Guys, I received word from Doug P that the service for his Mom will be
in Woodbridge, VA (see email below) on the 24th. Please be praying for
Doug and his family – especially his father in this time of loss.
Paul Diemer
804-601-0231
“Local” services will be Sunday the 24th in Woodbridge VA at St Paul
United Methodist Church at 130PM. Please don’t worry about making that
trip. Its too far away.
Doug
Remember, starting in February our Gatherings will be held at Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church in Midlothian. For a map, go to the main page of richmondemmaus.com
The Chrysalis community is in DIRE need of girls applications for the Feb. 18-21 flight and boys applications for the March 18-21 flight. Youth must either have completed first semester of 9th grade OR be 15 years old. We’re accepting applications from those in college as well. Applications can be found at http://richmondemmaus.com/chrysalis/forms.html and will also be available at this Saturday’s gathering. We know that people tend to wait until the last minute…but we ask that you turn the applications in now!
The teams have started work and we want to make sure we have enough youth for the flights. Please let me know if you have any questions, or if you’d
like me to email you an application. We also ask that you pray for these upcoming flights and for those who will be leading them.
I hope to see everyone this Saturday at River Road UMC for gathering.
Fly with Christ!
Carole Mitchell
Chrysalis Adult Community Lay Director
Please pray for Buck. Over the weekend He was in pain and was taken to St.Mary/s Hospital. They discovered a pulmonary embolism.{a blood clot} in the left lung. Because of my nursing background. let him come home after only two days in the hospital { a miracle in itself }. I will be giving him shots twice aday and coumadin once a day.So now we will both be going to doctors to have our blood work done. But remember ,By His stripes we WERE healed,so I am getting stronger by faith and in reality. Buck and I accept our healing now, and praise Him for the physical manifestation of such. I don’t know what we would do without our prayer warrior friends, and more importantly, what would we do without our Lord and Savior; Christ Jesus. Thank you all for your prayers and may God Bless You. your sister in Christ Myrna Snead
Bob Bird, WLD for Richmond 46, just lost his mother yesterday. Also, Rex Wolf, director of VUMAC during the formative days of Richmond Emmaus, as well as a former pilgrim, passed away yesterday. Please keep the Bird and WOlf familes in your prayers this holiday season.
This is a wonderful experience for couples to attend. It will really strengthen your marriage. It is Nov 6 – 8 at the Omni Hotel downtown. St. Giles has negotiated a special group rate. For info, call Bob Ruthazer at 282-9763.
Myrna Snead (R-6, I believe) is in critical condition at St. Mary’s. Her kidneys and liver have failed, and she has DVT, resulting in screens being placed in her veins to prevent pulmonary thrombosis. Her husband, Buck, (R-5) is with her and has asked for urgent prayers.
Please let everyone know we will meet on July 11th this month, instead of July 4th. Our time together will begin at 6:00pm, at River Road Methodist. It will end with Candlelight later that night.
We would like to make you aware of an event that we believe warrants acknowledging. In 1986, Steve and Marcie Bryant moved to Nashville for Steve to oversee the Walk to Emmaus program. Over the past 23 years. he has been actively involved with every action of the Walk to Emmaus through his work at the Upper Room. He has overseen the rapid growth and expansion of the movement and been its greatest sponsor. Under the Methodist system, he will be leaving the Upper Room where he has served most recently as the Publisher of the Upper Room for the past 12 years.
Effective July 1, the United Methodist General Board of Discipleship is reassigning Steve to address world ministries especially in the African continent where he has done so very much.
With his move, we hope that many in the Emmaus movement will want to send Steve a brief Agape note to thank him for his dedicated service to the Emmaus movement and wish him well in his new work. If so, you can send him a note at:
Steve Bryant
1925 20th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212-3711
The next Fourth Day Training (formerly know as Day of Deeper Understanding (DODU)) will be held at 4:00pm on June 6th at River Road. Following the FTD will be the Gathering. remember to bring a covered dish for yourself and a few others. The FTD will end in plenty of time for eating before the Gathering.