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1 From the Community Lay Directors Volume 23 No. 1 Western New York Walk to Emmaus & Chrysalis January 2013 Chrysalis Flights are scheduled God is at work in the hearts & minds Of the team members and the Caterpillars. He is preparing the hearts of our community too!! Is He calling you to sponsor a caterpillar, to serve the team a meal at teaming, to provide food for their teaming, to finish and return the placemats & napkins that you signed up to decorate, or to sign up for the prayer vigil? Many more details to come! Be on the look out for specifics in an upcoming e-blast: The wise men from the east came to Jerusalem saying, 2 Where is he who has been born king of the Jews. For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him. Once they found him the 11 fell down and worshiped him. Then opening their treasures, they offered him gifts..12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way. Matthew 2:2-12 ESV If you were one of the wise men: Names of caterpillars for girls flight Talks to be given by girls team Names of boys team members Directions to Hamburg UMC (car pool with others from your gathering, or with your sponsor) Big House details, Etc, etc, etc. How long and how far would you travel to worship the king? What would you have given up to find the king? What would you offer the king once you found the king? Do you think you would have trusted & obeyed the worldly king or do you think that you would have trusted God s message through your dream? What if the wise men had disobeyed God, or given up their search, or gone back to Herod? While progress is being made, the community website remains... Deadline for February Rainbow Connection January 15 1

2 WALK TO EMMAUS WOMEN S WALK #43 Lay Director s Summary & Report First, I would like to thank all of you for your prayers, your Agape gifts, your service and your letters. I felt your support and God s guidance all through the three days of the Western New York Women s Walk to Emmaus #43. At the end of the three days, I think all 15 of our wonderful pilgrims had mastered saying that last phrase! I felt very blessed to have the opportunity to serve as lay director. God brought together a wonderful team. Unfortunately, one table leader had to drop off due to a family emergency, but she was in our hearts throughout the weekend. It was an honor and a joy to meet the 15 pilgrims and share this experience with them. As we all listened to the 15 talks, it was apparent that God was at work. Step by step, each of us grew closer to each other and closer to the Lord. The pilgrims demonstrated their response to the talks with great enthusiasm. As they sang Here I Am Lord, I felt that they were ready to return home ready to serve with a renewed sense of purpose. In Isaiah 2:5, it says, O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord! I believe that all of us on Walk #43 did just that. De Colores, Sue Doherty Left to Right: Row One Deanna Laurie, Sandy Andrews, Becky Walker, Diane Thurlow, Susan Doherty, Bill Perkins, Alyson Jones, Geniece Perkins. Row Two Christa Fathergill, Sandy Houck, Wendy Spaulding, Mary Trowbridge, Teasha Fisher, Debbie D Antonio, Connie Gross, Joan Pascarella, Lynne Wheeler. Row Three Chris Collins, Pastor Renee Engels, Marie Limburg, Char Smith, Mary Ann Knaus, Harriet Schauman, Cheryl Keesler, Judy Heiler. Row Four Janice McKinney, Andra Hankey, Rose Caldwell, Lynne Roeske, Carol Brodie, Caroline Schneggenbarger, Sherri Raab, Pastor Karen Grinnell. Row Five Leslie Pascoe, Teri Parker, Jan Ingerson, Pastor Kevin Slough, Pastor Greg Van Dussen, Barbara Swanson, Jessica White, Paulette Albone. 2

3 Chrysalis Board of Directors Dedication Service November 18, 2012 Chrysalis and Emmaus are partners in the ministry God has entrusted to this movement, to produce servant leaders for the church and for God s mission in the world. Chrysalis is the primary mission outreach of Emmaus to and with young people. Notations from National Emmaus/Chrysalis writings Fly With Christ! Greetings dear and faithful friends! WNY Chrysalis is at an exciting stage; ready to fly! Our Girls Flight is this month, January 19-21, and the Boys Flight follows on February 16-18, both, at Hamburg UMC, Hamburg, NY. Arrival time for both events is on Saturday morning at 8:00am, with Send-off and dedication services for the Community and Sponsors following the Caterpillars take-off. We hold both the Candlelight service and Closing ceremony that are also experienced on an Emmaus weekend. Please come out and support the new Caterpillars with this expression of Agape love! Arrival for the Candlelight service on Sunday is 8:00pm. Please note this day change, as our weekend runs from Saturday to Monday, which is different from the Emmaus Walks! Closing then is on Monday, with Community coming at 3:30pm. Please look for the signs to direct you to your correct location as you arrive. All other info you may need to participate are listed here in the Rainbow Connection! The Girls Team, Boys Team, Registration connections, the Hamburg UMC location and directions are all available. The only thing we could not enter is the list of names of the Caterpillars, as this was not logistically possible to co-ordinate with deadline dates and publishing dates. Hopefully you have or will receive an additional to update you! We are so appreciative of the support the Emmaus/Chrysalis Community has given us in the past and look forward to your continued involvement this year for Flights #14! See you in Hamburg, and until then, Fly with Christ! Kathy Weil, Chrysalis Community Lay Director/Board Chair 3

4 Chrysalis Flight #15 Prayer Vigil Girls: Boys: Spiritual Director Assistant Spiritual Directors Lay Director Board Rep Agape ALD Bell Ringer ALD Chapel ALD Logs Musician Asst Musician Table Leaders Pastor Lee Carlson Pastor Jennifer Green Pastor David Rood Pastor Mary Rublee Pastor Sara Merle Cherie Trabert Natalie Dietrich Karen Jackson Suzanne Perry Kathy Weil Julia Kieper Molly Reimondo Marlene Worthington Terri Parker Laurie Manzer Lisa Waterhouse Vicky Jones Kathie Woika Tracy Benjamin Pat Corsette Assistant Table Leaders Cassie Waterhouse Joyce Dellinger Andreanna Bowers Deanne Pitcher Elise Kelly Flight # 15 Girls Team Reminders about Upcoming Flights Chrysalis Flight #15 Girls January 19 - January 21 Registration deadline 12/29 Boys February 16 - February 18 Registration deadline 1/25 Reunion March 2 Contact Cherie Trabert, Chrysalis Registration Chair at or cheriet@rochester.rr.com with questions AND to submit registrations Have you lost your Blank copy of the registration form?? Contact cherit@rochester.rr.com or bms4him@rochester.rr.com to have one ed to you. Are you interested in serving at Big House during an upcoming flight? Contact jtmtst@rochester.rr.com or bms4him@rochester.rr.com for the Registration form and parent permission form Monica Sutton 4

5 Christmas greetings to all, As we look back at the past year we are very thankful for all the blessings that God has shared with us. WNY Emmaus & WNY Chrysalis has been blessed with four walks & two flights, and many strengthened & stronger Christians have come from these walks. That is over 80 new pilgrims/ butterflies in 2012! That is just awesome. God s kingdom is being richly blessed by these new members fourth day & next steps journey. At the Christmas party in Hilton we announced that Pastor Rick Koch will be serving as WNY Community Spiritual Director for the next three years. We thank all who voted, and also thank Pastor Rick & Pastor Joan Zimmerman for accepting the nomination for SD. We also announced that Jeff & Char Smith have accepted the Supplies position on the Emmaus Board. A great time was had at the Christmas party, it was estimated that about 70 people were in attendance. We enjoyed singing Christmas carols, listening to poems, songs and skits. As 2013 begins we need to continue praying for the upcoming flights & walks. Especially be praying on whom God is calling you to sponsor. We have really been blessed with a hard working Board of Directors. It is also great to witness so many stepping up and helping in any way during a walk or flight. When we all continue to step up and do our part, the entire event will bring glory to God. We look forward to serving WNY Walk to Emmaus & Chrysalis in 2013, and look forward to working together with you as we each do our part. Have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year, Jim & Lora Community Lay Directors Christmas shopping? Please consider this: The most lasting gift you may give could be the gift of sponsorship on The Walk to Emmaus or Chrysalis. CHRISTMAS PARTY It was a pleasure for West Bank Gathering to host the Christmas party for the Western New York Emmaus community. Sixty-six people enjoyed a big variety of delicious snacks and desserts with lots of good conversation and much laughter. The entertainment included inspirational thoughts and some hilarious skits. (In fact, we re still chuckling!) If you were present, West Bank thanks you for being there. And if you were absent, please know you were sincerely missed. May your Christmas be filled with His love and your New Year over-flowing with His blessings and perfect peace. The West Bank Gathering 5

6 . DATES TO REMEMBER Men s Spring Walk: March Registration deadline: February 21 Women s Spring Walk: April Registration deadline: March 22 Pray Mark your calendars Meet with those that God is calling you to sponsor Submit applications early AGAPE The teams for Walk s 44 are almost complete. We need to pray for the teams as they organize and get ready for the walk. We also need to pray about sponsoring a pilgrim for these walks there is not a lot of time to sponsor a sufficient number to participate. Think hard and pray hard and work on getting a full group of pilgrims. There are a number of agape envelopes out being worked on (placemats and napkins). These can either me mailed to us or given to some on the board of directors to get to us. Also gatherings and individuals it s not too early to start working on agape for the team and pilgrims. March will be here very soon for the Men s walk and April for the Women s. 72 HOUR PRAYER VIGIL SIGN-UP Men s Walk #44 Women s Walk #44 If you have trouble getting into the prayer vigil sign up through the links above. Click on and scroll to WNY Walk #44. Our winter Chrysalis Flights are upon us. Our first weekend will be the Girl s Flight January 19th-21th. (Sat. Mon.) Our second will be the Boy s Flight February 16th 18th. (Sat. Mon.) Musicians, we will need you for Saturday morning Send Off, Sunday night Candlelight, and Monday Closing. Please mark your calendar and support our Bugs with the gift of your presence and talents. I ve mentioned many times how blessed our community is and how amazed I am at everyone s willingness to help others. Well, we have yet another example. One of our musicians put together several very professional rehearsal CDs containing all but two of the songs from our songbook. These are going to be invaluable in prepping musicians for the upcoming Walks and Flights. All I can say is, you re awesome WNY Emmaus- Chrysalis. DeColores, Dan Benjamin Music Chair 6

7 Gathering Schedules, Times, Locations, & Leader Contact Information Alexander: Alexander UMC - 3rd Saturday of month 7 p.m. - Meeting (Child care as needed) Bob & Kathy Neamon*** rneamon@gmail.com Buffalo: New Hope UMC 2846 Seneca St., West Seneca - 3rd Saturday of the month 9:30 a.m.- Meeting Pat Corsette prcorsette@verizon.net Enchanted Mountain (Olean): Christ UMC lounge 1st Wednesday of the month 7-8:30 p.m. - Meeting Mike or Jan Mortimer *** mortimer50@verizon.net Fairport: East Rochester UMC 357 Fairport Road (Rt. 31F) 2nd Sunday of the month 5 p.m. - Meeting (Child care upon request) Bob & Christa Fathergill cfatherg@rochester.rr.com Hamburg/Buffalo Southtowns: Hamburg UMC 116 Union St., Parlor - 3rd Tuesday of the month 7 p.m. - Meeting Jerry & Caroline Schneggenburger eyemann@roadrunner.com Kendall: Kendall UMC, 1808 Kendall Road - 2nd Friday of the month; 6:30 p.m. - Meeting Bob & Trudy Slocum rslocum678@aol.com Medina/Millville: Millville UMC - Second Friday of the month 7 p.m. - Meeting Jesse & Cheryl Babcock cbabcock002@rochester.rr.com Napoli: Napoli UMC - 4th Monday of the month 7 p.m. - Meeting Rick Peters Niagara: Lockport - Emmanuel UMC 2nd Saturday of the month 6 p.m. - Meeting Dave & Janice McKinney Springville: Springville UMC - 3rd Saturday of month 9:30 a.m. - Meeting Duane & Anita Domes*** himmiesmom@aol.com West Bank: Greece UMC - 2nd Saturday of the month 8:30 a.m. - Continental breakfast 9 a.m. - Meeting (Call ahead for child care) Sonia Ingle - Child care contact Will & Carolyn Rickman wcdric@frontiernet.net Unsure of community events? Follow community events on Twitter!!! Find us Not on Twitter??? Go to twitter.com to create an account & to sign up to follow Community events & updates!! WHERE IS EVERYONE??!! Please notify Barb Swanson at or bms4him@ochester.rr.com If you have moved, changed phone number or address OR if you have a name change (gotten married?) 7

8 WNY Emmaus Board of Directors Mon January 7 Chrysalis Board Meeting Chrysalis Board meets at Batavia 1st UMC 7PM Fri January 18 Emmaus Board Meeting Emmaus Board meets at Trinity UMC 7:00 PM (Both are open meetings - all are welcome) Girls teaming Fri/Sat Jan 4 & 5 Hamburg UMC Contact Zina Goodenbery to help with team meals for the girls third teaming or the boys final two teamings. Contact Bill & Geniece Perkins to help with team meals for the men s teamings. ****Editor s note: There are a lot of detailed changes in this month s Men s Teaming Dates & Locations Sat Jan 12 Indian Falls UMC Fri/Sat Feb 8 & 9 Baker UMC Pembroke NY East Aurora, NY Fri/Sat Mar 8 & 9 Hamburg UMC Hamburg, NY Rainbow Connection. Contact me with mistakes so that they can be corrected. Thanks Term Position Name Phone Comm. Lay Dir. Jim & Lora Keiper (585) wnyemmaus@wildblue.net* 2015 Spiritual Director Rick Koch (716) ministerrx@aol.com th Day Mike Quesenberry (716) DaQuiz57@aol.com 2015 Library Allen & Alethia Keiper (585) akeiper@rochester.rr.com 2015 Newsletter Barbara Swanson (585) bms4him@rochester.rr.com 2015Supplies Jeff & Char Smith (585) jsmith24@rochester.rr.com csmith72@rochester.rr.com 2015 Community Ron & Alice Alsworth (585) rgalsworth@aol.com 2013 Clergy Announcement coming next month 2013 Kitchen Bill & Geniece Perkins (716) billperkins1951@yahoo.com 2013 Music Dan Benjamin (585) dbenjamin003@stny.rr.com 2013 Secretary Kathy Wessel Neamon (585) wessel.kathy@gmail.com 2013 Treasurer Duane & Anita Domes (716) himmiesmom@aol.com 2014 Agape Rich & Nancy Preston (716) rnpreston@hotmail.com 2014 Clergy Renee Engels (716) pastor_renee@yahoo.com 2014 Evangelism Vern & Judy Heiler (716) jv.heiler@verizon.net 2014 Facilities Bob & Trudie Slocum (585) rslocum678@aol.com 2014 Registration Will & Carolyn Rickman (585) wcdric@frontiernet.net 2014 Team Selection Announcement coming next month 2013 Chrysalis Kathy Weil (585) kadew1973@gmail.com 8

9 CHRYSALIS Board of Directors Community: We would like to introduce the new people taking over the community. We feel blessed to have such wonderful people taking over for us. Ron and Alice Alsworth of Allentown United Methodist Church will be taking the Community position on the Emmaus Board of Directors. They went on Walk 40 in Greece. They have been learning how everything comes together on Saturday night for candlelight and Sunday for closing, and are eager to get started. Jess and I feel very blessed to have served this 3 year term on the board and experience the wonders of each walk through being the community go to people. Thank you to everyone in the community who made our job enjoyable. We wish Ron and Alice the very best and know that they will enjoy this experience also. Merry Christmas to all in the WNY Emmaus/Chrysalis Community. Jesse and Cheryl Babcock Term Position Name Phone Lay Director Kathy Weil (585) kadew1973@gmail.com 2014 Agape Suzanne Perry (585) wnyagape@gmail.com 2014 Spiritual Director Steve & Laura Calos (585) scalos@frontiernet.net (585) lcalos@frontiernet.net 2013 Clergy Sue Russell (585) asjrussell@hughes.net 2015 Community Bob & Deanna Laurie (716) dbblaurie@verizon.net 2013 Evangelism Natalie Dietrich (585) Nataliec2@yahoo.com Asst Evangelism Sonia/Karen Ingle (585) karenlingle8488@yahoo.com 2013 Library Frank White (585) uncleferter@msn.com 2015 Newsletter Barbara Swanson (585) bms4him@rochester.rr.com 2014 Supplies Marty Goodenbery (585) mzgoodenbery@yahoo.com 2015 Registration Erich/Vickie Jones (585) EVJones4u@yahoo.com 2014 Kitchen Zina Goodenbery (585) mzgoodenbery@yahoo.com 2013 Next Steps Mary Trowbridge (585) jtmtst@rochester.rr.com 2014 Treasurer Chris Collins (585) ccollin9@rochester.rr.com 2015 Team Select To be announced in January 2014 Secretary Jessica White (716) jdgirl25@yahoo.com 2015 Facilities To be announced in January 2015 Music To be announced in January 2014 Emmaus LD Jim & Lora Keiper (585) wnyemmaus@wildblue.net 2015 Clergy To be announced in January 9

10 Merry Christmas WNY Emmaus, I want to thank you for allowing me to serve as your Community Spiritual Director for the past three years. It has been a privilege and honor to work with and for you. While I won't miss the monthly drives from the Finger Lakes to Attica for the WNY Board meetings, I will miss the monthly fellowship time I've enjoyed with the other Board members. And it is joy to announce that Rev. Rick Koch is my successor. I've gotten to know Rick while serving on teams and then on the Board together. His gentle and caring spirit will serve you well in the next three years. I know you will give him the same support and care I've enjoyed. Thanks! I look forward to seeing you at Walks and community events in the years to come. I may live in the Finger Lakes but you will always be a part of my heart. And if you ever wander over to this area, drop in and see me at Seneca Castle UMC or drop me a note at pastornillaowen@gmail.com DeColores, Pastor Nilla Fourth Day Well, if you missed the Annual Emmaus Christmas Party, you missed a real gala event. Sixty-two revelers were treated to wonderful entertainment: original song and poetry, entertaining and thought provoking skits, and a visit from the original cast of Sister Act. There was also lots of mingling, singing, and of course, awesome snacks. The thing that makes the Emmaus Party so special is that we all remember and celebrate the real reason for the season and thank God for the gift of his Son. We thank God for the opportunity to serve on the Board the past three years. It has been a privilege and a joy. Thanks to all who helped with Fourth Day events, thanks to Mike Quesenberry for taking over our spot, and blessings on the new Board of Directors. Planning to continue in His service, Sue and Marty Doherty And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. Colossians 1:9-12 ESV 10

11 Deadline for February Rainbow Connection January 15 B. Swanson 40 Newcomb Dr. Hilton, NY