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The first Fredericksburg Emmaus members began
meeting in April 1989. We held gatherings for months before the first walk was
conducted. Fredericksburg Walk to Emmaus #1 was held October 9th-12th, 1991
at Camp Easter Seals in Sparta, Virginia. In November
2004 after our 56th Walk, Camp Easter Seals closed the camp we had been using.
After several weeks of searching, God led our Community to the Salvation Army's
Camp Happyland, near Fredericksburg, VA and in March of 2005, a new chapter
began with Emmaus 57 at Camp Happyland.
Over the years, the Fredericksburg Emmaus Community has grown. In addition
to our members that Walked in Fredericksburg we have embraced Christians from
many other Communities throughout the country. As of the Fall of 2007, our
Community is made up of the following:
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Total Members: 2,871
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Active Members: 1,359
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Walked in Fredericksburg: 2,177 Pilgrims
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Emmaus Walks: 69 Walks – 33 Men’s and 36
Women’s Walks
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Chrysalis Flights: 7 Flights, 125
Butterflies
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Walked in Other Communities: 694 members
Walked in 85 other Communities
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Denominations: 32 denominations
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Churches: 389 in the Greater
Fredericksburg Area
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Newsletters Published each Month: 877
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Electronic Newsletters Published each Month:
99
As members of this Community, we have been truly blessed to
be in Communion with so many different peoples and traditions.
We are a movement and a community with strong tradition and rich history,
supported and nurtured by a devoted core of pastors and laity from area
churches. We pray that Christ smiles when He looks through the scrapbook of the
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