From Sound to Sound with the GOOD NEWS, Vol. 11, Issue 9, September 18, 2002

• Sept. 19 - 22 — KAIROS PCI-6 @ Pasquotank Corr. Inst., Elizabeth City, NC
• Oct. 3 - 6 — AE-48 "Jesus, All for Jesus" Johnny Caddy Lay Director
• Oct. 5 — mini gathering with candlelight AE-48 7:30 PM @ Assembly of Praise Church on Hwy 64 between Creswell and Columbia     Bring your candle lights to the mini gathering/candlelight . . . . . there may be some to sell but not enough to cover everyone that forgets
• Oct. 17 - 20 — AE-49 "No Greater Love" Freda Nelson Lay Director
• Oct. 19 — Gathering & candlelight 6:30 PM during AE-49 "No Greater Love" @ Assembly of Praise Church on Hwy 64 between Creswell and Columbia
  
• Oct. 19 — Beach Walk AE-50 team applications due @ AE-49 Gathering
  
• Oct. 19 — Chrysalis AC-20 team applications due @ AE-49 Gathering
  
• Oct. 27 — Board meeting at Cape Colony Church of Christ - AE-50 team selection takes place
  
• Nov. 9 — Gathering, location not confirmed yet
  
• Nov. 9 — AC-20 Caterpillar applications due @ November Gathering
  
• Nov. 9 — Beach Walk AE-50 Pilgrim applications due @ November Gathering
  
• Nov. 9 — AE-51 & AE-52 applications due @ November Gathering
  
• Nov. 10 — AE Board meeting, location not confirmed yet
  
• Dec. 8 — AE Board meeting, team and pilgrims for AE51 & AE-52 to be picked
  
• Dec. 14 — AE Gathering, Hertford UMC
  
• Jan. 1, 2003 — A Happy New Year Begins
  
• Jan. 2 - 5 — Chrysalis AC-20 weekend. Monica Maynard & Edgar Roberson Adult Lay Directors, Kristen Rossnagel & Jamie Rutter Youth Lay Directors
  
• Jan. 4 — Chrysalis AC-20 candlelight
  
• Jan. 16 - 19 — AE-50 "Women's Beach Walk" Carla Lamb Lay Director
  
• Jan. 18 — Gathering, during AE-50 "Women's Beach Walk"
  
• Feb. 8 — Gathering, location not confirmed yet
  
• March 6 - 9 — AE-51 "Men's Spring Walk" Vick Lamb Lay Director
  
• March 20 - 23 — AE-52 "Women's Spring Walk" Kathy Howard Lay Director
  
• March 22 — Gathering, during AE-52
  
• April 8 — Gathering, location not confirmed yet
  
• July 24 - 27, 2003 — 25th Anniversary International Emmaus Celebration - Nashville Convention Center: Nashville, Tennessee
  

Please note the following changes and corrections:
*   The name for AE-48 team member Sid Wilkins was spelled incorrectly in the August newsletter. Sorry about that Sid.
*   Jerry Beaton will not be teaming on AE-48
*  Ricky Bishop will be unable to team for AE-49; Greg Biggs will take his place as a Spiritual Director.

From Our Emmaus Community Lay Director

Please Pray for Kairos PCI-6 team members and residents during their weekend Sept. 19-22

Please Pray for AE-48 and AE49 team and Pilgrims during their weekends

AE-48 Oct 3 - 6 Pilgrims:

About Your Fourth Day: As participants conclude their Walk to Emmaus weekends, they are introduced to the concept of the Fourth Day -- a symbol of the days of Christian pilgrimage that follow the three-day Emmaus experience. The Walk to Emmaus is a unique opportunity to reflect on one's faith journey and make a deeper commitment to Christ.

Piety: Giving our Hearts to Christ. The Emmaus group reunion is a small accountability group of two to six persons who have usually participated in the three-day Walk to Emmaus and who want to continue their pursuit of a life lived wholly in the grace of God.

Study: Giving our Minds to Christ. A mature Christian is an informed Christian -- informed about the mind and heart of God by knowing scripture. A Christian knows about the world and its needs and works toward gaining the best insights on how to alleviate the hurting world's agonies.

Action: Giving our Hands to Christ. Reunion groups provide a natural launching pad for mission in the community. Reunion groups are also a support base for acts of agape for Emmaus weekends. Shared engagement in service to others deepens friendships and opens up avenues for Christian action.

About Servant/Leadership: The Emmaus movement does not exist primarily for the weekend Walks. Its purposes are to deepen the faith of individuals, to increase the faith of congregations, and to bring Christianity to the world. Emmaus gives pilgrims the skills needed for leadership and invites them to make the commitment needed to build up the church for the sake of Jesus Christ. The questions asked at the closing - "What has this weekend meant to you?" and "What are you going to do with it?" -- help pilgrims begin to comprehend the kind of servant leadership that God may require of them in the future.

Deadline for newsletter information is the Gathering each month, bulk rate mail-outs and web site updates are the following week.

If you know of any Albemarle Emmaus, Chrysalis or Kairos community members without e-mail not already getting a snail mail newsletter, have them contact any Board member, or call Philip S. Ruckle Jr. in Manteo (252-473-1301).

Check the calendar for application deadlines. Cadre positions help train team members for future leadership. To serve as Lay Director an individual must have served as Table Leader, Head Cha and Assistant Lay Director, but there are other team positions that come before filling a Cadre position . . . and all are important.

There were more than a dozen men's names and almost three dozen women's names to be carried over to the next walks. If your Pilgrim's application is not already in they may have to wait another walk. Pilgrim's (and your team) applications are considered in the order submitted. First in first out. Think about that.

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Albemarle Emmaus prints and mails an average of more than 700 newsletters each month. As our community grows our newsletter costs increase. The offering at each gathering, which is not always enough, is used to offset printing and postage expenses.