July 11, 2006 Albemarle Emmaus Newsletter

From Sound to Sound with the GOOD NEWS, Vol. 15, Issue 07, July 11, 2006

www.albemarleemmaus.org

PO Box 1198, Edenton, NC 27932

Index:

“A sailor without a destination cannot hope for a favorable wind.”
	— Leon Tec, M.D.

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 @ Evangelical Methodist Church, Okisko Road, Elizabeth City
August 13: No Emmaus Board Meeting
September 23: Family Day Picnic & Gathering @ Cale Retreat and Conference Center, Hertford
October 5 — 8: Fall Men's Walk AE #68 “In His Light, I Grow Strong” @ Eastern 4-H Center — David Denton, Lay Director
October 7: Mini-Gathering and AE #68 Candlelight @ Open Door Baptist Church

JULY 2006

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23	24	25	26	27	28	29
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AUGUST 2006

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13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31

October 8: 4pm AE #68 Closing @ Eastern 4-H Center
October 19 — 22: Fall Women's Walk AE #69 “God is Awesome” @ Eastern 4-H Center — Marcia Danchise, Lay Director
October 21: Regular Gathering and AE #69 Candlelight at Open Door Baptist Church
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 #71 @ Eastern 4-H Center — Gib Harrison, Lay Director
March 15 — 18, 2007: Spring Women's Walk AE #72 @ Eastern 4-H Center — Barbara Biggs, Lay Director
mid July 2007: Albemarle Chrysalis Flight #29

Team & Sponsor Requirement

Anyone that wants to team or sponsor someone on an Emmaus Weekend must attend a Day of Deeper Understanding, often called a DoDU, prior to the deadline team applications are due . . . . not just prior to Teaming beginning.

A commitment to team begins with prayer, is covered in prayer, and guided in prayer. Deadlines are in place as a commitment to God - that we the team are committed long before the actual walk.

If you have never teamed, you should know that it is an awesome experience. Being part of an Emmaus Weekend team is a chance to be on the giving end of what you received so fully on your own weekend. It's a time to bond with others in Christ with a common goal and take time to focus on serving Christ instead of each other, or ourselves.

Our next Emmaus Day of Deeper Understanding is November 11, giving everyone ample time to meet the Spring Walk teaming deadline. God can use you if you are willing to be used! IT IS AWESOME!

Albemarle Emmaus Annual Community Picnic
	Our Annual Community Picnic & Gathering will be September 23rd at Cale Retreat on the Perquimans River. Activities begin at 1:00 pm, dinner will be approximately 5:30pm. Camp Cale charges an admission fee to use their facility, cost information will be coming soon. A separate offering will be taken later in the evening to cover our usual expenses.
This year we will be cooking 2 pigs . . . . . Community members should bring favorite side dishes and desserts. We will have special music, swimming, boating/canoeing, games, fellowship, lots of FUN, and Communion. There will also be a Chrysalis Hoot afterward for the youth and the young at heart. Come join in the fun . . . you'll need to bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on, and remember to volunteer to help set up or clean up.
DIRECTIONS TO CALE RETREAT
From Hertford: Take SR 1300, New Hope Road; go about 8 miles to White Hat Road; take a right and go about a mile to Camp Cale Road; turn left and follow that road into Camp Cale.		From Elizabeth City: Take US 17 south and turn left onto Woodville Road off US 17; go to New Hope, then take a right on New Hope Road. Go to White Hat Road, turn left and go about a mile to Camp Cale Road; turn left and follow that road into Camp Cale.

Parting Words from Our Past Community Lay Director
The past year as your Albemarle Emmaus Community Lay Director and past three years as a member of the Albemarle Emmaus board I want to take this space to thank everyone for their support, prayers and understanding shown to me and all the board members during this stressful period. The board has tackled many difficult issues these past three years, our decisions in these matters has always been first and foremost what would God have us to do and secondly what is best for the community. Never did anyone on the board put their agenda ahead of the community's best interest. Much prayer went into the tough decision making process. I believe that in the coming year our community will benefit from our decisions. In 2006-2007 you will have a new and very capable Community Lay Director in Freda Nelson. If you give Freda the same support and encouragment you have given me, the Albemarle Emmaus community will reap the benefits of her leadership. I love the Albemarle Emmaus community and all of you that are a part of the community. I will continue to be an active member by teaming and attending gatherings. I challenge each of you to do the same. God Bless all of you,
Mike Rowe

Pray for Our Fall Emmaus Walks

Walk AE68
“In His Light,
I Grow Strong”
October 5 — 8, 2006
at the Eastern 4-H Center near Columbia
Lay Director: David Denton

Walk AE69
"God is Awesome "
October 19 — 22, 2006
at the Eastern 4-H Center near Columbia
Lay Director: Marcia Danchise

Time to Team
It’s no secret that most everyone lives busy lives these days. Work, Little League, dance recitals, chores, meetings, house/yard/automobile maintenance, long work commutes, and extra responsibilities all want a piece of our time. Even well-intentioned activities can keep us from seeing the glaring needs right in front of us and serving others. Think back to the last few hours of your Emmaus walk, the lay director of your weekend was probably delivering the fourth day talk and giving you information on how to team. If you have never teamed, I encourage you to prayerfully consider doing so. Personally, if I had never teamed, I probably would have put my cross and my warm fuzzy in a drawer for safe keeping until I could conveniently attend a gathering. It was through teaming that I formed what I call true relationships with other members of the community. It wasn't until I teamed that I truly understood what really went on behind the scenes and appreciated the sacrifice that allowed willing hearts to serve. Teaming on Emmaus or Chrysalis brings joy that is similar to being a parent on Christmas morning. Teaming allows you to see and witness a new found joy in Christ. Teaming helps others to see the face of Jesus and the body of Christ at work. And, oh the blessings you will receive! God warns us that life is short and we should seek and desire His will in our lives daily instead of planning out all of the good things we do by our own wisdom (James 4: 14-15). The Holy Spirit is the only One who can tune us in to the needs of our community and others. We must be listening and willing to allow Him to interrupt our plans. Sometimes it is difficult to know which needs God wants us to meet. But through prayer of seeking Him, He will help us discern how and when He wants to work through us to bless and serve others by teaming on a walk or flight. A team fits together like a jigsaw puzzle. Everyone brings different talents with which to form the final picture of service. God takes the team and molds them and qualifies them to carry out His will. I pray that you will ask God's guidance in applying to team. I promise you that the blessing you receive will far exceed your expectations. John 13: 14 “If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”
May God Bless Each of You, *Freda Nelson*

Please remember that these prayer concerns are offered for the Community to PRAY, not to pry. Not everyone wants their personal lives made public even if we are praying for them so please, before adding another's name to the prayer list, verify that they want to be on this list.
AC #27 Team and Caterpillars AE Walks 68, 69 & 70 Albemarle Chrysalis Flight #27 ( July 13-16 ) Decatur Beacham ( Cancer ) Ralph Burch ( Kidney Trouble ) Bruce Cahoon ( Four-Wheeler Accident ) Harry Chesson ( Cancer ) Family of Derwood Twiddy on his passing Family Relationships Doug Fiedler ( Salvation ) Mac, Megan & baby Dallas Gray IV ( baby born premature & at CHKD ) Betty & Jimmy Harden Hertford UMC Mission Team ( Going to Mississippi 7/9 ) Amber Hudgins Rollie Jordan ( undergoing brain tumor surgery at John Hopkins Hospital)		Floyd & Patty Long ( Illness ) Ina McGowan ( Unsaved and Sick ) Military Men and Women Gene and Stacy Morin New Hope UMC ( Our New Pastor ) Stanley Nixon Restoration of Family Patty & Mark Rossnagel ( Cancer & Family ) Jeff Schultz ( Back Surgery July 13 ) Steiner Family ( Unspoken ) Phyllis Storey ( Injured in Auto Accident ) Family of Eleanor Swicegood (Jay Swicegood's mother) Melinda Turner ( Cancer ) Mr. Tuttle (teenager) ( Chrome Disease ) Unspoken Rhonda Utt ( Liver Transplant Recovery ) Carter Whitt & family

A Chrysalis Lay Director Note:

Thank you Albemarle Emmaus and Chrysalis community for your prayers and support of the Chrysalis flights and other functions during my term as Chrysalis Community Lay Director.

I pray that your support continues and increases as our community grows and it goes through the changes we are facing.

Our young people need our support and encouragement as they attempt to Change our World by reaching out to others by teaming, sponsorship and mission trips.

Please prayerfully consider helping our many Chrysalis youth who are in the mission fields in Africa, Central and South America and those helping our neighbors here, in the southern states.

Our Chrysalis Community needs a replacement for Carolyn Ward as she steps down as Pre-Weekend chairperson. Please contact Carolyn or myself for more information about this position or contact Philip Ruckle and he will get us the message.

Thank you and may you have a blessed summer!

David Wheeler

HELP WANTED: Immediate Support Team opening for part time volunteer PRE-WEEKEND CHAIRPERSON. The incumbent will assist in the overall co-ordination and application colletion and review for each Chrysalis weekend. Other duties releated to future weekend submissions may be included. Our goal is to promote and enhance the Quality of Life and Spititual Position of each mission field Caterpillar and their family. We are seeking an individual with an outstanding desiere to serve. Ideal candidate is well organized, detail-oriented, and has excellent people skills. A strong prayer life is helpful. No experience necessary, we will train.

HELP WANTED: Immediate Support Team opening for part time volunteer AGAPE CHAIRPERSON. The ideal candidate is creative, organized, detail-oriented, with excellent people skills. A strong prayer life is helpful. We are looking for someone that will assist in the overall co-ordination and colletion of Agape items for each Chrysalis weekend. Our goal is to promote and enhance the Quality of Life and Spititual Position of our Caterpillars and their families. We are seeking an individual with an outstanding desiere to serve. No experience necessary.

Emmaus/Chrysalis event

Now is the time to mark your calendars now for this the next Houston Emmaus/Chrysalis Celebration set for November 3 - 4, 2006, at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, Houston, TX. Contact person is blue line

The U In Jesus
Before U were thought of or time had begun, God even stuck U in the name of His Son. And each time U pray, you'll see it's true You can't spell out JesUs and not include U. You're a pretty big part of His wonderful name, For U, He was born; that's why He came. And His great love for U is the reason He died. It even takes U to spell crUcified.
Isn't it thrilling and splendidly grand, He rose from the dead, with U in His plan? The stones split away, the gold trUmpet blew, and this word resUrrection is spelled with a U. When JesUs left earth at His upward ascension, He felt there was one thing He just had to mention. "Go into the world and tell them it's true That I love them all – Just like I love U." So many great people are spelled with a U, Don't they have a right to know JesUs too? It all depends now on what U will do, He'd like them to know, But it all starts with U. JesUs and U.

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