THE WALK TO EMMAUS

Men's Walks: March 1-4 and October 4-7, 2012
Women's Walks: March15-18 and October 18-21, 2012

The "Walk to Emmaus" is a 72-hour experience beginning Thursday evening and ending Sunday evening. You will spend three busy but very enjoyable days at Lakeshore Retreat Center. Emmaus Walks are held each spring and fall with men attending one week and women two weeks later. You will live and study together in singing, prayer, worship, and discussion. Discussions center around fifteen talks given by laity and clergy, presenting the theme of God's grace, and how that grace comes alive in the Christian community and expresses itself in the world. Participants share the daily celebration of Holy Communion to begin to understand more fully the presence of Christ in his body of believers. You will experience God's grace personally through the prayers and acts of service of a living support community.

Emmaus is for the development of Christian leaders who wish to strengthen their spiritual lives; may have unanswered questions about prayer, study, and sharing their faith; understand that being a Christian involves responsibility; are willing to dedicate their everyday lives to God in an ongoing manner and have positions of responsibility in the church and the world.

The foundation of The Walk to Emmaus comes from the story from Luke 24:13-35 telling about the story of the risen Christ appearing to two friends who were walking along on the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus. Emmaus is an ecumenical Upper Room program that calls forth and renews Christian discipleship. The Walk to Emmaus is a three-day experience which takes a New Testament look at Christianity as a lifestyle. It is a highly structured weekend designed to strengthen and renew the faith of Christian people, and through them their families, congregations and the world in which they live. Emmaus is a combined effort of laity and clergy toward the renewal of the church.

The focus of Emmaus is God as known in Jesus Christ and how that finds expression in the local church. The objective of Emmaus is to inspire, challenge, and equip local church members and Christian leaders for Christian action in their homes, churches, and places of work. Emmaus lifts up a way for our grace-filled life to be lived and shared with others.

CONTACT INFORMATION

In order to participate in an Emmaus Walk you must be sponsored by member of the Emmaus community. Sponsor and participant application forms may be printed from the following website www.emmaus.tn.org. For more information contact West Tennessee Emmaus Community Registrar Sheila Johnson at Sheila.johnson@wtbc.com or West Tennessee Emmaus Lay Director George Tyree 731-635-2107.