Emmaus

At All Saints Church Emmaus Courses are part of Faith Growth at all Saints. On the Faith Growth page you can find out more about this scheme and upcoming course dates.

The Courses

Over the next year we will be running three different Emmaus Courses, the course outlines are as follows:

What Christians Believe

God is there and he matters
We need God in our lives
Jesus - his ministry and death
The Resurrection of Jesus
The Holy Spirit
Becoming a Christian

How Christians Grow

Learning to pray
Reading the Bible
Belonging to the Church
Sharing Holy Communion

Living the Christian Life

Living God's way
Serving the Lord
Your money and your life
Learning to love
Sharing the faith

FAQs

Q1: What is Emmaus? Emmaus: The Way of Faith is a course designed to welcome people into the Christian faith and the life of the church. It aims to involve the whole church in evangelism, the nurture of new believers and ongoing Christian discipleship. It is rooted in an understanding of evangelism, nurture and discipleship modelled on the example of Jesus as told in the story of the Emmaus Road.

Q2: How does it work? Emmaus encourages a journey of faith that is life-changing, enduring and that has an impact on the community of believers, as well as the individual. The Emmaus course progresses through three stages - contact, nurture and growth.

Q3: Who is it for? All Saints is starting with the core material that covers the basics of the Christian life and is aimed at enquirers, new Christians and those that would like a refresher course.

Q4: What makes Emmaus distinctive from other resources? Emmaus is comprehensive. It tackles each stage of the journey of faith from enquiry through to discipleship. It's flexible. Churches can adapt the self-contained sessions to fit their local programmes. Its practical. The authors give clear advice on how to start, run and maintain an Emmaus course. It's easy on the pocket. All the handouts for group members are fully photocopiable, and many are provided as PDF files on a CD-ROM, which means that only group leaders need the book itself.

Q5: Is Emmaus widely used? Emmaus is used by over 6,000 churches in the UK. You can read about the experiences of some of them in the book Emmaus: Introduction.

Q6: Is Emmaus only for Anglicans? Emmaus is ecumenical Ð although written by five Anglicans, it is used across the denominations by many churches including Anglican, Methodist, Baptist and Free churches.

Q7: Who wrote Emmaus? The authors are Stephen Cottrell, (Bishop of Reading) Steven Croft, John Finney, Felicity Lawson and Robert Warren, all of whom are well known in the fields of adult initiation, spirituality and discipleship.

Q8: What can I expect to find in a typical session? Each session includes time for Bible study, input and discussion, group exercises, meditations, ways to put faith into practice, and prayers. Each book includes detailed leader's notes and handouts for group members.