Author Archive: Ellen Vadney

Church Saves Lives

Potluck and Conversation Panel

October 23rd at 6:30 p.m.

Robert Messore will moderate a panel of Jere Wells, Lorraine Frazier, and Phil Schmitt, discussing the educator’s, physical healthcare provider’s, and emotional/behavioral healthcare provider’s perspectives on the role of faith communities specifically as the antidote to our pandemic of loneliness and the political, social, economic, physical, behavioral, and broad societal ills that come from this global illness.…

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3rd Annual Creation Care Conference

October 5, 2024 at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Providence from 9 am to noon.

Doors open at 8:30 with refreshments. The Conference will start at 9 am with worship. The Rev. Amy Brooks, US Coordinator of GreenFaith, will be our speaker.

Rev. Amy Brooks Paradise is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister serving as the US Coordinator with GreenFaith. Rev. Amy’s connection to the Earth has roots in the farms of Western Pennsylvania but it was not until she did the Fellowship program with GreenFaith that she dreamed of making it the primary focus of her ministry. Moved by the urgency of this moment and the deep need for healing among people and with the Earth, she is humbled by …

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Pet Blessing in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis

Pet blessing at Emmanuel Church at the 10:00 a.m. service Sunday, October 6, 2024 in the church. Our pets bring out our very best, kindest selves. Please invite your pet of any kind to join you at Emmanuel Sunday, October 6 — on a leash, in a cage, or otherwise under your control. If you are grieving your pet, please bring a photograph, toy, or other token for blessing.…

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Quiet Hours During July Every day until 6 pm!

Out of respect for those rehearsing at Emmanuel Church for the myriad events of the Newport Classical Music Festival we will observe quiet hours on the entire property EVERY DAY in July until 6 p.m. On Sundays we may make our joyful noise as usual, and begin our quiet hours at noon.

All other days it’s from 6 a.m. to 6 pm.…

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Rainbow Rendezvous: The Sounds of Pride 2024

Saturday, June 29, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

What? An outdoor concert on the church lawn

When? June 29 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Why? Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride.

Emmanuel Church is on the route of the 2024 Pride Bike Parade so we will be able to cheer on participants as we enjoy the amazing musical talents of Caleb & Paige Dinger. Many heard and enjoyed their work at a recent Wednesday night supper. Caleb & Paige will be joined by others from the Musicians’ Circle and the greater Newport community singing favorite popular music from the 1950s through the present day. Come and bring a picnic and some friends.…

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