Hello Emmaus,

You are all invited over to the Zerebny’s (26419 Old Agency Rd) on September 4th for a BBQ following the church service. Gabe Gomes is going to cook up some tri-tip if you all wouldn’t mind bringing a side dish, salad, or desert. Please login to The City for more details on the event. (If you dont know what The City is, you will find out more on Sunday).

Blessings,

Joe

In case you were wondering or had seen the “After June, location TBD” anywhere on the site, we will still be meeting in BFC’s Youth House for tomorrow evening’s worship service (at 5pm) and will continue to be held there until further notice! Sorry for any confusion. Also, Road to Emmaus will be at 3pm tomorrow at the church office. Hope to see you tomorrow!

There is a page on our site entitled Emmaus Essentials and as of today the page still says COMING SOON! That is because we have been in the process of developing this concept and deciding where it will fit in the life of the church. As you know, we desire to do a few things well here at Emmaus; we want to pursue depth and to avoid lifestyles that are busy and cluttered with things that distract from our relationship with God and others. That is not to say that we will not offer a lot of things here at Emmaus, but rather that what we do offer will be focused intensely on our mission to help people grow in their love for God, their love for one another, and their service within the church, community, and nations. We would like for everyone to attend Sunday worship with regularity, to be involved in a Gospel Community Group, and to use their spiritual gifts for the edification of the church and for the proclamation of the gospel. Really, it is about that simple.

That said, we also see a need to provide instruction that will help Christians to grow in their understanding of Christian faith. We have decided to offer a series of courses on a variety of core topics that we believe will help our people to love God and others more deeply.

The courses will typically run for 4-6 allowing you to “dive in” for a short time and still stay committed to your Gospel Community Group. For starters we will offer a course on the Doctrine of Salvation on Sundays from 10am – 12pm at the Church Office. The course will begin August 7 and run for 8 weeks until September 26, 2011. This will probably be the longest course that we offer, but 8 weeks is needed given the subject matter. We will be using Wayne Grudem’s “Making Sense of Salvation” as our text. You can either order the text yourself or request that we order it for you. Please check back on the Emmaus Essential page for more details coming soon.

The Elders of Emmaus would like to invite you to join them for a time of prayer starting on July 11th from 6:00-7:00pm before the Elder meeting. This will be an open prayer meeting reoccurring on the 2nd Monday of every month. Please join us If you need prayer or want to serve the church as an intercessor.

If you would like to learn more about Emmaus Christian Fellowship, please join us for a time of fellowship on Sunday, July 3rd at 3:00pm at the church office. We would like to get to know you and give you a chance to ask questions of us.

We will be meeting at 4:00pm on Wednesday the 22nd at the office for a time of prayer. Please join us we move forward as a Church in full dependence upon God!

Please join us on Wednesday, June 8th at 4:00pm for a time of prayer here at the new office. We are located at 717 E. Florida Ave. Suite D (across from Weston Park). Lord willing and I will see you soon!