Weekly Wednesday Lenten Suppers
Speaker Series

Generous food and conversation related to our Lenten study related to The Prayer for the Sevenfold Gifts of the Spirit

5:30-7:30pm: Wednesdays February 25th-March 25th

Wednesday February 25th | 5:30-7:30pm
Dave Zahl, Founder and Executive Director of Mockingbird Ministries 
Born in New York City and brought up on the East Coast and in Europe, David graduated with honors from Georgetown University in 2001. He then served for five years as a para-church youth minister in New England before starting Mockingbird Ministries in 2007, an organization devoted to connecting the Christian faith with the realities of everyday life in fresh and down-to-earth ways. He remains its executive director today. David is on staff at Christ Church Charlottesville and is a licensed lay preacher in the Diocese of Virginia.  Of his numerous articles and monographs, his latest book is The Big Relief: The Urgency of Grace for a Worn-Out World (How to Overcome Burnout, Perfectionism, and Life's Overwhelming Demands by Embracing Grace, Acceptance, and Peace).  He is also a co-host of Mockingcast, a popular bi-weekly podcast.  He and his wife Cate have three boys.​
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Wednesday March 4th | 5:30-7:30pm
​The Rev. Sam Bush, Associate Rector, Christ Church, Charlottesville
After graduating from UVA in 2009, Sam Bush was the music minister at Christ Church from 2010-2020 where he also directed The Garage and the Fellows Program. Sam graduated from Duke Divinity School in 2022 and was ordained to the priesthood the following year. As associate rector, Sam helps lead and organize pastoral care, the Men's Bible Study, Jail Ministry and the Graduate Fellows Program. He is married to Maddy and together, they have three young boys.

Wednesday March 11 | 5:30-7:30pm
The Rev. Anne K. West, Priest in Charge, St. Anne’s Parish, Scottsville
Anne West, grew up in West Virginia and is a mountaineer through and through.  She was ordained in 1989.  Her primary ministry over the last 37 years has been to youth as Diocesan Youth Coordinator and Chaplain in several Episcopal boarding schools.  Anne has served in the Dioceses of West Virginia, Southwestern Virginia, and Virginia, retiring from full-time ministry as Rector of Grace, Standardsville, and Piedmont Church in Delaplane in 2024.  Not completely retired, Anne is part-time Priest in Charge at St. Anne’s, Scottsville.  In 1986, Anne and our Rector were both camp counselors at Peterkin Camp and Conference Center in Romney, West Virginia.  She lives in Staunton.​

Wednesday March 18 | 5:30-7:30pm
The Rev. Dr. Steve Bragaw, Rector, St Peter’s, New Kent
Raised up for ordination right here in Emmanuel Church, Steve Bragaw is a second-career priest who earned his Master’s in Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) in 2024. He came to the priesthood after serving for more than 30 years as a professor of government and American political history at Washington and Lee, the University of Virginia, and Sweet Briar College.  He and his wife Wendy live in Crozet.  The have four adulting children.

Wednesday March 25 | 5:30-7:30pm
The Rev. Emily Rutledge, Senior Seminarian in the Diocese of Virginia
After a years-long process toward ordination, Emily Rutledge will be ordained as a transitional deacon on March 7th.  Originally from Hawaii, Emily attended Gonzaga University, and is finishing her M. Div. degree through General Theological Seminary this spring.  She has served as Children, Youth, and Family Minister at Church of Our Savior in Charlottesville since 2009, and is currently seeking a diaconal placement in the Diocese of Virginia.  Emily lives in Crozet with her two children, eight chickens, and a Bullmastiff.

Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, February 18 - 12pm and 6pm
Holy Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes

Sundays In Lent: Worship at 10am

Sunday, February 22 - Lent I Holy Eucharist
Sunday, March 1- Lent II Holy Eucharist
Sunday, March 8 - Lent III Holy Eucharist
Sunday, March 15 - Lent IV Holy Eucharist
​Sunday, March 22 - Lent V Holy Eucharist

Holy Week

Sunday, March 29 - Palm Sunday at 10a.m.
(Gather in the courtyard for the procession if you are able.)
Procession, Passion, Holy Eucharist

Thursday, April 2 - Maundy Thursday 6 p.m.
Abbreviated Eucharistic service 

Friday, April 3 - Good Friday Liturgy, 12 noon
Passion, Silence, and Solemn Collects

EASTER

Sunday, April 5 - 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Egg Hunt in cemetery immediately following the 10 a.m. service

2025 Poems, Prayers and Promises

Spring Awakening Lent 2025