Emmanuel is a special place. Our congregation has been around in some form since 1909. Every generation, it has persisted because of the support of its current members. To those who now support Emmanuel, your efforts are part of an endeavor going back over a century. Many thanks are in order.
Whenever you devote your time and efforts to help Emmanuel, whenever you pledge or give, or whenever you share a message of kindness with your neighbor, you are joining that more than a century long procession, our long walk in love.
It’s both true that our lives rely on the gifts from those who came before us and that our lives are steered by the composite sum of our choices. Likewise, Emmanuel’s destiny is built on the foundation of Christ’s love and would be nowhere without it—yet its future is steered by your choice and the choices of every Emmanuelite to continue the support, your choice to answer God’s love with faith and by giving back.
In the coming years, decades, and beyond, may we all pray that members of our community and family of faith will likewise be able to build their lives, based on Christ’s love, on the foundations we set down for them, day after day, year after year.
For everything you do, for everything you give, thank you. May we continue to walk in love, building a future rooted in faith and gratitude to God.
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