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    The Group Reunion: Walk to Emmaus
    The Group Reunion: Walk to Emmaus
    The Group Reunion: Walk to Emmaus
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    The Group Reunion: Walk to Emmaus

    By Stephen D. Bryant

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    Designed for persons who have participated in The Walk to Emmaus, this helpful booklet provides ideas on joining follow-up accountability groups, organizing groups, and improving the quality of groups as a means of growth in grace.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUpper Room Books
    Release dateOct 1, 2005
    ISBN9780835811385
    The Group Reunion: Walk to Emmaus
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    Stephen D. Bryant

    Stephen D. Bryant was the world editor and publisher of Upper Room Ministries from 1997 to 2009 and is currently directing international ministry initiatives for the General Board of Discipleship. Before his election as world editor and publisher, Bryant served as director of spiritual formation for The Upper Room and as the international director of The Walk to Emmaus and Chrysalis movements. His vision of small groups as important settings for spiritual formation and his experience in the contemplative life as well as local churches provided the inspiration for the Companions in Christ series. Bryant was instrumental in shaping the foundational 28-week resource.

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      The Group Reunion - Stephen D. Bryant

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      THE GROUP REUNION

      Copyright © 1996 by The Upper Room®

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, write Upper Room Books®, 1908 Grand Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37212.

      The Upper Room® Web site http://www.upperroom.org

      UPPER ROOM®, UPPER ROOM BOOKS® and design logos are trademarks owned by the Upper Room®, a ministry of GBOD®, Nashville, Tennessee. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations not otherwise identified are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission.

      Interior design: PerfecType, Nashville, TN

      ISBN: 978-0-8358-1138-5 (ePub edition)

      For information on other Emmaus and Chrysalis resources go to the Web site: http://emmaus.upperroom.org/resources

      Stephen D. Bryant is a past International Director of the Walk to Emmaus® movement.

      Contents

      I What Is an Emmaus Group Reunion?

      II How Do I Join a Group?

      III How Do We Start?

      IV What Do We Do from Week to Week?

      V How Can We Encourage Congregational Group Reunions?

      VI How Can We Enhance Our Group Reunion’s Effectiveness?

      Resources

      I What Is an Emmaus Group Reunion?

      The Emmaus group reunion is a small accountability group of two to six persons who have usually participated in the three-day Walk to Emmaus and who want to continue their pursuit of a life lived wholly in the grace of God. These small follow-up groups help pilgrims translate the message conveyed on the Walk to Emmaus weekend into a daily walk with Christ. With the regular support of a few faithful friends, the gift of God’s love in Jesus Christ becomes a lifestyle of Christian discipleship through the threefold discipline of piety, study, and action.

      Perseverance in Grace

      Persons may call their group reunions by different names: reunion groups, fourth day groups, accountability groups, share groups, discipleship groups, journey groups, and Christian support groups. Irrespective of name, group reunions have a common purpose: to help us persevere in grace. Group reunions undergird our desire to carry those aspects of the three-day experience that we most value and that are fundamental to our formation as faithful Christian disciples into our everyday lives.

      How do we persevere in grace? The talk on Perseverance tells us that the key is regular contact with Christ and with other Christians who share the vision of life lived wholly in the grace of God. The group

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