The following men comprise the team for Men’s Walk #95:
Mark Gibson Mike Waters Mike Dabney George Palmer Jerry Riley John Goings Don LaCour Mickey Fothergill Mike Rigsby Terry Burks Jim Rhoades Scott Molandes Melton Carr Gary Hurley John Fothergill Billy Green Ron Gilbert Jon Ruid Jim Eskridge Gary Johnson Jim Newsome Jim Riggs David Harvey John White Bob Carroll Larry Armstrong Charles Newcomer Tommy Horton Paul Whitlatch Wayne Treadway Paul Woodworth Jimmy Phillips
Visiting Clergy Mike Mayhugh Bluford Wiekel James Frazier
Please lift them up in your prayers
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Dear 4th Day. Our comunity currently has four prayer vigils active: the Men’s walk which begins tomorrow, the Women’s walk which begins next Thursday and two Chrysalis flights in August.
There are open times for you on each of them. Please go to this site Prayer Vigil and click on the link for the appropriate East Texas Emmaus Community walk/flight.
Decolores
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6-25-10
Dear East Texas Emmaus Community
Please be advised that Bill Wilson has reconsidered his resignation from the ETE board and will continue to serve as our Community Lay Director. He regrets any confusion that may have caused.
Please be in prayer for our Board and the future Board members God will send. We need all 4th day to recognize the role the Board plays in the life of ETEC and understand that without a Board, we will not have a community. We currently have several vacancies and are in need of “a few good men or women” to serve.
A complete Board consists of 17 people – 2 men and 2 women and 1 clergy person each year which is called a class. The commitment is for 3 years. In addition, 2 spots are reserved for a community spiritual director and an ex-officio position which is where the Community Lay director stays on an extra year to help with transition issues.
We currently have 11 people serving. Working shorthanded is not right, nor fair to those who have volunteered to serve. So, not only do we have current vacancies but we have 5 spots that will come open starting in 2011 that need to be filled. Please consider this your first request to serve. Don’t wait; call a current Board member to get more information.
A 4th day speaker last month in Livingston said, “close your eyes and remember how you felt Saturday night”. That brings a smile to many faces and I hope it includes you. But without a Board, that candlelight service cannot happen. You may not think you have time to serve on the Board ….but remember Saturday night. You may think, I’ve already served on the board….but remember Saturday night. You may say, surely someone else will step up, but what if they don’t…..remember Saturday night. An Emmaus weekend is not just about Saturday night but about bringing people into a closer relationship with Jesus Christ. That doesn’t just happen, it requires a lot of work.
Your help is needed.
Serving on the Board is challenging and we all enjoy a good challenge. The Board has grown through their challenges over the last few months and will continue to lead the community with their best interest at heart.
Please consider joining us.
Bill Wilson — Community Lay Director
Editor Bonnie Shows has just published the June edition of the East Texas Emmaus Community Newsletter.
Please click the link and check it out.
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I sent out an email on June 2 to all of the pilgrim sponsors I had at that time requesting confirmation of their pilgrim’s attendance on the summer walks. I have not received responses from many of these sponsors. If you turned in an application prior to June 2, please check your inbox, junk mail, spam folder, etc. to see if you received my email and respond as soon as possible. Thanks!
Melissa Chumley
ETEC Registrar
Debbie Anderson, ETEC Lay Director, sends this link which tells of opportunities for writers to submit compositions for the devotional booklet being prepared for new Emmaus Pilgrims and Chrysalis Butterflies. We know lots of you are talented writers among the 4th day here in our East Texas Emmaus Community. So check the link: http://vimeo.com/11713333 to learn more.
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The dates & location for the fall walks are as follows:
- Men’s #97, October 7-10, TBA
- Women’s #98, October 14-17, TBA
The board will be naming Lay Directors soon.
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I am in need of a head musician for the Girls Chrysalis flight on Aug 12-15. I really need an experienced female musician to help me. I have two inexperienced musicians that are serving on their first walks, so we could use a little more help if there is perhaps someone in the community that feels led to serve with us.
For Chrysalis training we are meeting with the men’s and women’s emmaus walks training teams. The person would not be responsible for playing music for training except at the last meeting which is team dedication on Aug 7th. The other two training dates are June 26th and July 10th, but as I said we are combining with the Emmaus walks for training.
Sharon Rudis
936-676-5375
jar@consolidated.net
