Sunday Services at 10:30am
in person at 3003 – 28th Street SE Calgary, or online at https://meet.google.com/qui-cnnu-obf We honor God as a family of believers through praise, prayer and confession as we meet […]
News and Events
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Keeping Vigil at the end of Triduum
Triduum is the three days preceding a festival or holy day. The most important Triduum for us as Christians is the three days before our most important holy day, Easter. […]
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The Triduum gets seriouser …
What is “Good” about “Good Friday”? In Old English, the word “Good” meant “sacred”, or “holy”. It evolved into meaning “kind, benevolent”, but the Friday before Easter kept the […]
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Introducing the Triduum — Taking Easter Seriously
“Triduum” means “Three Days”, and it refers to a three-day period of preparation before a festival or holy-day. No day is as holy as Easter, the day of Our Lord’s […]
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Lent Wednesday Suppers: Soup and Buns at 6pm at Emmanuel
Staff at Emmanuel and several members have been blessed with several invitations to share Iftar with Muslim friends over the last few weeks. Our pastor, Laura, brought with her a […]
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Family Movie Night THIS FRIDAY April 4 at 6pm — with Popcorn! Free!
Isn’t it remarkable how life can get complicated for a couple of weeks (or months!) and everyday responsibilities end up on the back burner? There is SO much going on […]
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Valentine’s Day Love … AND DINNER! Feb 14 at 6pm!
Valentine’s Day is notorious for being every man’s nightmare: either he’s buying a rose at the gas station on his way home, or discovering that even if he reserved a […]
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Ho-ho-hold The Christmas Meltdown!
The historic Church, of which Emmanuel is part, held Christmas for twelve days; and celebrated two other important holidays, Epiphany and Candlemas, during the 28 days immediately following Christmas. Emmanuel […]
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To Everything, Turn, turn, turn, there is a Season …
The common complaint that stores and malls start arranging Christmas stock and decor the moment Hallowe’en sales start slowing, and rather dishearteningly without leaving just a little respectful space between […]
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A Deeper look at “Nightmare before Christmas”
I was so glad to get the following challenging Facebook comment on one of our upcoming movies; glad because responding to the comment gives us a chance to explain our […]
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Upcoming Events in December
Please make sure you mark down these upcoming events for December…. December 6 – Journey To Bethlehem – Free Movie Night @ 6:30 pm December 13 – Nightmare Before Christmas […]