Oconee River Basin Walk to Emmaus Community
Serving Baldwin, Greene, Morgan and Putnam Counties in Georgia
We are the Oconee River Basin Emmaus Community, and we are dedicated to those who are interested in strengthening their relationship with Jesus Christ, good news to those who are interested in serving God in this community, and a resource to those that are spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
ORBEC currently has two Men’s and two Women’s Walks to Emmaus per year in the Spring and Fall. All of the Walks take place at the beautiful Collinswood of Aldersgate Camp in Buckhead, GA.
2016 Newsletters
ORBEC January Newsletter 2016
ORBEC Newsletter March 2016
ORBEC Newsletter July 2016
ORBEC Newsletter September 2016
2015 Newsletters
ORBEC Newsletter November 2015
ORBEC Newsletter September 2015
ORBEC NewsletterMarch 2015 (1)
2014 Newsletters
ORBEC Newsletter Nov-Dec 2014
PROMISEKEEPERS SERVING AT JULY 2016 GATHERING
The Promisekeepers Reunion Group served a DELICIOUS Spaghetti Supper at Wesley Chapel UMC on July 10th. The Oconee River Basin Emmaus Community is extremely grateful for their service.
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The Oconee River Basin Walk to Emmaus Community has a new Reunion Group
The “Women of God” Reunion Group is in the process of establishing mutually agreeable meeting times and dates. The Group will meet at Freedom Church in Milledgeville, GA. The contact person for the Group is currently Kathy Martin. At this time there are five members. It is such a blessing when ORBEC members come together in new Reunion Groups. The Emmaus Fourth Day principle is alive and well in the Oconee River Basin Walk to Emmaus Community. SC
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The Gazebo Guys and their Gals had a lovely Valentine’s dinner on
Tuesday night, February 9, 2016. They had a great time and wished everyone could have been there.
KAIROS-FOURTH DAY BLESSINGS
Kairos is the extension of the Walk to Emmaus which focuses on those of God’s children who are imprisoned. Several men and women in the Oconee River Basin Walk to Emmaus Community are active in the Kairos Ministry in prisons within Georgia.
Some of the ORBEC men who are on a Kairos Team tell the story of “Cowboy”. He accepted Christ on Kairos Weekend #13 at Washington State Prison. He claims to have been a soul mate of Satan up until that time. He’s now a free man again and walking tall and strong with the Lord. He was paroled in December 2015.
These ORBEC members had the pleasure of spending time with “Cowboy” on Saturday, January 23rd. They were blessed to be witness to what has transpired in his life. He couldn’t stop giving praises for all the doors that have been opened to him. His church has embraced him, his neighbor has given him a job (albeit, a seasonal one) and even takes him back and forth to work. He is living at home with his mother in a small travel trailer, and anyone can see the Lord is living in him.
This group of men praises God for the redemption of “Cowboy”, and they ask that the Oconee River Basin Walk to Emmaus Community remember him in prayer as he continues his walk with the Lord. They joyfully continue this Fourth Day ministry, knowing that there are more like “Cowboy” who are in need of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
De Colores
On the Walk to Emmaus the love of God for his children is demonstrated in many ways. From the initial “welcome” to the Walk Weekend to the final “closing” of the weekend activities the presence of God’s love is undeniable. In the Emmaus Walk this love is called Agape.
Agape is the Greek word for love at its ultimate. Agape love is not like a brotherly love or a love between a husband and a wife. It is the most self-sacrificing love that there is. This type of love is the love that God has for His own children. Agape love is that which is always associated with the love of God.
There are many uses of Agape when speaking of God’s love in the Bible such as: John 4:8 “Anyone who does not love (agape) does not know God, because God is love (agape).” Romans 5:5 “and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love (agape) has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”
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