GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE: WHO ARE WE? WHY DO WE EXIST?

ROAD CREW, this is the updated version of Emmaus Road's statement of Purpose and Identity that your leadership Council has crafted. Pastor Likkel worked on several drafts with the Elders and Deacons over the last few months to come up with a statement which honors the original vision and mission as we understood it, but reflects how God has shaped us along the way. As a congregation, it's important for us to be "on the same page" with regards to our purpose.

Emmaus Road: our Name and Story
The Lord who walks alongside us reveals himself and we discover him.


Church Beyond Sunday: our Motto
We experience the fullness of God in both Gathering and Going.
In the worship gathering of fellowship, Word, sacrament, and song.
Going beyond the worship gathering, led by the Spirit,
we walk alongside others, listening and telling our stories.

Emmaus Road in Belltown; 

Emmaus Road around the Sound:

our Call, our Mission

As a congregation spread around the Sound,
supporting and equipping one another 

to join with the “Word made flesh”
in our homes and communities.
Sharing each other's gifts of the Spirit,

empowering us where we live, work, and play.
We are called to love and serve our families,
passing the faith along to our next generation.
Walking alongside neighbors in relationship,
enjoying mutual hospitality,

inviting into fellowship.
Looking for the reality of God in all life’s routines and activities,
called to be creators, above and beyond consumers.

As a congregation which gathers and grows in Belltown,
we are called together to join with the “Word made flesh”
among the people in our church’s neighborhood of gathering.
We seek to reconcile Tower and Street cultures,
to plant seeds and cultivate new life with our neighbors.
We envision community development in partnership,

through service, art, and industry.
We accept the role of Christ’s body serving the world,
embracing grace,
sharing Good News of Christ by word,
demonstrating Good News of Christ in deed.