Emmanuel Church  
  in the City of Boston  
 
15 Newbury St. Boston MA 02116  617.536.3355
 
Emmanuel Committees
Building Green Team Stewardship
Care History & Archives Vestry
Communications Hospitality Volunteers
Finance Human Resources Website
Social Action Worship

Building

  • to develop a master plan to provide Emmanuel with an overall vision and strategy for existing building use and long term renovations
  • to make optimum use of space for the various ministries and activities within our building (Space)

Care

  • to provide (in consultation with the Rector) pastoral care for parishioners who are hospitalized, shut-in, or need of care.

Communications

  • to evaluate the ways that we communicate within the parish and with the world
  • to develop and maintain this website
  • to publish Voices and monthly E-mmanuel News
  • to coordinate the marketing and advertising of Emmanuel
  • to discover, preserve and publish the many threads of Emmanuel's unique history (History & Archives)

 

Hospitality

  • to organize coffee hour and parish social events
  • to provide a welcoming and open heart to all visitors to Emmanuel (New Members)
  • to acquaint visitors with the mission and ministry of Emmanuel (New Members)

Social Action

  • to develop the outward-reaching ministries of Emmanuel

Stewardship

  • to encourage those who find a home at Emmanuel, for however long a period of time, to feel a call to stewardship through making a gift of time, talent or money
  • to prepare for and implement periodic capital fundraisings, both general and focused (Capital Campaign)
  • to develop a roster of skills and talents of Emmanuelites who can only give a few hours of time (Volunteers)

Worship

  • to organize (in consultation with the Rector, Sacristan, and Altar Guild) worship services including holiday and special services
  • to train and schedule readers, servers, and Lay Eucharistic Ministers
  • to set up and take down the altar for worship services; to take care of the linens and silver and other items used in worship; to work with the Sacristan to decorate the worship space (Altar Guild)
  • to tend to the liturgical vestments and to work with the Altar Guild to decorate the worship space; to assist couples in preparing the chapel or church for the celebration of their weddings (Sacristan)
  • to welcome and to assist participants and visitors in worship services, seeing that they have appropriate service materials and other help as necessary (Ushers)
4/11/10