Emmaus Church SC

It's pretty easy to recognize our desire to live into God's call on our life. The hard part is discerning what that call is. This week we will get really practical and identify some important questions to ask along the way that can help point us in the direction of our God-given vocation.

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This Sunday we are kicking off a series called Vocation. Vocation isn't necessarily about paying the bills. It may involve a paycheck and it may not. Vocation comes from the Latin word for voice and it refers to more of a calling. It's that impulse we have toward purpose and the desire we have for our lives to matter. Now, if it just wasn't so hard to figure out. For the next several w...

Are you in the mood to hear some good news? Remember that? Good news? If there ever were a couple of weeks to convince us that it's a good idea to take regular breaks from social media-the last couple should do it. Well, one of the things this Sunday will be is an opportunity to hear some good news. We will get to hear from some of the organizations we will be serving with on Do Good Day later...

This Sunday we are wrapping up our time in the parables of Jesus with the one that is known as "The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant." Not only does it have a challenging word to us about forgiveness, but it also serves as a case study for one of the most common ways we misread Jesus' parables.

This Sunday we will get into the parable of the lost sheep. This parable is pretty well-known, but as usual there is more going on with it than we recognize at first. At the heart of it is the good news that being lost doesn't disqualify us from the love of God.

This Sunday we will unpack Jesus' most scandalous parable-the parable of the workers in the vineyard. This story is guaranteed to irritate us, challenge our conception of fair, and lead us to the heart of what makes the way of Jesus so liberating. Be sure to join us!

This weekend's parable will take us on a trip to hell. (Or something like it.) We will spend some time looking at what the Bible does and doesn't say about hell, and then we will unpack this poignant parable from Jesus. This one is sure to keep our attention and challenge us to take a good long look at how we are living.

All of us want to live fruitful lives. We long for God to do new things in us and through us. We want to live rich lives full of meaning and purpose, but that isn't always our experience though is it? Much of the time our lives feel a bit barren. In this Sunday's parable, Jesus digs up some of the things that get in the way and choke out the life that God wants for us.

f we aren't caught up in a fight that matters, we will get sucked into a bunch of fights that really don't matter. This Sunday we will honor our dads for Father's Day and hear an important word on what it means to "fight the good fight of the faith."

Parker Palmer once said, “There are moments, if I have eyes to see, that the life I am living is not the same as the life that wants to live in me.” If that is something you can relate to than be sure to join us this Sunday as we continue our time in the parables of Jesus. This week we will talk about you your bags of gold.

We human beings are innate storytellers. We have been using stories for as long as we can tell to explain the most important truths about God, ourselves, and life itself. Stories help us to "get it." To connect dots and make meaning. In light of this, its not surprising that Jesus' preferred way of teaching was storytelling.

A unique feature of the Bible is its intention. It's literature that intends to point us beyond itself. It isn't interested in just giving us some more information, but it's doggedly committed to facilitating an encounter with the One who can change everything.

The Bible is essential for the life of faith of a Jesus follower, but it can also be, well...a bit of a pain. Not just in the ways it challenges us, but in the ways it can trouble us and often leave us with more questions than answers. Then, how our questions are received by many in the church can make us feel like we either have to ignore our questions or just walk away from our faith all togethe...

This week Nick & Lindsey sit down with 2 special guests, their moms! You can send us questions and comments by visiting emmauschurch.com/questions

This Sunday we will join in on the dinner party that takes place during the second part of the Emmaus story. This encounter challenges a lot of what believe about where God is located and invites us to always keep a seat open at our table.

This Sunday we are going to crawl inside the story from the scriptures that our church takes its name from-The Emmaus Road Encounter. Two disciples walk along together in their disappointment and disillusionment over what had happened to their friend Jesus. While they walk away from Jerusalem a mysterious stranger walks with them and offers a new and intriguing way to look at things.

Every now and then we like to take a Sunday and highlight some awesome organizations and people who are doing great work in the midlands. This Sunday we will be hearing from Jay Keck from The South Carolina Wildlife Federation and discuss the role the natural world can play in our faith practice.

In this episode we follow up last week's message and break down the story of jesus meeting the disciples fishing.

This week we continue our introduction to the practice of Lectio Divina by hanging out in a really fascinating encounter between the resurrected Jesus and his disciples who have gone back to fishing. There are some peculiar little details to this story that will be fun to get into.

This week we are joined by Dylan to discuss our first week of Lectio. We dive into the story of Doubting Thomas and try uncover a clear view of it's message.

This Sunday we are starting a new series that will take us through some of the stories about some of the encounters Jesus' first followers had with him after the resurrection. We will also be introduced to a really old way of approaching the scriptures called Lectio Divina that will position us to not only know about the experiences of Jesus' first followers, but also better understand our...

We talk The Cross, The Resurrection and everything in between. send us your questions at www.emmauschurchsc.com/questions

The cross isn't just our means to reconciliation with God. It is also our model for a life well lived. This Sunday we will explore how a cross shaped life rescues us from one the greatest joy killers-entitlement.