Holy Week and Easter Offerings

During Holy Week and Easter Emmanuel collects for a few different offerings. It can be a bit confusing as to what each offering supports and the meaning behind them. To help provide some clarity, below are explanations for these different offerings and how to give:

Maundy Thursday Offering:

On this night, we remember and relive Jesus instituting the sacrament of Communion – the holy food of his own body and blood that continually nourishes God’s holy people for our mission on earth in his name. It is also the night Jesus gave us the command to love one another as he loved us. We share this holy food each and every Sunday, “in remembrance” of him. Our Offertory collection will, therefore, be directed to our Food Center to nourish others as we are nourished by our Savior. To give, click here.

Good Friday Offering:

It’s an Episcopal tradition for churches to send their Good Friday alms to the church in Jerusalem and the Presiding Bishop reminds us how important that is right now with the continuing violence plaguing them. We will be sending our Good Friday offering to the Anglican Province of Jerusalem and Middle East so that they can serve ALL those who are suffering in that region. Thank you for giving generously. To give, click here.

You can read more about the tradition of this offering here.

Easter Offering:

Each year Emmanuel's Faith in Action (FIA) leadership decides where the Easter offering will go. This year FIA has selected the Faith Christian Church of India (FCCI). FIA will also match any Easter offering money and donate it to Welcome Neighbor for immigrant resettlement (match up to $1,000). To give, click here.

FCCI was founded in 2017 by Rev. Dr. Clive Samson & Rev. Seelam Susanna Raj, as an inter-denominational Church, to become THE 1st and ONLY Tamil Church in St. Louis, eventually evolving to become THE 1st and ONLY Indian Church in St. Louis, with the largest Indian congregation present. Their mission and vision is to spread the love of our Christ, Jesus, to everyone, everywhere.

You can also find all of these donation links on our website's giving page. Just click on the Easter Offerings link. 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - Easter Flower Delivery

On Palm Sunday, April 13th, we will deliver small flowers to parishioners who are unable to attend, those who had a death in the family this past year, those who may be ill or those who are having a difficult time of their life.

Your help is needed to make these deliveries! No RSVP required, just meet in the chapel after the 9:30am service this Sunday. There will be flowers with envelopes on tables in the chapel. Take as many as you are comfortable delivering.

DEADLINE! - Easter Festival Flowers and Music

Names for Thanksgiving or remembrance are due by Wednesday, April 16th. To have names added to the Easter bulletin, please fill out this form. Names received after April 16th will not be included on the bulletin.

There are two ways to make your donation:



• Online found here
• A Festival Flower and Music Fund envelope found in the pews.

MORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - AGAPE MEAL!

The Love Feast, or Agape Meal, is a Christian fellowship meal recalling the meals Jesus shared with disciples during his ministry and expressing the community enjoyed by the family of Christ.

We will have our Agape meal before the Maundy Thursday service on April 17th. Lamb will be provided, but we are asking for parishioners to help provide the sides. Typical Agape sides are grapes, cheeses, nuts, dried figs and other fruits, olives, hummus, bread, and veggies. However, all food will be welcome.

Agape Recipes

Please signup on the "Time, "Time, Talent, and Treasure", and Treasure" form. Go to April 17th to signup.

Week 7: Holy Week

We invite you to join in the work of welcome as a sign of gratitude.

• Consider a way you can bless someone with kindness and welcome
• Consider how you can invite or welcome someone to join you to celebrate Easter
• Consider how you might help cloth or feed those in need

The Spring Plant Sale!

This is the last week to order plants. Get in your orders now!

• Click here for plant information with order form.

Please place your order by Tuesday, April 15th. Plants will be available for pick up on Sunday, April 27th. Please contact Kathleen Martin if you have questions.

Volunteer to help feed the hungry!

On May 4th, Emmanuel will host our annual Rise Against Hunger (RAH) meal packaging event after the 9:30am service. RAH will deliver the food supplies in bulk that we will repackage into smaller bags for meals. Our goal is to package 25,000 meals, but we need your help!

This event is open to all ages and abilities; we need everyone! To signup, please click the link below. We need volunteers for:

• May 3rd - Receive the food and help setup for the event (4 signups)
• May 4th - 1st Shift (34 signups)
• May 4th - 2nd Shift (12 signups)
• May 4th - Cleanup (No signups yet!)

Signup Here! Signup for whatever shift(s) fits your schedule.

The link also contains a way to donate to help us fund this event. Please consider making a monetary contribution to help offset the cost to Emmanuel.

Things to know:

• School age kids are welcome
• You or your youth can sign up a friend to come join us!
• There are stand up jobs and sit down jobs
• Wear comfy clothes, even to church. T-shirts, jeans and sneakers are fine.
• We'll have music playing while we work, it will be a party atmosphere!
• If you aren't sure you can make it but discover on Sunday you can, come on in. No one will be turned away!

Another Way to Help: Crisis in Myanmar

On March 28, a powerful earthquake struck Myanmar, impacting nearly 900,000 people. With so many people affected, the damage is deep and widespread. Families are facing immense uncertainty, and many are going without food. Rise Against Hunger is working with in-country partners to provide meals and resources to those affected. Your gift today will ensure critical emergency relief is sent where it is needed most.

Give online here!

Youth Sunday 2025!

On Sunday, May 4th, Emmanuel will continue our much loved tradition of Youth Sunday; a special 9:30am service led by the Children and Youth of Emmanuel!

An email went out to kids on our registration list, but if we missed you, and your child would like to participate, please email Katie by April 13.

Inviting Youth Musicians

All youth musicians are invited to offer their gifts and talents on Youth Sunday, May 4th at the 9:30 am service. Musical pieces can be instrumental or vocal; solo or with other youth musicians; and with piano accompaniment or without — anything goes. If you're interested or have questions, please email Jae Park.

This year, we are expecting a large lineup of youth musicians and encourage everyone to come to the service early to listen to all of our wonderful musicians. Pre-service music will begin at about 9:15 am.

During Lent, United Thank Offering hosted an online book group reading and discussing "The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You". The discussions centered on gratitude and our expectations of gratitude from refugees/immigrants without knowing their stories or any trauma they may have experienced. Whether a refugee or an immigrant, seeking asylum in the USA requires assimilating into our culture, which means they need to learn how to belong and fit in. Belonging and fitting in are not the same thing.

We, as The Church, have a role in belonging and fitting in and that is knowing how to welcome. We are not necessarily comfortable with, or experts at, welcoming people who are trying to assimilate into our culture. To learn more, please visit the Episcopal Migration Ministries website. 

Below are a few links to websites and infographics to help you learn more about the immigrants coming to Saint Louis, the struggles they face, and how you can help:

• International Institute
• Welcome Neighbor
• Immigration Definitions and Categories of Foreign Born in the US
• Refugees Map (below)

Legend Singers Concert

Sunday, April 27, 2025

5:00 PM

Church of St. Michael and St. George

6345 Wydown Blvd, Clayton

Join the Church of St. Michael and St. George, Clayton, on Sunday, April 27, to hear the Legend Singers! This amazing event, presented by the Ministry of Racial Reconciliation, will surely fill your spirit with beautiful music.

This is a free event! Email to register.