 Emmanuel Evangelical Church | Why we Worship? | A service of public worship is to praise and thank God who created and sustains us, and to be guided by the Holy Spirit to learn more of the purposes for and through our lives of our Sovereign Lord. We worship God because He is worthy. | ||||||
How is it that sinful men and women can enter into the holy presence of a righteous God who is "of purer eyes than to behold iniquity"? This is only possible because God has sent his only Son, who lived on earth as Jesus of Nazareth, to accept on himself our just punishment by his own sacrificial death on the Cross of Calvary. We therefore thank God for the life and death of Jesus Christ and it is in his name that we gather for worship. In seeking God's presence we follow the scriptural precedent to come in humility and reverence, yet with confidence that we come in accordance with the will of our loving Heavenly Father.
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When we worship 
Dates to note
| SUNDAY | 11.00 am and 6.30 pm | Public Worship - a Communion Service is held at the close of the evening service on the first Sunday in the month and the morning service on the third Sunday (a creche is provided during the Sunday morning service for the convenience of parents with babies and small children) |
| 3.00 pm | Sunday School (classes for all age groups: 3 years to teenage) | |
| 8.00 pm | Informal fellowship & light refreshment after the service; young people's house meetings (fortnightly) | |
| (Monday) | 7.30 pm | Fellowship Meeting or Women's Meeting (as announced) |
| Tuesday | 10.15 am | Mothers & Toddlers |
| Wednesday | 7.30 pm | Prayer Meeting |
| (Once a month on the fourth Thursday) | 2.30 pm | Tea & Prayer |
| Friday (in term-time) | 6-7 pm 7.30 pm | Rock Junior (meetings and activities for 5-11 years) Rock Senior (meetings and activities for over 11s) |
How we worship
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Our Sunday services are usually led by our Pastor, and focus on the centrality of the Bible and the preaching of the Gospel of Salvation. We do not follow a rigid pattern but our services include hymns (contemporary and traditional); prayer; Bible reading and preaching where the Bible is expounded. We have recently started to use the "English Standard Version" of the Bible for worship and study because its translators sought to render the closest possible equivalent to the original in modern English. Members of the church and congregation also use a variety of other translations according to individual preference.
The Wednesday meeting provides a forum for open prayer; and various other meetings provide opportunities for fellowship, teaching, discussion and outreach. |
Music at Emmanuel
| "Music plays an integral part in the Sunday services and most other meetings in the Church. For the Sunday services the accompaniment for singing is provided by an Allen computer organ, and the hymnbook used is the 2006 revised version of 'Christian Hymns', which contains a wide selection of traditional and contemporary hymns. The monthly hymn-singing session, held after an evening service, has proved to be very popular, when favourite hymns are chosen, new hymns are learnt, and various singing groups and soloists are able to take part. A number of members provide the accompaniments in the various meetings." Philip Watson |