The National Presbyterian - North Texas Presbyterian Pilgrimage
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The National Presbyterian - North Texas Presbyterian Pilgrimage
June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 The National Presbyterian The National Presbyterian A News Magazine of the National Council of Presbyterian Fourth Day Movements and the National Council of Presbyterian Cursillo “...everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Volume 17, No 3 www.cursillo.us Page 1 www.cursillo.us/4thday.htm June, 2014 “ Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. “I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. “ The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. “ The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost “ When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Acts 2:1-4, 2:14, 2:16-21 NIV “ Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. “ They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. “ All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them...... Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. ...this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: “ ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. “I’m just a big old palanca machine!” The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 Contents 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 5. 5. 6. 7. 7. 8. 9. 9. 9. 10. 10. 10. 11. 12. 12. 13. 13. 13. 13. 14. 14 15. 15. 15. 15. 15. 16. 16. 17. 17. 18. The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost Cartoon Contents Your Very Own Angel: Editorial: I Would Like to Believe… National Councils to Meet Group Palanca Origins of Fathers Day Cartoon National Training and Council Meetings Nothing Happens... The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence Group Reunion Remember the Tornado Cartoon The Important Job of Ambassador in your Church From Eastern Oklahoma Make a Joyful Noise Praise the Lord Book Review: It’s Indescribable Would You Believe? Cartoon What is Palanca, Any way? Rita and Roy Palanca Piedmont Conference Report Something New Shake it Off and Step Up DeColores The Prayer Banner Palanca—the Gift of Giving From the Communities Cartoon Planning List of Special Dates Web Sites Weekends Currently Scheduled Scheduled National Training Dates Contacts—Who to e-mail or call for information and pilgrim or staff applications God is Love Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:7-8 NIV Page 2 The National Presbyterian June, 2014 A Publication of The National Council of Presbyterian Fourth Day Movements and The National Council of Presbyterian Cursillo The Communities: Alabama Presbyterian Cursillo Arkansas Presbyterian Pilgrimage Austin (Texas) Presbyterian Pilgrimage Chicagoland Presbyterian Pilgrimage Colorado Presbyterian Pilgrimage Eastern Oklahoma Presbyterian Cursillo Eastern Virginia Presbyterian Pilgrimage Florida Presbyterian Cursillo Georgia Presbyterian Cursillo Houston Presbyterian Pilgrimage Indiana Presbyterian Cursillo James (Virginia) Presbyterian Pilgrimage Louisiana Presbyterian Pilgrimage Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage-Detroit Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage-Lake Michigan Mississippi Presbyterian Cursillo Nebraska/Iowa {GPPP} Presbyterian Pilgrimage North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage—East North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage—Piedmont North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage—West North Texas Presbyterian Pilgrimage Oklahoma Presbyterian Pilgrimage Palo Duro (Texas) Presbyterian Cursillo Peaks (Virginia) Presbyterian Pilgrimage Shenandoah (Virginia) Presbyterian Pilgrimage South Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage Tennessee Valley Presbyterian Cursillo Editor—Tom Fox [email protected] Your very own angel says that God doesn't care whether you have a great voice— having a great love is enough to sing in the heavenly choir of angels. The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 Editorial: I would like to believe… ...that my 401(k) will quadruple in value this afternoon. ...that the Atlanta Braves will win every single remaining game in their 2014 schedule. ...that our most recent pilgrims will have returned home from their Cursillo or Pilgrimage weekend and have taken up, with complete understanding, every aspect of the fourth day ministry to which they have been called. The market could have a great afternoon, and the Braves could have a great season…but… That’s why our communities understand the need to communicate with the fourth day...well, most of them do. Most realize that it is simply not enough to push pilgrims through a very full 72 hour orientation about God’s love and then expect them to go home and take up the effective ministry of reform and evangelism to which they are being called. Most of our communities and their leaders realize that the real test of their leadership comes when the pilgrims are in the fourth day. Most of our communities and their leaders realize that their main purpose is to help guide the fourth day into and through the ministry to which they are called. Most realize the critical need to communicate with the fourth day so that they can take an active part in our ministry. Communication is available through training, through gatherings—such as Ultreyas—through reunion groups—through information bulletins such as e-mail updates and prayer concerns— through telephone and personal contacts with the fourth day and through our community and national news publications. Many…do a fairly good job keeping the fourth day informed. If your community does not; if you’ve seen no information bulletins, have not been invited to join a reunion group, have not received your community newsletter, I suggest that you get on the phone to your leaders now and inquire why not. Tom Page 3 National Councils To Meet The summer meeting of the National Council of Presbyterian Fourth Day Movements and The National Council of Presbyterian Cursillo is scheduled August 22 and 23, 2014 for Grand Rapids, Michigan. The meeting, which will be hosted by Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage communities, and the Chicagoland Presbyterian Pilgrimage community, will be preceded as usual by our national training. The events will take place at John Knox Presbyterian Church, 4150 Kalamazoo Avenue, Grand Rapids, MI 49508. The phone number of the church is (616) 455-5060. The meeting will begin at noon on Friday with lunch and continue until about 3 pm on Saturday. There will be a Celebration/Ultreya hosted by the communities of Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage – Lake Michigan and Detroit, and Chicagoland Presbyterian Pilgrimage. A listing of lodging options is available, complete with rates and phone numbers. If you would rather lodge in a home of one of our Fourth Day, please let us know as soon as possible so we can line up lodging for you. Contact Dave Andrus or Sue Clark for the list, or for housing in a member’s home. (See Below) You may fly into the Gerald R. Ford Airport (GRR) in Grand Rapids located just minutes from the hotels and John Knox Presbyterian Church. Please let us know your travel plans should you have transportation needs. Typical late August weather is in the 80’s and humid. We have an air-conditioned church secured for your comfort. There will be a National Training provided prior to the meeting. More information will follow from the Trainers. Contact: Sue Ann Clark [email protected] (616) 485-6957 Training Contact: Dave Hamilton [email protected] (501) 915-9015 The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 Group Palanca One of the things that most impressed me when I first attended North Georgia Walk to Emmaus over 20 years ago, was what we now call “Group Palanca”. As I recall, the word “Agape” was used instead of “Palanca” in WTE. Group Palanca was something made by a local group—a reunion group, or the fourth day members of a local church, or whatever. It was made to be distributed to the pilgrims and sometimes team members on an upcoming weekend. Some such offerings were edible, others “merely” inspirational. I recall four of us spending an evening creating “Life Saviors” - re-wrapping Life Saver candy rolls with a wrapper that referred to Jesus as our ‘Life Savior’ and including an appropriate scripture. Other concoctions included a lot of M&M’s and other goodies. One of our 4th day groups assembled ‘cocoons’ and other ‘pillow palanca’. I soon started something called “Mama Emmaus’ Italian Style Trail Mix” - which became “John Calvin’s Geneva Style Trail Mix” shortly after Georgia Presbyterian Cursillo got started. We still make it for each weekend, today. A bag is typically given out to each pilgrim and staff member just before the showing of the “Music Box” video on Saturday evenings. Page 4 Below are the labels we have printed on “sticker stock”. We attach the labels, one on the front and the other on the back, of special bags we buy to distribute the trail mix. Typically, we gather at First Presbyterian Church, Douglasville, Georgia the Sunday evening before each weekend. There is a table of “Label Stickers” peeling and sticking labels on bags. There is another table of “Trail Mixers” combining the ingredients and loading the bags with trail mix. Aside from the obvious benefit of providing a useful item of palanca for the Cursillo weekend, the making of the trail mix is the only time fourth day folk gather in our church—other than the 2 to 4 of us who gather to pray for the pilgrims and staff Thursday evening. There are many other things that can be made and given as group palanca. Try giving out peanut brittle, or a sucker shaped like the number “1” for a going home snack called “One For The Road.” You might consider making a little booklet concerning service in the fourth day and call it “Now What?” Perhaps a little container of souvenir earth or pebbles from your weekend camp might be a good remembrance. Group palanca should always include a label or sheet explaining what is intended. An included scripture is most appropriate. Tom The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 Father’s Day is a most suitable occasion for the fourth day to honor, as is Mother’s Day. Here’s a bit of information about the former. Origins of Fathers Day On July 19, 1910, the governor of the U.S. state of Washington proclaimed the nation’s first “Father’s Day.” However, it was not until 1972, 58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official, that the day became a nationwide holiday in the United States. The campaign to celebrate the nation’s fathers did not meet with the same enthusiasm– perhaps because, as one florist explained, “fathers haven’t the same sentimental appeal that mothers have.” Page 5 de-commercialize the holidays. Struggling retailers and advertisers redoubled their efforts to make Father’s Day a “second Christmas” for men, promoting goods such as neckties, hats, socks, pipes and tobacco, golf clubs and other sporting goods, and greeting cards. When World War II began, advertisers began to argue that celebrating Father’s Day was a way to honor American troops and support the war effort. By the end of the war, Father’s Day may not have been a federal holiday, but it was a national institution. In 1972, in the middle of a hard-fought presidential re-election campaign, Richard Nixon signed a proclamation making Father’s Day a federal holiday at last. Today, economists estimate that Americans spend more than $1 billion each year on Father’s Day gifts. Copied from the internet. In 1909,a Spokane,Washington woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six children raised by a widower, tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother’s Day for male parents. She went to local churches, the YMCA, shopkeepers and government officials to drum up support for her idea, and she was successful: Washington State celebrated the nation’s first statewide Father’s Day on July 19, 1910. Slowly, the holiday spread. In 1916, President Wilson honored the day by using telegraph signals to unfurl a flag in Spokane when he pressed a button in Washington, D.C.In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge urged state governments to observe Father’s Day. However, many men continued to disdain the day. As one historian writes, they “scoffed at the holiday’s sentimental attempts to domesticate manliness with flowers and giftgiving, or they derided the proliferation of such holidays as a commercial gimmick to sell more products–often paid for by the father himself.” During the 1920s and 1930s, a movement arose to scrap Mother’s Day and Father’s Day altogether in favor of a single holiday, Parents’ Day. Every year on Mother’s Day, pro-Parents’ Day groups rallied in New York City’s Central Park–a public reminder, said Parents’ Day activist and radio performer Robert Spere, “that both parents should be loved and respected together.” Paradoxically, however, the Depression derailed this effort to combine and “Somehow I feel secure here, almost as if I was in Jesus’ arms” The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 National Training & Council Meetings Submitted by Carol Rudesill of GPPP Community. While Great Plains Presbyterian Pilgrimage #15 was being held, I attended National Training and the SPRING meeting of the National Fourth Day Council. I met representatives from many Cursillo or Pilgrimage spiritual renewal communities from across the nation. For the Cursillo weekends, sometimes men and women attend separately and sometimes only members of one denomination can attend. Pilgrimage weekends are open to men and women of any denomination.* My 500-mile drive took me from Omaha to Edmond, Oklahoma. I was blessed to stay at the home of Cay Wright – MOM to GPPP’s Debby Westby. It was a special treat to find a welcome note and mint on my bed, left by this very sweet lady. It was nice to stay with someone I had met when she served with us for GPPP weekends. Cay is a member of Oklahoma Presbyterian Pilgrimage, the group that hosted the training and meeting at Santa Fe Presbyterian Church. They served us seven abundant meals and provided great music leadership. They hosted many people in their homes and provided transportation to and from the church. They served us with the love of Christ - - just as all guests are served at any Cursillo or Pilgrimage weekend, as you remember! Training began midday Thursday and ended before lunch on Friday. I learned that by 1969 three-day spiritual renewal weekends had been held in 43 countries and enriched the lives of 600,000 people. These weekends are offered by a number of denominations. Presbyterians held their first Cursillo weekend in 1985 in South Carolina. There are now 25 Presbyterian Cursillo or Pilgrimage groups; two groups are in the planning phase. In order to support the work of these groups, the National Council was formed in 1999. As we broke for lunch Friday, our training group of 15 grew to 35 as others arrived for the National Council Meeting. Representatives had come from 13 states: Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas. We began our meeting with spirit-filled praise music and prayer. After handling a few items of business, we heard reports from the various representatives about what is being planned in their communities. Page 6 Though there are slight variations all communities follow the pattern of thoughtful talks, time for discussion, worship, music, and blessings for all! Following all weekends an Ultreya gathering is held. The first worldwide Ultreya was held in Rome in 1966. Our hosts provided a wonderful Ultreya Potluck Friday evening. Dinner was followed with lively singing, worship and the Lord’s Supper – a very meaningful closing to our day. We gathered again Saturday morning for Spiritfilled music, a prayer and great devotion. Business was conducted with respect for the opinions of others. We learned of some needs of the National Council, and were encouraged to attend National Training or the National Council meetings when possible. A training opportunity will precede the next Council meeting which will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan in August 2014. They promise a chance for anyone who attends to get more of the great fudge they brought to us. As we wrapped up our morning discussions and prepared to break for lunch, the doors of the sanctuary opened. Music filled the room as several guitar players and many singers surrounded us and sang “Shine, Jesus, Shine” – “Have You Seen Jesus My Lord” - “I am the Resurrection and the Life” and others! We were filled with the JOY found in any Cursillo or Pilgrimage weekend. OPP members took care of us – and then thanked us for us being there as part of their FAMILY. We each received a bag of goodies, gifts, and notes of blessing. I felt so loved by all who served. As I drove home, I saw fields turning green and flowers budding. I searched my radio for Christian Music and happened on a lively Spanish radio station. It reminded me of one of my favorite Pilgrimage songs - “DeColores” - “All in color the fields love to dress in all during the springtime”. I started singing those words out loud. I prayed for the GPPP15 team and guests, and for all God has planned for Cursillos or Pilgrimages in the future . I thank the GPPP community for the privilege of attending these events. May you all always be blessed through your relationship with any Cursillo or Pilgrimage community. *Thanks very much to Carol for this report. I’m not aware that any of our communities hold single sex weekends—though most Cursillo method weekends held by other groups are single sex. Presbyterian Cursillo weekends can accept as pilgrims only Presbyterians. Tom The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 Page 7 Nothing Happens... In business there is an old saying with which you may be familiar - "Nothing happens until somebody sells something!" The Cursillo equivalent is "Nothing happens until somebody recruits a pilgrim." We get an awful lot of lip service about the need to promote the fourth day - but almost nobody ever admits that they really need to get going and actually work hard to recruit pilgrims - to attend our weekends—to join the fourth day—to become active in the fourth day. I still remember a former national moderator of our movement - telling us that it was the Holy Spirit's responsibility to call pilgrims to our weekends, and if we didn't get very many pilgrims to attend our weekends, it wasn't our fault. Yes, the fourth day is important - it's very important - but you have to have fourth day people pilgrims - to carry out the work of the Lord - and we won't get them by sitting there, wringing our hands and blaming the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is calling people to Cursillo, but a lot of people are hard of listening, and need someone to help them hear the Holy Spirit’s call. There seems to be a wishful feeling that we'll create workers for our movement/ministry by pushing the fourth day after the weekend. My wife Sandy's experience was different - she was Associate Pastor of our church in Douglasville for 20 years. On the first days people were back from a Cursillo weekend, she would get calls from some of that weekend's pilgrims asking what they could do to help, what work they should take up. For some strange and unaccountable reason, we 'Frozen Chosen' are as reluctant to recruit pilgrims as we are to undertake serious evangelism. Over the years, Sandy and I have held several dinner parties for prospects and fourth day folks at which we've recruited well over a dozen pilgrims. We've also taken folks to lunch and dinner in the some effort. If we can do that, if two people can do that, our weekends should be burdened with long waiting lists. Tom In Congress, July 4, 1776: The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind require that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness... “ The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 This is from Tom Bullock in the SCPP newsletter: Group Reunion “Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” Ephesians 4:14-16 (NIV). The Tripod of Piety, Study, and Action is the fundamental message of Pilgrim-age/Cursillo. This trinity of spiritual disciplines provides a foundation of our faith walk. We connect with God’s Spirit in Piety (illustrated by the hands in prayer); we learn of Father God and His plan and love for us in Study (the open book); and then, equipped with relationship and understanding, we serve in place of God’s Son as we reach out in love to others through Action (the flag of Christendom and the water drop of baptism). This page of your newsletter offers observations and suggestions for exercising these three spiritual disiplines: Piety, Study, and Action. The purpose, essence, and method of GROUP REUNION are summed up in this passage: The PURPOSE: To promote unity in the body of Christ, protecting us from the vagaries and false doctrines of the world. We are bombarded with misinformation, and worse, through the media, literature, associates, entertainment, political leaders, educational institutions, and other elements of our culture. Some of these are noble elements, such as family, friends, and, sad to say, some churches. The winds of teaching and the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming are a Page 8 threat to our Piety (Holiness).and the Group Reunion is an important way to erect a hedge of protection. We come together to learn from each other and to be encouraged. The ESSENCE of Group Reunion is -- the mature body (the church) held together by every supporting ligament of him who is the head, that is, Christ…. It is vital that we acknowledge the presence of Christ in our Group Reunions. We open and close each reunion with prayer, initially acknowledging his presence and seeking Holy Spirit’s guidance as we depart. Someone once said that any assembly opened and closed with prayer is a GOOD assembly. (Notice that I avoid the term ‘meeting’ when referring to Group Reunion. The word ‘meetings’ has a negative connotation. I see them as a chore and confrontation and conflict are often present. My favorite grouping has a stated protocol of allowing each member to share without comment or reaction from the others. This allows freedom from fear of saying the wrong thing and encourages sharing from the heart. After all have shared, a discussion is permitted if there is time.) Group Reunion is to be looked forward to, a time to relax and be enveloped by a supportive segment of the body of Christ. The METHOD of Group Reunion -- speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Christ. ALETHEUO is the Greek transliteration of this word truth and is defined as truth in doctrine and profession. We are called to be honest in our speech, careful to be faithful to doctrine and with veracity in our comments. Candor is implied as the reunion is no place for posturing or pretense. A pledge of confidentiality is appropriate. “What is said here, stays here,” somewhat like Las Vegas. (;-))>+ The love we speak with is the AGAPE of unconditional relationship. The AGAPE of caring action, not of emotional affection, is operative. We might paraphrase the method as, SHARING AND CARING. Tom Bullock at [email protected]. The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 Remember the Tornado? Page 9 This is still another excerpt from the SCPP newsletter. It deals with a program that South Carolina uses to keep in contact with the churches in their area. If you don’t have such a program, it might be well worthwhile to consider starting it. The Important Job of ‘Ambassador’ in Your Church Remember the disastrous tornado that hit Westminster Presbyterian Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on February 10, 2013? Well, they’re still dealing with it! If you would like to contribute to the recovery effort: BancorpSouth Attn: Debbie Hudson, Westminster Relief Fund, 124 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39401. Thanks and God Bless You. Tom Maybe we can make announcing our meal selections just a little bit more elegant and eloquent! What is an ambassador? The Ambassador is a liason (contact person) between your church and the Pilgrimage Council. His/her job is to actively promote Pilgrimage in his/her church as well as to communicate the purpose of the retreat and the importance of an active Fourth Day (Reunion Groups). An ambassador also publicizes Pilgrimage activities such as retreats, Celebration weekends, Cross Training, Kairos, Serenades and Ultreyas. So, when you see announcements in the bulletin, website or in a “Minute for Mission”, that is your enthusiastic Ambassador updating your church on what is going on in Pilgrimage. If you found someone who is interested in attending a weekend or you are interested in sponsoring someone, your Ambassador can guide you to the website to find all the necessary materials. When it’s time to write Palanca, your Ambassadir will be sure you have participant and staff names. Finally, when it’s time to collect weekend Food Palanca from your church, your Ambassador will be Calling you to sign up, and then, will help organize the delivery. There are many churches that do not have ambassadors at the moment. So, if the Lord is leading you to become an Ambassador for your church, please let me know. I will send you information that will help you live as an agent for Christ to transform your church according to the Kingdom of God. Your sister in Christ, Barrie Hinson, PreWeekend Chair, SCPP. Stewed Prunes For Sunday Breakfast! If your community has no formal arrangement to provide ‘Ambassadors’ to it’s local churches, but you want to help, try contacting a member of your community council or perhaps some other one of the more active Cursillistas’ (‘Pilgrimistas’?) in your fourth day. Tom The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 Steve McCormack, moderator of EOPC # 22 sent in the following useful information. From Eastern Oklahoma Eastern Oklahoma Presbyterian Cursillo wrapped up EOPC #22 with an Ultreya to welcome 16 new Cursillistas. About 70 members of the 4th Day community attended and we all enjoyed a warm, wonderful and fun time, with great food and fellowship. Our EOPC #23 retreat will be held March 11-15, 2015, at Dwight Mission (near Sallisaw, Okla.). The moderator is Co Edwards ([email protected]). We have begun initiation of a new outreach project that will be primarily centered in the EOPC areas of support. Local coordinators will direct ministry events and gatherings. While the gatherings will be open to Presbyterians, the ministry events will service all. This is intended to make a differences in our local areas as well as give EOPC a face within the communities, and maybe reach out to other EOP churches and communities We are on the website of our Presbytery: http:// eokpresbytery.org. Other direct contact may be made to the EOPC Council Chairman Bill Wiles at [email protected] or EOPC Communications Chair Laurie Winslow at [email protected]. It sort of sounds like they’ve started something similar to South Carolina’s Ambassadors program. (see page 9) Tom Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute, praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Psalm 150 NIV Page 10 More from the SCPP newsletter: Make A Joyful Noise Scripture tells us that GOD wants to hear us sing His praise. He wants us to play our instruments with joy, and to use our musical abilities to glorify Him. Angels in Heaven sing praises to GOD unceasingly, and our loving Father has given us the ability to join with them by sharing with us the precious gift of music. Precious, indeed, and powerful! Music has the ability to bypass rational thought and cause intense emotional reaction. Trisha Yearwood sings about a song that comes on the radio that triggers a flood of memories that she had forgotten--The Song Remembers When. Certain songs make me drive too fast, or cry, or want to dance, all without even thinking about it. Music is an arrow that goes straight to our hearts. It is also an arrow we send into the world, often bearing the deepest feelings of our hearts. We tend to sing along with songs we know the words to, which reminds us of an important point-what Are we singing along with? As with any of GOD's gracious gifts, this one is often used by the enemy for his own twisted purposes. If you don't know what I mean, turn on almost any radio station. Satan knows that music is a conduit to our vulnerable places, and he doesn't miss an opportunity to worm his way in wherever we are weak. We are reminded in Scripture to do everything to the glory of GOD. He has given us the gift of music to communicate as well as to praise--He WANTS to hear about our joys, fears, pain, anger, and confusion. Using music as the delivery system is not a misuse of the gift. It is the glorification of anything other than GOD that gets us into trouble. We have a wonderful opportunity to use the wondrous gifts GOD has blessed us with to praise Him and uplift one another. If you sing or play an instrument, please consider joining our musician's roster. Children of God How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! 1 John 3:1 The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 A book review: It’s Indescribable Recently I had a need to buy a gift for a friend. He is a devout Christian, so I thought of the book I had just finished reading: Indescribable by Louie Giglio and Matt Redman. I had downloaded a copy of the book onto my Kindle—which was a mistake. It was a mistake only in the sense that the print copy has many glorious photos taken with the Hubble telescope and by other means—the Kindle version attempts to reproduce –in black and white—on its 3 1/2 by 4 3/4 inch screen the magnificent color photos printed on the book’s 8 by 11 inch pages—many spread over two pages. No, it’s not just a coffee table picture book—it’s much more than that. The authors use the photos of space—some of objects that are fairly near and many of extremely distant features– to illustrate the sovereignty of God. In doing so, they demonstrate just how closely connected the scientific and religious understandings of the universe are. As it happened, I had also to get a gift for another friend. This fellow, a fine individual, has slipped away from his beliefs. He is no longer a believing Christian. He no longer believes that God created everything and every human being. He is heavily into “Ufology”, believing that alien life forms are amongst us. Mind you, he is not a fool—and he does hold a doctorate in engineering. So, what could I give him? Not too surprisingly, I ordered two copies of Indescribable—not just one. My reasoning was a bit shallow, perhaps (“At least he’ll like the pictures.”), but there’s actually a good deal more to it than just that. The authors, Louie Giglio and Matt Redman do a good job relating Christian doctrine to the science of what the pictures reveal. Their text is well crafted and easily understandable. The pictures are well documented and the authors do a good job illustrating the enormous distances in time and space. They are faithful to the revelation of God’s sovereignty, and it can be hoped that their text will make at least a tiny opening in the atheist’s or agnostic’s armor. Page 11 Louie Giglio is pastor of the Passion City Church in Atlanta and founder of the Passion Movement, which, for nearly twenty years has sought to help college aged people live for Jesus. He is also a speaker. He has also written The Air I BreatheWorship as a Way of Life, and I am not but I know I AM. His DVD messages, Indescribable and How Great Is Our God have been broadly distributed. He has shared Andy Stanley’s ministry. Matt Redman is a worship leader and songwriter based in Brighton, England. He has assisted Louie Giglio with the establishment of the Passion Movement and of the Passion City Church. Even I am familiar with some of his songs, such as “The Heart of Worship”, “Blessed Be Your Name”, “You Never Let Go”, and “Our God.” He has also written books, including The Unquenchable Worshiper, Mirror Ball, and Facedown. Indescribable is published by David C. Cook, a publisher with which I became familiar over 30 years ago when I was purchasing curriculum for our church when I was Sunday School superintendent. The full title of the book, with its subtitle, is Indescribable: Encountering the Glory of God in the Beauty of the Universe. To give you a taste of the contents of the book, chapter titles include: Lost in Wonder Many Kinds of Splendor Indescribable Significant Insignificance Stop and Consider Symphony Astronomical Grace Far Out Glorious Death Staring At The Sun Night Light Superstars Finely Tuned Beyond Insight The text makes for a good read, and the photos are truly spectacular—as you would expect of views of God’s handiwork. Tom The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 Would you believe...? Cursillo and Pilgrimage use 15 talks—rollos. Some Pilgrimage communities combine the last two talks into a single talk, but cover the required material. Occasionally, the order of the talks will get a bit mixed up—as we do with the clergy talks on Saturday in Georgia, where we give the Obstacles talk just before the late morning worship service and the Sacraments talk that afternoon. We’ve always done it this way in Georgia, probably because our sponsoring communities (South Carolina and Oklahoma) set it up that way. But, by and large, the talks are given in the same order nationwide. Probably, there’s not much variance from one expression of Cursillo to another—with Walk to Emmaus talks in essentially the same order as Via De Cristo, or Kairos talks. Why? Do you sense some inherent order here? The order of the talks was essentially set on the island of Majorca, largest of the Baleric islands, 100 miles or so off the shore of Spain in the Mediterranean during the 1940’s. That’s where Cursillo was formed. Cursillo attempts to influence those who attend to undertake a ministry of reform and evangelism when they return home from the weekend. Page 12 istry to help reform and evangelize God’s people. Each talk builds on the previous talks and supports the later talks. Each day has it’s own theme, building through these talks: Friday: Liberation-Freedom in Christ Saturday: Christ-A Living relationship with Christ Sunday: The Christian Life The first and second days present, explain and review much of what we already know. The pace picks up on Sunday morning as we reach the turning point in Cursillo. Previous talks have presented the fundamentals of the Christian faith. Sunday’s talks present the Cursillo method as a specific, practical expression of living the Christian faith. When a talk giver decides to insert personal material or “war stories” at the expense of dropping outline material—the Cursillo is damaged, as is the pilgrim who will never know what was kept from him or her. If you are honored with giving a talk, be sure to stick closely to the outline points and keep to the allotted time, so that the pilgrims will have enough time to discuss the talk. Want to learn more about talks and talk giving? Attend the national training. Tom The brief 72 hour course of Cursillo—the short course in Christianity—has very specific goals. Because time is so short, it proceeds to impart certain understandings in certain patternscarefully defined in the talk outlines. It may seem, for instance, that palanca is introduced after the faith talk on Friday because “it’s convenient to do it then…” No—that’s wrong. Palanca is introduced after the talk “Faith: Living in Grace” on Friday as a way of introducing Grace—of introducing God’s Grace through God’s people at a time when a clergy person has just told us that Faith is an enabling gift of God, and that our response to the gift of faith is joyful and thankful living. It is part of the progression that builds to tell us about God and about our min- “How do you like the liturgical dance routine we’ve added to the Piety talk?” The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 This is also from the South Carolina newsletter. What is Palanca, Anyway? It’s a lovely surprise, just when you did not expect it! It’s like the warm sunshine this morning, after days of dreary! Return to your own Pilgrimage experience and revisit the moment when you received a bagful of encouragement from friends and family—many notes catching you totally by surprise. “How did she know I was coming to Pilgrimage?!” “Wow! He took the time to write to me!” The love continued with messages from persons totally unknown to you. “Just think, someone who does not even know me had been praying for me—even before I arrived at the retreat!!” The palanca surprise is one of the keys to the Pilgrimage experience. It is a matchless way of sharing God’s blessings with someone you love, and with others whom you can love unseen. The wonderful news is, YOU can make that happen. YOU are the key to the shower of blessings. YOU can give a bit if yourself to share God’s love with someone else. Take whatever time is necessary to prepare messages for those Pilgrims and staff members who will be participating in Pilgrimage this May. When we give our days and our plans to God, He will guide our time to include all those activities that we need to get done. He knows how to manage our time much better than we do! Make palanca a priority over the next couple of weeks, so that this year’s participants will be blessed in the same way that you were lifted up. Francis Via, SCPP # 58 Palanca is a Spanish word meaning “lever”. You can verify that in the plumbing department of a hardware store, when you buy a replacement for a flush lever with instructions in English and Spanish. The original intention, in the Roman Catholic Cursillo, was to use gifts of Palanca to manipulate (lever) God to grant us the favor of letting His will be done. That is not part of our theology, but Palanca is still a very important part of the Cursillo method. Tom Page 13 Rita, why shouldn’t I take as long as I want to give my talk?? There’s no sense giving your talk if the pilgrims aren’t going to have enough time to discuss and understand it, Roy! From North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage Piedmont Conference Report We continue to hold 7 weekends per year, 3 in the Piedmont and 2 each in the East and West. Three Arise (teenage) Weekends are held under their own Leadership Council. We also continue to be in volved in HESED, a movement designed for developmentally challenged adults, as well as various prison ministries including Kairos and Torch. NCPP weekend fees remain at $160 for both guests and team members. We are just barely holding our own at this level and may have to increase the fees next year. Mike Pendleton has been installed as President of NCPP and heads up the State Council which is now called the “Core Council.” Some members of the Western Conference continue to press to require that team members sign a letter of adherence to their interpretation of acceptable doctrine. We continue to struggle with how best to handle this. A Pilgrim from the Charlotte area, who is a data base manager for a large bank there, has rewritten our on line directory. It houses names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, church affiliation, and individual NCPP weekend service history of all NCPP attendees. It has been written such that it could be set up to be used by any community that chose to do so. You can access it from our web site: www.ncpilgrimage.org , selecting the online directory and following the prompts. Please let me know if you have an interest in using such a program as this, and I will try to facilitate it. The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 From Palo Duro Presbyterian Cursillo: Something New! Good news! Palo Duro Presbyterian Cursillo is breaking some new ground. We are leaving our usual Fall and Spring schedule and venturing into summer. Not only that, but we are venturing outside the boundaries of Palo Duro Presbytery and going to MoRanch. Yes! Mecca for Presbyterians in this part of the world. We will hold session #28, under the leadership of moderator Chris Hallum, July 24-27 near Kerrville, Texas. The staff is nearing completion and there are already TEN participants signed up. Get an application from your church office, or anyone who has already attended a session. Applications are also available on the Palo Duro Presbytery website under camps and conferences. This is an opportunity to do a “new thing”. I bet God is pleased! Sally Brantley Trainer - PDPC #28 From the Moderator of PDPC # 28 The staff of #28 had a great training weekend at Mo Ranch Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26. A few of the staff were unable to make it and missed a great time. Mo Ranch is going to be an awesome place for Cursillo #28. I can hardly wait for July to get here. The staff of Mo Ranch go out of their way to ensure that we are taken care of. Cursillo #28 is July 24, 25, 26, and 27. Add the 23rd for staff. Speaking of staff, it is still not too late to sign up for staff of #28. We still have a handful of open slots and would love to have you as a part of this wonderful staff. Likewise, it is not too early for our friends and family to sign up to be a participant either. We are already up to 10 participants and would love to have many, many more. So keep those staff and participants applications coming. Chris Hallum Moderator #28 Isaiah 40:31 From the Observing Moderator It is with great pleasure to be serving as observing moderator for PDPC #28 in beautiful Mo Ranch this coming July 23rd -27th. After participating in the training workshop in April, the staff serving Page 14 this Cursillo is ready and eager to welcome the participants attending PDPC #28. As you are quite aware, it takes a team of Presbyterians throughout Palo Duro Presbytery to help with all the aspects of the Cursilllo and we hope you will prayerfully consider participating with the fourth day activities for this upcoming event. It is so refreshing to know we can express God’s love through palanca (written & food), prayer banner, serenade as well as the party set up and to witness the exuberant faces of those who receive it. I hope you can help make it possible for the upcoming participants. Also, it is not too early to mark your calendars for PDPC #29 which will tentatively be held March 2015 at Big Country Baptist Assembly Camp in Lueders. Please stay tuned as more details will come in the next issue of the newsletter. I give thanks for the blessings Cursillo has brought me in my life, and I look forward to serving as moderator for PDPC #29. Diane Keeble PDPC #2 Shake It Off and Step Up A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule ‘braying’ — or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer felt sorry for the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together and told them what had happened and asked them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery. Initially, the old mule was hysterical! But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back, a thought struck him. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back: he should shake it off and step up! This is what the old mule did, blow after blow. “Shake it off and step up… shake it off and step up… shake it off and step up!” he repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows, or distressing the situation seemed, the old mule fought “panic” and just kept right on shaking it off and stepping up! You guessed it! It wasn’t long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over the wall of that well! What seemed like it would bury him, actually end up blessing him. All because of the manner in which he handled his adversity. Author Unknown—Kathy Monroe PDPC# 4 The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 Copied from the South Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage newsletter “His Light” DeColores! After a wonderful weekend at Camp St. Christopher, I am thinking back to my own weekend, as we all tend to do. One big question I had was, “what’s next?” We forget that we weren’t left hanging like a Chrysalis on a branch. We spent the weekend bursting out of that thing, drying our wings, and getting ready to get moving! And that weekend mountain top high lasts about as long as a real butterfly’s lifespan. What happens next is the whole rest of our lives, which is represented by the Fourth Day. Do we want to go back to normal, or are we going to act by making a friend, being a friend, and bringing a friend to Christ? Please get in touch with anyone in the 4th Day to see how you can get involved. Here are some suggestions: Reunion Groups—(contact [your local council] for Reunion groups in yur area or for suggestions and materials for starting aa new group.) Ultreyas—At least once a quarter—large gatherings with food, music, and friends, a witness speaker, and a mini reunion gathering. Bring someone new! Page 15 Palanca—The Gift of Giving For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— Ephesians 2:8 NIV For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God,... For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of selfdiscipline. 2 Timothy 1:6-7 NIV Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the church. 1 Cor 14:12 NIV From the Communities It’s encouraging to see that more and more communities are sending in information to be included in The Cursillista. That’s one of the best ways these pages can be used—by sharing useful information. This issue has information from our Eastern Oklahoma, Georgia, Great Plains, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Palo Duro, and South Carolina communities. Please send copies of your newsletters, and other information to me at: [email protected] or to 3985 Holland Court, Douglasville, GA 30135-4124 Thanks, Tom Help prepare, support, and sponsor participants for other Pilgrimage, Kairos, and Celebration weekends through prayer, palanca, food, music, and your ever-necessary presence. Most importantly, don’t forget to open your music box! Hallelujah! Remember, you’re supposed to share it! The Prayer Banner Prayerbanner.org has been updated and simplified by it’s manager, Mike Dempsey. Once you have registered into the web site—once it’s easy to review weekends and select the prayer times you want. It’s wise to select early, so that you can have a choice of times. Just reviewing who has signed up already is an eyeopener: you’ll be surprised at how many different communities are praying for your weekends. Thanks, Mike! Tom “What do you mean, exercise? This is pursuit!” The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 Web Sites Planning List of Special Dates Special Day 2014 2015 2016 2017 1/20 1/19 1/18 1/16 Fri Sat Sun Tues President’s Day 2/17 2/16 2/15 2/20 Ash Wednesday 3/5 2/18 2/10 3/1 Daylight Savings Begins 3/9 3/8 3/13 3/12 MLK Day Valentine’s Day (2/14) St. Patrick’s Day (3/17) Mon Tues Thurs Fri Palm Sunday 4/13 3/29 3/20 4/9 Passover 4/15 4/4 4/23 4/11 Easter Sunday 4/20 4/5 3/27 4/16 Orthodox Easter 4/20 4/12 5/1 4/16 Mother’s Day 5/11 5/10 5/8 5/7 Memorial Day (Monday) 5/26 5/25 5/30 5/29 Pentecost 6/8 5/24 5/15 6/4 Father’s Day 6/15 6/21 6/19 6/18 Independence Day(7/4) Fri Sat Mon Tues Labor Day 9/1 9/7 9/5 9/4 World Communion Day 10/5 10/4 10/2 10/1 Daylight Savings Ends 11/2 11/1 11/6 11/5 Thanksgiving 11/27 11/26 11/24 11/23 Advent 1st Sunday 11/30 11/29 11/27 12/3 Chanukah Begins 12/17 12/7 Christmas Day (12/25) Thurs Fri 12/25 12/13 Sun Mon And One Especially Important Date: Don’t forget to sign up on the Prayer Banner for your upcoming weekends. Go To www.prayerbanner.org Just follow directions. Page 16 About Presbyterian Cursillo and Pilgrimage in General www.days3.com or www.cursillo.us - for prospective pilgrims www.days3.com/4thday.htm or www.cursillo.us/4thday.htm - for the fourth day www.cursillo.com - of general interest Web sites of specific communities: Alabama www.alpresbyteriancursillo.com Arkansas www.pilgrimage-arkansas.org Austin www.austinpresbyterianpilgrimage.org Chicagoland www.chpilgrimage.org Colorado www.coloradopilgrimage.org Eastern Oklahoma www.eokpresbytery.org *** Eastern Virginia www.days3.com/EV.htm Florida www.floridacursillo.org Georgia www.georgiapresbyteriancursillo.com Great Plains (Omaha) www.gpppilgrimage.org Houston www.houstonpilgrimage.org Indiana www.ipcursillo.org James Virginia www.PJPilgrimage.org Louisiana www.louisianapresbyteriancursillo.org Michigan www.mppilgrimage.org Mississippi www.mspresbyteriancursillo.com North Carolina www.ncpilgrimage.org North Texas Adult: www.ntpp.org Youth: www.northtexascelebration.com Oklahoma www.days3.com/OK.htm Palo Duro www.paloduropresbytery.org Peaks Virginia - www.peakspresbytery.org/ pilgrimage.html Shenandoah Virginia - www.math.jmu.edu/ ~sanders/SPP.html South Carolina www.scpresbyterianpilgrimage.org Tennessee Valley www.tvpcursillo.com *** The community does not yet have it's own separate web site. This will take you to the community web page in our national web site. The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 Weekends Currently Scheduled: Adult Weekends Dates Jun 19 to 22, 2014 Jun 19 to 22, 2014 Jun 19 to 22, 2014 Jul 24 to 27, 2014 Aug 1 to 3, 2014 Aug 30 to Sep 1, 2014 Sep 18 to 21, 2014 Sep 18 to 21, 2014 Sep 18 to 21, 2014 Sep 25 to 28, 2014 Sep , 2014 Oct 2 to 5, 2014 Oct 2 to 5, 2014 Oct 2 to 5, 2014 Oct 9 to 12, 2014 Oct 9 to 12, 2014 Oct 9 to 12, 2014 Oct 9 to 12, 2014 Oct 16 to 19, 2014 Oct 23 to 26, 2014 Oct 24 to 26, 2014 Oct 30 to Nov 2, 2014 Nov , 2014 Mar 12 to 15, 2015 Apr 9 to 12, 2015 Apr 16 to 19, 2015 Apr 23 to 26, 2015 Apr 30 to May 3, 2015 Sep 17 to 20, 2015 Sep 24 to 27, 2015 Oct 1 to 4, 2015 Apr 7 to 10, 2016 Sep 29 to Oct 2, 2016 Page 17 High School Age Weekends College Age Weekends Weekend Louisiana Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 10 Eastern Virginia Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 19 Chicago Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 24 Palo Duro Presbyterian Cursillo # 28 South Carolina Cross Training #9 Austin Presbyterian Celebration # 16 Alabama Presbyterian Cursillo # 33 Austin Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 38 Colorado Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 26 Mississippi Presbyterian Cursillo # 14 North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage (Camp Harrison) # 128 Nebraska/Iowa Great Plains Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 16 Arkansas Presbyterian Cursillo # 21 South Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 67 North Texas Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 37 North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage (Camp Hanes) # 129 Tennessee Valley Presbyterian Cursillo # 22 Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 30 (Detroit) Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 31 (Lake Michigan) Florida Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 9 South Carolina Celebration # 40 Georgia Presbyterian Cursillo # 45 North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage (Camp Dixie) # 130 Eastern Oklahoma Presbyterian Cursillo # 23 Alabama Presbyterian Cursillo #34 Nebraska/Iowa Great Plains Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 17 Arkansas Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 22 Mississippi Presbyterian Cursillo # 15 Alabama Presbyterian Cursillo # 35 Mississippi Presbyterian Cursillo # 16 Nebraska/Iowa Great Plains Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 18 Nebraska/Iowa Great Plains Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 19 Nebraska/Iowa Great Plains Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 20 Lay Leader Amanda Thorne Caroline Buzek Melody Henrie Chris Hallum Caroline Davis TBA Valerie Harden TBA Sylvia Goroski Lee Kvidahl Rocky Hoffner George Dudley Vicky Davis Steve Dukes Portia Stephens Jeane Batten TBA TBA Dru Wrasse Dan Hallenbeck Jimmy Petrongelli Becky Laughlin TBA Co Edwards Thom Fultz Kristen Tay Sandra Phillips TBA Angie Shehee TBA TBA TBA TBA The names of the lay leaders are listed so that you can pray for them, for their staff teams and for their pilgrims. There will be a prayer banner for each and every single one of these weekends. Sign up early at: wwW.prayerbanner.org Scheduled National Training Dates July 25-26, 2014 August 21-22, 2014 March 26-27, 2015(?) August 27-28, 2015(?) Orlando, Florida Grand Rapids, Michigan Site of the Spring National Council Meetings Site of the Summer National Council Meetings The 2014 training sessions are confirmed. The 2015 dates listed conform to the usual pattern of training class dates. Other 2015 dates are being discussed. For more information, contact Dave Hamilton, our National Training Coordinator at [email protected] or (501) 915-9045 The National Presbyterian June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3 Page 18 Contacts Alabama Sissy Crowe [email protected] Terry Skinner [email protected] Arkansas Ron David [email protected] (479) 330-0035 Jen Payne [email protected] (479) 238-8764 Austin Texas Adult Weekends: Tom Wilson [email protected] Youth Weekends: Teresa Ward [email protected] Chicagoland Joanne Storm [email protected] (847) 679-0318 Colorado Kathy Upton [email protected] (719) 634-4671 Eastern Oklahoma Joyce Golding [email protected] (918) 407-1818 Co Edwards [email protected] Eastern Virginia Gale Pere [email protected] (808)815-1595 Mary Jo Baylor [email protected] (757) 404-5083 Florida Dan Hallenbeck [email protected] (352) 615-0092 Georgia Debi Elkins [email protected] (770) 458-6415 Dane Gazaway [email protected] Houston Adult: Kathleen Vivian [email protected] (713) 661-8488 Youth: Trish McElroy [email protected] (281) 277-1706 Rene Murphy [email protected] Indiana Holly Stoiche on the website - www.ipcursillo.org Jay Farlow [email protected] Doug Anderson [email protected] James Virginia - Claudia Dickerson [email protected] (804) 550-0841 Mitch Rowland [email protected] Louisiana Joyce Sasser [email protected] Sandy Broussard [email protected] Michigan-Detroit Cyndi Geis-LaFata [email protected] (586) 457-6921 Michigan-Lake Michigan Sue Ann Clark [email protected] Mississippi Susan Sumrall mspresbyteriancursillo.com Nebraska/Iowa- Great Plains Jennifer Bennett [email protected] (402) 493-5091 North Carolina Adult: Jim Mason [email protected] (336) 491-9970 Arise Youth: Nancy Alderson [email protected] (910) 515-4170 (cell) Mary Ann & Bill Kopp [email protected] Chip Todd [email protected] North Texas Adult: Mary Hodge [email protected] (972) 437-6365 Youth: Harry Hodge [email protected] (972) 437-6365 Oklahoma Adult: Amy Mason [email protected] Bob Bentley [email protected] Palo Duro Texas - Stacy Schroeder [email protected] (432) 528-6739 Chuck Nester [email protected] (806) 655-1971 Peaks Virginia - Bill Cowen [email protected] P O Box1024, Buchanan,VA 24066 Susan Caldwell [email protected] Shenandoah - Virginia - Jeanette McCloud [email protected] Linda Mohler [email protected] South Carolina Adult: J C Simmons [email protected] (843) 871-3944 Youth & Cross Training: Mike Allen [email protected] (843) 200-1899 Tennessee Valley Mary Snyder [email protected] (256) 558-5956 Don Payne [email protected] (256) 729-6934
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