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.

Quarterly Newsletter – March 2021

Commit your actions to the LORD, and your plans will succeed. Proverbs 16:3 (NLT)

To my Brothers and Sisters in CHRIST-

I miss you so much I cannot hardly stand it… your hugs, your smiles, your servant hearts… man-oh-man I cannot wait to be in the same room! Soon, friends, oh so soon we will be able to touch and embrace; things are getting better day by day. Is it hard for you to believe that an entire year has passed since NORMAL life was changed? At times it feels like yesterday, in others, it feels like a decade has passed. It has been hard! I, for one, love to be around people, specifically my people which includes each and every one of you. Not being able to connect on a monthly basis has seriously hurt my heart! Let us not even mention our missed Walks and Reunions and Share Group meetings… it has been so hard! But again, just as HIS mercies begin afresh each morning, GOD remains faithful in HIS daily healing of our land. (Lamentations 3:23) Covid protocols and recommendations are changing by the day, but in our favor this time around. Praise be to GOD!

In Emmaus Board news, we have been blessed to gather for the last two months in person! It has been SO GOOD for my soul; I am sure they would each agree. The scripture mentioned at the beginning of this newsletter began our February meeting. April Russell, our beloved Worship Chair, challenged our Board to bind every thought, every prayer, every action to our FATHER, and in doing so, have an expectation of success as we work in HIS will. May we use this small piece of wisdom tucked into Proverbs in full anticipation of the goodness and faithfulness GOD has already delivered and will continue to grant us in the coming months! Speaking of the coming months… Monthly Emmaus Gatherings are on the books!! Our June Women’s Walk is on the books!! Team #110 meetings are on the books!! Things are happening friends, all GREAT things!! Details will be shared soon as to the modifications we will take in order to stay in compliance with COVID procedures; just know, and please have confidence, that our Board is leaving no stone unturned. We will do everything we can to balance safety with the indescribable Emmaus experience… please be lifting us in prayer!

I have been thinking a lot about my Emmaus Walk, #81 in the Fall of 2010. In those 72 hours I learned how to live an abundant life of GRACE; remember that three-legged stool? One leg represents piety (giving our hearts to GOD), another signifies study (giving our minds to GOD), and lastly, action (giving our hands and feet to GOD). Such a simple illustration but a lifetime of practice. Friends, no matter the mountain top, or perhaps the valley, you are experiencing today, please continue to remember that humble three-legged stool! For in that illustration is all we need to know; proclaim the precious name of JESUS in your prayer life, study the goodness of our FATHER in HIS Word, and allow the HOLY SPIRIT to direct your every action. If this is all we had in life, it would be enough… because HE is enough!

I hope to see as many of you as possible at our monthly Findlay Emmaus Gatherings: the third Tuesday of every month at St. Marks UMC, we will begin with prayer at 7:00pm in the Sanctuary!!

Until then, let your sweet lights shine…

De Colores,

Elizabeth Coates

Board Chairperson

Greater Findlay Area Emmaus WW#81

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