Eastern Shore Emmaus

August Dates to Remember Eastern Shore Communi-ty Gathering– Aug 8, 2015 at First Baptist Church of New Church, 31027 Depot Street, New Church, VA 23415. Covered dish din-ner at 5:30, Worship at 6:30.

Eastern Shore Board Meeting– Aug 31, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at Woodber-ry UMC, Gargatha, VA .

Eastern Shore Chrysalis Board Meeting– Aug 18, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. at Mears Memorial UMC, Keller, VA.

Newsletter articles DUE for September’s Walk Way—Aug 20, 2015. PLEASE DON’T BE LATE!!! Please send articles in MSWord Document! (TY)

A Message From Our Community Lay Director

Volume 23, Number 08

August 2015 The Walk Way

I am asking you to join me in an act of faith.

This coming Sunday, August 2, I am asking you to

share your Christian faith and your love for Em-

maus. Well, what I am actually asking you to do,

is wear your Emmaus cross to church, and be

willing to talk to anyone who asks about it.

If you loved your Emmaus experience as a pil-

grim, if you are part of the Emmaus community,

it is time to stand up and be counted. It is the

goal of these Emmaus walks to build stronger

Christians who can become more active in their local churches. We need to let the

world know what we are doing, and we need to encourage others to make the Em-

maus pilgrimage so that they too can better understand God’s mission in their lives.

It is an act of faith to wear your cross in public in a non-Emmaus event. You should feel

safe wearing it in your church, but…it still takes an act of faith and courage. But it is

one that I am asking you to take.

Eastern Shore Emmaus—the dates of the fall walks are October 8-11 (men’s) and Octo-

ber 22-25 (women’s). Wear your cross Sunday, take a pilgrim application to church

with you, be ready to encourage and sponsor someone for a walk this fall. Ask your

church to put the dates for the walks in their bulletin, and be ready to speak about

how much your Emmaus experience meant to you.

I am asking you to join me in an act of faith. Wear you cross this Sunday, August 2.

And spread the word for others who have walked to do the same.

Baaaa..after all, we are the sheep of His pasture. (Psalm

100).

Kendy Allen

Community Lay Director

Editor’s Note: Since the newsletter is being published a little late, due to circumstances beyond

my control, the “Wearing Your Cross” project has been extended to any and all Sundays in the

month of August.

Thank you!

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A Message From Our Spiritual Director

Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eter-nal life.” (John 4:13-14 – NIV)

Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever be-lieves in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit. (John 7:37b-39a – NIV)

As I sit writing this article, I am thinking of the fresh waves of violence that have swept across our country. Truth be told, my heart is heavy. It is heart-wrenching to see people visit sense-less acts of violence upon others. My reaction to this, as it is with many, is to leap into action to eliminate anything and everything that I can associate as a contributing factor. We demand that people, and institutions, and governments, and anything else associated must be held accountable. There must be a reckoning! We hear cries to enact new laws…we hear cries to take rights away from people…we hear cries to seal off our borders, and run immigrants off from our country…we

hear all this noise about how we’re going to deal with these problems. But truth be told, we’re just running around put-ting out the fires, and not really dealing with the cause of the fires…we’re not really dealing with the root of the prob-lems. The root of the problem is, quite simply, the human condition. The human condition is defined as "the charac-teristics, key events, and situations which compose the essentials of human existence, such as birth, growth, emotionali-ty, aspiration, conflict, and mortality.” (Thank you Wikipedia!) Our unique Christian perspective tells us that the human condition describes the fact that we are born in a sinful condition (thank you Adam and Eve!) which requires salvation through Jesus Christ. I believe that in order to understand the root cause of the senseless violence that we see time and again, we need to understand both of these perspectives on the human condition. While we certainly understand the Christian perspective, we must also understand that our base sinful nature is per-vasive to us when we consider the fullness of the lifecycle. Our sinful nature is pervasive throughout our lifetime, especially at those key events and situations that compose the essentials of our human existence. Unless that script is rewritten, it becomes who we are. Unless our base sinfulness is eradicated, it will saturate and dete-riorate our lives. And friends…this is not what we have been created for. We have not been created to suffer and wallow in our sinfulness. We have been created by our glorious God to thrive! To live life to its fullest! To live life joyfully and free from the death that sin brings. And when we speak of the death that sin brings, it’s not about what happens to us after we leave this life, it’s about what happens to us right now. Sin brings death to our soul…now! But in the same sense, Jesus Christ brings life to our soul…now! The new life that Christ Jesus promises us is about the here and now…not just the afterlife, or eternal life. We have new life now through our life-giving relationship with Jesus Christ. When we see senseless acts of violence in our country, it’s oftentimes because of the pervasiveness of sin. Tak-ing rights away from people, or closing our borders, or enacting new laws are never going to eradicate these horrific acts. Only Jesus can do this! When we see these things happening in our culture, we need to see that it’s a cry for help. It’s a reminder that there are many broken people in our world today that are thirsting for new life. Every time we see a broken soul visiting evil upon others, we need to see it as a stark reminder that we are called to share Jesus in our broken

world. I often wonder how we have failed people who sink to such lows in their life. How many times have we failed to befriend the person who needs a friend? How many times have we failed to offer support to those who feel hurt or lonely? How often do we overlook those with mental health issues because it’s just too messy to deal with? How many times have we failed to offer Jesus to the lost? Let this be our call! When we see evil rearing its ugly head in our communities, our country, and our world, let us respond with the Gospel…with the life-giving name of Jesus Christ! Christ Je-sus has already won the battle for us…for all…all we need to do is embrace that victory…and share that victory! Now, let us go out and share Jesus in the broken and thirsting world! The mission field is waiting. We cannot sit idly by and wait for someone else to fix our problems. We need to act…

and we need to act now. Let us go, and live, and share the Gospel…the same Gospel that has given us new life! Thanks be to God! Amen! Pastor Derek

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In listening to a good friend discussing recent events, I was reminded of how fragile a community can be.

How could they be anything else? They are made of people; fragile, unstable, sinful people. Conflict is in-

evitable, even within a Christian community. However, as Christians, our communities are far too im-

portant for us to allow our own, selfish urges and desires to break them apart. As Christians, we need

community.

It is through our community that we are able to come to a deeper and closer understanding

and relationship with God. Luke wrote, So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the

prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless

someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. (Acts 8:30-31). How,

then, can we hope to understand the scriptures without the varied gifts and insight of our fel-

low brothers and sisters in Christ? Likewise, how can our brothers and sisters fully grow in their under-

standing without our gifts and insight?

Therefore, let us cherish our communities. Let us hold the spiritual preservation of our

Christian communities far above our own comfort. When conflicts arise, let us resolve

them biblically; Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

(Ephesians 4:26). It might seem easy for us to abandon a community in conflict in search

of a community that agrees with our opinions, our “beliefs,” but how long will it be be-

fore a conflict arises in that community, and how many communities can we abandon before there are no

Christian communities left to belong to? Let us fiercely hold our communities together rather than stand

idle and watch them fall apart. Let us do the work that God has laid out for us, and take joy in doing it to-

gether; for His Glory.

Fly with Christ!!

Jason Hutcheson

Chrysalis Community Lay Director

Eastern Shore Chrysalis

Fly With Christ!

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Blessings To All,

Just a word of Thanks to those who contributed to the golf cart fund to have our

Golf Cart repaired. We received enough in donations to pay for the repairs and we are truly

grateful! It is great to see answered prayers for the needs of the community and you know

we rely on the golf cart a lot during a weekend. So Thank you again for your generosity.

Also I wanted to say Thank you for a generous gift given to our Scholarship Fund. As many of you know there

are only two times during the year that a special offering is taken for the Scholarship Fund and that is done at the can-

dlelight service during the women's walks. We were able to help with at least 9 scholarship requests on these past

walks. Remember you can donate anytime and any amount. If you are not teaming or sponsoring a pilgrim please con-

sider making a donation to the fund to help others in need. As our Lord blesses us we should bless others with His rich-

es, after all it all belongs to Him any way.

May Our Lord bless each of you as you do His work in this unstable world.

Love,

Rick Deans

Treasurer

Pray! Pray! Pray! GOD ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS! Get your pil-

grim applications in right away! Ask God to show you the person or

persons He wants you to send on our Fall Walks! There is a scholar-

ship fund available if you need financial assistance for your pilgrim:

please contact Gail Deans, PreWeekend Chairperson, at

757-464-0329 or by email, gaildeans1@verizon.net to

apply for a scholarship.

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Outreach

Attention: Eastern Shore Emmaus Community’ Don’t stop now! We need to continue praying and to never cease praying for the upcoming Walks that are scheduled for August 2015. Keep the Teamers close to your hearts while they prepare and the Pilgrims to prepare their hearts and minds for what God has in store for them. In His Service,

Rex Mayfield, Your Agape Outreach Chairperson

Aug 15 - Aug 23, 2015

Adelaide, South Australia Men's Walk #79 Australia Aug 20 - Aug 23, 2015

North Queensland, Queensland Men's Walk #39 Kennedy, Australia Adelaide, South Australia Women's Walk #80 Australia

Comunidad Emmaus de Puerto Rico Men's Walk #55 Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico Birmingham Emmaus Men's Walk #78 Rainbow City, Alabama

La Resurreccion Emmaus Community Men's Walk #4 Kissimmee, Florida

Blue Lake Emmaus Men's Walk #242 Destin, Florida

Central Ohio Emmaus Men's Walk #69 Marysville, Ohio Eagles Wings Cluster of Diakonia Emmaus Women's Walk #131 Austin, Texas

Golden Spread Emmaus Men's Walk #246 Amarillo, Texas

Big Country Emmaus Men's Walk #205 Abilene, Texas

Aug 27 - Aug 30, 2015

North Queensland, Queensland Women's Walk #40 Kennedy, Australia Brisbane North Coast, Queensland Men's Walk #91 Australia Comunidad Emmaus de Puerto Rico Women's Walk #67 Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico Borderlands Emmaus Community Women's Walk #33 Ruidoso, New Mexico

Aug 6 - Aug 9, 2015

Mid North Coast, New South Wales Women's Walk #87 Yarrahappini, Australia Maribyrnong North West Victoria Women's Walk #38 Geelong, Australia Channel Island Emmaus Men's Walk #53 Simi Valley, California Hawaii Emmaus Women's Walk #44 Honolulu, Hawaii Iowa Emmaus Women's Walk #119 Madrid, Iowa Reynoldsburg Emmaus Women's Walk #99 Reynoldsburg, Ohio Puget Sound Emmaus Women's Walk #225 Seattle, Washington

Aug 12 - Aug 15, 2015 Central Alabama Emmaus Men's Walk #171 Montgomery, Alabama Aug 13 - Aug 16, 2015 Alabama Emmaus Men's Walk #444 Talladega, Alabama Channel Island Emmaus Women's Walk #53 Simi Valley, California

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Prayer Team

SPONSORSHIP CORNER!

As our fall walks approach now is the perfect time to pray for God to put peo-

ple in our path that can benefit from an Emmaus Weekend! But we must take

advantage of the opportunities He gives us. Don’t ignore that still small voice

that maybe this person would go.

DeColores!

John Sutton

Pray Without Ceasing

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Steve Johnson

Emmaus Prayer Team Coordinator

(757) 990-2124

Brothers And Sisters In Christ,

As Christians we understand just how much of a blessing and privilege the opportunity to pray is. What we may not often think about is that we are not alone in realizing just how powerful our communication with God is. When we are in the midst of the trials an tribulations that life can bring, the last thing that the devil wants us to do is to call on the name of the Lord for strength. Instead it is his wish that we would rely on our own abilities to cope with the circum-stances that we face. As the quote says, when we do offer prayers for God’s will to be done in our lives, the devil suffers because he understands just how much God loves and guides those who trust in him completely.

With this in mind, I would like to invite each of you to join with the 120 members of the Emmaus Prayer Team. The ad-dress to remember if you have a prayer is EmmausPrayerTeam@gmail.com

Blessings Through Christ,

Emmaus Prayer Team Coordinator

Steve Johnson

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Roster, Newsletter, Website

“The Walk Way”

A newsletter for the

Eastern Shore

Emmaus Community

Greetings to everyone! The Emmaus

Directory is being maintained by Allan

Burns. Please remember that if you no-

tice errors in the current directory,

please contact Allan by sending an e-

mail to:

easternshoreemmaus@yahoo.com ,

or send a note to P. O. Box 91, Frank-

town, VA 23354.

Please send ANY updated information

you may have such as addresses, mar-

riages, or deaths. Allan has distributed

the revised directory by e-mail. If you

have a current email address on

file, Allan will email the roster to

you. If you need a hard copy let

Allan know. It is important to the

community to keep the infor-

mation as up to date as possible.

Thank you!!!

You may also request to be a part

of the Eastern Shore Emmaus &

Chrysalis Facebook Page—for

community only!

Please make sure we know your

walk number, too, if possible!!!

The newsletter will be sent as soon

as all articles are received as close

to the first of the month as possi-

ble!

Articles to be included in the Walk

Way are to be sent to the editor on

or by the 20th of the month before it

is to be included (August 20th for the

September newsletter).

Please be sure to check the Website

often as we give you current hap-

penings and we update Pilgrim and

Caterpillar lists almost daily just be-

fore the walks!

(esemmaus.org)

Blessings to each of you!

Gail Deans

Newsletter Editor

Challenge of the Month:

1) Pray and find a pilgrim for the Fall Walks as the Lord directs you...AND

2) Wear your Emmaus cross to church Sunday, Aug 2, 2015!

Monthly Trivia Question:

Where was our 1st DODU held ?

The first person to come up to me (Gail Deans) at the Gathering with the correct an-

swer will receive some agape!

Who will win this month????

Congratulations to Barbara Taunitas who won with the correct answer!

Last month’s answer: Our first Community Spiritual Director was Jay Clark.

Eastern Shore Emmaus

P. O. Box 91

Franktown, Virginia 23354

We are on the Web

www.esemmaus.org