Tampa Bay Area Emmaus

Walk 27

The Spring Walks are coming up in just a few weeks. The Women’s Walk is April 4th thru 7th and the Men’s is April 11th thru 14th. All activities, stating with Send Off on Thursday evening, are held at Rotary’s Camp Florida in Brandon.

Prayer Clock

We still have numerous open time slots on the Prayer Clock’s for both the Men and Women. We will resend the email to the community with the instructions on how to reach the Prayer Clocks.

Walk 27 Lay Directors

The Women’s lay Director is Pam Brady

The Men’s Walk Lay Director is Jeff Woodlee

Welcome

While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and walked with them. -Luke 24:15

The Walk to Emmaus is a spiritual renewal program intended to strengthen the local church through the development of Christian disciples and leaders. The program’s approach seriously considers the model of Christ’s servanthood and encourages Christ’s disciples to act in ways appropriate to being “a servant of all.”

The Walk to Emmaus experience begins with a 72-hour short course in Christianity, comprised of fifteen talks by lay and clergy on the themes of God’s grace, disciplines of Christian discipleship, and what it means to be the church. The course is wrapped in prayer and meditation, special times of worship and daily celebration of Holy Communion. The “Emmaus community,” made up of those who have attended an Emmaus weekend, support the 72-hour experience with a prayer vigil, by preparing and serving meals, and other acts of love and self-giving. The Emmaus Walk typically begins Thursday evening and concludes Sunday evening. Men and women attend separate weekends.

During and after the three days, Emmaus leaders encourage participants to meet regularly in small groups. The members of the small groups challenge and support one another in faithful living. Participants seek to Christianize their environments of family, job, and community through the ministry of their congregations. The three-day Emmaus experience and follow-up groups strengthen and renew Christian people as disciples of Jesus Christ and as active members of the body of Christ in mission to the world.