Community Gatherings

Community Gatherings are a way to stay connected to the Emmaus community. Reunion groups can be a formal or informal affair - with 2 or 200 people. If you don’t see a group close to you - gather some Emmaus friends and get one going. Let us know your meeting time, location and contact person. We’ll add your group to the list! If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Order of the Reunion

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in us the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created. And you shall renew the face of the earth. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy your consolations. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

  1. Review your Group Reunion Card - Prayer, Study, Action

  2. Closest to Christ - At what moment this past week did you feel closest to Christ?

  3. Call to Discipleship - At what moment during this week did you feel you were responding to God’s call to be a disciple? Where di you participate this week in being the church, the heartbeat of Christ?

  4. Discipleship Denied - When was your faith tested this week through failure?

  5. Your Plan - What is your plan for prayer, study and action for the week to come?

  6. Reunion Group Activities

  7. Prayers for those with Special Needs - Pray for those who are absent.

  8. Prayer of Thanksgiving - Almighty God, who lives and reigns forever, we give you thanks for all the gifts you have bestowed upon us. Amen

Group Reunion Card

Christ needs you: your heart, your mind, your hands and feet. He needs you committed in faith, so that your life in grace may bear witness to that faith in Christ thru:

Your Spiritual Life/Prayer

Morning devotion

Prayer/meditation on Christ

Journaling - How do you nourish your relationship with God?

Worship (at home and at church)

The Lord’s Supper

Spiritual Retreat

Your Study

You will realize God’s presence through: Reading holy scriptures & daily spiritual guides

Your horizons will expand through reading: Religious publications, denominational newspapers & religious magazines

You will grow in your religious understanding by attending: Bible studies, church school classes & religious seminars

Your Action

What have you done during the week so Christ will be better knowned and love in your:

Family?

Vocation?

Local Community?

Small Group?

Christian Community?

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Acts 2:42