Dallas Chrysalis Update-upcoming mandatory training class and flight dates set!

We have selected dates for the next Dallas Chrysalis flights and flight location. We are in the process of preparing for team selection. In order to determine who is eligible to serve and if you are interested in serving on either inside or outside team, you will need to attend the upcoming mandatory community team training on Friday, July 26, 2013 at University Park United Methodist Church from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm.

During this training, we will be going over general information about what happens during a Chrysalis flight, as well as going over required training for dealing with youth. We will also be collecting information on team experience so we can determine who is eligible to be on team. This information will aid us in our team selection efforts and determining who the next lay directors are going to be.

We are going to have drinks and refreshments and if there is anything you would like to bring, please do so.

If you have any questions, please contact me at elroygator@gmail.com or 850-528-0928.

FLY WITH CHRIST!

Paul Harrington

Heart of Florida
Via de Cristo Men's #21, table of Mark

Dallas Chrysalis Steering Committee Chair

Message from the Community Lay Director 

Journeys

Message from the Community Communications Chair

Questions

Remember at the end of the Walk to Emmaus 72 hr retreat....the two questions that you are asked to consider and then respond at closing?

What has this weekend meant to me?

What am I going to do about it?

At the time I went on my walk, the question.... What has this Weekend meant to me? : I answered: great, got to know all about God's grace.....felt God's love every time we sang: Sing Alleluia to the Lord. And what I was going to do about it? Well, I think I didn't really answer this.

What was my plan? Or should I say what is God's plan for me? I attended walk 178 in April of 2004 so for over 9 years I have tried to be a better Christian and a better person. I have sponsored several people to attend walks. I have personally worked on the 4^th day team several times. I have been an onsite assistant, and have been on the conference room team. I have tried to share the love of Jesus Christ. I have been involved with several committees at my local church.  

What about you? What are you going to do about it? I challenge you to get involved in the Walk to Emmaus Community or become active in your local church. If you are unsure how to get involved in the Dallas Emmaus Community, just check out the DEC website: www.dallasemmaus.org. There are lots of opportunities listed there.

Remember your heart was burning with the Love of Jesus Christ during those 72 hours. It can burn again! Get involved in your church! Get involved with the Emmaus Community! Come to a Candlelight or Closing. The next walk is September 12 thru 15.Women's Walk # 248 at Sabine Creek.

De Colores,

Ruth Dunn

Community Communications Chair

Walk #178

Table of Elizabeth

A Message from the Church Connection/Clergy Liaison Chair

Hello brothers and sisters in Christ. As I begin to write this article I can't help but think of Alfred, Lord Tennyson and his poem "The Charge of The Light Brigade", half a league, half a league, half a league onward, all in the Valley of Death rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns"! He said: Into the Valley of Death rode the six hundred....... Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon behind them volleyed and thundered..........This is an awfully strange way to begin a call for help, but that is exactly what I am asking, for help.  

I have been honored to be appointed as the Church Connection/Clergy Liaison Chair. One of the committees' tasks is to facilitate involvement from churches within the Dallas Emmaus Community. Our committee and your Dallas Emmaus Board would love to have an Emmaus Family layperson or clergyperson be our connection to their respective church and community. You must remember your weekend as a pilgrim, and probably enjoyed it so much you continued on your road of the Fourth Day, or maybe you have been side tracked? Well here is a great opportunity to stay connected or get reacquainted with your Emmaus family. We need your help to be this important connection!  

Over 600 churches make up the Dallas Emmaus Community and the challenge to find a layperson connection from every church in the community is an important and crucial link to your DEC Board. It is a daunting task, to say the least, and you do not really have to charge any cannons, but with your help we can succeed in gathering information for the DEC database, determine ways and mean to provide information and assistance to those in need from our area-associated churches, and most importantly there is the fun factor, just staying connected with your Emmaus family and friends!

If you are interested in being the lay person or clergy person representative/contact from your church's Emmaus Community please contact Mike Pappas at churchconnection@DallasEmmaus.org 

P. S. We are trying to update and correct the folder of all the church's contact information. If your church is not listed please send information. You can check the information the DEC Board has on file at; http://dallasemmaus.org/documents/churchlist.pdf  

Also, when you update your personal information in the IMS Database, you can see the folks from your church. See the previous article in this newsletter for instructions on changing your information. 

De Colores,

Mike Pappas

Walk #138, Table of John

Church Connection/Clergy Liaison Chair

You can easily donate money to the Dallas Emmaus Community at any time by clicking  here. PayPal is a secured donations system which directly deposits all funds into the Dallas Emmaus Community account.  This is a great way to make payment for a pilgrim you are sponsoring or to keep the cost affordable for others who may not otherwise have means to sponsor a friend or loved one.