Oconee River Basin Walk to Emmaus Community
Serving Baldwin, Greene, Morgan and Putnam Counties in Georgia
Details you need to know about Walk #20:
March 14-17, 2019
Lay Director – Ann Maddox
Spiritual Director – Rev Mike Morgan
Send Off: Swords UMC, Thursday at 7pm
Candlelight: Grace Bible Church at 8pm, Pilgrims arrive at 9:15pm
Closing: Collinswood, Sunday at 4pm
Swords UMC – 1401 Swords Rd, Buckhead, GA 30625
Collinswood – 1180 Fraction Bottom Rd, Buckhead, GA 30625
Grace Bible Church – 4890 Buckhead Rd, Buckhead, GA 30625
Team members and other volunteers from the ORBEC community gathered for a workday to spruce up Collinswood for our upcoming walks. We trimmed hedges, cleaned up all the buildings and grounds, made sure everything was functional including water, heating & air and more. The guys went to work installing temporary walls in the pavilion in order to stay warm and also to create a conference room, chapel, and snack room. Things are looking great and there is an excitement in the air for Walks 19 and 20. We can’t wait to see what God is going to do in the lives of His faithful servants.
MEN’S WALK #19
MARCH 7-10, 2019
WOMEN’S WALK #20
MARCH 14-17, 2019
The Walks will be held at Collinswood of Aldersgate in Buckhead, GA
WEEKEND LAY DIRECTORS NAMED FOR 2019 WALKS
SCOTT WEBB HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE WEEKEND LAY DIRECTOR FOR WALK #19
ANN MADDOX HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE WEEKEND LAY DIRECTOR FOR WALK #20
SCOTT AND ANN ARE THE FIRST OF THE OCONEE RIVER BASIN WALK TO EMMAUS PILGRIMS TO BECOME WEEKEND LAY DIRECTORS. OUR COMMUNITY HAS COME FULL CIRCLE WITH THEIR SELECTION AND SERVICE.
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.
Where: Eatonton First United Methodist Church
103 W Magnolia St., Eatonton, GA 31024
When: August 10th, 2018
Dinner: 6:00pm
Pulled Chicken will be provided by the church, the community is asked to bring side dishes and desserts to share.
Meeting: 6:45 pm followed by Worship at 7:00pm
Good Food, Good Music, Good Fellowship and Forth Day Witness
Great Music will be provided by the 4Th Day Band
Childcare will also be Provided
Guests are welcome. Bring a Friend, bring a Relative and Bring a Future Pilgrim.
Please join us in making the August Gathering a GREAT success!!!
If you need any other information or interested in giving a 4th day talk at a future gathering, Please, contact, Diane Bassett: bassettd@plantationcable.net see guidelines for doing so at information table.
Last month we began highlighting an organization to support. At July gathering community members were asked to bring canned and non-perishable food items that were donated to the food pantry for Milledgeville Presbyterian Church. Community members responded in a great way. As a continued part of the Emmaus way and mission, we will highlight a new organization at each gathering.
During our August Gathering we will be assisting by bringing toiletry supplies for, Out of Darkness of Middle Georgia. This organization was founded in January 2014 when a group of people God connected began praying for women caught up in the sex industry in our communities. Let us do what we can to assist this group in the Emmaus way. God Bless
Suggested items: Full size shampoo and Conditioner, lotion, body wash, soap, toothpaste, tooth brushes, deodorant, shaving cream, razors, basic hygiene items or non-perishable food items like nuts and crackers.
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Where: Wesley Chapel UMC
420 Sparta Hwy
Eatonton, Georgia 31024
When: June 8th, 2018
Dinner: 6:00pm
The meal will begin at 6:00 PM and the Music and program will begin at 7:00 PM.
More information will follow.
The community is encouraged to bring a side dish or dessert.
Drinks will be provided
Meeting:
Worship: 7:00 pm
-Good Food, Good Music, Good Fellowship
-Fourth Day Witness
-Great Music will be provided by the 4Th Day Band
-Childcare will be Provided
-Guests are welcome. Bring a Friend, Bring a Relative and Bring a Future Pilgrim.
-Please join us in making the June Gathering a GREAT success!!!
-If you need any other information or interested in giving a 4th day talk at a future gathering, Please contact, Diane Bassett: bassettd@plantationcable.net
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FOR WHAT: THE OCONEE RIVER BASIN WALK TO EMMAUS GATHERING FOR APRIL
WHEN: FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2018
WHAT TIME: 6:00 PM
WHERE: THE BRIARPATCH (MIKE RAINEY’S FARM) 725 PEA RIDGE RD. EATONTON, GA
(LOOK FOR THE WELCOME ON THE ROAD)
WHAT TO BRING: NEW MEMBERS JUST BRING YOURSELVES, YOUR FAMILY AND/OR FRIENDS…NO FOOD…IT’S YOUR NIGHT!
WHAT TO BRING: EVERYONE ELSE JUST BRING SIDES TO COMPLIMENT HOT DOGS OR YOUR FAVORITE DESSERTS. THE ORBEC BOARD OF SERVANTS IS FURNISHING EVERYTHING ELSE, INCLUDING DRINKS.
WHAT’S HAPPENING: GREAT FOOD, OF COURSE.
LOTS OF MUSIC AND SINGING WITH OUR OWN “FOURTH DAY” BAND AND SINGERS.
HOLY COMMUNION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AN OPEN MIC FOR ANYONE, INCLUDING NEW MEMBERS, TO SPEAK ON WHAT THEIR FOURTH DAY HAS BEEN LIKE.
AND, LOVE, MORE LOVE, AND MORE LOVE.
THERE WILL BE TIME FOR LOTS OF FELLOWSHIP IN THE “BIG BARN”.
THERE’S LOTS OF ROOM FOR PARKING.
CHILDCARE WILL BE PROVIDED.
THIS GATHERING WILL BE HELD RAIN OR SHINE. COME ON TO THE BRIARPATCH FOR A GREAT EVENING OF LOVE AND FELLOWSHIP.
SEE YOU THERE!!!!
DE COLORES
A crowd of 70, lovely decorations and delicious soup, chili, cornbread, salad and dessert dishes made for a very enjoyable evening at Greensboro FUMC on Carey Station Rd. on December 14, 2018. The rain outside couldn’t dampen the Emmaus spirit within the group of Community members present. Susie Pressley and Pat Dickey announced the next fundraiser to be held at Greensboro FUMC on January 18, 2019. A beautiful flower arrangement was presented to Shirley Wiley for her service to the Community. Shirley also gave the 4th Day Talk, and Rev. Hugh Hendrickson gave the Clergy Response and served Holy Communion, assisted by Butch Thompson, Ann Maddox and Shirley Wiley. Fourth Day led the group in favorite Christmas songs and praise to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. If you have never been to an ORBEC Gathering you don’t know what you’ve been missing. Join us next time and enjoy the praise and worship, the food and the loving fellowship of an Emmaus Gathering.
THE FIRST GATHERING TO FOLLOW ORBEC WALKS #17 & #18 WAS HELD AT THE BRIARPATCH, THE EATONTON FARM OWNED BY ORBEC MEMBERS, MIKE AND CATHY RAINEY. THE GENEROSITY OF THE RAINEYS IN THEIR STEWARDSHIP OF THE FARM IS A BLESSING TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE ORBEC BOARD OF SERVANTS PROVIDED HOT DOGS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE BROUGHT SIDE DISHES AND DESSERTS TO COMPLETE THE HUGE MEAL. THERE WERE SOME 200 PEOPLE, INCLUDING SEVERAL GUESTS.
THE FESTIVITIES TOOK PLACE IN THE BARN, A LARGE WELL-LIT AND DECORATED AREA WITH TABLES AND CHAIRS SCATTERED ABOUT. THE MEAL BEGAN AT 6:00 PM, AND WAS FOLLOWED BY MUSIC PROVIDED BY “FOURTH DAY”, THE ORBEC BAND AND SINGERS. THE SONGS WERE INSPIRATIONAL AND FULL OF PRAISE, AND THE MEMBERSHIP SANG OUT WITH JOY.
IN LIEU OF A PREPLANNED FOURTH DAY TALK, DIANE BASSETT, COMMUNITY GATHERING SERVANT, ASKED THE NEW MEMBERS FROM WALKS 17 & 18 TO USE THE OPEN MIC TO SHARE THEIR 4TH DAY EXPERIENCE WITH THE GROUP. FOUR MEMBERS SHARED WITH THE GROUP, AND MIKE RAINEY GAVE A MOVING TESTIMONY.
REV. BILL KING, ASSISTED BY REV. MIKE MORGAN, SERVED HOLY COMMUNION.
THE GATHERING FOLLOWING A WALK IS ALWAYS SPECIAL, AND THIS ONE DIDN’T DISAPPOINT.
JOIN US ON MAY 11TH AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF MILLEDGEVILLE FOR THE NEXT GATHERING.
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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.
The ORBEC Prayer Vigil still has openings just waiting for you to sign up to wrap Walks #13 & #14 in constant and consistent prayer over the next two weekends. Currently the Men’s Walk Prayer Vigil has openings for 73 prayers for the Pilgrims, the team, the staff of Rock Eagle and the families of those serving and attending . The Women’s Walk currently has 94 openings. Please sign up now.
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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
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