July 2024 Brazos Valley Emmaus Community News

Brazos Valley Emmaus

Community News

July 2024

Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundredfold" Mark 4:8

The ministry of Emmaus:

Emmaus Ministries exists to inspire, challenge, and equip local faith communities for Christian action in their homes, churches, communities, and places of work. This purpose does not come to full realization during The Walk to Emmaus itself but in the many days that follow.

SPARKS OF HOPE: OUR FOURTH DAY STORY

by Lynda and Jonathan Sentz

SPARKS OF HOPE: OUR FOURTH DAY STORY

by Lynda and Jonathan Sentz

“God doesn’t call the equipped. He equips the called!”

I attended Western New York Women’s Walk to Emmaus #51 in Fall 2016. My husband, Jonathan, attended Walk #52 in Spring 2017. We worship at Hamburg United Methodist Church and are part of the Southtowns Emmaus Gathering.

Our Fourth Day story is intertwined with the development of the Sparks of Hope Recovery Center and Ministry, which we cofounded. Sparks of Hope was founded as a direct result of our Emmaus Walk. Six months after Emmaus, our church hosted a community forum on addiction. I went because the desire to help people who were suffering kept nagging at me.

Continue reading Lynda and Jonathan Sentz’s Fourth Day Story here.

Do you have a story to share with our Brazos Valley Emmaus Community? Click here!

The August Gathering is being hosted by Bastrop Christian Outreach Center on August 3, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Bring a dish to share and a friend! Gatherings are open to anyone and everyone!

1096 State Hwy 71, Bastrop TX

A big THANK YOU to Chappell Hill MC for hosting July's gathering! It was a wonderful visit and beautiful testimony shared.

Fall Walks Dates

Men's Walk # 132

October 10-13, 2024

Women's Walk #133

October 24-27, 2024

Prayerfully choose a person to sponsor and invite them on the Walk.

Share your Walk experience with them. We'd love to meet them!

Walk Price Increase

The BVEC Board of Directors voted to increase the price of the walk to $225 beginning with the Fall Walks.

All participants are asked to pay $225. This includes pilgrims, clergy, and team members.

If you have questions or comments, please CONTACT US below or reach out to any board members. Board members are listed on the About Us tab on the website.

Hey Community!

What are you reading?

Moving Mountains, by John Eldredge, will change your prayer life! Nancy and Forrest Goddell shared this book with the Lutz family and it comes highly recommended!

The website has been updated with the list of participants and team members from previous walks to current. These are under the About Us tab. We do not have participants and team member names from Walks 1 - 32. DO YOU? If so, please share! Use the CONTACT US button below.

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