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HOW TO ATTEND a Delmarva Walk to Emmaus Retreat

The Walk to Emmaus and Chrysalis are both once in a lifetime experiences.  Our Delmarva Emmaus/Chrysalis community is made up of over 4,000 persons who have attended, and folks are not invited to go twice as a pilgrim.1  Once you have attended as a pilgrim, it is possible to serve in the background or on a team so that you can make the retreat possible for others, but you never go again as a guest.  So it's very special!  We make a big fuss over folks, and treat them really well.  Since we are all about the cultivation of Christian leaders, we have some basic requirements for attendance.   

1) you need to be a Christian2
2) you need to be an active member of a local Christian congregation2
3) you need to be sponsored by someone who has already attended an Emmaus retreat.

To get involved in Emmaus, each person must have a sponsor who has already attended Emmaus himself or herself. If you have a friend who has been to Emmaus, ask your friend to tell you about his or her experience with the program. Your friend can help you decide whether or not you would find an Emmaus experience helpful.  If no one from your local church has ever attended an Emmaus or Chrysalis retreat, just contact one of our Board Members and we will be happy to talk to you personally and help you in every way that we can! 

The Walk to Emmaus is not for everyone.  Persons who are under tremendous stress or in crisis will probably not be able to enjoy the weekend properly.  We believe that God helps to bring folks at exactly the right time into a deeper Christian commitment. So don't worry about when your retreat will be.  It will happen is God's time! 

Also, we highly encourage married couples to seriously consider making application together.   Our retreats are always either all men, or all women, so couples don't attend at the same time.  But we plan retreats so that couples can go on their retreats very close in time to each other.   Single people are welcome too!  We just try to work extra hard at making sure that couples grow closer together as a result of attending this spiritual retreat.

We know that the Walk to Emmaus and Chrysalis are not the only ways you can get closer to God.  If you never attend this retreat, that is OK.  God can make you a stronger Christian in a LOT of other ways.  We are committed as a community to serving Jesus Christ the local church. 

If you are up for a 72 hour time apart that will encourage you to become a stronger Christian, then the Delmarva Walk to Emmaus might just be a great choice for you and your family!

Applications can be downloaded on the forms page of this website.

1Youth who have previously attended Chrysalis have a couple of options when it comes to the Walk to Emmaus.  When they become older, they may attend as a pilgrim on a Walk to Emmaus retreat OR they may choose to serve on  Emmaus and Chrysalis teams.  

2The requirements for attendance are different for Chrysalis butterflies than for the Walk to Emmaus pilgrims.  Those who attend Chrysalis as a butterfly may not have a firm knowledge of being a Christian, and are not required to be a member of their congregation.  But it certainly helps if they have both of these characteristics! 

This page was updated on Thursday, April 17, 2008 03:34:29 PM