Emmaus Rd Guide Summer 2016

Welcome to Emmaus Community Events Summer Sundays

W W W. E M M A U S R D . C O M

INSIDE

EM M A U S R D We get our name from one of the most beautiful stories in the bible: ‘Two of them were going to a village called Emmaus…

Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognising him.’

Luke 24:13-16

Jesus disguises himself in normality, joining us on our journey through life, entering conversations, sharing our meals and gently revealing his love.

Who is the third who walks always beside you?

When I count, there are only you and I together But when I look ahead up the white road There is always another one walking beside you.

TS Eliot, The Wasteland

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Those two commuters only realised that Jesus was with them when he broke bread in their home. It’s often as we show hospitality, share time together and as we take communion together at Emmaus, that we recognise Jesus Christ, alive and active in our midst.

‘He took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognised him.’

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WELCOME The summer in Guildford is always a happy time. Thank you for joining us today.

We hold three meetings on two sites each Sunday and then get together in smaller groups (Collectives) during the week to ‘play, pray and obey’.

This term we’ll be exploring ‘Friendship’ and ‘Grace’ and celebrating our SummerFest Sunday which is always brilliant fun. If you would like to get baptised on that day, let us know. We’re going to the New Forest for ‘Focus’, our annual church week away with thousands of others - it’s a little taste of heaven, and the youth will be taking ‘Soul Survivor’ by storm!

We run Alpha every term for those who want to find out more about Jesus and what it means to follow him. We also pray together regularly as a church which includes KingdomCome events and 24-7 Prayer seasons.

It’s great to have you with us on the Emmaus Rd. Please do come and say hello, we’d love to meet you properly and help you get connected.

CONNECT WITH EMMAUS RD ONLINE emmausrd.com info@emmausrd.com /emmausrd

@EmmRd

@petegreig

If you would like a free copy of one of Pete’s books, ‘Red Moon Rising’ or ‘God on Mute’, just ask one of the team at any of our Sunday meetings.

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SP E A K E R B IO S

01. ANDREW ARNDT is the leader of a pioneering church community called Bloom in Denver, Colorado.

02. SCOT BOWER is Director of 01

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Communications and Fundraising at CSW, a passionate marathon runner and one of the leaders of Emmaus Rd alongside his wife Misty.

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emmausrd.com/ teaching-series

at Emmaus Rd, heads up the 24-7 Prayer movement and serves as a Vice-President of the NGO Tearfund.

04. CARLA HARDING champions

prayer in the International 24-7 movement. Carla lives in Chichester with her husband Steve and their son, Jackson.

05. ADAM HEATHER serves on the

leadership of Emmaus Rd, heads up our evening meeting with his wife Hannah and works as the Operations Director for the 24-7 movement.

06. HANNAH HEATHER is a

theology graduate from Northern Ireland who runs The Vision Course for 24-7 and, with her husband Adam, heads up our Sunday evening meeting.

07. JULIA IMMONEN Founder &

CEO of Sport for Freedom, World Record Holder and Author. By day she works for Sky Sports.

08. RICHARD LANGMEAD is a

Director of Richmond Holidays and grew up in South America on board a ship. He will be speaking to us about his recent work with refugees in Greece.

09. CHARLIE MACKESY is a worldrenowned painter and sculptor who has exhibited work alongside Nelson Mandela and Rembrandt.

Charlie also runs art classes for those with Alzheimer's.

10. SAM MILLAR is a Commercial

Litigation Lawyer, a skilled golfer and a lover of Bluegrass music. He and his family live in Bramley.

11. IAN NICHOLSON is chaplain to

Woking FC, Chairman of The Matrix Trust, European Co-ordinator for 24-7 Prayer and one of the founding leaders of Emmaus Rd.

12. IZWE NKOSI grew up in South

Africa and lives with his wife and daughter in Guildford where they lead one of our Collectives. Izwe has a particular passion for prayer and worship.

13. NESS WILSON leads Open

Heaven church and has a passion to encourage women to discover their leadership gifts. She is in demand as a bible teacher. Ness and her husband Rich, who heads up student organisation ‘Fusion’, have two daughters.

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Friendship: with God Carla Harding

9.30AM 11.30AM 7.30PM

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Julia Immonem

Pete Greig

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Panel Adam Heather

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SUMMER SUNDAYS

9.30AM 11.30AM 7.30PM

Amazing Grace: The Prodigal God Charlie Mackesy

9.30AM 11.30AM 7.30PM

Sunday 31st July

9.30am at The Electric Theatre 11.30am at The Electric Theatre

All Sundays in August 11.30am at The Founders Studio

Father’s Day 9.30

Pete Greig

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The Call to Prayer

COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER

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Amazing Grace: The Scent of Scandal 9.30AM 11.30AM 7.30PM Pete Greig

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Amazing Grace: Notes for a Deaf World 9.30AM 11.30AM 7.30PM Scot Bower

9.30AM 11.30AM

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7.30

9.30AM 11.30AM 7.30PM

God at Work

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Ness Wilson

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Friendship: with Others Sam Millar

Amazing Grace: Breaking the Cycle of Ungrace

9.30AM 11.30AM 7.30PM

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Friendship: Broken Adam Heather

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9.30AM 11.30AM

Andrew Arndt

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9.30AM 11.30AM 7.30PM

Friendship: with Ourselves

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My Story: Alpha Sunday

JULY 2016

MAY 2016 APRIL 2016

SU NDAY T E ACHING

7.30PM

Amazing Grace: How Sweet the Sound Hannah Heather 9.30AM 11.30AM 7.30PM

Izwe Nkosi

Frontline: Refugee Crisis Richard Langmead

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Frontline: Mission Europe

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Ian Nicholson Jazz Crowne

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11.30

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7.30PM

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Normal meeting times will resume at The Electric Theatre & St Mary's Church

Vision Sunday 9.30AM 11.30AM 7.30PM

Pete Greig

Youth Sunday Dave S / Matt D

9.30AM 11.30AM 7.30PM

EMMAUS RD MEETING INFORMATION: 9.30AM - 11.00AM

11.30AM - 1.00PM

The Electric Theatre

The Electric Theatre

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St Mary's Church

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IN THE BEGINNING...

WILD FIRE

Our story begins with the official launch of the 24-7 Prayer movement in a dodgy Guildford nightclub called Bojanglez 16yrs ago. The club has now been demolished, but 24-7 Prayer is still going strong, having reached more than half the nations on earth.

As 24-7 Prayer rooms multiplied around the world, everyone from Rolling Stone magazine to the Archbishop of Canterbury suddenly got interested. Channel 4 made a TV documentary about our mission in Ibiza and our first "boiler room" community in Reading received a government award.

ROOM AT THE INN

HOUSE OF PRAYER

JOIN US

Finding ourselves accidentally at the heart of a global movement, we began to meet in the Stoke Pub. Achmed, the landlord, turned out to be from...Bethehem which seemed highly appropriate.

When we outgrew the pub we moved into the Electric Theatre, an old power station.

It seemed appropriate because 24-7 Prayer communities like ours are multiplying globally, known as Boiler Rooms, and our vision is to bring God's power and light to the city.

Discover more about our story in the book Red Moon Rising, by coming along to our next Welcome Lunch or to our annual 24-7 conference in October.

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T HE T E AM PETE & SAMMY GREIG

BILL & NICI CAHUSAC

DAVE & LIZ SLINN

SCOT & MISTY BOWER

Team Leaders Core Leadership Team

Associate Pastor Director of Operations Core Leadership Team

Pastoral Coordinator Core Leadership Team

Global Mission Core Leadership Team

ADAM & HANNAH HEATHER

MATT DAVIS

BEN & JESS FORD

PETER BURTON

Youth & Children’s Pastor

Students

Worship

CHRIS LEACH

JULIA THOMAS

MIKE STANBROOK

Chair of Trustees

Pastoral Exec

MICK & LYNETTE BROOKS

Evening Meeting Pastors

Pastoral Exec

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HOLLY DOBSON

JENNY TRELEAVEN

CLARE JONES

Prayer Room Coordinator

Learning and Physical Disability Support

Events Coordinator

Chaplain to the Churchless / CAP

C OLL E CT IV E LEADERS

JONNY & KATIE WILSON

IZWE & ANNE NKOSI

JON & JANE CLARK

WHAT ARE COLLECTIVES?

CHRIS & BECKY BERRY

DAN JONES & JAMES COUPER

As well as gathering on Sundays, we meet in smaller groups at other times in order to build friendships, grow in our faith and reach out to friends who don’t yet know Jesus.

FIND THE RIGHT COLLECTIVE

JON RADMALL & PAZ REDONDO

JENNY & ROBIN GREEN

MARK & KYLIE SCOTT

ANDY & SUSIE SHAW

Chat to any of the team on a Sunday or email liz.slinn@ emmausrd.com

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KIDS & CHILDR EN SUNDAYS

As well as worshipping together with the whole church community, we run activities at our two morning meetings for kids and young people. Sign your kids in as soon as you arrive.

YOUTH COLLECTIVES

Weekdays (term time) Various locations (Yr 7+) We meet in small groups in various locations around Guildford to eat food, hang out with friends and chat about Jesus. Chat to Matt about getting involved in a collective.

YOUTH CLUB

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Safety of children is paramount. All Emmaus youth workers are fully DBS checked and subscribe to a thorough Safeguarding Policy.

Fridays (term time), 7-9pm Founders Studio (Yr 7-9) Our popular youth club includes a tuck shop, Xbox, table football, table tennis, hockey, dodgeball, trips and

loads of time to hang out with friends after a long week at school.

BOOTCAMP

Monthly on Saturdays, 9-11am Allen House (Yr 4-6) Join us on a little adventure where we think about what it means to follow Jesus. We’ve given out free lemonade, trekked across the surrey hills, played capture the flag and more! Head to the website for dates and details.

ENCOUNTER

Half termly on Fridays, 7-9pm Founders Studio (Yr 7+) We get all of the youth together to eat loads of pizza, play some massive games and worship God! Check out the website or calendar page for upcoming dates.

There’s more! We also go on trips out,

to Soul Survivor, have parties and do other fun stuff. We work in lots of the local schools so come say hi! Use the find out more links to stay connected.

Matt

Danny

Tracy

FIND OUT MORE To find out more contact Matt Davis (matt.davis@emmausrd.com or 07846 666459) /emmausrdyouth @emmrdyouth @emmrdyouth emmausrd.com/youth

ST UD E NT S

THIS TERM...

JUNE

We love students at Emmaus Rd! Our aim is to make sure that you have fun, grow in your passion for Jesus and are never hungry or lonely while studying in Guildford.

We have loads going on over the next term so come along and get stuck in with our midweek gatherings, regular small groups, as well as all the other impromptu adventures we get up to as a group. There’s loads of opportunities to help out and be involved right across the church and our 11.30am & evening meetings on a Sunday are great places for you to spend time with God and hang with the rest of the church.

We are really excited to have you right at the heart of Emmaus!

Escape & Pray

JULY

Focus

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE: 15000 STUDENTS

at Surrey University

4000 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS here in Guildford 1000 MUSO’S

studying at ACM, Europe’s leading pop music academy

IN 1935

Guildford School of Acting was established

1/5 OF PEOPLE in Guildford are students

FIND OUT MORE Check out our students page on the website for more info on all we do including lunches after church.

Or contact the team at students@emmausrd.com

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Emmaus Rd Students

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OU V IS H EL L O !

We have a big vision to transform this region through prayerful, relational, missional community...

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P RAY E RF UL Because our focus is Jesus, we try to be a prayerful people - a House of Prayer for our city, our nation and our generation...

UR IO N R E L AT I O N A L We throw parties, run loads of fun youth activities, offer hospitality, feed students, care for those enduring life's tough times and actively support families.

MISSIONAL We run Alpha and Family Outreach, offer debt counselling, visit prisons and our local hostel for the homeless, serve local schools and send mission teams all over Europe.

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FA M I LY O U T RE ACH The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, (Isaiah 61: 1) Family Outreach is a resource that aims to support families in Guildford through friendship, practical support and fun activities. Many of the families are struggling financially, and we recognise that people thrive when surrounded by people caring, listening and advocating for them. We are there to stand in the gap, and support families to feel empowered. We provide hampers loaded with food, activities and vouchers to keep children entertained during school holidays. We offer help with painting, gardening, furniture provision and removing rubbish.

We link with other organisations including Christians Against Poverty (CAP), Prison Chaplaincy and the Matrix Trust.

Mike Stanbrook is part of the Chaplaincy team at HMP Send, supporting prisoners and staff of all faiths (and none).

Sophie Oliver and Emma Cumper lead a team that visit Vaughan House (a hostel for the homeless) every Tuesday evening, hanging out with the residents and building friendships.

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HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED? 01 Pray: For all we do and the people we support.

02 Get involved: Ready for Action 30 April - 2 May 03 Volunteer: Odd jobs, deliver hampers, befriend th

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people, visit prisoners or the homeless

Family Outreach is run by Liz Slinn. Catch Liz on a Sunday or contact her via liz.slinn@emmausrd.com

READY 4 ACTION: 30TH APRIL - 2ND MAY A community action project run by the Matrix Trust, started in 2000 to encourage young people to help out in their communities by doing practical jobs like gardening, decorating, removing rubbish, demolishing sheds (only unwanted ones though!) and ultimately demonstrating God's love in real, practical ways. To get involved email rebeccaberry@matrixtrustcom

P RAYE R Prayer is at the heart of everything we do at Emmaus Rd and we are proud to be a part of the 24-7 Prayer Boiler Room Network.

As a church we believe that we are called, amongst other things, to be a house of prayer for all nations. We run regular seasons of night and day (247) prayer in our dedicated prayer room and hold KingdomCome evenings of prayer, worship and prophetic encounter. Here we gather together as a church to worship God, seek his face and pray for the needs of our town, region, nation and the nations.

The Furnace are central to prayer at Emmaus. They are a community of intercessors who are committed to keeping the flame of intercession burning, and are passionate about the impact of prayer. They help to fuel the vision of prayer in the prayer room.

SUMMER WEEKS OF PRAYER:

KINGDOM COME NIGHTS Founders Studio 7.30pm - 9.00pm

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JULY

with special guest Christine Westhoff

2ND - 8TH MAY 4TH - 10TH JULY Sign up online at emmausrd.com. If you have any questions contact Holly at 247prayer@emmausrd.com

“ T H EY LI FT ED T H EI R V O I CES IN A W O N D ER FU L H AR MO N Y I N PRAY ER�

Acts 4:24

S UNDAYS AT EM M A U S

FriendSHIP

GOD . OURSELVES . OTHERS . BROKEN

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STARTS SUNDAY 17TH APRIL

STARTS SUNDAY 29TH MAY

SUNDAYS 17TH & 24TH JULY

See all of our teaching series on page 05

SUNDAY 24TH APRIL

SUNDAY 22ND MAY

STARTS SUNDAY 31ST JULY

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S U M ME R E V E NT S

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Join us as we gather as a community for food, baptisms and fun! emmausrd.com/summerfest

A week away to gather as God’s family, worship him, share stories, food & laughter. emmausrd.com/focus2016

Years 7-13. Come and join us for 5 days of camping, hanging out and encountering God together.

Talk to Matt Davis about details

C OU R S ES CHRISTIANS AGAINST POVERTY (THE CAP MONEY COURSE) A national charity, working across the UK to lift people out of debt and poverty. This is a revolutionary money management course that teaches people budgeting skills and a simple, cash based system that really works, helping anyone to get more control of their finances in order to budget, save and prevent debt.

Visit www.capuk.org and if you are interested in getting invovled. For help with budgeting please contact info@emmausrd.com and we will put you in touch with Mike who supports this work.

MARRIAGE PREPARATION

This is a 6 session course offering a great opportunity to make the best start to married life. The emphasis is very much on promoting discussion between the couple in total privacy.

We generally run this in people’s homes on a needs basis.

THE MARRIAGE COURSE

A 7 session course for any couple who wants to strengthen and invest in their marriage. Informative, fun talks and the opportunity to work through exercises together with enough space for privacy.

For details and dates for these courses contact info@emmausrd.com

Got questions about life Find out why 20 million people have done this fun, friendly course exploring Christianity.

For more information about either courses alpha@emmausrd.com

Starts:

Tuesday 10th May at 7.45 for 8pm

Where: A llen House, Allen House Grounds, Eastgate Gardens, Guildford GU14AZ.

#TryAlpha Alpha.org

Done Alpha?

After Alpha is a course that bridges the gap between

Alpha and Collectives. For more info contact alpha@emmausrd.com

GLOBA L O U T R EA C H Emmaus Rd is part of the Boiler Room Network, a global family of communities linked to the 24-7 Prayer movement all committed to prayer, mission and justice.

As a training hub for 24-7 Prayer, we host The Vision Course and send short and long-term mission teams all over the world.

We also support global mission partners such as Phil and Anna Evans in Macedonia and David & Joy James, who work with the Muslim community in Tower Hamlets, London. This Summer we will also be sending a mission team to work with 24-7’s groundbreaking ministry in Ibiza. So, get on board and we will help you find your place in God’s big plan for the world, both here, in Guildford and beyond!

Ian Nicholson 24-7 Mission ian.nicholson@24-7prayer.com 24-7prayer.com/mission

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GET TO KNOW US BETTER AT THESE EVENTS:

ACCESSIBILITY

Email info@emmausrd.com for more information

At Emmaus Rd we believe that everybody, whatever their level of ability, brings something to our community and can encounter God. For information regarding our accessibility and support for those with additional needs please contact Jenny on jenny.treleaven@emmausrd.com

DATES F OR YOUR DIARY

APRIL MAY

JUNE

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Pub Lunch (All Welcome) Wetherspoons at 1.15pm

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Ready for Action See emmausrd.com/matrix for full details

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JULY

The Alpha Course starts Allen House at 7.45pm

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KingdomCome (with Christine Westhoff) Founders Studio at 7.30pm

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Pub Lunch (All Welcome) Wetherspoons at 1.15pm

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SummerFest (with Baptisms) 1.00pm - 5.00pm

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SEPTEMBER

24-7 Prayer Week Prayer Room at The Founders Studio

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THE E MMAUS CAMPUS

24-7 Prayer Week Prayer Room at The Founders Studio KingdomCome Founders Studio at 7.30pm Focus Somerley Estate, The New Forest

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Vision Sunday Sunday meeting details see page 05

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Youth Sunday Sunday meeting details see page 05

The Emmaus community is based at 4 sites within 5 mins walk in the centre of Guildford.

Sundays at 9.30 & 11.30am:

01 THE ELECTRIC THEATRE Onslow Street, GU1 4SZ

Sundays at 7.30pm:

02 ST MARY'S CHURCH

Quarry Street, GU1 3UA

All our midweek meetings, prayer rooms, youth work and offices:

03 THE FOUNDERS STUDIO Millbrook, GU1 3UT

04 ALLEN HOUSE

Allen House Grounds, GU1 4AZ

If you need a lift to any Emmaus event or need help in locating us, please call or email us and we will be happy to help. Find out more information on our website.

01483 385216

INFO@EMMAUSRD.COM

EMMAUSRD.COM

GET CONNECT E D CARD

We would love to keep in touch and let you know about events and groups that are best suited to you and your family.

Please could you let us know a few simple contact details and hand into the info table on a sunday meeting. Thanks!

01 YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS

02 FAMILY LIFE Gender: M / F

Name:

I’m married, my spouses details are: Gender: M / F

Name:

Address:

Phone: Postcode:

Email:

Phone:

Email:

I have children, their names are:

Yes, I am a student I am studying at:

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Collectives Worship Team Welcome Team

Let us know what you’d like to get involved with and we’ll get in touch:

Youth & Kids Family Outreach Alpha

Students Media 20’s & 30’s

Prayer Photography Marriage Prep Course

Events & Hospitality AV & Sound team Marriage Course

F I R S T TIM E AT E M M A U S ?

WE LOVE THAT YOU’RE HERE!

GE T CONNECT E D

To get connected: Fill in the Get Connected card (turn over) and pop it in the get connected box when that goes past. Or you can hand it in at the information point afterwards.

If you haven't been given a Welcome Pack then please ask one of the welcome team.

Join in our community events. See page 21

Emmaus Rd Community Church Registered charity number: 1152606

Join a Collective - one of the best ways to feel part of the church! See page 09