That’s the last verse of the scriptures used to model the Walk to Emmaus weekend. The last thing the two who walked on the road with Jesus did was to tell of their experience. Who will you tell after you experience Christ’s love on the Walk to Emmaus? Who do you know that could benefit from this experience? Why haven’t you asked them yet? Have you been praying for them? Have you talked to them about your experience? Have you explained what goes on during a weekend? Have you invited them to a gathering so they can see a little bit of the excitement? Have you prayed for them? Have you asked them to commit to a weekend by filling out and returning the registration form? Are you praying for them?

There is an entire chapter in “The Manual” (The Upper Room Handbook on Emmaus, Second Edition[a]) devoted to Sponsorship. Some of the highlights are summarized here:

Sponsorship is vital to the health of this community and the Emmaus Movement worldwide. Without sponsors, we will have no walks; and, more importantly, we will be denying our discipleship by ignoring Christ’s plea to develop leaders who will share the faith with everyone they come in contact with. God reaches out to people through people. We need to be the ones to tell others of this Emmaus experience because we want others to experience God’s love and the community’s unconditional love.

Sponsorship is sometimes taken for granted, but it is actually the most important Fourth Day job there is. The quality of sponsorship influences the pilgrim, the health of the Emmaus Movement, and the churches affected by the movement. Sponsorship is the first act of agape before a Walk ever begins. Good sponsorship encircles the whole weekend with sacrificial love on behalf of each pilgrim. Good sponsorship is the foundation for a healthy, effective Emmaus movement that is fulfilling its true purpose: the development of Christian leaders and the renewal of the church in ministry.

If you have read your ”Day Four, The Pilgrim’s Continued Journey”[b] book that your sponsor should have given you, you would have read the following: “The strength of any Emmaus Community is a direct result of that community’s recruiting practices. If the community is committed of recruiting strong church leaders for the purpose of strengthening the local church, then the community will be a strong vital force in the renewal movement.” Who will you tell?

Quoting from the handbook: “The aim of a sponsor should not be to ‘get all my friends to go,’ to fill up the three-day event, to fix people’s problems, or to reproduce one’s own religious experience in others. Rather, the aim of the sponsor is to bring spiritual revitalization to Christians, who, in turn, will bring new life and vision to the work of the church in the congregation, home, workplace, and community. The aim of sponsorship is to build up the body of Christ.” Who are you praying for?

Here’s something to ponder from your walk. Remember the questions posed on Thursday evening and again on Sunday evening? What has this weekend meant to me and what am I going to do about it? What are you going to do about it? Do you realize that if each person from each walk sponsored one person, that we would never have to struggle to fill a walk? Who are you going to pray for? Who are you going to tell?

Please, continue to pray for the Greater Scioto Valley Emmaus Community and the people who we know will grow from this experience.

DeColores!

Diana Hall

MEN’S WALK #21 PILGRIM ROSTER

LAST	FIRST	CITY	SPONSOR
Davis	Chester	Washington C.H.	Brad Wickemsimer
Clifford	Mark	Sciotoville	Lisa Goshorn/A. Mason
Hogle	Taylor	Greenfield	Phil/Melanie Dawes
Robinson	Arthur	Wellston	Jason woods
Rigsby	Gary	Chillicothe	Jeremey Beverly
Harvey	David	Lancaster	David Bridges
Leeth	Rob	South Salem	Paul Goshorn
Marotta	Dean	Cincinnati	Melisa Harper
Jackson	John	Chillicothe	Edward Beiter
Kutscher	Roger	Chillicothe	Tony Perry
Unger	Jason	Hillsboro	Leah/Rick Unger
Dhume	Will	Greenfield	Raymond VanDyke
Davis	Ryan	Washington CH	Linda Morris
Anderson	Michael	South Salem	Ray Roberts
Bobb	Shannon	Bainbridge	J. Mark & Cathy Hall
Davis	Jermey	Waverly	Nathon Banks
Simmons	Jeff	Jackson	Gin Simmons
Fisher	Roger	Jackson	Tom/Candy Dishong
Zeigler	David	Kingston	Sherry Zeigler
Browning	Gary D.	Grove City	Joe Deitrich
Harrison	Troy	Lyndon	Joe Deitrich
Whitten	Tom	Kingston	Kevin Pancake
Langley	Shawn	Jackson	Tom/ Candy Dishong
Alley	Bryan	Chillicothe	J. Mark & Cathy Hall
Hall	James	Bainbridge	J. Mark & Cathy Hall
Hall	Jerry	Chillicothe	???

MEN’S WALK #21 TEAM ROSTER

Name	Position	Talk
Doug Scott	LD	Perseverance
Tony Perry	LDIT
Bill Fetters	Board Rep
Whitey McGuire	ALD	Priorities
Scott Newman	ALD	Growth Through Study
Ed Ruggles	ALD	Changing Our World
John Glaze	Music
Rich Coppel	Music
Gary Rucker	Logistics
Fred Yingling	Logistics
Dave Bennett	TL	Body of Christ
Bruce Gabriel	TL	Discipleship
John Hortel	TL	Life in Piety
Abe Lorente	TL	Fourth Day
Larry Milstead	TL	Christian Action
Danny Morris	TL	Priesthood of All Believers
Dave Bridges	ATL
Max Hickman	ATL
Greg Moore	ATL
Don Newsome	ATL
Doug Ramsey	ATL
Rick Unger	ATL
Paul Goshorn	SD	Means of Grace
Jeremy Beverly	ASD	Sanctifying Grace
David Titler	ASD	Prevenient Grace
Dennis Mohler	ASD	Justifying Grace
Steve North	ASD	Obstacles to Grace

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Greater Scioto Valley Emmaus Board Representatives

POSITION	TERM	NAME	PHONE	E-MAIL
Agape 1	3	Savilla Ruggles	740-998-4843	huge@bright.net
Agape 2	3	Cindy Sykes	740-993-2789	csykes@mail.gsn.k12.oh.us
Chairperson	2	Diana Hall	740-335-4361	rdj_hall@ameritech.net
Chrysalis	appointed	Joanne Charles	740-354-4494	jcharles@shawneee.edu
Computer	appointed	Kevin Pancake	740-998-6616	pancake@bright.net
Good Shepherd	1	Phil Howard	740-820-8557	philandwanda@hotmail.com
Housekeeping 1	1	Denise Kern	740-993-2710	jkern@horizonview.com
Housekeeping 2	1	LouAnn Drummond	740-993-4386	jerlou@bright.net
Kairos	appointed	Tony Perry	740-420-3533	tperry9863@aol.com
Kitchen 1	3	Michele Coppel	740-775-1006	coppel@adelphia.net
Kitchen 2	1	Mark Cope	937-981-3870	bowler@bright.net
Leadership	3	Lorri Stewart	740-775-2379	jaslcs@zoomnet.net
Music 1	3	Alice Maggard	740-574-8220	maggarda@clay.k12.oh.us
Music 2	1	Rusty Staten	937-981-7586	rtstaten@adelphia.net
Newsletter	1	Cheryl Schomburg	740-776-7539	cschom@earthlink.net
Outreach	2	Dennis Mohler	740-775-7222	dmohler@pastors-study.com
Purchasing	2	Tim Rutherford	740-998-2460	timmyg_rutherford@hotmail.com
Registrar, Men	2	Bill Fetters	740-775-1625	billbeck70@aol.com
Registrar, Women	1	Karen Edmonson	740-998-5650	bedmonson@bright.net
Secretary	3	Laura Miller	740-332-6003	laurabeth@bright.net
Social 1	1	Jim Brammer	937-981-3243

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