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CURSILLOS, CURSILLOS, CURSILLOS In this issue: We have Cursillos Report on #105, plans for #106 and #107 and a beginning for #108 Biographies of Secretariat Members Plans for A Day of Deeper Understanding and an application form The Presiding Bishop 's Thoughts on Cursillo TOP Lay Director's Report By: Alan McPeak, Cursillo Lay Director for the Diocese of Colorado By the time you read this Cursillo #105 (1-4 November 2001) will be history and Cursillo #106 will be coming up in May of 2002. Cursillo #105 had 23 candidates who are now new Cursillistas and 21 team members. The Cursillo was truly awesome, as so many of them are, but got off to a rocky start with the death of one of the sponsors on Thursday night. God transformed this into a wonderful beginning for the weekend. The sponsor 's candidate stayed for the weekend and the whole team and candidates were greatly moved by the weekend 's series of events. Upcoming Secretariat meetings for the next six to nine months are being planned now (see cover.) . If you would like a Secretariat meeting in your part of the State of Colorado, please let us know. All of the meetings start at 12 noon and last until 3 PM and any Cursillista is welcome at the meetings. If you would like to volunteer to have a Secretariat meeting at your church contact Daphna Russell, our Ultreya and Fourth Day coordinator, or any other Secretariat member. If you can coordinate an area Ultreya to meet after the Secretariat meeting, so much the better. To attend any Secretariat meeting contact me or any other Secretariat member to get directions. Mickey Jackson, Cursillo web master, says that the web page is up and operating correctly. The address is http://www.sttims.net/cocursillo/. There will eventually be a button on the Diocesan web page labeled Cursillo that will take you to our web page when the diocesan web master finishes it. We also have several more servant community openings that we need volunteers to fill. These are specific projects for Cursillo here in Colorado. If you feel called to any of these jobs please contact any of the Secretariat members. Ed and Helen Van Roggen will be Cursillo photographers/historians for Colorado. Helen will be asking people for their old Cursillo records over the next year or so. Examples might be, but aren 't limited to: Cursillo number, Lay Leader, who gave what rollos, team and candidate lists, theme of weekend, new things tried and how they worked etc. We would appreciate it if you have any Cursillo records that you contact Helen and Ed at (719)530-0538 and let them know what you have.< style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> Now, on to some of the other things that have happened since the last Crowing Times. At the March and November meetings of the Secretariat we looked at the financial position of Cursillo in Colorado and realized that we have lost money on every weekend in the last two years. In some cases it was aggravated by some people not paying their fees or paying for their candidates so we changed the procedure for the August and November Cursillos to not accepting applications without the fees included. Even when everyone has paid, we have still lost money, so we have been forced to evaluate the fees that we are charging for the weekends. We took a preliminary look at the finances at the November Secretariat meeting and another look at the January meeting to reach a decision for 2002. We will publish the fees for next year 's Cursillos as soon as possible. We are designing a Cursillo Poster similar to the one that we published last year. We have made some improvements in the information on the poster to show at a glance which Cursillos are in which area and who the Secretariat contact is for Cursillo. We have also left room for a local Cursillista to enter his or her name so that people have someone that they know to contact about Cursillo and arrange for sponsorship. If you have any other suggestions about the poster, contact anyone on the Secretariat (contact list is elsewhere in this < style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Crowing Times) and they can pass the comments on to the whole Secretariat. If any of you has any suggestions, please drop me a line on the Internet at mcpeakal@earthlink.net or by snail mail at 2240 Cloverdale Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80920. De Colores, Alan TOP Each Cursillo has its own story and different experiences and #105 was no exception. The gathering of the Team from around the state turned out to be a real tactical challenge. We were finally all together in the same place at the same time at the Team Eucharist, just prior to candidate arrival. So we not only prayed for the weekend, but met each other, some for the first time. As the Rectora for the weekend, I could not appreciate this team more. The individuals may have come together late, but when it came to working as a team,they stepped right up to the challenge. Especially when I was called away on the first evening to handle a tragedy that occurred just as the weekend was starting when one of the sponsors suffered a fatal heart attack. The setting at Camp Redcloud near Lake City is marvelous and the food and the staff are wonderful, but it did present some challenges for the Mountain and Plains folk. We shall be eternally grateful to Father Ed and his wife, Mary, for providing the Chalet to both candidates and sponsors who needed a place to wait. Without the Nettletons help, having a Cursillo at Redcloud would be almost impossible. I will not go into how the weekend truly was spirit filled here. It progressed with a great deal of faith on the part of all of us. The Praying, Playing, Praising Priests, Plus Two provided music that was awesome. None of us will ever forget Father John 's rendering of Watch for the Lamb at the end of the Stations of the Cross. The candidate list appears in another spot in this CT. All in all it was a glorious weekend. Believe it or not, everyone got some rest each day and that proved to be wonderful for all. Watch for the schedule of the 2002 Cursillos, and share in one near (or from) from you. De Colores and Ultreya, Marj Rust Cursillo #105 Candidate List Bursack, Carole, 124 Cobblestone Dr., Colorado Springs, 80906Carpenter, Andrea, 12755 Riverview Dr., Salida, CO 81202 Congdon, Barbara, 4480 S. Pitkin St., #129, Aurora, 80015 Eyler, Judy, 10285 Piute Dr., Salida, 81201 Fornier , Angel, 303 Hawthorne, Craig 81625 Galloway, Don, POB 368, Breckenridge, 80424 Galloway, Kristin, POB 368, Breckenridge, 80424 Giberson, Edna Mae, POB 146, Frisco, 80443 Haley, Eleanor, 720 S. Cascade Ave., Montrose, 81401 Jacobs, Jan, PO B 463, Creede, 81130Jones, Ethel, 625 Spring Wagon Ct., Carbondale, 81623 Lufkin, Alison, 275 La Plata Peak Dr., Twin Lakes, 81251 Lufkin, George, 275 La Plata Peak Dr., Twin Lakes, 81251 Parish, Greg, 1832 Otter Pond Circle, Montrose, 81401 Parish, Lisa, 1832 Otter Pond Circle, Montrose, 81401 Rosenberg, Karlan, POB 3052, Dillon, 80435 Rose, Elise Murphy, POB 1506, Dillon, 80436 Rozee, Nikki, 2206 Midland Ave., Glenwood springs, 81601 Settelmeyer, Diana, 14591 E. Atlantic Dr., Aurora, 80014 Supinski, Katie, 663 Morgan St., Estes Park, 80517 Taylor, Emmy Lou, 66499 Rose Road, Montrose, 81401 Walker, Jeff, POB 5303, Breckenridge, 80424 Weiler, Charlotte, POB 7067, Beckenridge,
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Cursillo #106 My name is Sue Emerson and I get to be Lay leader of Cursillo #106. I had indicated to my husband, Dave, that I would like to do this after the Ultreya following the Cursillo he led. At that Ultreya I felt strongly that God wanted me to lead the next May Cursillo. I was one of his assistant leaders and through the entire process, when asked if I 'd lead the next Cursillo or the one after that, I would say, NO! I am not ready. . . God has always worked like this in my life.When I say NO! , He says, you wanna bet, and my heart does a turn around. When will I learn to check with Him before I say NO! ? I have chosen Take up your cross and follow me Mark 8:34-35 as the theme for the weekend.The entire verse is If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For who ever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. The dates for the Team meetings are February 23, March 16 and April 20, 2002. Location for the April Team meeting is in Grand Junction, locations for the remaining Team meetings will be announced. Cursillo #106 is scheduled for May 16 19, 2002 at Camp Red Cloud (a mere 18 minutes from beautiful downtown Lake City, CO).We are in need of Team members and Candidates. But first and foremost we need your continued prayers for the Candidates, and those in discernment about attending, the Team and the Staff at Camp Red Cloud. Anyone and everyone is welcome and encouraged to come to our Las Mananitas at 6:00 a.m. and Clausura at 4:00 PM. . on Cursillo Sunday. You can contact me by email at Zianutz@aol.com or call me at home (970) 244-8700 or work (970) 242-3293. My mailing address is: 390 W. Valley Cir., Grand Junction, CO 81503. Peace, Sue Emerson TOPCursillo #107The Core Team for Cursillo #107, is largely formed and had its first meeting on Saturday, February 16 at St. Joseph Episcopal Church in Lakewood. Much of the agenda for the day consisted of training for the Core Team members, which was conducted by Martha Libby, team trainer for the Secretariat. There was much excitement among those attending and much enthusiasm and anticipation for further training and for the upcoming Cursillo. This training and team are preparing for the annual Cursillo for the front range area which will be held on the last full weekend of August, August 22-25. Also, as has been the case each summer in recent years, the Cursillo will be held again at the Presbyterian Highlands Ranch Camp at Allenspark, Colorado. Theme of the weekend is I am the vine, you are the branches, (John 15:5). Rector and Rectora for the weekend are Bernie and Joy Maly. Other Core Team members at this point include Wayne and Missy Kern, assistant Rector and Rectora from St.Martin-in-the-Field, Aurora; Jorge Darr, Music,from Christ the King, Arvada; Sue Richards, Kitchen, St. Martin-in-The-Field, Aurora; Rita Stalnaker, Palanca from St. Alban 's, Windsor and the Rev. Frank Huber and Lay Minister Lynn Huber, Spiritual Directors, both of St. Joseph in Lakewood. Team meetings through the summer have been scheduled. The dates are: April 13, St. Joseph, Lakewood (Core Team only); May 11, Christ the King, Arvada; June 1, St. Joseph, Lakewood; June 22, Christ the King, Arvada; July 20 St. Martin-in-the-Field, Aurora; and August 10 again at St. Joseph. Applications are being welcomed from individuals wanting to serve on the team. TOPGETTING TO KNOW YOU New members of the secretariat: Twyla Zittle Hi! My name is Twyla Zittle and I was asked to fill Marj Rust's position on the Secretariat. I 'm honored to be able to serve even though I didn' t know, until my first meeting, that I'd agreed to be the secretary! If I'd read my Crowing Times more carefully, I would have known! I had the privilege of serving on Cursillo #105 under Marj' s leadership. I was a bit nervous about serving because I made my Cursillo (#30) 21 years ago and hadn 't worked on a team since 1984. The idea of having a Cursillo in our part of the diocese was really exciting and part of what drew me to offer to serve on the team. Being on the team was a wonderful experience, filled with many God moments during the weekend. I met lots of amazing folks both team and candidates, most of who are rural Episcopalians like me. I've been a member of three Episcopal congregations in Colorado, having spent most of my time here in Alamosa as a part of the Episcopal Mission of the San Luis Valley St. Thomas. When I moved here, I was one of three Cursillistas and now we have about a dozen! When we had our first team meeting and Marj introduced us to the theme song, I wasn 't so sure, but I hear that song all of the time now! Marj, it grows on you! Hand in hand, dear Jesus, all along the way . . . Cursillo is a wonderful opportunity to introduce people to the love of Christ and I ve said more than once that I think that team members get as much or more out of the weekend than the candidates do. Sharing the love of Christ is what we are all called to do. I am truly blessed to live where I live, and have had many opportunities to serve our Lord in this place. I wouldn 't trade my church family for anything they have seen me through the joys and sorrows of my life and have loved me through it all. I 'm delighted to be able to serve you all on the Secretariat for a time and look forward to meeting you! De Colores, TwylaGETTING TO KNOW YOU New members of the Secretariat (cont.) Missi (Melissa) KernHello. My name is Melissa Kern, but most people call me Missi. I am married to Wayne Kern (for nine and one half years), and we have two adorable children, Brandon (eight years) and Mikayla (five years). Although I was born in Abilene, TX, I am justified in saying that I am a Colorado native. It was solely due to the Air Force that I was not born in this wonderful State. My family is firmly grounded in the Denver area. My great-grandmother moved here from Wyoming when she was three years old. My grandmother and her two sisters are natives, as are my mother and her sister. I have lived in Aurora most of my life, graduating from Aurora Central High School in 1985. After that I attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, where I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. We are also a family of cradle Episcopalians . I don 't recall going to church regularly until I was in middle school. At that time we were members of St. Peter 's Episcopal church in Denver. (This was a few years before the marriage of St. Peter 's and St. Mary 's). I was very active in the youth group, summer camp at Trinity Ranch, and was also an officer of the Diocesan youth committee my senior year of high school. I also attended a Regional Youth Event in South Dakota, and a National Youth Event in Stillwater OK. Wayne and I currently attend church at St. Martin-In-The-Fields in Aurora, where I am active in the choir and am a Middle School Youth Group leader. Cursillo is very important to me because it began a conversion process for me. My life in Christ has changed drastically since I made my Cursillo. Before I went to Cursillo #102 in 2000, I didn 't know what it meant to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. I had never understood, before then, the need for individual prayer and study. I am now very active in a reunion group, which I believe is essential to maintaining our relationships with Christ. I believe that Cursillo changed the course of my life and that is why I feel called to become as active in this ministry as I can. I very much look forward to serving on the Colorado Secretariat and working with the rest of the team to grow this program even more than it has. Wayne and I will also be serving as Assistant Rector and Rectora for Cursillo #107 at Allenspark this August. I look forward to meeting all of you throughout the coming year (or two). GETTING TO KNOW YOU New members of the Secretariat (cont.) Daphna RussellI am Daphna Russell Smith Rost, legally, although I go by the first two names when I am in the sculpture studio. I attended Cursillo in the fall of 1982 at Glenwood Springs and have worked a few since, encouraged others to go, and generally have been around the block. I attribute great changes in my life to that Cursillo. God has blessed me with a life that comes closer and closer to Him. I have learned to see Him working in my life and many others lives. I thank Him for allowing me to see that and to realize that I do not have to be perfect, only follow and receive what he has for me which is so much more than I could ask for myself. I consider myself the archetypal little old lady in tennis shoes. I work to use my gifts to the glory of His name by sculpting power angels in the Christian tradition. TOPCursillo #108Joan Stewart, Rectora, reports that the core team for #108 is being selected. She plans to have three assistant lay leaders. Dawn Simpson and Helen Van Roggen have already agreed to serve. Laura Shaffer will be head table leader and Kelsey Hogue will be a spiritual leader. Ed VanRoggen will head the palanca team and Tom and Tammy Kenning will lead the music team. A theme and place for #108 have not yet been decided. TOPCursillo TrailerThe Mountain and Western Regions are purchasing a trailer for storing and transporting Cursillo supplies. To date, $1000 of the anticipated $2500 has been raised. The Rev. Kelsey and Debbie Hogue donated $500 and a grant from the Colorado Episcopal Foundation matched the seed money. In the past, the supplies used on the weekend have been stored in various churches, storage units and basements. A trailer would provide a permanent location for storage and allow the teams to take supplies to team meetings when needed. If you can give a small donation, or a large one, it would be greatly appreciated. Please mail donations to PO Box 3942, Grand Junction, CO 81502. TOPCursillo - Day of Deeper Understanding The purpose of a Day of Deeper Understanding is to assist our local Cursillo community to strengthen our understanding of the role of the Cursillo Movement in the living out of our Baptismal Vows. We need to better understand that Cursillo is more than a wonderful weekend experience with God. It provides a structure for a lifetime experience of Christian love and Service. A Day of Deeper Understanding addresses:
Because the Sunday message of the Cursillo weekend focuses on propelling us into the Fourth Day, a complete understanding of the Sunday teaching is essential. Let 's face it, most of us miss the Sunday message. The way we know that message has been missed is by taking a look at ourselves and our Christian community: Do you see any of the following symptoms:
The Day of Deeper Understanding (DODU) is scheduled for Saturday, July 27 at St. Martin in the Fields/Aurora. There is a $20 fee to help defray expenses for materials and meals. The format is the familiar format for the Cursillo weekend. There will be speakers, five talks, discussion, artistic responses, music, and of course, food! Martha Libby will be the Lay Director for the activities. If anyone is interested in participating on the team, please call Martha at 303-690-1112. If you are planning to attend, please fill out the application and send it along with your fee to the address on the form. TOP
This is a double issue (winter/spring) because there is so much going on in the Colorado Cursillo Community and we wanted to include as much of it as possible. To complain about all the activity is like complaining about being too beautiful you shouldn 't fuss about great stuff. The enthusiasm for Cursillo in Colorado is growing all the time. And that 's a beautiful thing. De Colores, Nancy Hause
COLORADO SECRETARIAT NAME POSITION PHONE ADDRESS (ST. & E-MAIL) Bunyan Fr. Praveen Spiritual Advisor (303)699-9237(H) 19850 E. Eldorado Dr., Aurora 80013 bbunyan@aol.com Hause Nancy Communications (970)577-0327 737 Sanborn Dr. Estes Park 80517 Rnhause@cs.com Kern Missi Three Day (303)617-3177 15429 E. Oberlin Pl. Aurora 80013 MKern@chefamerica.com Libby Martha Training (303)690-1112 4444 S. Kalispell Cir. Aurora 80015 mlibby4444@home.com McPeak Alan Lay Director (719)598-0827 2240 Cloverdale Dr. C. Springs 80920 mcpeakal@earthlink.net McPeak Linda Asst. Lay Dir. (719)598-0827 2240 Cloverdale Dr. C. Springs 80920 mcpeakli@earthlink.net Nettleton Fr. Ed Spiritual Advisor (970)944-2466 P.O. Box 22 Lake City 81235 pilgrimsrest@lakecity.net Russell Daphna Ultreya & 4th Day (970)856-7005 PO Box 363 Cedaredge 81413 daphnarussellstudio@juno.com Spaar Billye Palanca Coor. (719)336-4190 P.O. Box 301 Lamar 81052 ebspaar@cminet.net Stewart Joan Pre-Cursillo (970)243-9842 1341 Cedar Ave. Grand Junct. 81501 secretech@qwest.net Stewart Scott Special Projects (970)243-9842 1341 Cedar Ave. Grand Junct 81501 secretech@qwest.net Talman Jean Treasurer (303)220-1088 7942 S. Valentia St. Englewood 80112 jtjt.co@netzero.net Zittle Twyla Secretary (719)589-6811 1700 State Ave. #1 Alamosa 81101 tjzittle@fone.net TOPPRESIDING BISHOP S TALKSpeaking to the National Cursillo Conference at Camp Allen, Texas last October, Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold told those in attendance that God is our work and God says I am loving you through the members of my body. Over the years, he said I have come to the conclusion that Christ is counting on me not simply for what I do, but to be a companion, someone who, in a deep and intimate way, travels with Him. In that way, he said Christ allows his life to become my life, his hopes and desires for the world to become my hopes and desires. In that Christ is counting on me to be a faithful and intimate companion. Griswold reminded the conference participants representing 47 dioceses, that Christ 's prayer on the eve of his crucifixion was that he had completed the work You have given me. It is finished, completed, accomplished. And that work is described by Jesus as drawing all things to God. That is where we come in, Griswold said. God 's mission is the reconciliation of all things to God 's own self in Christ through the Agency of the Holy Spirit. . . .the mission of the church is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ. The mission is to participate in God 's work. -Courtesy Episcopal News Service- TOP At Cursillo #104 last August in Allenspark several of the candidates asked for a translation of De Colores. This particular translation comes from a Spanish speaking Cursillista with some explanation about the song.Translation of De ColoresHow colorful, how colorful are the fields in the springtime! How colorful, how colorful are the little birds that come from afar! How colorful, how colorful is the rainbow we see come into view! Chorus: And for this my great love of colorful things, I 'm very happy! The rooster crows, with his Kiri-kiri-kiri-kiri! The
hen cackles with her Kara-kara-kara-kara! Chorus: And for my great love of colorful things, I 'm very happy!. VIVA! To LIFE! This is not an overtly religious or Christian song, but one in praise of the earth 's beauty, and the innocence and simplicity of childhood. It 's essentially a children 's song which all Spanish speaking children learn, and as adults they still sing with great energy and gusto unlike us and our adult treatment of all things childlike! Hispanic people have very close family relationships, and since adult life is often very difficult--especially in poorer countries, everyone makes the effort to make of childhood a most care-free, magical time. To us they sometimes appear to be a bit over-indulgent with their children. The song highlights a spiritual joy in small, simple things a feature of this beautiful culture that get 's lost with our American pre-occupation with materialism and status, busyness and worry. The song really captures the spirit of Cursillo: enjoyment of the out of doors, simplicity and innocence before God, colors and art, spontaneity, uninhibited singing and dancing, becoming a spiritual family with all the hugs and emotional freedom, and the emphasis on the first things of the Christian faith. For I tell you, that unless you become as children, you will not see the kingdom of God! |
