From Sound to Sound with the GOOD NEWS, Vol. 17, Issue # 2, February 15, 2008

www.albemarleemmaus.org

P.O. Box 1198, Edenton, NC 27932

emmaus@albemarleemmaus.org

February
Index

[ February pdf 4-page Print Version ] [ AE76 Pilgrim List ] [ AE77 Pilgrim List ] [ Agape Notes ] Chrysalis ] [ DoDU ] [ Kairos Inside Advanced Training ] [ Lay Director Comments ] [ New Albemarle Emmaus Address ] [ Praises & Prayer Requests ]

“Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.”
	— Unknown Author

February 28 – March 2: AE Walk #76; “Act like men, be strong” Buddy Grasty — Lay Director
March 1: 6:30^pm Gathering & AE #76 Candlelight @ Open Door Baptist Church, Edenton
March 9: 2^am Daylight Savings Begins
March 13 – 16: AE Walk #77 “PRAISE THE LORD!”; JoAnne Jones — Lay Director
March 15: 6:30^pm Gathering & AE #76 Candlelight @ Open Door Baptist Church, Edenton
March 23: Easter Sunday
April 3 – 6: Kairos #1 at Bertie Correctional Center, Windsor, NC; John “Tony” Hughes — Leader
April 12: 2:30pm Emmaus DoDU & 6:30pm Gathering @ New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Corner of Snug Harbor Rd. and Pender Rd., Hertford, NC
May 1 – 4: Kairos #17 at Pasquotank Correctional Inst., Elizabeth City; Billy Barrow — Leader
May 10: 6:30pm Gathering & Board Elections. Location TBA
June 14: 6:30pm Gathering @ Evangelical Methodist Church, 820 Okisko Rd., Elizabeth City
July 12: 6:30pm Gathering @ Riverside United Methodist Church, 1400 Edgewood Dr., Elizabeth City, NC
August 30: Community Family Picnic @ Cale Retreat (details not confirmed yet)
Oct. 30 — Nov. 2: Pasquotank Correctional Inst. Kairos Weekend #18, Leader Rick Sealander
Jan. 1 — 4, 2009: Winter Chrysalis Flight


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ALBEMARLE EMMAUS BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2007-2008 CONTACT INFORMATION

Faye Abner
104 Oakwood Lane, Elizabeth City, NC
Home: 252-334-9605
E-Mail: snc89102 AT allstate DOT com

Bill Bailey (Spiritual Director)
1720 Edgewood Dr., Elizabeth City, NC
Home: 252-335-4081
E-Mail:
BillandBettyBailey AT embarqmail DOT com

Greg Biggs (Spiritual Director
682 New Hope Rd, Hertford, NC
Home: 252-426-4713
E-Mail: eccoc AT simflex DOT .com

Ella Coates
214 Matthews Acres Rd., Hertford, NC
Home: 252-426-1126
E-Mail: ecoates AT uhseast DOT com

Jim Edwards
P. O. Box 94, Colerain, NC
Home: 252-356-4303
E-Mail: bighorn AT coastalnet DOT com

Bill Elliot
203 Second Street, Edenton, NC
Home: 252-482-2454
E-Mail: none

Lynne Furlough (Treasurer)
125 William's Loop Rd., Roper, NC
Home: 252-793-4228
E-Mail: prodigalson07 AT embarqmail DOT com

Jessica Lynam (Secretary)
1833 Peartree Road, Elizabeth City, NC
Home: 252-331-7773
E-Mail: danielhlynam AT embarqmail DOT com

Barry Norris
103 Fort Bragg Drive, Elizabeth City, NC
Home: 252-333-1054
E-Mail: bwnorris AT embarqmail DOT com

Christi Quance (Asst. Comm. Lay Dir.)
1189 Weeksville Road, Elizabeth City, NC
Home: 252-330-2611
E-Mail: tcquance AT yahoo DOT com

Andy Stoll
301 Dances Bay Road, Elizabeth City, NC
Home: 252-330-2577
E-Mail: amstoll AT roadrunner DOT com

Mike Twiddy (Community Lay Director)
116 Bayshore Drive, Elizabeth City, NC
Home: 252-330-2091
E-Mail: mtwiddy AT roadrunner DOT com

Stuart Wescott
P. O. Box 816, Manteo, NC 2
Home: 252-473-3604
E-Mail: obcruises AT aginet DOT com

CD White (Spiritual Director)
101 Smith Cove Road, Hertford, NC
Home: 252-426-7521
E-Mail: pastorcd AT embarqmail DOT com

New Mailing Address

In an effort to trim unnecessary costs and increase efficiency the AE Board has decided to close our Edenton Post Office box and combine our community mailing address with Albemarle Chrysalis.

Effective April 1, 2008, all applications and other mail correspondence should be sent to:

Albemarle Emmaus/Chrysalis
Post Office Box 2707
Elizabeth City, NC 27909

By consolidating all correspondence into one address we eliminate the expense of one mail box and hope to make it easier on our volunteer staff to keep track of applications, expenses, and any other correspondence within both the Chrysalis and Emmaus communities.

We will continue to require that all applications be mailed. However, after April 1 any applications, team fees and pilgrim fees will need to be mailed to Elizabeth City and NOT to Edenton even though there are still applications out in the community with an Edenton address.

Please make a note of the news address.

Chrysalis News

In response to community interest the Albemarle Chrysalis Board is considering the possibility of a summer Flight. In order for a Flight to take place there must be enough Team & Caterpillar applications submitted early enough to justify a flight and to work out the necessary logistical details. The Board asks that you PRAY about this event and submit your applications. We hope to have more information at the next Gathering.

Community Lay Director Comments angel

Gossiping is everywhere, including our Albemarle Emmaus Community. As your Community Lay Director, and speaking on behalf of the AE Board of Directors, I will confirm that there is some truth behind some new changes on the horizon. As I do so I solicit your prayers for the AE Community and your AE Board.

The Walk to Emmaus is a Christian outreach program operating through the Upper Room. The Upper Room charters communities to run a Walk to Emmaus weekend retaining oversight of the Walks through Regional Representatives. Annually each Emmaus Community’s Board is required to sign and submit a Letter of Agreement (LOA) to the Upper Room that renews its Charter. Doing so allows them to continue operating as an Emmaus Community conducting Emmaus walks. Within the LOA are the guidelines that each Board agrees to as part of operating their Emmaus Walks.

In 2005 the Albemarle Community under the guidance of the Board, enacted several changes to our weekend walks to comply with Upper Room requirements. In the fall of 2007, Regional Upper Room Representatives again contacted and met with our Board requesting yet additional Weekend Walk changes.

To be frank and direct with the community, the Board does not understand some of these requested and does not agree with some changes to our weekend walks procedures, putting the Board in a compromising position on signing the Upper Room’s LOA to renew our Emmaus Charter.

I sincerely tell you that the Board membership is taking this very seriously, but we do not have a quick answer or resolution that we can give the Community. Our actions thus far have included:

additional special board meetings specific to this issue;

extended communications with the Upper Room; and

we have engaged assistance and guidance from past experienced Community leadership as we work towards a resolution and forward direction for our Albemarle Community.

As I close, let me say that I am sure there will be some changes coming. We are working hard to minimize the changes to our Community to retain this special Christian bond and work for God that has been created. Please keep the AE Community and the AE Board membership in your prayers.

Please contact me or any board member for discussion. A list of Board members with contact information is included in this newsletter. I will keep you informed through the gatherings, newsletter and the AE website.

— Mike Twiddy

AE # 76

“Act like men, be strong”
February 28 — March 2, 2008
at the Eastern 4-H Center near Columbia

Buddy Grasty Lay Director


Jim Anderson	Evangelical Methodist
Roland Bell	Union Grove
John Bennett	Kitty Hawk UMC
John Bonk	1st Baptist Church, EC
Cody Brinkley	Bandon Chapel
Jon Crouse	Evangelical Methodist
Will Edwards	Union Baptist
Dick Fagan	Liberty Christian Fellowship
Jeff Fischer	Kitty Hawk UMC
Buddy Lawrence	Open Door
Frank Loyer	New Beginnings AOG
Richard Miller	Grandy AOG
Thomas Phelps	Riverside UMC
Paul Rosell	Hatteras UMC
Rod Sershen	Elizabeth City CoC
Robert Smith	Maple Grove
Shawn Smith	Riverside UMC
John Spicer	New Life AOG
James Swain	Plymouth CoC
Steve Thomas	Kitty Hawk UMC
Bryan Van Gyzen	Wilkinson CoC
Wayne Vaughan	Bandon Chapel
Scott Venters	Bandon Chapel
Francois Verschelden	Living Rock Baptist
Bob Watson	New Community
Norman Weathersby	1st Baptist, Tarboro
Bobby Williams	Kitty Hawk Baptist
Matthew Wright	Christ’s Church

Emmaus Walk #77

“PRAISE THE LORD!”
March 13 — 16, 2008
at the Eastern 4-H Center near Columbia

JoAnne Jones Lay Director


Debbie Anderson	Evangelical Methodist Church
Erin Biondo	Mt Olivet United Methodist Church
Mattie Carstarphen	Calvary Episcopal
Amy Chappell	Happy Home Pentecostal
Donna Cooper	1st Baptist Church of Tarboro
Reba Coward	Open Door
Linda Davis	Trinity FWB
Suzanne Fagan	Liberty Christian Fellowship
Diane Fischer	Kitty Hawk United Methodist Church
Denise Ginn	New Hope Christian Fellowship
Wendy Goatley	1st Baptist Eliz City
Karin Heughan	Hertford United Methodist Church
Jodi Hudy	Liberty Christian Fellowship
Christine Landis	Open Door Baptist
Brenda Leggett	New Community
Holly Loyer	New Beginnings AOG
Nancy Miller	1st Baptist Eliz city
Caroline Newby	New Hope Christian Fellowship
Lita Nix	Open Door
Brenda Smith	Maple Grove
Sindi Smithwick	Ross Baptist
Edna Spruill	Roper Baptist
Jeanne Van Staalduinen	Terra Ceia Christian Reformed
Deb Van Staalduinen	Terra Ceia Christian Reformed
Laura Staley	Blackwell Memorial Baptist
Gwen Stevens	Blackwell memorial Baptist
Lynanne St Laurent	Kitty Hawk Baptist
Darlene Tynch	Open door Baptist
Beverly Venters	Bandon Chapel
Lydia Weathersby	1st Baptist Tarboro
Jenny Williams	Kitty Hawk Baptist
Sue Ann Williams	Open Door
Heather Winslow	Up River Friends
Andrea Yoder	Faith Christian Fellowship

Please remember to check this link
for any last-minute updates to our
spring walk lists.

Sponsor AGAPE Notes
In preparation for AE 76 & AE 77 there are a few things that as Sponsors we should remember: Agape letters should have the Pilgrims first and last name on the envelope. Remember, there may be more than one Mary or one John. Remember to try to limit personal letters to a dozen or so; indicate them with a small "P" in the upper right hand corner of the envelope. This in no way limits the amount of letters you can collect for your pilgrim; just think of these as the MOST personal letters. Remember, your pilgrim will have other opportunities to receive letters and they will be every bit as meaningful. All Agape letters should be in alphabetical order - this is to make the large task of sorting all the letters for a weekend much more efficient. Sponsorship money is due upon notification that a pilgrim is going to attend a certain walk. Remember to use the Elizabeth City address after April 1 when mailing your money.		Please no gift bags or wrapped gifts of any kind unless you are providing the same for all Pilgrims. Saving these types of things as a gift for the way home or anytime during their 4th day will be every bit as meaningful. Candlelight is a reverent ceremont and all about showing and sharing the love of Jesus with all Pilgrims - we want each Pilgrim to see Jesus in each one of us. Given this all important criteria, we are asked to simply carry a single candle (no bright lights or flashing lights, head gear etc.) and treat each pilgrim as if we are there just for them. We are asked not to "love on" or touch the pilgrims because we are there to show love to each one equally just as Christ does. Some pilgrims do not have a large family, or large circle of friends and we want them to feel the love of Jesus as well. Besides, think about it, if everyone had to touch and hug their Pilgrim, Candlelight would last a lifetime!

Day of Deeper Understanding Coming

A Day of Deeper Understanding is coming up April 12^th @ New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. If you think you might like to sponsor someone on a walk or serve as a walk team member and have not yet been to a Day of Deeper, mark your calendar and plan to be there. The DoDU starts at 2:30pm, a Gathering is later that evening, also at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church which is at the corner of Snug Harbor Rd. and Pender Rd., Hertford, NC. The church number is (252) 426-9113.

Kairos Inside Advanced Training (AKT)

AKT-Inside is for inside volunteers who are in or will be in a weekend leadership role anywhere within the Kairos Inside program. AKT-Inside gives the what, who and why of the Kairos Inside ministry. Kairos policy requires that all weekend leaders must have attended AKT-Inside prior to leading a weekend. The next area training is a Combined KI and Torch training set for July 11-13, 2008, in Raleigh. For those interested, cost which includes materials, 2 nights lodging (Fri & Sat) and 4 meals (3 Sat and a Sun breakfast) is $155 for double rooms, $185 for singles, and $95 for commuters. There is no Friday night meal. Other details include: Location - Peace College, 15 East Peace Street, Raleigh, NC 27604. Arrive by 6:00 pm and start at 7:00 pm. Note: Attendees will need to bring personal items. Bedding and towels will be furnished. Please make checks payable to: Kairos of NC.
For additional information contact:
Ted Cashion: ted (dot) cashion (at) ncmail (dot) net 919-859-1709	Bob Clinkscales: ckinkscales (at) interiport (dot) com 252-426-7720

Prayer Requests

A Child With Anger Problems Needs Much Prayer
AE 76 Team & Pilgrims
AE 77 Team & Pilgrims
The Albemarle Emmaus Board of Directors Guidance
Richard Albury Cancer
All People that are Unemployed
Dennis Armstead New Believer
Wayne Benton Cancer
Joyce Berry Knee Replacement 03/14/08
Robert Boyce COPD
Otis Brinkley Cancer
Ted Deanes Stroke
Ricky Duncan General Prayer
Ricky Duncan
Brian Fenner Stomach Cancer
Douglas Fiedler Salvation
Billy Fuller Cancer has Returned
Haywood Gillikin Radiation & Chemotherapy
God Moving in our Churches
Ryan Green Church and Upcoming Flights
Frances Haddock Health
Kenny Haddock Alzheimers
Steph Humbles
Local Churches Problems with Leadership
Lost Loved Ones
Gee Gee Mackel
Rodney Mathews Pray for Life’s Choices
Mary McLendon Change

Kathy Mizzelle ALS
Rose Monroe Recovering from Surgery
Evans Morris
Athena Napier Recovering from an Assault
Thomas “Bubba” Newby’s Mom
Mille Osman Lord’s Healing either here on earth or in Heaven
Our country’s Leadership
Pasquotank County Correctional Kairos #17 For Needed Team Members
Gail Phelps Heart Attack - PCMH
Carson Richardson 5-year-old with Liver Cancer
Burton Roby (Buddy’s Uncle)
Pat Ruckle Back pains
Sharon Ruckle Guidance
Jennifer Ryan Surgery, Healing
Cyndee Sessoms
The Soldiers Serving Our Country
Team in Zambia, Africa On a Mission Trip
Hannah Twiddy’s Cousin Claire Health Conditions
Volanda Watts Continued Prayer for Health
James Woodbury God’s will in a Career change
Bertie County Correctional Kairos #1
Carl Depression
Crosspointe Church
Terry Problems with Family
Unsaved & Lost
Women’s Emmaus Walk

Don't forget, our Gatherings cannot start on time if you are not there on time, and do not end with the prayer following communion. After communion we sing “All in All” (on page 5 in the AE Song Book) followed by the Chrysalis Cheer. It can take two people several hours to do what a lot of people can do in a few minutes.

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