OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY

Carleton United Methodist Church Carleton, MI

www.carletonumc.org
11435 Grafton Road
PO Box 327
Carleton  MI, 48117
Phone : 734-654-2833
Email : carletonumc@carletonumc.com

Good Shepherd United Methodist Church st. Clair Shores, MI

St. Clair Shores
Web-site : not active
3160l Harper
St. Clair Shores, MI  48082
 Daytime Phone : 586-294-4080
Evening Phone : 586-293-6959
Email : gsume@wowway.com
Contact: Roxann Kohler or Shelby Money for more information

Grace Community Church Detroit, MI

Web-site : www.gracewired.com
21001 Moross Rd
Detroit, MI 48236
Daytime Phone : 313-882-3000
Email : psmith@gracewired.com

Arise United Methodist Church Pinckney, MI

Arise United Methodist Church
Web-site : www.arisechurch.org
11211 Dexter-Pinckney Road
Pinckney, MI  48169 
Phone : (734) 878-1928
Email : arise@arisechurch.org

1st United Methodist of Marlette Marlette, MI

1st United Methodist of Marlette
Web-site : http://www.marletteumc.org
3155 Main Street
Marlette, MI 48453
Phone : 989-635-2075
Email : fumcmarlette@centurytel.net

Novi United Methodist Church Novi, MI

Novi United Methodist Church
Web-Site: http://www.umcnovi.com
41671 W 10 Mile Rd.
Novi, MI 48375
Phone: 248-349-2652
E-Mail: info@umcnovi.com or pastor@umcnovi.com

Hosting A Walk


Is your Church interested in
Hosting an Emmaus Walk?
Facility Needs              
 
 
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the possibility of
hosting an upcoming Southeast Michigan Walk to Emmaus
at your church.  Without the willingness and generosity of
local area churches, it would be extremely difficult to hold
the Walk to Emmaus which encourages Christians to grow
in their personal walk with Christ and take a leadership role
in ministry.  Our intentions are that this write-up will provide
you with enough details to take to your Administrative or
Ministry Board to enable discussions to see if our dates and
facility needs can be accommodated by your church calendar
and congregation.
 
Proposed Dates & Times
·         Team Training Saturdays – 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
o   _______________, _______________,
________________, ________________
o   The purpose for the team meetings is to become
familiar with the building layout and how to most
effectively utilize the space for the Walk weekend
as well as prepare and train for various positions
required on the Walk.
·         Men’s Walk – Thursday, ____________at noon
to Sunday, __________ at 8:00 p.m.
·         Women’s Walk – Thursday, __________at noon
to Sunday, __________ at 8:00 p.m
·         Fourth Day Gathering Saturday – noon to
8:30 p.m.   _________________________
o   The purpose for this gathering is to invite participants
from both the Men’s and Women’s Walk Weekends as
well as members of the Emmaus Community to share
a meal and testimonial of how God used the Walk to
Emmaus in their life.
·         Note:  The Emmaus team will take photos of all rooms
being used throughout the weekend prior to set-up and
will return each room to its original condition.  It would
be helpful to have a final walk-through with the church
custodian on Sunday evening to ensure that everything
is satisfactory.
 
Weekend – Facility Needs
·         Sleeping
o   Each Walk requires sleeping accommodations for 80-82 people. 
Sleeping areas can consist of several rooms, such as Sunday school
classrooms, choir rooms, etc. 
o   The Emmaus team will take photos of all rooms being used
throughout the weekend prior to set-up. 
They will re-arrange the room, provide foam mattresses for sleeping
and return the room back to its original condition in time for Sunday
morning activities for the hosting church congregation.
·         Conference Room
o   This room will be where most of the weekend activity takes place. 
It must be large enough to hold six large round tables, two 6-foot tables,
a podium, easel and 62 chairs.
o   This room must be available for the entire weekend
(including Sunday morning).

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·         Kitchen / Dining
o   The Emmaus team will require use of kitchen and equipment
to prepare food.  If possible, the team would like to use the church’s
dishes, pans, silverware and dishwasher. 
o   Dining area to seat 80-85 people.  The team will need to use the
church’s 6 or 8 foot tables and folding chairs.
o   The kitchen and dining areas must be available for the
entire weekend (through 5:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon).
·         Two Storage Rooms
o   One small room is needed to store supplies and perform
auxiliary functions. 
o   One small room is needed to perform weekend procedures
in accordance with the National Emmaus Board to ensure
weekend integrity (database maintenance, weekend agape
functions, etc.).
o   Both rooms must be available the entire weekend
(including Sunday morning).
·         Sanctuary
o   The sanctuary will be used for various worship services
throughout the weekend. 
Below is a brief outline for when the sanctuary will be
needed, however, these times are approximates.
o   Thursday:  From 6:00 p.m. through 11:30 p.m.
o   Friday:  From 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., (fill in other times for Friday)
o   Saturday:  From 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m., 11:00 am. - noon,
and 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
o   Sunday:  From 3:30 p.m.– 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. –7:00 p.m.
 
Sunday Morning
·         All Sunday school classrooms will be cleaned and set back to original
condition for congregational activities.
·         Emmaus attendees for the weekend will be confined to the conference
room and the storage rooms, providing very little disruption in the
congregation’s normal Sunday morning activities. 
·         Note:  The kitchen and dining area will be in use to prepare and
serve lunch and not available for congregational activities.
 
Special Services for the Weekend
·         On Saturday evening (approximately 6:00 p.m.) and again on Sunday
afternoon (approximately 4:00 p.m.), there will be about 150-200 members
of the Emmaus Community in the church for special services
(in addition to the 80 people attending the Emmaus Walk weekend).
·         Each special service will last about three hours whereby the Emmaus
Community will depart and the Emmaus Walk participants will remain.
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Scheduled Church Activities
·         The Emmaus team is very willing to cooperate with and work around
weekly scheduled events such as choir practice or a church meeting
that may be going on in the church building during the weekend.
·         Please let the Emmaus team know about these activities ahead of time. 
·         Events such as weddings or special programs should be avoided for
these weekends.
 
Storage Between Walks
·         The Emmaus team would like to store the mattresses (approximately 80)
and various other supplies at the church during the two week time period
between the Men’s Walk and the Women’s Walk.
·         All Emmaus supplies will be removed from the church on Sunday
evening of the Women’s Walk.
 
Emmaus Mail
Some mail may be delivered to the church the week prior to the first Walk. 
It will be marked to the attention of the Emmaus Program.  Please hold the
mail for the team arriving on Thursday afternoon.