep steps to the Temple with prayers to remind the people of the water from the rock in the desert (Num 20.2-13) and as a symbol of hope for deliverance from oppression. Of course the “Spirit” was not absent from the whole world before Jesus’ beauty was esteemed or honored (glorified). It was there before the world was created. It was Jesus’ disciples who had not experienced inspiration, or “the spirit” yet. The editing decisions that led to the word spirit being capitalized in our Gospel of John are theological, since there were no capital letters in the earliest Greek copies. But rather than focusing on those decisions, I want you to imagine this day being the annual celebration of noticing something that’s been there all along, that just knocks your sandals off your feet when you let it fill you up, when you slake your thirst from the living water flowing from the heart of Love. ―PLW

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TODAY at 5 pm - EmmanuelNewbies@EmmanuelNewbury - If you are new to Emmanuel Church and would like to get to know us better, the vestry and clergy would like to invite you to join a Zoom gathering on Sunday, May 31 at 5:00 pm. Please contact Vestry member, Susan Kieffer, if you are able to attend ― [email protected]. Update from the Rector - Although Governor Baker has allowed houses of worship to resume public services with health-related guidelines, Mayor Walsh has urged houses of faith to not open yet. More importantly for us, the Massachusetts Episcopal bishops have published guidelines for Episcopal worship, not to resume in person before July 1. We have been encouraged to develop plans that will be meaningful and safe, which will probably mean a prolonged season of live streamed services. We will make our plans in conversation with vestry, staff and clergy. Meanwhile, please continue to stay in touch through phones and computers, and join in our worship whenever you are able via live stream on our website. Live from Lindsey - Join Organist Kevin Neel at 2pm Fridays for “Live from Lindsey,” an informal mini-recital of 10-15 minutes of organ music live-streamed from Lindsey Chapel. These are performed each Friday until June 5 and are archived on the Emmanuel website under “Live-stream.”

In and Around Emmanuel Our thirteenth year of Chapel Camp activities meets a Pandemic - After our live-stream service each week at 10:00 am, beginning June 7, we will engage in a variety of activities virtually, through Zoom, that will strengthen our connections to one another, to our traditions, and to our larger community and the world. Our programs will be organized into three categories: Lament, Pause, and Celebrate. The Zoom link will be sent with our Saturday “Worship Update” email. To sign up for this email plus our weekly e-news please contact Morgan Middlebrook at [email protected] or sign up on our website. June 7 at 11:30 am, Lament: contemplative works of visual art, led by Dennis Raverty, Ph.D., Art Historian. Several works of visual art created between 1500-2000 (by Christians, Jews and nonbelievers), will be critically examined as case studies and at least partial answers to existential questions surrounding the meaning of human suffering and how to cope with loss. For a full list of Chapel Camp offerings see our website. Reading Paul’s Letter to the Church in Rome Together - On Friday evenings in the month of June, the rector will host a study group to read Romans together. We will meet via Zoom from 6:30-8 pm: June 5, 12, 19 and 26. If you are interested in joining, contact the Parish Administrator so that we can send you the Zoom link and reading assignments prior to the first meeting. We will read the NRSV or David Bentley Hart’s translation if you have it. (No texts will be sent out.) At the end of each meeting, we will pray Compline together. Bible Study via Zoom - Bible Study meets in all odd-numbered months and will resume in July on Tuesdays from 7:30-8:30 am. All are welcome to join us for this lively conversation with the Rector. If you would like to participate, please contact the Parish Administrator. A Message from the Diocese of Massachusetts - To subscribe to receive weekly pastoral messages from our bishops during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as our monthly diocesan E-news, text DIOMASS to 22828 to subscribe or visit: www.diomass.org/subscribe-e-news. Thank you for your gifts - Thank you to the many individuals who have given specific donations above and beyond their pledges during this time of uncertainty so that we can maintain our staff salaries and other critical expenses. Your support is vital and much appreciated during this time. To make a special gift, please contact the Parish Office. Recovery Liturgy with Healing Prayers - For all people struggling with or in recovery from any form of addiction, join us on Zoom on Friday at 3:30 pm. This service draws from the wisdom of the 12 Step program and the liturgies of the Episcopal Church. Contact Susan Ackley at [email protected] for more information and/or a Zoom invitation.

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The parish office will be closed until further notice, with the parish staff working from home. We are monitoring voicemails but ask that you email us if you need a response. To contact The Rev. Pamela Werntz, Rector, please email Kevin Neel at the address below. To contact Kevin Neel, Parish Administrator, please email: [email protected]. To contact Morgan Middlebrook, Parish Assistant, please email: [email protected]. To contact Emmanuel Music, please email [email protected]. Emmanuel Announcements & “This Week at Emmanuel” If you would like to submit an announcement for inclusion in our Sunday Announcements, please email Kevin Neel at [email protected]. Our weekly E-news is sent by email every Wednesday with announcements listed here plus many more. If you would like to receive those, please contact Morgan Middlebrook at [email protected] or sign up on our website.

New to Emmanuel?

Welcome to Emmanuel Church! You honor us with your presence. We are a faith community with a long history of challenging assumptions, of outreach, good preaching, and mission. We also have a long history of attracting deeply thoughtful people to engage in faith, doubt, music and art, conversation and fine liturgy. If you would like to learn more, please contact the Parish Office so we can connect. Silence is an integral part of our worship - In our worship service, there are periods of silence which serve as transitions and moments of reflection within a rich liturgy. In scripture, silence lets Elijah hear the still small voice of God, and the Revelation to John speaks of the silence in heaven. You are encouraged to embrace this silence as an integral part of “God with us.” Missing the filioque? A note about the Nicene Creed - In the 6th century CE, a clause referring to the Holy Spirit crept into the Nicene Creed in the Church in the West (Roman) without consultation or agreement from the Church in the East (Orthodox): …Holy Spirit, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. The Episcopal Church meeting in General Convention in 1994 agreed to remove the clause in the next revision of the Book of Common Prayer. In the meantime, since Emmanuel Church prints the creed text in our bulletins, we have removed the clause to put the Episcopal Church’s intention into practice. –plw Make your offering to Emmanuel Church using CashApp - Our CashApp cashtag is $EmmanuelChurchBoston. CashApp is a secure platform designed to allow you to quickly and easily make donations or payments. Please be sure to indicate if your gift should go towards your annual pledge or another special designation. If you have questions, please contact Kevin at [email protected]. Reminder of Sanctuary - In a typical week, Emmanuel Church provides sanctuary and hospitality for as many as fifteen hundred people who are living on the various margins of our society because of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, disability, addiction, immigration status, religion, and so on. Coming together to help lift heavy hearts and carry heavy burdens is what we do, and many hands make light work. Every single one of us has some capacity to join in this vital mission, thanks to Love. – plw

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Emmanuel Church Staff The Rev. Pamela L. Werntz, Rector

The Rt. Rev. J. Clark Grew, Senior Pastoral Assistant The Rev. Dr. Frederick Stecker, Priest Associate

The Rev. Isaac Everett, Creche Executive Director The Rev. Robert Greiner, Deacon

Ryan Turner, Music Director Kevin Neel, Organist & Parish Operations Manager

Morgan Middlebrook, Administrative Assistant James Maguire, Controller

Event Sextons: Bill Comer, Dennis Gaskell, Dylan Hillerbrand, Sid Richardson, Joel Schenk, Jeremy Vaughan

Emmanuel Church Vestry Elizabeth Levin, Senior Warden William Margraf, Junior Warden

Elizabeth Richardson, Clerk Gennifer Sussman, Treasurer

Tom Barber Edgar Brenninkmeyer

Mary Beth Clack Matthew Griffing

Ellen Hinkle Peter Johnson Susan Kieffer James Olesen

Rebekah Rodrigues Kerilyn Tacconi

Pat Krol, ex-officio

Emmanuel Music has been Ensemble-in-Residence in Emmanuel Church since 1970. Craig Smith, Founder and Artistic Director (1947-2007)

Ryan Turner, Artistic Director John Harbison, Principal Guest Conductor

Pat Krol, Executive Director www.emmanuelmusic.org 617-536-3356

Central Reform Temple of Boston, a Progressive Jewish Congregation, makes its home in Emmanuel Church.

Rabbi Howard Berman [email protected] 617-262-1202

Parish Office 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116

Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. www.emmanuelboston.org [email protected] 617-536-3355

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