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Fourth Day Journal September 2019

FROM THE NCA EMMAUS COMMUNITY LAY DIRECTOR

We recently held a training for our 2020 R’s, Gaylene Guest E192, Chris Scholtz E193, Sam

Gero E-194 and Milton Zapata E-195. With two weekends left in 2019 - Carroll Cobb E-190 and

Jon Guest E-191 -that’s six weekends now planned! What a wonderful opportunity to pass on this

Emmaus experience with those around us in our lives. That’s new opportunities for us to show our

love to 180 or so more people! Start today and pray for the person that you may be blessed to

sponsor.

During the R training, we shared the latest edition

of the R manual with the new R’s. You see, this

manual is a collection of 190 previous weekends

experience of His love and grace. Linda Girten is

the coordinator of this manual and she is doing such

great job of updating all the information that goes

into creating each weekend. And with the upcoming

move to Camp Happyland, she’s working with

Nancy Geeting to get the new information to the manual!

One of the things that I enjoy so much about our Emmaus weekends is seeing the transformation

of those who come to realize that they do indeed see God working within them. That He loves each

one of us – no matter where we are on our faith walk or who we are. That ah-ha moment is a real

joy for me to behold.

After our training we had food (of course, it’s an Emmaus

event after all) but we also had some fun playing in the river

with tubes, floats and boats. I enjoyed showing Milton, Leah

and their three children what fun they could have. At first,

they didn’t want to get their feet wet but as the day

progressed you could see them have their ah-ha moment

and then their confidence just blossomed to the point where

mom and dad had to order them out of the river to rest. I

may never know where this experience will lead these kids,

but it was a seed planted that will grow in their lives to serve

God in some way. What a blessing to be a part of that.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

NCA Emmaus CLD Message 1

Ultreya Information 2

NCA Emmaus SD Message 3

Sing Praise NCAE MD 4

Community Palanca 4

Kairos Korner 5

Message from R E-190 6

Message From R’s C-102 7

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CLD Article Continued:

We have seen that seed planted and bloom in many ways within our community. Some adults have

changed their careers to become pastors as a result of their Emmaus walks. Some of our Chrysalis

youth too have gone on to become pastors. And just look at all those who serve in their churches

and within this Emmaus community! That’s what makes this all worthwhile!

To keep passing this love along!

Let your light shine

Mark Gibson

ld@emmausnca.org

Job Openings

Emmaus Board

You need to have teamed twice to serve on the board.

It is a two year comment.

Emmaus Board Secretary

Just a willingness to come to the board meeting

and take minutes of meeting discussions.

September Ultreya

Christ Church

7600 Old Ox Road, Fairfax Virginia

Bring a dish to share.

6:30pm - Dinner 7:30pm - Ultreya

2019 ULTREYA GATHERINGS

Sept. 20 Christ Church

Oct. 18 First United Presbyterian

Nov. 15 Bethel UMC

Dec. 13 Christ Church

2019 WEEKEND PRAYER WHEEL

Needs You!

Sign up at emmausnca.org; click on weekend #E188

on the left; then click Prayer Wheel heading. Be a

Blessing as the Body of Christ covers these week-

ends in prayer.

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FROM THE SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR

Pastor Gail, Spiritual Director

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ask the

plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who

among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of

every living thing and the breath of every human being.” Job 12:7-10

I have been enjoying sitting outside watching the hummingbirds.

God made these quite unique and fascinating creatures. They

are so fast. I can’t seem to count how many of them there are

because they flitter here and there in seconds. As I was watching

them, one hummingbird came up within a foot of my face and just

stayed there for about ten seconds. I was in awe. What was this

bird saying to me? I walked away and came back only to have one

almost land on my shoulder. This hummingbird just stayed and flut-

tered about my ear for about twenty seconds. I have to admit it was a bit unnerving. I wanted to

swat at it, but God kept my hand from doing so. What do you want?

I closed my eyes and listened to the wings fluttering and God’s whisper. God was telling me

to enjoy the little moments in life and not to concentrate as much on the bigger things that take

my mind and joy away from God. I started to marvel at how small the bird is and how much joy

I receive from these little creatures. God was telling me ‘Trust in Me.’ I thanked God for the

moment.

The hummingbirds, bluebirds, butterflies, dragonflies, deer, and foxes etc. make me marvel at

God’s creation. God wants us to enjoy the life we have been given. To forgive those who have

done harm to us; to love one another as He loves us. Life is short here on earth. Don’t take life

for granted. Live life to the fullest – with love, joy, peace, forgiveness, compassion, justice,

grace and mercy.

God is always there. God loves us so very much. God reminds us of His presence in so many

ways; we need to be more aware of those precious moments.

De Colores,

Gail Dietze

2019 NCA Emmaus Walks E 190 - September 26-29 Carol Cobb E 191 - November 14 - 17 Jon Guest Camp Happyland Fredericksburg Va.

2020 NCA Emmaus Walks E 192 - Mar 5-8 Gaylene Guest E 193 - Apr 30-May 3 Chris Schulz E 194 - Oct 1-4 Sam Gero E 195 - Nov 12-15 Milton Zapata 2020 Weekends held at Camp Happyland Fredericksburg Va.

2019 WEEKEND EMMAUS FEES

Application Fee $35.00

Pilgrim Fee $250.00

Team Fee $250.00

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Jim and Mary Ann (Mae) Krauss

703-850-8226 mkrauss70@aol.com

From the NCAE MD

Fall has arrived and soon the Ladies of E-190 and the Men of E-191 will be heading to the mountain.

Please keep the team and future pilgrims in your prayers and show your love with

remembering them with your love letters and fun gifts. You can drop them off at the

Ultreya in September and please remember to label team or pilgrim and also the

walk they are for.

Please help with snacks and drinks for the weekend as well. Sign up at the

Ultreya to bring goodies for the weekends as well.

If you would like to decorate placemats please contact me and I will make arrangements to get them to

you. If you have any questions please feel free to email me or contact me on Facebook.

With love,

De Colores

Nicole Mosher

haleycomet125@gmail.com

COMMUNITY PALANCA

Welcome, Fall! 'Makes us want to sing when the breeze blows below 90 degrees. As we calm our hearts, return to school, celebrate Labor Day, enjoy football, and get back to a routine, let’s shower it all with prayer and song! David was una-shamed of his worship spirit and God was glori-fied. Undignified. He said, “..and I will become even more un-dignified than this.” Whether in our work world, school, or home, let’s keep that JOY of Jesus and let His Reckless Love pour into our routine in an empowering way. Keep a song in your heart.

Huge thanks to Lindsey Kirkwood & friends for serving God through song and leadership in the Au-gust Ultreya. So much goes into planning the music sets, practicing, leading, praying, caring & wor-shipping. Hallelujah for those like Lindsey who love this community and Christ, who answer the Call “Christ is Counting on you” and their lives respond with “.. and I am counting on Christ”. Pure bless-ing to walk alongside such people, humbling to be Christian friends, shoulder to shoulder on this mission. 'Same with Mike Frankfort who humbly blesses us all with sound support - unreal commit-ment to Christ and His calling. We praise God for all y’all mean to us and His Kingdom!

This month of September will bring Ultreya intros of C-102 butterflies and E-190 team. Music from the August Chrysalis weekend ironically overlaps with several songs played on E-190 teaming, just another Godwink! Come and enjoy as we all sing and praise from our hearts - even in an UNDIGNI-FIED way. The journey with Jesus is rich in love - thank you for supporting the call to worship in song. Together we praise Him.

If you have an interest in NCAE music participation, please contact us at mkrauss70@aol.com. We love to see fresh faces singing and playing, leading in worship and fellowship.

De Colores, Fly with Christ,

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KAIROS KORNER Kairos at Greenville Correctional Center

God is at work in the darkness of the prison. The next weekend is Oct. 24-27. The weekend

leader is Darnell Armstrong and he humbly ask you to pray for the incarcerated and the humble

servants who will minister to them.

There are many opportunities to serve besides being on the inside team. The outside team

provides incredible support that lifts the inside team to be able to best serve the residents. Unlike

Emmaus there is no need for letters as Agape. However cookies are the mainstay of the weekend

so we always need volunteers to bake these special treats.

If you have an interest in learning more about how you can be a part of this special ministry

contact - Charlie Carroll 703-887-7590 or ccarroll813@me.com.

Kairos at Suxssex Correctional Center

GOD calls every believer to serve The Gospel of Jesus Christ in a variety of ways. The Kairos

prison ministry, in particular, is more than just a servant opportunity, it’s a mission project. It’s

serving as Christ’s representative in the lives of the inside Kairos community, helping to build dis-

cipleship, faith, and transforming minds. Becoming a member of the Kairos Ministry Inside, or out-

side team, requires personal sacrifice of TIME, TALENT and TREASURE. Please consider joining

us through your participation inside, through your prayers, service as an outside team support

member, donations, agape letters and posters, COOKIES! And in many other ways.

Sussex I SP K#9

Weekend Dates: 10/24/2019 Through 10/27/2019

The Team Leader is Jerome Grant II

443-224-045 work 443-224-045 home

8037 Escalon Ave Pasadena, MD 21122

Team Meeting Locations & Schedule

1st Meeting - 9/07/2019 St. Matthews UMC Annandale, VA

2nd

Meeting – 9/21/2019 St. Matthews UMC Annandale, VA

3rd

Meeting -10/05/2019 St. Matthews UMC Annandale, VA

4th Meeting – 10/19/2019 St. Matthews UMC Annandale, VA

5th Meeting – 10/24/2019 Trinity UMC Disputanta, VA

SUSSEX 1 COUNCIL CHAIR – Mike McIntyre 703-314-8633

SUSSEX 1 COUNCIL AGAPE COORDINATOR. Bob Albrecht: 703-785-4404

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When I was asked to be a Rectora (“R”) in 2019, it was humbling,

exciting, amazing, terrifying, wonderful, and worrisome – my emotions

were all over the place. You see, I am one of the few people, probably

one hundredth of one percent, who didn’t have the “Emmaus

Experience” on her Emmaus weekend (E-78, more than 21 years ago).

And it took everything within me to overcome my fear to actually

serve on an Emmaus team. But I did, and throughout my teaming

experiences, I have found wonderful Spirit-filled women (and men who have served as Spiritual Directors)

who turned Emmaus into an amazing blessing rather than an intense disappointment.

So, here I am, the R for E-190, something that I never thought would happen. The theme of E-190 is “Our

God is Greater” with our Scripture verse being I John 4:4: “He who is in me is greater than he who is in the

world.” And keeping with the “He is Greater” theme, we are using “Greater” by MercyMe as our theme

song (makes the weekend easy to remember – plus it has a good beat and you can dance to it).

In thinking about what I wanted to do for E-190, it made me think about the people in my life and how I

celebrate who they are and what they mean to me. I have a thing that I do where I pray for people during

the month of their birthdays. I have a calendar that I use to track their special days, and when those days

roll around, I am praying for them, specifically praying for them, during that special time. And one of the

things that everyone has in common is that we are all dealing with “stuff”. Some of us are dealing with

health issues, and some of us are dealing with financial issues. Some of us have family issues – caring for

elderly parents or dealing with children who have problems with which they are struggling. Some of us

have job issues (that would be me), and some of us even have church issues (sometimes Christian people

can be very Un-Christian). So even though I may be praying about something different for each person, the

one thing that we all have in common is that we all have something that wears us down, hurts our hearts,

brings us low, many times causing us to struggle to keep the faith. Those are the things I get asked to pray

for the most. As a result, on E-190, the message that I want to send, that I want the pilgrims (and team) of

E-190 to remember, that I want you to remember is that no matter what Satan throws at you, no matter what

you are facing in this life, “Our God is Greater” than anything. ANYTHING.

One of the lines in “Greater” reads “Bring your doubts and bring your fears. Bring your hurt and bring

your tears. There’ll be no condemnation here. You are holy, righteous and redeemed.” Yes, we will go

through the difficult times in this life. There will be days where we struggle to get through them. But Jesus

is there, walking that road with us – loving us, strengthening us, encouraging us, and telling us that we are

ok and that He loves us just the way God created us to be – despite those voices that tell us otherwise.

Whatever my thing is – whatever your thing is. Our God is Greater. Woo Hoo! De Colores,

Carroll Cobb

Special Note from Rectora E - 190

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From the NCA Chrysalis - C-102 R’s

Hey guys my Name is Becca Washburg and I was one

of the R's for the team of C102. I walked in the summer of

2016 on C93 which was the summer after my freshman

year of high school. When I first got to the weekend as

many of you may know I truly did not want to be there,

but once I saw all the love and support of the amazing team and beloved people that were there

and the amazing community, it really changed my perspective and I didn't want to go home by the

end of the weekend.

I am so happy to still be here three years later. Since then I am truly blessed to be around so

many amazing loving people from this community with people in my church and even my youth

group and youth leader... C102 was such a great weekend not

because of us but because God put the right people on the team

and he chose the right people to walk on that weekend.

T he Weekend wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for the awesome

support of the Emmaus and Chrysalis community. I am so happy to

be a part of His amazing loving community.

De Colores and Fly with Christ

Becca Washburg

When I walked on Chrysalis back in the winter of 10th grade, it

was a really life changing experience. It led me to a community full

of love and kindness. I have no idea what I would be doing with so

much of my time if it wasn’t for teaming and attending Ultreyas.

I’m really excited and honored to have been the R of C-102 with

Becca, Doug, and Sheri, it’s been such an amazing experience in

my life. C-102 went wonderfully, and I’m not surprised. God put

exactly who needed to be there, up there, and the team was so amazing. They were all very

happy and willing to work and it was such a blessing to have

them. This was such a fantastic experience to get to have as

a 17 year old, it really let me grow as a leader and get actual

solid practice leading.

Fly with Christ and De Colores,

Much love : )

Michael Arnold

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Chrysalis Community Lay Director

Erin Pendergast elerper143@aol.com Assistant Lay Director

Sarah Kleppinger

Spiritual Directors

Daniel Andersen Rich Saunderws

Other Chrysalis Board Members

Adult Members Youth Members

Doug Radoye Katie Rowe

Dan Hughes Bryson Frankfort

Charley Hays Kayleigh Sullivan

Allison Rock Becca Washburg

Kelly Boden Matt Lehmer

ReAnne Newberry

Chrysalis Support Personnel

Supply Coordinators:

Michelle & John Rowe mroew.art@gmail.com

Prayer Wheel Coordinator

Volunteer Needed - Currently Online Access

Manuals and Talk Folders

Kurt Bubenhofer fkbuben@yahoo.com

Community Music Director

Jerry Wills jerry@hippofamily.com

Chrysalis Registrar

Jerry Wills jerry@hippofamily.com

Chrysalis Secretary

Jerry Wills jerry@hippofamily.com

Chrysalis Treasurer

Bob LeMay rlemay@lemayandcompany.com

Worldwide Agape Coord.

Volunteer Needed

Facilities Coordinator

Volunteer Needed

Fourth Day Packet Coordinator

Bob LeMay rlemay@lemayandcompany.com

Historian

Volunteer Needed

Outreach Coordinator

Mark and Pat Fahner

Clown Communion Coordinator

Jan Niehoff

Chrysalis Cross Coordinator

Janet & Lindsey Matthews jam5016@yahoo.com

Hoot Coordinators

Chrysalis Board

Agape Coordinator - I am Lovable,Team & Butterfly Pins/Placemats/Agape Bags

Nicole Mosher haleycomet125@gmail.com

Website Coordinator

Sarah Kleppinger & Becca Wasburg

Website Administrator

Jerry Wills jerry@hippofamily.com

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