Saturday, Oct. 10 is the Annual Meeting of the Via de Cristo Sectretariat

This meeting will be held at Central Baptist Church of Bearden after the team meeting. Start time is approximately 3 pm. During the meeting, we will vote on the 2027 Secretariat members. The positions up for vote are:

  – Lay Director: Craig Emerson (1st term)
  – Weekend: Tommy Stuckert (1st term)
  – Treasurer: Doug Cooper (1st term)
  – Outreach: Chris Wise (1st term)
  – Communications: Jody Freeman Thomas (2nd term)

Please note that if any nominations are made from the floor, the nominator must confirm the candidate’s willingness to serve and notify the Secretariat.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!

I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong – that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. – Romans 1:11-12

You may attend Via de Cristo only once in your life, but you are asked to build on it for the rest of your life. We call the rest of your life, your “Fourth Day.” How a person uses their weekend experience is both entirely an individual and personal decision.

It is hoped that participants will become more effective leaders in their local congregations as a result of the Via de Cristo and Fourth Day experiences.

After attending a weekend one is encouraged to:

• Expand your inner spiritual life through study and church participation. The emphasis is on one’s home church and NOT the movement itself.
• Become more active witnesses for Christ in daily life.

Via de Cristo also offers two ongoing means of perseverance:

• Renewal or Reunion Groups- small groups of men or women who meet regularly to study, pray, share and help one another in their quest for spiritual development. It’s a voluntary meeting of friends to share with one another their efforts to live and grow in union with Christ. To be fruitful it must include piety, study, and action. It is friendship elevated to the highest level – that of being a permanent actual grace.
  If you need to find a group, please fill out and submit this form and we’ll help! If you have questions, email our Post Weekend Chair.
• Ultreyas – A gathering of Christians who have attended a Via Weekend. Ultreya’s take place at a church and involve worship, visiting with each other and refreshments. The community is uplifted with testimony from a Via participant and the next weekend’s Rector is announced. At this event, one can sign-up to be on the next team and to pray for the next weekend.