Hi Sky Emmaus Community Newsletter
September, 2007 - Page 3

Men’s Walk # 175 – Sep. 13-16, 2007

Dear Hi-Sky Emmaus Community:

The men of Men's Walk #175 covet your prayers for the upcoming walk. The team is prepared and waiting on the Lord for Pilgrims and direction. As I write this we have 22 pilgrims and look forward to more pilgrims as God adds them. I thank the community for all your prayers, agape, and pilgrims. As a team, we have been led by the Spirit in many ways in our preparation and we look forward as Joshua 3:5 says; "...Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you." We have already witnessed the Lord do many amazing things in the team preparation, but we don't think the Awesome God we serve is through making amazing things happen.

De Colores
Ken Arnold
For the Team of Men’s Walk #175

Committee Reports

• Agape - Miss Agape!
  
  If you missed the August Community Meeting, you missed “Miss Agape.”
  Help us create “Mr. Agape” and “Ms. Agape” on these next Walks—
  
  • MW #175 - Sept. 13 -16
    
  • WW #176 - Nov. 8 – 11
    
  • Make, bake, create, order, assemble, buy, string, paint, build AGAPE!
    
    
• Administration Committee –
  
  
  • Book Table – Thank you for all the books and materials you give for the sake of others and their Walk experience. Keep up the good work!
    
    
• Gatherings Committee – Remember that leftover agape from each walk is brought to the next two Community meetings for the purpose of the persons/groups who provided it to pick up and use for future walks. If not picked up at either of these two meetings, the agape is kept and sent later in the year to the abuse center where it is greatly appreciated. Anyone who has provided a particular item of agape for a walk can also contact Janis Chapman [janischapman@sbcglobal.net or 682-9586] and ask her to hold those leftover items out for you.
  
  New community members – your name tags for your lanyards will also be in the foyer at Community meetings to pick up (if not picked up at the first Community meeting following your order, it will be mailed to you).
  
  Walk crosses for August Community were those of Janis Chapman (WW#134, Oct., 2002), Rusty Hill (MW#148, Apr. 2004), and Saundra Hill (WW#160, Sep. 2005). de colores, Carol Hopkins
  
  
• Chrysalis Committee – God is so good! We had full a Chrysalis for both boys & girls flight this summer! Thanks to Kerry Mansour & Shari Horne for serving as lay directors! Well, the dates have been set for next summer, they are June 12-15, Girls Flight #40 and July 10-13, Boys Flight #41. Lay Directors will be announced at the September community meeting. Please start praying about who God would put on your heart to prepare and send on these flights. Let’s have another summer of full flights!!!! Thanks for all the sponsors that sent wonderful caterpillars and for the wonderful team God put together. He will do it again!! Thanks, Ann Driver
  
  
• Fourth Day Committee – No Report
  
  
• Facilities Committee -- No Report
  
  
• Trailer/Supplies Committee – No Report
  
  
• Music Committee – Since there was no walk in August, the Music Committee was pretty quiet. Thanks to Amy Houser, Carol Hopkins and Tish Deffenbaugh for providing music for the August Community Meeting. The committee will set up sound equipment for Men's Walk #175 on Wednesday evening, September 12 if anyone would like to help.
  
  
• Nominating Committee – Board Members for 2008
  
  The Nominating Committee of the Hi-Sky Emmaus Community is soliciting your nominations for 2008 Board Members. We will base our selections on the criteria stipulated in our By Laws and the Upper Room Handbook on Emmaus. The role of the Board of Directors is to serve as the link between the local Emmaus community and Upper Room Ministries.
  
  As you prayerfully consider people whom you would like to nominate, we ask you to please contact those people before you nominate them so they know they are being nominated and we know they are willing to serve. In order to be considered for the Board Member position, the following qualifications must be met:
  
  1. Must have completed a walk as a member of the conference room team.
  2. Must be willing and able to chair one of the standing committees of the Community.
  3. Must commit to attend monthly board meetings.
  4. Must be willing to actively support the walks.
  5. Must be willing to actively maintain the health of the Community.
  6. Must be actively involved in a church.
  7. Must be actively involved in a reunion group.
  8. Must be actively in attendance at Community events.
  9. Must be willing to commit to fulfilling the covenant with Upper Room Ministries as stated in the Letter of Agreement.
  
  Please give prayerful consideration to your nominations and please commit to praying for the Nominating Committee as we prayerfully select the slate for next year’s Board Member nominations. You may nominate as many candidates as you feel God is leading you to nominate, including yourself, if you so choose. We will receive nominations through September 30, and we will provide ballots with the slate of candidates at the October community meeting. Ballots will also be available in the October newsletter and on our website. The voting period extends through November 30. Ballots will be collected at the October community meeting and may be mailed to Hi-Sky Emmaus, PO Box 10370, Midland TX 79702, postmarked before 11/28/07.
  
  Please click here to download and print a Board Nomination Form (PDF document).
  
  
• Team Selection – All is quiet in the Team Selection department; however, we will be back at work soon selecting the 2008 teams. Look for cards in the pews at the next Community meeting if you are interested in working walks in 2008. You may also e-mail your name and number to ms@mrccac.org or rhill@grandecom.net. De colores, Mary Seay, Co-Chairman
  
  
• Training Committee – No Report

2007 Hi-Sky Emmaus Walk Dates