Many, many, many moons ago, when I was in college, I worked at a bi-lingual day care center in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of D.C. I went to classes in the morning at Catholic University and in the afternoon I was a teacher’s aide in a classroom full of three year olds — all of…
Hello everyone and welcome to Pentecost Sunday, the day we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit and, essentially, the birth of the church. It’s no coincidence that one of today’s Collects is a Collect for Hospitality. It begins with the words, “Welcome, welcome, welcome . . . .” — the perfect sentiment to recognize God’s intentional…
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…
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…
Before you start, read the instructions below! On the Feast of Pentecost we celebrate hearing the voices of all persons — no matter how small! This requires two screens, one to listen and one to read along. So maybe an iPad or iPhone to listen. And a Mac to read and follow along with the…
This is the official introduction to Emmanuel Voices: A Parish Blog. So, I am going to start off by telling a story or two – in my own voice. (This is also the homily for May 31. And for younger folks here is something new: Story Time: Joani Reads “Horton Hears a Who”) My dad, Dr.…
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