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Chrysalis, Kairos, Kairos Outside, OtherFriends E164, E165, E166, E167,PriorYears |
Our monthly Ultreyas for 2013:
May Ultreya at Christ Church UMC Come on the 17th (always the third Friday of the month) and be ready for uplifting music at 7:30 - followed by worship, a Fourth Day message and communion. We hope to see you there. It gets better and better and better... (More) |
* From Jack Christie, our new Community Lay Director: The NCA Emmaus Community is seeking a new Reunion Group Coordinator. If you are interested in serving in this capacity, please let a member of the Board know. Many thanks to Todd Hastings who has been serving the community in this role for the past several years.
Our 2013 Weekends!! E-165 - June 6 - 9 ~ Jim McCray
and next few Our 2013 Ultreyas June 21 - St. Paul's UMC - Woodbridge July 19 - Annandale UMC August 16 - First United Presbyterian Church of Dale City |
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From the Community Lay Director...
From the Lay Director And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever - the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. John 14:16 Spring has sprung! - with fits and starts. But in spite of the ups and downs of the thermometer, the flowers are blooming and the trees are budding. I have a robin nesting on the end of my extension ladder, and a mourning dove has set up housekeeping in the vines over my back door. We have exalted in the resurrection at Easter, and now we wait with the apostles for the coming of the Holy Spirit that Jesus promised to send, who will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all things (John 14:26). We often ask the Lord to send us the Holy Spirit. It is in the prayer we say before each of the talks on the weekend, “Come Holy Spirit…” And we say it again before the 4th Day Talk at DDU or Ultreya. We ask the Spirit to “bring to our remembrance” the details and the emotions: joy, sorrow, fear, or wonder, of the testimony we are trying to share. (more) |
From the Community Spiritual Director...
From The Community Spiritual Director We celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, in some churches, Pentecost used to be called Whit Sunday and in some countries it is a national holiday. John Wesley, served the church during a time that the church that was caught up in theological arguments, a church where the understanding of grace had gone stale. In his journal, John Wesley wrote that on May 24, 1783, after hearing Martin Luther’s Preface to the Epistle to the Roman’s, his heart was strangely warmed. His experience of the Holy Spirit inspired the rest of his ministry in which he outlined The Way of Salvation, which we in the Emmaus community, hear during our prevenient, justifying and sanctifying grace talks. Augustine called the Holy Spirit the bond of love. The Spirit bonds us in love to God the Father and God the Son. Many people well intended people think the Holy Spirit is that which nudges them towards whatever feels good. After all, in the gospel of John, the Paraclete is most often translated as the ‘comforter,’ and we often misinterpret the expe-rience of the Holy Spirit as that which gives us permission to act in whatever way we think feels best. What feels best is unfortunately, not always necessarily what is faithful. (more) |
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| From the Community Music Directors...
Music Directors' Message Zephaniah 3:17 NIV "The lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing." Oh, yes!! He is mighty to save! Don't you love the saying, "We are Easter people!" ? All year long. The joy of the resurrection and the lasting truth that "He lives!" He has conquered the grave & because of this we SING. And He rejoices over us with singing - wow! Praise. During this beautiful season keep a song in your heart, hum as you go. And we ask that you share with us that catchy tune, favorite hymn or praise song! As spring blossoms, we are reminded we are new creatures - sing Praise!! |
From the Chrysalis Lay Director
“THOUGHTS” As I was walking this morning,I noticed many butterflies on my path. Were they always there? Maybe so, I don’t recall. Now they seem to stir up emotion – Joy – Happiness. Why is it so? Is it how the Bugs transformed, Or is it something that changed in me? Maybe it’s both. I am certain that something lights up in me, When I see a Butterfly. Written after teaming on C-76 Help us transform lives by sponsoring a youth or young adult on a Chrysalis weekend. There are two opportunities coming up very soon. We are EXTREMELY low on Caterpillar applications. If we do not receive more applications, we will be forced to cancel weekends. The deadline for C-84 Young Adult weekend is May 24. Please go to ncachrysalis.org to print applications. Applicants should be 19 – 25 age range. The dates for C-84 are Wednesday evening, June 12 through Saturday, June 15 at Skycroft Conference and Retreat Cen-ter, 9621 Frostown, MD 21769. Rectora is Reann Newberry and Sam Parris is the Rector. Theme: “Living for the first time” Scripture: John 3:8,8 “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the spirit.” Song: “Born Again” by Third Day (more) |
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Weekend Fees - Take Note! The Weekend Fees for 2013, as set by our Board of Directors, are: Pilgrim Application Fee $35 Pilgrim Fee $150 Team Fee $200 |
Community Palanca I am the Community Palanca Cha. I need volunteers to make placemats for me. We need 270 decorated placemats for each team that goes to the Mountain. I will have blank placemats at the Ultreyas each month. You can create your own design, either free hand, trace from a coloring book, use markers, glitter and glue to create your designs. You can either do them yourselves or get your Sunday School classes to do them. The pilgrims really like them when they come from the children. There are two kinds needed: the ones that are decorated with cute pictures and words, and ones that specifically say “DeColores”. (more) |
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With an all new MailList Service, HolyNet is being reactivated. We encourage you to sign up here to receive community news (including links to the FourthDay Journal), and prayer requests. Thank you, Dave Moore, for setting up this comunications venue!
n drama... While we're not in the habit of distributing the large volume of internet-sourced Christian media, every now and then a message arises that is so clear and convincing that we feel compelled to share it. Many of us have heard this story, but it bears repeating. Watch and enjoy! |
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