EMMAUS DEADLINE!!

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Exciting News!!

We have been able to extend the application deadline for Men’s Walk #50! If you have a pilgrim or two let us know! The deadline has been extended until March 31. Please email Stephanie Meade (smeade1645@gmail.com ) with your pilgrim application.

Please come and join us for the men’s Candle Light Service April 6th fellowship begins at 8pm – 8:30pm and our service starts at 8:30pm at the Family Life Center at Higher Ground Retreat Center 3820 Logan Creek Ln.

West Harrison, IN 47060

3/16/2024

I just wanted to let the community know that George Berry, has passed away with his family by his side. He is now walking the streets of gold with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Please continue to pray for Lori and the Berry family.

Join us in celebrating the life and stories of George Berry over coffee and Ice cream,

Saturday April 27, @ 2pm at

Immanuel Lakeside Church

2551 Dixie Highway Lakeside Park, Ky 41017

Wesley Hall

March 2024 Gathering

 March 2024 Gathering

Information: 
The March Gathering will be on 3/14/24 at Immanuel Boone campus, with fellowship at 6:30 p.m./the gathering at 7:00 p.m. We will be praying for the Men’s team for walk #50. Our 4th day speaker is Kelly Rodamer from women’s walk number 46 table of Miriam.  Plus Brian Myers and band will be the music that night, with also facebook live will be available if you can not attend.

March 2024 Newsletter/Gathering information

 Northern Kentucky

Emmaus  Community 

March 2024 Newsletter


Greetings in view of resurrection Sunday!

I am excited for the biblical fact of an empty tomb! Have you ever read about the two, thieves

that were crucified alongside Jesus? Luke 23:39-43 “One of the criminals who had been hanged

[on a cross beside Him] kept hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save

Yourself and us [from death]!” But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear

God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? We are suffering justly, because

we are getting what we deserve for what we have done; but this Man has done nothing

wrong.” And he was saying, “Jesus, [please] remember me when You come into Your

kingdom!” Jesus said to him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, today you will be with

Me in Paradise.”

There is one thief who curses Jesus and there is the other who puts his trust in Jesus. If Jesus

would have chosen not to respond to either thief we would have not much of a story. I would

also like to point out we would also have not much hope of joining Christ in the resurrection

either. Romans 3:23 informs us we have all sinned and fallen short of God’s glory. This means

we are all guilty. This guilt does not mean we stay in the sin condition. Romans 6:1-2

states: “What shall we say [to all this]? Should we continue in sin and practice sin as a habit, so

that [God’s gift of] grace may increase and overflow? 2 Certainly not! How can we, the very

ones who died to sin, continue to live in it any longer?”

Jesus has given us his word that we will be with him in paradise. The question is which thief are

you? I desire to be the thief that understands he desperately needs the one hanging next to him

on the cross. I am guilty but I place my sole trust and faith in Christ alone. I listen to several

podcast and one quote from Phil Robertson comes to mind. He said, “I have yet to see a better

plan for getting out of the ground. Until then I am going to stick with Jesus.” I am guilty but

Jesus empowers us all to walk out of our sin tombs! THE TOMB IS EMPTY and WE ARE

FREE!

Your brother in Christ,

Greg Beagle

Northern Kentucky Emmaus

Community Lay Director

De Colores!


 March 2024 Gathering

Information: 

The March Gathering will be on 3/14/24 at Immanuel Boone campus, with fellowship at 6:30 p.m./the gathering at 7:00 p.m. We will be praying for the Men’s team for walk #50. Our 4th day speaker is Kelly Rodamer from womens walk number 46 table of Miriam

Men’s walk number 50 information:

MEN’S Walk #50:

Please keep our Men’s walk lay director John Parker and the team for MW#50 (April 4-7), in your daily prays as the men’s team has finished their training, pray for God’s shield of armor to be upon each of these men, Satin will take this time before the walk to attack them.

Pray, Pray, Pray for our upcoming Men’s Walk!

Pray for Pilgrims! Do you know someone you would like to share this amazing experience with? Pray fully before asking them to attend the walk. Pilgrim information is found on our website www.nkemmaus.com Sponsorship Pilgrim Application. Application deadline is March 21.

Pray Chart:

Now is the best time to sign up for the Men’s Walk pray chart, (there are a lot of open time slots that need to be filled) let’s fill all the pray times before April.

Candlelight! Candlelight! Candlelight!

Saturday APRIL 6 @ Higher Ground Retreat Center, fellowship starts at 8pm with the service starting at 8:30pm at the Graves Family Life center. at Higher Ground Conference and retreat center

3820 Logan Creek Ln.

West Harrison, IN 47060

Just follow the Emmaus signs when you get there. The pilgrims are counting on you! Let show them what heaven will look like!

Please pray

Please keep the Combs family in your prays with the passing of Lynn Combs, Lynn participated on walks 5,6,7, & 30.

Remember to stand firm in your convictions Exodus 14:13-14 Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still”.

Northern Kentucky Emmaus Community Board members reports:

Last Agape Day (crafting/sorting/gluing/stapling etc) before the men’s walk is March 10th 2:00 p.m. thru 5:00 p.m. at Jennifer Meyers home, 1246 Brightleaf Blvd, Erlanger Ky. 41018  Any questions, please feel free to text/call at
859-486-0778.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Meyers 
Agape Chairperson


From Northern Kentucky Community Spiritual Director:

Geoff Egbers ;

As we head towards Easter what better gift to share with someone than to sponsor a family member, a friend, or a co worker to attend the Men’s 50th Emmaus Walk . Please continue to be in Prayer. Prayer is the only way this Men’s walk will be a success in the Name of Jesus Christ . Pray for the Holy Spirit to give you incite as to who to invite . Pray for the pilgrims and sponsors to answer God’s calling . We all want this walk to be a huge success. 

       The Men’s walk team has successfully completed training . I hear their Dying Moment was tearful and very emotional. This occurs only when the Holy Spirit is present and these men were touched by the Holy Spirit!!!  Please pray for protection of the team , pilgrims , sponsors, families, and the community from being attacked by Satan. Satan does not want this walk to be a success. So be in prayer that Satan be removed and that all are filled with the Living Water of Jesus and for protection by Jesus Heavenly army . 

See you all at Candlelight Service on Saturday 4/6/24 at Higher Ground where we will shout to the Lord in praise and thanksgiving for what God has done for these men and their families during this Men’s Walk . In Jesus Christ! Happy Easter!


Sherry Taylor, Treasurer

I have been part of the Emmaus Community since 2005.  I have had the honor to serve on walks and to serve on the Board for the last few years as the NKEC treasurer.  The time has come for me to allow someone else the privilege of being part of the Board and the opportunity to serve the Community in this capacity.  I am resigning my position as Treasurer of the Community effective June 30, 2024.  I have been blest through the years serving the Community and I will continue to support the Community and its mission.

DeColores,

Sherry Taylor, Treasurer

Northern Kentucky Emmaus Community

Communication Report
Hello Northern Kentucky Community members, if you have a new phone number, new home address, new email since your original walk, or switch churches , or your church switch names.  Please email at meburns08@aol.com put in subject nky emmaus update information, or text at
859-743-4526 with all your new information.

Thanks
Mark Burns
Northern Kentucky Emmaus Communication Chair

February 2024 Monthly Newsletter/Gathering/Men’s walk # 50 Information

February 2024

Northern Kentucky  Emmaus Community Newsletter!!
 

And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope dose not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Romans :2-5 NIV

Reporter: Elizabeth, tell me what was going through your mind when Zechariah returned from the temple and tried to relay Gabriel’s news. Elizabeth: Well, needless to say, I was shocked that he was unable to speak. Something major had obviously happened, but I had idea what… or why he couldn’t tell me. So I ran to get the writing tablet. Reporter: And once you read it? Elizabeth: Oh my! Tears of joy streamed down my checks. How could this be? I was in total awe of God’s goodness and His favor on us.

Reporter: Your husband asked Gabriel the same question, except not exactly from a place of wonder and awe. Were you disappointed by Zechariah’s initial disbelief? Elizabeth: Zechariah is a good man, a righteous man, but I know how hope deferred can make the heart sick. I was disappointed for him, not in him. Reporter: You still had hope? Elizabeth: My desire was for a child, but my hope has always been in the Lord. You know, I think of all the times Zechariah and I prayed for a child during all those years of suffering barrenness, not knowing that every detail of John’s conception, birth, and life had already been planned.

Reporter: How did you respond to the news that your child would grow up to be the messenger who, in the strength of Elijah, would herald the arrival of the Messiah? Elizabeth: I still marvel at how we used to read about” the one calling out in the wilderness,” years before we knew that one would be our son. I dropped to my knees in awe of the Lord’s favor. I was so completely overwhelmed with joy and gratitude. For the first five months of my pregnancy, I remained in seclusion, relishing the miracle inside me… and what it would mean for God’s people. He chose me for this. He chose me.

Reporter: Why do you think it all happened the way it did? Elizabeth: clearly, John’s life was fashioned to fulfill the promises God made through His holy prophets. But why me? Why did I get to be his mother? Only God knows. I imagine He wanted to make it extra clear that it was all Him. That noting is impossible with God. Our miraculous little family is proof. And since no one can deny that, we’ll boast all the more in the hope of the glory of God. We were chosen.

Your brother in Christ,

Greg Beagle

Northern Kentucky Emmaus

Community Lay Director

De Colores!

 

Gathering/Agape party/Men’s walk # 50/Prayer Chart information

 February Gathering is 2/8/24 at Immanuel Boone Campus. Fellowship begins at 6:30 p.m./ the gathering begins at 7:00 pm our 4th day speaker is Ann Posey from Memphis Emmaus walk number 42 table of Rebekah.  Music led by Brian Myers, Jen Myers Scott, Frank Hadden, Hayden.  Also the gathering will resume back facebook live.




Agape party Sunday February 11 2:00 -5:00 pm @ Jennifer Meyers “chairperson o Agape” house located at 1246 Brightleaf Blvd Erlanger, Ky 41018. She can by contacted by email at chuck.jenmeyers@gmail.com or phone/text 859-486-0778 if any questions.  



MEN’S Walk #50:

 

Please keep our Men’s walk lay director John Parker and the team for MW#50 (April 4-7), in your daily prays as the men’s team has started team training.


Pray, Pray, Pray for our upcoming Men’s Walk!

 

Pray for Pilgrims! Do you know someone you would like to share this amazing experience with? Pray fully before asking them to attend the walk. Pilgrim information is found on our website www.nkemmaus.com sponsorship , Pilgrim Application. Application deadline is March 21.

 

Pray Chart:

Now is the best time to sign up for the Men’s Walk pray chart, let’s fill all the pray times before April.


 

Save the Date Candlelight service April 6, 2024 @8:00 pm at Higher Ground Conference and retreat center

3820 Logan Creek Ln.

West Harrison, IN 47060

January 2024 Newsletter/Gathering Information

January 2024

NKY Emmaus Community Newsletter

Hope for the New Year…

As we ring in the New Year, we tend to reflect on the events of the year past. Many of us have experienced exquisite blessings of love and marriage, new family additions, new careers and locations… Many of us have, also, endured tremendous struggles that we seriously thought we could not bear – sickness, the passing of loved ones, financial hardships, devastating disasters, and the hollow loneliness that comes with it all.

As we anticipate the New Year with both anxiousness and excitement as we set new goals and make future plans, I find it so very comforting to remember this: We have a Father. We have a Comforter. We have a Savior. We have hope.

We have God’s love and promises to carry us through this life and He – Our Father – has promised us that He will never leave us or forsake us. What a wonderful promise! Through thick and thin, joy and sorrow, God is there with us. There is nothing that happens to us that doesn’t first pass by Him. Every moment of bliss or struggle, our Heavenly Father shares with us.

Reflect on the year past and be thankful for His presence in gladness and in sorrow. Look forward to the year that lies before us, knowing that we are not left alone and comfortless. Know that our joys are His joys. He loves us with an un-conditional love that cannot be quenched. His Grace will be more than sufficient. Rejoice! We have a Savior!

Your brother in Christ,

Greg Beagle

Northern Kentucky Emmaus
Community Lay Director
De Colores!


Here is the list of NKY Emmaus  Board members for the year 2024!!

Community  LD

Greg Beagle

Community SD
Rev. Geoff Egbers

Assistant Community  ASD
Rev. Kelly McClendon

Agape 

Jennifer Myers

Team Selection

Deb Garey

Music

Missy Martin

Assistant Community LD 

Bryan Meade

Supplies
Marty Berry

Communications
Mark Burns

Registration
Stephanie Meade

Sponsorship

Vern McKinley

Literature

Jill Artmeier

Outreach

Tom Cracchiolo

Prayer
Chris Hensley

Faclities/Support

Brent Bevins

Secretary

Melinda Carpenter

Treasure

Sherry Taylor


January Gathering: January 11, 2024  at Immanuel Methodist Boone Campus, located at 1440 Boone Aire Road Florence Ky. 40142. 
 Fellowship begins at 6:30 pm. The gathering begins at 7:00 pm our 4th day speaker is TBD

Agape party: Sunday January 14 2:00 pm thru 5:00 pm  at Jennifer Meyers house agape chairperson located 1246 BRIGHTLEAF BLVD Erlanger Ky. 41018.  She can be contacted by email at chuck.jenmeyers@gmail.com or phone/text at 859 486 0778 if you have any questions.



MEN’S Walk Number 50 Information:

Please keep our Men’s walk lay director John Parker and the team for MW#50 (April 4-7), in your daily prays when they start their team training later this month.

Pray, Pray, Pray for our upcoming Men’s Walk!

Pray for Pilgrims! Do you know someone you would like to share this amazing experience with? Pray fully before asking them to attend the walk. Pilgrim information is found on our website www.nkemmaus.com , Sponsorship tab Pilgrim Application. Application deadline is March 21.



Pray Chart:

Now is the best time to sign up for the Men’s Walk pray chart, let’s fill all the pray times before April.


Save the Date Candlelight service April 6, 2024 at 8:00 pm at
Higher Ground Conference/retreat center
3820 Logan Creek Ln.

West Harrison, IN 47060

December 2023 Newsletter/Gathering Information

The December gathering will be at Immanuel Lakeside Campus on Thursday December 14th with fellowship starting at 6:30 pm please bring your favorite Christmas cookies to share and the gathering will start at 7:00 pm please come and join us, our fourth day speaker is Sara Berry from Women’s walk #49.

The Gift of Christmas “And the angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord” Luke 2:10-12 As I’m writing this, Christmas is only a few short weeks away. We are already being bombarded with special events at our churches and in our local communities. I challenge all of us to stop, yes stop, for a few minutes each day to meditate on the special, true meaning of this season. Let us spend time every day as we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior. During the hustle and bustle of the next couple of weeks, please take a few minutes each day to “pause”, hit the reset button, and meditate on our many blessings that we do not deserve but are so abundantly given to us by God’s wonderful gift of Grace through Jesus Christ. As we celebrate with our families, friends, and even strangers this year, let’s remember and contemplate the greatest gift of all….Jesus. I would like to share an excerpt from a song that some of you may remember from around 1980: ‘And so this is Christmas and what have we done Another year over A new one just begun’ Friends, another year is nearly over and what have we done? Have we let others know about Christmas all year long? If not, remember that a new year is just about to begin…… Merry Christmas!!

Your brother in Christ,

Greg Beagle

Northern Kentucky Emmaus

Community Lay Director


MEN’S Walk # 50:
We are pleased to announce that John Parker will be the men’s walk Lay Director for MW#50 (April 4-7). Please be praying for John during this time of forming the team.

Pray, Pray, Pray for our upcoming Men’s Walk!

Pray for Pilgrims! Do you know someone you would like to share this amazing experience with? Pray fully consider asking them to attend a walk. Pilgrim information is found on our website www.nkemmaus.com -> Sponsorship tab -> Pilgrim Application.

    Prayer Chart:

Now is the best time to sign up for the Men’s Walk pray chart, let’s fill all the pray times before April.

 Save the Date Candlelight service April 6, 2024 @ 8:00 pm at Higher Ground Conference and retreat center 3820 Logan Creek Ln. West Harrison, IN 47060

November 2023 Newsletter/Gathering Information

NKY Emmaus Community Newsletter November 2023

Happy Thanksgiving!!

The Simple Gospel

1 John 3:21-23 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.

This is God’s commandment: that we believe in the name (and nature) of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another. One commandment, two parts. God commands us not just to believe, but to believe and love.

All through Scripture, the Spirit of God interweaves faith and love. In the parable of the wise and foolish builders, Jesus calls us to hear (have faith) and to obey (act in love).1 In the teaching of the sheep and the goats, Jesus reveals that we are not judged on the quality of our theology but on how we loved Him through one another. Paul writes of faith and love as joining to form one spiritual breastplate and explains that the only thing that matters is faith working through love.2 Faith and love are so united that both James and John challenge us to measure our faith not by what we believe, but by how much we love others.3 It is love that gives value and substance to our faith and so we can never separate faith from love.4 The call to faith is a call to love.

1 Peter 1:22-23 Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart, for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.

We can see the connection between faith and love again in this passage. Our souls are purified through faith in the blood of Christ for a sincere love of the brethren. Love is the goal.

(from First Love by Geoff Woodcock)

Your brother in Christ,

Greg Beagle

Northern Kentucky Emmaus

Community Lay Director

De Colores!

COMMUNITY GATHERING:

November 9th at Immanuel Lakeside, Dinner will start at 6:15 pm and the gathering starting at 7:00 pm,


Adam Dunn will be our 4th day speaker/NKY Men’s walk number 29

Please come and help us welcome our newest community members from women’s # 49

The women from walk #49 will be meeting at 5:30 pm for a reunion, they will be meeting in rooms 102/104

MEN’S Walk #50:

We are pleased to announce that John Parker will be the men’s walk Lay Director for MW#50 (April 4 thru 7, 2024)  Please be praying for John during this time of forming the team.

Pray, Pray, Pray for our upcoming Men’s Walk!

Pray for Pilgrims! Do you know someone you would like to share this amazing experience with? Pray fully consider asking them to attend a walk. Pilgrim information is found on our website www.nkemmaus.com – Sponsorship tab -Pilgrim Application.

Save the Date Candlelight service April 6, 2024 @ 8:00 pm at Higher Ground Conference and retreat center

3820 Logan Creek Ln.

West Harrison, IN 47060


Information and  reminders for the Northern Kentucky Women’s walk number 49 October 19 thru 22,2023 

Women’s walk # 49 information 

Location: 

Higher Ground Conference and retreat center 

3820 Logan Creek Ln. 

West Harrison, IN 47060 

** Send off : Sponsors with Pilgrim start arriving at Higher Ground Retreat Conference Center in the Life Center building lobby at 6:00 pm Thursday October 19, 2023 for check in of Pilgrim with Send Off at 7:00 pm. 

** Sponsors Hour: Thursday October 19, 2023 from 7:10 pm- 8:10 in Life Center 

** Candle Light Service: Saturday night October 21, 2023 located at Higher Ground Retreat Conference Center in the Life Center building through the main lobby of the Life Center. Arrive starting 8 pm with service starting at 8:30 pm 

** Closing: Sunday afternoon October 22, 2023 located at Higher Ground Retreat Conference Center in the Life Center building through the main Lobby of the Life Center. Arrive starting at 4:00 pm with service starting at 4:30 pm 

** Any Questions during the walk contact Community Spiritual Director at 859-240-9127 call or text , or email Kayak2@teamegbers.com 

Pilgrims List :Debbie Appleman, Andrea Bachman, Erin cook, Nikki Dion, Lorie Ferguson, Rita Florence, Ciara Hampton, Amber Hardy, Tracy Holscher, Kristen Kidd, Erin Knauf, Barbara Lewis, Alice Ruzindana, Joan Shope, Missy Thompson, Beth Tyron, Victoria Warren 

Team List : Sara Berry, Deb Garey, Linda St Myers, Sharon Wilcox, Chris Muncy, Stephen Fincher, Beth Dingus, Sara Forrest, Kathy Dunn, Cathy Egbers, Robin Daholt, Alissa Mesmer, Becky Caproni, Beth Mizer, Lori Thomas, Lisa Salyers, Cindy Vice, Kassi Fleckinger, Katie Kohlman, Martha Krebeck,  Jennifer Myers, Barb Dartnall, Jennifer Hern, Teresa Turpin, Missy Martin, Chrisi Payne, Lori Berry, Nancy Jackson, Candice Rice, Cheri Westmoreland, Brandy Wahle, Geri Campbell, Missy Suit, Sheila King, Ann Scheve, Heather Lord, Tawny Cotto, Monique Marshall, Stacey Sanders, Barb Aaron, Jennifer Montague 

Prayer Chart: 

As of October 14, 2023, these are the following times that needed to be filled up before Thursday walk begins. To sign up for prayer slot, please go under our website nkemmaus.com, then click on prayer. 

Friday October 20: 12:00 am, 12:30 am, 1:00 am, 1:30 am, 2:00 m, 2:30 am, 3:00 am, 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 5:00 pm, 5:30 pm, 6:00 pm, 6:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 9:30 pm, 10:30 pm, 11:00 pm, 11:30 pm 

Saturday October 21: 12:00 am, 12:30 am, 1:00 am, 1:30 am, 2:00 am, 2:30 am, 3:00 am, 3:30 am, 4:00 am, 4:30 am, 5:00 am, 12:30 pm, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:00 pm, 3;330 pm, 4:00 pm, 4:30 pm, 5:00 pm, 5:30 pm, 6:00 pm, 6:30 pm, 10:00 pm, 10:30 pm 

Sunday October 22: 12:30 am, 1:00 pm, 1:30 am, 2:00 am, 2:30 am, 3:00 am, 3:30 am, 4:00 am, 4:30 am, 11:00 am, 11:30 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm 1:30 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm,4:00 pm, 4:30 pm, 5:00 pm, 5:30 pm, 6:30 pm 

September 2023 Newsletter/Gathering information


September 2023

NKY Emmaus Community Newsletter

Our next gathering will be September 14th at Devou Park – Volpenhien shelter (please use your GPS) please bring your family and help us celebrate 28 years together as a community. The shelter is right next to a play area. We will be eating at 6pm. Please bring your own drink (bottle water will be provided along with ice). We are asking the community to provide the dessert for the picnic. The menu will be hamburgers, hotdogs, Mac & Cheese, & beans.

RENEGADE

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:9-13

He was coming. Like in a movie.

It’s the premise of a lot of great westerns: At a desolate time in a desolate place, the stage is set for an unlikely hero to emerge; only instead of the gun-slinging cowboy riding in to save the town (and the dame-wrong genre), it was Jesus, and He was coming to save the world.

But the world did not know Him.

Think of that. Creator God walked among His creation for the purpose of saving them, and they had no clue. But why would they? Frist, He was too average looking to be noticed: “He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him” (Isaiah 53:2). Second, He was too poor to be impressive. According to the Law, a lamb was the required sacrifice for atonement of sin unless someone was too poor to afford one, in which case two doves or pigeons could be offered instead: “And when the time came for [Mary and Joseph’s] purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought [Jesus] up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord … and to offer a sacrifice according to

what is said in the Law of the Lord, ‘a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons” (Luke 2:22,24). Third, He was from Nazareth, a town so small and off the beaten path that it was considered uneducated, backwoods, full of hicks and sticks: “Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him of whom moses in the Law andalso the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.’ Nathanael said to him, ’Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’” (John 1:45-46).

He came to His own, and they did not receive Him.

Jesus was raised in Nazareth, but He didn’t stay there. When He claimed to be the Messiah, they rejected Him-Then they ran Him outta town on a rail. “When [the people of Nazareth] heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and drove [Jesus} out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. But passing through their midst, he went away” (Luke 4:28-30)

But to all who received Him …

To all. Besides faith, there were no requirements for having a relationship with Jesus. No status, no age, no race, no gender. No prior education or track record of good behavior-the greater the transgression, the greater the forgiveness. He welcomed the poor, the rich, the intelligent, and the not-so-much. He, in fact, broke every cultural, political and social boundary in pursuit of the all: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). He gave the right to become children of God.

Through Jesus, we lay claim to heaven’s territory, its rights and its riches. Jesus becomes our brother and God our Father. “But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city” (Hebrews 11:16).

So yeah, it was tough to recognize Jesus as the Messiah, the Hero, especially because of what He looked like, how He acted, and who He chose to spend time with. But those who got it, those who followed the renegade once their eyes were opened—they reaped the reward. And so can we. And with Him we become our own kind of renegade—with Jesus, ride or die.

PRAYER FOCUS

Worship the Father and Son for their unique characteristics, and ask God to give you strength and courage to proudly proclaim you follow a renegade.

(From The Chosen 40 Days with JESUS)

Your brother in Christ,

Greg Beagle

Northern Kentucky Emmaus

Community Lay Director

De Colores!

Please pray for Sara Berry and the women’s team for WW#49 as they have started their training.

Save the Date Candle light service October 21, 2023 @8pm

Don’t forget to sign up for the prayer chart for WW#49!

Pray for the pilgrims for WW#49 pray for open hearts and open minds, pray for those church leaders who haven’t been on a walk yet, and pray for those who have said no several times. The application deadline is October 5th.

If you are interested there will be a Clown training on Saturday September 23rd from 10am until we are finished, at 823 Saint James Ave in Park Hills, Ky. Please contact Diana 859 907-0486.

We now have a full Emmaus Board our two newest members are Tina Jansen (4th Day) and Tom Cracchiolo (Out Reach)

August 2023 Newsletter/Gathering Information

August 2023

NKY Emmaus Community Newsletter

WORDS

In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. IN him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John 1:1-5

The Word was in the beginning, before the heavens and earth, before sunsets and the Pacific, before wildflowers and whales and strawberries and freckles. He was before all of it because He made all of it. The Word spoke the world into existence, which is perhaps why Jesus was called the Word. By His words came all that we know, and by His words come light and knowledge, healing and hope. The words Jesus spoke changed the course of history-along with the lives of twelve very ordinary men.

The disciples were an unconventional group made up largely of fishermen, an anarchist Zealot, and a thieving tax collector- none of whom would’ve scored very high on a like ability scale. They were rough around the edges and ranged from salt-of-the-earth and smelly to downright sketchy. They were loud, proud, greedy, defensive, skeptical, and independent, or some combination thereof, so it’s a wonder such men wholly responded to Jesus’ simple words in Mark1:17: “Follow me”

Passing alongside the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him. (vv.16-20)

What in the world! They dropped everything and followed Him, just like that? We get a little more context regarding Simon Peter and Andrew in Luke 5:1-11. Jesus had preformed a miracle just before His audacious request. But still, it was crazy talk. So I have to imagine the words sounded different from Jesus than they would’ve from anyone else-anyone other than The Word. “In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:4-5).

As strange as it is to imagine dropping everything familiar for what is entirely unknown, somehow the trade made sense. In Jesus is life, so His words transcend circumstances and break down barriers. They light up dark corners, removing fear, doubt, and self-preservation. They bring clarity and elevate our understanding of what’s real, true, and important. They take us from completely missing our purpose to seeing in neon that our only reason for being is to follow the one who spoke us into being.

The disciples gave up all they had to follow Jesus when He called them. For three years they sat under His teaching and listened to Him pray. They watched Him welcome children and honor the least of these. They heard Him tell jokes, laugh at their jokes, and be respectful to His mom. They witnessed Him heal the sick, defend His Father’s house, and chastise the self-righteous. With words.

And they stood helpless when He said no words on His way to the cross. So of course twelve ordinary men, initially full of hot air and void of purpose, became the very ones so changed by Jesus’ words that they would fearlessly take them to the ends of the earth.

Prayer Focus

Thank the Father for whatever words impacted your life most, such as your favorite Bible verse. And recommit to Him to read His Word and say His words to others.

(From The Chosen 40 Days with JESUS)

Your brother in Christ,

Greg Beagle

Northern Kentucky Emmaus

Community Lay Director

De Colores!

The August Gathering will be on 8/10/23 at Immanuel Boone campus (1440 Boone Aire Road Florence, Ky) with fellowship starting at 6:30 and the gathering starting at 7 pm. Our 4th day speaker is Danny Goldberg MW#49

Please pray for Sara Berry and the women’s team for WW#49 as they have started their training.

**Save the Date Candle light service October 21, 2023 @8:00 pm

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Pray for the pilgrims for WW#49 pray for open hearts and open minds, pray for those church leaders who haven’t been on a walk yet, and pray for those who have said no several times. The application deadline is October 5