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What is the Walk to Emmaus?
The walk to Emmaus is an experience of Christian spiritual renewal and formation that begins with a three-day short course in Christianity. It is an opportunity to meet Jesus Christ in a new way as God’s grace and love is revealed to you through other believers.
The Walk to Emmaus experience begins with the prayerful discernment and invitation from a sponsor. After one accepts this invitation they complete an application. The Emmaus leaders prayerfully consider each applicant and in God’s time, the person is invited to attend a three-day experience of New Testament Christianity as a lifestyle.
Following the three-day experience, participants are joined in small groups to support each other in their ongoing walk with Christ.
Through the formational process of accountable discipleship in small groups and participation in the Emmaus community, each participant’s individual gifts and servant-leadership skills are developed for use in the local church and its mission. Participants are encouraged to find ways to live out their individual call to discipleship in their home, church, and community.
The objective of Emmaus is to inspire, challenge, and equip the local church members for Christian action in their homes, churches, communities and places of work. Emmaus lifts up a way for our grace-filled lives to be lived and shared with others.
Hello Community!
A slight change to our Gathering that was to occur on April 16. Because of the deep cleaning happening in the sanctuary at St Marks, we have decided to postpone Gathering until 4/23/24. Please come at 6:00 with a dish to share and at 7;00 p.m. we will head upstairs to the Sanctuary for a special Gathering service. You won’t want to miss it!
Hello Community.
As we have entered 2024, Our Emmaus board would like to announce a few changes to it’s Roster.
Rowan Colwell has stepped away from the role of Treasurer. He spent many years keeping our numbers in line, educating the board about those numbers and helping us make solid financial choices. During Covid, when Emmaus walks were on hold, he made sure annual necessary payments for things like our Upper room association, music and post office box did not default. He has been a steadfast member of this Board. We are grateful for everything he did for the community the last few years.
Tina Miller has chosen to transition into the role of Leadership after acting as our Board Chairperson during some of our most difficult years. Our Community might have fallen away had Tina not chosen to fight for all of us. She educated herself, our Board and our community as to the Upper Room’s original and continued Emmaus Purpose. SHE SHOWED UP! She led the way and she never wavered from God’s calling. Our grateful love stands with her in this new role.
While our Board will not be meeting monthly as it has in the past, we will be meeting often and employing our newly formed Four Committees to serve the community. We will be sharing more about these four Committees in the next two weeks. For now, I can say, our Committees will be made up of Both Board and Community members. The Committees are
1.Outreach
2.Walks
3.Team Selection
4. Post walk Celebrations
Our Board still has a couple of glaring vacancies which we are actively seeking to fill. We can not operate without a Spiritual Director. And, it is time to bring a NEW vice chair onboard.
If you feel called to either of these positions, please reach out to any Board member for information.
We, as your Board, along with YOU, our Emmaus community have one purpose: To strengthen the local Church through the development of Christian Disciples. Everything else we do, while important, is secondary to that purpose. We are excited and energized for 2024.
In His Grace
your 2024 Emmaus Board
Below is listed the 2024 Emmaus Board :
Leadership- Tina Miller
Board Chair-Beth Yoder
Vice Chair-TBA
Spiritual Director-TBA
Treasurer-Lisa Clark
Worship-April Ramsey
Agape-Cheryl Kahler
Outreach-Ken Miller
Supplies-Lynne Otis
Literature-Sherri Franz
Secretary-Tracy Black
Sponsorship-Lori Washer
Kitchen-Richard Clark
Registration-Linda Colwell
Social-Gene Otis
Non- Board positions:
Community Trainer-Lisa Clark
Web Master-Tina Miller
Decolores my friends.
Beth Yoder