Emmaus Blog

 Saturday, May 9, 2026:  Please join us tomorrow  - Sunday the 10th of May for our Emmaus Community Celebration.  We start at 3:45 with a community greeting followed by liturgy at 4:00 Potluck following the liturgy Join us In person at Christ Church United Methodist 1717 Yulupa Avenue, Santa Rosa, California 95403 or on Zoom using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5193158573?omn=87812850443 Passcode is: 1234 Or start Zoom from your browser and type in the Meeting ID and Passcode Meeting ID: 519 315 8573 Passcode: 1234 Emmaus Community Mothers Day Celebration by Victoria and Marcie Victoria: welcomes all present and those on Zoom, and provides a brief introduction of our theme for tonight’s liturgy.  And now let us begin our liturgy. (Victoria rings singing bowl three times)  Marcie: Opening Prayer: A Mother’s Day Blessing - from the Sister’s of Notre Dame de Namur All-loving God, we give you thanks and praise for mothers young and old.  We pray for ...

Friday,  May 8, 2026: 7 Words that Could Change the World About 80 years ago in a public school in Springfield, Oregon my day began with the Pledge of Allegiance. There had been a number of pledges ever since 1892 but this one was the official one adopted by Congress. It contained those words we all know affirming that the United States of America is indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Well, there never has been liberty and justice for all. Furthermore, the nation was not indivisible at that time and it certainly is not now. We are very divided into partisan tribes. One day long ago in that classroom in Springfield, the next thing on the agenda was a Protestant missionary who spoke about some nation in Africa where he “labored for the Lord.” He got my attention when he described the poverty of the people. My parents and all the folks I knew were working class people who had just emerged from the Great Depression. We knew poverty. Our home was two rooms in a broken-down f...

Monday, May 4, 2026: A Poem called "Please"  by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer If you are one who has practice meeting the pain of the world, we need you. Right now we need you to teach us it is possible to swallow what is weighty and still be able to rise. We need you to remind us we can be furious and scared and near feral over injustice and still thrill at the taste of a strawberry, ripe and sweet, can still meet a stranger and shake their hand, believing in their humanness. We need you to show us how we, too, can fall into the darkest, unplumbed pit and learn there a courage and beauty we could never learn from the light. If you have drowned in sorrow and still have somehow found a way to breathe, please, lead us. You are the one with the crumbs we need, the ones we will use to find our way back to the home of our hearts. Please I am adding Please to my collection of inspirations to stay sane and mentally healthy and able to find truth and beauty in the world these days. If y...