4/2016.2016 hays praise newsletter Important Upcoming Dates April Local Gatherings May 3 Community/Team Consecration Manchaca UMC May 12 Women s Walk 1830 Camp Young Judaea May 14 Candlelight Service Camp Young Judaea May 17 Welcome Back Women s Walk 1830 Manchaca UMC June 7 Community Gathering San Marcos A Note from our Community Lay Director Grace and Peace to All, There is a lot going on in Hays Praise. We now handle registration for all our Walks. Tricia Schneider is our new Registrar. Her email is pschneider@austin.rr.com, and her telephone number is 512-618-7340. All pilgrim applications will go to Tricia instead of being sent to San Antonio. Go to our website www.hays praise.org for pilgrim applications, and send them to her. The team and pilgrim cost is $230.00 with scholarships available. Upcoming Woman s Walk 1830 is May 12-15, 2016, at Camp Young Judaea with Rebecca Oates as Lay Director, Chris Dunkin as Board Rep and Tricia Schneider as the outside team coordinator. The Men s Walk1850 will be Sept 29 - Oct 2, 2016, at Camp Young Judaea with Daniel Oates as Lay Director and Wade Albert as the Board Rep. Woman s Walk 1865 with Lady Director Jenny Gelsone is scheduled for December 1-4, 2016. We as ordinary people are called to do extraordinary things. Accept this call and be ready to receive the blessing that will come. There are ways you can be called: sign up for a prayer vigil, attend local gatherings, make agape, be a part of a Fourth Day group, work on an outside team, be a team member on a walk, sponsor a pilgrim, attend candlelight, write an agape letter to a pilgrim or a team member. Remember when you received your cross on your pilgrim walk, you were reminded that Christ is Counting on You. A reminder that on April 30 the Fischer of Men reunion group with the team members of Men s Walk 1850 are having a fundraiser to help with team registration costs. Come out for an evening with a great BBQ meal, unique live and silent auction items and dancing. Ya ll Come! Dennis New Hays Praise Registrar Info Mail completed pilgrim application and fee to: Hays Praise Emmaus Registrar - Tricia Schneider 110 Maybrook Court Buda, TX 78610 * Questions? email/text/call pschneider@austin.rr.com 512.618.7340 * Need a pilgrim application? download from: http.www.hayspraise.org/#/applications * Need a scholarship application? download from: http://www.hayspraise.org/#/applications/scholarship * Questions about sponsoring? read the Sponsor s kit: http://www.hayspraise.org/#/applications Team applications should still be sent to Kathy Welch - rebnatics@gmail.com
Become the Hands & Feet of God this year 2016 Walks May 12-15, 2016 Walk 1830 Rebecca Oates raoates@yahoo.com Sept 29 - Oct 2, 2016 Walk 1850 Daniel Oates danieljoates@yahoo.com December 1-4, 2016 Walk 1865 Jenny Gelsone gelsonej@gmail.com Women s Walk 1830 Walk 1830 is going great! We ve had two team meetings with the last one in April. It s all coming together perfectly! We have 8 Pilgrims so far! So get out there and fish for more! Tricia Schneider is the outside team coordinator (pschneider@austin.rr.com). Agape still needed: Thursday movie snacks, Table/Team pictures, photo sleeves, Sat dinner decorations & Agape Feast/Snack Hope is the anchor of my soul. Hebrews 6:19 Blessings to all, Rebecca Please keep upcoming Pilgrims and the following Team members in your prayers! * Prayers * Letters * Food agape * Pillow agape Tracey Beadle Amanda Correll Chris Dunkin Jenny Gelsone Brock Gillman Lydia Glisan Liz Gray Dana Hamilton Becky Hernandez Tiffany Hodge Linda Kessie Amy Mitchhart Leigh Anne Moore Rebecca Oates Jenny Purcel Kay Quittner Renee Sample Jenny Sandoval Lauren Sorell Christy Steubing Lisa Straus Danielle Tomlinson Kathy Wallace Carol White Men s Walk 1850 Should have team selection done this week! Outside Team Coordinators are Rebecca Oates & Annie Hollingshead. Agape- need it all, sign up, sign up! But now, says the Lord the one who created you, Jacob, the one who formed you, Israel: Don t fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; when through the rivers, they won t sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you won t be scorched and flame won t burn you. (Isaiah 43:1-2 CEB)...Daniel Women s Walk 1865 Send in your team applications Now! Book Table Please continue to save your books for the book table on the walk.
Scholarship Information Hays Praise Board The updated Hays Praise Community Scholarship application is on the Hays Praise website. The current Walk fee is $230. The Hays Praise Board has requested the fee be paid as follows: 1/3 paid by Sponsor/Pilgrim 1/3 paid by Church or Local Emmaus Community 1/3 paid by Hays Praise Community Fund There are some instances the percent paid can be distributed differently. All applications are processed on an individual basis. Do you feel that your Walk was the best one ever? Would you IMPORTANT! like to share that wonderful spiritual experience with someone Please mail the Scholarship application to: else? Consider donating to the Emmaus Scholarship Fund by Hays Praise Community Treasurer mailing your check to: Judy Tennison Hays Praise Community Treasurer 219 Barton Creek Drive Judy Tennison Dripping Springs, Texas 78620 219 Barton Creek Drive Dripping Springs, Texas 78620 Clergy Information The conference is currently updating all clergy information. Make sure you send in an updated form each year. EMMAUS CLERGY INFORMATION UPDATE FORM Send completed form to Emmaus Registrar, Mail: 16400 Huebner Rd. San Antonio, Texas 78248 Email: Emmaus@umcswtx.org Fax: 210-408-4488 (The update form can be found at http://riotexas.org/emmaus/)
Are you in a reunion group? The Emmaus reunion group is comprised of two to six persons who have usually participated in a three day Walk to Emmaus. These groups provide accountability to its members while encouraging them to continue their pursuit of a life with God and His loving grace. These small follow-up groups help pilgrims translate the message conveyed on the Walk to Emmaus weekend into their daily walk with Christ. With the regular support of a few faithful friends, the gift of God s love in Jesus Christ becomes a lifestyle of Christian discipleship through the threefold discipline of piety, study, and action. Reunion groups are on the hayspraise.org website or contact your Lay Director for help. Pilgrims of Walk 1825, Welcome to the Emmaus Family! Men s Walk 1825 February 25-28, 2016 Lay Director: Don Cawood Chris Alcala Noe Alonzo Richard Arden Jim Ashley Lee Baker Mark Bear Lance Brunett Josh Burns Kerry Byrom Jeff Cremers Craig Doucet James Fewell Albert Green Greg Harkrider Wayne Harris Jerry Hinson Chris Horak John Jacobs Nick Landis Robert Lewis Travis McFarlin Johnny McNeil Charles Mohle Jack Montague Glen Odgen Kyle Orrell Michael Pennini Marvin Roberts Daniel Ross Chuck Simons Keith Smith Wes Tullai Anthony Wright Jack Yarborough May God Bless you on your Fourth Days!
Community Reports Buda/Kyle/Manchaca Nothing reported... Canyon Lake/Northshore Nothing reported... Dripping Springs/Driftwood DeColores! 2016 brought in exciting times for Dripping Springs/Driftwood Emmaus local community. We were blessed to host the first two HPE Community Gatherings at DSUMC: Walk 1825 Team Consecration in February and Walk 1825 Welcome Back in March. The awesome turnout, the inspirational music, the wonderful fellowship, and the heart-felt testimonies of the new Fourth Day showed that Hays Praise Emmaus community is growing and changing lives. To God be the glory. As we continue into 2016, a strong effort will be initiated to increase Emmaus awareness in Dripping Springs and Driftwood; to actively seek out volunteers to take leadership roles in the our local community; to bring new fundraiser ideas to support our scholarship program; and to increase participation in our local Gatherings. As Christ has called us to be His hands and feet, let us joyfully and faithfully go into our church and community proclaiming the Good News and showing those around us how that spiritual, agapefilled 72-hour retreat called the Walk to Emmaus inspired us to change our lives! Shalom, Marty Gruene Gruene continues to meet the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6:30 at GUMC. We have great pot lucks. Even when the numbers are few, we always have plenty in every category!! We will meet in April and May and break for the summer as many of our group travels during those months. We are blessed with a range of ages and interests which provides for great fellowship and discussion. We hope to see many of you there, Jamey San Marcos We had a wonderful start to 2016 with a large local gathering at Solid Rock Church on January 5, 2016. Jason Purcel gave a rousing Fourth Day speech to a very receptive crowd. Our next local gathering will be April 5 at First Lutheran church on Holland street in San Marcos. Food and fellowship at 6:30 with communion and worship to follow. Jodie Howard will be our Fourth Day speaker, and you will not want to miss a great testimony! Let s keep our sprit alive! Blessings to all, Marty Sorell Wimberley We are looking forward to our local gathering April 5. Kenneth Strange will be our fourth day speaker. We are meeting at WUMC at 6:30 for potluck. Hope to see some new faces and those that we have been missing! We look forward to seeing everyone at the Fischer Dance!
Scholarship Dinner & Dance Fischer Dance Hall April 30, 2016 Dinner 6pm - 8pm $12 Dance 8pm $10 Silent Auction 6pm - 9pm Donations - Dennis Krackau DJ - Scott Benfield Bring your friends, family, reunion group, potential pilgrims... just invite everyone! Silent Auction Items Needed Fischer BBQ Cookoff Fischer Dance Hall April 30, 2016 Categories Include: brisket, beans, ribs, chicken Entry Fee is $75 For more information contact: Kyle Smith at ks.byrn@gmail.com Friday: Meat inspection before cooking. Saturday 8am Cooks meeting. All brisket entries will donate one brisket for judging. Hays Praise Emmaus Newsletter www.hayspraise.org