June 10, 2006 Albemarle Emmaus Newsletter

From Sound to Sound with the GOOD NEWS, Vol. 15, Issue 06, June 10, 2006

www.albemarleemmaus.org

PO Box 1198, Edenton, NC 27932

Index:

“Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.”
	— Saint Augustine

July 8: Gathering 6:30 PM @ Beulah Baptist Church, Sunbury
July 13 — 16: Albemarle Chrysalis Flight #27 “Here I Am, Send Me” @ Chowan University, Murfreesboro, NC
Youth Lay Directors: Buffy White & Barrett Gibson
Adult Lay Directors: Bonnie Strawser & Mike Rowe
July 15: AC #27 “Here I Am, Send Me” Candlelight @ Chowan University, Murfreesboro, NC
August 12: Chrysalis DoDU & Gathering
September 23: Family Day Picnic & Gathering @ Cale Retreat and Conference Center, Hertford
October 5 — 8: Fall Men's Walk AE #68 @ Eastern 4-H Center — David Denton, Lay Director
October 7: Mini-Gathering and AE #68 Candlelight
October 8: 4pm AE #68 Closing @ Eastern 4-H Center
October 19 — 22: Fall Women's Walk AE #69 @ Eastern 4-H Center — Marcia Danchise, Lay Director

JUNE 2006

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4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30

JULY 2006

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2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

October 21: Regular Gathering and AE #69 Candlelight
October 22: 4pm AE #69 Closing @ Eastern 4-H Center
November 2 — 5: Kairos PCI #14 — Wallace Nelson, Leader
November 3 — 4: Houston, TX, Emmaus/Chrysalis Celebration to be held at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church in Houston, TX. Contact person:
November 11: Emmaus DoDU & Gathering
December: NO Gathering
December 28 — 31: Albemarle Chrysalis Flight #28 @ Eastern 4-H Center, Columbia, NC
January 11 — 14, 2007: Winter Women's Beach Walk AE #70 @ Kill Devil Hills — Hattie Downing, Lay Director
March 1 — 4, 2007: Spring Men's Walk AE #69 @ Eastern 4-H Center — Gib Harrison, Lay Director
March 15 — 18, 2007: Spring Women's Walk AE #69 @ Eastern 4-H Center — Barbara Biggs, Lay Director
mid July 2007: Albemarle Chrysalis Flight #29

2006-07 AE BOARD (& other positions)

2006-07 ALBEMARLE CHRYSALIS BOARD

Community Lay Dir.	Freda Nelson
Asst. Community Lay Dir.	to be selected
Secretary	Marcia Danchise
Treasurer	Lynn Furlough
Board Members	Faye Abner, Bill Bailey, Dave Bundy, Ella Coates, David Denton, Jim Edwards, Barry Norris, Christi Quance, Tom Quance, Andy Stoll, Mike Twiddy & C.D. White,
Immediate Past Community Lay Director	Mike Rowe
Newsletter/Website

Adult Community Lay Dir.	Rocky Allen
Youth Community Lay Dir.	to be selected
Secretary	to be selected
Treasurer	to be selected
Board Members	Paula Allen, Barrett Gibson, Sarah Hupp, & Tom Hupp, Tommy Jones, John Lassister, Adam Parker, Thomas Patrick, Melissa Pekrun, Amber Sawyer, Lynn Tugwell,
Immediate Past Community Lay Directors	David Wheeler & Bobby Layden
Pre-weekend Chairperson	*Position Vacant*

Albemarle Chrysalis Flight #27
“Here I Am, Send Me”
July 13 — 16, 2006
at Chowan College, Murfreesboro, NC
Lay Directors:
Youth: Buffy White & Barrett Gibson
Adult: Bonnie Strawser & Mike Rowe

Female Caterpillars

Kelly Burke

Albemarle Baptist, Edenton

Kristen Cameron

Springhill UMC, Lillington

Terri Crocket

New Life Assembly of God, Elizabeth City

Jordan Ellinwood

Pearl Street Pentecostal, Elizabeth City

Megan Kirkwood

Trinity Baptist Fellowship, Elizabeth City

Hannah Hanns

Berea Baptist, Elizabeth City

Mallori Lewis

Sunset Church of God, Tarboro

Emily Mullis

Hebron UMC, Mebane

Kristen Parrish

Antiock Baptist, Mammers

Ashley Parrisher

Englewood Baptist, Rocky Mount

Stephanie Patrick

Faith Christian Fellowship, Creswell

Chelsea Perry

Faith Fellowship Baptist, Tyner

Leslie Peele

Chappell Hill Baptist, Tyner

Lauren Rea

First Baptist, Plymouth

Summer Roberts

Springhill UMC, Lillington

Jenna Schlobohm

Up River Friends, Belvidere

Coley Sykes

First Baptist, Tarboro

Courtney Trueblood

Trinity Baptist Fellowship, Elizabeth City

Male Caterpillars

Seth Barone

Southside Baptist, Suffolk, Va.

Jacob Coggins

Springhill UMC, Lillington

Corey Devers

Southside Baptist, Suffolk, Va.

Chris Edmundson

Albemarle Baptist, Edenton

Mike Fitch

St. John’s UMC, Avon

Chris Foy

Covenant UMC, Winterville

Josh Godwin

Springhill UMC, Lillington

Matt Holliday

Hebron UMC, Mebane

Landis Parker

Broadway UMC, Broadway

Michael Partin

Open Door Baptist, Edenton

Aaron Simmons

McBride UMC, South Mills

Ethan Watts

Elizabeth City

AC # 27 Team Members

Females

Males

Youth
Susanna Benson
Grayson Daniell
Jennie Harris
Hannah Hendricks
Sarah Hupp
Amber Jackson
Abby Jennings
Rebecca Joyner
Diana Mason
Lauren Nelson
Leslie Revelle
Amber Sawyer
Korie Sawyer
Buffy White
Heather Wicker

Adult
Paula Allen
Dianne Barrow
Erica Burkhart
Karen Byrne
Kelli Cannon
Dell Hagwood
Katherine Hopkins
Laurel Patrick
Robin Sawyer
Terri Sawyer
Bonnie Strawser
Lynn Tugwell
Maria VanDeWalker
Gail White
Theresa Wicker
Barbara Wright

Youth
James Caddy
James Fauth
Barrett Gibson
Kyle Jones
Brock Lamb
Cody Lamb
John Lassiter
Adam Moore
Thomas “Bubba” Newby
Chas Sawyer
Jordan Taylor

Adult
Rocky Allen
Heath Burkhart
Mike Gregory
Keith Hadding
Mike Hendricks
Glen Hopkins
Bernie Jones
Tommy Jones
Mike Rowe
David Sawyer
Dock Sawyer
David Sloan
David Wheeler
Donnie Whitehurst
Andy Young

Spiritual Directors: Alan Gibson
Sherrie James & Terry Williams		Bill Bailey & John Howle

Directions To Chowan University, 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.

To be a part of our Fall Walk Weekends
Your Emmaus Team Application Is Due
July 1^st

Mail your application to:

Albemarle Emmaus
Post Office Box 1198
Edenton, NC 27932

Please pray about teaming and being a servant of Christ this fall. Planning is taking place for AE 69 and we are fully relying on God and His guidance for this walk. Teaming will be on Friday nights, the exact locations are still being worked out. Each team meeting will begin at 6:30 pm the following dates:

August 25
off Labor Day weekend (no meeting)
Sept 8, 15, 22, 29
Off Men's Weekend (no meeting)
final meeting October 13

click here for an application

	Application Due Dates
	Team	Pilgrim
Emmaus Women's Winter Walk (mid January)	October 1st	November 1st
Emmaus Men's Spring Walk (early March)	December 1st	January 1st
Emmaus Women's Spring Walk (mid March)	December 1st	January 1st
Chrysalis Summer Flight (mid July)	April 1	May 1
Emmaus Men's Fall Walk (early October)	July 1st	August 1st
Emmaus Women's Fall Walk (mid October)	July 1st	August 1st
Chrysalis Winter Flight (near New Year's)	September 1	October 1

Sponsor Tips

If you are not sure what a sponsor does, review these Sponsorship Tips:

Pray for the person's openness to God's call to discipleship . . . not for how to get them on a walk.
Make an appointment to visit with the person or couple to discuss the possibility of them attending a walk.
Extend an invitation. Invite them to attend a weekend for a more vital relationship with Jesus Christ . . . an Emmaus Weekend is not just a weekend retreat or getaway.
Share YOUR faith and explain the basic elements of a walk . . . its purpose and how it helps us live in a life of grace for the rest of our lives. Have the attitude that you are giving them a wonderful gift rather than that they need to go.
Answer questions honestly . . . Emmaus is not a secret organization. You do not have to explain everything, but you do want to explain about what they want to know.
Ask them to make a commitment by filling out the application form. If the person is married, speak with both partners and encourage an equal commitment by both spouses.
Continue to pray . . . and when they agree to go, and are accepted for a weekend, prepare agape letters and enlist support of their pastor and family to collect personal agape letters.

Comments from Our Community Lay Director
It has been a true pleasure for me to have served as your Albemarle Emmaus community lay director this past year and I appreciate the support I have had from the AE Board of Directors and the community. As we begin a new business year we should not sit back and rest on our past accomplishments. There are more people to sponsor and more walks to team on. I encourage everyone to team at least once, attend gatherings, be part of a reunion group, and keep your prayer life in order. I hope to see each of you at the next Gathering.
Mike Rowe

AE #69 Leadership Team
AE Walks 68, 69 & 70
Albemarle Chrysalis Flight #27
Bandon Chapel
Decatur Beacham ( June Overman's Brother has Cancer )
Sara Biggs ( Traveling With Recruitment Team for Bible College )
Donna Blake
Frank Bright ( Cancer )
Andy Broome ( Salvation )
Betty Bundy ( Undergoing Cancer Treatments, Has Developed a Blood clot in Her Neck )
Harry Chesson ( Cancer )
Ann L. Duncan ( PRAISE GOD for a Great School Year With My Class )
Families in Crisis
Families that need Salvation
Family Relationships
Doug Fiedler ( Salvation )
Graduates
Mac, Megan & baby Dallas Gray IV ( baby born premature )
Guidance on Job Search
Helen ( Back and Leg Problem )
Amber Hudgins

Sarah Hupp ( Seizures )
Jackson, Patrick and Sherri Leonard ( God's Gracy and Mercy )
Melody Leonard & Jake ( Baby )
Floyd and Pat Long ( Health Concerns )
Cindy Lyle
Ray Meyers ( [Dotsy Davis' Father] Heart Problems )
Military Men and Women
Gene and Stacy Morin
Gene Morin (AE43) )
New Hope UMC
New Bethel Pastor Sawyer and Family
Keith Sawyer
Stephanie Smith
Casey Spear ( Difficult Pregnancy )
UMC Pastors moving
Unsaved Love Ones
Unspoken
Katie Waldon ( Lung Cancer )
Carter Whitt & family )
Ricky Williams [AE66] ( Surgery on Very Badly Broken Knee )
Bill Winslow
Odell Younger ( Upcoming Oral Surgery )
Zambia Mission Trip ( Bobbi Jo Jones, Whitney Jones, Crystal Seymore and Rachel Spaeth )

Your Albemarle Emmaus Board of Directors
meet every 2nd Sunday
2pm @ Open Door Baptist Church
in Edenton

PLAY IT SAFE:

A survey once revealed that:

Automobiles are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents.

17% of all accidents occur in the home.

14% of all accidents occur to pedestrians walking on streets or sidewalks.

16% of all accidents involve traveling by air, rail, or water.

You will be pleased to learn that only .001% of all deaths occur in worship services in church, and these are usually related to previous physical disorders.

Therefore, logic tells us that the safest place to be at any given point in time is at Church! Bible study is safe, too. The percentage of deaths during Bible study is even less.

So, for safety's sake . . . Attend Church and Read Your Bible . . .

IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!!

www.saintmeinrad.edu/

Important Board Notes:

Each year our local Board signs a covenant agreement with Emmaus International to, among other things, follow a Model Plan for The Walk to Emmaus Weekend. Following the plan helps ensure uniformity between Emmaus Communities.

Also, by following the Model every community hosting a Walk can expect the same predictable results and blessings as any other community. Lives will be changed in similar ways by similar Walk to Emmaus weekends all over the world.
Each Community is allowed to have its own distinct flavor and/or identity. That is expected and allowed for by the Model.

However, in years past Albemarle Emmaus has unwittingly allowed activities that are not part of the Emmaus Model to be a part of our local walk weekends.

So, in keeping with our covenant with the Upper Room, AE has decided to discontinue Mananitas and Stations of the Cross as part future weekend schedules. The Model has another service that is expected to be as dynamic and powerful as Stations of the Cross, and the rest of us can sleep in a little later on Sunday mornings.
If you missed the June Gathering and detailed explanation behind these decisions, and want more information, please contact a Board member listed elsewhere in this newsletter. Lets deal with information and facts, not rumors.

Hey Delores!

I have lots of friends I want to send on an Emmaus weekend but I missed the Day of Deeper Understanding. How come a pilgrim cannot immediately sponsor others on a weekend?

Thanks for your question.

One specific problem is that new community members are not correctly informed and educated in the sponsorship process. Many new pilgrims have lots of zeal and enthusiasm to begin sponsoring others with reckless abandonment.

The aim of a sponsor should not be "to get all my friends to go," to fill up the weekend, to fix people's problems, or to reproduce one's own religious experience in others. Rather, the aim of the sponsor is to bring spiritual revitalization to Christians who will, in turn, bring new life and vision to the work of the church in the congregation, home, workplace, and community. The aim of sponsorship is to build up the body of Christ.

Attending a DoDU educates new community members in the responsibilities of sponsorship and all materials related in their Fourth Day Packets. Emmaus is not for everyone, and that is covered in a DoDU.

A Day of Deeper Understanding is provided for all Pilgrims and Caterpillars who have attended a Walk to Emmaus or a Chrysalis Flight. This training is designed to give you a "deeper understanding" of the purpose and structure of the Walk to Emmaus Movement as well as sponsorship requirements.

Check our Calendar of Events for the next DoDU, we scheduled them right after each walk/flight weekend.

I hope this helps.

Please remember to turn cell phones and pagers OFF
or set to silent alert
during Fourth Day Talks & Communion

May Newsletter AE Start Page Top of This Newsletter Site Map July Newsletter

Directions To Chowan University, Murfreesboro, North Carolina

To be a part of our Fall Walk Weekends Your Emmaus Team Application Is Due July 1st

Comments from Our Community Lay Director

To be a part of our Fall Walk Weekends
Your Emmaus Team Application Is Due
July 1^st