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From Sound to Sound with the GOOD NEWS,     Vol. 14,  Issue 6,   June 15, 2005
  www.albemarleemmaus.org PO Box 1198, Edenton, NC 27932  

Index: 4-Pg pdf Print Version     Community Calendar     AC25     2005-06 Emmaus Board Positions     2005-06 Chrysalis Board Positions     Kairos and Emmaus Partnership     International Opportunities     Murfreesboro links     Murfreesboro/Chowan College Directions     Praise And Prayer        


You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
—   Ralph Waldo Emerson                        

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  • July 3: AE Board meeting (Rescheduled, new date to be announced ASAP)
  • July 9: 6:30 PM Gathering @ Beulah Baptist Church, 967 US Highway 158 East, Sunbury
  • July 14 — 17:   AC-25 Fly With Christ Weekend @ Chowan College, Murfreesboro
  • August 13: Chrysalis DoDU and Chrysalis H O O T !   (Rescheduled, new Date & Time to be announced ASAP)
  • August 13: Annual Family Day Picnic
  • September 10:   6:30 PM Gathering
  • October 6 — 9:   Fall Men's Walk AE #63, “I've Come to Serve” — Tom Quance Lay Director
  • October 20 — 23:   Fall Women's Walk AE #64, “Forgiven” — Kathy Howard Lay Director

Select-A-Month

  • November 3 — 6:   PCI #12 — Doug Spaeth Rector
  • November 12:   DoDU & Gathering
  • December 10:   6:30 PM Gathering
  • January 2006:   AE#65 — Jackie Mumma Lay Director
  • March 2006:   Spring Men's Walk AE #66 — Mike Hendricks Lay Director
  • March 2006:   Spring Women's Walk AE #67 ? Lay Director

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Albemarle Emmaus
Post Office Box 1198
Edenton, NC 27932

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Chrysalis Flight AC25
“Indescribable”
July 14 — 17, 2005
@ Chowan College

Youth Lay Directors:
Ashley Winslow & Justin Wheeler
Adult Lay Directors:
Donna Harris & Tommy Jones

Female Caterpillars
Tiffany Bass Spring Hill UMC, Lillington
Jennifer Ciocca New Community Church, Elizabeth City
Grayson Daniell Free Union FWB, Walstonburg
Kaitlin Elliott New Life Assembly of God, Elizabeth City
Heather Forbes Up River Friends Church, Belvidere
Hannah Hendricks Broadway UMC, Broadway
Jessica Jernigan Beulah Baptist, Sunbury
Rebecca Joyner Free Union FWB, Walstonburg
Naomi Miller Spring Hill UMC, Lillington
Molly Ramey Powerline Church of the Nazerine, Elon
Rachel Spaeth New Hope UMC, Hertford
Abigail Stafford McBride UMC, South Mills
Nichole Stancil Vision Casters Ministries, Winterville
Jessica Teachey Vision Casters Ministries, Winterville
Heather Wicker Spring Hill UMC, Lillington
Male Caterpillars
Perry Beasley Gum Neck Church of Christ, Columbia
Benji Bishop Open Door Baptist, Edenton
Eddie Boseman New Hope UMC, Hertford
Aaron Chamblee New Salem Missionary Baptist, Elizabeth City
Justin Cornelius Evangelical UMC, Elizabeth City
Timothy Harris New Salem Missionary Baptist, Elizabeth City
Corey Howard Hertford Baptist, Hertford
Chris King New Creation Family Fellowship, Elizabeth City
Brock Lamb Woodland UMC, Hertford
Joshua Rivenbark Open Door Baptist, Edenton
Caleb Turmel New Community Church, Elizabeth City

          AC25 UPDATE           new
Anna Cribb,   Kayla Kubite,   Lauren Rea,
Mark Stonecypher   &   Lydia Virzi
will NOT be able to attend AC25,
Please take those names off your Caterpilliar list.
Then add these names to the AC25 Caterpilliar List:
Girls
Heather Forbes - Up River Friends Church, Belvidere
Boys
Perry Beasley - Gum Neck Church of Christ, Columbia
Brock Lamb - Woodland UMC, Hertford

Going to Murfreesboro July 14 - 17 for AC-25?

Try these Murfreesboro links:

 

Directions To Chowan College, Murfreesboro, North Carolina

From I-95 North
Take exit #173 at Weldon and Roanoke Rapids, NC. Follow Hwy. 158 East to Murfreesboro. As Hwy. 158 changes to four lanes, travel through the stop light and take the 3rd exit to the left at the Chowan College sign. Turn left at the 1st stop light and enter Chowan through the main entrance.

From I-95 South
Take exit Virginia exit #41. Follow Hwy. 35 South, to Courtland. Take Hwy. 58 East to Franklin, VA. In Franklin, take Hwy. 258 South to Murfreesboro. At the intersection in Murfreesboro, travel through the stop light and take the second right onto High Street. Follow High Street for approximately one mile and travel through the stop light. Enter Chowan through the main entrance.

  Please remove Ward Blanchard from the AC25 Team List  
  Remember to recheck this site for any last minute list changes  
www.albemarleemmaus.org


Other Emmaus International Opportunities

Recently Emmaus International received an invitation from Bishop Bolleter to bring the Walk to Emmaus to the Czech and the Slovak Republics as soon as possible. Jana Krisova, a staff person from Bishop Bolleter’s office is the local contact person.

In the fall of 2004, eight men and women from the United Methodist Church in these republics attended the Walk to Emmaus in North Texas and Central Texas.

Emmaus International Spiritual Director, Victor Pérez , is working with this project.

He will need our prayers as Emmaus International proceeds with the careful work of laying a good foundation for this future Emmaus community.

For those communities interested in Spanish speaking Walks in the U.S. please contact the International Walk to Emmaus Office for a copy of the Guidelines for Conducting Spanish-Speaking Walks in the United States. You may call Rev. Victor Perez at (615) 340-7189, or his assistant Elizabeth Behrens at (615) 340-7230. Or, you may call toll free at 877-899-2780. Just ask the operator to connect you to anyone in the Emmaus office.


  • AC#25
  • AE#63
  • AE#64
  • Jane Asby Back Surgery
  • BK Bates
  • Belhaven Missionary Baptist Church
  • Terry Braddy Cancer
  • Darlene Burkett
  • Steve Byrne
  • Vincent Collins Back Injury
  • Donald Darden Health (Buddy Grasty stepfather)
  • Deleon family
  • Dick & Judi Evans
  • Virginia Fall
  • Betty Flowers Cancer
  • Wayne Furlough Heart Attack PCMH
  • Cindy Grasty Felt God calling her to leave her job; seeking His guidance
  • Terry Gregory Cancer
  • Mike Griffin's father home care
  • Rick Gromlick Cancer
  • Gena Harrell
  • Debbie Harris
  • PRAISE for Dail Harris restored sight
  • Holden family move
  • Frank Kata
  • Adam March Lou Gehrig's Disease
  • Jon Maria March Adam's Caregiver
  • Ina McGowan Unsaved
  • Melody & Jake Upcoming Marriage & Jakes children back in his life
  • Allen Michael
  • Family of Crystal Phelps (Jane Suggs' daughter passed away)
  • Katie Phelps cancer
  • Dima Popkov Belarusian Orphan
  • Edwin Rea Cancer
  • Mike Rowe
  • Gray Sloan Heart Surgery
  • Stephanie Smith Continued Recovery From Drug Addiction
  • Glenn Steiner
  • Unsaved Loved Ones
  • Linda Vinson Stomach Problems
  • Kit White
  • Vickie Winslow
  • Work Situation
  • Graduating Seniors
  • PRAISE that Anastasia from Russia is back to Mt. Olivet for the summer

2005-06 ALBEMARLE EMMAUS BOARD
2005-06 ALBEMARLE CHRYSALIS BOARD
 Community Lay Director Mike Rowe
 Asst. Community Lay Director Freda Nelson
 Secretary Cheryl Williams
 Treasurer Lynn Furlough
 Community Spiritual Dir Max Edwards
 Assistant Community Spiritual Directors
Bill Bailey &
  Dave Bundy
 Board Members

Ella Coates,  
Marcia Danchise,  
David Denton,  
Dan Lynam,  
Mandy Morgan,  
Tom Quance,  
Andy Stoll, &
Mike Twiddy
 Immediate Past Community Lay Director Moncie L. “Punk” Daniels
  International Emmaus Coordinator Mike Rowe
Adult Community Lay Dir. David Wheeler
Youth Community Lay Dir. Bobby Layden
Secretary Donna Harris
Treasurer Lynn Furlough
Community Spiritual Directors Tom Hupp &
Thomas Patrick
Board Members


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Paula Allen,  
Rocky Allen,  
Dave Berry,  
Vickie Brady  
Michelle Eure  
Barrett Gibson,  
Carrie Harrell,  
Sarah Hupp, &
John Lassister  
               

Kairos and Emmaus - A Partnership


People have asked, what is after involvement Emmaus, and the appropriate answer is the church and God's mission in the world. The purpose of Emmaus is to develop leaders for the church and thus the proper place to serve is the church and active participation in Christ's mission to the least, the lost and the lonely.

The church at large has the admonition from Christ to minister to those who are sick and in prison (Matthew 25:36-40). Ministry in prison is a daunting task and many will say they just can't do that. In reality, in and of ourselves, none of us can do that. Christ's admonition is not to be taken lightly. Christians in general have a tendency to follow their own agenda and seek God's blessings for the work. Frequently the true call from Christ goes unheeded because it is buried under a mountain of our agenda.

When Christ calls, Christians frequently respond by saying, "I can't do that because I don't have the ability." How well we Christians have learned our Bible and the examples of the great leaders who have said I can't do that. To cite a few such examples, Moses gave ten excuses, Isaiah lamented, "Woe is me for I have seen the face of God and will die," Gideon said he was the least in his family and his family was the least of the Israelites. God did not accept those excuses for not serving.

Christ is not so much interested in our ability as He is in our availability. Whom Christ calls, He equips. The word availability is a compound word: avail + ability and avail comes first. If we avail ourselves to the call of Christ, He will equip us (give us the ability) for the task.

Prison ministry is a special privilege that few have the opportunity to experience. Kairos Prison Ministry International is a sister organization to The Walk to Emmaus, one we fully endorse and support. People with the Emmaus experience (and similar 4th Day program experience) are the building blocks of the Kairos ministry. Involvement with Kairos will be a humbling experience of Christian action. It will provide you spiritual blessings that are indescribable.

A journey to consider is the following. After Emmaus, get actively and deeply involved in your local church as you keep the fires burning with your involvement in Emmaus. Expand your experience by working with Kairos for a year or two. Following that, return to Emmaus involvement for a year or two and move into another year or two of exciting adventures such as Chrysalis. Back to Emmaus and then return to Kairos. Through such a process, you may find your spiritual ears have been retuned to allow you to better hear that deeper call from Christ to spend more time in a particular ministry.

The response to the words in Micah 6:8 is still needed today. Are you up to the challenge?

Richard A. Gilmore, Ph.D.
International Lay Director
 


I've Come to Serve

Men's Fall Walk AE63
October 6 — 9, 2005
at the Eastern 4-H Center

Lay Director: Tom Quance

Click here for the AE63 Prayer Vigil


Walk AE64 . . . Forgiven

Women's Walk AE #64

“Forgiven”
October 20 — 23, 2005
at the Eastern 4-H Center near Columbia

Lay Director: Kathy Howard
Click here for the AE64 Prayer Vigil

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