Together We Walk Side By Side

Bi-Monthly Newsletter of the Nashville Emmaus Community
November 2014
Together We Walk Side By Side
How important are you? More important than you might
think! Kellogg minus a farmer equals no cornflakes. Just as
Rodgers needed Hammerstein, you need someone and someone
needs you.
How important are you to our Nashville Emmaus
community? More important than you think. Without you we
don’t have spiritual formation weekends. Without you weekends
would have no pilgrims you pray for and sponsor. Without you
being on teams (conference room and background) means no
weekends.
Emmaus without you means
(fill in the blank).
Amos 3:3 says “Do two people start traveling together without
arranging to meet?” The Message
We, the Nashville Emmaus Community, met and began
walking together 30 years ago. It is wonderful to celebrate this
journey together! We met and decided we were going to be an
Emmaus Community. Our traveling together has enabled us to
meet the risen Christ as did two other travelers several hundred
years ago. (Luke 24:13-34)
Each Emmaus weekend allows us to continue walking
together as a community with new companions who will meet
Jesus Christ where they are. They will begin their walk with all of
us and bring others on the journey.
How important are you? You have become the hands and
feet of Christ, you have studied, become disciples, you live out
your Christian action. You are Emmaus! How important are you?
More important than you think – to the Emmaus community and
to the family of God.
We have just successfully completed our Fall Walks and
it would not have been possible without you walking together,
side by side.
May we continue our walk together and understand how
important we are - working together, side by side, in the ministry
of Emmaus.
Philippians 1:3
DeColores,
Edna Vaughan
In This Issue
While they were talking and discussing,
Jesus himself came near and
began walking with them...
Luke 24:15
Accountability/Reuinion Groups .........................................2
Who Do You Say I Am? ...........................................................3
Welcome New Pilgrims .............................................................3
Up Coming Events.......................................................................4
Chrysalis ............................................................................................4
4th Day..............................................................................................4
Gathering #2 ..................................................................................5
Nashville Emmaus Board .........................................................5
Face to Face.....................................................................................5
Elections ............................................................................................6
Accountability/Reunion Groups
Emmaus Walks and Face To Face Encounters are about our 4th days and Next days. We urge you to be involved with an accountability group
(also called reunion groups) to encourage and support you during your 4th day journey. As a community we want to assist in your search for an existing
group to join, find new members for your existing group or start a new group. Therefore, your Emmaus Board is asking for your assistance in this effort
by completing the following survey. This information will be used to match requests for groups by location, gender, etc. You can download and mail this
form or complete it online at www.nashvilleemmaus.org/Reunion_Groups/
Your participation is truly appreciated as we endeavor to support our community members not only on the Emmaus Weekends but every day
of our lives as followers of Jesus.
DeColores.
Who do you say that I am?
In Matthew (16:15b-16) Jesus asks the disciples, “Who do you say I am?”
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
Peter answered this question without much thought or (as a
good friend says) the words sort of fell out of his mouth, “You are the
Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Did Peter truly understand what
these words meant for his own personal life or what Jesus was actually
questioning? Unfortunately not until Jesus was crucified and resurrected
did Peter truly being to understand. We all follow in Peter’s footsteps
at times but God is mercifully in the business of changing lives. How
blessed we are that God uses Emmaus as one of the ways to reveal
who Jesus is and how He loves and transforms us.
During our 4th day experience we are faced with Jesus’
question … “Who do you say I am?” We could answer this question
with words, but more importantly we could be answering it with our
actions. In other words what does your life and my life say about WHO
Jesus is? Who do our relationships say that He is? Who does our bank
account say that He is? Who does our time say that He is? Who do
our commitments say that He is? I believe that when you and I start
answering Jesus’ question by looking into our actions, then we get to
the heart and intent of the question that Jesus is asking. And as we live
out our 4th day experience in response to this question, it has the
potential to lead us into a deeper walk with Christ and into a deeper
service to the people we encounter. If we follow this implication to its
full extent, we see that every single circumstance in life is really an
opportunity to answer Jesus’ question, “Who do you say that I am?”
with our lives.
When I think about the resources God has blessed me with –
Jesus is asking, “Who do you say that I am?”
When I think about the needs of others –
Jesus is asking, “Who do you say that I am?”
When I encounter people on the fringe, folks that are written off and
pushed to the outside of life –
Jesus is asking, “Who do you say that I am?”
In the way that I relate to my
spouse and children –
Jesus is asking, “Who do you say
that I am?”
In the choices that I make in my
personal life –
Jesus is asking, “Who do you say
that I am?”
In the way that I spend my time –
Jesus is asking, “Who do you say
that I am?”
We cannot escape this question.
Every circumstance in life is an
opportunity through our actions to
proclaim that Jesus is the Messiah,
the Son of the Living God. May our
4th day be a loving and joyous
exclamation of who God is!
De Colores,
John Arnold,
Community Spiritual Director
Welcome To Emmaus
Community
Please welcome the Pilgrims of Men’s Walk #187
and Women’s Walk #188 to the
Nashville Emmaus Community.
Walk #187
Lee Alexander
Alan Bain
Greg Brandon
Brian Brown
Mark Cummings
Bobby Finney
Tony Jackson
Kirk Jones
Fred Kimbrell
Clemmie Long
Steve Phillips
Alan Rogers
Erik Sapre
Lance Schade
Roddy Strattman
Keith Thomason
Dave Willover
Tom Wiseman
Walk #188
Megan Alexander
Amy Brown
Valerie Bumpus
Teresa Cheek
Ashley Craig
Suzanne DuVall
Brandy Eddings
Toni Fisher
Tania Jones
Joy Kimbrell
Taryn King
Pam Moudy
Cindy Phiffer
Chrystal Phillips
Sheila Rogers
Laura Shyblosky
Opal Wedgewood
Kim White
Grace Williams
Christy Willover
Vivian Wiseman
Gatherings
December 6 – Andrew Price UMC,
Nashville
February, 2015 – Christ UMC,
McMinnville
Emmaus Walks
Men’s April 2-9, 2015
Women’s April 23-26, 2015
Men’s October 1-4, 2015
Women’s October 15-18, 2015
Chrysalis Flights
Girl’s Flight January 17-19, 2015, Fellowship UMC,
Murfreesboro
Boy’s Flight February 14-16, 1015, Fellowship
UMC, Murfreesboro
Face To Face Encounter
May 6, 7, 13, 14 2014 • Hilldale UMC
Clarksville
Check the Community website for the latest schedule
Chrysalis
What’s Happening in Your 4th Day?
We all remember our own Emmaus experience and what it
meant to us personally. We held that cross at Closing and
answered the questions about what the Walk meant to us
and what we are going to do about it.
Others can benefit from our stories of what happened next.
They are witness to God’s work in our lives and an inspiration
to others as they persevere in life’s challenges. If you would like
to submit your story for consideration, please email it to the
Candlelight Editor at [email protected]
The dates are set for the winter flights. The Girl’s Flight will be
January 17-19, 2015 and the Boy’s Flight a month later on
February 14-16, 2015. Both will be held at Fellowship UMC in
Murfreesboro.
Our Board continues to look for a few more lay and clergy
members. Let us know if you would like more information.
Fly with Christ,
Patrice Rullo
Nashville Chrysalis
Community Director
Attention!!! Gathering #2
More Opportunities to Renew Emmaus Friendships
and Make New Friends!
Our second community gathering is scheduled for
December 6th at 6:00 pm at Andrew Price UMC. The church
address is 2846 Lebanon Pike, Nashville. The meal will be
potluck with the drinks, plates, napkins and utensils provided.
Mark your calendar for Dec. 6th. Bring your favorite dish and
join us for a joyous Christmas gathering.
NOTE: Our 3rd Community Gathering will be at Christ UMC,
McMinnville, February, 2015
If your Emmaus Group is interested in hosting a gathering,
please contact: Jeanne Bell [email protected]
Face To Face
The dates for the 2015 Encounter are May 6, 7, 13, 14
at Hilldale UMC in Clarksville. We appreciate the Community
support in encouraging pilgrims to attend.
Face to Face is looking for some kind people to make
banners for us. It would be so great to have our very own, some
we could fold because as we move around we have to pack
everything in boxes. If you can do this, please contact Pat Mishler
at [email protected] or 615-406-1367.
2014 Nashville Emmaus Board of Directors
Executive Leadership
Edna Vaughan - Community Lay Director
Charlene Eubank - Secretary
Jon Bell - Treasurer
Lay Board Members
Greg Engroff - Registrar • Immediate Past Community Lay Director
Jeannie Bell
Sandie Glover
Steve Grayson
Carla Hunt
Nancy LeSuer
Hugh Mason
Jane Melrose
Pat Mishler
John Nance
Bill Nelson
Sam Trott
Clergy
John Arnold - Community Spiritual Director
Allen Weller - Assistant Community Spiritual Director
Jon Bell
Loyd Mabry
Ex-Officio
Patrice Rullo - Chrysalis
For More Info on Board Members and their areas of service, or
to email a Board Member
NashvilleEmmaus.org/About_Us/
It’s time to elect new member to the Nashville Emmaus Community Board of Directors. Their terms will start January 1, 2015.
We need to elect 5 lay persons and 2 clergy. Members of the Nashville Emmaus Community are eligible to vote.
Ballots must be received by November 30, 2014 to be counted.
You can vote online at www.nashvilleemmaus.org/custpage.cfm/frm/12849/form/12849/
or by printing this ballot and mailing it to Nashville Emmaus Community, P.O. Box 292643, Nashville, TN 37229.