Spring 2011

THE 4TH DAY MAGAZINE

Spiritual Direction 1

The Spiritual Gift... 2

From the Editor 2

Living out the 4th Day 5

You will get something better

7

From Ugh to OK 8

Put on the Armor of God

9

A Jump Start

Christian Authenticity

12

13

There you Stand... 6

Inside this issue:

Special points of interest:

• President’s Letter 3

• ECLWs 14

• Newsnotes 15

• District Coordinators 16

• Palanca 17—21

• NECC 21—23

As I returned home from the Cursillo

weekend that I attended, my mind was

filled with so many possibilities. I

reflected on the weekend and

wondered what it meant to me and

how was I going to proceed with my

life. I wanted to find my new place in

God’s creation and get started “now”.

I had learned about Ultreya, group

reunion and Spiritual Direction on the

weekend and although it took me

almost 4 years to find a reunion group,

I started attending the Charlotte

Ultreya on a regular basis. Spiritual

Direction was something that people

did not talk much about.

The National Cursillo library defines

Christian spiritual direction as “Help

given by one Christian to another

which enables that person to pay

attention to God’s personal

communication to him or her, to

respond to this personally

communicating God, to grow in

intimacy with this God, and to live

out the consequences of the

relationship.”

My experience with Spiritual Direction

started after a conversation with my

Rector. He suggested someone that I

might talk with and advised that if that

person wasn’t a good fit for me, we

could find someone else. As it turned

out we got along just fine.

During our time together we focused

on my relationship with God and how

HE is present and working in my life.

We talked of His love. The process

has helped me form my relationship

with God and to encounter Him in so

many more ways than I believed

existed. Spiritual Direction has

introduced me to many of the Saints

and their spirituality. I have learned

how quiet and stillness opens us to

God’s presence and allows us to ex-

perience Him in a deeper way. And I

believe that quiet is one of the few

ways we can experience who we are.

It has also introduced me to contem-

plative prayer.

Spiritual Direction has helped me get

past the arguments of “religion” and

move toward a relationship with God

and His people. It seems to me that in

many “religious” places and people,

God is nowhere to be found. Spiritual

Direction helps me to keep my focus

on God and to trust Him in all

circumstances.

From THE FOURTH DAY A Cursillo

publication of the Diocese of North

Carolina by Doug Spreen

GROWING CHRIST-CENTERED

LEADERS

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION

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THE SPIRITUAL GIFT OF GIVING

The spiritual gift of Giving is defined as the Spirit given ability to contribute

significant personal and material resources to the Lord’s work freely, cheerfully and

sacrificially.

The spiritual gift of Giving is identified in Romans 12:8 along with several other gifts.

The Greek word, which Paul uses to describe this gift, places emphasis on “giving

and sharing of ourselves” as we give. This involves giving that responds to a

specific need, giving in which we share not only our resources, but also ourselves. The gift of giving

celebrates the compassionate concern of the giver.

The gift of giving does not belong exclusively to high income people. The Macedonian Christians were

impoverished, but by the grace of God, their extreme poverty “welled up in rich generosity”, says Paul,

so that they gave “even beyond their ability” (2 Corinthians 8 1-3). The amount given is not the issue;

rather, the gift of giving has to do with the attitude and spirit of the giver.

While certain persons have the gift of giving, all believers have a responsibility to give. How do they

differ? The gifted giver is distinguished by a willing attitude and spirit. Gifted givers have a strong

interest in the people and the causes that they support; they see money and all their resources as a way

to serve God.

From the Nebraska Cursillo Newsletter by Nancy Benton-Brown

FROM THE EDITOR

Please accept my apologies for the lateness of this issue of the 4th Day magazine. I was tied up preparing for a Cursillo weekend the first weekend in March which coincided with the usual final days of preparation of the magazine. However, it was wonderful to get into a weekend once again and to watch the Holy Spirit work so richly in the entire process. It reinforces the beauty of the Cursillo movement when one sees 25 people arrive as strangers and leave as family ready to go out and spread Christ’s love in the world. This group has a closed Facebook group and are continuing to interact with each other. It is gratifying to hear what they learned on the weekend and to see how they are continuing to grow in their faith and in their reaching out to the community. They are not just praising the wonders of the weekend. Instead they are applying their learning and are growing. This Facebook group is like a mini-group reunion. What a blessing to have this method of communication.

One thing on the weekend raised questions. We received lots and lots of palanca letters from Emmaus communities, Kairos prison groups, and a variety of other 4th day movements but only two palanca letters from other diocesan Cursillo movements. Having worked diligently to have the information about pending weekends on the website and in the 4th Day Magazine I have to wonder what is falling apart. Do the people who are currently serving as Palanca coordinators know what they should be doing to send and receive these letters? It is a question to ponder. How about an article for the 4th Day magazine written by someone with a clear idea and procedure for sending and receiving palanca letters? I challenge someone to come forth and write this article.

PRESIDENT’S

LETTER

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4th day reflection

Piety, Study and Action - those are the rules of our 4th

day lives. In this season of Lent, I invite you to focus

on piety and in particular to focus on prayer. Prayer is

more than just words spoken at worship or a time

sitting and talking with God. Prayer is the way that we

become intentionally aware of God in our lives.

Prayer can take place in the midst of a busy day or in

the quiet of an empty church. Lent is a good time to

explore the various forms of prayer in

order to seek to be of one will with God

as faithfully as Jesus did.

Public or corporate prayer is what we

do when we worship on Sundays or at

other times like the prayers of the daily

offices which you may do in your

parishes. Corporate prayer is what

Jesus did at the synagogue and when he went to the

temple to pray with the gathered community there.

Within the Anglican communion, we can envision the

prayers of all the congregations around the world who

lift up corporate prayer on behalf of themselves and

others - the prayers of the church never cease! What

an exciting thought - that when our own corporate

worship is finished someone else in some other place

is beginning their worship and prayer. Always and at

all times prayer is offered because we are part of that

larger group of saints. Corporate prayer unites us

with those close by and around the world so that our

prayer does not stand alone. Prayer engages our

body as well as our mind as we speak the words, bow

our heads, kneel or stand, so that we offer to God our

whole being along with all those who pray with us. A

good book to consider this Lent is In Constant Prayer

by Robert Benson, which the NECC just finished

studying.

Personal prayer is what we do when we are alone

with God. This is best accomplished in a place

where we can escape the demands of the world for

a few minutes or hours. Whether we use words

spoken aloud or simply listen to the words spoken in

our minds, this type of prayer is framed around

thoughts and uses words to both express our

petitions and to “hear” in our mind God’s response

to us. This is the most common

type of prayer that people use.

Contemplative prayer is that

form of prayer which uses

silence and an emptying of our

minds as the path to hearing

God. This form of prayer invites

God into our souls without us

forming words or seeking to speak petitions or

intercessions. Many people find this form of prayer

hard to do, because it is an activity which we find

difficult. It is often hard for us to stop talking inside

our heads and even when we do, thoughts intrude

and doubts nag at us. Some find it helpful to focus

on a candle flame or to focus on rhythmic breathing

patterns or the simple repetition of a word or phrase

as a way to slow down our busy minds and to rest in

God’s presence. When an intrusive thought comes,

simply let it go. Sometimes those intrusive thoughts

are what we need to hear from God and so if the

thought returns again and again then listen to see

what you are to do with it. I find contemplative

prayer to be a restful prayer since I am not asking

for anything and not seeking anything on behalf of

another - I am simply present to God and waiting on

God’s refreshing spirit to fill me.

“Prayer is the

way we become

intentionally

aware of God in

our lives.”

Continues on pg 4

Peace,

Ted Ederer

Ted Ederer

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Daily office prayer is another type of prayer which can

be done as a corporate act of worship, but it can be

done by an individual. We are reminded that one is

never really alone when praying the office, even if no

one else is in the room. Others are praying with you,

for you, on your behalf, alongside you. We are joined

in our prayer by all the communion of saints in heaven

and on earth and we are part of the offering of prayer

to God on behalf of ourselves and others.

Journaling can be another form of prayer. Journaling

tends to be either conversational or as answers to

prayer or pondering of questions. For example, if I

journal my concerns and later journal my answers to

those concerns and engage in “conversation” with God

it becomes a process for patiently looking forward and

backward to see how God is working in my life. Other

times the journal is to record times when God has

answered prayer and it can be a record of those

puzzling and troubling things in my life which seem to

have escaped God’s attention and care. Journaling

lets me see that when I look back in the journal I can

see a pattern of God acting in those troubling times

and I can be reassured that God will act again.

Journaling helps one focus on prayer when we might

otherwise get sidetracked. Journaling also uses our

eyes, our hands and our minds as well as our hearts

so it helps us engage fully in the prayer practice.

Walking or exercise can be prayer. Walking as prayer

is more than a brisk form of exercise. Walking as

prayer is intentional. We walk and talk or listen to

God. We let the rhythm of our walking become the

background to still our hearts and minds. We let the

path we are on invite us to reflect on the path God calls

us to. We let the surroundings of nature or the gym

provide us with opportunities to give thanks for the

beauty of a bird’s song or to marvel at the mystery of

the human body which God has given us. We focus

our minds and our hearts on God with us in the

immediacy of this moment as we walk the path.

Walking as prayer is often a way to ponder where we

are being led because the path we walk invites that

type of reflection. Whether we always walk the same

path or vary the path is less important than the pattern

we develop of looking for God around us and of

listening for God to speak to us in the midst of our

daily activities. Like journaling, walking engages our

body and our mind in prayer.

Using the rosary for prayer is just one more option

and many of you may have tried this form of prayer.

Using a rosary or other prayer beads is one more tool

where we engage our body and our mind in prayer.

Whether the rosary is used to pray the daily office or

to pray ACTS or to simply give us something tangible

to hold, it is one more tool in our spiritual tool belt

which helps us remember to pray and it helps us

balance our petitions and intercessions with an

acknowledgment of God’s glory by offering praise

and thanksgiving as well. Often the rosary is used

with quiet repetitive words which lets us move from

spoken to unspoken prayer as we finish the rosary

and then simply sit in quiet contemplation.

Work as prayer - ok, now you think I have finally gone

off the deep end. But work can be prayer, if we

approach it with the attitude of awareness to God.

Work as prayer are those times when we have to do

something repetitive or something so simple that we

really don’t have to think about it. Shoveling snow or

washing dishes or vacuuming the floors can all be

turned into prayer. We don’t really do much

intellectual reasoning during those tasks but we can

be intentional about praying as we do them. For

example, I can pray for all the people who may walk

on the path I am shoveling - I can pray for them by

name or simply by thinking that thought, shovel after

shovel and step after step. I can pray for those in

need while I wash the food from my plate and I can

pray for those who have no plates to wash or food to

eat. I can open myself to God and ask how I can help

provide food for those who have none. I can give

thanks to God when I vacuum that I have a house to

clean and the strength to clean it. I can give thanks

for the marvel of the human body which has so many

muscles and tendons and how the brain signals the

correct arm to push and pull. You get the idea. Work

can be prayer if we approach it with intentionality and

we structure our prayers to the task at hand.

Continued page 5

So you see there are many forms or styles of prayer

and I invite you to explore various styles of prayer this

Lent. Remember that styles of prayer are simply tools

and different tools accomplish different tasks.

Abraham Maslow said, “If the only tool you have is a

hammer, you tend to treat everything as if it were a

nail”. Instead we are invited to gather ourselves a tool

belt full of different prayer tools so that we can use

them to help us find that unity with God which we all

seek. When you try a new prayer form, share your

success or frustration with your reunion group and

encourage others to try it with you.

May God’s peace and blessings surround you,

The Rev. Pat Miller, NEC President

LIVING OUT THE FOURTH DAY

Having attended Cursillo 100, I have now had some

time to experience the “Fourth Day “ a bit. I went to my

Cursillo weekend to begin with to get some insight on

my journey of faith. That weekend definitely delivered.

However, the real challenge is what you do after your

weekend—your Fourth Day.

In my professional life, I often go to conferences and

seminars and many of them end with the question:

“What are you going to do differently on Monday

morning?” Reflecting on my “Fourth Day” or my

continuing journey, if you will, is kind of like that. Here

is what has happened for me.

Not long after returning from my Cursillo weekend, our

priest announced that she was going to mentor

an Education for Ministry (EfM) group at our

church. This is a big commitment of study and

reflection spanning four years and I wasn’t sure if

I could handle it.

After much prayer and some guidance from my

wife on what to keep and what to let go in my

already busy life, I signed up for EfM. So far, it

has been great, but I doubt I would have

considered it at all had I not already been

steering in that direction anyway.

Even before going to my Cursillo weekend I had

been part of what is called the “men’s group” at

our church. We meet on Saturday mornings at

8AM, drink coffee and talk. We use the small

group reunion format of Cursillo except for the

part of keeping it to 30 minutes. We usually go

about 2 hours and it’s a wonderful time that I look

forward to throughout the week. I have no

problem most of the time getting out of bed on

Saturday morning and the discussion of piety

(especially our moment closest to Christ), our

study, and our actions helps keep me focused as

well as connected to my brothers in Christ in the

group. I have never felt closer to a group of men

since leaving the service. We all have our

struggles and triumphs. The key is being in

community. That is what we do on Saturday

morning (as well as Sunday morning.) Being

faithful and being in community—that is what the

Fourth Day is for me..

From THE FOURTH DAY a Regional Cursillo

Publication for the Diocese of North Carolina by

Walt Joyce, NC Cursillo 100 St. Clement’s

Clemmons, NC

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THERE YOU STAND,

ACROSS MY FLOOR

I LOVE DARK, SAD MUSIC. Country and blues

and Julie Miller. They understand me. One of

my favorite songs of late is “Willing to Love

Again” by Hayes Carll. It’s secular. About a guy

and a girl. Imagine that. The guy is a slob or a

sometimes slob. The girl is always there,

standing across the room, willing to love again—

to forgive the sometimes slow.

Here are the lyrics (although you really need to

hear Hayes sing the song.)

I Drink too much and I smoke too much

I laugh at all my own jokes too much

I’m hard to tell and soft to touch

And easy at sayin’ goodbye.

I broke your heart a thousand times

With wasted nights and rambling’ rhymes

I thought I’d leave you far behind

But time just wouldn’t let go

I walk the streets; I kick the cans

Tore down walls with my two hands

And still across my floor you stand

Willing to love again

Out of all the dreams in this whole world

How’d you get so unlucky girl

To find a shell that had no pearl

And a man who couldn’t find home

I feel too much I protect too much

And most times I probably expect too much

I spend my life on this broken crutch

And you believe I can fly

I walk the streets, I kick the cans

Tore down walls with my two hands

And still across my floor you stand

Willing to love again

Certainly I can relate to this song on its secular

level—probably the only level that was intended.

There are many times that I’ve been so thankful that

my loving and patient wife, Margaret, was standing

there across my floor, willing to love again. I’ll bet that

many of you have similar feelings about someone in

your life.

This song reminded me of a passage from ”Traveling

Mercies,” by Anne Lamott. She tells of a time in her

life about one week after she had undergone an

elective abortion. She had been drunk the entire

week, mixing alcohol and pain pills, and smoking

dope. She was lying in bed late that night angry, guilt

ridden and not able to sleep.

She says that as she lay there, she became aware of

someone with her, hunkered down in the corner. The

presence was so strong that she tuned on the light to

see who was there and, of course, she did not see

anyone. But the presence remained. Anne simply

knew that someone was there in the corner looking at

her. He didn’t say a word. It became very obvious to

her that the man in her room was Jesus.

Although she had been

attending church

occasionally, she did not

want to become a Christian.

She was too ashamed.

Anne said to him, “I would rather die.”

But he stayed, watching her with patience and love.

She finally fell asleep and in the morning, he was

gone. She thought it had been an apparition, but

everywhere she went, she felt the presence, like a

little cat following her around.

She tried to get away from it, but she could not shake

the presence. It remained “across the floor.” She

knew that if you give a stray kitten a bowl of milk, it

is yours forever. So she resisted. But finally one

afternoon she gave up and said, “All right. You can

come in.” And that was the beautiful moment of her

conversion.

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“It became very

obvious to her that

the man in her room

was Jesus.”

Continued pg 7

I don’t really know much about Hayes Carll beyond

his talent as a writer and singer. I suspect that his

song is simply about a girl and a sometimes slob.

And that’s enough to make it really good (if your

taste in music runs like mine).

But seen through a Christian lens, the song is quite

beautiful and describes what each of us already

knows. It tells the “same old story” just with

different words. God is always there, standing

across our floor, willing to love again. Like the

loving father in the parable, He is there waiting to

run down the dusty road, embrace us prodigals and

welcome us home. Slip on your Christian glasses

and take a moment to read the lyrics again.

We don’t know what happened to the guy in the

song—just that whatever he did, his girl was

always standing there, willing to love again. But

what we do know is that when we give that little

kitten a bowl of milk and welcome it in, our lives are

changed forever.

When we open the

door, forgiveness and

freedom rush in and

wash over us. And as

a result, we are then

able to stand across the floor,

willing to love again. I think that is what we in the

Cursillo community give as a gift to each new set of

pilgrims and to each other. Our love is imperfect,

but it’s not because we don’t have a good model.

That man hunkering in the corner shows us exactly

what to do. And because of Him, sometimes we

get it right. Even though we limp through life on a

broken crutch, God believes we can fly. For that,

we should shout with joy.

From VIVENCIA newsletter of the Cursillo

community of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama by

John Paul Mussleman, Secretariat President

.

YOU WILL GET SOMETHING BETTER

Since I retired from parish ministry, I have had the

opportunity to sit with my wife and worship together

in the church we are now attending here on the

Cape. We are also currently enjoying a book

discussion group, led by the rector, which meets

mid-week for four weeks in the afternoon.

The book we are reading is The Great Divorce by

C.S. Lewis. It has stimulated alot of discussion

among those attending and between us about faith,

the meaning of Heaven and Hell, and what

constitutes sin and grace for contemporary people (If

you have read The Shack and found yourself bowled

over, as I was, by the gospel good news in new

images in that book, you will get an idea of the power

of this little book by the author of The Screwtape

Letters, Mere Christianity and The Chronicles of

Narnia, written almost 50 years ago.)The plot is a

dream-like fantasy where “the Narrator” finds himself

as a passenger on a bus that has transported a

group of people from a drab and dreary “gray town”

(Hell) to the outskirts of Heaven—a place of beauty,

unconditional forgiveness and joy. As each

passenger disembarks, each is described as a

“ghost”, transparent in his or her sin. There is the

vain ghost, the ghost who is cynical about life; there

is the over-loving mother ghost and a variety of other

self-preoccupied types, blind to their own prejudices,

judgments and delusions.

Lewis uses these stereotypes to help his readers

relate to their own lives, to the human condition,and

to point out the sins that people hold back and refuse

to admit in themselves, and confess.

They are met at the bus by the “solid” people,

already residents and beneficiaries of Heaven, who

invite them to come and enjoy the wonders and

beauty of the grace and peace they have found. Yet,

as the Narrator (Lewis himself, as a kind of

“Everyman”) observes, the “ghosts” wrestle with the

decision whether to stay in Heaven or to hold on to

their petty sins and return to the lonely darkness of

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page 7

When we open the

door, forgiveness

and freedom rush

in and wash over

us.

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the “gray town,” continuing in the lives they have led.

C.S. Lewis’ descriptions and characters are what

really make this story believable and relevant. For

example, there is rough, unforgiving “ghost,”

preoccupied with his own self-

righteousness, who is invited to come

into Heaven by a former associate, who

once committed a crime, but has found

redemption and forgiveness.

“Look at me now”, said the ghost,

slapping its chest (but the slap made no noise).

“I’ve gone straight all my life. I don’t say that I was a

religious man, and I don’t say I had no faith, far from

it. But I done my best all my life, see? I done my best

by everyone, that’s the sort of chap I was. I never

asked for anything that wasn’t mine by rights. .You

may think you can put me down because you’re

dressed up like that, which you weren’t when you

worked under me down there. . . .”

“On no. It’s not as bad as all that. I haven’t got my

rights either, or I should not be here. You will not get

yours either. You will get something far better, never

fear!”

That’s the message from C.S. Lewis— and it is the

message of Cursillo! “You will get something far

better!”

From THE TRIPOD a publication of the Cursillo

Community in the Diocese of Massachusetts by the

Rev. Bill Heuss, Spiritual Advisor Cursillo Weekend

#143

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

National Episcopal.Cursillo

Conference

October 27-29 Phoenix, Arizona

A PERSONAL TRIP FROM UGH TO

OK

"Grumble... do we have to do that again?" "Do we have to do it every time?" I confess -- not too long ago that was me. I came to Ultreyas and loved the friends, enjoyed the music, learned from the talks, gobbled up the food,... but, each Ultreya, the Floating Reunion Group kept coming back. What should I say? I'm an introvert and not a big sharer, and here I am sitting with three people I don't know that well. What studying? Are you kidding?

So what to do? My suggestion is to persevere. Relax. Try again. How many times in life has Christ asked us to do that? How many good things have occurred because we simply persevered? That's what I ultimately had to do. And, it has been worth it.

The process of changing did take time. First, I came to realize how truly loving the community gathered at each Ultreya was. No matter how lame my response, no matter how little I had actually done, they were always receptive and supportive. If I had nothing to say or add, that was always okay too. Each time I sat in a group -month after month -- there were gradually fewer and fewer people that I knew nothing about.

Contribution Updates

Diocesan contribution

This fiscal Year to date

Diocesan Contributions

$22903.04

Friends of Cursillo

This fiscal Year to date

$12161.34

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There were many wonderful witnesses for Christ's love and lay action, but there were an equal number who struggled just like me. There were always those who were more comfortable saying very little. And, no matter what, it was all acceptable to the group. It was always okay. So I began to relax.

Then, the whole purpose of a Reunion Group began to work. Once I was more relaxed, I could see the support and reassurance that the group was always willing to give. Then, knowing that I would be part of a Group again next month, I began to focus more on what action I was taking... what moments close to Christ I had experienced. And, voila! The next month, there was more to share. It wasn't that I really did that much more. My daily life did not change. It was just that I came to recognize the parts of my life that were part of a bigger plan. I began to participate in that plan in a more intentional way. I began to see why the Reunion Group is sometimes called an Accountability Group.

But what about that study part? I'd completed EFM years ago, so I couldn't fall back on that. We had study programs at church, but not every month. And, oops, I'm just not able to stay awake when reading essay or meditation type books. With progress being made on the other aspects of the Reunion Group, study became my next challenge. It finally dawned on me that I could find something to study that suited my own interests. Being very interested in history, I "googled" topics that combined religious topics and history. I hit a treasure trove and now I keep my "study" book on my bedside table to read every night.

Growing acceptance of the monthly Floating Reunion Group had another positive effect for me. For years, I had tried different ways to be in my own small group reunion. Like so many of my Cursillo friends, getting around the issues of scheduling, geography, and inertia seemed to make it a difficult thing to do. I went long periods without truly being in reunion. Of course, that made the Floating Group Reunions at the Ultreyas even more difficult. If you're not doing one, it's harder to do the other. So, as I began to feel more at ease each month at Ultreyas, I saw the urgency to strive harder to be in my own group reunion with a few Cursillo friends. And, that was the final part of my little trip. It took a bit of maneuvering with schedules and time, but I'm now part of a regular reunion group. We meet and enjoy a lunch, we share our activities, and we support each other. At last!

So, is the Floating Reunion Group my favorite part of Ultreyas? No, not really. But, I don't mind them anymore. I've found value in what I've learned in them. They've given me new friends. I've seen the power of action for Christ in other's lives. I have seen what can happen if I just relax, persevere, and give them a chance. From THE LEVER Heartland Episcopal Cursillo Dioceses of Kansas and West Missouri and Iowa Cursillo by Harriet Duff St. Michael and All Angels, Mission, KS

An amazing phenomenon occurred Friday night at the All Saints’ Whitman Ultreya. Now I know why Satan tried so hard to keep me away. From the moment I walked in the door and proceeded to the front to find a seat, I had this overwhelming feeling of the presence of my mom. For those who don’t know, mom “went home to be with Jesus” on Epiphany, January 6, 2007. As we settled in, my suggestion for a song was one of my favorites “Just a Closer Walk with Thee.” I stood there in the front row and I could actually visualize my mom there with me, smiling, with her hands raised, singing so joyfully at the top of her voice with us. “I am weak, but Thou art strong; Jesus, keep me from all wrong; I’ll be satisfied as long As I walk, let me walk close to Thee. Refrain: Just a closer walk with Thee, Grant it, Jesus, is my plea, Daily walking close to Thee, Let it be, dear Lord, let it be. Through this world of toil and snares, If I falter, Lord, who cares? Who with me my burden shares? None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee. When my feeble life is o’er, Time for me will be no more;

PUT ON THE ARMOR

OF GOD

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Guide me gently, safely o’er To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore.”

That song will never be the same to me. What a precious gift from God. My heart and soul were so full of emotion, I couldn’t sing through my tears. The feeling is still with me. It is soooo cool. The only thing I couldn’t figure out was what mom was doing in the “front” row. She always sat in the back, you know “cradle” Episcopalians fill in the pews from back to front. To top it all off, the witness speaker was Dave Frazier and the theme “The Armor of God” Ephesians 6:10-18. Get out your Bible, it’s study time!! If you have not heard Dave give a witness, he is awesome, his words are always from his heart, in layman’s terms, often funny and very thought provoking. Most definitely from God. I remember the exact words, but the thing that hit me was when Dave said that putting on the full armor of God isn’t so people see us shining and elegant, you know—conceited. It is for our protection.

Later, I was thinking about the shining armor thing and started visualizing what “MY armor”

must look like since living my weekend in 1987. I could just see: My belt of truth and breastplate of righteousness totally DENTED. My feet DULL and dirty, sunken in the mire and muck to be in readiness with the gospel of peace. My shield of faith SCORCHED from the evil one’s flaming arrows. My helmet of salvation NICKED and perforated. AND my sword of the spirit which is the word of God HIGHLIGHTED and WORN from the millions of verses hurled out in defense. Not pretty looking, but durable, reliable, incredibly strong and never failing. Sound like our God? So when was the last time you took stock of your armor? Then again, when was the last time you went to Ultreya? You may be amazed at who you meet! love, peace, joy

From THE TRIPOD a publication of the

Massachusetts Episcopal Cursillo by Marsha

Corliss, Editor

? ? ? WHY SHOULD I GO ON A CURSILLO WEEKEND? ? ?

Most people ask: Why do I need to go on a Cursillo weekend? I am a Christian, I go to church

every week, I read the bible, I have a busy life going on, with work, church activities and family.

I just do not have time to take a weekend off to go.

My answer to those who ask this is: no matter where you are in your Christian journey, you

need this weekend. This weekend is about YOU AND GOD. Think of it as a long needed

vacation with your Saviour. This is a time to be away from all the distractions of every day life.

A time for yourself, a time to pray and to unload all the junk that weighs you down. This is a

time to learn about the tools that will help you to have a closer relationship with your Lord.

We all know that our lives are filled with activities that distract us from our Lord. We know that

family is important. If we are to take care of our families, we must take care of ourselves first.

Sometimes we need to take time for ourselves to become healthy both in our bodies and our

spiritual well being. The weekend will give you that time to reflect on what is important in your

life. You will have time to talk with other men and women about their challenges in their

Christian journey. Most importantly, you will have the time to pray and listen to your Lord.

From ALBANY EPISCOPAL CURSILLO NEWSLETTER by Barb Mitchell

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Pre-Registration

for the NEC Conference

Phoenix, Arizona

October 27-30, 2011

Name: ______________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________

______________________________________________

Phone: ______________________________________________

E-Mail: ______________________________________________

Diocese: _____________________________________________

Deposit $ 25.00

NON-REFUNDABLE, NON-TRANSFERABLE,

GOOD FOR REGISTRATION ONLY

TO HELP YOU PLAN:

Early Bird Registration (prior to August 15) will be $199.00;

Regular Registration will be $250.00.

Hotel will be $104.00 per night (single, double, triple or quad)

Registration Brochures will be available mid to late Spring

Mail to:

NEC Office 2683 Highway 701 N #4

Conway SC 29526-3882

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Friends of Cursillo Pledge Card

Yes, I want to support the work of the National Episcopal Cursillo!

I (we) hereby pledge:

$500.00 $200.00 $100.00 $50.00 $25.00 Other $_________

To be paid: annually quarterly monthly enclosed ______________

to help fund the work of the National Episcopal Cursillo.

This pledge is for the fiscal year October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011

Name ____________________________________ Diocese _____________________________

Address ____________________________________ Phone _____________________________

____________________________________ Email _____________________________

Please complete this form and return it to:

The NEC Office 2683 Highway 701 N #4

Conway SC 29526-5124

DO YOU NEED A JUMP START?

Have you ever had to have a jumpstart on your

car? Usually that means your battery is “kaput”

but sometimes a little TLC gets it back to working

order, and your car runs like a top.

Your Cursillo weekend is like that. You go along

smooth sailing, go home Sunday night, still

running real good. The first week great; second

week—real good, as well as the third, still good.

Suddenly it starts to sputter and eventually stops.

You can’t find time to be bothered. Then you

recall your Fourth Day, and the commitments you

made that Sunday afternoon—and it gives you a

start, and once again, it’s smooth sailing.

It is hard in the beginning to start a group or join

one, but it will pay dividends. You will find new

friends and other untold benefits. There will be

times, just like your car battery, when you will

need a jumpstart. It is not always going to run

like a top, but you will enjoy the ride.

From THE FOURTH DAY regional Cursillo

Publication for the Diocese of North Carolina by

Jim Herlihy

Please send complete Secretariat Rosters to your

NECC Representative and the NEC Office.

Rosters should include name, address, phone,

email address, and term of office. This is very

helpful for the National Episcopal Cursillo office

and committee.

ATTENTION SECRE

TARIATS

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Christian Authenticity • The Heart of Evangelism

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling." (2 Corinthians 2:1-3) Paul tells this young church that he did not come to them as a great philosopher with "lofty words or wisdom" but as a regular guy who knew nothing "except Jesus Christ, and him crucified" and he came in "weakness and in fear and in much trembling." Paul came to Corinth as a tent maker. Corinth was host to the Isthmian Games – the second largest competitive games in the ancient world (the largest being the Olympics). The well-to- do of Corinth would purchase tents to shade themselves while watching the games from the stands. Paul had a perfect market for his tents in Corinth, and we can imagine as he worked on tents and talked to customers, Paul would find ways to share his faith with co-workers and clients. Paul encountered people through his every day life and work and found ways to "make a friend, be a friend and bring a friend to Christ."

This Epiphany season we hear Paul's words to the Church in Corinth. The Corinthians could be described as Paul's "troubled children" in the faith. An ancient Greek proverb said the "trip to Corinth was not for the weak of heart." It was a thriving and prosperous city on the Isthmus of Corinth— a narrow 2.5 mile strip of land separating the Aegean Sea from the Mediterranean Sea. In Paul's time, merchant ships loaded with goods moving between Rome and the east would portage their ships across the isthmus to avoid the dangerous route around the Peloponnesian peninsula. The Corinthians became quite wealthy from the fees collected for the movement of goods. The people became quite prosperous and a thriving artisan and merchant class arose leading to a strong class consciousness in the region. The Corinthians were rather well-educated and had a great appreciation for philosophy and rhetoric. The Corinthians were the "upwardly mobile" professionals of their day. Paul reminds us that

Christian authenticity is the heart of evangelism. It's not about having "lofty words" or "wisdom." It is about having a living relationship with Christ, letting that relationship shape us into Christ-like people, and being willing to tell others what difference Christ makes in our lives. We belong to Christ and this makes each of us a "living gospel." We often think the gospels are the four written testimonies of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. We forget that the gospel is still being proclaimed by each and every one of us as we live our faith in ordinary words and deeds— as we "make a friend, be a friend, and bring a friend to Christ." DeColores From THE ABRAZO newsletter of the Maryland Episcopal Cursillo by Anjel Scarborough+, MD 72 Spiritual Director, Maryland Episcopal Cursillo

We belong to Christ and

this makes each of us a

“living Gospel “

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Episcopal Cursillo Leaders

Workshops (ECLW)

Northcentral District

Josh Swallow (2013)

2002 Lyon Des Moines IA 50317

515-727-6496 E: jcii_hotair@yahoo.com

Diocese of Iowa Spring 2011

Northeast District

Ronnie Barhite, District Coordinator (2010)

227 W. Oak Orchard St. Medina, NY 14103

H: 585-798-3753 E: rbarhite@rochester.rr.com Western District

Ted Ederer (2013)

10503 NE 53rd St. Kirkland WA 98033-7422

425-827-1404 jtederer@comcast.net

National ECLW Coordinator:

Nina-Jo Moore

763 Jimmy Billings Rd. Vilas, NC 28692 H: 828-297-5079 E: moorenjnc@yahoo.com

Southeast District Jan Millar (2012)

606 Mirawood Trail NE Concord, NC 28025

H 704-782-1318 jmillar@carolina.rr.com

Diocese of Southwest Florida April 29—30,

2011

Southcentral District Colleen Lambert (2011) District Coordinator

2025 Marge Lane Sulphur, LA 70663

H: 337-625-4274 E: clamb64@suddenlink.net

The purpose of the ECLW is fourfold:

1. To deepen the commitment to Christ and

living of a life in Christ among the Cursillo

leaders in the country.

2. To clarify the purpose and method of the

Cursillo movement as it seeks to work within

the Episcopal Church to fulfill the Great

Commandment to love God and one another

and the Great Commission to go and make

disciples of all nations.

3. To help grow new leaders for the Cursillo

movement so that it may continue to be an

effective instrument in the mission of the

Episcopal Church to “restore all people to unity

with God and each other in Christ.” (BCP 855)

4. To help diocesan Cursillo communities assess

how they live out the Cursillo method and

encourage them to explore how to do it more

effectively.

The ECLW is intended for any Cursillistas who are

called to make Cursillo a major focus of their

ministry in the Church. We encourage dioceses to

identify future as well as current leaders and to

send them to an ECLW even if it means helping to

finance their participation. Some dioceses require

attendance at an ECLW as a prerequisite for

serving on their Secretariat. Investing in the work

of growing leaders is the best investment a

diocesan Cursillo community can make in its own

future and in the growth of the Kingdom of God.

Would your Diocesan Cursillo

Movement benefit from holding an

ECLW?

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News Notes from the

October 2010 meet- ing

The National Episcopal Cursillo Committee convened in Concord, NC on Feb 3rd

hosted by All Saints Church in Concord. The committee members braved blizzards

and high winds to arrive for their work together, and all traveled to and from the

meeting safely. The Executive committee began their work on Thursday morning

with a wonderful breakfast followed by worship. The Executive committee completed

recommended work from the finance servant community and approved a preliminary

2011 Conference budget, a NEC personnel handbook, the purchase of a new office

computer, and finalized paperwork for the office administrator’s enrollment in The

Episcopal Church’s lay pension plan. The Executive committee then met all the

newly elected district representatives for an orientation time. The full committee

arrived Thursday evening and we shared our study of the book, In Constant Prayer

by Robert Benson. Everyone felt that the book was wonderful and we commend it to

you for your study. The first day’s work concluded with Compline.

The committee continued their work on Friday and Saturday and concluded

the meeting with an Ultreya Saturday afternoon, jointly attended by cursillistas

from the Dioceses of North Carolina and Western North Carolina. Our special

thanks to All Saints Church in Concord for their gifts to us of hospitality, space

and resources. We are most grateful for Dave Millar who served as host

community coordinator and, especially for Jan Millar, who cooked, cleaned

and cared for us. Jan had a marvelous kitchen team who helped out, but Jan

was the one who made sure we left the meeting weighing more than when we

came! A final thanks to Calvin Hefner who coordinated the airport arrivals and

Ken Parker who coordinated the departures for the entire committee. As you can tell, the logistics for a NECC

committee meeting are somewhat like those of a 3 day weekend - lots of behind the scenes work so that the

committee can efficiently and effectively do their work. Thanks to everyone who helped!

The NECC meeting included time for district meetings, group reunion, worship and subcommittee work as well

as time for the work of the entire committee. The NECC approved a

preliminary budget for the 2011 Conference in Phoenix, prioritized a

list of possible workshop topics for the conference and discussed the

pending decision about a keynote speaker. The communications

subcommittee was given approval to hire a website vendor to upgrade

our web hosting capabilities and to improve our ability to provide you

materials and information more quickly. The publications

subcommittee completed work on the revision of the “Secretariat” book

for the library and also mapped out a better method to get NEC

materials and the library translated into Spanish. Watch for news of the

National Episcopal Cursillo

Newsnotes

-________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NECC Meeting February 2011 Diocese of North Carolina

Spanish materials being available later this year. The Cursillo Leaders Development subcommittee

focused their work on identifying dioceses in need of support and also developing ways to strengthen the

4th day activities within Episcopal Cursillo.

The committee approved our participation in a nation-wide ecumenical survey of 4th day movements. The

survey will be distributed to all cursillistas by e-mail and we hope that you will watch for the web link and

that you will take the short survey. The NECC will be able to extract the information and have a better

sense of the health of Episcopal Cursillo and will also be able to compare that data to other 4th day

movements. Please help us with this effort.

The committee also had the opportunity to meet with Bishop William Gregg and Bishop Chip Marble,

assisting Bishops of NC, and to also meet with the Secretariat for the

Diocese of North Carolina. We shared best practices from NC and from

around the country and we talked about opportunities to strengthen the

Cursillo movement. Our thanks to the NC Bishops and Secretariat for

taking time to meet with the NECC.

May your days be filled with God’s grace and love,

The Rev. Pat Miller, NEC President

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DISTRICT SERVANT COMMUNITY COORDINATORS Northcentral District Southeast District Judith Stark (2012) Jean Stafford (2011) 10121 S. Springfield 2980 Crestline Drive Macon, GA 31204 Chicago, IL 60655 H: 478-477-8706 Jestafford@mindspring.com H: 773-233-7949 E: Judith.stark44@yahoo.com

Northeast District Southcentral District Dorrette Headley Jim Swaney 129 Beach 61st. St. #1 15718 E. 40th Terrace S., Averne New York 11692 Independence, MO 64055

H: 347-230-43651 H. 816-350-3417

E: dorette.headley@gmail.com E. jswaney@homeisp.com

Western District Vacant Contact District Representative if interested in serving

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Palanca Coordinators & Palanca Requests

received by March 15, 2011 See also our web site, www.episcopalcursillo.org

Please note that we do not have dates for all weekends that may be scheduled. We can only print what we

receive. Please send your palanca information to necoffice@episcopalcursillo.org and to pebell@aol.com

Northeast District

2011

March 17 Long Island

Massachusetts 24 Albany (men)

May 19 Maryland New York

27 Long Island (sp)

June 11 Pennsylvania

September 29 New York

October 27 Albany (women)

November 17 Long Island

Province 1

Connecticut: Send to: JoAnn Cromwell, 22 7th St.,

Newington, CT, 06111-3309, joann4avon@cox.net

Maine: Send to: Vicky Lesmerises, 4 Grove St. Camden

ME 04843 avlesmerises@mac.com

Massachusetts: 3/17, Send to: Kathy Jeffrey, 9 Revere Rd, Tewksbury MA 01876-3207,

kathynpete@comcast.net

Rhode Island: Send to: Marcia Butler C/O Diocese of Rhode Island, 275 N. Main Street, Providence RI 02903

Vermont: Send to: Betty Packer, 1120 Village Grove, Williston VT 05495

Province 2

Albany: 10/27 (women’s) Send to: Debbie Fish 6054 Schoharie Turnpike Delanson, NY 12053,

fishesny@nycap.rr.com

Central New York: Send to: Barb Craner, 7088 E. Seneca Tpk, Jamesville, NY 13078

barbandbycraner@windstream.net

Long Island: 2011 3/17, 5/27 (sp). 11/17 Send to: Kenrick James, 1135 East 51st Street, Brooklyn NY

11234, pichinino@aol.com

Newark: Send to: The Rev. Eric Soldwedel

esoldwedel@aol.com

New Jersey: Send to: Jim McConnell, 14 Windsor Court,

Sayreville, NJ 08872 jimmccon@optonline.com

New York: 5/19, 9/29 Send To: Dianne Zimmer-man 2501 Summit Terrace, Linden N.J. 07036

Dianne.Zimmerman@bingham.com

Western New York: 9;29 Send to: Linda Makson 2419 Krotz Road Warsaw, NY 14569

lam2419@yahoo.com

Province 3

Easton: Send to: Joyce Smithson, 21020 Haven Road, Rock Hall MD 21661.

Maryland: 5/19 Send to: Elizabeth (Liz) Brodell, PO Box 536, Williamsport, MD 21795

Lizbrodell@gmail.com

Pennsylvania: 6/11 Send to: Sherrie Tatman, 1101 Raymond Road, Swarthmore, PA 19081,

SCTatman@rcn.com

Southern Virginia: Send to: Mary Lou Crifasi

MLCrifasi@aol.com

Southeast District

2011

March 12 North Carolina

24 Central Florida (women)

April 6 Alabama 28 Mississippi

June 9 Southwest Florida Alabama

September 29 Florida (men)

October 6 Central Florida

13 Southwest Florida

27 North Carolina

29 Florida (women)

Province 4

Alabama Send to Hank Poellnitz, III, 701 Crest Lane, Homewood, AL 35209

Henry.Poellnitz@ElPaso.com

Atlanta: Send to: Jean Stafford, 2980 Crestline Dr., Macon, GA 31204

Central Florida: 3/10 (men) 3/24 (women) 9/30 Send to Mari Parsons, 625 E.Chapman Rd. Oveida, FL

32765 Gracegift2@aol.com

Central Gulf Coast: Send to: Tut Wynne, PO Box

1367, Fairhope, AL 36533 twynne@wbbwlaw.com

East Carolina: Send to:Denise Wheeler, 138 Tiger

Woods Dr. , New Bern, NC 28560 dennie@ec.rr.com

East Tennessee: Send to: Bobbie Suttles, Lay Director, 823 Spring Park Road, Knoxville, TN 37914

Bobbie.suttles@gmail.com

Florida: 9/29 (men) 10/6 (women) Send to: Carlos Delgado, 1122 NW 12th Ave, Gainesville FL 32601-

4114, ufflaco@yahoo.com

Georgia: Send to: Susan Gonzales 233 Silver Brook Circle Pooler, GA 31322

Marksusangonzales@yahoo.com

Kentucky: Send to: Herb Meister, 7110 Glen Arbor

Road, Louisville, KY 40222 kycursillo@aol.com

Lexington: No contact at this time

Louisiana Send to: Kay Starns, Cursillo Louisiana Palanca c/o Solomon Episcopal Conference Center,

54296 Highway 445, Loranger, LA 70446

CursilloLouisiana Palanca@gmail.com

Mississippi: 4/28 Send to: Ken Ruckstuhlk

kruckstuhl@bellsouth.net

North Carolina 5/12, 10/27 Send to: Sam Hamilton 2749 Wildwood Ct. Winston-Salem, NC 27103

shamilton6@triad.rr.com

South Carolina: Send to: Jim Gray, 1930 Old Georgetown Road, Manning SC 29102,

Gray.JamesB@aol.com

Southeast Florida: Send to: Claudette Wray, 1861 Via Bellessa, Wellington, Fl. 33411,

Jamaica 4/7 (women) 7/14 (men) 10/20 (women),

10/27 (men) Send to Fr. Michael Elliott, Anglican Cur-sillo Movement, Jamaica Diocese of Jamaica and

Cayman Islands Church House 2 Caledonia Avenue

Cross Roads Kingston 5 Jamaica

renjc2002@yahoo.com

Southwest Florida: 6/9, 10/13, Send to: Bette Armon, 5948 Beech Street, Zephyrhills FL 33542,

mousebette@verizon.net

Tennessee: Send to: Brea Cox, Church of the Good Shepherd c/o TEC Cursillo, 1420 Wilson Pike,

Brentwood TN 37027 breacox@comcast.net

Upper South Carolina: Send to: Ralph L.Coleman, 1353 Sanford Dr.,Columbia, SC

29206 ColemanRalphL@aol.com Western North Carolina: Send to:Cynthia Drake, 503 Claremont Drive, Flat Rock, NC 28731

patbobpace@bellsouth.net

Northcentral District

2011

April 28 Chicago

May 19 Colorado

September 15 Colorado

October 27 Chicago

Province 5

Chicago: 2011 4/28, 10/27 Send to: Nancy Nix, 4515 Franklin Ave., Western Springs IL 60558

momnix3@aol.com

Eau Claire: Send to: Janet Sterken, 100 Avon Rd

#95, Sparta WI 54656 sterkjl@chartner.net

Fond du Lac: Send to: Lisa Alexander, 15420 Brandenburg Avenue, Merrill WI 54452,

ronlisalex@earthlink.net

Indianapolis: Send to: Peggy Miller, 115 Painted Hills Martinsville IN 46151,

peggym@insightbb.com

Michigan/East Michigan: Send to: Charles Reagan, 4574 Crutchfield, Saganaw, MI, 48603

creagan126@hotmail.com

Northern Indiana: Send to: Laurie Thompson, 30357 Meadowbrook North, Elkhart, IN 46514,

ultreya90@hotmail.com

Springfield: Send to: Peggy Graham, 335 Ellison,

Carlinville IL 62626 psgraham@frontiernet.net

Western Michigan: Send to: Cathy Fries 275 West 23rd St., Holland, MI 49423

cfries@tds.net

Province 6

Colorado: 5/19, 9/15 Send to: John Mitchell, 835 Sabeta Drive, Ridgeway, CO 81432

jrm@ouraynet.com

Iowa: Send to: Robin Sade, POB 2179,

Davenport, IA 52809-2179, dr71452@msn.com

Minnesota: Send to: Jerry Harris, 835 Sabeta Drive, Ridgeway, CO 81432

raharris @kmtel.com

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Southcentral District

Nebraska: Send to: Lyndle Lewis

lyndle@nebraskaepiscopalcursilo.org

Wyoming: Send to Doreen Chavez, PO Box 253, Ft. Whasakie WY 82514,

djc179@wyoming.com

2011

March 24 Dallas/Fort Worth

May 12 Dallas/Fort Worth (sp)

West Texas

September 15 Dallas/Fort Worth

23 Oklahoma (sp)

October 13 Dallas/Fort Worth

West Texas

November 10 West Texas

17 Dallas Fort Worth

Province 7

Arkansas: Send to: David Cox, 3304 Park Ave. Hot Springs AR 71901-5013

TheCoxTribe4@aol.com

Dallas/Fort Worth 3/24, 5/12(Sp), 6/2 ,9/15,

10/13, 11/17 Send to: Palanca c/o Center for Renewal, 10290 Monroe Suite 101, Dallas, Tx.

75229 Linda@episcopalrenewalcenter.org

Kansas/West Missouri: Send to Theresa Rathbun, 1326 Quarry Rd. Manhattan, KS

66502 trathbun@oznet.ksu.edu

Northwest Texas: Send to: Patti Nabors, 2502 Allendate Rd. Big Springs. Tx 78720

PleasinC@aol.co

Oklahoma: 9/23 (sp) Send to Gretchen “Biel”

Johnson biel_Johnson@yahoo.com

Rio Grande: No contact

Texas: Send to: Debra Gallington, 811 Oak

Leaf, LaPorte, Texas 77571

debra@gallington.com

West Texas: 5/12 10/13 11/10 Send to John

Mackechney, 307 Basin, San Antonio, Tx.

78216 dwtx.palanca@yahoo.com

Western Louisiana: Melinda Zolzer, 193 Northwood Lane, Nachitoches, LA 71457– 7843

,

Western District

2011

April 28 San Diego

June 23 Spokane

September 30 San Diego

Province 8

Arizona: Send to Sue Gruenberg sueg123@q.com

Eastern Oregon: Send to: Riki Strong, 21980 Butler

Market Rd., Bend OR 97701

rstrong@bendcable.com

El Camino Real-Monterey: Send to: Tamara Santos, 2907 Granite Creek Road, Scotts Valley, CA 95066,

tamara@ucsc.edu

El Camino Real - Santa Clara: Send to: Isabelle

Wright, Palanca@sccursillo.org

Hawaii: Island of Hawaii: Send to: Cathy Sugiyama, P.O. Box 3028, Kailua Kona, HI, 96745-3028;

c.sugiyam@hawaiiantel.net

Los Angeles: Send to: Sherry Wright 21718 San

Leandro, Mission Viejo CA 92692 slbwright@att.net

Los Angeles Spanish weekends: 10/20 (men)

10/27 (women) Send to Jose Rene Lopez, 801 N. Culver Ave. Compton, CA 90220-2215

jorelo187@hotmail.com

Central Coast (Los Angeles): Send to: Jody Spindel, 217 El Pasillo, Newbury Park CA 91320

spinoaks@aol.com

Northern California: Send to: Leslie Grier 2748 Tunnel Street, Placerville, CA 95667

lesliegrier@sbcglobal.net

Olympia: Send to: Ben Johnson 13731 62nd Dr. SE

Everett, WA 98208 palanca@olycursillo.org

Oregon: Send to: Winnie Carey

winniecarey@ymail.com

San Diego: 4/28, 9/30 Send to:Judith Potter, 19430 Paint Brush Trail, Desert Hot Springs CA 92241-7413,

jpotter18@juno.com

San Joaquin: Northern and Southeast: Send to: Vicki Swinford, 805 W. Janelle Ct., Ridgecrest, CA

93555 Swinford.vicki@verizon.net

Spokane 6/23 Send to: Jeanne Devenport 6111 S. Summerwood St. Spokane WA 99224 or

email to ngrady@juno.com

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Foreign Palanca

Bahamas: Send to:Cursillo Palanca P.O. Box N-3539 .

Nassau, Bahamas rmw44@hotmail.com

Barbados: Send to: Gillian Robinson

Gillian.robinson@hotmail.com or

bdoscursillo@yahoo.com

Belize: Franicis Wilson, Anglican Diocesan Office, PO

Box 535, Belize City Belize, bzediocese@btl.net

Cuba: Send to: Antoinette Capaz, 7702 N.W. 42 Ave.,

Gainesville, FL, 32606 or e-mail to ILJC3@cox.net

Cuernavaca Mexico: Send to: Sra. Flor Garcia, Apartado Postal 4-538, Chapultepec Cuernavaca,

Morelos 62431 Mexico

Dominican Republic: Send to: Bob and Ellen Snow, DMG 13388,7990 15th Street East, Sarasota, Fla.34243.

Kenya: Send to: Palanca at Renewal Center, 10290 Monroe Suite 302, Dallas TX 75229

sejohnso@airmail.net

Mexico: Send to Nancy Howard, Av. San Jeronimo 117, San Angel, 01000 Mexico D.F.

Puerto Rico:Send to Esther Vila, Box 7368, Mayaguez PR 00681

Australia

Adelaide: Send to: Janet Marshall, 14 Ironbark Ave.,

Craigmore, South Australia barbside@ozemail.com.au

North Queensland, Send to: Beverly Fernance, 27 Chiquita Ave., Rasmussen Qld. 4815, Australia

bevandon@bigpond.com.au

North Territory: Send to: Marian Ah Toy,

ahtoy@bigpond.com.au

South Australia: Mrs. Pat Went

patwent@pigpond.com.au

Tasmania: Send to: Donna Moss , P.O. Box 483, North Hobart, Tasmania 7002, Australia,

bandicoot_donna@yahoo.com

Canada

Victoria, British Columbia: Send to: Mark Benewith, Palanca Director, Diocese of British Columbia, 1424

Leask Rd., Nanaimo, BC, V9X1P8, erazzo@shaw.ca

Canada: Send to: Anglican Cursillo Movement (Diocese of NS and PEI); P.O. Box 41086;

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4P7 CANADA,

Ontario Send to: Margaret Watsa, Box A7 Argyle Beach, RR#, Harrow Ontario Canada N0R 1G0

Ottawa: Send to: Ottawa Anglican Cursillo, 71 Bronson Ave, Ottawa Ontario K1R 6G6.

Quebec Send to: Diocese of Gatineau-Hull

Western Newfoundland: Send to: Ms. Yvonne Young, PO.Box 127, Mt. Moriah, NF AOL 1J0,

Canada

New Zealand

Christchurch: Send to:Roy & Claire Bickers 119 Hackthorne Road, Cashmere,

Christchurch 8022, New Zealand

rbickers@paradise.net.nz

Wellington: Send to: Peter Totman, Chester Road,

Carleton NZ, peter@cursillo.wellington.net

Waikato: Send to: Jesse McElroy 135 Golf Rd. Taumaruni, King Country, NZ,

palancainternational@gmail.com

United Kingdom (UK)

Blackburn: Send to: Tony Ellwood, 3 Dublin Drive, Cypress Point, Lythan St. Annes, Lancashire, FY8

4KJ England, tge.ellwood@tinyworld.co.uk

Bradford: Send to: Hillery Carroll, Lower Burnt Hill, Black Lane Ends, Colne, Lancashire BB8 7ER

Bristol: Send to Chris Newton Evans, The Rectory, Rectory Close Stanton St., Quinton Wilts, England

SN146DT, chris4ted@hotmail.com

Chester: Send to: Catherine Shambrook, 16 New Street, Elworth, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 9JF, UK

Coventry: Send to: Keith Haywood, The Vines, 5 Church Road, Lawford, Rugby Cv23 9L0

Cumbria: Send to: Patricia Irwin, 31 Blackwell Road, Carlisle, UK CA2 4AB

Cymru Bangor: Send to: Janet Tattersall, 118 Fford Naddyn, Glan Conway, Clwyd, UK

Derby: Send to: Alan Randle, 44 Evershill Lane, Morton, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 6HA UK

Durham: Send to: Eileen Matthews

eileenmathers29@hotmail.com

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Exeter: Send to: Rev. & Mrs. Elain Harewood, 19 Swains Road, Badleigh, Salkerton, Devon, UK

Gloucester:Send to:The Rev. W. Vane, 95 Cheltenham Road, Gloucester GL7 2JB UK

Leeds: Send to: Prem Gunga, 12 Greenfield View, Kippax, Leeds LS 25 7PR, West Yorkshire, England

Leicester: Send to: Nanette Grundy, 136 Conway Drive, Shepshed, Loughborough Leicestershire LE12

9PN England; nanettegrundy@hotmail.com

Lichfield: Send to: Chris Lawlor, Glenealy , Moss Road, Wrockwardine Wood, Telford, Salop UK TF2

7BN

Lincoln: Send to: Barbara Preston, 21 McMillan Avenue, North Hykeham, Lincoln, UK LN6 9SA

London: Send to: Sheila Coules, 14 Mayfields, Wembly UK, HA9 9PR;

stobart.harry@hstobart.fsnet.co.uk

Northcentral District

Diocesan distribution no available at press time. Please

call any of the three Representatives in this district for

information, if needed

Pat Steele (2010-2011)

Communications Subcommittee

10644 Bennett Lowell MI 49331-9444

H: 616-897-8777 E. psteele899@aol.com or

pat.steele@izzyplus.com

The Rev. David Pike (2012)

Communications Subcommittee

1519 Elmwood Rd. Lansing, MI 48917-1543

W: 517-323-2272

E: pike1707@gmail.com: or

frdavid.stdavids@sbcglobal.net

Dee Settlelmeyer (2010-2013)

Publications Subcommittee

56708 E. Prentice Pl Strasburg CO 80136-9604

H: 303-622-6264 C: 303-905-6053

Northeast District

Lance Crawford (2011)

Publications Subcommittee-chair

204 Treehaven Dr. East Aurora, NY 14052-1355

H: 716-652-2407 C: 716-432-4508

Crawhavenwny22@aol.com

Long Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Rochester,

New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,

Western Massachusetts, Belize, Barbados

The Rev Rick Simpson (2009-2012)

Cursillo Leaders Development Subcommittee

754 Montauk Hwy. Islip, New York 11751-3650

H: 631-581-4306 W: 631-581-4950 C: 631-804-8353

E: frsimpson@yahoo.com

Bethlehem, Central New York, Connecticut,

Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, West Virginia ,

Northwest Pennsylvania, Virginia , Western New

York

Valerie Crosdale (2010-2013)

Cursillo Leaders Development Subcommittee

670 E 42nd St. Brooklyn NY 11203-6503

valariehcrosdale@gmail.com

Albany, Armed Forces, Central Pennsylvania,

Easton, New York, Newark, Pittsburgh, Southern Vir-

ginia, Southwestern Virginia, Washington DC

Salisbury: Send to: Trevor Hogarth, 665 Dorchester Road, Upwey, Weymouth, Dorset UK

Southwark: Send to: Molly Osborne, 2 Imperial Garde, Cedar Ave., Mitcham, Surrey CR4 1ER,

UK 32 or Crown Drive, Inverness, IV2 3QG,

Scotland

Southwell: Send to: Martin Tyack, 52 Davies Road West Bridgeport, Nottingham UK NG2 5JA

Martin@exportsales.net

St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich: Send to: Tracy Dove, 47 St. Wendred’s Way, Exning, Newmarket,

Suffolk, UK CB8 7HJ

Wakefield: Send to: Lynne Germain, 19 Central Ave. South Elmsall, W Yorks WF9 2HH, UK

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National Episcopal Cursillo® Committee 2011

Southcentral

Linda England (2008-2011)

NECC Secretary

315 E. Partridge Independence MO 64055-1452

C: 816-830-4423 E: LMEngland@sbcglobal.net

Texas, West Texas, Rio Grande, Mexico, Puerto Rico,

Dominican Republic

Charles D. Hood (2008-2012)

NECC Vice President/Communications –Chair

46 Lorca Way, Hot Springs Village, AR 71909-4482

H: 501-922-4800, W: 501-922-1411

E. ch9163hsv@sbcglobal.net

Dallas/Fort Worth, Arkansas, British Anglican Cursillo,

Honduras, Northwest Texas, Oklahoma,

The Rev. Peisha Roumas (2010-2913)

Publications Subcommittee

913 E. 100th Terrace Kansas City MO 64131-3372

C: 816-507-8099 E. peisha@kc.rr.com

Kansas/West Missouri, Western Louisiana, Scotland,

Western Kansas

Western The Rev. Scott Jones (2009-2011) Cursillo Leaders Development– Chair 10716 E. Medina Ave Mesa AZ 85209-3213 H: 480-284-4605 W: 480-964-5820 C: 786-376-9002

E: frscottaz@gmail.com

California, Los Angeles, Nevada, San Diego, San Joaquin, Utah

Debi Rhine (2009-2012)

Publications Subcommittee

5356 Kettler Ave, Lakewood, CA 90713.-1732

H. 562-804-2167 C: 714-319-8044 W: 562-356-5618

E. debir55@juno.com or debi.rhine@phns.com

Alaska, Australia, Eastern Oregon, Hawaii, Idaho, New Zealand, Oregon, Olympia

Matthew Finnigan (2010-2013) Communications Subcommittee 7715 Pacific Hwy E. Milton WA 98354-9635 H: 425-643-3861 W: 800-551-0511 mfinniganAQp@msn.com or matthewf@national concretecuttinginc.com Arizona, El Camino Real, Northern California, Spokane, Navajolands, Belize

Southeast

Holly Walker (2008 -2011)

NECC President Elect

9251 Hwy 78 W Okeechobee Fl. 34974 H: 863-763-7245 C: 706-969-3877 E:Hollypwalker@yahoo.com Florida, Central Florida, Southeast Florida, SW Florida, Upper South Carolina, Tennessee, Bahamas

Calvin E. Hefner (2010-2012)

Cursillo Leaders Development Subcommittee

5518 Lancelot Dr. Charlotte NC 28270-0422 E: calvin@calvinehefner.com East Carolina, Mississippi, Western North Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia, Cuba

Fr. Dave Newhart (2010-2013) Publications Subcommittee 901 Clearmont St. Sebastian FL 32958-4978 W: 772-589-2770 E: dgnewhart@yahoo.com or Fr_Dave@bellsouth.net Central Gulf Coast, East Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, West Tennessee, Georgia, Lexington, South Carolina

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Ex-OfficioThe Rev. Pat Miller (2008-2011) NECC President

17212 East 44th St. Court.

Independence MO 64055-6786 W: 816-373-5333

E:motherpat@prodigy.net or

E:motherpat@st.michaelschurch.org

Dave Millar, Treasurer

606 Mirawood Trail NE Concord NC 28025-3185

H: 704-782-1318, W: 704-427-6921

C: 704-796-0536

E: dmillar@carolina.rr.com or

dave.millar@wellsfargo.com

Sue Davis, NEC Office Administrator

2683 Hwy 701N #4 Conway SC 29526-3882

W: 843-488-2956 W: toll free, 1-877-ULTREYA

E: necoffice@episcopalcursillo.org

The Rev. Alan Scarfe Bishop LIaiason

225 37th St. Des Moines IA 50312-4305

W: 515-277-6170

E: ascarfe@iowaepiscopal.org

Esther Bell

Editor 4th Day Magazine 203 McClure Gonzales, TX 78629

H: 830/672-3853; F: 830-672-1388 E:Pebell@aol.com

Nina-Jo Moore National ECLW Coordinator 763 Jimmy Billings Rd., Vilas, NC 28692

H. 828-297-5079 E. Moorenjnc@yahoo.com

Judy Hood

Consultation Servant Community Coordinator

4164 Col. Vanderhorst Circle Mt. Pleasant SC 29466

H: 843-884-7667 judyhood@comcast.net

Thom Neal Conference Servant Comm. Coordinator

PO Drawer 90405 Columbia SC 29209

H, 803-783-6588 W: 803-931-0028 C: 803-466-4718 E: thn3@aol.com

Joe Welch

Coordinator for NECC Veterans

1821 College Park Dr. Taveres, Fl. 32778-5777

H. 352-742-0321 E. Roy _15@yahoo.com

The Rev. Don Nesheim

Webmaster

4400 36th Ave N Apt. 116

Robbinsdale MN 55422-2183

763-529-9079 dnesheim@earthlink.com

Holly Walker

Finance Servant Community 9251 Hwy 78 W Okeechobee Fl. 34974 H: 863-763-7245 C: 706-969-3877 E:Hollypwalker@yahoo.com

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