UPCOMING EVENTS
Ash Wednesday
February 18, 2026
The 40-day journey through Lent begins with the imposition of ashes and Holy Eucharist. Why ashes?
Because they’re honest, but also a sign of hope. Sometimes it feels like everything is falling apart. We wonder if our individual or collective lives are too much of a mess to ever be made right. The sparkle of hope is dulled by soot, by layers of sorrow and anger and pain. Then Ash Wednesday comes along, while we’re still in the long-lasting season of winter, to remind us that life finds a way.
As we’re marked with ashes, we hear these words, “You are dust and to dust you shall return.” In our vulnerable humanity, we acknowledge that we need help from beyond ourselves. We are mortal, finite, limited in so many ways—and that’s precisely where God meets us. Our God of ageless wisdom and love breathes into our lives with healing and hope, showing us how to live in compassion and mercy.
Could you use some of that hope right now?
You’re not alone.
Join Emmanuel Episcopal Church for a 12pm service or Cross of Christ Lutheran Church for their 7pm service and find yourself in the prayerful support of community.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church is located at 1020 E Mitchell St in Petoskey and Cross of Christ Lutheran at 1450 E Mitchell, also in Petoskey.
Support for the Little Free Pantry
donations ongoing
The local Little Free Pantry is frequently used by community members and still accepts donations. Please bring items that can tolerate freezing temperatures to church and leave in the designated box in the entryway!
Diapers, baking items (flour, sugar, spices), microwaveable rice and pasta, cereal/granola/oatmeal, granola bars/cracker packs, and just-add-water pancake and biscuit mixes are in particularly high demand.
Thank you for your generosity!
Reminder: Snow Policy
As a reminder, when Petoskey schools are closed due to the weather, parish activities and meetings at Emmanuel are cancelled. Check this events section on our homepage for updates, and as needed, emails may also be sent.
If you are meeting with a community organization that uses space at Emmanuel, please contact your organization leaders for their snow policy.
In the event that Sunday worship might need to be cancelled, updates will also be posted to this section of our website.