Hi Everyone…

Closura—you were happy and excited that your Pilgrim has completed their Walk weekend,

maybe they even developed the courage to stand in front of the community and tell everyone

what their Walk has meant to them….and what they are going to do with their weekend

experience. What a joyful moment for you as their sponsor. All the months of prayerful

preparation, gathering palanca, and now the mountain top experience for them…and for you.

Remember !

But Sponsors, what have you done to help your Pilgrim with their intent? Were you able to

help them discover (or start) a reunion group, work up the courage to take a step of faith in

serving God’s family, invited them to serve with you on a subsequent Walk weekend? Just as

spring blossoms don’t end the orchardist work, or, the delivery of a new baby into the world

ends the parent’s role in their child’s development, neither does Sponsorship end at Closura.

Instead, Closura should be viewed as the beginning. Emmaus is about a Pilgrim’s Fourth Day

and the Walk weekend is only the beginning smiliar to the flowering fruit trees or the cry in the

delivery room. Good sponsoring involves not only the proper preparation for the weekend but

continued involvement in your Pilgrim’s life, encouraging his/her expanding relationship with

Jesus, the fellowship of a reunion group (even if it’s only you and your Pilgrim,) assistance in

ascertaining the use of their gifts in their church, the invitation to join you in serving on a Walk

weekend and attendance at other Emmaus events. Jesus sent the disciples out two by two for a

reason. Thinking that your Pilgrim has completed her/her journey at Closura and experienced

everything their Fourth Day has to offer is a sad ending. Continued serving, discipling and

strengthening relationships is where the real joy is and it doesn’t end. Closura is only the

beginning.

Gary Buma, PSWTE President

P.S. -- Check out the article on our new trailer! See page 6 in this newsletter!

Volume 30, Number 1 Updated August 6, 2012 July 2012

The Rainbow Junction

Gazette

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Lay Director Thoughts — Walk #206

Ever since October 1991, my life has been different. You see, I wasn’t going to go on Walk #30. I

was much too busy. Besides, I didn’t “need” to go. I had been trying to find a way to tell my sponsor

(my Pastor) that I just couldn’t get the time off. Work was just too busy. But God had other plans. The

Monday prior to Walk #30, I had an accident at work which crushed my thumb on my left hand. It was

serious enough that I was off work for the next two weeks, but not so serious that I couldn’t attend

the Walk. It was at this weekend I met some very special men, who have become my best friends.

One of these men, Scott Marshall, introduced me to a song based on Micah 6:8. That verse has been

“mine” ever since, in good times and not so good times. To this day, my left thumb reminds me that

God is in control, not me. That God can use all things for good, and that it’s His timing in all things.

He reminds me to DO Justly, LOVE Mercy, WALK Humbly. You will notice the emphasis on the

verbs. We are not called to be complacent. God is calling us to live the Emmaus themes, of Piety,

Study, and Action.

The theme song for Walk #206 is I Will Follow by Chris Tomlin. “Where You go, I’ll go. Where You

stay, I’ll stay. When You move, I’ll move. I will follow You.” When this song was chosen as the theme

song, I had no idea how much more it would mean to me today than when I first started this journey.

When I was asked to serve for this weekend, like all Lay Directors I’m sure, I prayed and prayed

hard. It had never been my desire; I am more comfortable behind a guitar or in the background. But as

with everything, it’s God’s timing, and He’s in control, not I. I am reminded each week by one of the

men in our reunion group, Ray NeSmith, that God will place the people on the Walk that He wants

there.

Paul Arms, the Assistant Lay Director, and I look forward to serving with you. As we serve to-

gether on this, His Walk to Emmaus, let us serve the Pilgrims with love, mercy, and a humble heart.

Paul and I covet your prayers for the Pilgrims and the team as we journey together down this Emmaus

road.

Bob Short

Lay Director Thoughts — Walk #207

May 2011 was when I received the phone call to prayerfully consider serving as a Lay Director. It took me about 5 minutes to say “YES”. God has been preparing me to serve him in this ca-pacity since I took my walk in October 2006. I feel I have come full circle. My pilgrim walk was at Edmonds UMC and now I have the honor & privilege to serve as the Lay Director for WTE-207 at Edmonds UMC. The theme for the weekend is “Everlasting Grace”. The song is “Glorious Day” by Casting Crowns. The verse is Ephesians 2:8 “For it is by Grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God” NIV As you can see by the logo, that within the heart is the cross and the dove. The heart represents all of us as Christian Pilgrims, the Dove is God’s Grace to us and the Cross is Christ’s sacrifice to us “His Pilgrims”. Notice that the heart is open at the end to receive God’s Grace and the light in the middle of the cross is the Faith, Love and Hope for all of us. My prayer is that God will continue to fill our hearts with his “Everlasting Grace” and that we will all keep our hearts open to receive it. Many Blessings, Bette Kohlenberger

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Pilgrim Lists Men’s Walk #206

August 2 - 5, 2012

Women’s Walk #207

August 9 - 12, 2012

Women’s Theme, Song and Verse Theme: Everlasting Grace

Song: “Glorious Day” by Casting

Crowns

Verse: “For it is by Grace you have been

saved, through faith – and this not from

yourselves, it is the gift of God” Eph. 2:8

Walk #206 Walk #207 Church Sponsor(s)

Updated July 6 July 12 July 16 August 6

Arnold, Linda Whidbey Isl Mess. Fellow. Bonita Boxley

Azevedo, Jim Marysville UMC Jim Johnson

Azevedo, Ryan Pearl Harbor Mem. Chapel Tom Albright

Bee, David Bee, Juli Christ Lutheran Roger & Barb Nelson

Bibb, Ed Bibb, Sherry Evergreen Comm. Howie Schwend

Bienkowski, Holly Woodinville Comm. UMC Barbara Bowen

Bjorkman, Phyllis Redeemer Lutheran David Corner

Blackman, Brenda Annadale Methodist Kathi Van Pelt

Bornand, Linda Bear Creek UMC Addie May

Brandt, Tracy Oak Harbor UMC Sue Eloph

Conrad, Sherrie First Ch of Nazarene Anita Dudra

Engbretson, Dan Evergreen Community Howie Schwend

Estell, Martin Estell, Lisa Lifepoint Free Methodist Eric & Mary Villesvik

Fewing, Caroline Highline Christian Mary Jaquish

Griffin, Lori Christ Lutheran Kristi Kreamer

Lett, Barbara Oak Harbor UMC Jun & Daisy Sapida

Lovett, Mary Rose Hill Presbyterian W. Markham & J. Harshbarger

McMichael, Karen Southminster Presbyterian Bill & Georgia Gwyn

Moore, Lark Christ Lutheran Dorothy Leyden

Musselwhite, Terren Mars Hill Church Amanda Sinclair

Pagel, Katie Immanuel Lutheran Ken & Leslie Pagel

Potter, George Potter, Lillian Spanaway UMC Edwin/C. Gwen Roberts-Root

Puccio, Rosie Christ Church Karen Witte

Sayler, Lynn Oak Harbor UMC Marlene Jones

Shockey, Terry Oak Harbor UMC Joyce Tighe & Mark Vance

Walworth, Tom Federal Way UMC Nathan Kleber

Zier, Jacob Immanuel Lutheran Mark & Beth Zier

Zier, Brian Life Center Mark & Beth Zier

Men’s Theme, Song and Verse Theme: Do Justly, Love Mercy, Walk

Humbly

Song: “I Will Follow” by Chris Tomlin Verse: “He has shown you, O man,

what is good; And what does the LORD require

of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to

walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8

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Walks 206 & 207 Team Lists

Jesus Christ Director Jesus Christ

Bob Short Lay Director Bette Kohlenberger

Paul Arms Asst. Lay Director Carol Decker

Fred Gregory Spiritual Director Gail Irving

Stephanie Hankey, Jon Short, Spiritual Team Jeni Gregory, Dave Johnson,

Bob Sinclair Steve Morrow

Nathan Kleber Worship Team Lead Angi Swan

Robert Brawn, Steven Dawson, Worship Team Cheryl Dyson, Kim Hansen,

Dave Gosline, Ken Lochner Val Holtgerts, Paige Rath

Don Kohlenberger Head Cha Anne Tarrant

Karl Brackmann, Lance Calisch, Cha Chas Erin Buckley-Noonan, Ann Coffinger,

Dean Faris, Stephen Hancock Shirley LeBlanc, Ida Richards

Bobby Berndt, Dave Bennett Chef, Assistant Peggy Driesen, Connie Botello

Ray Bodenhorn, Davon Cartas, Kitchen Team Jessica Berg, Denise Dozema,

Greg Flatmo, Bob Harshbarger, Jean Harris, Ann Oldham,

Scott Knapp, Rocky Long, Don Melrose, Lisa Oppenhuizen, Leslie Pagel,

Monty Sisson, Gary Swalling, Connie Taylor, Les Watts,

Eric Villesvik Irene Wilkerson, Barb Wilson

Janann Roodzant

Bennie Ramming, Larry Jaquish Palanca Boss, Assistant Deb Hoheisel, Mary Villesvik

Ray Ching, Rick Osborn, Palanca Team Kristi Bunda, Donna Carbonell,

Ed Root, Nico Roy, Dayna Culbertson, Georgia Gwyn,

Howie Schwend, Steve Westerside, Jackie Linington, Erin Neeley,

Jon Wittrock Lisa Perry, Holly Renner, Stacy Ridgley

Jim Kolthoff (computer) Kathi Van Pelt (Inventory)

John Ricketts (inventory) Joyce Atkinson (Computer)

Speaker Backup Talk Room Speaker Backup Dean Faris (cha) Jeff Klein Priorities Erin B-Noonan (cha) Angi Swan (worship)

Doug Wolford Stephen Hancock Priesthood Charlene Rodgers Jeannie Dayton

Ray NeSmith Robert Brawn Life in Piety Diana Sumner-Fedele Sherri Pribble-Jones

John Hart Lance Calisch Growth/Study Judy Kliskey Susan Azevedo

Darrin Canfield Dave Gosline Christian Action Nina Buma Jana Fullerton

Bob Woessner Steven Dawson Discipleship Robyn Riley Lyndi Reed

Bob Jones Karl Brackmann Changing Our World Jeanne Harshbarger Karen Claussen

Steve King Doug Thompson Body of Christ Jane Hoffman Debb Leach

Howard Carr Love Team Chairs Keith Skore, Christie Eden

Dave Richards Agape Boss Don Kohlenberger, John Decker

Bennie Ramming Send Palanca to: Deb Hoheisel

17402 10th Ave. Ct. E. 11121 - 24th Place S.E.

Spanaway, WA 98387 Lake Stevens, WA 98258

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2012 PSWTE Board Members

President Gary Buma

president@pswte.org

President-Emeritus Jodi Wittrock

jwittrockwte@comcast.net

President Elect Carol Decker

jncdecker@gmail.com

Secretary Ann Coffinger

actionsofgrace@msn.com

Treasurer Cheryl Goodwin

cmg0813@gmail.com

Spiritual Directors Fred Gregory

mail4fred@hotmail.com

Paul Kuhn

paulkuhn3896@gmail.com

Women’s Walk Coord. Paula Wood

pswoodagape@msn.com

Men’s Walk Coord. Bill Gwyn

bggwyn@hotmail.com

Ultreyas

Ultreyas meet monthly in the following locations.

If you are in our area, please drop in and share the

spirit with us. These Ultreyas are open to all who

wish to follow Jesus!

Kitsap

TBD: see article below

Faith Fellowship, Silverdale

Jessica Berg

jessiepaulie2@yahoo.com

North Snohomish/South Skagit

Currently not meeting

Anne Hayes

pastorsumc@clearwire.net

Oak Harbor

Third Friday at 7:00 p.m.

Oak Harbor FUMC

Ginger Opdyke

360-679-9071

ken-ginger-opdyke@comcast.net

South Sound

Third Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Christ Lutheran,

Lakewood

Lee Chaffee-Birnbaum leecb2510@msn.com

Whatcom

Third Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Gail Sullivan

dgkitten@juno.com

2012 Committee Chairs

Facilities North, Central Andy & Joan Pierce

jpierce622@frontier.com

Facilities South Karen Claussen

klgailey@yahoo.com

Fourth Day Lance Calisch & Charlene

Rogers

lancecalisch@msn.com

Gazette Editor Joyce Atkinson

gazette@pswte.org

Historian Scott Coffinger

kscoffinger@msn.com

Kitchen Scott Coffinger

kscoffinger@msn.com

Music Chair John Decker

jncdecker@gmail.com

National/Int’l Palanca Georgia Gwyn

bggwyn@hotmail.com

Notebooks Nina Buma

gnbuma@hotmail.com

Pre-Walk Joan Pierce

jpierce622@aol.com

Supplies Karl Brackmann

k.brackmann@frontier.com

Team Selection Jodi Wittrock

jwittrockwte@comcast.net

Web Site Darrin Canfield

darrinc@q.com

A Gentle Reminder

Please remember that there is an $80 cost for

each pilgrim you sponsor and for yourself when

serving on a team. Checks can be given to the

Palanca Boss at the team meeting, on the walk

or mailed to the PSWTE post office box.

Please indicate the walk number on your check.

*Ultreya News*

Jessica Berg has recently volunteered up to serve as POC for the Kitsap Ultreya. Please contact Jessica to

help with plans or for more information on how you can get involved.

Help is needed to restart the North Snohomish/South Skagit Ultreya. All it takes is a willing group of vol-

unteers and a location to meet monthly (or at least quarterly). Contact Carol Decker if you (or a group of

you) wish to take on this leadership role. Help is available for meeting ideas.

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Directions to Walks #206 & 207

Going Southbound I-5:

Take Lynnwood/196th St. Exit West. Follow 196th approx. 5 1/4 miles to church. NOTE: 196th will turn

into Puget Drive and then into Caspers within the last 3/4 mile. Church is on your left.

Going Northbound I-5:

Take Lynnwood 44th St. Exit. Left at light to 196th (3rd stop light). Turn left. Follow 196th approx. 5 miles

to church.

NOTE: 196th will turn into Puget Drive and then into Caspers within the last 3/4 mile. Church is on your

left.

PSWTE Supply Trailer

Last year a proposal to facilitate the storage and transportation of Walk

supplies was presented to the Board. The proposal was approved in con-

cept pending the development of more detailed figures. At our last Board

meeting, the concept was again presented along with more detailed infor-

mation. After consideration of the financial and logistical details, the

Board approved the proposal which includes 1) purchasing a trailer large enough for all the weekend sup-

plies, 2) enlisting volunteers with sufficient sized vehicles ( eg. ¾ ton pickup) to move the trailer from

each Walk immediately following Closura to a location within proximity of the next set of Walks, 3)

enlisting volunteers in a safe/secure location to allow the trailer to be stored on their property until the

next set of Walks, 4) establishing a fund for donations toward the cost of the trailer and expenses related

to the trailer, 5) to encourage the community to contribute toward the cost of the trailer and its expenses.

The proposal was approved by the Board after it looked at the cost to rent trucks for each Walk, the cost

to transport the supplies, and the time it took to load/unload the truck for each set of Walks. When all

these items were factored into the equation, our current method of handling the supplies involved several

thousand dollars. Although the proposed purchase of a trailer would involve a large initial outlay of

funds, the savings the community would realize over time would be significant and ultimately save us a

substantial amount of money.

Because the Board desires to be good stewards of God’s gifts, we believe the concept of the supply

trailer will benefit the community. If you would like to send a contribution, large or small, to help with

the trailer purchase and expenses, send your check to the regular PSWTE address, att: Treasurer, and

note on the check that it is of the ‘Trailer Fund’. Our treasurer will then be able to direct it to the appro-

priate place. Also, if you live in proximity of a future Walk site and have a sufficiently sized vehicle,

please consider volunteering to move the trailer for the community. It would involve retrieving the

trailer from the previous Walk and ultimately, delivering it to the new Walk location when needed. Your

willingness to help and let the Board/LD know as soon as the location is announced will greatly help in

the planning of the weekend supply logistics. If you have any questions, please ask one of our Board

members. Thank you in advance for your support of this project.

Gary Buma, PSWTE President

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Address Changes

Please note: now that the majority of newsletters are received electronically, it

is even more important that we have your current email address.

For those of you receiving the print Gazette, please remember to keep your

mailing address current. You may send in changes the following ways:

Send note to: Puget Sound Walk To Emmaus OR kscoffinger@msn.com

P. O. Box 77314 (indicate PSWTE Address

Seattle, WA 98133 Change in the subject line)

Name _______________________________________________________

New Address _________________________________________________

City ______________________________ State ________ Zip __________

Home Phone: ( )___________________ Work Phone: ( ) __________

Church ______________________________________________________

Email: _______________________________________________________

Check here if you’d like to receive the Gazette electronically

Board Meeting Highlights

The next Fourth Day Celebration will be Saturday, November 17, 2012

at Christ Lutheran Church in Lakewood. Please plan to attend with your

pilgrim.

It's nomination time again. Please prayerfully consider your teammates

for nominations of Lay Director, President Elect, and Facilities

Chairperson. For board positions, use the application form under the

Board tab on the website. For Lay Director nominations, use the

application form found under the Fourth Day tab. While on the Fourth

Day tab, check out the new Request to Serve form. Use this form to

communicate with the Team Selection Committee. If you have a new Ultreya location starting up or a new Ultreya

representative for an existing location, please contact Carol Decker,

President Elect. Her email address is on the Board tab. Reminder: The Puget sound Walk to Emmaus database and/or

published team lists are not to be used for non-Emmaus events,

including fund raising. This practice is not acceptable and is not

approved by the Board.

Did you know? Pilgrim applications are due in to the Pre-Walk

Chairperson four weeks before a scheduled Walk? Please be mindful

of all concerned and don't wait until the last minute to get the application

sent in.

This last week, we as a [Chrysalis]

board had to make a hard decision, to

forgo the Boys flight in July. This is late

notice, be we were hoping and praying

that we would get community support,

but we could not get enough volunteers

to work the weekend. We had a total of 3

boy Caterpillars, and needed 3 more to

make this a complete go, but I was sure

we would get those, but without workers

we cannot support these boys. I believe

everything is in Gods time, and I

encourage the community to pray if this

is a ministry they want to see succeed.

Without the community we have no

choice but to move on to other ministries.

For the good news, the Girls flight is on,

we still need a lot of back ground team

members as we are very short. We will

make it happen, with lots of sacrifice and

may have to cut back on something’s.

Please contact us if you can help, even

for just one day of this flight.

William Huskey, President Puget Sound

Chrysalis

Share joy and love! Please join us for

Girls’ Candlelight at 8:00 pm Saturday

night, July 14.

Hear their testamonies! Please join us

for Girl’s Closing at 3:30 pm on Sunday

afternoon, July 15.

We'll gather at Queen Anne UMC, 1606

5th Ave. West, Seattle (corner of 5th

Ave. W. and W. Garfield St.)

IMPORTANT NOTE!

To help protect the privacy and se-

curity of all persons, the PSWTE

Board has opted to password-

protect the 4th Day information on

the web site.

When you click on 4th Day, you

will be prompted to enter a pass-

word. That password is decolores.

Note: no spaces, no capitalization.

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Men's /Women’s Walks #206-207

Edmonds UMC, Edmonds

Men’s: #206 August 2 - 5, 2012

LD Bob Short

Women’s #207 August 9 - 12, 2012

LD Bette Kohlenberger

Team Meeting: June 30, 2012

Newsletter Deadline June 28, 2012

Fourth Day November 17, 2012

(Christ Lutheran, Lakewood)

Men's /Women’s Walks #208-209

Christ Lutheran, Lakewood

Men’s: #208 October 11 - 14, 2012

LD Kevin Dragon

Women’s #209 October 18 - 21, 2012

LD Lyndi Reed

Team Meeting: September 15, 2012

Newsletter Deadline September 17, 2012

Fourth Day November 17, 2012

(Christ Lutheran, Lakewood)

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Christmas Ultreya Mark your calendar now!

Dec 1, 2012

7:00 pm Aldersgate UMC 14230 SE Newport Way Bellevue