Albemarle Emmaus in Northeastern North Carolina Welcome Page

July 2008
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Calendar of Events

July 12: 6:30pm Gathering @ Riverside United Methodist Church, 1400 Edgewood Dr., Elizabeth City
July 17 — 20: Summer Chrysalis Flight CANCELLED
August 2: Pasquotank Correctional Inst. Kairos 1-Day Retreat
August 9: 6:30pm Gathering at Manteo Baptist Church, Hwy. 64 at Ananias Dare Street, Manteo, NC
August 30: 1pm Community Family Picnic @ Cale Retreat, Hertford
September 13: 6:30pm Gathering at Roper Baptist Church
October 1: Emmaus Women’s Winter Walk Team Application Due Date
October 2: 7pm AE Walk #78 Send-off
October 2 — 5: AE #78 Men’s Fall Walk; “In Christ Alone,” Tommy Jones – Lay Director
October 4: 6:30pm Gathering AE #78 Candlelight
October 16: 7pm AE Walk #79 Send-off
Oct. 16 — 19: AE #79 Women’s Fall Walk; “Testify to Love,” Elaine Hughes – Lay Director
October 18: 6:30pm Gathering AE #79 Candlelight
Oct. 30 — November 2nd: Pasquotank Correctional Inst. Kairos Weekend #18, Rick Sealander – Weekend Leader
November 2: 2am Daylight Savings Ends
November 2: 4pm Kairos PCI #18 Closing Ceremony
November 8: Pasquotank Correctional Inst. Kairos 1-day Instructional Reunion
November 8: 2:30pm Emmaus DoDU 6:30pm Gathering at Corinth Baptist Church, Elizabeth City
November 13 — 16: Kairos #2 at Bertie Correctional Institution, Windsor, NC
December 25: Birthday for Jesus. The reason for the season!
January 1 — 4, 2009: Winter Chrysalis Flight AC #31, Columbia 4-H Center
January 15 — 18, 2009: AE #80, Women’s Winter Walk; Jennifer Gamiel – Lay Director
March 5 — 8, 2009: AE #81 Men’s Spring Walk “Come and Follow Me” Kenny Pekrun – Lay Director
March 19 — 22, 2009: AE #81, Women’s Spring Walk; Jessica Lynam – Lay Director

	Community Lay Director Comments
AE Community: Let me first say that it is my pleasure to announce to the Community that Christi Quance has been selected as the Community Lay Director for the 2008-2009 year beginning July 1, 2008. The other Board officers for this next year are Stuart Wescott as Assistant Community Lay Director, Mary Stoll will be our new Treasure, and Jessica Lynam will continue as Secretary to the Board. I extend a “Community Thank You” to the retiring 4 board members — Bill Bailey, Ella Coates, Lynne Furlough and Andy Stoll. These 4 persons have truly been servants to this community through their time, talents and actions. Please welcome the new Board members — Vernon Lee, Howard Simpson, Jerri O’Shell and Dan Lynam. Second, I wish to make you aware that our Board has begun to request Emmaus & Chrysalis Clergy Applications from Community Clergy persons serving on walks, flights and on the community boards. Clergy are critical elements in The Walk to Emmaus and Chrysalis weekends. Both programs depend heavily on the partnership between laity and clergy. Recently, Upper Room Emmaus updated its clergy qualifications. As a result we are finding that some clergy in our community do not have all the proper credentials under the new guideline forcing our Emmaus and Chrysalis Boards to face difficult decisions regarding who can serve as a Spiritual Director. We have begun the process of creating a Community file of verified serving clergy, and to begin seeking some Upper Room Emmaus qualification status for our serving clergy. Clergy applications are available on the Albemarle Emmaus and Upper Room Emmaus websites. I ask for your prayers for Albemarle Emmaus as we begin working more closely with our Community Clergy in this area. And finally, in a closing note, thank you for your trust in allowing me to serve as the AE Community Lay Director during the past 12 months. Love and Prayers to all! ~~~ Mike Twiddy

Community Praises & Prayer Requests

2008 Graduates
AE78 & AE79 — Pray for Team, Pilgrims & the Weekends
Prayer for All Graduates — They Will Face Many Things
Sue Berry — Back Surgery on Tuesday, June 17.
Vickie Brady — Job
Greg Brinson — Undergoing Tests for Heart Problems
EMC Team in Brazil — Constructing a Church Building
Evans Road Fire in Hyde County
Friends that do not Know Jesus
The Family of Billy Fuller
Ann Gaddy — Her Mother Passed Away Shortly after Husband Jay Gaddy Passed
Sammy Jennings — Lung Problems

Bobby Jones — Tests for Lungs
Phillip Keeter — Pneumonia
Gee Gee Mackel
Wayne and Natalie Oliver Marks — Ukraine Volunteer Mission Trip July 18 – Aug 2
Ina McGowan
Our Kid's Summer Safety
Praise for Churches Doing His Work
PCI-18 — Oct. 30 to Nov. 2
Bill Smith — For His Salvation
The Family of George Stiles
Thanking God for All He Is to Me
Tex Wallace — Lung Cancer
Angie Willis — Back Problems
Odell Younger — Personal & Spiritual Guidance
The Younger Family — To Keep Believing and to Find His Grace

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Please Pray For These Walk Weekends
AE Walk #78 “In Christ Alone” October 2 — 5, 2007 Lay Director: Tommy Jones	AE Walk #79 “Testify to Love,” October 16 — 19, 2008 Lay Director: Elaine Hughes
Click HERE for the AE78 Weekend Prayer Vigil	Click HERE for the AE79 Weekend Prayer Vigil

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	— Henry J. Kaiser