The Light August 2012 - DaySpring Emmaus of Southern Indiana

The Official Publication
of the DaySpring
Emmaus Community
of Southern Indiana
August 2012
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a Light to my path
~ Psalm 119:105
COMMUNITY LAY DIRECTOR’S LETTER
Dear Emmaus Community,
What an honor it is for me to serve our Lord and Savior in this capacity as Community Lay Director! God has called me to this task
and has surrounded me with an incredible board to work alongside this year.
As President-Elect or Assistant Community Lay Director, I had a few small tasks to perform, but I mainly observed. While
observing, I saw a group of people who were working hard behind the scenes making sure this community, the Emmaus experience, is
as good for future pilgrims as it was for each one of us. I was hesitant to mention people by name for fear of leaving someone out, but
there are some things that I feel deserve mention.
I will start with the work Mike Finn has done. He is community registrar, but he has also been the driving force to make sure all of
our service sheets get uploaded to a database that will eliminate the need for the super-sized binders that are currently used for team
selection. Once the database is up and running, future lay directors will have every community member who has a service sheet on file
at their fingertips. We hope to be able to use the database for the walks beginning in 2013. So, if you have an outdated service sheet,
or never turned one in, please make sure to get that in the hands of Mike as soon as possible.
Another large undertaking this past year was the work of Sharon Click. One of her roles on the board is taking care of our manuals
and she has been great! She worked with Becky Mitchell to come up with an updated moment-by-moment. She has also made sure LD
manuals are up to date with the newest material.
Angie Wagner has worked diligently to make sure the trailer is set up and user friendly.
Then there is Carol Shrewsbury who took over gatherings last summer and has organized something for the community every
month over the past year. She has put in a lot of work, but also submitted to the Holy Spirit's leading and the results have been some
pretty special gatherings.
I really could go on and on about the behind the scenes work being done by board members, but none of them do any of it for
recognition. They do it so others may come to know Christ in a deeper way as they experience the Walk to Emmaus.
Be sure to try to make the gatherings. They are held at 7:30 p.m. on the first Friday of every month, except for the months when
there is a walk. It's a great time to reconnect with people you haven't seen in a while and most importantly spend time with the Lord.
I'd also like to personally welcome the new board members, Brent Cox, Eloise Carlisle, Jamie Hayden, Dan Brunmeier and Neil
Lancaster. I'd also like to welcome our new community Spiritual Director, Tim Johnson. God has got big things planned for them and I
look forward to having a front-row seat to watch.
In closing, I want to share an exercise I did with our youth group the other night at church. I split them up into four groups of four.
I asked one group to build a Ford Explorer, another group a log cabin, one group a staircase and finally a group to make a four layer
wedding cake. It didn't take them long to realize that they were missing some pretty important stuff. They didn't have materials and
they didn't have any instructions. Living a Christian life is the same way, we can't do it without the proper materials and instructions.
This community is one of the many ingredients that have helped me build this Christian life, along with prayer, fellowship and many
others. But having the ingredients isn't enough, we must open our instruction book, the Bible, to make sure we are using those
ingredients in the right way. I challenge each of us to continue to gather the necessary ingredients to live a life that is pleasing to God
and spend time in His word to make sure we are using those ingredients the way He wants us to!
Blessings, much love and DeColores,
George Browning
DaySpring Community Lay Director
Mark your calendar …
Dedication for Walks 113 and 114
Sunday, Sept. 30th, 3:00 - 6:00 pm
@ Graceland Baptist Church, 3600 Kamer Miller Road, New Albany
* * Dedication is open to Teams and Community * *
Men’s Walk 113
Women’s Walk 114
Indian Creek Baptist Camp
Indian Creek Baptist Camp
Send Off – Oct. 11th, 7:00 pm
Candlelight – Oct. 13th, 7:30 pm
Send Off – Oct. 18th, 7:00 pm
Candlelight – Oct. 20th, 7:30 pm
@ Old Capitol UMC
141 West Heidelberg Road NW, Corydon
@ Old Capitol UMC
141 West Heidelberg Road NW, Corydon
Closing – Oct. 14th, 4:00 pm
Closing – Oct. 21st, 4:00 pm
Follow-Up / Gathering for Walks 113 and 114
Saturday, Nov. 3rd
Follow-up: 4:25 – 5:25 pm
Gathering: 5:25 – 7:25 pm
@ Georgetown Christian Church, 9420 State Rd 64, Georgetown, IN
Friday, September 7, 2012
7:25 PM - 9:25 PM
Tunnel Hill Christian Church
5105 Old Georgetown Road, Georgetown
DAYSPRING REC UPCOMING WALKS
August 24 – 26
Harrison County Women
Jeannie Melton, Lay Director
Candlelight @ 6:30 pm – Old Capitol UMC, Corydon
141 W. Heidelberg Road NW, Corydon
September 7 – 9
Clark County Men
Rick Missi, Lay Director
Candlelight @ 6:30 pm – Ohio Falls UMC, Clarksville
917 South Virginia Avenue, Clarksville, Indiana
September 28 - 30
Branchville Correctional Facility
Tom Dennison, Lay Director
Candlelight @ 6:30 pm – (Central) / 7:30 pm (Eastern)
Branchville Correctional Facility
21390 Old State Road 37, Branchville, Indiana
*** Must provide LD with name & drivers license # one week
prior to walk or you will NOT be admitted ***
October 26 - 28
Clark County Women
Kristie Anderson, Lay Director
Candlelight @ 6:30 pm – Ohio Falls UMC, Clarksville
917 South Virginia Avenue, Clarksville, Indiana
November 9 - 11
Jennings County Men
Daryll Walters, Lay Director
Candlelight @ 6:30 pm – First United Methodist Church, North Vernon
240 West Poplar Street, North Vernon, Indiana
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the
LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.”
– Jeremiah 29:11
Cornerstone Chrysalis Event
for all Butterflies from prior
Flights and potential
Caterpillars for Flight #49
in January 2013
(more details on Flight #49
will follow in September 2012
newsletter)
Is there a teen in your life that you
could sponsor on a Chrysalis? Well
here is your chance. The next
Cornerstone Chrysalis Flight (#49)
will be from January 19 - 21, 2012 at
the Flaget Center, 1935 Lewiston
Drive in Louisville. Directions are
available on the website.
Applications are being accepted
now. For more information, visit
http://www.dayspringemmaus.org/
chrysalissponsorship
All Journey and Flight event times are:
Send Off:
8:30 am
Candlelight: 8:00 pm
Closing:
4:00 pm
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come!
We’re on Facebook. Search for
“DaySpring
Emmaus
Community
(Southern IN)” and click on “join
group.”
All
Emmaus
community
events and happenings will be posted
on this page. Stay on top of all the
latest news and events.
Calling all cooks
We are looking for volunteers to
help
out
the
teams
as
they
prepare for upcoming walks. If you
DaySpring Emmaus is updating its
community database. This information
is taken from returned service sheets
and online registration at
www.dayspringemmaus.org. If you
have not completed and returned a
service sheet recently or signed up on
the home page of the website, please
do so at your first convenience. We
need your information so that we can
keep you informed of all DaySpring
community news.
have
a
group
(reunion
group,
church group, etc.) that would be
interested
in
helping
out
occasionally by preparing meals for
the
teams
meetings,
at
the
please
[email protected]
Banners Needed
Do you like doing arts and crafts? If so, we have a great
opportunity for you to share your gift with the
community. Agape is looking for new banners. During
the walks the pilgrims are amazed at how the community
shows their agape love when banners are paraded
around them. Please contact Becky Mitchell at
[email protected] for more information.
various
contact
Do you remember how much your Walk to Emmaus
meant to you? It would not have been possible
without the prayer and sacrifice of your sponsor. The
responsibilities of being a sponsor are many and
crucial to the effectiveness of the experience. You can
share God’s love with someone you know by sponsoring him or her during an
Emmaus weekend. There is still room on the October men’s and women’s
walks. For more information about sponsorship, visit the Forms page at
www.dayspringemmaus.org
Matthew 28:19
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit”
What is a Reunion Group?
The Emmaus group reunion is a small accountability group of two to 12 persons who have usually participated in
the three-day Walk to Emmaus and who want to continue their pursuit of a life lived wholly in the grace of God.
These small follow-up groups help pilgrims translate the message conveyed on the Walk to Emmaus weekend
into a 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.
Group reunions meet at regular times, usually weekly for an hour. The meeting consists of persons' sharing the
stories of their walk with Christ during the past week. Members listen to one another, celebrate the grace of God
in each person's life, and reinforce each one's core commitment to living in union with Christ in all facets of daily
life. Members express that reinforcement through gentle accountability, encouragement, and support of one's
stated discipline and plans.
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DAYSPRING EMMAUS BOARD ROSTER
George Browning
Michael May
Darcy Hollingsworth
Lynn Finn
Neil Lancaster
Dan Brunmeier
Jamie Hayden
Tim Johnson
Shell Law
Carol Shrewsbury
Donnie Peacher
Sharon Click
Eloise Carlisle
Becky Mitchell
Angie Wagner
Rod Wehrli
Brent Cox
Mike Finn
Phyllis Krush
Alan Miles
Loreana Sutherlin
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