Emmanuel is bursting with talent! Our newest showcase for these gifts is a series we are calling “Emmanuel Coffeehouse Sessions.” The sessions will take place in the game room of the Family Life Center, where the atmosphere will be relaxed and casual. We’ll sip coffee and enjoy live acoustic music played and sung by…
Emmanuel will host the Red River Chorale, Cenla’s premier chorus, at the opening concert of their 10th anniversary season on Tuesday, October 21, at 7:30 p.m. Set in our beautiful sanctuary, the concert will include music of American composers and a musical salute to those who serve and have served our country in the military…
Note: On Friday, September 19, Associate Pastor Lee Weems suffered a heart attack and was transported to Rapides Hospital. Lee is now resting and recuperating at home, but Lee and Karen ask for no visitors or phone calls until further notice. If you would like to mail a note to them their address is:…
The Fall Food Roundup is an annual event held every fall throughout Louisiana churches to benefit the children of the Louisiana Baptist Children’s home. The donations of food, paper products and money support the Children’s Home during the entire year. The usual procedure for the Food Drive is for teams of Children’s Home volunteers to…
Merci Beaucoup! Thank You! Welcome to Emmanuel 2014 Looking for the Light Thank you to the many hands and voices that worked to make this year’s Welcome to Emmanuel such a special and uplifting experience. Our Hostesses and Hosts beautified their tables and gave a glow to our celebration. Our members prepared wonderful food that…
By: Karen Hamilton Each of our lives is a storybook and our futures are the chapters that have yet to be written. As Steven Curtis Chapman puts it in his new song Glorious Unfolding, “there’s so much of the story that’s yet to still unfold.” The Emmanuel chapter of my life takes a turn tomorrow…
Fear – it comes in many forms and everyone has experienced it at one time or another. As a parent I feel constantly challenged by fear…whether it’s my own worry for my children or their own anxieties of growing up. One thing I’ve really struggled with lately is my youngest daughter’s bedtime fears. I feel…
Terrific Tuesdays have become a summer staple of picnics and activities for the children of Emmanuel. What began as pool parties and day trips to keep children who have completed Kindergarten – 6th grade busy during summer weekdays has taken a partial mission focus. Last week 18 children came to the Art Daze on Terrific…
Monetary Donations ($20 covers one book bag and supplies) and gently-used children’s books are now being accepted for the annual Bags of Hope school supply campaign for Tensas and East Carroll parishes. The money is being spent locally in order to aid their economy. July 20 is the last day that donations will be accepted…
Ah, the middle of June…around here it means sweet corn, blueberries, 90-plus temps and – what else? – the Summer Choir Concert! It’s what’s happening at Emmanuel this Sunday, June 22, at 6 p.m. in Weems Hall, followed by an ice cream social. Summer Choir, which began years ago as a plan to ward off…