Emmaus Lunch Ministry

A weekly meal ministry that has provided lunch to more than 150 guests every Thursday for over twenty-five years. To ensure we are meeting the needs of our Downtown neighbors, we update our Amazon Wish List for donation items.

Since the pandemic began in March 2020, we moved the St. Paul’s Emmaus downtown lunch program outside. Since then, we have faithfully served our community each Thursday with bag lunches and other donated items in the breezeway.  We are at last ready to safely move Emmaus back into our Scott Hall for hot, homemade meals and Christ-like hospitality beginning Thursday, October 26th!  We need your help to make this happen!  Each Thursday, we need a total of 16 volunteers for shifts of 1-2 hours, between 9 AM and 2 PM to ensure a sustainable and effective program.  We have a diversity of volunteer opportunities and shifts that you can sign up for on Thursdays based on your interest, availability, and comfort level.  For more information contact Rev. Gwynn Crichton.  

VCU’s Summer Academic Enrichment Program

VCU’s Summer Academic Enrichment Program provided a free Health Check and Foot Clinic to our Emmaus guests. Led by VCU MCV professor Dr. Michelle Whitehurst-Cook, SAEP is a six-week summer program that simulates the first year of dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, or physical therapy professional school instruction. Participants engage in academically intensive instruction and community service activities in an interprofessional framework. Thank you to Michelle and VCU SAEP interns for providing free health and healing resources for our downtown neighbors.