My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less - Jamie Miller
Eucharist Church began gathering formally in fall of 2010. We met in a small fashion studio on Gage Street South, and began to study scripture, pray, sing, and receive the eucharist together. Today we are more diverse, quite a bit larger, and a teeny bit wiser.
There are some ways that Eucharist is unique, but in many ways we are a very normal church. We exist:
to preach the gospel in word and deed, to forgive sins, to baptize sinners, to make disciples of Jesus Christ and to set his table that reconciles all things
That's what gets us up in the morning!
And if we can do all that without intentionally hurting each other we consider it a good day.
What We Believe
Our congregation is a group of Christ following mutts.
Some of us were raised Lutheran, some Baptist, some Presbyterian and Pentecostal. Others were raised Catholic, Greek Orthodox, or as secular Jews. Many of us weren’t raised in the church at all.
There's not a purebred among us.
However that's not a bad thing. We believe the calling of the church is to reveal to the world a new way to be human, reconciled to God through Christ. In order to practice this reconciliation, we allow for a range of theological convictions and beliefs on a number of secondary issues, but we submit ourselves to the basic orthodoxy of the Christian faith.
We confess the Apostles' Creed. This simple confession have been around long before we were born and will (barring Christ’s return) exist far after we are gone.
The Apostles’ Creed is posted at the bottom of this page.
The Son - Elise Nasori
Values
Image by Michelle Both for our Sermon Series "Our Weird Church"
Our values:
In addition to our Creedal beliefs we have chosen five values that drive us as a church. These values help us make decisions and help us understand who we are becoming in Christ.
Table: God is reconciling the whole world at the table.
Place: Downtown Hamilton is our parish and primary calling.
Creativity: There are creative responses to every challenging situation.
Pioneering: We want to keep taking risks and following the Holy Spirit.
Participation: Every person is called to participate in the Kingdom of God.
Believe Until My Doubts Are All Gone - Meghan Schuurman
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God,
the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth,
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.
Amen.