Community Information

In November 2004 after our 56th Walk, Camp Easter Seals closed the camp we had been using.  After several weeks of searching, God led our Community to the Salvation Army's Camp Happyland, near Fredericksburg, VA and in March of 2005, a new chapter began with Emmaus 57 at Camp Happyland.

Over the years, the Fredericksburg Emmaus Community has grown.  In addition to our members that Walked in Fredericksburg we have embraced Christians from many other Communities throughout the country.  As of the Fall of 2010, our Community is made up of the following:

• Total Members: 3,169 (Database)

• Active Members: 1,561 (Listed in the Directory)

• Walked in Fredericksburg: 2,451 Pilgrims

• Emmaus Walks: 83 Walks – 40 Men’s and 43 Women’s Walks

• Chrysalis Flights: 7 Flights, 125 Butterflies

• Walked in Other Communities: 712 members Walked in 87 other Communities

• Denominations: 32 denominations

• Churches: 412  in the Greater Fredericksburg Area

• Newsletters Printed/Published each Month: 0 (*As a cost savings measure, we  will no longer be mailing (US Mail) our monthly newsletter as of January 2011)

• Electronic Newsletters Published each Month: 586 (April 2011)

As members of this Community, we have been truly blessed to be in Communion with so many different peoples and traditions. We are a movement and a community with strong tradition and rich history, supported and nurtured by a devoted core of pastors and laity from area churches.  We pray that Christ smiles when He looks through the scrapbook of the Fredericksburg Emmaus Community.