Thoughts from our Community Lay Director

HELLO. What a joy it is to serve our Lord today!

GATHERING. North Stafford Baptist Church is hosting the December 10 Gathering. We will be welcoming the women from FE-85 into our community. There will be special holiday music; if you would like to join the "choir," please contact our Community Music Director, Mitch Mitchell.

4TH DAY FOLLOW UP MEETING. The next meeting will be Saturday, January 14 at Antioch UMC (Hartwood) from 9-12. All new community members are encouraged to attend. We will be discussing the ways you can be an active community participant and how you can renew and refill your spirit within the Emmaus community. If you would like to be considered for the spring teams, please submit a signed application by January 8 and indicate your intention to attend the 4th Day meeting.

THE WOMEN'S WALK. Praises for the women of FE-85! Their testimonies showed that God continues to love His children, even when His children are unsure of His presence. We thank God for His mighty work in our lives. Come meet these wonderful women at the December Gathering.

PRAYERS. We have prayer warriors praying daily for the needs and praises of the Emmaus community. Email our Prayer Chain Coordinator Teresa Smith at fredemmausprayers@yahoo.com with your prayer request and our prayer warriors will be in prayer for you. Urgent prayer requests will be handled as quickly as they are received. If you would like to be a prayer warrior, email our website administrator, Chris Campbell, at chris@ewg.org to be included.

FE-86 and FE-87 teams are forming. Please be in prayer for the leadership of these teams, for the community as we say "yes" to God through our Emmaus service, and for the pilgrims, still unnamed, who will be joining us.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. As we celebrate the birth of the One whose death gives us life, please take the time to reflect on the true meaning and power of Christmas. "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men!'" (Luke 2: 13-14).

DECOLORES! Merry Christmas, ya'll!

Dawn Kendall
Stafford Crossing Community Church
Fredericksburg Emmaus #54, Table of Peace