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PSWTE President’s Letter
Where has the year gone? It’s already the middle of May. As I look at the flowers, plants and trees blooming in my yard, I recall the saying “April showers (and we had lots of those, didn’t we?) bring May flowers”. With the time flying by I have found myself extremely busy these past few months. Or is that with being so busy, the time seems to be flying by? Some days I find myself overwhelmed and wonder if I will get everything done (you should see my May & June calendars) and have time to just be still.
My sister-in-law, Sharon Decker, North Carolina Commerce Secretary and Presbyterian lay pastor, recently spoke at a YMCA prayer breakfast. The focus of her comments was to make more room in our busy lives for quiet time with God. She said “We have to learn to be still. The way most of us live our lives is ‘just keep moving, just keep moving.’ Yet God calls us to a still, quiet space.” She also encouraged those gathered at the breakfast “to build daily prayer into their lives, love others as the Bible commands – and never forget to also love and nurture themselves “so there’s more of you to give away for Christ’s sake every day.”
Reading that article in The Charlotte Observer and then reading a devotional by Joyce
Meyer (on YouVersion), was one of those wake up calls (or slap on the head) moments. God was talking to me, telling me to slow down, spend more time in the Word, and listen for His voice. Yesterday I came across this devotion that I’d like to share with you. I do not know the author or even where it came from. Again, I think God is talking to me. So, this article will be short as I go to my favorite rocking chair by the front window, open my Bible and spend some time being still before God. And all those “projects” – well, they can just wait.
Stillness Before God (author unknown)
One of the most important things we can learn in this day and hour is how to
be still.
I believe that one of the significant reasons so many of us are burned out and
stressed out is that we don’t know how to be still. We don’t really know God and
do not acknowledge Him. And it’s only by spending time getting to know Him
that we learn to hear His still, small voice so that He can direct our paths.
We need to learn to be quiet on the inside and stay in that peaceful state so
that we are always ready to hear the Lord’s voice. Many people today run from
one thing to the next. Because their minds don’t know how to be still, they don’t
know how to be still in their heart.
If we’ll just slow down and quiet our minds enough to hear His promptings,
we can live in a place of peace, ready to respond obediently. It is easy to see that
leading a peaceful, happy life, free from exhaustion and burnout, is not all that
complicated, as long as we remain still before God.
Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God”
Carol Decker, PSWTE Board President
Volume 31, Number 2 Updated June 10 May 2013
The Rainbow Junction
Gazette
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Lay Director Thoughts -Walk #213
Whew! When WTE President Carol Decker called me “to ask a couple of
questions,” I had no idea one of those questions would be “Would you prayerfully
consider being a Lay Director for an upcoming walk?” My first response was “No,
that’s not been an ambition of mine. I love to serve, but…”
Of course, Carol convinced me to pray about it...which I did, even to the extent
of flippantly suggesting to God that if He wanted me to say yes, He could “just send
me a rainbow.” Well, be careful what you say to God! A couple of weeks went by,
and I was about to call Carol and say no--even though in my devotional time I’d
been coming across statements like “God speaks to us through the voices of our
Christian friends,” and other similar ideas that seemed to be “gently” nudging me to
say yes.
Then, one evening I was at a meeting, standing with my back to a large picture
window, when I “felt” a tap on my shoulder. I shrugged it off...then “felt” it again,
along with an urge to “turn around, Joyce.” When I did, I saw the most beautiful
rainbow I’d seen in years, arching right over Oak Harbor Bay…“oh, nuts!”...or
something like that...went through my mind...and that explains the rainbows that
will be seen on Walk 213.
The theme and song come from Isaiah 6:8, when God asks Isaiah “Whom shall
I send?” Isaiah replies with “Here am I, send me.” This ties in with Jer. 29:11--“For
I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord--plans not to harm you, but to give
you hope and a future.” It’s what we are called to do--to serve Him wherever we are
sent--whether in our home, church, town, community, or around the world. He will
see to our future.
I praise God for the Emmaus community, and ask for His blessings on this, and
every, Weekend!
Serving Him, Joyce Atkinson
Directions to Walk 213
First United Methodist Church Olympia
1224 Legion Way Southeast , Olympia, WA
From North (I-5 Southbound):
Take exit 105B (the right lane to city center). This exit becomes northbound Plum Street.
Go north on Plum until you come to the fourth stop light (you will see a Jack-in-the-Box on the NE corner).
Turn right (eastbound) on Legion and go up four blocks. First United Methodist Church is on the
left side of the street, across from Madison Elementary School.
From South (I-5 Northbound):
Take exit 105 (stay right, follow signs to the Port of Olympia). At the light, turn left onto northbound Plum Street. Continue following above instructions “Go north on Plum…”
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Pilgrim List
Women’s Walk #213
June 27 - 30, 2013
Theme: Here I am, Lord...Send Me
Song: Here I Am, Lord
Verse: “For I know the plans I have for
you, says the Lord...plans not to
harm you but to give you hope and a future.”
Jer: 29:11.
Co-verse: “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said,
“Here am I. Send me!” Isa 6:8
Walk #213 Church Sponsor(s)
Updated May 30 June 10
Gloria Braxton Northwest Community Church MikelAnn Robinson
Sarah Corral St Paul’s Lutheran boB & Deb Sinclair
Shirlee Dashow Christ Lutheran Carol Wray Sturgill
Judy Donley Christ Lutheran Kristi Kreamer
Linda Evanson Christ Lutheran Kristin Moultine
Elise Harshbarger Rose Hill Presbyterian Bob & Jeanne Harshbarger
Kathy Hicks Oak Harbor FUMC Shirley LeBlanc
Patty Huesers Christ Lutheran Michele Green
Christina Hunt Rose Hill Presbyterian Wendy Markham
Chrissy Kuhn Christ Lutheran Nick Roy
Robin LaMont Grace by the Sea Anglican Joanna Seppa
Annie Lund Centralia Comm. Church of God Briana Canfield
Andie Moawad Christ Lutheran Les Watts
Cindy Mosley Christ Lutheran Margot McKell-Warner
Kate Radzyminski Christ Lutheran Sandy Reed
Chrissie Scrimshaw Grace by the Sea Anglican D Sumner Fedele/D Leach
Shelley Smart Christ Lutheran Dianne Chamusco
Jane Starr Christ Lutheran Nancy Selland
June Zacharias Oak Harbor FUMC Joyce Tighe/J Roodzant
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Walk 213 Team List
Director Jesus Christ
Lay Director Joyce Atkinson
Asst. Lay Director Janann Roodzant
Spiritual Director Kristi Kreamer
Spiritual Team Sara Hammersborg, Dave Johnson,
Steve Morrow
Song Team Lead Paige Rath
Song Team Cheryl Dyson, Jackie Linington,
Michelle Thompson
Head Cha Ida Richards
Cha Chas Georgia Gwyn, Bette Kohlenberger,
Judy Reeder, Barb Wilson
Chef, Assistant Dee Turley, Anne Tarrant
Kitchen Team Karen Claussen, Caroline Fewing,
Jana Fullerton, Jeanne Kirkpatrick,
Debb Leach, Shirley LeBlanc,
Yvonne Struthers
Palanca Boss, Assistant Ginger Opdyke, Carol Decker
Briana Canfield, Tracy Canfield,
Mary Jaquish, Christen Lanning-Weller,
Margo McKell-Warnick,
Margaret Mordhorst, Molly Perry,
Sandy Reed
Talk Room Speaker Backup
Priorities Georgia Gwyn (cha) Cheryl Dyson (song team)
Priesthood Bette Kohlenberger (cha) Lori Griffin
Life in Piety Krys Owens Deidre Davison
Growth/Study Jean Harris (Margo McKell-Warnick (palanca))
Christian Action Erin Buckley-Noonan (Jana Fullerton (kitchen))
Discipleship Kathi Van Pelt Jessica Berg
Changing Our World Marali Woessner Ida Richards (cha)
Body of Christ Joanna Seppa Diana Sumner Fedele
Love Team Chair Blair Prigge
Agape Boss Gary Buma
Send Palanca to: Ginger Opdyke
2806 Newell Dr
Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Updated May 30
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2013 PSWTE Board Members
President Carol Decker [email protected]
President-Emeritus Gary Buma
President-Elect Scott Coffinger
Secretary Ann Coffinger
Treasurer Bette Kohlenberger
Spiritual Directors Fred Gregory
Paul Kuhn [email protected]
Women’s Walk Coord. Paula Wood
Men’s Walk Coord. Bill Gwyn
Ultreyas
Ultreyas meet monthly in the following
locations. If you are in our area, please drop in and share the spirit with us. These Ultreyas are
open to all who wish to follow Jesus!
East King County
Third Sunday at 2:30 St. Peter’s United Methodist, Bellevue
Bob Jones
(c)206 832-7883 or (w)425 861-2685
Kitsap
First Friday at 7:00 p.m.
Silverdale UMC Jessica Berg
North Snohomish/South Skagit
Currently not meeting
See “Ultreya News” below
Oak Harbor Third Friday at 7:00 p.m.
Oak Harbor FUMC
Ginger Opdyke 360-679-9071
South Sound Third Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Christ Lutheran,
Lakewood
Lee Chaffee-Birnbaum [email protected]
Whatcom Third Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Gail Sullivan
2013 Committee Chairs
Facilities Kathy Hawkes [email protected]
Fourth Day Lance Calisch & Charlene
Rogers
Gazette Editor Joyce Atkinson
Historian Dee Turley
Kitchen Bob Berndt
Music Chair John Decker
[email protected] National/Int’l Palanca Georgia Gwyn
Notebooks Nina Buma
Pre-Walk Joan Pierce
Supplies Karl Brackmann
Team Selection Gary Buma
Web Site Darrin Canfield [email protected]
*Ultreya News* Help is needed to restart the North Snohomish/
South Skagit Ultreya. All it takes is a willing
group of volunteers and a location to meet
monthly (or at least quarterly). Contact Carol Decker if you (or a group of you) wish to take on
this leadership role. Help is available for meeting
ideas.
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Presidential Notes
A Note from the President regarding the cancellation of Men’s Walk 212. After much prayer and discern-
ment, the PSWTE Executive Board (with the understanding and concurrence of the Lay Director, Steve
Westerside) made the difficult decision to cancel the Men’s Walk in June. At the time of cancellation (3
days before the Combined Team Meeting), there were only 30 team members signed up (10 less than the
minimum required) and zero pilgrim applications. As hard as the decision was to make, we all agreed it was
the right thing to do. Please contact me if you have any questions about this decision.
Electronic Donations. As mentioned in the e-Blast last month, PSWTE is now able to accept secure elec-
tronic donations (debit/credit card or bank transfers) via our web site. Several people have already taken
advantage of this new option. The electronic donation option is located under the 4th Day tab. You have
three options from which to choose: (1) a one-time donation, (2) paying for serving on a walk or sponsoring
a pilgrim. The payment is set to default $90, or (3) setting up a monthly recurring
donation to provide ongoing support to PSWTE. Please note: The monthly recur-
ring donation can also be used to pay for serving or sponsoring when the entire $90 at
one time is not within your budget. The donation form gives you the option to set the
amount and a start/stop time frame. For example, you can donate $10 a month for
nine months. For all of the donations, please use the organization line to list infor-
mation about the donation, such as, walk #, purpose (general budget, walk weekend
support, my service on walk#, pilgrim, trailer fund, etc.) This will help us designate the money to the correct
location.Please let us know how this experience works. We appreciate any and all feedback.
Facilities. Due to ongoing life events, Karen Claussen, Facilities Chair (South) has submitted her resigna-
tion from the Board. Thank you, Karen, for all your hard work in helping secure churches for our Walk
weekends. At times it has not been an easy task; we appreciate your efforts. All of the churches for 2014 Walk weekends have been arranged. We will be hosted by Immanuel Lutheran, Rosehill Presbyterian and
Des Moines United Methodist.
PSWTE Database. The Board Historian is working hard to keep the database current. If you change any of
your contact information, (email address, home address, phone number(s), church affiliation, etc.), please
send an email to the Historian or complete the form on page 7 and mail to her. Also - please notify her if
you change your name. Last year we added an "instrument" section to the database to help the Music Com-mittee identify current and future song team members. If you play an instrument (and have not previously
provided us with that information), please provide that information to the Historian as well. A quick email to
Dee would be greatly appreciated.
Help PSWTE reduce costs! If you are currently receiving the Gazette via regular mail and would like to
receive it via email, please send us a request by going to the Gazette page on the web site and clicking the
link in the top paragraph to sign up online. Or you can send the Historian an email and request to receive the
Gazette via email. The Historian is Dee Turley; [email protected]. You will be taken off the "snail
mail" list, and will receive an e-mail when the Gazette is updated. Thank you for helping us control costs--
and save paper!
Thank you for your help!
Carol
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Current Information. Please remember to keep your E-mail address, home address, and phone numbers updated with PSWTE. Often Lay Direc-
tors contact the Board for help in filling their teams, especially for clergy and
song team members. Anytime you change your contact information, please
send the Historian an email to update the database.
For those of you receiving the print Gazette, please remember to keep your mailing address current. You may send in changes the following ways:
Send to: Puget Sound Walk To Emmaus OR [email protected]
P. O. Box 77314 (indicate PSWTE Address
Seattle, WA 98133 Change in the subject line)
Name _______________________________________________________
New Address _________________________________________________
City ______________________________ State ________ Zip __________
Home Phone: ( )___________________ Work Phone: ( ) __________
Church ______________________________________________________
Email: _______________________________________________________
Check here if you’d like to receive the Gazette electronically
Board Meeting Highlights
At our March meeting, we welcomed Bette Kohlenberger as new Board Treasurer. We wish to thank Cheryl
Goodwin for her hard work and commitment to Puget Sound Walk to Emmaus finances for the past two terms.
Watch for updates in the Gazette and online for the introduction of the new e-payment system.
The trailer has been ordered and will be ready for delivery at the first part of May. It will be used to transport the supplies from First United Methodist Church in Olympia in June. The Supplies Committee is looking for
someone to be the North Sound point of contact for storing the supply trailer between Walks and helping move
the trailer to/from the churches where the Walks are held. Contact Scott Coffinger for more information.
Suggested Donation Increase. Due to the rising cost of supplies and food, the Board has approved a $10.00 increase in the suggested donation for serving on a Walk and for
sponsoring pilgrims. The suggested donation is now $90.00
Revised Child Care Policy. The PSWTE Board recently made a change regarding child care for the Combined
Team Meetings, Closura and 4th Day Celebrations. Child care will only be provided if pre-arranged with the
Love Team Chair at least one week in advance and only for children 5 and under.
IMPORTANT NOTE!
To help protect the privacy and
security of all persons, the
PSWTE Board has opted to password-protect the 4th Day
information on the web site.
When you click on 4th Day,
you will be prompted to enter a
password. That password is decolores. Note: no spaces, no
capitalization.
* Go to www.pswte.org to
check out our updated
website, and to keep up
with team and pilgrim
changes!
Help PSWTE reduce costs! If you are currently receiving the Gazette via regular mail and
would like to receive it via email, please send us a request by going to the Gazette page on
the web site and clicking the link in the top paragraph to sign up online. Or you can send
the Historian an email and request to receive the Gazette via email. The Historian is
Dee Turley; [email protected]. You will be taken off the "snail mail" list, and
will receive an e-mail when the Gazette is updated. Thank you for helping us control
costs--and save paper!
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Bellevue, WA Women’s Walk #213 FUMC Olympia June 27 - 30, 2013
Fourth Day August 10, 2013
Men's /Women’s Walks #214-215 Silverdale UMC
Men’s: #214 Sept 26 - 29, 2013
LD Kevin Pickard
Women’s #215 October 3 - 6, 2013 LD Jessica Berg
Team Meeting: August 24, 2013
Newsletter Deadline August 22, 2013 Fourth Day October 26, 2013
Men's /Women’s Walks #216-217
Emmanuel Lutheran, Centralia Men’s: #216 March 20 - 23, 2014
LD Wes Neely
Women’s #217 March 27 - 30, 2014 LD Deb Hoheisel
Team Meeting: February 8, 2014
Newsletter Deadline February 6, 2014
Fourth Day May 10, 2014
Upcoming Walks & Activities
Request to Serve
on a Puget Sound Walk to Emmaus
Requests to Serve on a Walk to Emmaus weekend
can be found on the PSWTE website at
www.pswte.org. Click on the “4th Day” link.
Be sure to read and sign the Statement of Leader-
ship Commitment on page 2 of the form.
To All AV techs and Music Leaders:
Please remember that whenever we copy mu-
sic, which includes projecting the words on a screen by whatever method, we have to in-
clude the proper Christian Copyright License
information. If you don’t know what that is or where to find it, you can contact me. Thanks
for your help. John Decker, Music Committee
