Your 2016 Cross Point Walk To Emmaus Board

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1 C r oss P oi nt N ewsl ett er C opyr i ght 2014 Cr oss point Em m aus Vol XXV1I1 Number 2 Cross Point Emmaus Newsletter February 2016 Page 1 W hat an amazing start to the beginning of a new year! Thank you Steve Harshaw and Davis United Methodist Church for being great hosts for first Cross Point Emmaus Board Meeting and Gathering of the New Year! At the Board Meeting we said our See you later to our outgoing board members and our Welcome Aboard! to our newest members. Your 2016 Cross Point Walk To Emmaus Board Karin Nuner Community Lay Director Steve Harshaw Community Spiritual Director/ Sendoff and Candlelight Rep David Woerz Assistant Community Lay Director Travis Singleton Treasurer Lisa Gipson Secretary Teresa Liddell Registrar Joy Douthit Newsletter Candy Sherbert Kitchen/Snack Agape Terri Rider Table Agape David Teeman Prayer Room/Letter Agape Rondy Hunt Setup / Tear Down Daniel Oyler Music Gary Heller Literature/Supplies Bryan Scott 4 th Day Jeff Hiller Gatherings Trainings will begin soon so please continue your prayers for Gary Randolph and Lisa Gipson as they prepare to see what great things God has in store for this set of walks. The walks will be here before we know it! Also be in prayer about those who God is sending as Pilgrims. Remember that our potential Pilgrims need to be ALREADY attending church and ACTIVE in their churches. The Walk to Emmaus main purpose is to STRENGTHEN existing church leadership. That does not mean only the Pastor and staff but all those who volunteer, sing in the choir, Sunday school teachers and those you see giving of their time and talents for God. So please keep praying for those potential pilgrims. Let God put their name on your heart and on your lips and pray for them by name. I look forward to serving with each and every one of these wonderful people and know they will put their all into their area! Karin Nuner, Community Lay Director

2 Vol XXV1I1 Number 2 Cross Point Emmaus Newsletter February 2016 Page 2 WHEN: Saturday, February 6th TIME: 6:00 WHERE: ADA FUMC 129 West 14th St. ~ Ada, OK Going east on Main Street, turn south on Townsend Once again it is time to gather and celebrate God s love and provision with your Emmaus brothers and sisters. As always, Gatherings or Broadway, go 3 blocks to 14th! If you get lost just call me! MAIN ST begin with fellowship and food. Bring a dish to share. But if, for some reason, you don t have time to get something, bring yourself and come gather anyway! It s time for sharing stories, laughter and celebrating life, AND BE READY TO MEET those that you haven't met yet. None of us should have that excuse that we don t know anybody! We should make it a West 14th St. priority to know everyone we share a meal with ADA FUMC and worship with! AND MOST IMPORTANTLY Don t forget to bring your lanyard!! On purthere are a lot of SWEET FOLKS IN OUR COM2min from Ardmore, 7 min from Kingston, MUNITY! Talking about1hr Sweet Candy Sherbert knows, you might be meeting a future team or 1hr 1hour 11 min from Durant, 37 min from Davis, cabin-mate or re-union group member or pray- has Snack Agape Sign up for April Walks ready Wynnewood, 30 min from Website! Sulphur, formins signfrom up at CrosspointEmmaus.org er partner! When God is in it -It s that good!! min from Pauls Valley, 1hr 13 min from Norman pose, sit with those you don t know yet! Who

3 Vol XXV1I1 Number 2 Cross Point Emmaus Newsletter February 2016 Page 53 Brothers and Sisters In my final article as a board representative for the CrossPoint Emmaus community I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all those who serve selflessly in the community. Be it by preparing some of that amazing and abundant food, volunteering for walks, helping at your church during gatherings or in any of the gazillion other areas that you may serve in. It has been an honor to serve as a board rep. I was on walk #41 and the Im pact those three days had on my life was eternal. As a result, I have been trying to give back just a portion of what was given to me that weekend. It s been about 14 years since that walk and I have had the privilege of serving in many capacities during that time from the humbling honor of serving as a walk Spiritual Director to the humorous (and often humiliating) position of serving as Bubba for Saturday night entertainment, and literally about everything in between. Somehow all my efforts to give back end up yielding more receiving which drives me to want to continue to give. I don t see an end to that cycle happening anytime soon. So, while my current position of serving will change, I suspect I will just transition into another area of service because this vehicle of God s Agape Love and Amazing Grace just means so much to me. I want to thank my beautiful bride for being a voice of encouragement and having patient understanding when board meetings fell during a significant family event or when unexpected phone calls seemed to come at the most in opportune time. Without your love and support the past five years would not have been as productive and positive as I feel they were. For all you singers and musicians out there please know that your talent is needed and wanted in the Emmaus Community. While the Upper Room guideline limits the size of the music team on the walk it does not limit the size of the music team at gatherings and other Emmaus events. Please share your gift with the CrossPoint Community. The impact of music in ministry dates back into Old Testament times and it is as valuable now as it was then. For those of you who may not be gifted in the area of music I implore you to use what you have to help keep this Emmaus vehicle moving forward. The beauty of this amazing movement is that it, by design, has the perfect place for each of you and your unique ability to serve. Introverts or extraverts, infants in Christ or seasoned theologians, the beauty of Emmaus is that it has never been about your ability, only your desire to serve the One True God in the spirit of cooperation, sacrifice and charity. Thank you again for allowing me to serve you as a board rep for the past five years. It has been an honor and a privilege. 1 Corinthians 10:31 DeColores! -Pastor Brad

4 Vol XXV1I1 Number 2 Cross Point Emmaus Newsletter February 2016 Page 45 Greetings Cross Point Community! Happy New Year! I have been elected your new Treasurer for 2016 replacing our loved Tem Barrett. Thank you Tem for your service on the Crosspoint Emmaus Board as Treasurer for the last few years! I am excited and I look forward to serve in this position. CLD To business, first and foremost, our camp fees are going upward. The cost beginning this Spring Walk # s 101 & 102 will be $200 for a pilgrim. The camp fee for the volunteers will be $185. Our 100th Walk Gathering Please, Gathering! consider and pray about donating any amount, if you are able to do so, toward our Scholarship Fund. This Fund helps both Pilgrims and Volunteers whom would love to participate in the walks but cannot afford the cost burden. Again, any amount you donate toward this Fund today will bless someone in a great way tomorrow! And I bet that you will be blessed as well, amen! This is a wonderful Emmaus Community and from what I hear from others, that know more so than I, we are one of the best communities in the State! Let s Please consider & pray about donating keep going strong by continuing to serve the pilgrims on these walks and/or helping someone out who would love to serve but just can t afford it. Greetings Crosspoint community, I'm every excited and a little nervous being the new registrar. With that said please be in prayer about who you could sponsor. Who has God put on your heart and mind. The walks will be here before we know it, so get those applications in! Applications can be found on our website under forms Select either the PDF or the online form. The online form enables me to know that you are working on a submission and I will be looking for it in the mail. If you need to contact me, I am on the website under Board. The online address is: I Looking forward to serving this on the board. Teresa Liddell Thank you all and I pray blessings on each of you, Travis Singleton More Pictures next page

5 Vol XXV1I1 Number 2 Cross Point Emmaus Newsletter February 2016 Page 5 community to attend the gatherings. What a great time to fellowship and renew frienddear Emmaus Community! Welcome to the new Board members! I look forward to serving with all of you! Thank you to Davis FUMC for hosting the Board and the gathering! I would like to encourage all members of our ships. Most importantly, we get to WORSHIP together!! The team trainings are right around the corner! Please continue to pray for the teams of Walk 101 and Walk 102. De Colores! Lisa Gipson Our New 2015 Board Members Bryan Scott David Woerz Daniel Oyler Last 2015 Board Group Shot Rondy, PJ & Katie Not in Picture Our 100th Walk Gathering, Gathering! Teresa Liddell Steve Harshaw Travis Singleton related. We know BIG things are happening! Our 100th walk Celebration Music Team As I spoke at the Gathering in Davis, whether you went on Walk #1 or #101, we still need From your Music Rep Hello Brothers and Sisters in Christ! I am excited to once again be on the board representing you as your board rep for music. If you should have any concerns regarding music, please do not hesitate to contact me at danielsoyler@gmail.com. I pray that our God is showing up big time in your lives as we continue the 4th day of our you. We need your prayers - pray for the above mentioned needs. We need your presence - when did you last come to a gathering? We need your gifts - when did you last donate to the Walks by your time or $. We need your service - when did you last sponsor someone or work a walk? walk. Remember to pray for our churches, our Please pray for how God would like you to pastors and others in leadership during your respond. prayer time. Lift up our campground and our board as decisions will have to be made in the coming weeks and months. Also, please pray for guidance of the board in all things Walk In Him, Daniel

6 The First Gathering of 2016 was extraordinary! Not only did we have great fellowship, awesome food, fantastic music and worship, BUT there was also a sign-up drawing for Cross Point Cross Pictures! Pictured below are the winners. We all had a wonderfully blessed time! Thank you Davis FUMC Our 100th walk Celebration Music Team

7 CROSS POINT NEWSLETT ER COPYRIGHT 2014 CROS SP OINT EMMAUS Address: Phone: Newsletter th Ave NW Ardmore, OK Cross Point Emmaus We re on the web crosspointemmaus.org 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 going, 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