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Emanuel Lutheran Pastor's Perspective: More on Discipleship

Disciples of Jesus learn from him and seek his guidance in all things. When we have clear guidance, we are to follow it, that is, to follow him. This guidance comes directly from his own words in the Gospels, but also from his first disciples, Paul, Peter, John and the other New Testament writers. What if Jesus didn’t mean to make it that hard? What if we are really just supposed to be able to do what he said? He said that when we give alms (offerings) we should not make a big show of it, nor… Continue

Added by Emanuel Lutheran on November 5, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Emanuel Lutheran Pastor's Perspective:

Jonah We all know the general outline of the story of Jonah. God calls him to go to Nineveh to proclaim their wickedness to them. Nineveh was the capital of Assyria, one of Israel’s most hated and feared enemies. Jonah was unwilling to go, so he headed west, toward Tarshish, which is modern-day Spain. Once on board a ship, there was a great storm. The sailors all sensed that the storm was some kind of divine punishment, and wonder who had committed such a major sin as to bring this calamity upon… Continue

Added by Emanuel Lutheran on October 30, 2009 at 3:24pm — No Comments

Emanuel Lutheran Bells of Hope

Ringing in a Brighter Tomorrow for CT’s Waiting Children By Deb Kelleher The idea for Bells of Hope came to me early last spring. I was working on ideas to increase adoptions in CT and kept coming back to thoughts of my son’s brother, now 19, who had never been adopted. For ease of writing let’s call him Justin. Justin was never adopted and aged out of foster care. I had tried to adopt him but, as a single parent of four boys (3 adopted) I was not considered an appropriate resource for him. He… Continue

Added by Emanuel Lutheran on October 26, 2009 at 1:52pm — No Comments

Rosemary Johnson Music Director Search Update

We have been doing first and second interviews with auditions recently. We have had two auditions in the past week or so and are very excited about one of the candidates. We have a third candiate auditioning on Saturday, October 17th. After that interview we will make a decision based on those individuals and send it on through the usual committee and council approvals. We will extend an offer and hope this time we will have an acceptance. Thanks for all of your support and prayers for the commi… Continue

Added by Rosemary Johnson on October 9, 2009 at 4:14pm — No Comments

Scott Cady Pastors Perspectives: Obadiah

The book of Obadiah is the shortest in the Old Testament, only one chapter covering about two pages. It is simply an oracle against neighboring Edom, predicting their destruction for past sins. Edom is the region that lies to the south of the Dead Sea. Tradition suggested that the Edomites were descended from Esau, the twin brother of Jacob. Because of this sense that the Edomites were “cousins” to the Jews, they might be expected to be allies in times of distress. When the Babylonians came to… Continue

Added by Scott Cady on October 2, 2009 at 8:12am — No Comments

Emanuel Lutheran In Memoriam: Eugene Coleman

Dear Emanuel Family, It is with a heavy heart that we share with you that Eugene Coleman was received into Eternal rest on August 10th after a courageous battle with cancer and is now in the arms of his Lord and Savior.

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Added by Emanuel Lutheran on August 13, 2009 at 4:07pm — 3 Comments

Joe Jauss UPDATE - National Youth Gathering

Whew! They sure do keep us busy down here. It seems that we have more activities than we have hours in the day. We have done so many things since the last time we blogged it's tough trying to remember eveything. The last update ended with us going off to our interactive session at the NOLA convention center. The session was about the track we chose, Health and Wellness. After our learning session, we moved to the Interactive Center where we were given the opportunity to explore and participate… Continue

Added by Joe Jauss on July 24, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Joe Jauss New Orleans Youth Gathering 2009

Before we start our day today, we want to let Garrett know that he is in our thoughts and prayers. Please get better soon...we miss you! It's Thursday and we are up and ready to start the day. It is an hour behind her in NOLA (that's speak down here) so we are all getting up an hour earlier. Today we are off to the Interaction Center for a guided session of learning, experiencing and having fun. We will then head to Jackson Square where we will board the paddle boat Nachez, enjoy lunch aboard… Continue

Added by Joe Jauss on July 23, 2009 at 9:50am — 5 Comments

Joe Jauss New Orleans Youth Gathering 2009

Wow! What an incredible day we had. We were up pretty early had breakfast and headed for the Convention Center to register. The convention center was kids for miles! After Mrs. Hall (our fearless leader!) registered our group, we all received a backpack with an amazing Jesus Justice Jazz bible and our orange servant day (Friday!) shirts. The interaction center opened in the morning at the Convention Center so we explored for two hours and it was great! There are ziplines, bungee jumping, beadin… Continue

Added by Joe Jauss on July 23, 2009 at 9:40am — 2 Comments

Joe Jauss New Orleans Youth Gathering 2009

Stay tuned! More info to come...we are on our way to register and experience 36,000 youth in New Orleans. Continue

Added by Joe Jauss on July 22, 2009 at 11:07am — No Comments

Kristi Maulucci NYG update

The group's second flight of the day from Washington DC directly to New Orleans has departed and is scheduled to arrive in New Orleans @ 1:20pm. Andrew reports ...He sat next to a man from Simsbury who formerly worked for President Clinton.... Continue

Added by Kristi Maulucci on July 21, 2009 at 11:58am — 2 Comments

Emanuel Lutheran In Memorium: Ron Stephens, DMD

Dear Emanuel Family, It is with a heavy heart that we share with you that Ron Stephens was received into Eternal rest on July 5th and is now in the arms of his Lord and Savior.

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Added by Emanuel Lutheran on July 7, 2009 at 10:25am — 1 Comment

Emanuel Lutheran Your Will

Help grow Emanuel’s endowments by having your will written or updated. Did you know more than 60% of American adults don’t have a will? Barbara Ruhe, a Wethersfield lawyer and member of Grace Lutheran, Hartford, is drafting wills for member and friends of Emanuel, the… Continue

Added by Emanuel Lutheran on June 29, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

PJ Muniz LUTHER: The movie

I just viewed the movie titled LUTHER. It is a movie produced in 2003 starring the actor Joseph Fiennes as Martin Luther. I found it to be a powerful film. You all have probably seen it already but to me it was new, enlightening, and emotion-stirring. I was glued to my seat for over 2 hours. If you are someone who hasn't seen this film, I highly recommend you fire up the popcorn maker, get in a comfortable chair or sofa, grab a sodapop, turn off the phone, and plop this movie in your player. It… Continue

Added by PJ Muniz on June 21, 2009 at 12:18am — 3 Comments

Marina Halmers Follow the Halmers

The Halmers are leaving on their European trip. Anyone who may wish to follow us online may do so at www.connecticuthalmers.blogspot.com Continue

Added by Marina Halmers on June 19, 2009 at 5:39pm — No Comments

Linda RIC Movie Night "MILK"

Last night 10 people were at my house to watch the movie MILK, if you haven't been to an RIC movie you should. Good conversations happen, along with fellowship, I am blessed to host these movies. If you haven't seen this movie, you can contact me and I will be very happy to set up another movie night. If anyone is interested in seeing any of the movies we have in our library contact me and I would be happy to set up a night for that movie. This movie is excellent, it uses real new… Continue

Added by Linda on May 24, 2009 at 11:23pm — No Comments

Cindy Hall Bless, Gift and Call Parents

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Faith Stepping Stones is a family ministry system that pulls parents into the role of primary faith mentors for their own chi

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Added by Cindy Hall on May 15, 2009 at 12:40pm — 1 Comment

Emanuel Lutheran The Start of Christ Church of the Living God

Excerpted from a brief history of Christ Church, COG: After being led of the Lord to start an outreach in Manchester, Pastor Mae Cost began looking for a building in which to plant her church. She saw a great need for evangelistic outreach in the Manchester community. The search… Continue

Added by Emanuel Lutheran on May 11, 2009 at 1:56pm — No Comments

PJ Muniz My Easter

On Easter morning, I was so happy to arrive "promptly" at church at 8:45am. I enter church to see that the offering plates are being passed already...uh-oh. I greeted Philip and was enlightened that the service started 30 minutes ago. I hung around to attend a full service --- the 9:45am one. I had some coffee in between the 2 services...feeling like a knucklehead for not checking the day's schedule closely. (The coffee was delicious though. Thanks Philip.) Boy, was the 9:45 service great;invi… Continue

Added by PJ Muniz on April 13, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

PJ Muniz SCREAM AND SHOUT !!!

Oh brother!! When I attended the evening service tonight --- Saturday 11April --- the music and singing was awesome! One part in particular was so...so ....AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH.....AWESOME!!!!!!!....Jonathan's singing of "Jonah In The Belly Of The Whale". The energy I felt was like the energy exhibited by folks dancing to SWING music. I wanted to jump out of my seat and SCREAM AND SHOUT to the ceiling in praise of Jonathan's performance! Even give him a few "WOO...WOO...WOO!!!"'s. Thank you Jonathan… Continue

Added by PJ Muniz on April 11, 2009 at 10:28pm — No Comments

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