While health conditions remain volatile in our city, Emmanuel is meeting online and for designated outdoor events only.
You are welcome to join us for our Sunday 10:00am Zoom worship service! To be added to the invitation list, contact bob@emmanuelphinneyridge.org
Our Sunday morning music is also available in the YouTube playlist Worship From A Distance, and our sermon series can be found in the playlist Finding Ourselves In God’s Story.
In a non-pandemic season, our worship gatherings look something like this…
WHEN: We meet for a single worship service on Sundays that runs from 10:00am to 11:15am.
WHO: Our community spans the generations from infants to elders in their 10th decade. Sunday mornings are casual, welcoming, and a time for us to reconnect each week as part of the family of God. Part of the unique identity of our small congregation is our family-like atmosphere that is truly intergenerational and includes people from many perspectives and walks of life. Although it’s an inherently tricky process, we’re committed to being a community that expresses unity that is strong enough to include genuine diversity.
WHERE: The entrance to our sanctuary is on the corner of Dayton Avenue and North 50th Street, across the street from Woodland Park Zoo.
PARKING: Emmanuel is in the middle of a residential area and parking can be difficult sometimes. Come a little early to find a spot on the street, or if you are a visitor, a family, or are unable to walk very far feel free to park in the gravel lot located next to the church building. In support of our effort to be kind neighbors, please be courteous of the residents around our church and park in ways that are mindful of their space.
KIDS: As a smaller congregation, the Emmanuel community typically includes just a handful of younger kids on any given Sunday. Our long-term plans include a full children and youth ministry program, but currently we offer a simplified version of childcare and activities for kids on Sunday mornings. Kids ages 0-12 will be invited to join our children’s ministry workers for a special time of snacks, games, and prayer each Sunday morning during the sermon. As you arrive, you’ll be greeted by our ushers who will offer you an activity box and will invite you to sign-in your children in the foyer. Kids will join the adults in our worship service for opening songs, and just before the sermon begins they will be dismissed to their activities in the back. Of course, if families would prefer to stay together throughout the service, all ages are welcome to worship and learn together in the sanctuary!
WORSHIP: Worship at Emmanuel is an opportunity to meet with God and also with each other. Every Sunday we gather as a group of believers who are genuinely interested in participating in each other’s lives and the lives of those in the neighborhood around us. Our service includes a mix of contemporary music and traditional hymns. An offering is taken each week, and we invite you to support the ministry of the church as you feel led, free from any sense of obligation, as an aspect of your personal worship to God. We also participate in the sacrament of communion every two weeks, as an ongoing reminder of the death and presence of Christ with us, until he comes again. All are invited to partake with us as part of the body of Christ. As a part of our commitment to make the communion table a place of hospitality for all people, we serve only gluten-free bread.
TEACHING: Most Sundays our teaching is done by senior pastor Bob Zurinsky, with occasional messages from other guests. Our teaching method is to study through whole books of the Bible together (usually 5-6 books per year, from both the New and Old Testaments). By immersing ourselves fully into this scriptural story of life and hope, we become people who are better equipped to live as a blessing for our neighborhood and world.
FELLOWSHIP: Each week we gather for a time of fellowship directly following the service. Please join us as we enjoy coffee, snacks, and good conversation with one another.
Join us!