Oregon Trails Walk to Emmaus

4729 SW Taylors Ferry

Portland, OR 97219

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WWW.OTWTE.COM

     
Rooster Booster
December 2004

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Interim Editor:   Linda Wagar

liwagar@juno.com  360-254-8818

 

 

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS!

Chrysalis Flights           Salmon Creek United Methodist Church

Girls #20: Jan. 6-9, 2005

Lay Director- Suzie Wuitschick, 360-254-5000 suziew@quixnet.net

 

No Boys Chrysalis

 

Emmaus Walks             Salem United Methodist Church

Men’s #60: April 7-10, 2005                                                  Women’s #60: April 21-24, 2005

Lay Director- Bob Jewitt                                                           Lay Director- Genne Sherman

360-262-9532 (Chehalis)  bobjj@myexcel.com                            503-472-64044   dgsherman@onlinemac.com

 

 

Babysitting provided at Joint Team, All Team meetings, Fourth Day, Next Step Gatherings, and Closings for children 6 and under ONLY.  Please call 360-254-8818 or email liwagar@juno.com if you will need this service.

Teams are being assembled for the Spring Walks and Winter Chrysalis’.  Work and Sponsor applications for both the Walk and Chrysalis can be found online at WWW.OTWTE.COM or call Linda Wagar 360-254-8818 for copies.  All money sent in is considered a donation, not fees, and will not be refunded if you or your Pilgrim/Caterpillar do not attend the event. 

Registrar Information: Send all Pilgrims and Butterfly applications (current ones are on the website) to OTWTE, c/o Registrar, 4729 SW Taylors Ferry, Portland OR, 97219.  Please indicate on envelope:  Walk or Chrysalis

Worker Applications:  Send all Work applications to OTWTE, c/o Team Selection (indicate Walk or Chrysalis), 4729 SW Taylors Ferry, Portland OR, 97219

 

            Chrysalis Community Information              

Girl’s Chrysalis  Flight #20    January 6-9, 2005

Salmon Creek United Methodist Church  12217 NE Highway 99, Vancouver, WA

WWW.SalmonCreekChurch.org

Traveling Directions: Coming from the south:  Take I-5 north to 99th Street (Exit 7). Turn right at the end of the exit ramp.  This is 99th St.  Take a left at the next intersection and stoplight.  This is Hwy 99.  Follow this road to  church which is on the right side of the road.

From 205: Take the 134th St exit (exit #36).  Go left at the end of the exit ramp.  Take a left on Hwy 99.  Church will be on the left side of the road. Coming from the north: Take I-5 south to 134th St exit.  Follow signs for Hwy 99… go south.  Church will be on your left. 

Community, please watch for signs directing you to your entrance area.

 

Send-off  (Thur.): January 6, 2005                            

Fellowship time at 7:00pm                                                                    

Gathering and send-off at 8:00pm                                                                          Sunday Love Team: January 9, 2005

                                                                                                                                Crews needed at: 7:00am;  12:00pm;  5:00pm

Saturday Love Team: January 8, 2005                                                                              TO WORK, PLEASE CONTACT:

Arrive at 6:00pm; eat before you come.                                                                 Linda Wagar:  360-254-8818  liwagar@juno.com

Gather in the Sanctuary.                                                                                                        

TO WORK, PLEASE CONTACT:                                                                    

Linda Wagar: 360-254-8818  liwagar@juno.com                                    Closing (Sun.): January 9, 2005

                Community gathers at 3:00pm

Horizontal Scroll: PLEASE HELP OUR LOVE TEAMS !!! Still need several Love Team Chairs                                                                                                                                Closing begins at 3:30pm

Candlelight Service (Sat.):                                                                                                                                                      

Community arrives at 7:30pm                Worship begins at 8:00pm                                                                     

Women- please wear dressy dresses… preferably dark colors.           

Men- dark pants, white shirt, dark tie or bow tie.

 

These are areas where YOU can be a part of the blessing.  Come share the Community events listed above.  Serve on the Saturday or Sunday Love Teams.  PLEASE volunteer some of your time in these areas. The hardest area to fill is after Closing. Let’s support each other and fill in those slots.  See above for the names & numbers of contact people.

I Cor. 12:4-6 says, “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.  There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.  There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all of us. “

 

 

 

News from the Board of Directors 


~~ HELP WANTED!~~

Community Information Coordinator

This person is in charge of maintaining the database for our Emmaus Community and preparing this information for Rooster Booster distribution as well as Board of Directors and Lay Director resources.  Must have computer skills and able to work in Excel.  Help available to learn current program and application.  For more information, please contact

Ron Wagar, 360-254-8818; rwagar@pacifier.com

 

 

 

 
 
                                                                               

~~HELP WANTED!~~

Team Resource Coordinator

This person is in charge of assisting the Lay Directors and team leaders in finding information and resources, answer questions regarding procedure, direct workers to those who have resources needed and general TLC for Lay Directors and their team.  Must have a good understanding of the Walk procedures and experience in many areas of the Walk.   Help is readily available to learn this job.  For more information please contact

Linda Wagar, 360-254-8818 liwagar@juno.com

 

 

 
 

NEEDED: Do you have a floral license with the ability to purchase flowers for the Walk?  Would you be willing to help out during any of the Walk events?

MISSING: LOTS of manuals, talk outlines (even copyrighted downloads), songbooks and chord books! Please return soon!

Would you like to make changes to your Rooster Booster delivery?  Address change? 

Want it emailed or snail-mailed?   Contact:     Linda Wagar, 360-254-8818  Liwagar@juno.com

 
 

Have you checked out the Oregon Trails WTE Website lately? WWW.OTWTE.COM

 There are many new features!

Rooster Booster, Events Calendar, Lost and Found, Prayer Requests,

Applications, Resources & Forms, Links to other Christian Websites

Don’t forget to check out the National Emmaus Website at WWW.upperroom.org/emmaus   

 

 

You may contact Linda Wagar, editor, 360-254-8818, liwagar@juno.com to respond to any of these notices.

 
 

 
 
President's Corner
 

 


December 2004      

We are ending another year in the Oregon Trails Walk to Emmaus community.  It has been a year full of change and issue.  We have lived through many of both and still the testimony Pilgrims give on Sunday at the end of a Walk reflect the fullness of Grace in their experience.  To that extent, the Master has blessed our efforts.

 

Your Board is going to minimize the changes for the next couple of walks.  Funding has been authorized for publishing a new songbook scheduled for use during the Spring Walk in Salem.  This edition of the songbook has been in development for more than a year.  It contains the songs we sing most of the time.  There will be plenty of copies for each community event.

 

The other significant change is a new set of talk outlines published by International Walk to Emmaus.  We plan to implement the new talk outlines for use during the Fall Walks in 2005.  Integrating these into the process of conducting Walks is a significant challenge and we need to take the time to do it right.

 

Your Board anticipates we will not change the Walk script now for a while to give the community a chance to provide feedback to help refine the process.  Guidelines surrounding the International Model assume each Walk is held in a retreat center with staff to do the cooking and cleaning.  A lot of what is specified for procedures in the Model result from what an Inn team can do with only a couple of leaders working in the Background.  We are one of a reported 7 communities in the country still running weekends that include elements of the Cursillo model.  We need to slow down and let the current script become part of our tradition before beginning progress again toward the International Model.

 

I wish to thank those who have served the community faithfully this year by working as members of the Board.  Each one has steadfastly held the well being of the community foremost in their prayers and thinking as they completed the work of the board.  To those taking their leave, I wish to express my personal thanks.  Your efforts yielded much good fruit over the past three years.

 

The Directors elected to the board this year include three men and three women, all with a desire to continue doing what's best for this community.  They all are welcome additions.  Please join in making each welcome in these new roles.

 

Finally, I wish to express my thanks to each reader for your involvement in Christ's mission to the world and this community.  Each one is serving an important role (or maybe several) in the local church.  We continue to work within the loving Grace of God to support each other in those efforts.  I pray daily for the community and the local church leaders we hope to enable with the Walk weekends.  God's Blessings to all during this holiday season.

                      Jay Gregory  utilboss@adelphia.net   360-636-0864 (Longview)

 

 


BOARD OF DIRECTORS :         2005-2007

Class of 2005                                  Class of 2006                                  Class of 2007

Jay Gregory                                Earl Pickett                                  Ted Lemmond

Marsha Gregory                           Bill Loos                                      Julie Lemmond

Larry Allen                                   Kevin Davies                               Mike Davis

Ed Clark                                      Chuck Ford                                 Greg Nelson

Mona Clark                                  Rev. Paul Darling                          Rev. Karen Nelson

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Chrysalis News and Information !

 

From the Chrysalis Committee: 

To The Emmaus Community / Chrysalis Community.

     This is going to be my final letter to the Community.  I am stepping down as Chair of Chrysalis.  I have been Chair for two and half years and on the Chrysalis Board for over ten years.  I think we need some new blood to get the youth and community excited about Chrysalis.  I have enjoyed my time with the youth and it has kept me young at heart.   I have enjoyed working with all the Emmaus Community and their support in the Chrysalis Flights.   We have one Flight coming up in January.  Girls Flight January 6th - the 9th.  (Editor’s Note:  Boy’s Flight cancelled due to lack of Butterflies.).  This Flight is going to be held at the Salmon Creek UMC.  CUT OFF DATE FOR BUTTERFLIES AND WORKERS TO WORK WAS DECEMBER 16TH. 

   As of right now, we have only one confirmed Butterfly. (Editor’s Note: Girl’s Flight now has 10 confirmed Butterflies).  The ones who were going on the last August Flight have not confirmed that they are going.  They say leave it to God and He will make a Way.. Sounds like a song.  I have to admit I get nervous a lot. 

     So as my farewell, it has been great, and I would do it all over again, because of the youth and the Emmaus Community. 

                                                                 Chrysalis Chair  /  Rod Bixler    503-472-8163           bixlerr@yahoo.com

 

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Purify My Heart

Girls’ Chrysalis Flight #20

January 6-9,2005                    Salmon Creek UMC

As we busily prepare for the Chrysalis, God continues to bless us. We are in need of a few workers, but the team is almost full. We are in need of a Prayer Chapel Coordinator as well as Saturday and Sunday Love Chairs. There are also a few positions available for youth. If you are feeling that “tug” to serve at this time we would love to have you on the team. We are looking for a Prayer Chapel Coordinator and Saturday and Sunday Love Chairs. At this writing we have 8 Caterpillars and we are excited to see what God has in store for each of us.

                           In His Service,    

Suzie Wuitschick- LD  

(360) 254-5000    suziew@quixnet.net

                                  Betsy Wuitschick- YALD 

(360) 431-6857           betsyw@quixnet.net

 

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Chrysalis is a weekend of spiritual renewal & discovery for youth ages 15-23 wishing to develop a deeper understanding of what it means to be a Christian.  Won’t you consider working a Chrysalis or sponsoring a Caterpillar?  For more information, see contact numbers above.