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Eastern Shore Emmaus
March Dates to Remember Eastern Shore Communi-ty Gathering– March 14, 2015 at Lower Northamp-ton Baptist Church, Lank-ford Hwy, Cape Charles, VA. 23310. Covered Dish at 5:30 P.M., Worship at 6:30 P.M.
Eastern Shore Chrysalis Board Meeting– March 17, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. at Mears Memorial UMC, Keller, VA.
Newsletter articles DUE for April’s Walk Way—March 20, 2015. PLEASE DON’T BE LATE!!! Please send articles in MSWord Document! (TY)
Eastern Shore Emmaus Board Meeting— Febru-ary 23, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. at Woodberry UMC, Gar-gatha, VA.
15 Pilgrim Applications for Men Due—February 12, 2015.
15 Pilgrim Applications for Women Due—February 26, 2015.
A Message From Our Community Lay Director
Volume 23, Number 03
March 2015 The Walk Way
February has always been a hard month for me. By
then I am tired of winter, sick of ice, done with
mud, and ready to see horses and ponies that do
not look like “mudwamps” every night when they
come into the barn. The nights are too long, the
days too short, and the wind too cold. And I am
weary of it all.
But the month of March is a different story alto-
gether. March holds promise in its name. You can
almost smell the scent of spring as you turn the
calendar page over and envision the green grass
starting to sprout. The daffodils will push their
tender shoots up through the soil and even though
the mud, the rain, the cold, and the “mess of win-
ter” may continue for awhile, you know there is
hope.
It’s that way with life sometimes, isn’t it? We can
get so tired of the daily grind, the problems that
keep popping up, the stresses that we never
thought we would have to contend with, all the
“mud, cold, and snow” in our lives. Some days I
think for every problem I solve, three more show
up. Some days it seems that it was not worth
getting out of bed. And some days the world just
seems to overwhelm me.
But someone recently mentioned you have to look
down to be able to look up. That comment stopped
me for a minute. I thought she had seriously lost
her mind for a second.
She went on to explain that God puts all sorts of
wonders under our feet as well as over our heads.
You will never see the daffodil growing if you don’t
look down at the ground. You won’t appreciate the
beauty of God’s world if you don’t open your eyes
to every angle that He gives to you.
Sometimes I have to remember that the mud, the
ice, the snow, the cold is all part of the plan that
God has to help me grow. While I am out there
thrashing around in the storms of my life, I
have to concentrate on how God is using
these circumstances to help me grow to be
more of a Christian for Him.
A passage from my daily devotions recently
said to remember to walk purposefully with
God, allowing Him to direct our day one step
at a time. We need to thank Him for each
blessing we see, such as the promise of the
daffodil starting to sprout. Thanking God
brings joy into our hearts. And a grateful
heart protects us from negative thinking (and
believe me, there is way too much negative
thinking in the world already—no more is
needed). Do not worry about the future—the
future belongs to the Lord, and He will guide
you through it. Worrying about life, fretting
about life, complaining about life, is just an
act of rebellion to the Lord.
Psalm 32:8 is my verse for today—the Lord
says “I will instruct you and teach you in the
way you should go; I will guide you with My
eye.”
That works for me as an individual, it works
for our Emmaus community as a whole.
And I’m looking forward to seeing the prom-
ise of spring in His beautiful creation, the
Daffodil.
Kendy Allen
Community Lay Director
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A Message From Our Spiritual Director
So, what are you giving up for Lent? Chocolate? Soda? Fried
foods? Dessert? Coffee? (please no) Many people will use this time to
give up something for God. I guess that’s okay. After all maybe you
will lose a few pounds and you might even lower your cholesterol.
There’s not a thing wrong with that. Amen!
But I was thinking. Maybe instead of giving up something, maybe we could gain
something. How about gaining a greater understanding of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ? Maybe you could give up Facebook and read more Faithbook. Maybe you could
give up an extra hour of sleep and start attending Sunday School. Maybe you could give up
one hour of television each night and read some good Christian literature. (Grow Through
Study ring a bell?)
Many Christians recently observed Ash Wednesday. You know the story; if you were
repentant of your sins and remorseful, early 6th century Christians would sprinkle ashes on
their head as a sign of remorse. Today, we make the sign of the cross on our foreheads with
ashes. I was a participant in one of these services and really liked it. Now, let me be clear,
there is NOTHING wrong with Ash Wednesday services, NOTHING! But, I kinda feel like
God is more concerned with what is going on in your heart, than what is on your forehead.
So, what is going on in your heart? Are you good? Praise
God! But, what do you need to work on? When you look in the mir-
ror, besides wrinkles, what is it that you need to work on to be a bet-
ter Christian? For me, that’s Lent. I could certainly lay off the fast
food and dessert. I could stand to lose more than a few pounds!
However, I think I’ll take this time to gain more Jesus in my life. I
want to be a better Christian tomorrow than I was today. How about you?
Grateful,
Pastor Bob
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Eastern Shore Chrysalis
Fly With Christ!
ACCEPTING CHRIST ISN’T THE FINAL CHAPTER
As we traverse this season of Lent, I am reminded that when we accept Christ as our personal savior, it is
not the finish line. We have merely found the right race. And because we have found the right race, we
can be confident in two things; what is at the finish line (eternal fellowship with God) and that WE WILL
finish. Paul writes,
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day
of Jesus Christ. -Philippians 1:6.
While we don’t know the exact path or obstacles that we will meet along the way, we are given a guide -
- Holy Spirit - and a map - The Bible - to show us the way. Therefore, let us dwell on Christ during these
days leading up to the celebration of Easter.
We were especially blessed this past month as we celebrated our first RUSH of the year. We met for a
business meeting and worship service, and then travelled to Pocomoke for an evening of bowling, pizza,
and good fellowship. We saw some amazing bowling, with one of the youth bowling four strikes in a
row! Several of our Chrysalis youth were in attendance, and a few of them brought along friends that we
hope will come back and fly with us in November. That’s right, we have scheduled flights for ESC 25 and
26. These flights are scheduled for 19-22 November, 2015. So, start sending in your team and caterpil-
lar applications.
Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. God is doing great things within this community
and we are excited to see what He has in store for us in the future. God is GOOD…All the Time.
Fly with Christ!!
Jason Hutcheson
Chrysalis Community Lay Director
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“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
ES #94 Team Roster
George Annon ALD
Bob Boyce ASD
Donnie Brady AHS
C L Brown
John Chubb
Barry Downing Jr
Bob Fitzgerald
Ed Gibb
Tom Gonzalez
Steve Horner
El Huber ALD
Jason Hutcheson AHS
Steve Johnson
Bo Kelley
Rik Kellogg
Dennis McMonigle
Bill Moore HSD
Jim Petro
John Pinney HS
Dennis Ryan
Gene Ward LD
Gordon Ward Jr
Tee Wells MD
Sam Whipps
Steve Willing ASD
Dave Wright BR
The deadline for pilgrims is March 26th.
Make sure you get those applications in right away!
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“My Light, My Strength”
ES #95 Team Roster
Janet Allen ASD
Kendy Allen
Rhonda Annon
Amy Austin
Tammy Boyce
Ive Chubb
Gail Deans
Pat Dennis
Pam Fitchett
Susan Gibb MD
Nancy Gonzalez
Sandi Hicks HS
Lou Hopkins
Denise Johnson LD
Pat Krukowski
Andrea Lambie ALD
Janice Marshall ALD
Cheryl Mayfield
Sue Petro
Beth Rice AHS
Britt Saunders
Pat Schang ASD
Janie Shubert BR
Chris Smith
Derek Tomek HSD
Wanda Ward AHS
Janet Yankalunas
Barbara Zinck
The deadline for pilgrims is April 9th.
Make sure you get those applications in right away!
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Outreach How exciting it is to see God calling Teamers and Pilgrims to an Emmaus Walk. As you can see, Emmaus is busy in our community, our nation, and in all of the world. We as believer’s have a responsibility to do 3 things. That is to pray and then to pray some more and then to pray without ceasing for these Walks that are coming up. Psalm 46:10—Be Still and know that I am God. In Christ, Rex Mayfield, Agape Outreach
March 5 - March 8, 2015 UK North West England Emmaus Community Women's Walk #26 United Kingdom NEAR The Cross Emmaus Community Men's Walk #35 Jonesboro, Arkansas Aldersgate Emmaus Men's Walk #144 Kissimmee, Florida South Georgia Walk to Emmaus Men's Walk #103 Valdosta, Georgia Northwest Georgia Emmaus Women's Walk #55 Jasper, Georgia Georgia Foothills Walk to Emmaus, INC Men's Walk #27 Gainesville, Georgia Terraced Hills Emmaus Men's Walk #43 Iowa Cedar Rapids Emmaus Women's Walk #164 Cedar Rapids, Iowa Central Illinois Emmaus Women's Walk #255 Springfield, Illinois Lagniappe Country Emmaus Men's Walk #74 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Show Me The Way Emmaus Men's Walk #70 Missouri Western New York Emmaus Men's Walk #48 Lyndonville, New York
March 5 - March 8, 2015 Great Plains Emmaus Women's Walk #89 Chickasha, Oklahoma Foothills Emmaus Men's Walk #47 Greenville, South Carolina Seaside Emmaus Women's Walk #132 Conway, South Carolina Emmaus of the Cumberlands Men's Walk #98 Livingston, Tennessee West Tennessee Emmaus Men's Walk #112 Jackson, Tennessee March 12 - March 15, 2015 Emmaus Office Men's Walk #23 Birmingham Emmaus Men's Walk #73 Rainbow City, Alabama Noahs of Ark Emmaus Women's Walk #174 Jacksonville, Arkansas NEAR The Cross Emmaus Community Women's Walk #36 Jonesboro, Arkansas Channel Island Emmaus Men's Walk #52 Ventura, California Aldersgate Emmaus Women's Walk #144 Kissimmee, Florida Heart of Florida Emmaus Men's Walk #30 Bartow, Florida
March 12 - March 15, 2015
South Georgia Walk to Emmaus Women's Walk #104 Valdosta, Georgia
Dayspring Emmaus Men's Walk #90 Claxton, Georgia
Georgia Foothills Walk to Em-maus, INC Women's Walk #27 Gainesville, Georgia
Chattanooga-LaFayette Emmaus Community Men's Walk #52 Chattanooga, Georgia
North Georgia Walk to Emmaus Men's Walk #170 Lawrenceville, Georgia
Terraced Hills Emmaus Women's Walk #44 Iowa
Evansville District Emmaus Men's Walk #84 Indiana
Cross Bayou Emmaus Men's Walk #85 Louisiana
Lansing Area Emmaus Men's Walk #92 Lansing, Michigan
Show Me The Way Emmaus Women's Walk #71 Missouri
Grace Emmaus Community of the Carolinas Men's Walk #35 Shelby, North Carolina
March 12 - March 15, 2015
Coastal Carolina Emmaus Women's Walk #98 Wilmington, North Carolina
Heart of Ohio Emmaus Men's Walk #51 Lexington , Ohio
Central Ohio Emmaus Men's Walk #69 Marysville, Ohio
Ohio Valley Emmaus Men's Walk #62 Barnesville, Ohio
East Ohio Emmanuel Emmaus Men's Walk #87 Massillon, Ohio
Reynoldsburg Emmaus Men's Walk #77 Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Pioneer Country Emmaus Men's Walk #135 Edmond, Oklahoma
Foothills Emmaus Women's Walk #47 Greenville, South Carolina
Lowcountry Emmaus Men's Walk #78 Summerville, South Carolina
Golden Spread Emmaus Men's Walk #244 Amarillo, Texas
March 18 - March 21, 2015 Central Alabama Emmaus Men's Walk #168 Montgomery, Alabama
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Outreach
March 19 - March 22, 2015 Darling Downs, Queensland Men's Walk #78 Toowoomba, Australia Ghana Emmaus Community Men's Walk #46 Accra, Ghana Romania Walk to Emmaus Men's Walk #4 Timisoara, Romania Channel Island Emmaus Women's Walk #52 Ventura, California Heart of Florida Emmaus Women's Walk #30 Bartow, Florida Tampa Bay Area Emmaus Men's Walk #17 Valrico, Florida North Georgia Walk to Emmaus Women's Walk #202 Lawrenceville, Georgia Dayspring Emmaus Women's Walk #91 Claxton, Georgia Central Illinois Emmaus Women's Walk #255 Springfield, Illinois Evansville District Emmaus Women's Walk #85 Indiana Greensburg Area Emmaus Men's Walk #50 Greensburg, Indiana Lagniappe Country Emmaus Women's Walk #75 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Lansing Area Emmaus Women's Walk #93 Lansing, Michigan Grace Emmaus Community of the Carolinas Women's Walk #36 Shelby, North Carolina
March 19 - March 22, 2015 Southern Ohio Emmaus Women's Walk #58 Lancaster, Ohio East Ohio Emmanuel Emmaus Women's Walk #87 Massillon, Ohio Western Reserve Emmaus (Cleveland & NE Ohio) Men's Walk #48 Millersburg, Ohio Greater Columbus Emmaus Women's Walk #95 Grove City, Ohio New-Ark Area Emmaus Women's Walk #57 Newark, Ohio Greater Cincinnati Emmaus Women's Walk #114 Cincinnati, Ohio Pioneer Country Emmaus Women's Walk #136 Edmond, Oklahoma Lowcountry Emmaus Women's Walk #79 Summerville, South Carolina West Tennessee Emmaus Women's Walk #113 Jackson, Tennessee Emmaus of the Cumberlands Women's Walk #99 Livingston, Tennessee Houston - Bay Area Emmaus Women's Walk #73 Friendswood, Texas Big Country Emmaus Men's Walk #203 Abilene, Texas Richmond Emmaus Women's Walk #117 Midlothian, Virginia
March 26 - March 29, 2015 Darling Downs, Queensland Women's Walk #79 Toowoomba, Australia Ghana Emmaus Community Women's Walk #47 Accra, Ghana Romania Walk to Emmaus Women's Walk #4 Timisoara, Romania Tampa Bay Area Emmaus Women's Walk #17 Valrico, Florida Greensburg Area Emmaus Women's Walk #62 Greensburg, Indiana Bowling Green Emmaus - New Beginnings Women's Walk #80 Bowling Green, Kentucky
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Prayer Team “We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.” Oswald Chambers
Brothers And Sisters In Christ,
In the most difficult times that we face, it is obviously a challenge not to focus mainly on the circumstances that
have brought us to those times.
When I see the quote above however, I am reminded that when we pray it is more important to focus our attention
on what God can do than what it is that we are going through. To trust fully in the promises that he has made to see
us faithfully through the obstacles of our lives.
With this in mind in regards to prayer, I would like to invite each of you to be a part of the Emmaus Prayer Team.
Prayer Team emails are currently received by approximately 125 members of the community. If you would like to
be included or simply have a prayer request, please send a message to:
Blessings through Christ,
Steve Johnson
Emmaus Prayer Team Coordinator
Pray Without Ceasing
1 Thessalonians 5:17
SPONSORSHIP CORNER!
Remember when talking to potential pilgrims to always try to include the spouse.
The experience of Emmaus is one that should be shared with husband and wife.
We want the pilgrims to be able to share their experience with their spouse to en-
hance their 4th day.
DeColores!
John Sutton
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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:
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 (March 20th for the
April 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
Challenge of the Month:
1) Find a pilgrim and sponsor them for these Spring walks.
2) Bring someone to Emmaus who hasn’t been there. Also, the March gathering is a com-
bined Emmaus/Chrysalis gathering so let’s see how many
people we can get to attend. It’s at Lower Northampton
Baptist Church so let’s fill up the sanctuary!
Monthly Trivia Question:
Who made the first banner for our community for ES#1?
The first person to come up to me (Gail Deans) with the correct answer
will receive some agape!
Who will win this month????
Congratulations to Ruth LeMoyne who won last month with the correct
answer of Dick Trotter.
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Eastern Shore Emmaus
P. O. Box 91
Franktown, Virginia 23354
We are on the Web
www.esemmaus.org
