Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

The music of this Sunday night will be provided by four gifted organists at the Emanuel Lutheran Church. The church’s annual “A Celebration of Church Organ Music,” a free concert of contemporary, hymnal and classical pipe organ music, is set for 7 p.m. at the church’s 152 Seaward Ave. location. The four organists on the agenda have all participated in previous organ recitals and have a special connection with the church’s musical history. They are Gary Britton, Jeanne Gross, Regina C. Gabriel and Rick Snyder. Britton was one of Emanuel’s first organists in the 1950s when the church building was located at the corner of Walker Avenue and Mechanic Street. He has earned music degrees from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Union Theological Seminary. He has also studied at Westminster and Eastern School of Music. Currently, he is organist and director of music at St. Mary of the Angels in Olean, N.Y. Gross started playing at Emanuel at age 11 at the early church and had been Emanu...

A mobile food pantry, sponsored by the Emanuel Lutheran Church and Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania of Erie, will be held on Friday, Oct. 10, at the Emanuel Lutheran Church on Seaward Avenue in Bradford. Food pick-up times will be assigned during pre-registration. Participants must be McKean County residents and fall within the financial guidelines to be eligible. Total household income (combined incomes of all household members) must not exceed the guidelines. Only one pre-registration per dwelling, house or apartment will be accepted. Pre-registration is required and can only be made by calling the Emanuel Lutheran Church at 814-362-4347 between the hours of 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. only on Tuesday, Sept. 30, and Wednesday, Oct. 1. No walk-in pre-registrations will be accepted. You must talk to a real person on the phone to pre-register, as messages left on the church answering machine are not valid for pre-registration and will not be returned. Also, the church s...

A mobile food pantry, sponsored by the Emanuel Lutheran Church and Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania of Erie, will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Bradford. Food pick-up times will be assigned during pre-registration. Participants must be McKean County residents and fall within the financial guidelines to be eligible. Total household income (combined incomes of all household members) must not exceed the guidelines. Only one pre-registration per dwelling, house or apartment will be accepted. Pre-registration is required and can only be made by calling the Emanuel Lutheran Church at 814-362-4347 between the hours of 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. only on Monday, Feb. 17, and Tuesday, Feb. 18. No walk-in pre-registrations will be accepted. You must talk to a real person on the phone to pre-register, as messages left on the church answering machine are not valid for pre-registration and will not be returned. Also, the church secretary cannot pre-re...