Worship at Emanuel is at once identifiably Lutheran and diversely innovative. We use many different orders of service (liturgies) which take their form from the traditional Mass and include the celebration of Holy Communion, but they are very different in their music and mood.

At Emanuel, every effort is made to lift the language of worship above the limitations of gender. This effort is made in order to honor the infinite greatness of God and is intended as an act of praise to the One in whom we live and move and have our being.

Music in the congregation is led by a vocal choir and enhanced by a handbell choir. In addition to Emanuel's pipe organ, music is also made and accompanied on a synthesizer and piano and various other instruments.

Emanuel follows the readings from the Revised Common Lectionary, which is a three-year cycle of lessons that trace the life of Christ and tell the Christian story each year. There are midweek services during Lent, accompanied by a simple soup supper, and all the major festivals of the year are observed.

Join us for worship each Sunday at 10:00am.

A note about Eucharistic hospitality

The sacrament of Holy Communion "is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ under the bread and wine, instituted by Christ himself for us Christians to eat and to drink" (Luther's Small Catechism). It is the defining sacrament that binds us together as a community and sustains us in our life as a church. Believing that Christ is the guest and host of this meal, it is not our invitation but his. All are welcome to the table of grace and forgiveness.

Weekly Schedule

Worship
Sundays at 10:00 am

Adult Forum
will be updated

Worship Resources

Evangelical Lutheran Worship, 2006
New Century Hymnal, 1995
Hymnal Supplement, 1991
Chants de Taizé, 2017
and others