Special Events at Emmanuel
Advent, Christmas, & Epiphany are busy and celebratory times at Emmanuel. Invite family and friends to join us as we celebrate this holy season.
December 7, 2008: Lessons & Carols. On the second Sunday of Advent we will hold a traditional service of Lessons & Carols, followed by the Holy Eucharist at our 10:00 service. All are invited to join us as prophetic passges of scripture are read and the glorious music of Advent is sung by our parish choir.
December 24, 2008: Christmas Eve. On Christmas Eve this year we will celebrate with a Festal Choral Eucharist at 5:00 p.m. All are welcome to join us for this glorious occasion as we rejoice in the birth of Jesus!
December 25, 2008: Christmas Day. On Christmas Day we will celebrate the Holy Eucharist at 9:00 a.m. The service will feature favorite Christmas hymns and a sermon. Please join us!
December 28, 2008: First Sunday of Christmas. We will continue our celebrations of Christ's birth with a special service of Christmas Matins at 9:00 a.m., including many favorite Christmas carols and sermon by Amy Cook, Christian Formation Specialist and Resource Center Manager for the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
January 4, 2009: Feast of the Epiphany. Emmanuel will celebrate the Epiphany on Sun., Jan. 4 with a traditional service of Holy Eucharist Rite I at 8:00 a.m. and a Choral Eucharist at 10:00, with special guest stars including wise men, angels, shepherds, and the holy family as the Church School presents their annual Nativity Pageant. All are welcome for this wonderful celebration.
January 18, 2009: Second Sunday after the Epiphany. We are pleased to announce that our distinguished guest preacher for this Sunday will be Archbishop Michael Peers, retired Primate (Presiding Bishop) of the Anglican Church of Canada. Archbishop Peers led the Anglican Church of Canada from 1986 to 2004. He is spending January in the Boston area teaching liturgy at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge. 
To get more information about any of these events, contact the Church office at 781-245-1374.