What Is an Emmaus Community? The Walk to Emmaus gave me a whole new set of Christian friends who live all across two states. —Layperson from New Mexico An Emmaus community consists of all the persons in a locality who have attended The Walk to Emmaus. In addition to many small groups, Emmaus communities usually have a monthly gathering on a Friday or Saturday night to celebrate God's grace and to keep alive the enthusiasm for living everyday—the Fourth Day—as a walk with the risen Christ. A volunteer board of directors, whose members are  elected annually by the Emmaus  community, coordinates Emmaus activities. When an Emmaus community has grown sufficiently in numbers, its leaders can ask The Upper Room for help in offering Walks to Emmaus on a regular basis. Emmaus communities sign a letter of agreement with The Upper Room and covenant to operate within the guidelines of the program. Each local Emmaus community relies on local leadership and inevitably reflects the strengths, weaknesses, religious fervor, and theological biases of those involved. Each generation of participants becomes the potential leaders for the ongoing program. The Upper Room holds leadership-training workshops and visits Emmaus communities upon request to guide and to help develop leadership for the program.