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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The weekly 10/13 studies will resume THIS Wednesday, 2/1, at 6:30, at the Alves home (808 Donau Ct.). The format will include studying passages from the Bible and relating the content to our current life experiences. Guys and girls are invited to join in this week as we brainstorm the topics and plans for the 10 week session. We are looking for a co-pilot to help guide the guys through their discussion time. If you are a man who loves God and is interested in contributing to the spiritual formation of a brilliant group of young men, we need y...

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Sabrina Nisan and Kait Henning have a passion to blend their love of worship with their love of discipling youth!  Many youth from our 10/13 group and our Ember (high school) group also love music, so it seemed a perfect idea to launch a youth worship team. Darrell and I also have a passion for music and youth, especially since we have 2 musician sons in this age group.  We are excited to host the weekly meetings and practices to see the goal of discipling these kids to worship God and serve by using their gifts to help others engage...

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I'm reading a great book right now called Sticky Faith that has really been opening my eyes to some of the factors that are connected to kids having a faith that "sticks" from childhood to adulthood. I'm loving this book and I recommend it to anyone who has kids or love kids! I thought I'd share a few highlights here from the first half of the book: The most important social influence in shaping young people’s religious lives is the religious life modeled and taught by parents. When it comes to kid’s faith, parents get what they themselv...

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