03/10/2010       Applications For Men's Spring Walk

A reminder that applications for the Men's Spring Walk #73 (April 8-11),must be turned in by Monday, March 15, 2010.

03/01/2010       March Gathering

The March Gathering will be held at Farmville Methodist Church on March 20, 2010, beginning at 6:30 p.m.. Bring snacks to help feed a hungary bunch of Christians.

03/01/2010       February Board Meeting

Ronnie Cyrus updated the Board on the upcoming Men's Walk.

Louisa Lackey, Jeanne Dunkum and Bob Anderton were appointed by the Board to review the existing Emmaus by-laws and report any findings to the Board.

A discussion was held concerning a potential news letter which will be discussed further at the March Board meeting.

Paul Beighley reported on area KIROS activities and the Board agreeded to adopt the KIROS weekend of April 22-25. Appliactions to attend the KIROS closing at Greensville CC can be obtained from Paul or Jim Davis.

Jim Davis, Chris Cheatham and Linda Lewis along with past lay director's will begin developing a training program for new Weekend Lay Director's.

Jim Davis requested that the Board Members be prepared to discuss the starting of Gatherings at an earlier hour at the March meeting. Any Community comments are wanted.

The 2010 Upper Room Agreement was completed and forwarded to the Upper Room

Additional Pilgrims are needed at the Men's and Women's up coming Walks.

02/26/2010       Gathering Candles

Again I would like to remind everyone that we can NO longer use real candles at the Candlelight service. We have to use battery operated candles. Please make an attempt to purchase one prior to the April Men's Walk.

02/26/2010       Behind the Scenes Help

Would you like to help Behind the Scenes of a Walk (BTS)? If you would like to see what goes on and give back to the Community, we have four (4) walks this year and many opportunities for you to help. If you can be there for an hour or a day, you will be blessed either way.

We are also looking for people who would be willing to be trained to be a BTS coordinator. The rewards are unbelivable.

You can help the following times:

Spring Men's Walk
Thursday April 8th to Sunday April 11th around 4:00 p.m.

Sprin Women's Walk
Thursday May 20th to Sunday May 23rd around
4:00 p.m

Fall Men's Walk
Thursday Sept. 16th to Sunday Sept. 19th around 4:00 p.m.

Fall Women's Walk
Thursday Oct. 14th to Sunday Oct. 17th around 4:00 p.m.

The Spring BTS for the Walks will be coordinated by Suzanne Huddleston
The Fall BTS for the Walks will be coordinated by Joyce Redford

If you would be willing to help on any of these, contact anyone listed below.

Suzanne Huddleston (Spring Walks) (804)-598-5422
Email: info@southsideemmaus.org

Joyce Redford (Fall Walks) (434)-696_2127 (Work)
Email: info@southsideemmaus.org

You may also contact Dale Newman (Community Agape Coordinator) (434)-738-0628
Email: raneyday@wildblue.net

02/05/2010       Greensville CC Kairos

Greensville CC is like three (3) prisons in one, so we they have six (6) events per year.

April 22-25 Kairos #22 Leader is Dan Duquette

April 22-25 Kairos #23 Leader is Dave Armstrong

May 20-23 Kairos #24 Leader is Steve Reynolds

Sept. 23-26 Kairos #25 Leader is Graham Beach

Oct. 21-24 Kairos #26 Leader is Tom Verbeke

Nov. 22-24 Karios #27 Leader TBA

Nottoway CC has two (2) Kairso events a year, they are scheduled for May and November and the leader is Chaplain Mike Rowland.

Applications to attend the closing gathering can be obtained from Paul Beighley at the February gathering.

01/22/2010       Kairos Outside

The purpose of Kairos Outside is to demonstrate God\\\'s Grace and love through Christian support for women who have loved ones who are or who have been incarcerated. Kairos is designed to support the families of men and women who are or have been incarcerated in the county\'s state and federal correctional facilities, as well as county jails and youth offender programs. The spouses, parents and other relatives of the incarcerated often \"do time\" right along with their loved ones. It is important for them to know that they are not alone and that there is a Christian community that cares.

Check out the calendar for Kairos Outside activities and the Kairos Web page link that will be added to SSE links. You can contact them at kocentral@ameliais.com

01/20/2010       Personal Agape Letters

Personal agape comes in the form of personal letters to pilgrims written by their family members, friends and sometimes members of the Emmaus Community in general. Personal agape letters are powerful evidence to each pilgrim that her or she is personally loved by those who know the pilgrim best. Each sponsor quietly requests and collects eight (8) to twelve (12) personal agape letters and wraps them with a ribbon, and delivers them to the agape coordinator of the Walk. If the agape coordinator receives more than twelve(12) letters, the will be delivered to the pilgrim as a Fourth-Day surprise.

01/19/2010       Walk #74 Women'sTeam

Paul Beighley, Susie Brack, JoJo Burgwyn, Dot Carey, Beverly Cyrus, Michelle Drinkard,Jeane Dunkum, Sue Eggleston, Pam Elder, Harriet Faulkner, Jennifer Fowler, Jeri Harlow, Robin Harvey,Susan Hawks, Beverly Hedgepeth, Carolyn Jolly (LD), Corene Knicely, Louisa Lackey, Linda Lewis, Rena Lewis, Katie Matthews, Shannon Miles, Renee Mills, Pat Montogomery, Betty Morris, Pam Robinson, Bobbie, Sammons, Tery Self, Lynn Simms, Harriet Wilkes

01/19/2010       Walk #73 Men's Team

Tommy Armsstrong, Jim Bollinger. Don Carey, Ken Copeland, Ronnie Cyrus (LD), Lee Davis Jr., Mark Davis, Buz Edwards, Mitch Eggleston, Ron Frost, Cale Godfrey, Robert Green, Page Hardy, Todd Hoar, Jim Hofler, Tom Jolly, David Lester, Bruce Montgomery, Johnnie Morris, Dale Newman,Jim Price, Brian Robertson, Allen Taylor, Ken Thraser, Gene Williams