This week the children at Emmaus will be learning about how God wants us to be kind.  The kids will be hearing the story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25-37). They will be discussing the verse: “Love your neighbor as yourself” Luke 10: 27.  And they will be exploring the idea of “Neighbor.” Who is their neighbor? Who does God want them to be kind to?    Please help your child throughout the week to try to remember to be kind to family members and friends and even people who they don’t know. Encourage your child to pray f...

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The Feeding of the 5000 is truly an exciting example of our partnership with Jesus in the restoration of this world. Author and speaker, Jill Briscoe, put it this way, “I’ve got a hunch Jesus wants my lunch.” Whatever we have to give, He wants it. He invites us to give all we have no matter how insignificant we think it may be and use it for the good of others. The disciples quickly identify the need to feed the hungry masses that had gone out to seek the healing power of Jesus. They see the challenge and immediately turn to Jesus for a...

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Sunday I asked our community why, even though we believe in living a life of compassion, we seldom actually engage in helping others in practical ways. And the one reason on which I focused was the misunderstanding that in order to help others, you, yourself, need to be all healed up. While I think that specific misunderstanding is common, it’s not the reason that most-often holds me back. No, what usually keeps me from helping my neighbor is the nearly exhausting list of needs represented in my own home. I got lost in this daydream a few d...

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Last Sunday I asked our community why compassion so often slips off our priority lists. It’s an interesting question, especially to a church community like ours, because there’s already such a deep level of buy-in on helping others. We already believe we should serve this city. We already want to change the world. But, even we – who are already convinced – rarely do anything. Why is that? The reason I focused on Sunday is the misunderstanding that we need to first reach a point of health before helping others. While in extreme cases this...

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Generous members of Emmaus have contributed to our Camp Scholarship Fund in order to enable the children and youth of Emmaus to benefit from Christian summer camp experiences. To apply for a scholarship, please email responses to the following questions to info@emmauscommunity.org: What is the name of the camp? What is the session length and cost? What amount can the parents/family provide? What amount can the student contribute? What is the requested scholarship amount? As always, come join us for church in Linco...

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Each year during the advent season, we create a Compassion Plan to support some groups of people within our community. We challenged everyone to participate in some way. It was exciting to see people getting creative with their families and seeing kids give as well! On Christmas Day, our giving for the compassion plan reached a total of $5,670.00! We reached our goal! Thank you for giving in this season to help single moms, widows, orphans and the critically ill!