Emmaus Blog

NO KINGS SANTA ROSA! March to Doyle Park This Saturday, October 18, 2025: We have 3 Options Saturday, October 18 – Emmaus Community Members are encouraged to meet up at Doyle Park. Here are the options for Marching: Option 1: If you want to start early and get your steps in, join us for the first, longer march which departs from Santa Rosa Junior College at 9 am. Pacific Time!   (It’s about 1.9 Miles of walking from SRJC to Doyle Park) Option 2: Or join the second march, which starts at 10 am PT at Juilliard Park in Santa Rosa. Almost a mile walk. OPTION 3: Go directly to Doyle Park:  Marchers will all converge at Doyle Park in Santa Rosa for a community event at 11:00 am PT. Location Juilliard Park 227 Santa Rosa Ave Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Doyle Community Park 700 Doyle Park Drive Santa Rosa, CA 95405 In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings. Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation wa...

Tuesday, October 14, 2025: TODAY AT 3:00 DISCUSSION ABOUT LITURGY . BE THERE IN PERSON AT CHRIST CHURCH UNITED METHODIST OR JOIN US ON ZOOM In Person: Christ Church United Merthodist, CLASSROOM 8 1717 Yulupa Avenue, Santa Rosa, 95405 OR ON ZOOM: Emmaus is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5193158573?omn=84214241322 Meeting ID: 519 315 8573 Passcode: 1234 The tithing recipients we talked about yesterday at Emmaus. 1) The Black Wealth Builders Fund  $3,000 Is an initiative launched in 2021 by Arlington Community Church (UCC) in Kensington, Ca.  The fund was established to address the racial wealth gap by providing zero-interest loans to Black first-time homebuyers in the Bay Area,assisting with down ;payments and closing costs.  The fund aims to promote generational wealth and to counteract the ; lasting effects of discriminatory housing policies. 2) Welcoming Home/One Room at a Time $1,000 It's a nonprofit helping individ...

Monday, October 13, 12025: Immigration Is 'Gospel Issue' Before It Is a 'Political One,'  - Bishop Seitz  Immigration is a "Gospel issue" first, then a "political one," said Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas. In a recent interview, he reaffirmed Catholic social teaching, specifically the preferential option for the poor. Seitz said " immigration is a Gospel issue before it is a “political issue” in the United States saying  “It’s always the role of the bishop to speak the Gospel, to reflect on that Gospel and its implications for our daily lives,”  "We have a task to form people based on that teaching of love and mercy and compassion that applies not just in exceptional cases, not just to certain people, but in a special way to the poor and vulnerable, and that includes immigrants," he said. The bishop added that the rights of immigrants should be "respected in law" but U.S. asylum law is not being respected "righ...

  Sunday the 12th of October:  Please: Join us TODAY for our Emmaus Celebration Starting at 3:45 In Person at Christ Church United Methodist 1717 Yulupa Avenue, Santa Rosa California 95405 Or  Our Emmaus Community is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5193158573?omn=87556733844 Passcode: 1234 Meeting ID: 519 315 8573 Passcode: 1234 Let us begin our liturgy. (Victoria rings singing bowl three times)  Victoria: Welcome and Introduction of any new people, and brief explanation of our theme for this evening.  All: Opening Song: Though The Mountains May Fall by Dan Schutte / St. Louis Jesuits [OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO])  Dan: Opening Prayer: (by Richard Doiron from Prayers for a Thousand Years, pg. 143)   Come, friends. Let us gather.  Let us assemble, and speak.  We have here the Talking Circle.  Great are its mysteries.  Come, then, let us be seated.  Let us see what ...

Wednesday, October 8, 2025: Movie Night Announcement and  “Hope in the Face of a Fascist Threat” with Sr. Simone Campbell. Movie Announcement:  the date selected for the movie, Sovereign , is (drumroll please)  Tuesday, October 28th at 1pm at Nancy and Bob’s.  Address:  2404 Marylyn Circle, Petaluma.   Please RSVP Nancy at  RNMCFAR1938@yahoo.com  or call 707-280-4705.  “Hope in the Face of a Fascist Threat” with Sr. Simone Campbell, Sat. Oct. 25th Dear friends, Blessings of Christ’s peace!   This morning, I finally finished reading Moby Dick after several years. I was spurred on to finish it recently after my conversation with Cornel West on “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” which I hope you will check out if you have not heard it. When I asked him about the growing fascism, authoritarianism, and white supremacy in our nation, he said,  “Brother John, we’ve been dealing with this for centuries! Herman Melville told us this long a...

Friday, October 3, 2025: An update  from Padre Manuel who serves the poor in El Salvador: Just a note about Padre Manuel: We met Padre Manuel on our first visit to El Salvador in 2002. At that time he was pastor of a church in a tiny village called Sicahuite where Padre Manuel had grown up. People who had fled the war were returning from camps in Honduras - the country just across the border from El Salvador. We were volunteers with a Sonoma based non-profit called Seeds of Learning - which many of us know well. Patti England has been a board member for many years. (The "Old Church:" in the village of Sicahuite  where we first met Padre Manuel) Our assignment was to rebuild the community school. It had been partially destroyed by bombs during the war. El Salvador is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere and the war (1979 - 1992) devastated the already poor country.  On the final Sunday of our visit, we were in Sicahuite for Mass concelebrated by Padre Man...

Thursday, October 2nd, 2025: Upcoming (On Tuesday, October 14th): Liturgy Brainstorm hosted by Steve Lyman Please put this on your Calendar: Liturgy Meeting called by our Steve Lyman of our Liturgy Committee:  Our Emmaus Community will meet to discuss,  celebrate, and generally figure out our way forward with our liturgies. This is a brainstorm session regarding our liturgies and all ideas are welcome!   Meeting: Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 Time: 3:00 PM Location:  Christ Church United Methodist 1717 Yulupa Avenue, Santa Rosa Folks can email Steve slyman2@comcast.net with agenda items, ideas etc..  Zoom will be provided using this link: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5193158573?omn=88543551599 Passcode: 1234 Meeting ID: 519 315 8573 Passcode: 1234