Our Mission

Identity Statement

Emmaus Anglican Church is a biblically rooted, urban community following Jesus into an ever-deeper experience of God and his mission in the world.

Core Purpose

To embody the good news of God, who desires to reconcile all people and all things to himself through Jesus.

Core Values

  • We value integrity - pursuing a coherent biblical worldview through thoughtful reflection on scripture and consistency in practice.

  • We value community – growing together as a diverse body and welcoming others into that body.

  • We value the poor and vulnerable through mutual fellowship, service, and pursuit of social justice.

  • We value restoration – a journey from brokenness toward healing and wholeness through the work of the Holy Spirit.

  • We value supporting one another in the lifelong journey toward maturity in Christ.

  • We value God’s gifts and their expression through each person for the good of Christ’s body.

For more information on what we believe please see the following links:

ANiC’s Beliefs

ACNA’s Beliefs

The Book of Common Prayer

The 39 Articles 

+ Historic + Thoughtful + Loving +

As the Book of Common Prayer reminds us, we are called to be God's people for the sake of the world.

In a world that is busy and loud, confused and not grounded, where people are over-advertised, over-worked, over-scheduled, and over-connected (distracted), Emmaus is seeking to be a community that celebrates all that is good, beautiful and true in the world by living into the rhythms of God’s grace here and now.

Emmaus understands herself to be HISTORIC, THOUGHTFUL and LOVING:

  • Historic: We are Anglican and part of the Great Tradition - the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church. Our worship is grounded in the historic liturgy expressed in the Book of Common Prayer, through which we seek to faithfully worship the living God in Word and Sacrament. The simplicity and beauty of the liturgy and the ancient practices carry us as we seek to live faithfully today.

  • Thoughtful: We recognize that today, in our rapidly changing culture, we need to learn to think rightly, humbly and wisely about God, ourselves, and His world. We desire for our worship of the Triune God to be thoughtful, to provide space for quiet reflection and contemplation, and to honour God’s Holy Word. We want our worship to engage our minds and our hearts so that we know how to think wisely, critically, and generously as we seek to be God’s people for the sake of the world.

  • Loving: We desire to be a loving community. A community of people whose hearts are open to all (2 Cor. 6:11), and who practice generosity and hospitality in our gatherings, our homes and our neighbourhoods. We know that we can think all the right things, say all the right things, and do all the right things, but if we don’t have love we are nothing (1 Cor. 13).

Anglican

 

The Anglican Communion is the fourth largest denomination in the world (80 million members in 160 countries). Established during the Protestant Reformation as part of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church, Anglicans seek to be biblically faithful while retaining the ancient traditions of the Faith. Anglicans hold the historic Faith of the ancient Church: built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the chief cornerstone, upheld in the Scriptures, preserved in the Creeds, defined by the Councils of the undivided Church, and liturgically expressed in praise to God through The Book of Common Prayer.

Emmaus is a parish in the diocese of the Anglican Network in Canada. As an ANiC parish we are part of the Province of the Anglican Church in North America , which is a partner Province of the Global South, and affiliated with the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans .

As Anglicans, we define our orthodoxy as being centered on our church’s classic formularies – the Book of Common Prayer, including the Ordinal, and the Thirty-nine Articles – which all point back to the authority of Holy Scripture and articulate foundational principles of the Anglican tradition throughout the world. We also wholeheartedly embrace the Jerusalem Declaration.

To learn more about some distinctive characteristics of Anglicanism, see the following links:

Christianity & Anglicanism - ANiC

What is Anglicanism? - ACNA

Why Anglicanism? , Misconceptions of Anglicanism and Dangers of Anglicanism – From our friends at St. Peter’s Fireside

What is Anglicanism? – Dr. J. I. Packer

 

 

Clergy and Staff


Rector / Lead Pastor

Reverend Allan Theobald


youth coordinator

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sebastian lee

Sebastian (李敬亞) was born in Ottawa and grew up in both Taipei, Taiwan (台北) and Vancouver. He is married to Janna and now lives in Montreal. Sebastian completed his bachelors degree at UBC and his graduate diploma at Regent College. He has also been serving as a Campus Minister with InterVarsity Canada at McGill University since 2017. Sebastian has a passion for youth to know and be transformed by Jesus.

parish coordinator

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Anita Tso

I was born and raised in Toronto.  I am married to Scott and have 3 children, Ava, Juliette and Isaac.  Scott and I have been attending Emmaus since 2009.  I am a social worker by training and have worked primarily with children and families.  Emmaus has always been a community of support and encouragement to me.  I am excited to be part of the life of Emmaus.  

 

Trustees

Rector’s Warden

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Peter Aitkens

Peter Aitkens is an Artist, Husband and Father. He was born in Montreal in 1951 and was raised in a Christian home. He was born again in 1972 in Spain. He joined St. Stephen’s Anglican church (Emmaus’ mother church) in 1975 and for many years has lead Bible Studies and Navigator’s Courses. He continues to work as a professional artist and had more than 17 one man shows over the past 47 years. Emmaus Anglican Church is where he fellowships, grows spiritually, and Worships the Lord.

People’s warden

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Cynthia Morris

Originally from Detroit, Mi., Cynthia moved to Quebec in 1970 where she lived and worshiped in French until she came to St-Stephen’s (Mother church of Emmaus) in 1993, a refuge when her marriage was failing. She is recently retired, after 30+ years as an adult education ESL teacher. She has volunteered in Sunday School and on the missions’ support team for over twenty years. Because of her passion for mission and teaching, Cynthia was able to use several sabbaticals to make mission trips to Latin America and be involved in Bible teaching there. She has just submitted her master’s thesis in theology at ETEQ (École de Théologie Évangélique du Québec). Cynthia loves being part of a multigenerational community committed to a historic biblical faith which reaches out in compassion in the present and values our call to mission in the world.

Treasurer

 
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Scott Halse

Scott Halse is a husband, a college teacher, and a father of three children. Originally from Ontario, Scott moved with his wife, Anita, to Montreal in 2005 to study at McGill. He has attended Emmaus since its inception in 2009 and was confirmed by Bishop Charlie Masters in 2012.

Secretary

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Colin Larose

Born in Montreal (1962) and born again as a young adult, I received a B.A. at Bible college in 1989 and a PhD in electrical engineering in 2002. I joined "Mentor Infolytica, a Siemens business" in 2005, and was promoted to Manager in 2009. I joined St. Stephen's around 1996, and in 1998 married Josée de Billy, who gave me Olivier (1999), Rémi (2001), and Geneviève (2002). I was a two-year Corporation member under Robin Guinness, a Discernment Committee member before we moved to ANiC, and have served on Alpha courses, Sunday school, gatekeeping, worship, sound setup and soundboard, and sacred suppers. Since 2017, I have been responsible for the prayer requests and after-service prayer teams. I see God's Spirit of love at work in the Emmaus fellowship. I am committed to personal growth and welcome an opportunity to apply my organizational skills outside of my known comfort zones.