We are SO excited! Our parish blog just turned ONE! Launched last year on the Feast of Pentecost, Emmanuel Voices aspires to be, A literary gathering place for — creativity, connection, community & conversation. A place to listen, learn and explore. Lifting up voices, familiar and new, from the pews and beyond. Over the past…
To be faithful is not an easy thing. I learned this early at the age of nine or so. I was a Girl Scout, a very marginal Girl Scout. Well, in all honesty, I was a lousy Girl Scout. My uniform would never quite pass muster. There was always stuff to be sewn on that…
Inch by inch, row by row Please bless these seeds I sow Please keep them safe below ‘Til the rain comes tumbling down. Pete Seeger It is a very common practice for little kids to plant seeds at school. Depending on the time of year and climate, some lucky seeds get planted in little backyard gardens.…
Three weeks after the celebration of Pentecost, we continue to hear scriptural stories and references about the Holy Spirit. Today’s Gospel is no different. Following Jesus’s crucifixion, resurrection and ascension into heaven, the apostles continue to grapple with what it means to accept God’s gift of the Holy Spirit into their lives. Others continue to…
This Sunday is June 6th and Emmanuel is busting out all over!! Emerging like butterflies out of our cocoons, we are so happy! The red doors of our church are open again to all! Figuring out what I might say today, I found this wonderful new book: “A Church for All.” The beautiful rhyming story…
Recently we have received some inquiries from curious folk wanting to know just what it is that a minister does. It’s understandable especially since most folks only see us work on Sundays. While it may, at first glance, appear to be very little, in actuality, there is a whole lot going on the rest of…
Once upon a time, a generation or two ago, before we landed on the moon, Cape Canaveral was Cape Kennedy – home to NASA. It was a very exciting time – The Space Age! Periodically, at Holy Family School, we got to swap out our spelling books for something far more fabulous. Sister Inez Patricia…
Summertime and the livin’ is… George Gershwin Midlife crisis. He had all the outward and visible signs. He started wearing a baseball cap to cover his balding head. In his late forties, he got a tattoo for the very first time. And he got a getaway car – the classic imported convertible kind. Even used,…
Summertime is one of Janie Piemonte’s favorite songs. Before you read her lovely poem below, pause for a few minutes to dwell with George Gershwin’s beautiful tune. Close your eyes and listen to the lilting melody played on the piano and violin. Then with eyes open, listen again as you read Janie’s verse, her hopeful…
Greetings everyone! Today we celebrate The Feast of Pentecost. Today is our Christian celebration of the birth of our church as recounted in the second chapter of the biblical book titled, The Acts of the Apostles. This book is also written by St. Luke and follows his gospel telling of the life of Christ. The story…
Summertime and the Livin’ is … George Gershwin I blame COVID-19 for the loss of Beverly Bettencourt. Oh, she didn’t die. Nothing like that. This isn’t that kind of story, not really. You see, before the pandemic, our little neighborhood – all four blocks of it – revolved around Beverly and her tiny kitchen. Year…
Read more The Pandemic Year of Beverly Bettencourt (A Short Story)
