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Thank you for your interest in Emmanuel Memorial Episcopal Church. We seek to be a welcoming church. We want you to feel at home here and to help in any way we can. If you have a special need such as baptism, confirmation, or marriage, or if you wish to consult a priest, please do not hesitate to call our parish office at 217-352-9827.
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Worship Services Sundays Weekdays |
The Episcopal Church, like most other branches of the worldwide Anglican Communion, uses a version of The Book of Common Prayer for daily and Sunday worship. Page numbers and hymn numbers are posted, announced, or printed in the service bulletin. If you're having difficulty finding the right page or following the service, don't be afraid to ask someone sitting nearby for help.
The most commonly used services found in the Prayer Book are The Holy Eucharist and Morning Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer (1979) contains two versions of each service--one in traditional language (Rite One) and one using contemporary words (Rite Two).
Hymns are usually listed in the service leaflet or announced. If there is an S before the hymn number (for example, S-125), the music can be found at the front of the Hymnal.
Page numbers for the Psalms (hymns of the Hebrew Scriptures) will be announced or printed in the service leaflet, in a form that facilitates congregational reading or singing. The Prayer Book Psalter, a poetic sixteenth-century translation of the psalms, is included as well.
If you're new to the Episcopal Church, you will quickly discover that we do a lot of sitting, standing, and kneeling at various times in the worship service. Generally, we stand or kneel for prayer, sit for instruction, and stand for praise. Feel free to follow along with the congregation, but know that you are not required to do so.
Everyone is welcome in the Church, and children are welcome to attend any service with you. However, if you would prefer, or if your child finds sitting through an entire service difficult, they may participate in Sunday School or nursery program. Worship booklets or activity packets for children are also available. If you would like your child to be baptized, confirmed, or enrolled in Sunday School, please contact the parish office.
The Episcopal Church is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. We are both Catholic (true to the historic Christian faith) and Protestant (reformed and evangelical). This walk in the middle way is a hallmark of Anglicanism and of the Anglican Church in the United States, known as the Episcopal Church. Our core beliefs are expressed in the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, shared with many other Christians. You are welcome here with all of your doubts and questions!
Laypersons are members of the Episcopal Church by virtue of their baptism, for we believe that the Church is the body of which Jesus Christ is the Head and of which all baptized persons are members. The ordained ministers are bishops, priests, or deacons.
Holy Baptism and the Holy Eucharist (The Lord's Supper) are the two great sacraments (visible signs of spiritual grace) in the Anglican tradition. In addition to the Sacraments and the Creeds, there are two other essential foundations of the Episcopal Church: the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and the Historic Episcopate, the line of succession of bishops in the life of the Church. (The word "episcopal" means "relating to a bishop.")
Please feel free to contact our clergy members with any questions you may have about the Episcopal Church in general, or about our church in particular.
Emmanuel Memorial Episcopal Church is located in downtown Champaign, Illinois, next to the Historic Virginia Theater. Please see the Worship Services schedule at the right for times to join us in worship. To speak with a clergyperson outside of scheduled worship services, please contact the parish office at 217-352-9827.
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West University Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820
Phone 217-352-9827 | Fax 217-352-5240 | emec@ameritech.net
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Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois
