Welcome to Emmanuel Presbyterian Church
We're a warm Bible-based family church in Pretoria East, South Africa. We have an emphasis on clear, practical teaching and we worship in a warm contemporary style that brings together the old and the new.
Our Mission Statement is:
We are committed:
to be a family of God's People
learning to follow Jesus every day
and making a difference in our neighbourhood.
KEY INFORMATION
Due to the impact of the Corona Virus and the introduction of an online service, we have reduced our services and activities.- We have an 8h30 physical service on Sunday Mornings. We have not restarted our Grace and Evening services yet
- We have services on YouTube which can be found HERE.
- You can find our weekly bulletin HERE.
- You can find click events and sermons to see the full lists or you can scroll down
- You can find details of our children's ministries and activities HERE
15th September 2024
Hi there! You are warmly invited to join us for our church service where we explore Perseverance as one of the aspects of being “Cross-Fit”. How do we keep going when faith is hard? Join us at https://youtu.be/XRRxioAYgFo  to learn more. God bless and Love, Theo
8th September 2024
Hi there. We’ve finished the Holy Habits, but we have a few more Cross-Fit themes to pick up. It is possible to be tripped-up, disqualified or cut-in-on in our Faith Marathon. Let’s see how Paul ran his Marathon Relay and what we can learn from that. https://youtu.be/QhdcE2WVmZw You’re warmly invited to join […]
1st September 2024
Hi There! You’re warmly invited to join us in a very special service of worship. Not only is it a Communion Service and the final Holy Habit of Witnessing but we’re also having a Mission Focus on the work Craig is doing with “Shoes for Souls.” Join us at https://youtu.be/HAQfYsgQwtk for this […]
24th August 2024
Hi there! You’re warmly invited to our service of worship where we explore the fourth Holy Habit: Being Spirit-Led. We’ll be looking at the lessons we can learn from Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10. Hope you will join us at: https://youtu.be/Sg8v4yMi-VI GodBless and Love, Theo
17th August 2024
Hi there! We warmly invite you to join us for our Online Service as we explore Holy Habit 3 in our Cross Fit series. This is the Holy Habit of Community or Fellowship. Join us as we see how God uses Fellowship in our lives. We pray the service and the message […]
10th August 2024
Hi. You’re warmly invited to our Worship Service. We’ll be looking at the Holy Habit of Prayer. This habit is deepest and most profound part of being a disciple. I pray it will be a great blessing to you. https://youtu.be/vFWCtvRB7aw GodBless and Love, Theo
4th August 2024
Hi there 🤗 You’re warmly invited to join our online communion service. We’re continuing our “CrossFit” series and for August we’ll be looking at “Holy Habits”. The first Holy Habit is Regular Scripture reading and today’s message will offer compelling reasons to read the Bible regularly and also some practical tips to […]
27th July 2024
Hi there! You are warmly invited to our service of worship – It is a “re-run” from a few years ago, but fits in with our CrossFit Series. https://youtu.be/JyD1jkJzH5I Blessings and Love, Theo
21st July 2024
Hi There! The Joy of our Salvation is the Fuel of our Faith. You are warmly invited to join us for our service today. https://youtu.be/G-cJik7lsFs GodBless and Love, Theo
14th July 2024
Hi there! You’re warmly invited to our service of worship. In the sermon we’ll be continuing the theme of being “Cross-Fit”. This week we look into the “high call” that Jesus makes to us and explore why this is so. Join us at https://youtu.be/PVjvHzvOObM GodBless and Love, Theo
7th July 2024
Dear Theo. Hi! You are warmly invited to join us in our service of worship as we begin our Winter School Series: “Are you Cross-Fit?” Today, in the children’s address and sermon, I explore our motivation for “Running the Race of Faith”. It is also our communion service. Please join us in sharing […]
30th June 2024
Hi there! You are warmly invited to join us as we conclude our series on Tracking Jesus. We’re going to dig into the story of the Rich Young Ruler with stunning images by Michael Belk. Join us at https://youtu.be/wq3_PSrnr7A GodBless and Love, Theo
23rd June 2024
Hi There! You are warmly invited to our worship service! We have the lovely story of Bumper the kitten in the children’s address and the amazing stories of Matthew and Zacchaeus in the Sermon as well as hymns of praise to our God and prayers we can bring to God. You can […]
16th June 2024
Hi There. 🤗 Hi there! You’re warmly invited to attend our online worship service where we consider the story of Paul and Onesimus (and Philemon) in our series on “Tracking Jesus”. You can find the service here: https://youtu.be/kN2PRVlhL8U GodBless and Love, Theo
8th June 2024
Hi there! Hope you’re well! Here is part 2 of our Series: “Tracking Jesus”. In this message, “Nets and Fishing”, we look at Jesus’ call to the fisherman disciples. You are warmly invited to join us for a special service: https://youtu.be/9X0idbWVrBo GodBless and Love, Theo
2nd June 2024
Hi there! You are warmly invited to our Communion Service as we begin a new series called “Tracking Jesus.” We’re thinking about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. https://youtu.be/yUHFHeCfhns Get your bread and wine/grape juice and join us for worship! GodBless and Love, Theo
26th May 2024
Hi there. You are warmly invited to watch our Trinity Sunday Service and the completion of our “Come Holy Spirit Series”. Today we explore how the Spirit helps us to glorify God. Please join us https://youtu.be/buAp8i1Ew20 GodBless and Love, Theo
18th May 2024
Hi 🤗 Join us for our Pentecost Sunday Service where we consider part three of our “Come Holy Spirit” series and recognise that He sends us out. Click the link to watch our service:  https://youtu.be/6acKdVTBj_g GodBless and Love, Theo
12th May 2024
Hi 🤗 You’re warmly invited to join us for our Mother’s Day and Ascension Sunday Service where we consider part two of our “Come Holy Spirit” series and explore what it means when we affirm that the Holy Spirit comes from Jesus the Son as well as from God the Father. Click […]
9th May 2024
Hi there! Ascension day is really important! While it speaks of the triumph of Christ, it also talks to the reality of our pain. Join us for a special service! https://youtu.be/p7yc3rQc18A GodBless and Love, Theo
You can find more sermons HERE.
14th February 2024
Hi there. You are very warmly invited to our Ash Wednesday Service. It is an edited and annotated version of the live service we had this morning and we think you will find it very special. Click here: https://youtu.be/DrI04a70DEg GodBless and Much Love, Theo
13th February 2024
Hi there! Here is a short 11 minute Shrove Tuesday Sermon including a lovely song about Christ’s Preparation for the Cross. Please join us for this special devotion. https://youtu.be/aN7GEfe2U1A God bless and Love, Theo
12th February 2024
Hi everyone Easter is Early this year. That means Lent is too… Lent is a significant way to prepare our hearts for Easter and to allow God’s great love story touch our hearts again. It’s very appropriate that Ash Wednesday coincides with Valentine’s Day: In view of God’s great love for us, […]
31st December 2023
Hi there! Here is our year end/beginning reflection. I hope it is helpful! https://youtu.be/DJpHD6D-0N4?si=-etGXNsRcKZpFMx5 Brenda, Caleb and I wish you a very happy new year on behalf of your Emmanuel Church Family. GodBless and Love, Theo PS: The two songs in the video are: Casting Crowns: God of all my Days    • Casting Crowns – God of All My Days (…  […]
1st December 2023
It’s Dezzember! Dear Theo Our Christmas programme is in the picture attached. We’re going to be unveiling and reclaiming the richness of the message of Christmas. Please make every effort to plug in as I believe you’ll find it meaningful. If you are away, you don’t have to miss out – you […]
16th August 2023
Hi there. I haven’t done a mid-week check-in for ages! But this week I was prompted to. I hope you will find this relevant and helpful and if it is, please share it. Blessings and Love, Theo
30th July 2023
Hi There! You are warmly invited to join us for our Vision Sunday and an overview of the Growth Theme in Peter’s Second Letter. Join us as we “Go for Growth!” https://youtu.be/roc1qhrmjrE GodBless and Love, Theo
20th July 2023
Dear Church Family SAVE THE DATE! VISION AND ACM SUNDAY. On Sunday 30th we will be having a special service where we will present our vision, receive financials, elect board members and nominate auditors. We’ll finish with Vitamin O and Soup and Rolls. If you are willing to make a pot of […]
18th May 2023
Welcome to our special Our Ascension Day Service, Thursday 18 May 2023. Welcome to Emmanuel and Grace Presbyterian Church’s You Tube Channel. You can find out more about us at www.emmanuel.org.za https://youtu.be/cXg3tZYeOcc.
9th April 2023
Hi there! We’ve been on a journey. Jesus PRAYED in Gethsemane, He PAID on the Cross and now we will see how He PREVAILED. He is the long-awaited Messiah, the Word made Flesh, and by Resurrection power shown to be the Victorious Son of God. Join us in a special service of […]
7th April 2023
Hi there! Here is our Good Friday Service. Jesus was bruised and battered for us. He’s the Hero who Prayed, Paid and Prevailed. Join us for this special service… https://youtu.be/ebVlx-SHd9I. God bless and Love, Theo
You can find more events HERE.
Our Vision
We have a dream for our Congregation!
The name Emmanuel means God is with us. This is not just a philosophical concept. The One who carried this name actually walked amongst human beings bringing hope and love and healing with hands, feet and a body of flesh and blood. He truly was (and still is!) God with us.
There is a story of a woman who was very ill, but too afraid to approach Jesus directly. She reached out to touch the hem of His robe as He passed by, because she was convinced that this was enough to bring her into contact with His loving healing goodness. She was right. And she found more healing and love than she could have hoped for.
When Jesus ascended into heaven, He promised that He would live in those who followed Him. But how can people get to see Him and come to know Him? It is up to us who know Him to be examples of His love and to help people get to know Him.
We have a dream of a community - a welcoming family that will help people to come into contact with our God who loves us, is with us, and in us. We dream to be the hem of Jesus’ robe to the world.
Our Doctrinal Position
(This is our own summary of Scriptural Doctrine with regard to the Church)
We believe in the Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- that Jesus was (and is) fully human and fully God
- that a personal life-changing relationship with God through Christ is the only way to salvation
- that the Holy Spirit equips us for the work God has prepared for us to do.
We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are:
- inspired by God
- reliable in revealing God’s plan and purpose to us
- the key to growth in our relationship with God
We believe that the Church is called to:
- proclaim Christ as Lord and Saviour
- to reach out to the world in a balanced (physical, spiritual, mental, and social) way in God’s love
- to teach the Word of God in a practical and meaningful way
We believe that worship
- must be sincere and truthful
- can take any form, whether “Contemporary” or “Traditional” or other
- must reveal the love and majesty of God
- must be orderly
We believe that:
- bearing the fruit of the Holy Spirit is more important than the gifts of the Spirit and that the gifts must be exercised in an orderly manner.
- the Holy Spirit moves in love and unity
- guidance from the Holy Spirit is confirmed by Scripture, Christian counsel, and practical common sense.
We believe that:
- the Church needs to continue Christ’s ministry of reconciliation in all walks of life
- this imperfect world will come to an end when Jesus comes
- God calls all the members of His Church to participate in His work.
- The divisions of culture, gender, and class have been overcome by Christ
- the Church should be ready for Christ’s return
