The Rivendell Community is one of eleven Christian Communities of The Episcopal Church. The professed members of the Memphis Emmaus Chapter, the Companions—those who break bread and share the journey together—are women, men, laity, clergy, married and single individuals who live independently or with their families, and practice a Rule of Life designed to orient their whole lives to God and the Great Commandment, to love our neighbor as ourselves, and to learn to live into that on a daily basis through prayer, hospitality, and active participation and service in their parishes, dioceses, neighborhoods, other organizations, and larger communities.