Our Mission
Emmaus ECC seeks to provide an inclusive and welcoming Community, sharing the richness of the Catholic faith tradition, open to a progressive theology, available and accessible regardless of age, race, national origin, religious affiliation, gender or sexual orientation, and welcoming all regardless of differing abilities. We desire to provide a source for deepening an individual’s personal commitment to the life, teachings, and spirit of Jesus through prayer, study and mutual support. We also seek to be engaged in social justice outreach rooted in Christian gospel values, interacting with the wider community. We are a gay friendly community.
We are happy to welcome those who have no Church to call their own, who have left a Church or never belonged to a Church. Come where we believe what we pray, and where we seek not only to be comforted by God, but to be challenged by the Good News, the Gospel of Christ.
LGBTQI+? All the Letters of God’s Alphabet are Welcomed Here.
Visit the ECC Pacific Northwest Diocese website HERE.
Sunday Mass: We celebrate mass at 10:30 am in the Sacred Space at First Christian Church in Olympia. Entry door is on your left as you go up the ramp at the Church, and before you reach the social hall. During the coronavirus covid 19 crisis we were meeting by video conferencing (Zoom). Now we are meeting both in person and over Zoom. We call this a “hybrid mass.” Email HERE if you wish to attend by Zoom. However, it is much better to come in person. There is good parking both on the street and across the street in a parking lot.
We welcome people of all ages, all abilities, all sexual orientations and gender identities, all nationalities and ethnicities, the poor and the rich, single people, and the many forms of family. All people are welcome, but not all behaviors.
ALL ARE WELCOME
ECUMENICAL CATHOLICS
Restoring relationships of justice, peace, and love with God, with one another, and with all of Creation by living out our baptismal ministry as the Body of Christ.
An Ecumenical Catholic is someone who wants to engage deeply with the example of the early Church, when congregations were small, inclusive, participatory, and centered on Christ’s message of love, collaboration, and service. Ecumenical Catholics believe that God is present in all things, and that to know and care for all the people, the earth, and all the living things around us is how God wants us to serve Them.
News & Events
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Congratulations to Holy Questions ECC
Our mission community of Holy Questions ECC in Seattle has spun off to become its own ECC parish in the ECC Diocese of the Pacific Northwest! To celebrate, the Emmaus ECC community will be joining them on Pentecost for a joint liturgy. Holy Questions ECC is located in Seattle at 6532 Phinney Ave. N in…
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Ash Wednesday: Coming Soon
Can you believe it? Lent is just around the corner. Ash Wednesday is on February 14th this year. This means we have an early Easter on March 31st. It is our custom at Emmaus to celebrate Ash Wednesday in a home but stay tuned as we haven’t made our final plans for this year as…
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