We are a network of chaplain evangelists in Beaver County, PA, under the umbrella of Church Army USA and the Beaver Falls Street Ministry.

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We are evangelists because we go outside the walls of the church. We are chaplains because we go outside the walls of the church to offer simple presence. 

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We are, at heart, a visiting ministry.  We believe the Light is when He gave Himself to us, and we hold out that Light when we go and see each other. 

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​​We go see people where they are as sign of Christ and His Good News, and then we create places for them to be so they can know Christ keeps company with them. 

When and if they're ready, these spaces become a natural bridge back to the preached Word and the Lord's supper in the fellowship of believers. 

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Our main work is to go on these visits, 

And to help churches create these spaces. 

These visits and these spaces are kerygmatic, an extension of the proclamation of the Gospel.  They do not, themselves, save. But they are a sign this saving News is true. 

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We call these spaces Emmaus Missions. 

They are semi-monastic third spaces,

Outposts of Good News, Simple Rhythms, and Ordinary Hospitality.

We also call them, "a liturgy and a place to be."

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Emmaus Missions are places where friends and folks can gather to hear Good News and offer Ordinary Hospitality through Simple Rhythms.

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​​​​​​​​​​A word about those three things: Good News, Simple Rhythms, Ordinary Hospitality: 

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​The Good News is that Christ has died, Christ is risen, and Christ will come again. Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior. And the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit has been offered in His Name. This is the Good News.  And we always need to hear it. 

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Ordinary Hospitality is regard, company, and signs of rest. Ordinary Hospitality is our most basic, tender, visible sign of the forgiveness of sin, the reality of Christ, and the homecoming offered only in Him. It is our sign this News is true, and we endeavor to show it. 

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The work of an Emmaus Mission is to hear Good News and​​ offer Ordinary Hospitality through a simple rhythm of Scripture, prayer, and tables. That is our life with this Good News.  And we are committed to it.

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An Emmaus Mission sits between the Preached Word and the Lord's Supper in the Fellowship of Believers and the personal visits we do as friends, neighbors, and chaplains.

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If we want people to return to church on Sunday, we're going to have to go visit them, if we want folks to visit, we need to make places for them to be.

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Sunday Fellowship <----->Emmaus Mission  <------->   Personal Visit

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We work with local churches to help them create and establish their own Emmaus Missions. 

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Our ​​​Emmaus Mission in Beaver Falls has the following daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly rhythms:

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Daily Coffee and Lauds

Weekly Soup and Vespers

Monthly Evensong and Open Mic

Quarterly Craft Table Spiritual Retreat

Yearly Cookies and Carols 

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​​​The goal of an Emmaus Mission to keep  each other company as together we take that long slow walk: out of pride and lies, through trouble and loss, toward meaning and rest. And heard toward all the good things Christ Himself is and the small good things we offer in His Name. The company we keep is a sign that Christ Himself is the way out of pride and lies, the the way through trouble and loss, and the meaning and rest we're headed toward.  

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