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June, 2014 Volume 17, Number 3
The National Presbyterian
A News Magazine of the National
Council of Presbyterian Fourth
Day Movements and the
National Council of
Presbyterian Cursillo
“...everyone
who calls on the
name of the Lord will
be saved.”
Volume 17, No 3
www.cursillo.us
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www.cursillo.us/4thday.htm
June, 2014
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Even on my servants, both men and women, I
will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they
will prophesy.
“I will show wonders in the heaven above and
signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
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The sun will be turned to darkness and the
moon to blood before the coming of the great
and glorious day of the Lord.
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The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
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When the day of Pentecost came, they were all
together in one place.
And everyone who calls on the name of the
Lord will be saved.”
Acts 2:1-4, 2:14, 2:16-21 NIV
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Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent
wind came from heaven and filled the whole
house where they were sitting.
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They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that
separated and came to rest on each of them.
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All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and
began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them......
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his
voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews
and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say.
...this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
“ ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my
Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters
will prophesy, your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
“I’m just a big old palanca
machine!”
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The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
Cartoon
Contents
Your Very Own Angel:
Editorial: I Would Like to Believe…
National Councils to Meet
Group Palanca
Origins of Fathers Day
Cartoon
National Training and Council Meetings
Nothing Happens...
The Preamble to the Declaration of
Independence
Group Reunion
Remember the Tornado
Cartoon
The Important Job of Ambassador in your
Church
From Eastern Oklahoma
Make a Joyful Noise
Praise the Lord
Book Review: It’s Indescribable
Would You Believe?
Cartoon
What is Palanca, Any way?
Rita and Roy
Palanca
Piedmont Conference Report
Something New
Shake it Off and Step Up
DeColores
The Prayer Banner
Palanca—the Gift of Giving
From the Communities
Cartoon
Planning List of Special Dates
Web Sites
Weekends Currently Scheduled
Scheduled National Training Dates
Contacts—Who to e-mail or call for information and pilgrim or staff applications
God is Love
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love
comes from God. Everyone who loves has been
born of God and knows God. Whoever does not
love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:7-8 NIV
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The National
Presbyterian
June, 2014
A Publication of The National Council of Presbyterian
Fourth Day Movements and
The National Council of Presbyterian Cursillo
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 {GPPP} 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 says that
God doesn't
care whether
you have a
great voice—
having a great love is enough to sing in
the heavenly choir of angels.
Editorial:
I would like to believe…
...that my 401(k) will quadruple in value this afternoon.
...that the Atlanta Braves will win every single
remaining game in their 2014 schedule.
...that our most recent pilgrims will have returned
home from their Cursillo or Pilgrimage weekend
and have taken up, with complete understanding,
every aspect of the fourth day ministry to which
they have been called.
The market could have a great afternoon, and the
Braves could have a great season…but…
That’s why our communities understand the need
to communicate with the fourth day...well, most
of them do.
Most realize that it is simply not enough to push
pilgrims through a very full 72 hour orientation
about God’s love and then expect them to go
home and take up the effective ministry of reform
and evangelism to which they are being called.
Most of our communities and their leaders realize
that the real test of their leadership comes when
the pilgrims are in the fourth day.
Most of our communities and their leaders realize
that their main purpose is to help guide the fourth
day into and through the ministry to which they
are called.
Most realize the critical need to communicate
with the fourth day so that they can take an active
part in our ministry.
Communication is available through training,
through gatherings—such as Ultreyas—through
reunion groups—through information bulletins such as e-mail updates and prayer concerns—
through telephone and personal contacts with the
fourth day and through our community and national news publications.
Many…do a fairly good job keeping the fourth
day informed. If your community does not; if
you’ve seen no information bulletins, have not
been invited to join a reunion group, have not received your community newsletter, I suggest that
you get on the phone to your leaders now and inquire why not.
Tom
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National Councils To Meet
The summer meeting of the National Council of
Presbyterian Fourth Day Movements and The National Council of Presbyterian Cursillo is scheduled August 22 and 23, 2014 for Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
The meeting, which will be hosted by Michigan
Presbyterian Pilgrimage communities, and the
Chicagoland Presbyterian Pilgrimage community,
will be preceded as usual by our national training.
The events will take place at John Knox Presbyterian Church, 4150 Kalamazoo Avenue, Grand
Rapids, MI 49508. The phone number of the
church is (616) 455-5060.
The meeting will begin at noon on Friday with
lunch and continue until about 3 pm on Saturday.
There will be a Celebration/Ultreya hosted by the
communities of Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage
– Lake Michigan and Detroit, and Chicagoland
Presbyterian Pilgrimage.
A listing of lodging options is available, complete
with rates and phone numbers. If you would rather lodge in a home of one of our Fourth Day,
please let us know as soon as possible so we can
line up lodging for you. Contact Dave Andrus or
Sue Clark for the list, or for housing in a member’s home. (See Below)
You may fly into the Gerald R. Ford Airport
(GRR) in Grand Rapids located just minutes from
the hotels and John Knox Presbyterian Church.
Please let us know your travel plans should you
have transportation needs.
Typical late August weather is in the 80’s and humid. We have an air-conditioned church secured
for your comfort.
There will be a National Training provided prior
to the meeting. More information will follow
from the Trainers.
Contact: Sue Ann Clark
Sueannclark311@gmail.com
(616) 485-6957
Training Contact: Dave Hamilton
Davehamil@suddenlink.net
(501) 915-9015
Group Palanca
One of the things that most impressed me when I
first attended North Georgia Walk to Emmaus
over 20 years ago, was what we now call “Group
Palanca”. As I recall, the word “Agape” was used
instead of “Palanca” in WTE.
Group Palanca was something made by a local
group—a reunion group, or the fourth day members of a local church, or whatever. It was made
to be distributed to the pilgrims and sometimes
team members on an upcoming weekend.
Some such offerings were edible, others “merely”
inspirational. I recall four of us spending an evening creating “Life Saviors” - re-wrapping Life
Saver candy rolls with a wrapper that referred to
Jesus as our ‘Life Savior’ and including an appropriate scripture.
Other concoctions included a lot of M&M’s and
other goodies.
One of our 4th day groups assembled ‘cocoons’
and other ‘pillow palanca’.
I soon started something called “Mama Emmaus’
Italian Style Trail Mix” - which became “John
Calvin’s Geneva Style Trail Mix” shortly after
Georgia Presbyterian Cursillo got started. We still
make it for each weekend, today. A bag is typically given out to each pilgrim and staff member
just before the showing of the “Music Box” video
on Saturday evenings.
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Below are the labels we have printed on “sticker
stock”. We attach the labels, one on the front and
the other on the back, of special bags we buy to
distribute the trail mix.
Typically, we gather at First Presbyterian Church,
Douglasville, Georgia the Sunday evening before
each weekend. There is a table of “Label Stickers” peeling and sticking labels on bags. There is
another table of “Trail Mixers” combining the ingredients and loading the bags with trail mix.
Aside from the obvious benefit of providing a useful item of palanca for the Cursillo weekend, the
making of the trail mix is the only time fourth day
folk gather in our church—other than the 2 to 4 of
us who gather to pray for the pilgrims and staff
Thursday evening.
There are many other things that can be made and
given as group palanca. Try giving out peanut
brittle, or a sucker shaped like the number “1” for
a going home snack called “One For The Road.”
You might consider making a little booklet concerning service in the fourth day and call it “Now
What?”
Perhaps a little container of souvenir earth or pebbles from your weekend camp might be a good
remembrance.
Group palanca should always include a label or
sheet explaining what is intended. An included
scripture is most appropriate.
Tom
Father’s Day is a most suitable occasion for the
fourth day to honor, as is Mother’s Day. Here’s a
bit of information about the former.
Origins of Fathers Day
On July 19, 1910, the governor of the U.S. state of
Washington proclaimed the nation’s first “Father’s
Day.” However, it was not until 1972, 58 years
after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s
Day official, that the day became a nationwide
holiday in the United States.
The campaign to celebrate the
nation’s fathers did not meet
with the same enthusiasm–
perhaps because, as one florist
explained, “fathers haven’t the
same sentimental appeal that
mothers have.”
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de-commercialize the holidays. Struggling retailers and advertisers redoubled their efforts to make
Father’s Day a “second Christmas” for men, promoting goods such as neckties, hats, socks, pipes
and tobacco, golf clubs and other sporting goods,
and greeting cards. When World War II began,
advertisers began to argue that celebrating Father’s Day was a way to honor American troops
and support the war effort. By the end of the war,
Father’s Day may not have been a federal holiday,
but it was a national institution.
In 1972, in the middle of a hard-fought presidential re-election campaign, Richard Nixon signed a
proclamation making Father’s Day a federal holiday at last. Today, economists estimate that Americans spend more than $1 billion each year on Father’s Day gifts.
Copied from the internet.
In 1909,a Spokane,Washington woman named
Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six children raised by
a widower, tried to establish an official equivalent
to Mother’s Day for male parents. She went to
local churches, the YMCA, shopkeepers and government officials to drum up support for her idea,
and she was successful: Washington State celebrated the nation’s first statewide Father’s Day on
July 19, 1910.
Slowly, the holiday spread. In 1916, President
Wilson honored the day by using telegraph signals
to unfurl a flag in Spokane when he pressed a button in Washington, D.C.In 1924, President Calvin
Coolidge urged state governments to observe Father’s Day. However, many men continued to disdain the day. As one historian writes, they
“scoffed at the holiday’s sentimental attempts to
domesticate manliness with flowers and giftgiving, or they derided the proliferation of such
holidays as a commercial gimmick to sell more
products–often paid for by the father himself.”
During the 1920s and 1930s, a movement arose to
scrap Mother’s Day and Father’s Day altogether in
favor of a single holiday, Parents’ Day. Every year
on Mother’s Day, pro-Parents’ Day groups rallied
in New York City’s Central Park–a public reminder, said Parents’ Day activist and radio performer
Robert Spere, “that both parents should be loved
and respected together.” Paradoxically, however,
the Depression derailed this effort to combine and
“Somehow I feel secure here, almost as if I
was in Jesus’ arms”
National Training & Council Meetings
Submitted by Carol Rudesill of GPPP Community.
While Great Plains Presbyterian Pilgrimage #15
was being held, I attended National Training and the
SPRING meeting of the National Fourth Day Council. I met representatives from many Cursillo or Pilgrimage spiritual renewal communities from across
the nation. For the Cursillo weekends, sometimes
men and women attend separately and sometimes
only members of one denomination can attend. Pilgrimage weekends are open to men and women of
any denomination.*
My 500-mile drive took me from Omaha to Edmond,
Oklahoma. I was blessed to stay at the home of Cay
Wright – MOM to GPPP’s Debby Westby. It was a
special treat to find a welcome note and mint on my
bed, left by this very sweet lady. It was nice to stay
with someone I had met when she served with us for
GPPP weekends.
Cay is a member of Oklahoma Presbyterian Pilgrimage, the group that hosted the training and meeting at
Santa Fe Presbyterian Church. They served us seven
abundant meals and provided great music leadership.
They hosted many people in their homes and provided transportation to and from the church. They
served us with the love of Christ - - just as all guests
are served at any Cursillo or Pilgrimage weekend, as
you remember!
Training began midday Thursday and ended before
lunch on Friday. I learned that by 1969 three-day
spiritual renewal weekends had been held in 43 countries and enriched the lives of 600,000 people. These
weekends are offered by a number of denominations.
Presbyterians held their first Cursillo weekend in
1985 in South Carolina. There are now 25 Presbyterian Cursillo or Pilgrimage groups; two groups
are in the planning phase. In order to support the
work of these groups, the National Council was
formed in 1999.
As we broke for lunch Friday, our training group of
15 grew to 35 as others arrived for the National
Council Meeting. Representatives had come from 13
states: Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan,
Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas.
We began our meeting with spirit-filled praise music
and prayer. After handling a few items of business,
we heard reports from the various representatives
about what is being planned in their communities.
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Though there are slight variations all communities
follow the pattern of thoughtful talks, time for discussion, worship, music, and blessings for all!
Following all weekends an Ultreya gathering is
held. The first worldwide Ultreya was held in
Rome in 1966. Our hosts provided a wonderful Ultreya Potluck Friday evening. Dinner was followed
with lively singing, worship and the Lord’s Supper
– a very meaningful closing to our day.
We gathered again Saturday morning for Spiritfilled music, a prayer and great devotion. Business
was conducted with respect for the opinions of others. We learned of some needs of the National
Council, and were encouraged to attend National
Training or the National Council meetings when
possible. A training opportunity will precede the
next Council meeting which will be held in Grand
Rapids, Michigan in August 2014. They promise a
chance for anyone who attends to get more of the
great fudge they brought to us.
As we wrapped up our morning discussions and prepared to break for lunch, the doors of the sanctuary
opened. Music filled the room as several guitar
players and many singers surrounded us and sang
“Shine, Jesus, Shine” – “Have You Seen Jesus My
Lord” - “I am the Resurrection and the Life” and
others! We were filled with the JOY found in any
Cursillo or Pilgrimage weekend. OPP members
took care of us – and then thanked us for us being
there as part of their FAMILY. We each received a
bag of goodies, gifts, and notes of blessing. I felt so
loved by all who served.
As I drove home, I saw fields turning green and
flowers budding. I searched my radio for Christian
Music and happened on a lively Spanish radio station. It reminded me of one of my favorite Pilgrimage songs - “DeColores” - “All in color the fields
love to dress in all during the springtime”. I started
singing those words out loud. I prayed for the
GPPP15 team and guests, and for all God has
planned for Cursillos or Pilgrimages in the future .
I thank the GPPP community for the privilege of
attending these events. May you all always be
blessed through your relationship with any Cursillo
or Pilgrimage community.
*Thanks very much to Carol for this report. I’m not
aware that any of our communities hold single sex weekends—though most Cursillo method weekends held by
other groups are single sex. Presbyterian Cursillo weekends can accept as pilgrims only Presbyterians.
Tom
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Nothing Happens...
In business there is an old saying with which you
may be familiar - "Nothing happens until somebody sells something!"
The Cursillo equivalent is "Nothing happens until
somebody recruits a pilgrim."
We get an awful lot of lip service about the need
to promote the fourth day - but almost nobody
ever admits that they really need to get going and
actually work hard to recruit pilgrims - to attend
our weekends—to join the fourth day—to become
active in the fourth day.
I still remember a former national moderator of
our movement - telling us that it was the Holy
Spirit's responsibility to call pilgrims to our weekends, and if we didn't get very many pilgrims to
attend our weekends, it wasn't our fault.
Yes, the fourth day is important - it's very important - but you have to have fourth day people pilgrims - to carry out the work of the Lord - and
we won't get them by sitting there, wringing our
hands and blaming the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is calling people to Cursillo, but a lot of people
are hard of listening, and need someone to help
them hear the Holy Spirit’s call.
There seems to be a wishful feeling that we'll create workers for our movement/ministry by pushing the fourth day after the weekend. My wife
Sandy's experience was different - she was Associate Pastor of our church in Douglasville for 20
years. On the first days people were back from a
Cursillo weekend, she would get calls from some
of that weekend's pilgrims asking what they could
do to help, what work they should take up.
For some strange and unaccountable reason, we
'Frozen Chosen' are as reluctant to recruit pilgrims
as we are to undertake serious evangelism.
Over the years, Sandy and I have held several dinner parties for prospects and fourth day folks at
which we've recruited well over a dozen pilgrims.
We've also taken folks to lunch and dinner in the
some effort.
If we can do that, if two people can do that, our
weekends should be burdened with long waiting
lists.
Tom
In Congress, July 4, 1776:
The Preamble to the Declaration of
Independence
“When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve
the political bands which have connected
them with another, and to assume among
the powers of the earth, the separate and
equal station to which the Laws of Nature
and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent
respect to the opinions of mankind require
that they should declare the causes which
impel them to the separation.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness... “
This is from Tom Bullock in the SCPP newsletter:
Group Reunion
“Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back
and forth by the waves, and blown here and
there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful
scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we
will grow to become in every respect the mature
body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From
him the whole body, joined and held together by
every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”
Ephesians 4:14-16 (NIV).
The Tripod of Piety,
Study, and Action is the
fundamental message of
Pilgrim-age/Cursillo. This
trinity of spiritual disciplines provides a foundation of our faith walk. We
connect with God’s Spirit in Piety (illustrated
by the hands in prayer); we learn of Father
God and His plan and love for us in Study (the
open book); and then, equipped with relationship and understanding, we serve in place of
God’s Son as we reach out in love to others
through Action (the flag of Christendom and
the water drop of baptism). This page of your
newsletter offers observations and suggestions
for exercising these three spiritual disiplines:
Piety, Study, and Action.
The purpose, essence, and method of GROUP
REUNION are summed up in this passage: The
PURPOSE: To promote unity in the body of
Christ, protecting us from the vagaries and false
doctrines of the world. We are bombarded with
misinformation, and worse,
through the media, literature, associates, entertainment, political
leaders, educational institutions,
and other elements of our culture.
Some of these are noble elements, such as family, friends,
and, sad to say, some churches.
The winds of teaching and the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming are a
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threat to our Piety (Holiness).and the Group Reunion is an important way to erect a hedge of protection. We come together to learn from each other
and to be encouraged.
The ESSENCE of Group Reunion is -- the mature body
(the church) held together by
every supporting ligament of
him who is the head, that is,
Christ…. It is vital that we acknowledge the presence of Christ in our Group Reunions. We open
and close each reunion with prayer, initially acknowledging his presence and seeking Holy
Spirit’s guidance as we depart. Someone once said
that any assembly opened and closed with prayer
is a GOOD assembly. (Notice that I avoid the term
‘meeting’ when referring to Group Reunion. The
word ‘meetings’ has a negative connotation. I see
them as a chore and confrontation and conflict are
often present. My favorite grouping has a stated
protocol of allowing each member to share without comment or reaction from the others. This allows freedom from fear of saying the wrong thing
and encourages sharing from the heart. After all
have shared, a discussion is permitted if there is
time.) Group Reunion is to be looked forward to, a
time to relax and be enveloped by a supportive
segment of the body of Christ.
The METHOD of Group Reunion
-- speaking the truth in love, we
will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Christ.
ALETHEUO is the Greek transliteration of this word truth and is
defined as truth in doctrine and profession. We are
called to be honest in our speech, careful to be
faithful to doctrine and with veracity in our comments. Candor is implied as the reunion is no
place for posturing or pretense. A pledge of confidentiality is appropriate. “What is said here, stays
here,” somewhat like Las Vegas. (;-))>+
The love we speak with is the AGAPE of unconditional relationship. The AGAPE of caring action,
not of emotional affection, is operative. We might
paraphrase the method as, SHARING AND
CARING.
Tom Bullock at tom.par@juno.com.
Remember the Tornado?
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This is still another excerpt from the SCPP newsletter. It deals with a program that South Carolina uses to keep in contact with the churches in
their area. If you don’t have such a program, it
might be well worthwhile to consider starting it.
The Important Job of ‘Ambassador’
in Your Church
Remember the disastrous tornado that hit
Westminster Presbyterian Church in
Hattiesburg, Mississippi on February 10,
2013?
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
Maybe we can make announcing our
meal selections just a little bit
more elegant and eloquent!
What is an ambassador? The Ambassador is a
liason (contact person) between your church and
the Pilgrimage Council. His/her job is to actively
promote Pilgrimage in his/her church as well as to
communicate the purpose of the retreat and the
importance of an active Fourth Day (Reunion
Groups). An ambassador also publicizes Pilgrimage activities such as retreats, Celebration weekends, Cross Training, Kairos, Serenades and Ultreyas.
So, when you see announcements in the bulletin,
website or in a “Minute for Mission”, that is your
enthusiastic Ambassador updating your church on
what is going on in Pilgrimage. If you found
someone who is interested in attending a weekend
or you are interested in sponsoring someone, your
Ambassador can guide you to the website to find
all the necessary materials. When it’s time to
write Palanca, your Ambassadir will be sure you
have participant and staff names. Finally, when
it’s time to collect weekend Food Palanca from
your church, your Ambassador will be Calling
you to sign up, and then, will help organize the
delivery.
There are many churches that do not have ambassadors at the moment. So, if the Lord is leading
you to become an Ambassador for your church,
please let me know. I will send you information
that will help you live as an agent for Christ to
transform your church according to the
Kingdom of God.
Your sister in Christ, Barrie Hinson, PreWeekend Chair, SCPP.
Stewed Prunes
For Sunday
Breakfast!
If your community has no formal arrangement to provide ‘Ambassadors’ to it’s local
churches, but you want to help, try contacting a
member of your community council or perhaps
some other one of the more active Cursillistas’ (‘Pilgrimistas’?) in your fourth day. Tom
Steve McCormack, moderator of EOPC # 22 sent
in the following useful information.
From Eastern Oklahoma
Eastern Oklahoma Presbyterian Cursillo wrapped
up EOPC #22 with an Ultreya to welcome 16 new
Cursillistas. About 70 members of the 4th Day
community attended and we all enjoyed a warm,
wonderful and fun time, with great food and fellowship. Our EOPC #23 retreat will be held
March 11-15, 2015, at Dwight Mission (near Sallisaw, Okla.). The moderator is Co Edwards
(coedwards@sbcglobal.net).
We have begun initiation of a new outreach project that will be primarily centered in the EOPC
areas of support. Local coordinators will direct
ministry events and gatherings. While the gatherings will be open to Presbyterians, the ministry
events will service all. This is intended to make a
differences in our local areas as well as give
EOPC a face within the communities, and maybe
reach out to other EOP churches and communities
We are on the website of our Presbytery: http://
eokpresbytery.org. Other direct contact may be
made to the EOPC Council Chairman Bill Wiles
at bwiles@stonebridgeoil.com or EOPC Communications Chair Laurie Winslow
at lewinslow@icloud.com.
It sort of sounds like they’ve started something
similar to South Carolina’s Ambassadors program. (see page 9)
Tom
Praise the LORD.
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens.
Praise him for his acts of power;
praise him for his surpassing greatness.
Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,
praise him with tambourine and dancing,
praise him with the strings and flute,
praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise
him with resounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the
LORD.
Psalm 150 NIV
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More from the SCPP newsletter:
Make A Joyful Noise
Scripture tells us that GOD wants to hear us sing
His praise. He wants us to play our instruments
with joy, and to use our musical abilities to glorify
Him. Angels in Heaven sing praises to GOD unceasingly, and our loving Father has given us the
ability to join with them by sharing with us the
precious gift of music. Precious, indeed, and powerful! Music has the ability to bypass rational
thought and cause intense emotional reaction. Trisha Yearwood sings about a song that comes on
the radio that triggers a flood of memories that she
had forgotten--The Song Remembers When.
Certain songs make me drive too fast, or cry, or
want to dance, all without even thinking about it.
Music is an arrow that goes straight to our hearts.
It is also an arrow we send into the world, often
bearing the deepest feelings of our hearts.
We tend to sing along with songs we know the
words to, which reminds us of an important point-what Are we singing along with? As with any of
GOD's gracious gifts, this one is often used by the
enemy for his own twisted purposes. If you don't
know what I mean, turn on almost any radio station. Satan knows that music is a conduit to our
vulnerable places, and he doesn't miss an opportunity to worm his way in wherever we are weak.
We are reminded in Scripture to do everything to
the glory of GOD. He has given us the gift of music to communicate as well as to praise--He
WANTS to hear about our joys, fears, pain, anger,
and confusion. Using music as the delivery system
is not a misuse of the gift. It is the glorification of
anything other than GOD that gets us into trouble.
We have a wonderful opportunity to use the wondrous gifts GOD has blessed us with to praise Him
and uplift one another. If you sing or play an instrument, please consider joining our musician's
roster.
Children of God
How great is the love the Father has lavished on
us, that we should be called children of God! And
that is what we are!
1 John 3:1
A book review:
It’s Indescribable
Recently I had a need to buy a gift for a friend. He
is a devout Christian, so I thought of the book I
had just finished reading: Indescribable by Louie
Giglio and Matt Redman.
I had downloaded a copy of the book onto my
Kindle—which was a mistake. It was a mistake
only in the sense that the print copy has many glorious photos taken with the Hubble telescope and
by other means—the Kindle version attempts to
reproduce –in black and white—on its 3 1/2 by 4
3/4 inch screen the magnificent color photos printed on the book’s 8 by 11 inch pages—many
spread over two pages.
No, it’s not just a coffee table picture book—it’s
much more than that. The authors use the photos
of space—some of objects that are fairly near and
many of extremely distant features– to illustrate
the sovereignty of God.
In doing so, they demonstrate just how closely
connected the scientific and religious understandings of the universe are.
As it happened, I had also to get a gift for another
friend. This fellow, a fine individual, has slipped
away from his beliefs. He is no longer a believing
Christian. He no longer believes that God created
everything and every human being. He is heavily
into “Ufology”, believing that alien life forms are
amongst us. Mind you, he is not a fool—and he
does hold a doctorate in engineering.
So, what could I give him? Not too surprisingly, I
ordered two copies of Indescribable—not just one.
My reasoning was a bit shallow, perhaps (“At
least he’ll like the pictures.”), but there’s actually
a good deal more to it than just that. The authors,
Louie Giglio and Matt Redman do a good job relating Christian doctrine to the science of what the
pictures reveal.
Their text is well crafted and easily understandable. The pictures are well documented and the authors do a good job illustrating the enormous distances in time and space. They are faithful to the
revelation of God’s sovereignty, and it can be
hoped that their text will make at least a tiny opening in the atheist’s or agnostic’s armor.
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Louie Giglio is pastor of the Passion City Church
in Atlanta and founder of the Passion Movement,
which, for nearly twenty years has sought to help
college aged people live for Jesus. He is also a
speaker. He has also written The Air I BreatheWorship as a Way of Life, and I am not but I
know I AM. His DVD messages, Indescribable
and How Great Is Our God have been broadly distributed. He has shared Andy Stanley’s ministry.
Matt Redman is a worship leader and songwriter
based in Brighton, England. He has assisted Louie
Giglio with the establishment of the Passion
Movement and of the Passion City Church. Even I
am familiar with some of his songs, such as “The
Heart of Worship”, “Blessed Be Your Name”,
“You Never Let Go”, and “Our God.” He has also written books, including The Unquenchable
Worshiper, Mirror Ball, and Facedown.
Indescribable is published by David C. Cook, a
publisher with which I became familiar over 30
years ago when I was purchasing curriculum for
our church when I was Sunday School superintendent.
The full title of the book, with its subtitle, is Indescribable: Encountering the Glory of God in the
Beauty of the Universe.
To give you a taste of the contents of the book,
chapter titles include:
Lost in Wonder
Many Kinds of Splendor
Indescribable
Significant Insignificance
Stop and Consider
Symphony
Astronomical Grace
Far Out
Glorious Death
Staring At The Sun
Night Light
Superstars
Finely Tuned
Beyond
Insight
The text makes for a good read, and the photos are
truly spectacular—as you would expect of views
of God’s handiwork.
Tom
Would you believe...?
Cursillo and Pilgrimage use 15 talks—rollos.
Some Pilgrimage communities combine the last
two talks into a single talk, but cover the required
material.
Occasionally, the order of the talks will get a bit
mixed up—as we do with the clergy talks on Saturday in Georgia, where we give the Obstacles
talk just before the late morning worship service
and the Sacraments talk that afternoon. We’ve
always done it this way in Georgia, probably because our sponsoring communities (South Carolina and Oklahoma) set it up that way.
But, by and large, the talks are given in the same
order nationwide. Probably, there’s not much variance from one expression of Cursillo to another—with Walk to Emmaus talks in essentially the
same order as Via De Cristo, or Kairos talks.
Why? Do you sense some inherent order here?
The order of the talks was essentially set on the
island of Majorca, largest of the Baleric islands,
100 miles or so off the shore of Spain in the Mediterranean during the 1940’s. That’s where Cursillo was formed.
Cursillo attempts to influence those who attend to
undertake a ministry of reform and evangelism
when they return home from the weekend.
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istry to help reform and evangelize God’s people.
Each talk builds on the previous talks and supports
the later talks. Each day has it’s own theme, building through these talks:
Friday: Liberation-Freedom in Christ
Saturday: Christ-A Living relationship with Christ
Sunday: The Christian Life
The first and second days present, explain and
review much of what we already know. The pace
picks up on Sunday morning as we reach the turning point in Cursillo. Previous talks have presented the fundamentals of the Christian faith. Sunday’s talks present the Cursillo method as a specific, practical expression of living the Christian
faith.
When a talk giver decides to insert personal material or “war stories” at the expense of dropping
outline material—the Cursillo is damaged, as is
the pilgrim who will never know what was kept
from him or her. If you are honored with giving a
talk, be sure to stick closely to the outline points
and keep to the allotted time, so that the pilgrims
will have enough time to discuss the talk.
Want to learn more about talks and talk giving?
Attend the national training.
Tom
The brief 72 hour course of Cursillo—the short
course in Christianity—has very specific goals.
Because time is so short, it proceeds to impart
certain understandings in certain patternscarefully defined in the talk outlines.
It may seem, for instance, that palanca is introduced after the faith talk on Friday because “it’s
convenient to do it then…”
No—that’s wrong.
Palanca is introduced after the talk “Faith: Living
in Grace” on Friday as a way of introducing
Grace—of introducing God’s Grace through
God’s people at a time when a clergy person has
just told us that Faith is an enabling gift of God,
and that our response to the gift of faith is joyful
and thankful living. It is part of the progression
that builds to tell us about God and about our min-
“How do you like the liturgical dance
routine we’ve added to the Piety talk?”
This is also from the South Carolina newsletter.
What is Palanca, Anyway?
It’s a lovely surprise, just when you did not expect it! It’s like the warm sunshine this morning,
after days of dreary!
Return to your own Pilgrimage experience and
revisit the moment when you received a bagful of
encouragement from friends and family—many
notes catching you totally by surprise. “How did
she know I was coming to Pilgrimage?!” “Wow!
He took the time to write to me!”
The love continued with messages from persons
totally unknown to you. “Just think, someone who
does not even know me had been praying for
me—even before I arrived at the retreat!!”
The palanca surprise is one of the keys to the
Pilgrimage experience. It is a matchless way of
sharing God’s blessings with someone you love,
and with others whom you can love unseen.
The wonderful news is, YOU can make that happen. YOU are the key to the shower of blessings.
YOU can give a bit if yourself to share God’s
love with someone else. Take whatever time is
necessary to prepare messages for those Pilgrims
and staff members who will be participating in
Pilgrimage this May.
When we give our days and our plans to God, He
will guide our time to include all those activities
that we need to get done. He knows how to manage our time much better than we do! Make palanca a priority over the next couple of weeks, so
that this year’s participants will be blessed in the
same way that you were lifted up.
Francis Via, SCPP # 58
Palanca is a Spanish word meaning “lever”. You
can verify that in the plumbing department of a
hardware store, when you buy a replacement for
a flush lever with instructions in English and Spanish. The original intention, in the Roman Catholic
Cursillo, was to use gifts of Palanca to manipulate
(lever) God to grant us the favor of letting His will
be done. That is not part of our theology, but
Palanca is still a very important part of the Cursillo method.
Tom
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Rita, why shouldn’t I take as
long as I want to give my talk??
There’s no sense giving your talk if the
pilgrims aren’t going to have enough
time to discuss and understand it, Roy!
From North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage
Piedmont Conference Report
We continue to hold 7 weekends per year, 3 in the
Piedmont and 2 each in the East and West. Three
Arise (teenage) Weekends are held under their own
Leadership Council. We also continue to be in
volved in HESED, a movement designed for developmentally challenged adults, as well as various
prison ministries including Kairos and Torch.
NCPP weekend fees remain at $160 for both guests
and team members. We are just barely holding our
own at this level and may have to increase the fees
next year.
Mike Pendleton has been installed as President of
NCPP and heads up the State Council which is
now called the “Core Council.”
Some members of the Western Conference continue to press to require that team members sign a
letter of adherence to their interpretation of acceptable doctrine. We continue to struggle with
how best to handle this.
A Pilgrim from the Charlotte area, who is a data
base manager for a large bank there, has rewritten
our on line directory. It houses names, addresses,
phone numbers, emails, church affiliation, and individual NCPP weekend service history of all
NCPP attendees. It has been written such that it
could be set up to be used by any community that
chose to do so. You can access it from our web
site: www.ncpilgrimage.org , selecting the online
directory and following the prompts. Please let me
know if you have an interest in using such a program as this, and I will try to facilitate it.
From Palo Duro Presbyterian Cursillo:
Something New!
Good news! Palo Duro Presbyterian Cursillo is
breaking some new ground.
We are leaving our usual Fall and Spring schedule
and venturing into summer. Not only that, but we
are venturing outside the boundaries of Palo Duro
Presbytery and going to MoRanch. Yes! Mecca
for Presbyterians in this part of the world. We
will hold session #28, under the leadership of
moderator Chris Hallum, July 24-27 near Kerrville, Texas.
The staff is nearing completion and there are already TEN participants signed up. Get an application from your church office, or anyone who
has already attended a session. Applications are
also available on the Palo Duro Presbytery website under camps and conferences. This is an opportunity to do a “new thing”. I bet God is
pleased! Sally Brantley Trainer - PDPC #28
From the Moderator of PDPC # 28
The staff of #28 had a great training weekend at
Mo Ranch Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April
26. A few of the staff were unable to make it and
missed a great time. Mo Ranch is going to be
an awesome place for Cursillo #28. I can hardly
wait for July to get here. The staff of Mo Ranch
go out of their way to ensure that we are taken
care of.
Cursillo #28 is July 24, 25, 26, and 27. Add the
23rd for staff. Speaking of staff, it is still not too
late to sign up for staff of #28. We still have a
handful of open slots and would love to have you
as a part of this wonderful staff. Likewise, it is not
too early for our friends and family to sign up to
be a participant either. We are already up to 10
participants and would love to have many, many
more. So keep those staff and participants applications coming. Chris Hallum Moderator #28
Isaiah 40:31
From the Observing Moderator
It is with great pleasure to be serving as observing
moderator for PDPC #28 in beautiful Mo Ranch
this coming July 23rd -27th. After participating in
the training workshop in April, the staff serving
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this Cursillo is ready and eager to welcome the participants attending PDPC #28. As you are quite
aware, it takes a team of Presbyterians throughout
Palo Duro Presbytery to help with all the aspects of
the Cursilllo and we hope you will prayerfully consider participating with the fourth day activities for
this upcoming event. It is so refreshing to know we
can express God’s love through palanca (written &
food), prayer banner, serenade as well as the party
set up and to witness the exuberant faces of those
who receive it. I hope you can help make it possible for the upcoming participants.
Also, it is not too early to mark your calendars for
PDPC #29 which will tentatively be held March
2015 at Big Country Baptist Assembly Camp in
Lueders. Please stay tuned as more details will
come in the next issue of the newsletter. I give
thanks for the blessings Cursillo has brought me in
my life, and I look forward to serving as moderator
for PDPC #29. Diane Keeble PDPC #2
Shake It Off and Step Up
A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old
mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The
farmer heard the mule ‘braying’ — or whatever
mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully
assessing the situation, the farmer felt sorry for the
mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well
was worth saving. Instead, he called his neighbors
together and told them what had happened and
asked them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in
the well and put him out of his misery.
Initially, the old mule was hysterical! But as the
farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and
the dirt hit his back, a thought struck him. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load
of dirt landed on his back: he should shake it off
and step up! This is what the old mule did, blow
after blow. “Shake it off and step up… shake it off
and step up… shake it off and step up!” he repeated to encourage himself.
No matter how painful the blows, or distressing the
situation seemed, the old mule fought “panic” and
just kept right on shaking it off and stepping up!
You guessed it! It wasn’t long before the old mule,
battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over
the wall of that well! What seemed like it would
bury him, actually end up blessing him. All because of the manner in which he handled his adversity. Author Unknown—Kathy Monroe PDPC# 4
Copied from the South Carolina Presbyterian
Pilgrimage newsletter “His Light”
DeColores!
After a wonderful weekend at Camp St. Christopher, I am thinking back to my own weekend, as
we all tend to do. One big question I had was,
“what’s next?” We forget that we weren’t left
hanging like a Chrysalis on a branch. We spent
the weekend bursting out of that thing, drying our
wings, and getting ready to get moving! And that
weekend mountain top high lasts about as long as
a real butterfly’s lifespan.
What happens next is the whole rest of our lives,
which is represented by the Fourth Day. Do we
want to go back to normal, or are we going to act
by making a friend, being a friend, and bringing a
friend to Christ? Please get in touch with anyone
in the 4th Day to see how you can get involved.
Here are some suggestions:
Reunion Groups—(contact [your local council]
for Reunion groups in yur area or for suggestions
and materials for starting aa new group.)
Ultreyas—At least once a quarter—large gatherings with food, music, and friends, a witness
speaker, and a mini reunion gathering. Bring
someone new!
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Palanca—The Gift of Giving
For it is by grace you have been saved, through
faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift
of God— Ephesians 2:8 NIV
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the
gift of God,... For God did not give us a spirit of
timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of selfdiscipline. 2 Timothy 1:6-7 NIV
Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to
excel in gifts that build up the church.
1 Cor 14:12 NIV
From the Communities
It’s encouraging to see that more and more communities are sending in information to be included
in The Cursillista. That’s one of the best ways
these pages can be used—by sharing useful information. This issue has information from our Eastern Oklahoma, Georgia, Great Plains, Michigan,
Mississippi, North Carolina, Palo Duro, and South
Carolina communities.
Please send copies of your newsletters, and other
information to me at: t.f.fox@att.net or to 3985
Holland Court, Douglasville, GA 30135-4124
Thanks, Tom
Help prepare, support, and sponsor participants
for other Pilgrimage, Kairos, and Celebration
weekends through prayer, palanca, food, music,
and your ever-necessary presence.
Most importantly, don’t forget to open your music
box! Hallelujah! Remember, you’re supposed to
share it!
The Prayer Banner
Prayerbanner.org has been updated and simplified by it’s manager, Mike Dempsey. Once
you have registered into the web site—once it’s easy to review weekends and select the
prayer times you want. It’s wise to select early, so that you can have a choice of times. Just
reviewing who has signed up already is an eyeopener: you’ll be surprised at how many different communities are praying for your
weekends.
Thanks, Mike!
Tom
“What do you mean, exercise?
This is pursuit!”
Web Sites
Planning List of Special Dates
Special Day
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
Daylight Savings Begins
3/9
3/8
3/13
3/12
MLK Day
Valentine’s Day (2/14)
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 Day
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
12/25 12/13
Sun
Mon
And One Especially Important Date:
Don’t forget to sign up on the Prayer
Banner for your upcoming weekends.
Go To www.prayerbanner.org
Just follow directions.
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About Presbyterian Cursillo and Pilgrimage in
General
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
Web sites of specific communities:
Alabama www.alpresbyteriancursillo.com
Arkansas www.pilgrimage-arkansas.org
Austin www.austinpresbyterianpilgrimage.org
Chicagoland www.chpilgrimage.org
Colorado www.coloradopilgrimage.org
Eastern Oklahoma www.eokpresbytery.org
*** 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
*** 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
Jun 19 to 22, 2014
Jun 19 to 22, 2014
Jun 19 to 22, 2014
Jul 24 to 27, 2014
Aug 1 to 3, 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 23 to 26, 2014
Oct 24 to 26, 2014
Oct 30 to Nov 2, 2014
Nov
, 2014
Mar 12 to 15, 2015
Apr 9 to 12, 2015
Apr 16 to 19, 2015
Apr 23 to 26, 2015
Apr 30 to May 3, 2015
Sep 17 to 20, 2015
Sep 24 to 27, 2015
Oct 1 to 4, 2015
Apr 7 to 10, 2016
Sep 29 to Oct 2, 2016
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High School Age Weekends College Age Weekends
Weekend
Louisiana Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 10
Eastern Virginia Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 19
Chicago Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 24
Palo Duro Presbyterian Cursillo # 28
South Carolina Cross Training #9
Austin Presbyterian Celebration # 16
Alabama Presbyterian Cursillo # 33
Austin Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 38
Colorado Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 26
Mississippi Presbyterian Cursillo # 14
North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage (Camp Harrison) # 128
Nebraska/Iowa Great Plains Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 16
Arkansas Presbyterian Cursillo # 21
South Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 67
North Texas Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 37
North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage (Camp Hanes) # 129
Tennessee Valley Presbyterian Cursillo # 22
Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 30 (Detroit)
Michigan Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 31 (Lake Michigan)
Florida Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 9
South Carolina Celebration # 40
Georgia Presbyterian Cursillo # 45
North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage (Camp Dixie) # 130
Eastern Oklahoma Presbyterian Cursillo # 23
Alabama Presbyterian Cursillo #34
Arkansas Presbyterian Pilgrimage # 22
Alabama Presbyterian Cursillo # 35
Lay Leader
Amanda Thorne
Caroline Buzek
Melody Henrie
Chris Hallum
Caroline Davis
TBA
Valerie Harden
TBA
Sylvia Goroski
Lee Kvidahl
Rocky Hoffner
George Dudley
Vicky Davis
Steve Dukes
Portia Stephens
Jeane Batten
TBA
TBA
Dru Wrasse
Dan Hallenbeck
Jimmy Petrongelli
Becky Laughlin
TBA
Co Edwards
Thom Fultz
Kristen Tay
Sandra Phillips
TBA
Angie Shehee
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: wwW.prayerbanner.org
Scheduled National Training Dates
July 25-26, 2014
August 21-22, 2014
March 26-27, 2015(?)
August 27-28, 2015(?)
Orlando, Florida
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Site of the Spring National Council Meetings
Site of the Summer National Council Meetings
The 2014 training sessions are confirmed. The 2015 dates listed conform to the usual pattern of
training class dates. Other 2015 dates are being discussed. For more information, contact Dave
Hamilton, our National Training Coordinator at davehamil@suddenlink.net or (501) 915-9045
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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 Kathy Upton Kathyup@hotmail.com (719) 634-4671
Eastern Oklahoma Joyce Golding golding1@cableone.net (918) 407-1818 Co Edwards coedwards@swbell.net
Eastern Virginia Gale Pere gale57@cox.net (808)815-1595 Mary Jo Baylor baylor@pinn.net (757) 404-5083
Florida Dan Hallenbeck dawghouser@gmail.com (352) 615-0092
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 Susan Sumrall mspresbyteriancursillo.com
Nebraska/Iowa- Great Plains Jennifer Bennett djbennett5@gmail.com (402) 493-5091
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: Mary Hodge marys.hodge@gmail.com (972) 437-6365
Youth: Harry Hodge hmhodge@gmail.com (972) 437-6365
Oklahoma Adult: Amy Mason Amason75@aol.com
Bob Bentley bobjenben@cableone.net
Palo Duro Texas - Stacy Schroeder stacy.leigh.schroeder@gmail.com (432) 528-6739
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: J C Simmons jsimmons14@sc.rr.com (843) 871-3944
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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