From Sound to Sound with the GOOD NEWS,
Vol. 11, Issue 12, Dec. 18, 2002
From Sound to Sound with the GOOD NEWS,
Vol. 11, Issue 12, Dec. 18, 2002
Dates to Remember
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As Christmas draws near I am reminded of the story of "The Manger Was Empty". This story is about a Pastor that arrived at his church early on Christmas morning to make sure everything was set up for this very special service. He paused beside the nativity scene to say a prayer of thanksgiving. With a gasp he realized that the manger was empty. The baby Jesus was missing. The Pastor searched the church and then called the Assistant Pastor, but still the baby Jesus could not be found. The Pastor reported the theft to the congregation that assembled that morning. "The figure of the Christ child must be returned before this Christmas Day is over," he pleaded. Still, the manger remained empty through the day. Toward the end of the day and with a heavy heart, the Pastor took a walk through the neighborhood. He saw one of the youngest members of the church, a six year old boy named Tommy. Bundled shabbily against the cold, Tommy trudged up the sidewalk, proudly pulling behind him a toy express wagon. The Pastor hurried up so he could wish Tommy a Merry Christmas. As he drew near he saw that the wagon was not empty. The baby Jesus now wrapped and blanketed, but not quite hidden, lay in the wagon. The Pastor crouched down beside Tommy, his face grim and disappointed. Tommy was just a little boy, but he was still old enough to understand that stealing was very wrong. He made this very clear to Tommy while the boy stood with eyes filling with tears. "But Pastor," Tommy said, "I didn't steal Jesus. It wasn't like that at all. It's just that I've been asking Him for a red wagon as a Christmas present for a long time . . . . I promised Him that when I got it I'd take Him out for the first ride." Let us, like Tommy, put Jesus first in our lives this Christmas and the coming year. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. |
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The following are corrections for last month's newsletter:
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Pray now for the next Albemarle Chrysalis weekend
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"Fly With Christ"AC-20January 2 - 5, 2003 Sign up for the 72-hour AC 20 Prayer Vigil |
Male Caterpillars |
Female Caterpillars |
Sam Barrow — Edenton United Meth. Church
J. Kyle Burbage — Harvest Church David "Gumby" Garrett — Trinity Baptist Fellowship John Hall — Hebron United Meth. Church Zachary Holliday — Hebron MC Brian "Heath" Hollowell — Macedonia Baptist Church Kenny Jones — Jarvis Memorial UMC Adam Lassiter — Quaker - Up River Friends John Lassiter — Quaker - Up River Friends Allen "AJ" Layton — Macedonia Baptist Church Jeremy Phelps — Trinity Baptist Fellowship Frankie Reid — Trinity Fellowship Baptist Tim Trueblood — Trinity Fellowship Baptist Luke Williford Kevin White — Jarvis Memorial UMC Garrett Winslow — Beulah Baptist Joseph Winslow III — First Baptist Elizabeth City 
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Alexis Bolton — Faith & Victory Church (Winterville) Melissa Clapp — Apex UMC Katie Dallas — Hebron UMC (Mebane) June Early — All God's Children UNC (Aulander) Priscilla Fauth — Mt. Olivet UNC Manteo) Jennifer Hall — Hebron UMC (Mebane) Cindy Hockenberry — Trinity Baptist (Elizabeth City) Kelsey Hyman — Corinth Baptist (Elizabeth City) Jordan Jeffreys — Walnut Grove UMC (Hurdle Mills) Susan Knowles — Cashie Baptist (Windsor) Lauren LeFoe — Memorial Baptist (Williamston) Melissa Pekrun — Mt. Olivet UMC (Manteo) Joni Skinner — Edenton Baptist Church (Edenton) Ashley Smith — Mt. Olivet UMC (Manteo) Johanna "Jo" Stickley — Mt. Olivet UMC (Manteo) Marie Vaughan — Eure Baptist (Baptist) Leslie Weston — First UMC (Washington) Kiri Wiggins — Reynoldson Baptist (Gates) Beth Williams — Happy Home PHC (Tyner) Courtney Zillifro — Mt. Olivet UMC (Manteo) |
 AC-20 team |
Youth: James Caddy Barrett Gibson Kyle Jones Bobby Layden R.H. Partin Daniel Phelps Jamie Rutter Daniel Simmons Steven Watson Justin Wheeler Brent Williams Austin Winslow 
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Adults: Dave Berry Todd Davis M.L. "Punk" Daniels Sid Eley Chicago Eure Jerry Harrell Tony Hughes Troy Peele Troy Respess Edgar Roberson Michael Rowe Philip S. Ruckle Jr. Thomas Patrick Bill Pollock David Wheeler 
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Youth: Kristen Rossnagel Carrie Harrell Michelle Eure Krystal Hamer Jennifer Arnold Beth Bateman Katie Bateman Sara Biggs Megan Bishop Jessica Godfrey Brianne Jennings Whitney Jones Ashley McCleary Lauren Nelson Mandy Parker Savannah Pulliam Charity Reed Sharon Ruckle |
Adults: Monica Maynard Cher Valure Donna Harris Vickie Brady Betty Adams Kristy Familar Cindy Grasty Jenneal Harrell Ryan Heaton Kathy Howard Laurel Patrick Phyllis Pollock Carolyn Ward Alan Gibson David Mansingh 
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Check that email
As many email users know, Albemarle Emmaus uses
albemarle_emmaus
@
hotmail.com
as a contact resource for the local Emmaus community and for persons outside the Albemarle area to request information on walks, agape or other area Emmaus related information. That address may be indexed in you email program under Carla Lamb's name, although Carla does not handle the email any more. When you communicate with friends and family by email please do not use this email address to forward humorous, spiritual, or otherwise up-lifting stories. We also do not need virus warnings, chain letters, offers for free Disney vacations, the newest 500 ways to drive your roommates crazy, or the Neiman Marcus cookie recipe. We're already getting as many as 50 of these messages a day from outside the AE community. If you are sending "sign-up lists" and other such mail you're adding to the volume of mail that must be sifted to find prayer vigil and information requests. For most of these "junk" messages we invoke a filter option that block all email from that address. If you fit that category, once blocked you will no longer be able to sign up for prayer vigils by email without changing email addresses. Just remember, there is no bill pending before Congress that will allow long distance companies to charge you for long distance when using the Internet, nor for the Post Office to "tax" e-mails. Most of this stuff is a hoax and adds hours to the time needed to sort through legitimate information requests and prayer vigil requests. So when you get ready to send out that email, make sure it is one intended specifically for However, please do use for prayer requests that did not make it onto the signup list at each gathering. We can add those requests to the web site even after the paper newsletter has been printed and mailed. You can also use if you need AE, Chrysalis or Kairos information and do not know where to get the answer. If there's something missing on the web site, like or your and you want to add your information, send us a message at @ hotmail-dot-com, or if you do not have email, send a snail mail note to Albemarle Emmaus, Post Office Box 1198, Edenton, North Carolina 27932, and we will try to help you. thanx :o)
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"It's All About You, Jesus"AE-50Women's Beach Walk" Jan. 16 - 19, 2003 Carla Lamb, Lay Director Sign up here for the 72-hour AE 50 Prayer Vigil |
AE-50 pilgrims
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Wanda Allen, Belhaven Missionary Baptist Hazel Baum, Ebenezer Baptist Kathy Biggs, Gospel Light Church of Christ Susan Buckner, Berea Baptist Michelle Brantley, New Beginnings UMC Alice Bridges, Pritchard Road Baptist Carolyn Collins, Methodist Lancaster Ohio Sheila Crittenden, Newlife Assembly Janet Davis, Edenton United Methodist Church Sharon Eure, Harrellsville Baptist Tammie Everett, Christ’s Church Brenda Gates, New Hope United Methodist Church Denise Geissinger, Faith Alive Church of God Sheila Grandy, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Teresa Holton, Covenant United Methodist Church Marilyn Jarman, Bandon Chapel Cathy Joyner, Faith Alive Church of God Linda Lilley, Corinth Baptist |
Jinny McBride, Hatteras Christian Amber McMullen, Faith Assembly Susan Mitchell, Harrellsville Baptist Wendy New, New Community Church Vicki Noordsy, New Hope United Methodist Church Faye Phelps, Zion’s Chappell Sherry Saunders, Corinth Baptist Lisa Sloan, Rose Of Sharon Free Will Baptist Sandra Smith, Union Chapel Church of Christ Margaret Stallings, Corinth Baptist Caroline Stancik, Little GroveUnited Methodist Church Hope Stanton, First Baptist Plymouth Sandra Terryberry, Riverside United Methodist Church Millie Tice, Corinth Baptist Marcia Tiller, Kitty Hawk United Methodist Church Mary Waff, Open Door Baptist Christine Ward, First Baptist Plymouth Belinda Watkins, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church |
AE-50 Team |
Paula Allen Jean Basnight Barbara Biggs Greg Biggs Jeanie Biggs Brenda Bishop Ricky Bishop Lisa Bradley Mary Kay Bradshaw |
Vickie Brady Phyllis Browning Lynn Bundy Patti Cooper Gail Dixon Dodie Evans Emma Evans Loretta Guard Wanda Heaton |
Gail Hendricks Carole Hill Kathy Howard Betsy Kurnik Carla Lamb Jessica Lynam Mandy Morgan Sharon O'Neal Laurel Patrick |
Thomas Patrick Merp Peeples Joan Privott Darlene Rowe Heidi Sawyer Angela Szilvagyi Helen Van Cleef Rose Marie Wheeler Cheryl Wilkins Dale Williams |
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"My Jesus, My Savior"AE-51Men's Spring Emmaus Walk" March 6 - 9, 2003 Vic Lamb, Lay Director Sign up for the 72-hour AE 51 Prayer Vigil |
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"Forgiven"AE-52Lady's Spring Emmaus Walk" March 20 — 23, 2003 Kathy Howard, Lay Director Sign up for the 72-hour AE 52 Prayer Vigil |
Prayer Concerns listed December 14, 2002
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YOU can help AE save money
Many have responded to our efforts at cutting back on postage costs. However, our Albemarle Emmaus mailing list continues to grow with more than 200 names added each year. If you receive one of our paper newsletter mailings and view or print a copy from the web site, think about helping save AE money. A simple
will send your request for email notice each time a newsletter is posted to the AE web site, about one week after each Gathering. Include in your message your name and mailing address & ask to be removed from the snail-mail list . . . it's that simple. . . . And you'll probably see the newsletter on the web before a paper copy makes it to your mailbox.
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NOTES FROM OUR LAY DIRECTOR
KAIROS NOTES