| Gatherings |
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Fiji
Emmaus and Commissioning Service
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| Enjoy a night of
Fijian culture, food, singing and dancing |
| When: |
Saturday 9th April |
| Where: |
Turramurra Uniting Church |
| Time: |
Please note we will be starting at 5.30 pm and samples
of a Fijian lovo feast will be available. Still bring your own
plate of food, as there may be many guests. |
| Come prepared for: |
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Fijian artefacts on display
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Fijian choir
› Fijian
dancing
› Prizes for
best Islander attire
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Fiji's Christian history
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Video of what is happening in churches in Fiji today.
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Prayers for Emmaus and the process of establishing Emmaus in
Fiji
› Commissioning
of Teams #102 and #103
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Commissioning of Community: opportunity to commit to support
Emmaus in Fiji
› Offering
for development fund: to bring Fijians to Sydney Walks
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Special farewell song |
| So get your Bula gear out and let's
celebrate the possibility of Emmaus going to Fiji! |
Volunteers needed for setting up (5)
from 3 p.m., and serving in the kitchen (5) from 5 p.m.
Contact Brian
Jago for setting up or Roger
Perry for kitchen. |
| Brian Jago
- Spiritual Director |
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Agape Bags - urgently needed
!!!!
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| If you would like to
make them please ring me urgently. I will give you the size
and instructions on how to make them. |
| Vicki
Harding - Local Agape Ph: 9874 7356 |
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In Memoriam
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Since the last Newsletter the Sydney
Community has lost two of its valued members, Sally
Cutler and Erica Larson.
Our thoughts and prayers go with Kaye and Ben Farrer, Sally's
children, and Jayne, Erica's mother. May they both Rest in Peace. |
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Don't Forget
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| MENS WALK # 102 |
When:
Thursday 28th April - Sunday 1st May 2005 |
| For more information contact Dennis
Lyons - Lay Director. Ph: 9481 8519 |
| WOMENS WALK #103 |
When:
Thursday 12th May - Sunday 15th May 2005 |
| For more information contact June
Leadbetter - Lay Director. Ph: 9401 9176 |
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| How
you can HELP. . . |
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| Sponsorship:
This is a big part of helping someone start their Journey to
find God's Grace and Love in their hearts. We need you to sponsor
a pilgrim so that they can attend a walk. For further information
regarding this you can contact
Kim McCarthy by e-mail or Ph: 9899 7383. |
| Agape:
Don't forget we need your Agape for both walks
(approx. 60 pieces for each walk). If you need anymore agape
ideas or have some agape ready and not sure where to take it,
please feel free to contact Vicki
Harding by e-mail or Ph: 9874 7356. |
| Kitchen:
There is also need for people to help in the
kitchen at both the walks. There will be an opportunity to put
your name down at the Gathering next week or you can contact
Tova Swadling
by e-mail or Ph: 9452 3793. |
| Prayer: Spotlight
on prayer Prayer is important. Prayer
works. We are just weeks away from the first walks for 2005.
Please pray for sponsors; ask God if there is someone He wants
you to sponsor; pray for pilgrims - and more pilgrims; pray
for great community support in the back up work - kitchen,
agape, set up, pack up, prayer. |
| The prayer vigil is linked from the walks page
on the Sydney Emmaus web site. Please visit it and select a
time to pray for the walks. I have not yet been inundated with
response, but there is still time. Also, please let me know
if you need prayer support. Let's remember that we are community,
here to strengthen and support each other. May God bless and
prosper you to live as wonderful witnesses of Christ. |
| Peter
Francis Community Prayer Director (ph: 9997
8995) |
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Pennant Pilgrims
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| Pennant Pilgrims is be one of the
earlier Groups to form in the Sydney Emmaus Community, their
history goes back at leat to 1995. I spent a busy evening with
Kim and Kerry, David, Di and Graeme, and Margaret. The strengths
of this Group are their Support for each other, prayer and the
making of agape gifts. They have a prayer chain that is activated
whenever one of the Group needs prayer. When one of the members
is on team for a Walk, the Group reviews any talk to be given,
makes sure the Group is involved the Kitchen Roster, the Prayer
Chapel and other general agape for the Walk. |
Their Group Re-union opens with the
prayer to the Holy Spirit followed by a devotion lead by a different
person each time. The discussion does not follow the service
sheet explicitly but people relate what has happened since the
last meeting and this leads into a prayer time. Supper is a
feast, but then you need food to sustain the intense pace of
agape gift making. I managed to tie 60 knots in some small lengths
of wool in only half an hour and had to head home, exhausted,
leaving the others busily working.
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| Pennant Pilgrims also occasionally
have a shared meal, or go on a weekend away that may be tightly
structured or not, depending on the location. They manage a
balance between support for Emmaus, support for each other and
support for the local church. They regularly accept new members
into the group - they would like more. |
The Co-ordinator is Kim McCarthy,
Ph: 9899 7383
Pennant Pilgrims meets on the first Wednesday of each month. |
De Colores
Roger
Perry, Re-union Groups Coordinator |
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Newsletters
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| If you know of someone who has been on an Emmaus
Walk and could be included in our mailing list, please ask them
to email Belinda
Cant our Board Newsletter Rep, and in that email they need
to include their Name, Address, Phone Number, E-mail, and the
Emmaus Walk #. Thanks. |
This personal information is for the sole use of the Board to
keep you informed of Emmaus activities and for no other reason
so be assured that all information given shall remain confidential
under the Privacy Amendment Act (Private Sector) Act 2000. |
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