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Inside this Issue:
• Kairos Ministry — pg. 2
• Board Report —- page 3
• “Light of the World” — pg. 4
• Volunteer Application — pg 5
Cross Point Emmaus
I f you talk to recent pilgrims about their walk, and what they remember most, you would probably get
a response like: “the food was great!” or “wow, all the
snacks!” But like everything else, there are a lot of pieces
to a successful walk and music is a big part.
Likewise, gatherings would not be the same if all the
worship were sung a capella. So the Board of your Cross
Point community has a person whose sole job is to arrange for musicians to play at gatherings and Fourth Day events.
And sometimes this work is challenging.
The irony is that there are lots of talented people in our community and we just don’t have a list or know how
to contact them. For gatherings they don’t even have to be
Emmaus members.
THE NEWSLETTER, being civic-minded (at least as far as this community is concerned) is putting out this plea:
if you—and you know who you are—can play an instru-
ment or know someone who can, then please contact the
Board rep for Music, Dale Moncres:
or you can contact the Newsletter and we will get it
to him. All manner of musicians are welcome: pianists,
drummers, gitfiddle players, and violinists. We are al-
ready well supplied with kazoo players. Sorry.
THE NEWSLETTER
Wanted: Musicians
Volume XXIV, Number 12
Cross Point Newsletter
©Copyright 2012 Cross Point Emmaus
As the Spring walks draw near… yes,
the walks are drawing near even though
Christmas is just around the corner. By
now, teams are being selected and train-
ing will begin soon. Team members will
be beginning to prepare their talks and
PowerPoints (and maybe a set of post-
ers!)
And soon the Newsletter will begin
bugging you, the Community, about
agape, snacks, and reminding you to
pray. But this season we have a more
urgent request.
For the first time in our short mem-
ory there is a shortage of applications for
team members. There have only been
enough applications to barely fill the
women’s walk, and that leaves nothing
Help Needed … Results expected!
December 2012
for alternates or for the inevitable drop-
outs due to sickness or family.
How are we as a community going to
handle this? We need those of us who can
to stand up and offer their time. It may be
only an offer to step in if needed, but the
Lay Directors don’t need the pressure of
looking for someone at the last minute.
A copy of the Volunteer Application is
on page 5 of the newsletter. If you can be
of help, please prayerfully consider what
you can do, and make yourselves available
if needed.
God always seems to fill in the gaps
when we fall short. Perhaps this will be
another demonstration of His power and
His calling through us. If so, we are glad
and humbled at His ability to use us to glo-
rify His name!
2012 Cross Point Board Members
Kelly Shannon— Community Lay Director
Rev. Roger Wood— Community Spiritual Director
Shawna Carnahan— Assist. Lay Director
Sharri Hiller— Secretary
Donna Young— Treasurer
Clinta Taylor— Registrar
Rick Drummond— Newsletter
Tabbe Drake— Kitchen | Snack Agape
Dale Monkres— Music
Jerry Howry— Table Agape
Daniel Oyler— Letter Agape
Mark Newman— Setup | Tear Down
Karen Black— Literature and Supplies
Rev. P J Stewart— Gatherings
Rev. Brad Houchin— Fourth Day
Rev. Temple Diehl— Candlelight | Sponsors Hour
Kairos Prison Ministry
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T his time of year we are looking forward to celebrating our Savior’s birth and enjoying our
family and friends. I would like for you to first think
about the ones who are incarcerated and won’t be able to
see their families. They are where they are because of
what they did but they still need our prayers.
This weekend, I am joining other Emmaus women
to put together Christmas packages for women at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center. Saturday we will be having
our monthly reunion and passing out these packages.
Two hundred and ninety women have signed up to come to this event knowing that a lot of time, prayer and love
was spent just for these residents.
I encourage you to first pray for residents in correc-
tional facilities all over the country. If the Lord leads you to take action, get involved in Kairos; or at the very
least send cards to a few residents. I can give you
names of women at MBCC who have gone through Kai-ros and would love to have mail. Some of these women
receive no mail or visitors; I can’t imagine what life
would be like without my family…
W e extend an invitation to you - the men and
women in the Cross Point Emmaus commu-
nity to join us in a Kairos weekend to reach out to the
lonely and forgotten part of our society. There is a tre-mendous need for volunteers that are willing to serve in
this ministry. Hebrews 13:3 - Remember the prisoners,
as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves are also in the body.
(NASV)
Currently in our area there is a men’s Kairos week-
end in the Davis correctional facility in Holdenville, in the spring. There are several men in the area working in
this ministry.
The women’s Kairos 4 day weekend is scheduled after the Emmaus walk in April 11-14 2013; our own
Esther Rush will be the lay director for this walk. If you
are interested in getting involved on the inside team or the outside team, please contact one of the Abney’s
listed to the right.
Thank you for your prayers. Merry Christmas!
Diana Drummond
For more information, please contact:
Men’s ministry contact: Terry Abney 580-320-7945
Women’s ministry: Loretta Abney 580-230-9248
The Cross Point Emmaus Board meets at 4:00 pm prior to every monthly gathering. In the November meet-
ing, the Board discussed several issues that are important to
the community.
The Board reviewed certain issues that resulted or were referred to the Board from the Fall 2012 walks. The
community may not know that the Board carefully consid-
ers all events and any suggestions that come from team members and Lay Directors to improve the walks and ad-
here to the Emmaus model.
The Board discussed the role of the A/V techs and the proper staffing of various outside positions. It is the
Board’s decision that each person who sends in a volunteer
application will be contacted, but there are limitations as to
how many volunteers can be accommodated in various po-
sitions.
One important decision was to notify the community at
each event on the walks that cameras (including cellphone cameras) are not permitted. No Photos! Also outside
guests/children who have not been on a walk are NOT per-
mitted to attend any event: sendoff, spon-sor’s hour, candlelight, or closing. These
are Emmaus events only.
By-Laws Revision is underway to
update the old 1993 version. The main concerns were to more closely adhere to
the Emmaus model, and to clarify the
wording of several of the articles. When that work is finished, a newly amended
version will be voted upon by the Board
and submitted to the community for review.
The Board discussed the findings of the Team Selec-tion Special committee and reviewed the worksheet that
records the previous activity of volunteers and team mem-
bers on previous walks. They reviewed the Volunteer Ap-plication form and made suggestions for changes. The
Board is committed to fair treatment of all applications and
confirming that the model is followed in the team selec-tion process. This means that anyone accepted into
“inside service” must have worked outside on at least two
walks.
In addition the board is making this appeal to the community to consider working on the Set Up/Tear
Down team at the beginning of the men’s walk and after
closing of the women’s. This is an area that is not on the volunteer application, but has been faithfully pursued by
our Mark Newman and a few volunteers. There is a lot
of work moving and setting up, then storing all the stands, monitors, and other things essential to the walks.
Please consider volunteering in this area. It does not re-
quire a team fee or three luxurious nights in a cabin, and
it relieves the load on some tireless workers!
Volunteer applications are still needed! It is not too
late to submit an application. The women’s walk is
BARELY filled. There are no alternates. Please be in
prayer over your opportunity to serve.
The Board wishes to thank everyone who has con-
tributed to scholarship accounts for either Team members
or Pilgrims. Your generosity is appreciated!
The walks scheduled for next year are:
Spring
Men #89, April 18-21, 2013
Women #90, April 25-28, 2013
Fall
Men #91, September 19-22, 2013
Women #92, September 26-29, 2013
THE NEWSLETTER
Board Report
PAGE 3 CROSS POINT EMMAUS VOLUME XXIV , NUMBER 12
Jay Grace
#89 — Men’s Lay Director
Cherri Bradley
#90 — Women’s Lay
Director
came immediately to my mind.
You see, though most people think of Luke 2:1-20 as
the Christmas gospel, since I began to really study the
Word and the Word has begun to capture my heart, this
has been the Christmas Story to me.
T he true light, Jesus Christ, has always ex-
isted, has always been the Son of, but also
One in full equality in the triune God. And when He willingly came to earth and became man to de-
liver the light that would conquer the darkness of this
fallen world, to reclaim all that was, and is, and always will be his . . . even though John was sent to be a witness
and testify to the presence of the light before his coming.
. . the world did not recognize the light!
Yet He was no less the True Light, and to all who receive him and believe in his name, the right is given to
become sons and daughters of God . . . born not of natu-
ral descent, but out of the will God! And we are chosen to carry the Holy Spirit of God, to testify to the “True
Light of the World” in order that none might perish!
What a wonderful gift from our heavenly Father! Halle-
lujah!!
Have a beautiful day! JanisJanisJanisJanis
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in
the beginning. Through him all things were made; with-
out him nothing was made that has been made. In him
was life, and that life was the light of men. The light
shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not under-
stood it. There came a man who was sent from God; his
name was John. He came as a witness to testify con-
cerning that light, so that through him all men might
believe. He himself was not
the light; he came only as a
witness to the light. The true
light that gives light to every
man was coming into the
world. He was in the world,
and though the world was
made through him, the
world did not recognize
him. He came to that which was his own, but his own
did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those
who believed in his name, he gave the right to become
children of God—children born not of natural descent,
nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of
God.”
John 1: 1-13 NIV
L ast night the Christmas season officially be-gan in Ardmore . . . with a parade of lights!
It’s great fun to watch the children as they
first see the lighting of the Christmas tree, then squeal with delight as the parade begins and nearly every ele-
ment, even the marching bands, stream merrily by, cov-
ered in sparkling lights!
But as I watched last night, I couldn’t help but notice there was scarcely any reference to the “true light” . . .
for which the celebration of lights is supposed to be a
symbol. Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve always loved everything about Christmas . . . especially the lights . . .
but it just disappointed me a little.
Naturally, this was on my mind this morning, as I went to my garden. As I stepped outside, the cold, crisp
air caused my breath to become visible as I exhaled,
which reminded me of the Holy Spirit, dwelling within
me . . . how this is not possible without the Christmas gospel! I settled into stillness and this scripture passage
Light of the World —Janis Bart
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Cross Point Emmaus - VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP SHEET
2013 SPRING Walks: Please return by AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!
Name: __________________________________ Address: ________________________ City & Zip: ________________________ Phone (H): ________________________ Phone (W): ________________________ Cell: ________________________ Email: ________________________ I attended my Walk to Emmaus at: __________________________________ Walk #: ____ I will prayerfully consider serving in the following areas (Check all that apply): ____ Men’s #89 (Apr 18 - Apr 21) and/or ____Women’s #90 (Apr 25 - Apr 28)
MUSIC: ___ vocal ___ instrument ____________ CONFERENCE ROOM: ___ Spiritual Director ___ Asst. Spiritual Director ___ Lay Director ___ Asst. Lay Director ___ Table Leader ___ Asst. Table Leader ___ AV Tech
BEHIND THE SCENES: ___ Set up/Tear down
___ Cabin Steward/Angel ___ Kitchen Crew
___ Team Assistant ___ Snack Agape
___ Prayer Room ___ Table Agape Eligibility guidelines/progressive service information: To be considered for a Conference Room team, you must be active in a local church and
a Reunion or other accountability group. Are you active in a local church? Y / N Name of local church: ____________________ Are you active in a Reunion or other accountability group? Y / N
NOTE TO ALL EMMAUS MEMBERS: This information about you and your willingness to work for the Lord
through Emmaus will be most helpful to the Team Selection Committee and to the Lay Directors.
Submission of this form will NOT guarantee that you will be called to fill a team position but those
sending in volunteer sheets will be given first consideration. Remember, even if you are not called
for a specific job on the next walks, there are many ways you can serve. Contact the kitchen manager
and sign up for specific days to work there. Call the Set Up chairman and volunteer your services for
specific times. Let the Board members in charge of Table or Snack Agape know that you want to help. Thank You for volunteering to serve!
Cost to serve is $160, with payment due by the beginning of each Walk. Scholarships are limited.
Send completed forms to: Shawna Carnahan, 163 Valley Ranch Rd, Ardmore, OK 73401 (REV 1.16.12)
I have previously served on a team as (Check all that apply):
___ Spiritual Director
___ Asst. Spiritual Director
___ Set Up/Tear Down
___ Table Agape
___ Prayer Room
___ Provided Snack Agape
___ Music Team
___ Lay Director
___ Asst. Lay Director
___ Kitchen Crew
___ Cabin Steward/Angel
___ Kitchen Manager
___ 72 Hour Prayer Vigil
___ Other (explain)
___ Table Leader
___ Asst. Table Leader (speaker)
___ Snack Agape
___ Team Assistant
___ Helped in Kitchen
___ AV Tech
Here is a Volunteer Form for the next set of walks
We still need volunteers and alternates. Send to the address at the bottom.
On the Road to Emmaus
13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village
called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem. 14
They were talking with each other about everything that
had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these
things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked
along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing
him.
….
28 As they approached the village to which they were go-
ing, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. 29 But
they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly
evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay
with them.
30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread,
gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then
their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he
disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other,
“Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked
with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
—Luke 24: 13-16, 28-32
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