What is Emmaus Fellows?
The Emmaus Fellows program exists to give students a biblical and theological education for the purpose of spiritual growth and formation. Fellows will be a multi-year program starting with the overarching story of scripture, and delving deeper into the history of theology in the following years. Through the intellectual pursuit of understanding both the scriptures and theology as a whole, our ultimate pursuit is to see the face and character of God, fully revealed in the person of Jesus, and to seek life abundantly in a community that continually seeks first the Kingdom of God. (Matt. 6:33)
Students will discover how their part and purpose in life is found in God’s story. Over the year, we will study the parables of Jesus, particular selections of the Bible and the ways in which God’s people have responded to the revelation of God and his ways. As we seek to tell and enter into this story we will give special attention to what it means for living well in college and the kind of character we develop over a lifetime.
Year 1: The Big Story
We will meet 14 times throughout the school year for dinner, fellowship, and teaching. All meetings are on Tuesday night from 5:30-6:45 PM at the Study Center.
Fall 2025 Dates:
September: 9, 16, 30
October: 7, 21
November: 4, 18
The cost of Emmaus Fellows is $125, which will cover 14 dinners throughout the year. Scholarships are available.
A multi-year program
The Big Story (Year 1) will be an introductory course to the grand narrative of the Bible. The hope is to invite students to walk from Creation to New Creation. The learning outcome is for participants to begin to understand that the scriptures are a coherent story that finds fulfillment in Jesus, the Rabbi from Nazareth who died for the sins of all people and was raised to be the Messiah of Israel and the savior of all humankind.
This will lead into a similar 1 year course entitled The Big Conversation (Year 2) about the history of Theology or the interpretation of this Big Story within the family of Jesus. These two classes would prepare students to ask The Big Questions (Year 3), a class on how Christians who are reading their way into God’s story and learning from the Big Conversation address the hard topics of life in the contemporary context.
