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Magazine
of the National Council
February, 2014 Volume A
17,News
Number
1
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The National Presbyterian
of Presbyterian Fourth Day Movements
and the National Council of
Presbyterian Cursillo
Volume 17, No 1
www.cursillo.us
www.cursillo.us/4thday.htm
A Little Bit of History
Back in the early days of our movement, one far
sighted man from Oklahoma—Jim Cahalan—
suggested something that has made quite a difference to us. Jim, the first national moderator of our
national council, suggested a small but critical
change to our license from the Roman Catholics.
The license then read that you had to be a member
of a PC(USA) church to attend or staff a Presbyterian Cursillo weekend. Jim recognized that some
PC(USA) churches might leave that denomination
and that there were many Presbyterians who belong to churches that are not part of the PC(USA).
He suggested that we seek to have the license
changed to read simply that you had to be a member of a Presbyterian Church.
As a national council, we are not tied to any particular Presbyterian denomination, despite the fact
that at one time we were an “affinity group” of the
PC(USA), which did away with such groups several years ago. We are still committed to adhere
to the standards of the PC(USA) in the event of
disputes. We did that to make sure that we could
not be pressured to ban female clergy or elders at
our weekends. You might say that we have
Our national councils were preceded by a national
advisory board which was intended to advise
South Carolina Presbyterian Cursillo in its oversight of the national license it held at that time.
Mike Allen was the last national head of that
body, which gave way to our national council in
1998. Mike is still active today, running youth
weekends for our now South Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage community.
Tom
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Our Cursillo communities therefore may now accept members of any Presbyterian church. There
are about ten different Presbyterian denominations
in this country as well as a number of independent
Presbyterian churches.
“grandmothered” the use of female clergy into our
movement.
Pa
I was initially opposed to the idea—probably because of my naturally curmudgeon-istic nature
[“How many Presbyterians does it take to change
a light bulb?” “Change!?!“] - but soon came to
appreciate it and agree with it. The Roman Catholic Cursillo Secretariat agreed—they have always
been gracious in allowing us to use the title
“Cursillo”.
February, 2014
“Yes, it’s palanca—a box full of
Fluffy’s kittys—one for each of the
first seven pilgrims to arrive.”
Don’t forget to sign up on the Prayer
Banner for your upcoming weekends.
Go To www.prayerbanner.org
And just follow directions.
February, 2014 Volume 17, Number 1
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The National
Presbyterian
February, 2014
A Publication of The National Council of Presbyterian
Fourth Day Movements and
The National Council of Presbyterian Cursillo
“The Sunday wake-up in this February
weekend sure is a great idea!”
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A Little Bit of History
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Contents
Your Very Own Angel:
Evangelizing the Environment
Your Choice
Tributes and Memorials
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A Note From a Michigan Pilgrim
More Notes From Michigan
Who Was St. Valentine?
And What Does It Mean To Us?
Remember the Tornado?
Rita and Roy
2014 National Council Meetings
National Training Program
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National Training Program Application
Celebration and Cross Training
If you are...
Planning List of Special Dates
Web Sites
Weekends Currently Scheduled
Contacts—Who to e-mail or call for information and pilgrim or staff applications
The Communities:
Alabama Presbyterian Cursillo
Arkansas Presbyterian Pilgrimage
Austin (Texas) Presbyterian Pilgrimage
Chicagoland Presbyterian Pilgrimage
Colorado Presbyterian Pilgrimage
Eastern Oklahoma Presbyterian Cursillo
Eastern Virginia Presbyterian Pilgrimage
Florida Presbyterian Cursillo
Georgia Presbyterian Cursillo
Houston Presbyterian Pilgrimage
Indiana Presbyterian Cursillo
James (Virginia) Presbyterian Pilgrimage
Louisiana Presbyterian Pilgrimage
Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage-Detroit
Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage-Lake Michigan
Mississippi Presbyterian Cursillo
Nebraska/Iowa Presbyterian Pilgrimage
North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage—East
North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage—Piedmont
North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage—West
North Texas Presbyterian Pilgrimage
Oklahoma Presbyterian Pilgrimage
Palo Duro (Texas) Presbyterian Cursillo
Peaks (Virginia) Presbyterian Pilgrimage
Shenandoah (Virginia) Presbyterian Pilgrimage
South Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage
Tennessee Valley Presbyterian Cursillo
Editor—Tom Fox t.f.fox@att.net
Your very own angel reminds you that
this is a very good time to mend broken
hearts...so put that booboo strip on
your hurt heart and make up with your
loved ones.
Evangelizing The Environment
Yes, that is the official purpose of our movement—even though I argued with Tom Bullock
for years that Cursillo and Pilgrimage simply
aren’t evangelism.
I was right, but I was wrong—Cursillo exists to
prepare, train and provide Christians to go back to
their home environments and take up the ministry
of Jesus Christ evangelizing the community there.
The original Roman Catholic model of Cursillo
specified that participants were to be chosen from
among people who have influence in the environments-communities which have been selected for
evangelism by diocesan authorities.
Our Presbyterian version of the Cursillo method
has never gone to this extreme—quite the opposite, we seem to have taken the attitude that the
Holy Spirit will provide us participants of his own
choosing—presumably neatly packaged in complete and convenient table groupings.
In point of fact, some have argued that if the Holy
Spirit does not carry out this responsibility, it’s
not our fault that we have fewer participants than
we should have. We then conduct our weekend
spiritual retreats blithely unaware of the pilgrims
who should have been occupying the empty seats
at our camp or conference center.
I admit that expecting Presbyterians—the Frozen
Chosen—to recruit prospective pilgrims for our
weekends is a bit of a reach, but many of our prospective pilgrims are a bit hard of listening, and
we need to help them hear and heed the call of the
Holy Spirit.
Before entering seminary, my wife was interested
in taking up some ministry of evangelism in our
local church. The pastor advised her to attend the
next meeting of the Evangelism Committee and
make her willingness known to them. At the appointed time, she arrived for the meeting—but not
a single member of the Evangelism Committee
showed up!
The “E” word—Evangelism—is not popular
among our species of Presbyterians. That’s probably one of the reasons I prefer to think in terms
of ‘reforming our communities’ instead of
‘evangelizing the environment’ (which sounds a
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bit like some form of global warming).
Presbyterians do have evangelistic credentials,
however—among the most prevalent is the
“Evangelism Explosion” program of D. James
Kennedy. I think it has been adopted by more
Baptist churches than Presbyterian, ironically. In
fact, my wife later became involved with that program at one of our local Baptist mega-churches.
None the less, call it what you will, it’s the same
thing—reforming, evangelizing. It’s the proverbial rose-of-any-other-name that will still produce
the same olfactory outcome.
More and more, it seems that much of our leadership simply hasn’t been given a solid understanding of the purpose of our movement. Our Cursillo
method weekend retreats are wonderfully fun and
emotionally satisfying. They provide a great time
for our pilgrims—both Cursillo and Pilgrimage
participants—and that’s good.
But that alone is not enough.
Most of our communities lack adequate fourth day
follow-up, after having failed to get across to the
participants—the pilgrims—the real purpose of
the weekend during the retreat.
I’m in no position to blame our current leadership
for this. If the other old timers and I had done our
job, we might not be having problems of poor attendance, poor follow-up and failure to understand
the purpose of our movement.
Not surprisingly, the New Years Eve worship service at our church concerned setting aside old concerns and burdens, and taking up the necessary
issues for the future.
I have resolved to try to help things that need improving in our movement:
 An understanding of the absolute need to assist the Holy Spirit in the effort to recruit participants for our movement.
 An understanding of the Method and Purpose—the service to Christ’s ministry of reform and reconciliation—of evangelization of
the environment.
 The continued need in the fourth day to help
prepare people to take up this ministry.
I hope this effort will be helpful in strengthening
your own fourth day community.
Tom
Your Choice:
You can:
 1. Happily embrace the belief that our Cursillo/
Pilgrimage weekends are merely a warm and
fuzzy fun time—from which our pilgrims take
home only happy memories,
Or, You can:
 2. Accept the complete, true purpose of the
Cursillo/Pilgrimage weekend retreat you attended
and have probably staffed—to evangelize your
environment—and thus accept the obligation
actively to help make it so.
So, which shall it be?
On the one hand, there is certainly nothing wrong
with having a spiritually enriching—warm and
fuzzy weekend with a bunch of church friends.
On the other hand, we are expected to take part in
the ministry of Jesus Christ—in the work of the
church. Yes, Presbyterian Cursillo and Pilgrimage
are works of the church. They are programs that
are supposed to lead to reform in our local communities—to lead to evangelizing our environments. They are programs that are expected to
train us and to support us in this ministry.
We are expected to do this ministry.
Maybe the right choice is to take some of option
1. and all of option 2. There is nothing at all
wrong with enjoying the happy aspects of our
weekends, while involving ourselves whole
heartedly in the ministry of evangelizing our
environments—of reforming our communities.
The fact is, however, that we are where we are.
We have what we have, and that does not include
a fairy godmother’s magic wand which we can use
to help every member of the fourth day have a full
understanding of our method and purpose, or to
inspire the fourth day folks to Piety, Study and
Action.
So, what can we do? How can we instill a real
understanding of the need actively to recruit pilgrims?
How can we help the fourth day gain a better understanding of our method and purpose?
And how can we develop an adequate support
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ministry that will influence the fourth day to participate in reunion accountability groups and to
support our weekend retreats and other events?
This of course is up to our leadership groups to
decide—the councils of each of our communities
and our national councils.
Some of the opportunities that might present
themselves could include:
- Teaching opportunities
- A fifteen minute talk at Ultreyas about
- The purpose of our movement
- The methods we use to achieve our purpose.
- How best to select and recruit pilgrims
- A lesson taught at council meetings about
- Governing our community
- Selecting & developing leaders for the future
- Training the fourth day
- Leading a weekend retreat
- Fund raising
- Fiscal responsibilities
- A lesson spelled out in each edition of your
community newsletter
- Establish work groups/committees under the
leadership of council members to deal with
specific issues, such as:
- How to get more fourth day folks involved in
reunion groups.
- Outreach activities
- Recruiting pilgrims
- Communicating with the fourth day by
preparing a community newsletter.
This is only a bare smattering of the nearly endless possibilities which a properly active council
can use to help improve the ministry of its fourth
day— and thus improve the ministry— the reform—the evangelism of its environments.
In the months to come, please let me know what
steps your council has taken so that I may pass
them along in these pages to our other communities.
Tom
Tributes & Memorials
What does your community do to recognize the
illness or passing of one of the fourth day folks?
In our community. Georgia, we don’t seem to
have any set policy, but some of the things we
have done have been truly impressive.
I’ve participated in three serenades we’ve done at
the homes of folks who were considered terminal—all three events were truly blessed and very
moving– and quite well attended. The thing that
was particularly good about them is that they were
done when the honoree was still able to listen and
enjoy. In at least one case, neighbors who were
not part of our Presbyterian fourth day joined in
the singing.
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It seems reasonable for our communities to establish standard measures for deceased and seriously
ill fourth day members.
Among such standards might be setting a specific
budget for flowers, requesting a musical tribute,
asking someone to take charge of the effort to
honor each fourth day member, etc.
Perhaps clusters of churches among the fourth day
memberships could be asked to oversee each tribute or memorial.
It might be well to appoint a committee chaired by
a council member to be responsible for honoring
ailing and deceased fourth day members. Tom
In one of those cases, the honoree has survived to
this day.
Several times, we have sung at memorial and funeral services. We have provided meals and support for the family from time to time.
Flowers are often sent to the funeral home—but
we have no fixed policy on this—though we do
need such a policy. For one thing, we need to
budget for such tributes—at least in part to be able
to ask for contributions when the budget item is
exhausted.
Such tributes are often inspired by individual
members of the fourth day—friends and/or relatives of the person being honored. This is fine,
but when it’s done in the name of the Cursillo or
Pilgrimage community it can easily be misinterpreted in terms of the relative standing of members of the fourth day. The relative standing of all
members of the fourth day is, of course, equal.
For this reason, it makes sense to have a policy
regarding tributes and memorials sponsored by the
community and to be sure that efforts of family
and friends are acknowledged as such, rather than
as efforts of our fourth day community.
Many, if not all, of our communities publish prayer requests by e-mail to the fourth day when their
members are ill or have passed on. If your community does not do so, I suggest you consider
starting this practice.
“Hi there! I’m your new hug therapist.”
This is a note reproduced from the Michigan
Presbyterian Pilgrimage newsletter for
December:
From an MPP 27 Pilgrim
To Her Fourth Day Sisters and Brothers
Dear Friends in Christ,
It is I, Cyndee Dirkse, table of St James,
MPP#27, by the grace of God, writing to you
from a plane departing for Texas. I am sorry I
am not celebrating with you… As I sit here I
can't help but think back to last week...
My "fourth day" began with a desire to share the
story of God's Grace but day two of my "fourth
day" I had a stroke! Let me say that again because I, too, am still in denial. I had a stroke and
yet I am only 55! Those initial few minutes when
I had no control over my body were some of the
scariest moments in my life. As I lay there, I felt
as if Christ were holding me in His arms. We had
just talked about this as we sat at Pilgrimage two
days earlier and little did I know I would ever
know this feeling, little did I know how all the
Bible verses I had read from all of you in my
goodie bag would come back to me so clearly-the tissues that shared "God wipes away tears"
and the M&M's wishing for me many more blessings than the number of M&M's in the bag, and
the packet that held a candle and a packet of salt
to remind me that God is the salt and light of the
world, just to name a few. And little did I know
how all of the songs we sang, including the line
from De Colores "All in color and so must all
love be of every bright color to make my heart
cry" would fill my ears and heart as I lay in the
MRI tube for 45 minutes, arms crossed over my
chest...some of you may know how scary that
feeling is?!?
You see I was one of those who came to the
weekend wondering why I was being led to attend MPP#27. Carol Doubblestein had been inviting me now for a couple years and each time
there was something keeping me from attending. I had been hearing that small still voice tell
me for a while now "Be still and know that I am
God." So I thought I just might find the answer
by attending. I did find the answer! And along
the way, found the most caring group of Chris-
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tians I have been with for a long time! Not only
did MPP#27 give me the strength to get through
my ordeal but it reminded me of the importance of
a church family--something I had been avoiding
for some time!
Now, as I sit waiting to depart from the airport, I
overheard a flight attendant asking for a verbal
agreement as to whether the folks sitting in the
emergency row behind me were willing and able
to assist in case of an emergency when I was reminded of our Christian duties, serving others,
uplifting and praying for those in need, and sharing God's love...
My new, dear friends I wish to say Thank You for
serving me at Pilgrimage, uplifting me in prayer
and sharing God's love by writing so many notes,
cards and emails!
The battle is not over--there are so many broken
souls in this world. We must be "stilI" so we can
hear God tell us what armor he wants us to pick up
as we fight this battle. I realized this as I witnessed to a nurse who had never heard of a Pilgrimage OR what is was to be a child of God. Be
assured I would have never had the courage to do
so if it had not been for MPP#27 and God's
grace! God is calling us. Are you listening?
I am happy to report that my body has been
healed! Amazingly, I have but one small remaining effect and that is a slight left foot drop. I have
my speech, I have my memory and I have the ability to walk without any aids. I am soooo
blessed! We still don't know what may have
caused the stroke. I have the lowest cholesterol
you could imagine, cleanest arteries. The docs
were stumped and thought It could have been a
genetic predisposition but results this week
showed that is not the case. I am not going to
worry about the possibility of another stroke because God Is Good no matter what! We just have
to trust him!
I am excited to join the Lakeshore Reunion group
when I get back from visiting my daughter!
I love all of you and remember God loves all of
you! And a special shoutout to the table of St.
James!
Cyndee Dirkse, MPP #27
More Notes From Michigan
From A Presbytery Exec Why I support Presbyterian Pilgrimage
The church I served in Evanston, IL started a Pilgrimage Chapter in the Chicago area. To this date,
numbers of participants found new life in Christ,
and a renewed call to service outside of the local
church. The weekend balances worship, learning,
and small group interaction. Participants hear examples of how Christ touched their life and led
them to a deeper walk with them. I urge pastors
and elders to take a few folk on this weekend to
see for yourself what a weekend on a guided pilgrimage can do for your spiritual life. If you have
questions, please call me. I love to talk about it.
The Rev. Dr. Allen D. Timm
Executive Presbyter, Presbytery of Detroit
After the Weekend . . . Living Your Fourth Day
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review our finances and make some recommendations, as our coffers were running below a comfortable position. George Davidson, Anna Kruse,
Carol Pierce and I had several meetings and made
some recommendations to our Leadership Council
for our future financial wellness. We reviewed a
number of items, including our existence as a
community for ten years having held to our original team and guest fees. We also looked at how
we run the weekends, where we could cut expenses, other camp alternatives, etc. We reviewed other community’s fees and realized that we were on
the low end of the scale and that with rising costs
of putting on a weekend it was making it increasingly difficult to maintain a workable financial
picture. After several months of review and discussion we made a final draft proposal that we felt
comfortable with and presented it to Leadership.
Our recommendations to the Leadership Council
that were passed in August include:
You may attend a Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage (MPP) weekend only once in your lifetime. MPP is not a retreat, or a substitute for a
retreat. MPP does not end when the weekend
ends.
1. Team fees will go from $200.00 per Pilgrimage to $225.00.
After you have attended a Pilgrmage weekend,
you are considered to be living your Fourth Day –
the rest of your life. After attending your weekend, you are asked to do two things in your Fourth
Day:
3. At team meetings and Celebrations we will
still have Donation Baskets available but the money collected at these functions will go to Financial
Aid for those team and guests that have difficulty
with their fees….
1. Expand your inner spiritual life through study
and church participation, and
We feel that we will be in a much better financial
position to move forward with a program that
makes such an impact on people’s lives.
2. Become a more active witness for Christ in
your daily life.
An effective Fourth Day is the fulfillment of the
MPP method - It is the tree that produces the fruit.
Cyndi Geis-LaFata
Communication Director
MPP Detroit
MPP - Lake Michigan Council News
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage – Lake Michigan has had a wonderful year and it is almost hard
to put everything into words…. Early this year I
was asked, as finance person, by our moderator,
Sue Ann if I would put together a committee to
2. Guest fees will go from $150.00 per Pilgrimage to $175.00.
We will continue to have our annual financial
appeal for assistance with Financial Aid which has
helped so many people be able to attend Pilgrimage that otherwise would not be able to. For that I
want to say Thank You to everyone that has and
continues to help with this important Ministry.
In closing from the Financial person of your community, I want to thank everyone that contributes,
not only money but with prayers, help with various projects, works on Pilgrimage weekends as
well as continues to encourage those they come in
contact with to be Guests.
Grace & Peace,
Rich Yeckley, MPP - Lake Michigan Treasurer
Who Was Saint Valentine?
According to various sources, there were several
saints who were named Valentine.
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Remember the Tornado?
The one for whom the holiday—a holy day—was
named was a priest in Rome in the third century,
AD.
He pastored and aided Christians during their
persecution by the emperor Claudius II. This was
still nearly 50 years before the emperor Constantine made the Christian church legal and recognized it as the state religion.
Very little is known about Valentine—other than
that he was beaten and martyred—reportedly on
February 14, 269 AD.
Archaeologists have unearthed a catacomb and an
ancient church in Rome dedicated to Saint Valentine.
In 496 AD Pope Gelasius I established St. Valentine’s day on February 14 as a holy day.
And What Does It Mean To Us?
Valentine was tortured and killed for ministering
to his flock. We are asked to make much smaller
sacrifices and care for our pilgrims and others of
God’s children.
The one word most bound up in our Valentine’s
Day celebration is very familiar to us—Love.
Nowadays, more often than not, we think of it in
terms of romantic love, but it‘s useful for us to
remember that St. Valentine himself was about
love—agape love—caring, if you wish.
Maybe we can honor his
legacy this Valentine’s
Day by doing some service
in his name, perhaps aiding
someone in need of help as
a reflection of God’s love.
Any simple kindness will
do… maybe just taking a
neighbor’s children for a
few hours to allow them
time alone.
“Wanna
be mine?”
Happy Valentine’s Day.
Tom
Remember the disastrous tornado that hit
Westminster Presbyterian Church in
Hattiesburg, Mississippi on February 10?
Well, they’re still dealing with it! If you
would like to contribute to the recovery
effort:
BancorpSouth Attn: Debbie Hudson,
Westminster Relief Fund,
124 Hardy Street,
Hattiesburg, MS 39401.
Thanks and God Bless You.
Tom
Rita, why do we call it the
fourth day?
Well, Roy, it follows the third day,
it’s forever, and we sure wouldn’t
want to call it the last day!
2014 National Council Meetings
March 28 and 29, 2014—Edmond, OK
August 22 and 23, 2014—Grand Rapids. MI
Dave Hamilton reports on the next scheduled offering of our national training program.
National Cursillo/Pilgrimage
Training Program
Edmond, OK – March 27/28, 2014
The Presbyterian Cursillo/Pilgrimage National
Training Program will be presented in Edmond,
OK on March 27/28, 2014, immediately prior to
the National Council Meetings. The Training is
designed to communicate to the 4th Day and its
leaders a consistent and broad understanding of
the theology and methodology of the Presbyterian
Cursillo and Pilgrimage Programs and to do so
consistently across all communities. It is also designed to focus 4th Day attention on the fact that
the purpose of the Programs is in the 4th Day, not
the Weekends. Unfortunately, the 72 hour Weekend does not provide time to provide an adequate
understanding of the importance of the 4th Day.
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or indicate to us that you may be interested in attending as soon as possible.
Dave Hamilton
National Training Coordinator
davehamil@suddenlink.net
Please note than an application for this training
program is printed on the next page. It may be
submitted in a variety of ways—you can print out
the form, fill it in and snail mail it to:
Linda Champlin, 18604 Sunny Hollow Rd
Edmond, OK 73012
Or you can scan it into an e-mail and send it to
the Spahrs at spahrz@att.net
The National Training program was also recently
presented to the Georgia Presbyterian Cursillo
Council at their annual retreat.
Tom
Christ has called us, through the Great Commission “to make Disciples of all men …”, and
through His two greatest Commandments “to
Love the Lord your God …” and “to love your
neighbor …”. We learned during the Weekend
and as Presbyterians that we do not normally
“hear” and “fulfill” God’s call as individuals, but
in a supportive and nurturing community (the Cursillo/Pilgrimage 4th Day Communities being prime
examples). The Weekends are the “springboards”
that open us to God’s call, but a successful 4th Day
Community is where these calls are realized and
where the true purpose of the Programs is realized.
Thus, this National Training Program provides us
with a perspective of the “whole” Cursillo and
Pilgrimage Programs. Come and join us for this
opportunity to look beyond the Weekend. This
will be the 10th presentation of this Training Program and it has been very well received. The
Training takes one day, beginning mid – day on
March 27 and ending mid – day March 28, when
the semi – annual meeting of the National Councils of Presbyterian 4th Day Movements and of
Cursillo begins.
Please contact Greg and Robyn Spahr,
(spahrz@att.net). Note that “pre – reading” material will be sent to you electronically in 4 easy
installments beginning March 1, so either sign up
“...so you think this outfit might be
a bit much for me to wear for the
Sunday wake-up?”
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National Council of Presbyterian 4 Day Movements
National Council of Presbyterian Cursillo
Application for National Training
March 27 & 28, 2014 Santa Fe Presbyterian Church, Edmond, OK.
Name______________________________________________ Preferred Name __________________
Address ____________________________________________________________________________
Telephone (Home) (
)____________________ Work/Cell (
) ____________________________
E-mail__________________________________________
When/where did you attend a Pilgrimage, Cursillo, Emmaus or other ’Fourth Day’ weekend? _________
__________________________________________________________________________________
Previous Training Experience (Please list trainings) ___________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
Role in 4th Day Community Activities (If any) _______________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
Why do you want to attend training? ______________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
How do you feel that you could benefit from this Training? ________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
Are you a representative or observer to the National Council meeting March 28 and 29?_____________
Would you prefer housing in the home of a 4th Day member? __________________________________
Are there any special conditions (health, diet, etc.) requiring consideration? _______________________
Please explain _______________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
Please mail all training applications and fees to:
Linda Champlin
16604 Sunny Hollow Rd,
Edmond OK, 73012
Spaces are limited. The fee is $35.00 payable to Santa Fe Presbyterian Church. This includes four meals, training
materials, instructor expenses and a token gift to the host church. Housing may be available without charge in
4th Day homes. Transportation to Edmond and hotel charges, if desired, will be at your own expense. Local
transportation may be arranged by the Fourth Day. Santa Fe Presbyterian Church is located at 1603 North Santa
Fe Avenue, Edmond, OK 73003-3661.
SC Presbyterian Pilgrimage still faithfully carries
on its ministry to youth. This is Mike Allen’s note
to the community—you might want to consider
starting such a ministry in your own community.
Celebration and Cross Training
This winter is going to be a busy time for the Celebration and Cross Training ministries which are
operated under the Pilgrimage Council and part of
the Pilgrimage ministry.
February 7-8 we are providing a new opportunity
for the Celebration teens to re-unite and re-visit
the amazing spiritual growth they experienced at
the last retreat in October. This is our Second Annual Folly in February overnight reunion retreat
held at First Baptist Church’s beach house on Folly Beach. This is a casual gathering but with purpose and structure. The theme is “Our Identity In
God”. We start around 7 Friday and end around 4
on Saturday. Volunteers provide dinner Friday,
and breakfast and lunch Saturday. At the end of
this event, our college-age friends will come in for
our only Staff Meeting for the upcoming Cross
Training retreat. Volunteers will provide dinner
for this gathering.
Cross Training #8 will be February 21-23 at Bonnie Doone Plantation. This is a Celebration-type
two-day retreat, only a bit more mature and lifesituation-specific to address issues faced by college-age young adults as they try to figure out life
without so much parental supervision and guidance. Facilities information for Bonnie Doone can
be found at http://www.bonniedoone.org.
AND Celebration #39 will be April 4-6 at Bonnie
Doone Plantation. Celebration is a rockin’ and
rollin’ teen retreat ministry for High School age
seekers. It is full of teen energy, excitement, enthu
-siasm, and hope. God’s light is shining so strongly on this ministry as evidenced by its fruit. The
past several years, we have witnessed overwhelming interest in serving on staff, with numbers exceeding 70 teens and adults hosting the event, and
capacity First-Timer groups, totaling over a hundred attendees. The facilities at Bonnie Doone are
barely able to contain this group!
Please go to our website at
www.sccelebration.weebly.com for information
and applications for these events.
For God’s Sake, Mike Allen, SCPC#10
Celebration, Folly in Feb. & Cross Training Dir.
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And a note from the SC Presbyterian Pilgrimage
#66 moderator– about service on a weekend.
If you are…
…feeling a need to strengthen your bond with our
Lord,
…feeling the need to share your gifts in a different setting, or
…concerned that your church has become
‘lukewarm’ (Revelation 3:16) to living the 4th day
life, then this may be your call to serve on Pilgrimage #66.
The theme for the upcoming May weekend comes
from Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I
have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope
and a future.”
One of the Lord’s plans to prosper me was Pilgrimage #57. I was joyfully overwhelmed by the
love and commitment of newfound brothers and
sisters in Christ. It was and is a love that defies
description and one that I share with each of you.
As the Lord continues to call both staff and participants to 66... if you have…
SERVED BEFORE on staff, we need YOU to
share your gifts and your experience with this
evolving #66 staff.
NOT SERVED IN A LONG TIME, we need
YOU to revitalize your branch of our Lord’s
Church into a more active 4th day community.
NOT YET SERVED on staff, we need YOU to
share your vitality and to help build up a more
resonant 4th day community.
To each of you, I extend an invitation to prayerfully consider serving our Lord, Jesus Christ either on staff or as a sponsor for new participants.
To-gether we can refocus our devotion to the
Lord’s work and His people. The dates for Pilgrimage #66 are printed below and applications
for staff and participants can be found at
www.scpresbyterianpilgrimage.org.
If you are hearing the Lord’s “still, small
voice” (1 Kings 19:12) calling you to Pilgrimage
but your calendar rules out a May weekend, then
look forward to October and a second opYour sister in Christ, Merze French
Moderator, Pilgrimage #66
jenmarbran@hotmail.
Web Sites
Planning List of Special Dates
Special Day
Page 12
About Presbyterian Cursillo and Pilgrimage in
General
2014
2015
2016
2017
1/20
1/19
1/18
1/16
Fri
Sat
Sun
Tues
President’s Day
2/17
2/16
2/15
2/20
Ash Wednesday
3/5
2/18
2/10
3/1
Web sites of specific communities:
Daylight Savings Begins
3/9
3/8
3/13
3/12
St. Patrick’s Day (3/17)
Mon
Tues
Thurs
Fri
Palm Sunday
4/13
3/29
3/20
4/9
Passover
4/15
4/4
4/23
4/11
Easter Sunday
4/20
4/5
3/27
4/16
Orthodox Easter
4/20
4/12
5/1
4/16
Mother’s Day
5/11
5/10
5/8
5/7
Memorial Day (Monday)
5/26
5/25
5/30
5/29
Pentecost
6/8
5/24
5/15
6/4
Father’s Day
6/15
6/21
6/19
6/18
Independence Day (7/4)
Fri
Sat
Mon
Tues
Labor Day
9/1
9/7
9/5
9/4
World Communion Sunday
10/5
10/4
10/2
10/1
Daylight Savings Ends
11/2
11/1
11/6
11/5
Thanksgiving
11/27 11/26 11/24 11/23
Advent 1st Sunday
11/30 11/29 11/27 12/3
Chanukah Begins
12/17
12/7
Christmas Day (12/25)
Thurs
Fri
Alabama www.alpresbyteriancursillo.com
Arkansas www.pilgrimage-arkansas.org
Austin www.austinpresbyterianpilgrimage.org
Chicagoland www.chpilgrimage.org
Colorado www.coloradopilgrimage.org
Eastern Oklahoma
www.geocities.com/eopcursillo
*** Eastern Virginia www.days3.com/EV.htm
Florida www.floridacursillo.org
Georgia
www.georgiapresbyteriancursillo.com
Great Plains (Omaha) www.gpppilgrimage.org
Houston www.houstonpilgrimage.org
Indiana www.ipcursillo.org
James Virginia www.PJPilgrimage.org
Louisiana
www.louisianapresbyteriancursillo.org
Michigan www.mppilgrimage.org
Mississippi www.mspresbyteriancursillo.com
North Carolina www.ncpilgrimage.org
North Texas Adult: www.ntpp.org
Youth: www.northtexascelebration.com
Oklahoma www.days3.com/OK.htm
Palo Duro www.paloduropresbytery.org
Peaks Virginia - www.peakspresbytery.org/
pilgrimage.html
Shenandoah Virginia - www.math.jmu.edu/
~sanders/SPP.html
South Carolina
www.scpresbyterianpilgrimage.org
Tennessee Valley www.tvpcursillo.com
MLK Day
Valentine’s Day (2/14)
12/25 12/13
Sun
Mon
www.days3.com or
www.cursillo.us - for prospective pilgrims
www.days3.com/4thday.htm or
www.cursillo.us/4thday.htm - for the fourth day
www.cursillo.com - of general interest
*** The community does not yet have it's own
separate web site. This will take you to the
community web page in our national web site.
Weekends Currently Scheduled: Adult Weekends
Dates
Feb 13 to 16, 2014
Feb 20 to 23, 2014
Feb 21 to 23, 2014
Feb 27 to Mar 2, 2014
Feb 27 to Mar 2, 2014
Mar 13 to 16, 2014
Mar 20 to 23, 2014
Mar 27 to 30, 2014
Apr 3 to 6, 2014
Apr 3 to 6, 2014
Apr 3 to 6, 2014
Apr 3 to 6, 2014
Apr 4 to 6, 2014
May 1 to 4, 2014
May 1 to 4, 2014
May 1 to 4, 2014
May 1 to 4, 2014
May 1 to 4, 2014
May 15 to 18, 2014
Jun 19 to 22, 2014
Aug 30 to Sep 1, 2014
Sep 18 to 21, 2014
Sep 18 to 21, 2014
Sep 18 to 21, 2014
Sep 25 to 28, 2014
Sep
, 2014
Oct 2 to 5, 2014
Oct 2 to 5, 2014
Oct 2 to 5, 2014
Oct 9 to 12, 2014
Oct 9 to 12, 2014
Oct 9 to 12, 2014
Oct 9 to 12, 2014
Oct 16 to 19, 2014
Oct 30 to Nov 2, 2014
Nov 23 to 26, 2014
Nov
, 2014
Apr 16 to 19, 2015
Apr 30 to May 3, 2015
Sep 24 to 27, 2015
Oct 1 to 4, 2015
Apr 7 to 10, 2016
Sep 29 to Oct 2, 2016
Page 13
High School Age Weekends College Age Weekends
Weekend
Houston Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 72
North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage (Camp Hanes) # 124
South Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage Cross Training # 8
North Texas Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 36
Austin Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 37
North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage (Camp Dixie) # 125
Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 28 (Detroit)
Nebraska/Iowa Great Plains Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 15
Alabama Presbyterian Cursillo # 32
Tennessee Valley Presbyterian Cursillo # 21
Arkansas Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 20
North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage (Camp Harrison) # 126
South Carolina Celebration # 39
Mississippi Presbyterian Cursillo # 13
South Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 66
Georgia Presbyterian Cursillo # 44
Houston Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 73
Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 29 (Lake Michigan)
Louisiana Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 10
Austin Presbyterian Celebration # 16
Alabama Presbyterian Cursillo # 33
Austin Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 38
Colorado Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 26
North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage (Camp Harrison) # 128
Arkansas Presbyterian Cursillo # 21
South Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 67
North Texas Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 37
Tennessee Valley Presbyterian Cursillo # 22
Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 30 (Detroit)
Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 31 (Lake Michigan)
Georgia Presbyterian Cursillo # 45
Florida Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 9
North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage (Camp Dixie) # 130
Lay Leader
TBA
Micki Fischer
TBA
Dwight Nichols
TBA
Carlton Mansfield
Tom Davies
Lynda Shafer
David Matheny
TBA
Patty Minga
Jody Kerns
TBA
Pam Love
Merze French
Debi Elkins
TBA
Fred Cortright
Hugh Black
Amanda Thorne
TBA
TBA
TBA
Sylvia Goroski
Lee Kvidahl
Rocky Hoffner
George Dudley
Vicky Davis
Steve Dukes
Portia Stephens
Jeane Batten
TBA
TBA
Dru Wrasse
Becky Laughlin
TBA
TBA
Kristen Tay
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
The names of the lay leaders are listed so that you can pray for them, for their staff teams and for
their pilgrims. There will be a prayer banner for each and every single one of these weekends.
Sign up early at: ww.prayerbanner.org
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Contacts
Alabama Sissy Crowe ecrowe1256@aol.com Terry Skinner Kd4upq@netscape.com
Arkansas Ron David arpc.registrar@gmail.com (479) 330-0035
Jen Payne arpc.council@gmail.com (479) 238-8764
Austin Texas Adult Weekends: Tom Wilson thomasrwilson@gmail.com
Youth Weekends: Teresa Ward teresaw@whpc.org
Chicagoland Joanne Storm jopaynestorm@me.com (847) 679-0318
Colorado Sylvia Goroski sgoroski@juno.com (303) 986-3242
Eastern Oklahoma Janie Blake kja-blake@netzero.net (918) 367-9714 Co Edwards coedwards@swbell.net
Eastern Virginia Esther Sundelin sundelin@cox.net (757) 898-3523
Florida Rose Marie Stadelman rs612@aol.com
Georgia Debi Elkins GPCRegistrar@gmail.com (770) 458-6415
Dane Gazaway dgaz53@aol.com
Houston Adult: Kathleen Vivian registrar@houstoncursillo.org (713) 661-8488
Youth: Trish McElroy p.mcelroy@windstream.net (281) 277-1706 Rene Murphy Lrene77@hotmail.com
Indiana Holly Stoiche on the website - www.ipcursillo.org Jay Farlow palanca@ipcursillo.org
Doug Anderson Doug.Anderson@fleetwood.com
James Virginia - Claudia Dickerson claudiadickerson@suntrust.com (804) 550-0841
Mitch Rowland JMR3A1A@comcast.net
Louisiana Joyce Sasser registrationlpc@AOL.com Sandy Broussard nannyswb@aol.com
Michigan-Detroit Cyndi Geis-LaFata nikkicoco3@aol.com (586) 457-6921
Michigan-Lake Michigan Sue Ann Clark sueannclark311@gmail.com
Mississippi Lea Ann McElroy mspresbyteriancursillo.com
Nebraska/Iowa- Great Plains Jennifer Bennett jbennett1522@gmail.com (402) 980-3002
North Carolina Adult: Jim Mason masonjim@aol.com (336) 491-9970
Arise Youth: Nancy Alderson nance.123@yahoo.com (910) 515-4170 (cell)
Mary Ann & Bill Kopp thekopps@triad.rr.com Chip Todd sunsetnc@bellsouth.net
North Texas Adult: Karen Harris karenharris@att.net (903) 235-6763,
Youth: Nikki Thompson nikkipt@gmail.com (817) 261-2477
Oklahoma Adult: Amy Mason Amason75@aol.com
Bob Bentley bobjenben@cableone.net
Palo Duro Texas - Shannon Brooks shanbrooks@hotmail.com (806) 872-6333
Chuck Nester cnest3597@suddenlink.net (806) 655-1971
Peaks Virginia - Bill Cowen william.cowen@gmail.com P O Box1024, Buchanan,VA 24066
Susan Caldwell caldwell1969@cox.net
Shenandoah - Virginia - Jeanette McCloud jeanettemccloud@yahoo.com Linda Mohler LD67emu01@aol.com
South Carolina Adult: Barrie Hinson BarrieHinson@gmail.com
Youth & Cross Training: Mike Allen mikeallen56@aol.com (843) 200-1899
Tennessee Valley Mary Snyder bamananamary@yahoo.com (256) 558-5956
Don Payne secretary@tvpcursillo.com (256) 729-6934

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