ARE WE SHARING?
Many of us have marveled at the beauty of the gift of Emmaus. Our lives and many other lives have been touched, or even changed, through this ministry. Why wouldn’t we want to share this gift with other Christians who would want to experience a Walk weekend?
This year, we will be emphasizing our efforts to sponsor pilgrims for our Walks. We have some truly amazing community members who have sponsored dozens of pilgrims over the years and continue to give the gift of Emmaus. Many of our community members have discovered that co-sponsorship will allow opportunities to bring pilgrims to our Walks with shared expense, shared travel, and shared follow up. Our non-denominational policies give us the opportunity to reach beyond our own congregations to other Christian churches for pilgrims. We are only asked to sow the seeds aren’t we? Please consider sharing the gift you were given, by sponsoring others in your area to attend Emmaus. Sponsorship and pilgrim applications are available on the website, or you may call any of the Board members for help in getting your pilgrim applications sent in.
Walks 323 and 324, by all measures, were wonderful weekends and we thank Randy Sutton and Sara Miller for their countless hours of preparation to serve our pilgrims. Please continue to pray for the teams and the pilgrims of 325 and 326, led by Richard Simpson and Janet Mullins as their weekends are approaching in April.
Please begin praying for our next class of Lay Directors as they begin their journeys to lead our Walks. We are so blessed that these servants are willing to share their time, talents, and hearts with us at North Mississippi Emmaus.
Walk #335 Robert Diamond April 4-7, 2019
Walk #336 Naomi Fryery April 11-14, 2019
Walk #337 Les Miles May 30-June 2, 2019
Walk #338 Sonja Chrestman June 6-9, 2019
Walk #339 Anna Puckett September 5-8. 2019
Walk #340 Sheri Burrell September 12-15, 2019
Walk #341 Gary Dedeaux October 3-6, 2019
Walk #342 Kellye James October 10-13, 2019
Walk #343 Jimmy Gant March, 2020
Walk #344 Cindy Bard March, 2020
We hope that you have been able to navigate through our new website, and hope you will be patient as we continue to add features that will provide us much more information than we have been able to have in the past. Chris Eady, our new webmaster, continues to take on new responsibilities with our communication efforts and he has been a wonderful Emmaus servant. Your Board is exploring other communication avenues that we hope can help us provide as much information as possible with ease of access as one of our primary goals.
Finally, we will be sending out the ballots for our next class of Directors as soon as possible. This election is somewhat earlier than past years in order for the newly elected Board members to become familiar with our policies, typical Board agenda items, and their future responsibilities before they are officially tasked to begin their Board service. Please watch your emails for instructions for the election process coming soon. Thank you all for your continued support of our Emmaus community and we hope to see you soon in Grenada.
DeColores,
Bill West
Board Chair
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