Spread Your Wings!

Take A Chrysalis Flight

What is a Chrysalis?

That growth stage between caterpillars and butterflies is called a chrysalis.  On the surface it may not look like much is happening, but the delicate chrysalis process changes the fuzzy caterpillar into an awesome butterfly with wings of intricate designs and intense colors.  The chrysalis process symbolizes how Christ can transform you into something beyond your dreams.  It happens when you grow beyond yourself, opening your life to Jesus' power and love.

Chrysalis is the name chosen for the youth version of The Walk to Emmaus, its parent movement, because it symbolizes the spiritual growth that is essential between adolescence and adulthood.  That growth is as crucial for youth as the cocoon is for the caterpillar.  It is that precious time of nurturing a person's faith for discipleship.

This three-day spiritual renewal time provides an opportunity for you to learn more about faith, to experience Christian love and support, and to make new faith commitments.  The point is to inspire, challenge and equip you for a closer friendship with Christ and for Christian action at home, church, school, and community.

Chrysalis lifts up a way for you to enjoy Christ's friendship and love and to be Christ's friend and partner in the world.  The three days focus on God's grace, your experience with Christ as friend, what it means to be the body of Christ, and giving love to a needy world. 

What happens on a Chrysalis flight?

You'll spend three days with other people your age in worship, prayer, fellowship, creative expression, recreation, singing, and discussion.  You'll experience the love of God through prayers and the acts of service from a loving support community.

You'll hear talks, given by youth and adults, which focus on the needs to maturing youth, offer the message of the gospel and the friendship and example of Jesus Christ.  Each day you'll hear five talks, followed by discussion, reflection, and expression of how these messages can encourage your personal faith.  The discussions explore how friendship with Jesus can help you live out your faith with family, friends, and other people in your world.

What happens after Chrysalis?

Just as a butterfly begins the exciting exploration of the world around it, after Chrysalis you will continue to explore the dynamic friendship God offers you through Christ.

Following the three-day event, you are invited to become intentional about your faith through local church participation, small group studies, and interpersonal sharing groups.  These activities provide the fellowship and support for serving and giving love to your community and world.  Chrysalis invites you to build upon your experience the rest of your life, to spread your wings every day.

Who participates and why?

Chrysalis is for the development of Christian youth who

• wish to gain a fuller understanding of God's love;
• may have questions about prayer, study, and Christian action;
• understand that being Christ's friend, or a Christian, involves responsibility;
• are open to dedicating everyday life to God.

Are you interested?

Chrysalis is open to upper high school students of any Christian denomination.  We invite you to join this flight, an exciting three days of experiencing God's love in a fresh new way.  Spread your wings.  It' a new day!

(The above quoted from the Chrysalis brochure:  "Ready for Your . . . Chrysalis Flight?")

If you are interested, please contact someone your know that has been on Chrysalis, Journey, or The Walk to Emmaus, or contact the Chrysalis Registrars, Amy and Rick Kyall, at:

akyall@alltel.net

or

Rick & Amy Kyall (Registrar)
1983 Old Augusta Road South
Rincon, GA 31326
912-826-3729

Chrysalis in this area is Coastal Georgia Chrysalis, usually held in Savannah. In the past it has been held at St. John’s Place on the Isle of Hope. However, the buildings at St. John’s place were razed in the fall of 2003. The January/February and June 2004 Chrysalis flights were held at Tattnall Campground near Claxton, Georgia. It is anticipated that in the future  they will be held at the W.W. Mann Center off Highway 80 between Statesboro and Brooklet, Georgia.  Coastal Georgia Chrysalis is an outreach of Coastal Georgia Emmaus. In addition to the coastal area of Savannah, the Golden Isles of Brunswick, and St. Mary’s, Coastal Georgia Chrysalis also includes participants from the area covered by Dayspring Emmaus. Dayspring community members are active in sponsoring young people in their families and churches to Coastal Georgia Chrysalis.  Chrysalis is designed to strengthen the relationship of young people with Christ and is open to guys and girls who are high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors (must be at least 15 years old).

Coastal Georgia Chrysalis Flights are typically held toward the very end of January/first of February and then again in July. Chrysalis caterpillars must have a sponsor.