From Sound to Sound with the GOOD NEWS,   Vol. 16,   Issue # 11,  November 16, 2007
    www.albemarleemmaus.org       P.O. Box 1198, Edenton, NC 27932     emmaus@albemarleemmaus.org    

AE Community Calendar of Events

There are no more Gatherings before Chrysalis Flight #30 or Beach Walk AE #75. To sign up for a prayer vigil time you must go to the Albemarle Emmaus Prayer Vigil web page.

“Fly With Christ”
December 27 — 30, 2007
at the Eastern 4-H Center near Columbia
Lay Directors:
Youth: Lauren Nelson & Evan Bartley
Adult: Laurel Patrick & Laurence Chappell

Albemarle Chrysalis Flight # 30 Team List
Youth Female:	Adult Female:	Youth Male:	Adult Male:
Susanna Benson	Lori Bartley	Evan Bartley	James Caddy
Alyson Berry	Sara Biggs	Benji Bishop	Laurence Chappell
Nicole Bunch	Brenda Bishop	Josh Brown	Bill Elliott
Abby Jennings	Karen Byrne	Sam Jennings	Burt Eure
Lauren Nelson	Rita Cornelius	Cody Lamb	Robert Jackson
Mandy Parker	Ann Duncan	Bobby Layden	Kyle Jones
Brittany Perry	Danielle Hortelano	Bubba Newby	John Lassiter
Leslie Revelle	Kathy Howard	Michael Partin	Alan Lennon
Asheton Rivenbark	Diana Jackson	Alan Phelps	Tom Mackel
Korie Sawyer	Joanna Jones	Josh Rivenbark	Wallace Nelson
Jenna Schlobohm	Valerie Miller	Chas Sawyer	Alex Swain
Amanda Steiner	Freda Nelson	John Smoot	David Wheeler
Elise Watts	Laurel Patrick		Henry White
Kayla Wells	Terri Sawyer		Andy Young
Liza White	Maria VanDeWalker		Odell Younger
	Rose Marie Wheeler
Spiritual Directors: Ricky Bishop,   John Dutton,   Max Edwards,   Thomas Patrick,   &   David Sawyer

Albemarle Chrysalis
Scholarship Fund

The current economy, increased team fees and other outside factors have resulted in a number of individuals in the community that have the time but not the financial resources to be able to team a Chrysalis weekend. To meet this need the Albemarle Chrysalis and Albemarle Emmaus Boards would like to establish a scholarship fund to help qualified team members meet the financial obligations necessary to team a Chrysalis weekend. If you would like to help, we ask that you prayerfully consider donating to a Chrysalis Scholarship Fund that would allow qualified youth or occasional adult an opportunity to team who might not otherwise be able to participate. Send your contributions to Albemarle Chrysalis, Post Office Box 2707, Elizabeth City, NC 27909

Women's Winter Emmaus Walk
“Shelter in the Time of Storm”
January 17 — 20, 2008
Cheryl Williams Lay Director

Your AE #75 Team
Tracie Adams	–	Open Door Baptist
Casey Armstrong	–	Open Door Baptist
Jean Basnight	–	Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church
Greg Biggs	–	E.C. Church Of Christ
Ricky Bishop	–	Open Door Baptist
Joan Boone	–	Kitty Hawk Baptist
Kathryn Brabble	–	Yeopim Baptist
Vicki Brady	–	Mt. Herman United Methodist Church
Ella Coates	–	New Hope Christian Fellowship
Cindy Coker	–	Open Door Baptist
Pattie Cooper	–	Open Door Baptist
Leverna Copeland	–	Roper Baptist
Lizann Creef	–	Bethany United Methodist Church
Vicky Cuthrell	–	Cabin Swamp Church Of Christ
Carolyn Daw	–	Zion’s Chapel Church Of Christ
Joy Denton	–	Open Door Baptist
Hattie Downing	–	New Bethel Missionary Baptist
Max Edwards	–	Evangelical United Methodist Church
Shannon Guirkins	–	Woodard’s Pond Church Of Christ
Rexanne Harrison	–	Plymouth First Baptist
Gail Hendricks	–	(no church listed)
Bonnie Jordan	–	Riverside Baptist
Tammy Lee	–	Riverside Baptist
Valerie Miller	–	Open Door Baptist
Barbara Nixon	–	Hertford Baptist
Denise Nobles	–	Zion’s Chapel Church Of Christ
Faye Phelps	–	Zion’s Chapel Church Of Christ
Darlene Rowe	–	Open Door Baptist
Brenda Sloan	–	Lawrence Baptist
Mary Stoll	–	Evangelical United Methodist Church
Amy Swain	–	Holly Neck Church Of Christ
Annette Thompson	–	Harrellsville Baptist
Volanda Watts	–	Grace And Truth
Ramona Wescott	–	Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church
Cheryl Williams	–	Open Door Baptist
Dale Williams	–	Open Door Baptist

We still have two volunteer openings. One opening is for an AGAPE CHAIRPERSON and the second one is for a MUSIC LEADER. There is no experience is necessary, althoug as music skills would be helpful to anyone as Music Leader. As AGAPE CHAIRPERSON you do not have to create all the AGAPE yourself. We need someone to assist in the overall co-ordination and collection of Agape items for each Albemarle Emmaus Walk. However, having excellent people skills, having a strong prayer life and being reasonably organized is more important than being creative. Our goal is to promote and enhance the Quality of Life and Spiritual Position of our Pilgrims and their families. If interested, please contact Mike Twiddy, any Board Member, or send a note to AE at P.O. Box 1198, Edenton, NC 27932.

Praises & Prayer Requests

AC #30 AE #75 Faye Allen — Dementia Leon Allen & Sue Louanna & Decatur Beacham — Cancer Bertie Correctional Kairos #1 Donna Copeland — Unspoken 5-year-old Darcy — Hit by Car Walking to Bus Daughter’s Wedding the 17th — Nikki Edwards Everyone on AE Walks Debby Futrell Haywood Gilliken — Surgery Recovery John Guard — Heart Surgery Recovery Bert Hoggard — Cancer Dick Holeman Paula Hundley — THANK GOD for Emmaus Family Bobbi Jo Jones — Mission Trip in England, Returning Dec. 18, 2007 Johnny Joyner — Illness Jimmie Knight — PRAISE that granddaughter’s surgery was successful Eric Lockhart — Health Concerns Doris Meiggs — Unspoken

John Miller — Hepatitis C MUMC — Charge Conference Leadership 11/25 Bubba Newby — Work Issue Jeff Nicholson — PRAISE GOD for healing PCI #16 Graduates — Freedom from Past Ways People With Addictions Ralph Plumblee Ron Pope — Pray for Salvation PRAISE — For Freedom PRAISE GOD for the Colors of the Season Pray for residents of the Dare Co. Detention Center and their Families Hank Reynolds — Iraq Mike Rowe Jerome Selby — Complications from Stroke Shawn Smith — Iraq Son’s Wedding Gilbert Story — THANK GOD, headache gone Ruth Sutton — Herniated Disk Traveling Mercies over Thanksgiving Unsaved Family Unsaved Loved Ones Unspoken (listed more than once) Austin Williams — Addiction Problems, Needs to fill his life with God instead

With a Chrysalis Flight right around the corner and a Winter Women’s Walk close behind we would like to make a few friendly reminders:
	First, begin praying now for both walks. Pray for each team member, all pilgrims, the sponsors etc. And it’s never too soon to pray for any other weekends. Sponsors should have personal letters for a Pilgrim from those most special to that Pilgrim. Keep in mind the quantity of letters is not important - nobody really needs 100 personal letters - what is more important is that you know them well enough to get letters on their behalf from the people that will be most meaningful for them. Agape servants put only 12-15 Personal letters in the cloth Agape Bags. To insure that Pilgrims get those most special letters please do NOT put a "P" in the upper right corner unless their Sponsor asks you to. A Pilgrim will still get your letter - it just will be at a different time. Remember to sort Agape A L P H A B E T I C A L L Y. Agape letters need first and last names on each envelope - not your name & not nicknames. Please remember that there will probably be at least 25 other pilgrims that will also be “Momma” or “Daddy” just as there might be two or more “John” or “Sue” Pilgrims. Having a Pilgrim’s letter with their first and last name helps that letter make it to the right person on time. It also helps at sorting time if all are labeled correctly. Separate personal from general Agape - put a “P” in the right hand corner of personal letters or separate them in bags or bundles and make sure they are clearly labeled. It also makes it fool-proof to sort if all envelopes are labeled in the same location and the same way; clearly, neatly & correctly. As always it is a good idea for everyone to P-R-I-N-T neatly because we cannot process what we cannot read. Nothing bigger than 4-1/2 X 6 inches will be given to a Pilgrim unless there is one for every Pilgrim. Only letter sized envelopes will fit in the cloth Agape bags. Upper Room Emmaus guidelines determine when letters are distributed so please do not include “Friday” or “Saturday” or “Sunday” as any part of an Agape label. If you want to request that it be given at a particular time please include it in a bag labeled that way. NO GIFTS   —   Please! Any wrapped gifts and gift bags will be given back to sponsors at Send-off. Please save any gifts you have for Pilgrims for their 4th day. In keeping with the National Upper Room Emmaus guidelines we no longer encourage team agape on the weekends. Also, as community, we DO NOT touch or hug pilgrims or team members during the walk weekend.
We are truly blessed with such a loving and caring community - let’s just remember that these guidelines are in place to aid in the logistics of a pleasant weekend and to enhance each individual Pilgrim’s experience.

Placemats are just one form of Agape that we use on every Chrysalis and Emmaus weekend and we use a lot of them. Our community uses about 550 decorated placemats each walk weekend — that’s 2750 each year just for the Emmaus Walks. We use another 650 each Chrysalis Flight. That’s about 3,500 placemats a year without even thinking about what is used each Kairos weekends. That’s a lot of work for one person in anybody’s book. English Playwright and Poet John Heywood once said “Many hands make light work.” With that in mind, if only 100 people in the community each prepared 40 place mats there would be more than enough placemats for what the community uses each year. We have had more than 2600 Pilgrims attend an Albemarle Community weekend in addition to all the Chrysalis Butterflies so there should not be a shortage of people to share the load. If you would like to prepare some placemats, patterns are available on our web site. As a remember:     PLEASE Make at least 36 of any pattern you make PLEASE MAKE ALL Placemats generic so they can be used on any walk PLEASE DO NOT put individual names on any placemats PLEASE DO NOT put Walk Numbers on placemats PLEASE DO NOT put themes or theme names on placemats PLEASE DO NOT put DeColores and Good Morning together on placemats     If you would like to make placemats for a certain walk, please contact the Agape Coordinator for that walk to make sure they know what you are doing, and deliver those placemats before the walk. Failing to follow these guidelines could result in producing placemats that cannot be used.

We have a New Reunion Group meeting at Roper Baptist Church