Emmanuel Episcopal Greenwood
  • Home
  • WELCOME
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • Sign Up To Stay Connected
    • Clergy, Staff and Vestry
    • Calendar
    • Request a Name Tag
    • Directory and Database Update Form
    • The Grounds >
      • Ted Caplow Trail
      • Stations Of The Cross in Nature
      • Campus Map
    • Weddings, Baptisms & Funerals
  • Worship
    • Service Information
    • Children's Chapel
    • Music
    • Sermons
    • Liturgical Calendar
    • What Episcopalians Believe
  • Ministries
    • Ministries and Groups
    • Scott House Community Outreach
    • Children and Youth
    • Sign Up To Serve
    • Endowment Board
  • HISTORY
    • Our History
    • Archdeacon Frederick W. Neve
    • Our Emmanuel Story
    • History of Rockfish Gap Food Pantry
  • Parish Life
    • Coffee Hour & Fellowship >
      • Instructions for Coffee Hour
    • Stewardship
    • Shrine Mont Parish Weekend >
      • Shrine Mont Camps
  • News
    • News & Service Links
  • Give
    • Pledge for 2024

Welcome To Emmanuel Episcopal Church


​Whoever you are and wherever you are on your spiritual journey, we hope your experience here will enliven you and bring you peace. We are sure that your presence enlivens and brings peace to others. We are always delighted to have you with us. Welcome!

Welcome


Wherever you are from, wherever you are in life,
This church may be the place for you.
We welcome you to what we are:

We're Ancient and New

The faith we hold is ancient, going back to Jesus, back to his spiritual ancestors, back to those who walked the earth and found holy ground.  And what we do is often based on really ancient patterns—worship and music; loving service to the poor, the hurting, the lonely; working for justice and peace; lively, fearless education and formation of minds and souls.  And that faith is also completely contemporary, engaged in the culture and the needs of the moment.

We're For

The dignity and worth of every person. An open minded, passionate commitment to truth.  The importance of everyone’s own spiritual journey.  God’s friends wherever we find them.  Seeking Christ in every person who comes through the door.  The sacredness of life’s rites of passage.  The value of community.  The hard work necessary to make sure that all welcomed.  Telling the truth about life’s challenges.  A “user-friendly” church experience.

We're Against

Claiming to have all the answers. Elitism and exclusivism, especially in church. Bigotry for any reason.  Authoritarianism.  Indifference to injustice and suffering.  Certitude in the face of ambiguity and superficial answers to hard questions. Boring sermons, bad music and general cluelessness.  (So, God help us, because we don’t always avoid them!)

We Value

Community, open hearts, open minds, open arms.  Faith. Fortitude.  Staying current, but equally staying rooted in tradition. Reason and honesty.  Civic Responsibility as Virginians, Americans and global citizens.  Debate that allows for mutual respect.  Music and beauty for their own sake.  Joy in God’s creation.  Anyone who makes an effort to get to know and follow Jesus.  
 
Or, to put it more briefly:  Reason over dogma.   Reality over perfection.  And ambiguity over certitude. In other words, Faith.
 
Everybody needs a place.  Emmanuel Church could be yours. Check us out!

Join Us For Worship Sundays at 10 a.m.

A convenient way to learn more about our faith community is receive our weekly newsletter.
​Sign up for emails to stay updated on volunteer opportunities, events and programming.
STAY CONNECTED WITH OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
There are no "requirements" for being a part of this community of faith. If you wish to be baptized or confirmed, or to transfer your membership from another Episcopal parish, we'd love for you to do so. But it's not required. Everything we do, everything we offer, is open to all, regardless of whether you are a "member" of this church. If you're here, you belong.

More Ways To Connect


We invite you to become a part of our faith community in any way that you feel comfortable, at your own pace.

LEARN ABOUT MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES
WELCOME
This is the table, not of the Church but of Jesus Christ. It is made ready for those who love God and who want to love God more.
So come, you who have much faith and you who have little, You who have been here often and you who have not been for a long time or ever before.
​You who have tried to follow and all of us who have failed. These are the gifts of God for the People of God.
Adapted from The Iona Community, Iona Abbey Worship Book, (Glasgow, UK: Wild Goose Publications, 2001), 53.

Telephone

540-456-6334

Email

info@emmanuelgreenwood.org
7599 Rockfish Gap (Rt. 250 West) | P.O. Box 38 | Greenwood, VA 22943
​DIRECTIONS
  • Home
  • WELCOME
  • About
    • Contact Us
    • Sign Up To Stay Connected
    • Clergy, Staff and Vestry
    • Calendar
    • Request a Name Tag
    • Directory and Database Update Form
    • The Grounds >
      • Ted Caplow Trail
      • Stations Of The Cross in Nature
      • Campus Map
    • Weddings, Baptisms & Funerals
  • Worship
    • Service Information
    • Children's Chapel
    • Music
    • Sermons
    • Liturgical Calendar
    • What Episcopalians Believe
  • Ministries
    • Ministries and Groups
    • Scott House Community Outreach
    • Children and Youth
    • Sign Up To Serve
    • Endowment Board
  • HISTORY
    • Our History
    • Archdeacon Frederick W. Neve
    • Our Emmanuel Story
    • History of Rockfish Gap Food Pantry
  • Parish Life
    • Coffee Hour & Fellowship >
      • Instructions for Coffee Hour
    • Stewardship
    • Shrine Mont Parish Weekend >
      • Shrine Mont Camps
  • News
    • News & Service Links
  • Give
    • Pledge for 2024