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Dear Barbara,
Happy New Year! We pray you had a
blessed Christmas celebrating the birth
of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Can you believe the Spring Emmaus season
is fast upon us? The first men's walk
is in early February, with six more to
follow.If you know someone who
is ready to attend a walk, there is
still space available on all of the
upcoming Spring weekends, so get those
applications in. We have provided a
quick link for you on the left. If you
know someone who is not quite sure
Emmaus is for them, please direct them
to one of the informational meetings
coming up in February (details below)
where we can try to answer their
questions.
Mount Pisgah will be hosting the
April gathering, but we will need your
help to ensure it is a success! Read
below to see how you can volunteer to
serve that evening.
Finally, we would love to hear from
you! Let us know what information we
should include in future newsletters so
this communication is of value to you.
Until next month...
DeColores from your
Emmaus Leadership Team!
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 welcome
new members
We welcome the following NEW MEMBERS to the
Mount Pisgah Emmaus Community.
We love you with the love of the Lord!!!
MEN'S WALK #121, November 2 -
5
Jon Cook
Mike Crigler
Jim Dickens
Dan Hull
Shaun Kelly
Charlie Malmquist
Ted Masters
WOMEN'S WALK #150, November 9 -
12
Julie Brigham
Kimberly Cook
Patti Crigler
Faye Hull
Linda Kelly
Sue Monroe
WOMEN'S WALK #151, November 16 -
19
PJ Becker
Karen Higman
Beth Howard
Elizabeth Taylor |
spring pilgrims
 As
you can see, there are still spots available
for Mount Pisgah pilgrims on all Spring
Walks. Get your applications in so we can
share the wonderful Emmaus experience with
others in our church!
ALSO...let's shower them with agape! Get
your letters in the baskets outside Beth
Howard's office
on South Campus before the Thursday that
each walk commences.
MEN'S #122, February 8 - 11
FRED BRADLEY sponsored by Wayne Clark
BRAD BROWN sponsored by Rick Sample
KEVIN WILSON sponsored by Kimberly Cook
WOMEN'S #152, February 22 - 25
JENNY BROWN sponsored by Laverne Sample
MARY WILLS HERMAN sponsored by Elizabeth
Anderson
JILL WILSON sponsored by Kimberly Cook
MEN'S #123, March 15 - 18
RICK THOMPSON sponsored by Joe Terry
WOMEN'S #153, March 22 - 25
LEILA WESLEY de SOUZA sponsored by Amy
Grossman
DONNA PETTY sponsored by Carolyn Kelfer
NANCY THOMPSON sponsored by Carolyn
Terry
MEN'S #124, April 19 - 22
JOHN GRIMSLEY sponsored by Lionel
Ferriera
BILL ROBERTSON sponsored by Joe Terry
BEN THORNTON sponsored by Pat McMullan
WOMEN'S #154, April 26 - 29
MARCIA GRIMSLEY sponsored by Laura
Ferriera
DEBBY THORNTON sponsored by Paula
McMullan
WOMEN'S #155, May 3 - 6
KRISTEN BURNETT sponsored by Charlotte
Eckard
MARIA PENINGER sponsored by Carolyn
Magruder
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spring servants
MEN'S #122, February 8 - 11
SCOTT KUBIE, Kitchen
CLIFF RIVIERE, Board Rep
WOMEN'S #152, February 22 - 25
JUDY SHERER, Floater MEN'S #123,
March 15 - 18
BILL DUFFEY, Lay Director,
Perseverance
GLENN DAVENPORT, Kitchen
DAVID DUKE, Inside Coordinator
BOB FINCHER, Dorm
PHIL JOHNSON, Assistant Lay Director,
Priorities
PAT McMULLAN, Chapel
PHILIPPE MICHAUD, Table Leader, Piety
SAM MOSS, Kitchen
STEVE NECESSARY, Ass't Table Leader, 4th
Day
DAVID PARIS, Head Kitchen
JIM POPE, Agape
TOM REED, Kitchen
BILL SMYTH, Assistant Lay Director
JOE TERRY, Agape
MIKE VAUGHAN, Floater
KARL WAITE, Kitchen
WOMEN'S #153, March 22 - 25
JOANN ARMSTRONG, Agape
LEEANN DENHAM, Music
SANDI DUNBAR, Chapel
RHONDA GIRARD, Music
AMY GROSSMAN, Assistant Table Leader
SALLY HASCO, Dorm
KAREN HIGMAN, Kitchen
DEBBIE HOLLENBECK, Kitchen
BARBARA JOHNSON, Table Leader, Body of
Christ
HOLLY LEONARD, Kitchen
PAULA McMULLAN, Kitchen
ELIZABETH TAYLOR, Kitchen
CAROLYN TERRY, Assistant Table Leader
WOMEN'S #155, May 3 - 6
ELIZABETH ANDERSON, Table Leader,
Changing Our World
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emmaus information meetings
 The
Mount Pisgah Emmaus Leadership Committee has
scheduled two general information meetings
in February to help you learn more about
getting plugged in to your community. If
you want to learn more about being a sponsor
or a servant on an upcoming Walk, or how to
extend your fourth days in a reunion group
or learn more about opportunties to use your
hands and feet to help build His kingdom,
please join us! The meetings will be held
in Room A006 on the south campus:
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February 4, 2007, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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February 11, 2007, 12:30pm
- 1:30pm
If you'd like to learn more but can't make
one of the meetings, please contact
Bill & Kathryn Bulloch |
mount pisgah to host april gathering
Mark your calendar for Friday, April 13
at 7:30pm, when Mount Pisgah will host
the North Georgia Emmaus Community at a
Gathering. We will need many volunteers
(greeters, hospitality, ushers, nursery,
etc.) to help us host the community. If you
are interested in serving, please contact: Gina
Kubie. |
calling all sponsors
Every Pilgrim needs a Sponsor. Now that
you have participated in Emmaus, please
think about sharing the joy of your
experience as a Sponsor. Good
Sponsorship is vital to the Emmaus
Community and it is the first act of
agape before the Pilgrim's walk even
begins. If you would like to learn more
about becoming a Sponsor, please contact
Cynthia Bolick our Sponsor
Coordinator.
We have
two special needs:
Wayne Clark is
sponsoring Fred Bradley
on Walk #122, February 8 - 12.
Unfortunately, Wayne will be out of
town that weekend. He is taking
care of collecting all the letters,
but needs someone to be responsible
for getting Fred to camp on Thursday
and back home on Sunday. Does
anyone know Fred who would be
willing to help Wayne out?
Amy Grossman is
sponsoring Leila Wesley de Souza
on Walk #153 March 22 - 25. Amy has
been asked to serve on this walk in the
conference room which will keep her from
getting Leila to camp on Thursday
afternoon. Also, we need somone to be
on emergency stand-by should something
happen to Leila during the weekend that
would cause her to need to leave the
camp. Amy is collecting all of her
letters and will be able to get her home
on Sunday.
If you can
help out with either of these
situations, please contact
Cynthia.
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shuttle to candlelights
Please send an
e-mail to
Scott Kubie to reserve your seat!
(Include Candlelight date, time
preference and number of riders).
Candlelight
Date Lay Director
Men's Walk 122 02/10/07
Wes Haskell
Women's Walk 152
02/24/07
Terry Waterman
Men's Walk
123 03/17/07
Bill Duffey
Women's Walk 153 03/24/07
Dorian Sailor
Men's Walk 124
04/21/07 Craig Kirksey
Women's Walk 154 04/28/07
Margaret Neal
Women's Walk 155
05/05/07
Lorna
Martin
Also, please let Scott know:
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If you are an approved bus driver and
are planning to attend one of the
Candlelights this Spring.
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If you are interested in becoming an
approved shuttle driver. It's easy!
All you have to do it fill out a DMV
form and give the church a copy of your
Driver's License.
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new web site
 We
are working on an Emmaus web page on the new
Mount Pisgah website. It is our plan to post
upcoming walk dates, pilgrims, servants and
other general information there so you can
see it at any time. It should be ready by
the next newsletter so we can just link you
to this information in the future.
Please let
Mike Fitzgerald know if you have
content suggestions for the site.
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 first mpumc
emmaus community Christmas party and pilgrim
celebration a success!
On Sunday, December 3, 2006, about 100 of us
celebrated Christmas in a special way for
the Mount Pisgah Emmaus Community. The
"special guests" were all of the Mount
Pisgah Pilgrims who attended their Walk in
the Fall of 2006, their Sponsors and all of
the Servants from Mount Pisgah who served on
a Fall Walk. This was the first time for
this "new" event in Mount Pisgah but will be
an ongoing tradition celebrating each Spring
and Fall Walk going forward. We will plan
another celebration around Easter to honor
the Pilgrims, Sponsors and Servants for the
Spring Walks.
Mike and Karen Vaughn and the Mount Pisgah
Cooking Team provided their delicious BBQ
pork and it was topped off with the old
fashioned "covered dish" veggies, desserts,
salads and snacks brought by all attendees.
Valorie Deel led us in praise and worship
music and each Emmaus Coordinator from the
Mount Pisgah Emmaus Committee gave a brief
update on the activities and services they
are offering for new Pilgrim candidates and
all of us on our Fourth Day continuing walk.
Andy and Tom Reed designed and created a
beautiful custom Christmas Tree ornament as
agape for each person at the celebration.
The Emmaus movement has played an important
role in the spiritual growth of everyone I
know who has attended. As you know, one of
the key purposes of Emmaus is for us to take
the passion and excitement we experience
over those three days and bring it back into
our church for our Fourth Days. As I look
around Mount Pisgah, I see so many who have
done just that. I think you would be amazed
if you knew just how many leaders and
disciples in Mount Pisgah received their
"jump start" on that Emmaus Weekend.
We encourage you to "become" a special guest
for an upcoming Celebration by sponsoring a
Pilgrim and/or by serving on one of the
Walks. Contact your Emmaus Sponsor or
Servant Coordinator for more information or
write to us.
DeColores!
Joe & Carolyn Terry
Emmaus Leadership Committee Chairs |
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agape party
Everyone is welcome to make agape! This
agape is from the Mount Pisgah Emmaus
community for the pilgrims and teams on the
spring walks. If you have other agape you
want to assemble for those walks please
bring it also. No tools required, just
willing hands and smiling faces! We will
have a fun morning socializing and
crafting. Please e-mail
Andy Reed if you have questions or you'd
like to attend.
Saturday, February 24
10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
South Campus, Room A022 |
chrysalis news
The North Georgia Chrysalis Board of
Directors for 2007 asks that you
prayerfully consider sponsoring a
teenager/young adult on one of our
Flights this year. Chrysalis is a
wonderful organization for teenagers 15
years of age or older and who have
completed Ninth Grade through age 24.
We also ask that you consider serving on
an upcoming flight as a part of the
team. We will accept both male and
female servants on either team.
Opposite sex servants must be over 25.
We are asking also for Female Youth
Servants for the Spring Flight. If you
are a youth or know of a youth that
would be willing to serve on the Spring
Flight, please email the Lay Director
Kim Saunders or
Sherry Simon.
current schedule
Chrysalis #56/YAC #33 -
all female
March 30-April 2, 2007
(Spring
Break)
Lay Director:
Kim Saunders
(678) 907-0933
Chrysalis #57/YAC #34 -
all female
June 21-24, 2007 -
Summer Break
Lay Director:
TBA
Chrysalis #58/YAC #35 -
all male
November 23-25, 2007
Thanksgiving Break
Lay Director:
TBA
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won't you consider serving on a walk?
If you want to enhance
your Emmaus experience....then volunteer to
serve on a walk! Contact the Lay Director
first, then let the Emmaus Servant
Coordinators,
Ted and Susan Craig, know of your
interest. You will be richly blessed
serving on a walk! If you have served and
would like to share with others the benefits
of serving, drop Ted & Susan an email. They
are developing a list of 50 reasons to
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walk to emmaus - my story
by bill bulloch
What an impact the Walk to Emmaus has had on
my life! Who would have thought a simple
3-day retreat could so dramatically change a
person's life?
One Sunday, during Dr. Hunt's sermon, he
mentioned the Walk to Emmaus. My wife,
Kathryn, filled out the card in the
bulletin and told me we were going.
Neither of us had any idea what we were
signing up for, and had never heard a
single thing about it. We just figured
that since the preacher was talking
about it in church it probably would do
us some good. Our sponsors, whom we did
not know, met with us and got us ready
for the weekend. After meeting with
them, we still had no idea what was in
store.
I arrived at the meeting looking forward
to a few days away from work, but still
not sure why I was there. That would
quickly become apparent on Friday
morning. After the quiet time on
Thursday evening, the Friday morning
talk was received with a clear mind.
Priorities. There could not have been a
better way for Him to speak to me.
I was working at a job that was wearing
me out, from 6:30 am, oftentimes to 8:00
pm. Our first child was on the way, and
already my time at home was short. The
Priority talk was just what I needed to
hear to know that mine were out of
whack. The speaker, Kevin Latty, became
instrumental to me in repositioning
myself for a life more in-line with
God's priorities. I knew that morning
that I would quit my job when I got
home, but I had no idea what I was going
to do next.
The rest of the weekend was powerful.
The talks and fellowship were beyond
measure. I also met my "new best friend"
on the first day, who actually became my
New Best Friend. An unlikely pairing,
an English gentleman named Simon
Mortimer and a Southern gentleman like
me. But God knew we were to meet, and
this meeting has enriched me in many
powerful ways. Simon and his wife
Bernadine are now the Godparents to our
first born child, Carrison.
I came home from the weekend and told
Kathryn, who still had no idea what was
in store for her on her Walk in a few
days, that I was quitting my job. She
saw the Holy Spirit in me and
immediately agreed to this big step. A
new baby due in 4 months and she
reinforced the calm that God had
instilled over the weekend. Wow!
The next several months were peaceful
and calm, maybe more than any other
period in our lives. God wanted to
"empty our minds" of the clutter and
prepare us for a new way. Eventually He
led us into the mortgage business, and
we couldn't be happier. The path has
not been without struggles, but each
time we pray to Him about this He makes
it more and more clear that this is the
path that He has chosen for us.
Since the Walk to Emmaus, God has
revealed Himself to us in so many ways.
I believe that He was waiting for us to
listen, really listen, before He showed
us what was ahead. He knew that the
time spent at the Kings Retreat would be
an investment in the new schedule He had
planned for us. And what a schedule it
has been! Our Fourth Days have been
filled with service and praise. We've
made new friendships at the church that
will be lifelong, and have entered into
a new relationship with Him that has
changed our lives, all because of a few
days spent with a group of strangers at
the Kings Retreat.
DeColores!
Bill Bulloch, NGWTE #102
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