As the vibrant hum of activity settles at Emmanuel, our church family is left with hearts overflowing with gratitude for all that God accomplished through this year’s Summer Light Factory. Across five action-packed mornings, our building was filled with laughter, creativity, high-energy games, meaningful questions, storytelling, and energetic worship—complete with the occasional shaving foam pie! Far beyond the crafts and games, the week was marked by what lies at the heart o

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 Emmanuel is an incredibly loving church. When Tudor and I first arrived just over a year ago, we were given a warm welcome and felt at home right away. And then I was diagnosed with lymphoma (for a second time). We were new to Plymouth so this could have been a lonely and painful time, bu