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A Emmaus United Methodist Church
House of Prayer for All People...
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Welcome to Emmaus *** Karibu hapa Emmaus***
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By daring to step inside, you will find a support base for thoughtful
Christian living:
A congregation of all ages from several continents speaking many languages;
Opportunities to reach out into the city's neighborhoods through lay ministry and volunteer work;
College level leadership training and Bible Study with multiply published author and teacher,
Dr. Denise Stringer;
heart-warming fellowship, faithful friendships and companion s on the journey of faith.
deeply spiritual, digital worship;
a strong prayer ministry;
a spiritual home.
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Mission Statement
Building a Community of Faith through Love and Service
Our Goal
Emmaus United Methodist Church seeks to form faithful disciples of Christ through multimedia, multicultural and multilingual worship, mission, Christian Education, and age level ministries.
Emmaus Values
Community: Participation, belonging, friendship, acceptance, cooperation, respect for individual and cultural differences, commitment, and loyalty;
Spiritual Life: Sharing the Christian faith, personal spiritual fulfillment, disciplined and responsible living;
Compassion: Love and caring for all our neighbors, especially the most vulnerable;
Honesty: Seeking and speaking the truth to promote understanding and build peace with justice;
Hospitality: Gracious welcoming of newcomers and table fellowship.
Practical Service: Identifying needs, responding rapidly, and organizing the community to better serve the most needy.
Excellence: Offering our very best.
Emmaus Covenant
We trust in God's action in our lives and our community;
We must live open to faith, not trapped by worldliness;
We gather as a "Community of Faith through Love and Service"
Believing in the values of integrity, community, compassion, hospitality, spiritual understanding, courage and excellence;
We believe that our character and faith are strengthened by our participation in small groups that follow the spiritual disciplines of worship and communion, study of the scriptures, prayer, acts of mercy, fasting, and tithing.
We will actively participate in the Spiritual Disciplines and regularly engage in community worship. We will discover and offer our spiritual gifts and talents in service to others.
History of Emmaus United Methodist Church
Emmaus UMC is a community of faith in the making. Newly created in 1994, and baptized by waters drawn from varying historic and ethnic wellsprings, we intentionally embrace all persons regardless of their culture, racial, theological or ecclesiastical heritage. We are committed to being one family in Christ. We face our future with expectation and hope an adventure that is taking us beyond where we have been and who we have been.
Emmaus was created by the unification of two Albany congregations the Calvary- Pine Hills United Methodist Church and the Calvary- St. Luke's United Methodist Church.
We, like the early disciples on the road to Emmaus, are discovering the presence of the living Christ as we gather to break bread together and serve Christ in the Capital City of New York State. We currently own two parsonages and two church buildings. We are optimistic about our future. We are more identified with being the church as a community of believers than we are to our physical buildings. This leaves us wide open to our future with respect to our eventual location, and relatively unencumbered by our possessions and properties truly a gift of grace! We are in the process of determining where we will eventually establish our physical church home. Emmaus is a place and a fellowship where the journey of faith begins and is nurtured. We welcome anyone willing to share our pilgrimage.
Community Partners
U.S.C.R.I. (United States Committee on Refugees and Immigrants)
SUNY Albany School of Social Welfare
Troy Conference Board of Global Ministries
(Emmaus Intervention Project is a Troy Conference Advance Special)
Workforce Development Institute
College of St. Rose
Organizational Structure
http://www.troyconference.org/media/myfiles/34/Organizational Structure.docStructure.doc
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Ready to Serve You with:
Multilingual worship, Sunday 10:15 am;
Weekday English classes for all ages;
Food Pantry/Clothing/Household goods;
English Language Learner Bible Study, Sunday 5pm
Food prep chef training school;
Youth dance and choral troupe;
Social Work;
Pastoral Care and Advocacy;
Interpretation Services.
Transportation
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