January 2015 News Letter

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January Gathering –
Triple R Ranch
3531 Bunch Walnuts Rd
Chesapeake, VA 23322
Sunday – Jan. 18, 2015
Gathering @ 7:30pm
Come and sign placemats for
Chrysalis Youth
Candlelight @ 9pm
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Hello my name is…
Lay Director’s Corner
Chrysalis & Teaming
Gatherings & Records
Financial & Outreach
Training & Communication
Agape & Sponsorship/Regist.
Important Dates
Chrysalis Board
Tidewater Emmaus Board
Contact Us:
Tidewater Emmaus
P. O. Box 61485
Virginia Beach, VA 23466-1485
January 2015
Volume 27 Issue 1
This
newsletter,
you will find
some
new
names
as
well as new
positions for
the Tidewater
Emmaus Board 2015. We like to welcome to
the board our:
Newest members:
 Debbie Forehand, Director of
Training & Reunion Groups
 Greg Reinhart, Director of Records
 Penny Best, Director of Gatherings
 Preston Best, Director of
Communications/Webmaster
New positions:
 Donnie Gray, Community Lay
Director
 Leo Matuszak, Director of Team
Selection
 Charlotte Carroll, Director of
Outreach
 Cheryl Best, Director of Sponsorsip &
Registration
 Andy Barron, Director of Music
We all are honored to serve on your board for
2015 and look forward to an exciting year
serving the Lord!
For those I haven’t yet had the opportunity
to meet, my name is, Donnie Gray, I walked
on TW-92, I attend Beach Fellowship, and I
sat at the Table of the “Lifesavers.
It is an honor, and a privilege to be your
servant for 2015. I am fortunate to have a
great group on the Board of Directors.
This year we will all strive to make this a
very productive and successful year. With
God’s help this will happen. One of our goals
this year will be to increase our “numbers” at
gatherings. We have over 1,300 people in
the Tidewater Emmaus community, but
unfortunately we only average 50 to 60
people at our monthly meetings. If you have
not been attending, for whatever reason, we
invite you back. Remember how “great” and
“blessed “ you felt at Sunday closing of your
walk….You can have that feeling again by
inviting a friend, someone you walked with,
a team member, etc. to our next Gathering
on 18 January 2015. If there is something
you feel would improve our monthly
gatherings please let me know at:
[email protected].
I promise you I
will get back to you.
Remember there is no “I” in “Our
Community.” We can only be successful with
your support.
May God continue to bless you and keep you
safe. I look forward to meeting all of you this
year.
De Colores!!!
Donnie Gray
Our next boys’ and girls’ flights are January
17-19, 2015 @ Triple R Ranch in
Chesapeake, VA. Chrysalis "Flights" (for
10th through 12th graders) and "Journeys"
(for young adults, ages 19-24) are three-day
events. This three-day spiritual renewal time
provides an opportunity for you to learn
more about faith, to experience Christian
love and support, and to make new faith
commitments.
If you have a youth that would like to
experience the love of God like never before,
please send their applications in TODAY!
http://www.accentsmedia.com/chrysalis/ and
click on the link at the top APPLICATIONS
Also, please pray for these flights, teamers,
and CST!
TWC Boys’ Flight
Lay Director – Doug Mallery
TWC Girls’ Flight
Lay Director – Diane Moore
Now is the time to send in your teaming
applications for the Spring Walks. The
website has all the information you need to
apply www.tidewateremmaus.org Payment
to team must be received with the
application. DEADLINE IS JANUARY 15,
2015! Don’t
delay, apply
today!!!
Leo
Matuszak
Director
of
Team
Selection
From the Director of Gatherings:
Penny Best
God is good, all the time, and all the time,
God is good! Hello community, my name is
Penny Best I attend Rosemont Christian
Church, I walked on Tidewater 97 and sat at
the table of Anna’s Sonflower Girls!
As a newly elected board
member to our glorious
Emmaus
community,
God has led me to serve
Him as the Director of
Gatherings.
Gatherings are a time to
come together and feel
the love of our community and feel God as he
surrounds us with his loving arms! Stay
connected with friends that want to rejoice in
Gods never ending, never changing love!
Let’s come together and sing His praises!
The January Gathering will be held a
7:30PM on SUNDAY, JANUARY 18TH AT
TRIPLE R RANCH IN CHESAPEAKE! It
will be the Chrysalis flights for the boys and
girls. There is NO potluck supper prior to
Candlelight! We all need to come out and
support the caterpillars and being the face of
God for these precious teens!
De Colores!
Penny Best
TW-97
This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and
be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
My Name is Greg Reinhart, I attend Nimmo
United Methodist Church, I Walked on
TW94 and sat at the Table of Christ's Hands
CLAP!!
Hi everyone, I am blessed to have been
elected by you to serve this beloved
community for the next three years!
My wife, Deb (TW95), and I live in Virginia
Beach. I run my training and consulting
business working in the areas of Project
Management, Business Analysis, Six Sigma
and other related skills.
This year it will be my pleasure and blessing
to serve this community as the Director of
Records. I look forward to seeing you, and
speaking with you at Gatherings and other
Community events! Should you know
someone that is not currently receiving our
community information please forward it to
them
AND
let
me
know
at:
[email protected].
We wish everyone a blessed 2015.
De Colores!!
Greg
Hello, my name is Joyce Thompson, I walked
on TW-54 and sat at the table of God’s Green
Gardner’s and I have the honor to serve on
the Tidewater Emmaus Board as your
Treasurer this year.
What exactly does your treasurer do? My job
is to handle all the financial obligations for
our Community. I do what everyone does for
your personal finances, i.e. balance the check
book, pay the bills, the one thing I do that
most of us don’t do is present a monthly
report to the Board showing what we
received and how the funds were used.
If you are new to the community you may not
know that we are a 501c(3) Non-Profit
organization. We take up an offering at each
gathering (cash and checks payable to
Tidewater Emmaus are welcome) to cover
our month to month expenses. 50% of the
offering each month goes to the Tidewater
Chrysalis. You can also donate from the
website through Just Give. These donations
can be a onetime gift or set up as a recurring
donation.
Walk expenses are covered from the fees we
collect for the pilgrims and teamers. It costs
$13,000 to $15,000 for each walk, depending
on the number of pilgrims. We are required
by Wakefield to make a 50% deposit to them
60 days prior to the walk start date; this is
why we now require submission of all fees up
front.
One thing we need to do this year is replace
the teaming manuals this will cost us
approximately $900.00.
When you are
selected to team you receive a manual which
gives you information on what is expected of
you during the teaming process and on the
weekend.
At the end of teaming these
manuals are collected to be used again for
the next walk. As with all information
things are updated and changes made, our
manuals at this time are pretty old and have
pages missing. If you would like to help with
the cost of this please send a donation or put
in the offering at a gathering just make a
note that it is for the cost of the manuals.
If you have any questions please let me
know. As I said in the beginning it is an
honor to serve on the Tidewater Emmaus
Board.
De Colores!!
Joyce Thompson, Director of Finance
Hello my name is Charlotte Carroll, I walked
TW 97, I attend Beach Fellowship and I sat
at the table of Anna’s SonFlower Girls.
(CLAP)
I hope you all had a great CHRISTmas and
may your 2015 be Healthy and a Blessed
Year.
I am your new Director of Outreach and you
may reach me through email if there is a
church you would like me to talk to about the
Walk!
De Colores!
Charlotte
God— 9 not by works, so that no one can
boast.
I am married to my soul mate and best
friend, Penny. I have a step-daughter and a
step-son from my first marriage. They have
given me three beautiful granddaughters.
Penny has a daughter which just gave us a
granddaughter last May. Currently, I work
as an electrical engineer with the Naval
Facility Engineering Command at Naval
Station Norfolk.
My name is Debbie Forehand
I walked TW 89
I worship at Community UMC
And I sat at the Table of Abigail
I want to thank the community for electing
me to the board and I want to thank all of
the people who ran for the board, our
community needs all who are willing to
serve.
I have been assigned as Director of
Continuity (training/reunion groups) I have a
passion for reunion groups and cannot wait
to help in this area. If you have any
questions about how to start a Reunion
group
please
email
me
at
[email protected]
Debbie Forehand
From the Director of Communication:
Preston Best
Hello, my name is Preston Best; I walked on
TW-88, I attend Rosemont Christian Church
and sat at the table of “Men of One Accord”.
Just a little bit about myself. My favorite
Bible verse is Ephesians 2:8-9 8For it is by
grace you have been saved, through faith—
and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of
As the Director of Communication I will keep
you current on all the events and issues of
interest for the Community. You may receive
emails occasionally in addition to monthly
newsletters. I will be maintaining our
Facebook page, so all Facebook friends
should search for Tidewater Emmaus and
“Like” the page so you will stay up to date on
everything that is Emmaus!!!
As webmaster I will be responsible for
keeping the web page up to date. Please let
me know if you find anything that is
incorrect or in error on any of the pages. Just
drop me an email and I will correct any
problems. In addition I am currently working
on updating the pages for the individual
walks in the photo album section. I will be
adding all of the missing walks to the album.
Once they have been uploaded please look
them over and let me know of any
information that is incomplete or needs
correcting.
As a new board member for 2015 I am
excited about the challenges we will be
facing in the coming year. I pledge to do my
best to serve the community to the BEST of
my ability in the duties that I have been
chosen. May God bless us all as we work to
be His hands and feet.
DeColores!
Preston Best
TW-88
Director of Communication
Wanted once again to say thank you to all of
the community who made our Fall walk a
great success.
It is never too early to start getting Agape
ready for the Spring walks. Just bring what
you have to the gatherings and pass it on to
me. We do have some Agape left from the
Fall walk and we can use it for the Spring
walks. I have plenty of
space to store until the
walks. I will have place
mats to color at the
January
gathering.
Look me up and I will
give you some. If you
cannot
be
at
the
Gathering, give me a call, and I will get them
to you. I will be putting out a list of the
needed Agape items for the Spring walks in
the January newsletter.
Again thanks for all your prayers and agape
for the Fall walk. And I cannot wait to see
what you have for the Spring walks.
DeColores
Rhonda Huff, Director of Agape
Church, walked on TW 77 and sat at the
table of Hannah. I am blessed to serve this
year
as
your
Director
of
Sponsorship/Registration.
I am super
excited to be able to speak to so many of you
as you sponsor these wonderful pilgrims as
well as talk directly to the pilgrims once
their applications have been received. NOW
is the time to think about who God is laying
on your heart to walk this spring. With each
pilgrim that is sponsored, we are building
His kingdom here on Earth. We are showing
the love of Christ and strengthening His
church! Please look at these dates and first
PRAY! Then begin sharing with your family
and friends what the Walk to Emmaus is all
about. Make the invitation and then allow
the Holy Spirit to do the rest.
TW 107 Men’s Spring Walk – April 16-19,
2015
TW 108 Women’s Spring Walk – April 30 –
May 3, 2015
We must have 20 CONFIRMED pilgrims
before mid February, so please send the
applications in now. Once we make the 20
confirmed, we will continue to take
applications until the walks are full.
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we
profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let
us consider how we may spur one another on
toward love and good deeds, not giving up
meeting together, as some are in the habit of
doing, but encouraging one another—and all the
more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews
10:23-15
In Christ’s amazing love,
Hello and Happy New Year to the
Community. My name is Cheryl Best, I
worship at Hickory United Methodist
Cheryl Best
Director of Sponsorship/Registration
TW Emmaus/Chrysalis Important Dates:
 Chrysalis Candlelight /Gathering @ Triple R Ranch
 Sunday – January 18th (Note: No Potluck dinner)
 Time: 7:30
 Address: 3531 Bunch Walnuts Road. Chesapeake, VA
23322
Deadline – 20 pilgrims confirmed for TW 107
mid February
Deadline – 20 pilgrims confirmed for TW 108
mid February
Spring Walks:
TW 107 Men’s Walk
April 16 – 19, 2015
TW 108 Women’s Walk
April 30 – May 3, 2015
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Tom Almberg
2015
Jenny ManaughCampos
2017
Kellee Amburn
2017
Larry Childress
2015
Meghan Dalton
2017
Jack Davis
2025
Alicia Kelley
2017
Deby Mallery
Tim Mallery
2016
Liz McEwan
2016
Dianne Moore
2015
Jordan Moore
2017
Mandy Porter
2017
Emily Ruppert
Cathy Strong
2017
Carol Visotsky
[email protected]
PRE WEEKEND
[email protected]
PUBLICITY
[email protected]
AGAPE
[email protected]
POST WEEKEND
[email protected]
MUSIC/AGAPE
[email protected]
SPIRITUAL DIR *
[email protected]
REGISTRAR
*
[email protected]
SECRETARY
[email protected]
A. LAY DIRECTOR*
[email protected]
MUSIC
[email protected]
RECORDS
[email protected]
Y. LAY DIRECTOR
[email protected]
OUTREACH
[email protected]
WEEKEND
[email protected]
TREASURER
[email protected]
WEEKEND
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Position
Name
Email
I AM
Head Spiritual Director
Assistant Spiritual Director
Community Lay Director
Director of Agape
Director of Communication/
Webmaster
Director of Continuity
(training & reunion groups)
Director of Finance
Director of Gatherings
Director of Music
Director of Outreach
Director of Records
Director of
Sponsorship/Registration
Director of Team Selection
Director of Weekends
Chrysalis Community Lay
Director
Clark Cundiff
Sandi Benton
Plasters
Donnie Gray
Rhonda Huff
Preston Best
[email protected]
[email protected]
Debbie Forehand
Joyce Thompson
Penny Best
Andy Barron
Charlotte Carroll
Greg Reinhart
Cheryl Best
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Leo Matuszak
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Tim Mallery
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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