April 2018 Vol. 19 No. 4

Gathering & Training Schedule

Flagstaff Area: TBD - Flagstaff 6pm dessert/finger foods potluck, 7pm Worship Joe & Barb Meehan’s contact is 928-607-0738

Phoenix Area:

West Side Gathering at Spirit of Hope UMC April 27 - 14403 N 75th Ave, Peoria 6:30pm dessert potluck & fellowship, 7pm worship & communion. Child care provided. Nancy Oyler’s contact is 480-558-6717 East Side Gathering at Church of the Master April 14– 6659 E University, Mesa, AZ 6:30pm potluck desserts, 7pm worship Beth Woodland’s contact is 480-396-9507

Tucson Area: Christ Church UMC May 12 - Tucson, AZ 5pm Potluck / Worship to follow Jeff Robbins’ contact is 520-599-3411

Possible training opportunity coming!

Walk Weekends

Walk #249, Apr 5-8, 2018, Christ Pres, Tucson Jeff Robbins, Lay Director

Walk #250, Apr 12-15, 2018, Christ Pres, Tucson Marjie Hrabe, Lay Director

Board Position Openings

We have 2 Board positions that will be open for 2018: Gathering Chair and 4th Day Chair (in charge of 4th Day Dinners and Trainings). If you are interested in these positions or want more information, please email azemmauscomm@gmail.com.

Upcoming 4th Day Dinner

Join us at the 4th Day Dinner and welcome our newest pilgrims from Walks 249 & 250 on May 12 at Christ Church UMC in Tucson. Potluck will begin at 5:00pm with worship to follow. New pilgrims do not need to bring a dish this time. We will have updates in May as to the possibility of a training and the agape table at this gathering.

Men’s Walk #249 Team and Pilgrims

TEAM

LD - Jeffrey Robbins ALD - Mark Hrabe ALD - Vance Luke HSD - Jim Wiltbank ASD - Ed Denham ASD - Peter Vaught HC - Charlie Edwards AHC - Ron Pitt ML - Dave Camp Talk - Dave Beeson Talk - Aaron Bidlack Talk - Don Booth Talk - Harry Magargee Talk - Jim Moffett Talk - Lionel Richardson Talk - Harry Shaw Cook - Everett Greenwood

Cook - Scott Hartung Cook - Ed Hunter Cook - Francisco Mendoza Cook - Jerry Polito Cook - Rich Rubendall Cook - Rich Taylor Cook - Eddie Vasquez 3-Day - Tony Eckert 3-Day - Asterian Mosley 3-Day - Brian Trusty Agape - Peter Daniels Agape - Jack Olwine Agape - Dick Spining

PILGRIMS

Steve Anderson John Arbuckle Jr. Al Beasley Joel Bley Paul Bol Terry Bowers Sean Comstock

Gary Croll Skip Custis Pat Darcy Michael Edwards Paul Ford Michael Harris Ed Heinecke Kenneth Jackson Douglas Jewell Larry Kennedy Eric Kluth Dale O’Neil Arthur Poeske Andrew Rose Ken Tittelbaugh Michael Twiddy Leonard Wahl Larry Young

Women’s Walk #250 Team and Pilgrims

TEAM

LD - Marjie Hrabe ALD - Anna Marie Sollars ALD - April Tucker ALD - Joannie Wiltbank HSD - Sherry Brady ASD - Doug Bobbit ASD - Steven Brownson ASD - Allison Cornell HC - Ann Gaines AHC - Barbie Spining AHC - Linda Hill ML - Becky Strain Tech - Susan Putt PW - Doris Magargee Talk - Tammie Eader Talk - Bernice Edwards Talk - Mary Kotnour Talk - Anita Lange Talk - Gretchen Lofgren Talk - Lillian Lovaglio Talk - Christine Maglott Talk - Marilyn Neal Talk - Ae Sun Robles

Talk - Paula Volenstine Talk - Beth Williams Cook - Annette Asuncion Cook - Carolea Bailey Cook - Kathie Barrett Cook - Deb Berner Cook - Jan Bolstad Cook - Janet Culbertson Cook - Liz Garver Cook - Kendra Hoffman Cook - Deanna Johnson Cook - Margot Knife Chief Cook - Joyce Lyon Cook - Susan Mallory Cook - Ruth McLaughlin Cook - Constance Strickland 3-Day - Kelly Capps 3-Day - Rachelle Eckert 3-Day - Julie Martin Agape - Ann Larrabee Agape - Christine Petrikat Agape - Marian Rogerson Agape - Terry Sullivan

PILGRIMS

Judy Adams Amy Anderson Regina Bennet

Debi Black Angela Buster Lori Beth Bykerk Martha Clarkson Paula Coleman Tracie Couzens Dawn Custis Judy Darcy Victoria Forbes Kara Ford Candy Green Pam Harlow Kay Hayworth Lora Jackson Diane James Joandare Jay Sharon Jordan Patricia Kittrell Nichole Kluth Donna Kuehu Suzette Lemieux Nona Luong Kim McDonald Ingrid McKee Marie Metzler Suzanne O’Neil Janis Parks Rebecca Raynor

Karyn Sell Christina Shafer Bonnie Sloan Linda Stevens Teti Tenifa IlaTittelbaugh Lavina Tomer Cathy Wade Janet Waugaman Evelyn Wawers Karen Wright

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I came across this prayer a few years ago and I thought I would share it with you. I pray you find it as moving as I do.

Music Prayer

Thank you for the music all around us. Each morning we hear it from the moment we open our ears; the low notes of wind around the eaves the whoosh of water as it comes from the tap the glug glug as it drains the throaty whistle of the boiling kettle the metallic tap of the spoon against the cup the jazz percussion of our feet on the steps. The sounds of our day, so familiar we hardly pay attention. Thank you for the ability to hear.

Thank you for the sounds of life the chatter of the squirrel the deep purr of a cat, the sharp calls of a blue jay the sound of someone we love laughing. Give us wisdom to enter this day with good sounds, tones and pitches and words that affirm, encourage, cherish, our sounds affecting the world in a positive way.

We pray for all who sing a sad song today; the grieving, the lonely, the lost. We pray especially for those who have lost their voice, and feel silenced or oppressed. There are many singing freedom songs around our world, and so today we pray for the safety of these singers.

Give their song the strength to convince and convert, the power to ward off war. There are too many war songs, we don’t want to hear another one.

Thank you for your songs, love songs, which we are invited to sing. Thank you for all the parts you’ve made for the song; soprano, alto, tenor, bass. Thank you for the children’s part and the senior’s part, thank you for the youth part and the part for middle agers, thank you for the crazy baby descant that we all love to hear.

You are the Great Composer . We long to be composed each day in your image, singing your elegant score truly, clearly, following your rhythm by heart, finding our voice in your beautiful world. Hearing you in the music of life. This is our prayer. Amen.

From Dean Neasham, Emmaus Music Director

Community Lay Director ......................... Dusty LaNoue 480-831-2811 ............................ billlanoue111@cox.net Community Lay Director - Elect .................. Alan Fisher 602-541-5420 ............................... alan.l.fisher@cox.net Community Spiritual Director ................ John Fairchild 480-707-3552 ............................. sohpastor@gmail.com Secretary .................................................. Patti White 602-386-6468 .............................. lizitish31@yahoo.com Treasurer ............................................. Judy Kobrzycki 602-329-9935 ....................... judykobrzycki@gmail.com Agape ....................................................... Becky Case 480-748-6057 .............................. bcase567@gmail.com Communications ................................ Angie Neasham 928-853-7738 .......................... angieneasham@aol.com 4th Day .............................................. Colleen Centner 602-695-0811 .................. colleenthebean1@gmail.com Music ................................................. Dean Neasham 928-699-3144 ........................... deann@safeaccess.com

Pre-Emmaus .................................................. Charlie Edwards 520-576-3494 .............................. cmedwards4873@yahoo.com Three Day ..................................................................... Jay Crabb 602-396-9500 ............................................... jjcrabb@gmail.com Gathering ........................................ Wayne & Beth Woodland 480-396-9507 ....................................... mbwoodland@msn.com Southern Arizona ................................................... Don Booth 520-465-1174 ........................................... don@donboothaz.org & ............................................................................... Brian Trusty 520-891-0163 ..................................... briantrusty29@gmail.com Northern Arizona ............................................... Barb Meehan 928-607-0738 .............................. meehan.barbara@yahoo.com & ............................................................................... Joe Meehan 928-607-0738 ......................................... meehanj7@yahoo.com Registrar ......................................................... Janet Paterson 480-632-2199 ............................................... JPaterRus@aol.com Chrysalis ...................................................... Sherry Hoskinson 520-307-2470 ............................... sherry.hoskinson@gmail.com

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2018 AZ Walk to Emmaus P.O. Box 86309 Phoenix, AZ 85080-6309 Website address: www.azemmaus.org

April 2018