Chrysalis is the name chosen for the Youth Walk to Emmaus because it symbolizes faith growth in the lives of high school and college aged young adults -- the spiritual growth that is necessary between adolescence and adulthood. It is a crucial time of maturing faith for discipleship.

Chrysalis has its roots deeply planted in its parent movement, the Walk to Emmaus. Chrysalis is a three-day spiritual renewal retreat that provides participants an opportunity to learn more about the faith, to experience Christian love and support, and a chance to make new commitments in their faith journey. The content of the three days focuses on God's grace, how one experiences Christ as friend in the body of Christ, and how one is called into discipleship, giving love to a needful world.

The focus of CHRYSALIS is commitment to Jesus Christ through the local church. The objective of CHRYSALIS is to inspire, challenge, and equip local church youth for a closer friendship with Christ and for Christian action at home, church, school, and community. CHRYSALIS lifts up a way for you to be a friend of Christ in the world. 


CHRYSALIS is for the development of Christian youth who:

    • wish to strengthen your friendship with Christ;
    • may have unanswered questions about prayer, study, and sharing your faith;
    • understand that being a friend of Christ, or Christian, involves responsibility;
    • are open to dedicating your everyday life to God in an ongoing manner.

CHRYSALIS is open to any one of the ages 15 - 21 of any denomination.


Sponsor someone:

Sponsorship does not involve paying for the participant (although in some cases this might apply), but rather ensuring that they derive the most spiritual benefit form the Flight. This is a commitment that should not be taken lightly and can only be fulfilled by someone who has either been on a Chrysalis Flight or an Emmaus walk.  It involves among other things the following:

1. Selection of suitable applicants

This should be done prayerfully and in consultation with your reunion group and the relevant Pastor/Minister, to ascertain that this applicant will benefit form Chrysalis and is at present spiritually and emotionally suitable for this.  Don’t simply sponsor “nice people”, friends or family that you want to go.

2. Support for the Applicants before and after the Flight. You undertake to:

- Pray for the applicant.
- Discuss Chrysalis with the applicants, family for appropriate support, care and encouragement for the applicant after Chrysalis.
- Arrange transport to and from Chrysalis.
- Participate yourself in activities that make the weekend a special blessing.
- Help the applicant attend follow-up activities after the Chrysalis Flight.

Sign up to be on team:

Download the application form here.

Join a reunion group:

Click here to find the reunion group co-ordinator in your area.


Community Lay Director: LYNDA SNOWBALL
Tel: 0824139326
e-mail: lyndasnowball@gmail.com

Community Spiritual Director: Rev Lilian Reyneke
Tel 083 236 1848

 
 


  Coming soon!
The next flights:

There are unfortunately no Chrysalis flights for 2010

Reunion dates:
Watch this space
Training dates:

Watch this space