Emmanuel E-Letter

May 15, 2025

The Fifth Sunday of Easter

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Be the Life in Parish Life

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Day School

Children & Youth Formation

Community News

Saint-Saens Organ Symphony

Raina Wood, Organ

Ryan Ferguson, Conductor

Athens First United Methodist Church

Sunday, May 18 | 7:00 p.m. | Sanctuary

Organist, Raina Wood, and Director of Music, Ryan Ferguson, team up with full orchestra to present two iconic masterworks for organ

and orchestra: Joseph Jongen’s fiery Symphonie Concertante and Camille Saint-Saëns’ thundering “Organ” Symphony No. 3. We’re “pulling out all of the stops” for this closing concert of our season, as we celebrate the 5th birthday of our Quimby Sanctuary Organ!

Staff & Vestry

Staff

Katie Bradshaw, Rector

Clayton Harrington, Associate Rector

Cheryl Brainard, Associate Rector

Anna Kurtz, Director of Administration

Darcie St. Onge, Director of Finance

Dr. Benji Stegner, Director of Music

Martha Babendreier, Director of Children's Formation

Emily Hoffman-Smalling, Emmanuel Day School Director

Leah Goodwin, Thrift House Manager

Nidia Cruz - Janitor

Larry Brown - Sexton

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Vestry

Kim Ripps, Senior Warden

Sunil Alexander, Outreach

Katherine Byrne, Parish Life

Phyllis Niolon, Stewardship

Bob Davis, Building & Grounds

Weyman Johnson, Jr. Warden, Pastoral Care

Nancy McDuff, Finance

Eric NeSmith, Communications

Mary Moore, Worship

Maggie Hancock, Day School

Louis Duhé, Children/Youth

Jonathan William Fox III, Thrift House