November 16, 2012
Dear Emmanuel Church,
One of my favorite traditions at Emmanuel Church is our Thanksgiving Eve Service and offering. It is a time when we, as a Church, intentionally slow down to worship the God who deserves all of our thanksgiving. I hope that you and your family can join us on [...]
January 1, 2012
Dear Emmanuel Church,
Happy New Year! My prayer is that you were able to deeply experience the blessing of Christmas and that the coming year will bring you great love, hope and joy in the Lord!
As we enter into a new year, our focus as a church remains the same – [...]
April 1, 2011
Dear Emmanuel Church,
This Sunday is one of the most important events on our church calendar every year – it is Faith Promise Harvest Sunday! This is the time each year when we recommit to supporting the long Emmanuel Church legacy of supporting missions around the world.
During our corporate worship this Sunday, together [...]
August 5, 2010
Dear Emmanuel Family,
I am excited to announce a change in how we worship together as an intergenerational community.
I am sure you enjoyed the worship during our All-Together Sundays this summer. Personally, it gave me great joy to look out and see our youngest and most senior worshipping together.
So beginning on [...]
June 4, 2010
Dear Emmanuel Church,
I personally want to encourage you to attend our worship services this Sunday, June 6th. We have the privilege of having Dr. Don Davis preaching this Sunday and he is one of the most passionate and effective preachers on Christ’s church in the country. I was so excited when I reviewed [...]
Dr. Rick Durrance, Senior Pastor
March 9, 2010
Dear Emmanuel Family,
As I write this letter to you, the memories of last month’s World Missions focus at Emmanuel are still fresh in my mind and heart. We were reminded to “Seek the Welfare of the City” through the inspiring teaching and preaching of Rev. Monty Taylor, Dr. Keith [...]
March 5, 2010
Dear Emmanuel Church,
I am excited to announce an important development regarding the servant leadership at our church – the appointment of deacons.
Over the past three years, the elders and the pastors have reaffirmed the primary role of the elders as the spiritual shepherds of the church. We have made some [...]
February 25, 2010
Dear Emmanuel Family,
I hope you were inspired by our excellent preachers during our World Ministries Celebration emphasis the past three weeks. I know that I was personally blessed that each speaker emphasized the importance of discipleship because I have been preparing for my next sermon series on this very subject.
This Sunday [...]
Dear Emmanuel Family,
I would like you to join me in praying for and participating in our Emmanuel World Ministries Celebration that begins this Sunday, February 7th.
Emmanuel Church has a long history of participating in and celebrating world missions. As a church we now support missionaries in strategic locations on every continent. Our short [...]
Dear Emmanuel Family,
I am excited to tell you about a sermon series I will be beginning this Sunday, January 17th titled Worship Recovery!
The Bible is clear that we were created to eternally worship our creator. In fact, the Westminster Catechism answers the first question, “What is the chief end of man?”“To glorify God and enjoy [...]