IMMANUEL HIGHLANDS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Immanuel Highlands Episcopal Church

All are welcome.

2400 W. 17th Street, Wilmington, DE 19806

We are a welcoming community, celebrating and sharing the good news of Jesus
through worship, prayer, learning, and service.

THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH

Wednesday, December 8
11:00 am - Bible Study
12:15 pm - Eucharist, Chapel

Looking Ahead
Sunday, January 23
Annual Meeting

"His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor
and to gather the wheat into his granary;
but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."

All doors to the sanctuary are now open! Ushers will greet you and hand out service bulletins at all entrances to the sanctuary. The name tags will be in the back of the church, and you are encouraged to wear yours.

THE THIRD SUNDAY
OF ADVENT
December 12, 2021
Year C

SERVICE IS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE

LECTIONARY READINGS

THE COLLECT
Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

T H E R E I S A P L A C E
F O R Y O U H E R E.

New to Wilmington? Unfamiliar with the Episcopal Church, or Christianity? Welcome!

Whoever you are, wherever you are on your spiritual journey, our parish members hope that your experience here will strengthen and encourage you.

Browse our website to learn more about us. We invite you to join us at church. We have been given permission by the diocese to have in-church services once again. Or, view the service on-line on our Facebook page.

Subscribe to our weekly emails--there is no cost, no obligation, and we will not share your email with outside groups.

Do as much or as little as you like. There are no requirements for being a part of our community of faith. If you want to be baptized, confirmed, or transferred from another Episcopal parish, we would love to have you--but, it's not required. Everything we do is open to all.

Please complete our online visitor card. It is not required, but if we know more about you, we can be more responsive to you!

W O R S H I P

In-church services are now being offered. Let us celebrate together, as a community:

Registration is no longer required.
Fully vaccinated people are not required to wear face coverings inside the church building
Non-vaccinated people must wear a face covering in the church building
Social distancing of 3 feet is suggested
All doors to the sanctuary are open

SERVICE TIMES
We will also continue to live-stream Sunday worship from the church on Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. Steven Patchell will provide beautiful music for our worship, and we will sing hymns. The Rector will lead worship and offer a sermon. A lay reader will present the lectionary readings.

We send bulletins electronically on a weekly basis. See the link at the top of the page to read the most recent issue. Also, see the link to our worship service so you may worship from home.

Please share this information with anyone you know who might be interested to "attend" our service. If you are able to help someone who is technologically challenged access the service, please do so.Since we are a community, we welcome newcomers as much as we welcome each other. This flows from a knowledge that each person brings incalculable value to the human family and that our parish in enriched by each person who enters.

A Prayer for Those Affected by the Coronavirus

Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy.
Sustain and support the anxious,
be with those who care for the sick,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may find comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love.
In Christ Jesus our Lord.
Amen.
From the Archbishop of Canterbury