Stories :: Getting Innovative

As with all church plants, you get to be innovative in a number of ways and take in the new with the old. As we go through life, it’s the same … our past shapes us and we can use those learnings to propel us into our future.

That’s exactly what we’ve done — introducing the Emerge Hymnals! This booklet contains all of the songs that we will sing over the next 3-4 months and will update them as we go on.

We took the opportunity to get innovative … in our current space, we do not have screens up for words to the songs or sermon notes. So, we took the opportunity to draw from the past with these — yes, we have the words to the songs in our Gathering Guide on our phones … but phones can be a distraction. It’s just like we encourage you to bring your own PAPER Bible each week :-)

Stories ::: New Location -- Beeline!

On Sunday, June 5th, 2022, we made a move east to downtown Fortville!! We are now hosting our gatherings at Beeline Snack & Beverage (14 N Main St, Fortville, IN) on Sundays at 10am!

We moved to this location as the school is under construction and they asked us to relocate during this time.

Beeline has been so gracious to allow us into their awesome space! The hot coffee plus great area for the kids upstairs in the Fortville Music Garage is an added bonus.

On Sundays, we offer free coffee and hot chocolate to anyone that comes in PLUS 1/2 off on all specialty drinks. Emerge is covering the costs for those attending and those in the community that happen to come in!

Stories :: Wine Run 5K

We had a great team of volunteers to serve the 150 racers at Daniel’s Vineyard!

We love the ability to serve our neighbors and make it a fun event. From helping with registration and setup to cheering on the runners and helping to tear down … it was a great time!

Looking forward to the 2023 race to serve again!

Stories ::: Serving at Living Faith Church

On a bone chilling Saturday in March, we had the opportunity to go serve another church! Living Faith Church was given a building for their second location. They serve the Haughville community and were given this location in Irvington.

They are a partner in Multiply Indiana with us .. so we jumped in and had 12 of us go assist in the demo and rebuild of the church. We spent several weekends together with them

Why would Emerge (who doesn’t have a physical location) help Living Faith get into their building?! It’s all about the Kingdom!! They are reaching people for Christ and in a neighborhood that has a HUGE influx of witchcraft and demonic presence. There are so many people that need to hear about Jesus for the first time plus HIS LIGHT will be shining brightly in this dark neighborhood!

Stories ::: Easter At Emerge

It’s always great to bring people together to worship! … it’s even better when it’s Easter weekend for us to celebrate that the grave is empty! Death was defeated and Jesus was raised!

It was great to have all of the families coming together and Ohana Donuts plus P1 Coffee never disappoint! We had a great weekend of remembering what Jesus did for us while also connecting with each other to see what God is doing in each other’s lives.

Stories ::: Serving at a local church!

What a great Saturday!

We were able to serve Living Faith Church-Irvington again this weekend. We were able to hang new drywall, patch floors, sand/finish walls and corners, and run some electrical!

We had an amazing lunch donated by Pizza 4 People (www.pizza4people.org).

While we don’t have a permanent church location, it’s awesome to help another church get their doors open! It’s for His Kingdom, not ours!

Stories :: What a Great Time for Grand Opening Weekends

WOW!

Thank you all for joining us for our Grand Opening weekends on March 13 and 20th 2022! It was crazy that we had a grand opening nearly 2yrs after we started due to COVID.

It was great to see so many people from the community to join us for the weekends .. plus the addition of Kona Ice and the Rose & Lois Coffee trucks were a hit!

Looking forward to the years ahead with this great community of people!

Stories ::: IF Gathering for Women

What an amazing weekend!

This group of ladies connected for a time away from their responsibilities to invest in their spiritual walk! The ladies enjoyed watching the IF Gathering live events for a great time of worship and learning from some of the top speakers in the nation.

They rented an AirBnB in Indianapolis to spend time together outside of the IF Gathering, too. The ladies converged for the restful weekend with food, fun, and memories

The ladies are looking forward to the 2023 gathering!

Stories ::: Grand Opening Weekends (3.13 & 3.20.22)

Emerge Church is excited to have their Grand Opening Weekends on March 13 and March 20, 2022!

We are excited to finally be able to get the word out to our friends and neighbors that we are meeting in Geist Montessori Academy on Sundays at 10am! We hope you will join us on any upcoming Sunday.

Join us on any Sunday! Every week at our church you'll experience friendly people, time of worship, practical preaching, and something for the whole family.

We're passionate about helping ordinary, non-perfect people experience an extraordinary God. Learn how He can help you build real relationships, navigate life challenges and grow spiritually.

Will you plan on visiting this weekend? It could literally change your life forever. Hope to see you soon!

Below you will see a copy of the mailers that likely arrived in your mailbox

Lastly, WHY NOW?

If you didn’t know … Emerge Church started in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic with online gatherings beginning in April 19, 2020. The world was shutdown, but not the start of this church! We launched online and remained online through October 2020.

As we’ve navigated through the last year and a half, we’ve gone through the rampant rise of COVID numbers, restrictions and regulations all along. On top of the various variants of COVID-19, those waves impacted the ability to have a Grand Opening plus we know that COVID-19 is impactful on so many levels for so many people.

In November 2021, we moved into Geist Montessori Academy and are ready to let everyone know that we’re here in the neighborhood.

With the downturn of COVID, we are happy to be able to finally share with the public that we’re meeting in Geist Montessori Academy on Sundays!

Stories ::: Volunteer Appreciation!

We are so incredibly grateful for the families that are part of Emerge and those that serve nearly every Sunday! We had a great evening of pizza and bowling with those that could make it for the evening!

Thank you to all of the families!!

Stories :: Blankets for Riley's Children's Hospital

Over the summer, our Youth had a great time at our Amazing Race Youth Conference. The conference was the entire weekend that comprised of challenges, fun, and service projects to give back to our community.

One of the projects was to make blankets for the kids and family at Riley’s Children’s Hospital. Riley’s couldn’t accept the blankets until it was cold and we delivered the blankets on January 12th.

The hospital was greatly appreciative to our generosity!

Stories :: Laundry Care Kits

On Sunday, January 9th, we weren’t able to gather in person at the school because of increased COVID numbers. We took the opportunity to gather together, still!

We had just over 30 people show up for lunch and to help pull together these laundry care kits!

It was a great time together to catchup and serve. The kids had a blast putting together the kits, too! We pulled together enough for 200 loads of laundry to give out.

Each kit contains 2 laundry pods, 2 dryer sheets, and a “something extra because God loves you” card.

This is a great outreach to the patrons of the laundromat and a welcomed surprise for them.