Category: Upcoming Weekends

Candidates for Women’s Closer Walk #93

Posted on by Brandee Terry

Please pray for the for the following women and their families as they attend Closer Walk #93 (formerly NCNY Walk to Emmaus), May 12-15 at Geneva First UMC:

Julie Barber – Newfield
Kathryn Barstow – Marcellus
Patricia Bednarski – Marcellus
Linda Bevelacqua – Moravia
JoAnn Box – Elmira
Lisa Bramwell – Potsdam
Rebecca Brown – Potsdam
Tammy Cappa – E. Syracuse
Angela Capps – Waterloo
Georgenne Carr – Elmira
Tara Church – Massena
Jenny Cotterill – Seneca Falls
Christine Czarnecki – Jamesville
Adelaide Durbin – Moravia
Wanda Edwards – Syracuse
Linda Elliot – Farmington
Marguerite English – Avoca
Susan Grasta – Williamson
Bonnie Fay Herold – Binghampton
Shirley Jensen – Penn Yan
Virginia Johnson – Penn Yan
Vicky Kidder – Penn Yan
Pam Lamoureaux – Memphis
Sharon Lawton – Penn Yan
Judie Lyons – Geneva
Penny Miller – Clayton
Lucille Parker – Locke
Mae Powers – Fabius
Kelly Slayton – Cohocton
Dannette Stewart – Penn Yan
Jennifer Taylor – Elmira
Marcy Wilcox – Potsdam

Kairos Outside Announcement

Posted on by Brandee Terry

Just a reminder that the Kairos Outside Finger Lakes weekend is this weekend.  We are having what is called a “Walk of Love” on Sat. evening at 9 ish.  This is when the community comes to the church and will stand along the walk with candles and sing to the guests.  They don’t know you are there and will be coming from a Forgiveness Service.  It would be so wonderful if there was a big turn out for these women.

Also, we have reserved 15 roll-a-way beds from the place in Elmira that we used to get them from.   We already have one truck that can bring some, but not all.  If there is anyone in the downstate area that can pick up some beds on Friday during the day and deliver them to Geneva, it would be greatly appreciated.  They have to be taken back on Monday.  We would have to remove them from the church on Sunday morning also.

The closing is at 2:30 on Sunday, so whoever can help can come early and load the beds and stay for the closing.  I know it’s asking a lot, but we really need the beds and hope the community can help.  Our only other alternative is renting a Uhaul, but would rather not spend that money.

Please contact me directly if you can help with the beds.

God Bless you all,
Sharleen Reidy
rummage@frontiernet.net
585-393-1391

Invitation

Posted on by Brandee Terry

Kairos Outside #15,  April 29-May 1,  invites the Closer Walk community to participate and support us in the following ways.

* Pray for us and show it by emailing suzrwalker@yahoo.com with a YES
* Send agape by a team member or deliver to Faith Community Church in Geneva.
* Participate in  Walking in Love, Saturday night at 9:15
* Come to our closing at Faith Community Sunday at 2:30

Thanks and praise for all the ways you show God’s love.

Housing for Women’s Walk #93

Posted on by Brandee Terry

Hi Everyone,
Just a little note of interest for the up coming women’s weekend…
The hotel/motel situation in Geneva for the May women’s weekend is tight due to graduation at the local college.
However, the “Cheerful Valley Campground” located just off the thruway, and approximately 7 miles from the church, about a 10 minute drive has space there.  They have some cabins that sleep 5 and a travel trailer that sleeps 4, and of course lots of campsite space, from full hook-ups to tent sites.  It is a great campground, the owners are Christians and have said to make sure that when people call to mention that they are with the “Closer Walk Retreat” weekend and they will offer a deal…the cabins and trailer are 10.00 per person, per bed.  The phone number is 315-781-1222, the owners are Carl and Peg Carlson.
Hope this helps,

Carl and Lisa

Message from the Lay Director

Posted on by Brandee Terry

First of all-Happy Holy Week! may you all have a blessed Easter weekend!!

I have some things I want to share with the general community, so please read on….

Second- a big thank you to everyone who supported the first Closer Walk men’s weekend! It was amazing and went very well. I was very pleased to see the number of people who showed up to support Serenade, Las Mananitas and the closing. We still have a few things to do as part of the complete transition, but the weekend went very smoothly!!

Third- we have selected our leaders for the next 2 weekends. We are trying to move the process a little further ahead so the teaming process is not so frantic. We will be selecting leaders for the spring weekends this summer. The leaders will still be formally “prayed in” at the close of the weekend before theirs. Leading Walk #94 in Elmira at PAUMC will be Gordon Jetty and Judy Burry, and leading Walk #95 will be Sue Dunlap and Eric Amberg.

We have had a lot of people turn in new team applications. Please remember however that turning in a team application DOES NOT guarantee that you will be called to be on a team. The weekend leaders are given the lists of the entire community along with team apps and pray over who they will call to be on team. It is not appropriate to “ask” to be on team. The weekend leaders will compile lists and will assemble their teams from those lists. If your name is placed upon their hearts, then they may call you. Please do not call them and ask to be team.

There was some discussion at the last secretariat meeting about the need for medical support at weekends(both Closer Walk and Koinonia weekends). Marie Morley has provided a lot of our support at recent weekends, but she obviously cannot do them all. We would like to know who has a medical background out in our community and who would be willing to be available to assist with dispensing of meds, etc. for a weekend. What we would like is to have a list available for future weekend leaders just so they know who they might be able to contact. If you have a medical background, work in the medical field and would help support a weekend, please let me know- just send an email to k429@aol.com with your contact info. Thanks!

Lastly-just a big thanks to the support of this community in general. We started a new contemporary service at our church (Amplify service on Sunday nights at 6:30 pm at Seneca Castle UMC), and out of the 60 or so people who attended the kick-off service, at least 40 were from this community…and some of them drove many miles to be there. It always amazes me how supportive you all are of not only the weekends, but of each other. Thanks again for all you do.

God Bless, Kevin Farnsworth, Lay Director Closer Walk of UNY