October 2019 Newsletter
To the Hearts of the Faithful
Greetings to the members of Greater Findlay Area Emmaus Community. Fall is upon us and this starts a very busy time in the Emmaus Community. As I am writing the October Women’s Walk #108 is happening. We have 19 pilgrims who are experiencing the love of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit, just like we did on our Emmaus Walk. Emmaus has since its beginning forever changed people’s lives and given them new heart for loving and serving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Men’s Walk # 81 will be November 8-10th. Scott Iams it he Lay Director and he has the team set and having team meetings to prepare for the walk. Please prayerfully consider sponsoring a pilgrim. The dead line for applications is October 31st, pilgrim and sponsorship applications can be found on the website at findlayemmaus.org.
As you all know it takes up to 200 people volunteering their time to put on an Emmaus Walk. It takes people for the team, prayer vigil, agape, kitchen, and logistics etc. Please consider volunteering a few hours of your time during the weekend. Many hands make light work and the fellowship that happens at Emmaus is second to none and is very rewarding. There is one position on Men’s Walks that we have a hard time filling and that is a music man. This positon has a skill set that not everyone possesses. We only have two men’s Walks a year March and November. If you are a man and have the ability to lead worship on the walk. The Board would truly be grateful if you would let us know.
November is also the time for new officers to be elected to the Board. The positions open this year are Vice Chair (must be a past LD), Secretary, Literature, Sponsorship, Assistant Kitchen, Supplies and Logistics. It is vital to the health of the Greater Findlay Area Emmaus Community to have a strong and committed Board to serve the Community. Please pray and see where God would have you serve. If you are interested a position please contact the present board member, who has that position (their contact info is on the website). They will more than happy to tell what is involved with their positon. Remember the purpose of Emmaus is to make Disciples and build the Church for Jesus Christ. Hope to see you at the Gatherings it is where relationships are renewed and built and keeps the community going.
“Walk in the Spirit”
Declores,
Duane Hackworth
Chairman
Women’s Walk #108 Pilgrims – Oct 10-13,2019
Sarah Pierson
Kambria Massie
Sandy Clark
Cindy Stippuch
Angie Swinehart
Sydney Fox
Melanie Fox
Ashley Burt
Joie Clum
Kim Cooper
Michele Mayer
Erin Jett
Vickie Baker
Tracy Hower
Naomi Kanagy
Debra Lehman
Heather Badertscher
Becki Jeffers
Marissa Davis
Board Elections at November Gathering
Positions Available for the 2020-2022 Emmaus Board:
Vice Chair – must be a past Lay Director
Secretary
Literature
Sponsorship
Assistant Kitchen
Supplies
Logistics
If you are interested or have any questions please contact Roxie Craig – 567-204-0272 or fishermanjohn@embarqmail.com
Emmaus Walk Schedule for 2020
Women’s Walk
#109 – February 6-9,2020
#110 – June 4-7,2020
#111 – October 8-11,2020
Men’s Walk
#82 – March 12-15,2020
#83 – November 5-8,2020
Chrysalis Flight Schedule for 2020
Girl’s Flight:
#53 – February 21-23,2020
#54 – July 24-26,2020
Boy’s Flight:
#53 – March 6-8,2020
#54 – July 10-12,2020 – the Boy’s Flight will be before the Girl’s this month
July 2019 Newsletter
To the Hearts of the Faithful
Greetings to the members of Greater Findlay Area Emmaus Community. First let me apologize for not sending a newsletter since March. It was one of my personal goals to send one monthly. The reason I haven’t is the Upper Room, which is our governing body decided to take over our data base. I don’t have all of technical answers but this affected our ability to send mass emails. It is the end of July and they still haven’t got things figured out. Chris Borkosky our Web Master Board Member has informed me that she will email this letter and you may or may not receive it. If you receive it please let us know. We are also going to post it on the website. The website is independent from the data base and is working just fine
Now on with the good stuff. I am happy to report the Holy Spirit is still blessing the community. On the June Women’s Walk # 107 we had 20 beautiful ladies as pilgrims. These pilgrims got to experience our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in many new ways. I would encourage the community to continue to pray for these pilgrims as they walk through life on their fourth days.
Susan Mason will be the LD for the Women’s Walk #108, October 10-13th. Scott Iams will be the LD for Men’s Walk # 81, November 7-10th. Now is the time to start praying for who you might ask to be a pilgrim on these walks. The prayer vigil calendar is available on the website, so don’t forget to sign up. You can also sign up at the gatherings.
The community continues to have good attendance at the gatherings. The musicians and fourth day speakers have been very good. But the best thing is the fellowship that happens at a gathering. If you haven’t attended one in a while come out and see what you have been missing. The August gathering will be on Tuesday August 17th at Riverside Park in Findlay. It starts at 6:30pm and we ask that you bring a dish and 2-liter of pop to share. Table service will be provided. We had it there last year in August and it was a very special time. All in attendance could just feel the power of the Holy Spirit and it was AWESOME! We even got to interact and do some witnessing to a group of young people who were there training for an athletic event.
As always “Stay in the Spirit”
Declores,
Duane Hackworth
Chairman of the Board
Women’s Walk #107 Pilgrims – June 13-16,2019
Brittanie DeWitt
Marie Sapronetti
Katherine Hackworth
Tabitha Pocock
Ruth Waggoner
Debra McDaniel
Kathy Marquart
Amanda Burden
Brenda Blunk
Joan McBride
Mandy Hengstebeck
LeAnn Orick
Sally Sheets
Chris Crowe
Lisa Sholl
Kyleigh Clum
Mary Lou Blausey
Lorri Speer
Lori Waidelich
Kasey Jeffers
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March 2019 Newsletter
To the Hearts of the Faithful
Greetings to the members of Greater Findlay Area Emmaus Community. March is just about over and soon we will see the flowers blooming, Trees blossoming and the grass greening. These are all signs of new life and a reminder of the new life we have in Christ Jesus. I am also seeing new life in our community. The Holy Spirit has been actively increasing our numbers of new members and increasing our attendance at Gatherings. Which is absolutely AWESOME!
The Men’s Walk # 80 had 12 new pilgrims and I am very happy that I was able to serve as LOG for the weekend. These men came ready to receive the love of Jesus and experience the Power of the Holy Spirit. I do not believe that any went away without feeling refreshed, renewed and ready to serve God in any way that he would lead them. I want to thank everyone who volunteered their time to serve during the weekend. There was plenty of the help in the kitchen, the prayer vigil was filled up, there was a lot of agape and candlelight was well attended. Nothing was left UN done. Great job “You All”!
At the March Gathering we had an attendance of 121 people and it was amazing. It has been several years since we have had that many in attendance. This another sign that the Holy Spirit is moving in all of you (The Hearts of the Faithful). The women from Walk # 106 were able to meet for the last time for their group reunion and share their Fourth Days. I would encourage these ladies to come back and get involved in the community and help serve others as they have been served.
As I close there is only one thing that we are going to need help with. We are going to have to get several more people trained on how to run St. Mark’s sound and video system. We have relied heavily on Tom Trumpy for many years to take care of this for us. Tom is a great servant and the Community can’t thank him enough. Tom has asked us to get some other people trained and give him some much needed relief. I believe that we need a core group of at least 10 people to get trained on how to run the system. The system is used for Gatherings and on the walks for Candle Light and Closing on Sunday. If we can get this many people to help, then it can be passed around and no one will feel burdened. Please pray and if this is something God puts on your heart please let us know.
As always “Stay in the Spirit”
Declores,
Duane Hackworth
Chairman of the Board
WOMENS WALK DATES:
#106 – February 7-10,2019
#107 – June 13-16,2019
#108 – October 10-13,2019
MENS WALK DATES:
#80 – March 14-17,2019
#81 – November 7-10,2019
CHRYSALIS NEWS:
CHRYSALIS FLIGHT DATES:
GIRLS #51: January 25-27,2019
BOYS #51: February 22-24,2019
GIRLS #52: July 12-14,2019
BOYS #52: July 26-28,2019