Keys to Good Sponsorship

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Keys to GoodSponsorship
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• Purpose of the Walk to Emmaus
• Basis for the Walk to Emmaus
• Importance of Quality Sponsorship
• Purposeful Sponsorship
• Questionable Sponsorship
• Ten Steps of Sponsorship
• Decision-making Approach

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• The aim of Emmaus is to
• inspire, challenge, and equip
• local church members for Christian action
• in their homes, churches,
• workplaces, and communities.

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Home
Church
Workplaces
Communities
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Sponsorship Model Luke 2413 - 35
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• Re-explained
• Re-experienced
• Re-turned
• Re-newal

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• Expands
• Deepens
• Rekindles

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Importance of Quality Sponsorship

• First act of agape - before a Walk begins

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Importance of Quality Sponsorship

• Under girds the whole weekend with sacrificial
  love on behalf of each pilgrim

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Importance of Quality Sponsorship

• Affects the foundation for a healthy, effective
  Emmaus movement fulfilling its true purpose

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Purposeful Sponsoring
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Purposeful Sponsoring

• Church Leaders

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Purposeful Sponsoring

• Dependable Church Members

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Purposeful Sponsoring

• Less Active Members

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Purposeful Sponsoring
Peace
Love
Joy

• Christians who want to grow spiritually

Kindness
Patience
Fruit of the Spirit
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Purposeful Sponsoring

• Members leaders representing a cross- section
  of the church society

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Purposeful Sponsoring

• Respected laypersons clergypersons

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Questionable Sponsorship

• Persons with no relationship to the church of
  Jesus Christ.

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Questionable Sponsorship

• Persons undergoing emotional crisis or who may be
  experiencing psychological instability.

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Questionable Sponsorship

• Persons who decide not to make a Walk after being
  presented the opportunity.

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Questionable Sponsorship

• Christians whose theology and/or practice is
  notably different or incompatible.

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Questionable Sponsorship

• Church Hoppers

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Questionable Sponsorship

• Persons who are always looking for another
  spiritual high or experience to help them
  arrive.

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Ten Steps of Sponsorship
Pray
Pray
Pray
PRAY
Pray
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• Make an appointment

Hello, Joe? How are you? Remember when I
briefly mentioned the Emmaus weekend to you? I
was wondering if theres a convenient time when
we can get together and talk about it more.
. . ..
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• Extend an invitation
• seek a commitment

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• Continue to pray, prepare agape,
• enlist pastoral support

PRAY
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• Support the Walk and
• help the pilgrim on their Fourth Day

Send off Sponsors hr Candlelight Closing 72-hr
vigil Reunion group Gathering
PRAY
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• Help pilgrim re-enter their church

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• Help pilgrim serve
• the Emmaus community

God loves you
PRAY
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• Help pilgrim sponsor others

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Decision makingapproach
Scripture Tradition
Experience Reason
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Sponsorship. . .

• . . . the most important job of all!