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MONTHLY GATHERINGS (7:00 p.m.) (Board meeting at 5:00 p.m.)				WALKS
				Men’s Walk #73		04/16/09-04/19/09
Nov 8		Asbury UMC, Ardmore		Women’s Walk #74		04/23/09-04/26/09

I’ve recently begun a new spiritual discipline—Journaling.

In my Celebrate Recovery Step Study we’ve been asked to write down our “calls to discipleship,” places in our lives we’ve been obedient to God’s call, places where we have in some sense pleased God.

We’ve also been asked to write down our “failure in our call to discipleship,” places in our lives where we’ve displeased or disobeyed God, or where we have offended our neighbor with a word or an action. We’ve been asked to follow it up with an immediate confession of sin and/or making amends.

I don’t know about you, but when I wait a whole week to think about my “call to discipleship” and my “failure,” there are usually two or three that stand out, but while journaling I’ve discovered that there are two or three or more every day. In fact, I’ve discovered that God is pleased with much (not all) that I do.

You see, for years I walked around with a guilt complex, always thinking that the bad outweighed the good. My failures seemed uppermost in my mind. I knew that God forgave and would forgive anything if I just confessed it. But I didn’t think there was that much in my life that God was pleased with. But, while journaling, I’ve discovered a couple of things:

• I can monitor hour-by-hour the good things God is doing in me and through me and thank God for them.
• I can remember my negative thoughts, words, or actions as they happen. I don’t get a chance to bury them in forgetfulness, but deal with them as they come up. And then I’m able to make amends where and when necessary.
• Journaling is also a way that I can practice the presence of God in my life. I don’t tend to mess up quite so much. And I don’t tend to say things or do things that offend others so much.

Journaling has been a boon to my spiritual life. I recommend it to all my Emmaus friends. It will also bring a new import and a new impact to your time with those in your Reunion Group.

De Colores,
Dan Patman
Cross Point Walk to Emmaus #1
Table of Mark

Please be in prayer for the upcoming Heartland Chrysalis Flights #79 and #80 this January. The location for the flights is Canyon Camp outside of Hinton, OK. For those not familiar with the camp, the Oklahoma United Methodist web-site has directions to the camp.

The Boy’s Flight will be January 8th-11th. Mark Kent from Great Plains Emmaus Community will be the Lay Director for the Boy’s flight. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. and a pot-luck supper at 6:00 p.m. with the send-off happening at 7:00 p.m.. Saturday we will have candlelight at 9:00 p.m. Closing will be at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday.

The Girl’s Flight will be January 22nd -25th. Tina Hewitt from our Cross Point Emmaus Community, will be the Lay Director for this flight.

There will be a “Hoot” at Canyon Camp on Saturday afternoon for those youth who have already attended Chrysalis and are invited to stay for candlelight at 9:00 p.m. Please pray for the teams and for those that God has put on your heart to attend a flight.

If your reunion would like to send agape for the flights, contact Nancy Enright at nancy@enrights.net .

A new website is being developed and should be available soon. Application forms can be downloaded from there.

Chrysalis website

Brothers & Sisters in Christ,

I am pleased to email you with the news that a month from now I will once again be in the conference room. In particular, I will be participating in Northern England Men's Walk #1. Furthermore, I found out TODAY that I'll be giving talk #13, Body of Christ.

Since I have been in the UK I have learned much about the Emmaus community of the UK. I was under the impression upon arriving that it was fairly young. However, apparently it has been in operation for a number of years, perhaps as many as a decade.
In short, this is a great time for me to be serving in this community as it attempts to really get off the ground. I understand that this walk will be very small, only 8-12 pilgrims and about 3 tables.

With God's grace, this walk will be a success and will be followed by Southern England Men's Walk #1 in 2009. They have a number of women's walks in England each year, but have struggled to get this first one off the ground. I might also ask that this walk be serious prayed for by the Cross Point Emmaus Community.

Thanks and God Bless.
De Colores,
Paul J. Thompson

Come to your next Emmaus Community Gathering on Saturday, November 8th at 7:00 p.m., at the Ardmore Asbury United Methodist Church. Bring a friend or neighbor, worship God, fellowship with other believers, and of course we will share some good food!

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Please note that December will be the last newsletter mailed out unless you have contacted us!!

With the change in postage and postal regulations, the cost of mailing the newsletter continues to rise. The board would prefer to send the newsletter electronically. We realize not everyone owns a computer. Therefore, if you need the newsletter mailed, you will need to contact Barbara Wood by January 1st or you will not receive one:

Barbara Wood, 4422 Mt. Washington Road, Ardmore ,OK 73401

De Colores,
Vicki Swigert
Community Lay Director

2008 Cross Point Emmaus Board of Directors

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