The ACRC snack bar is the major fund raising activity for Colorado Episcopal Cursillo. Income from the snack bar is used to fund Secretariat activities, including publication of the Crowing Times, Cursillo scholarships and sending a Colorado Cursillo representative to the annual national convention. Servant Community participation is done in two ways: volunteering time during ACRC at the snack bar and/or offering of items for sale at the snack bar. Most popular are beverage items: bottled water, soft drinks, flavored water or fruit drinks in 12-packs or cases. The popular snack items include homemade baked goods, dried fruit and crunchy snacks, all in individual serving portions. These can be dropped off at the snack bar when registering for ACRC. If you will not be attending the conference but want to pr4ovide items, send them with someone who will be there. We are looking forward to help in furthering the Cursillo movement in Colorado.

Marj Rust is assistant lay director. "De Colores! I'm Marj Rust and if you have had any involvement with Cursillo on the Eastern Slope in the last nine years, our paths have probably crossed in some way. Since I edited the Crowing Times for two years, if nothing else you have read my articles and seen my name. For the rest of you, when I made my Cursillo in '92 (the last one at the Bethlehem Center) this ministry truly called to me. I live on a mountain top west of Denver so my life is a Mountain Top Experience:>) I attend St. John Chrysostom in Applewood (Golden.) I have only been an Episcopalian for 10 years, so I am truly a "work in progress." Cursillistas and my congregation at St. J.C. are my family since I have outlived everyone in my family and have not been married. Two little dogs let me live with them and I am a "computer addict." I teach Online for the University of Phoenix to students all over the world, so that enables me to "travel" without leaving home. :<) My e-mail address is listed on the Secretariat list on page , so if you would like to say "Hi!" I'd love to hear from you . . .God Bless."

Assistant Lay Director of Secretariat: Cursillo is planned so that each of us can experience positions before we may want to serve in them. This starts with Team activities all the way through Secretariat. The role of the Assistant Lay Director is to do just that: assist the Lay Director. As anyone who has been to Cursillo knows there are many facets to the Weekend. But how many of us think of what must have gone on before the weekend? Th e Secretariat meets and works throughout the year to keep God's plan in operation. The Lay Director of Secretariat carries a great deal of responsibility so the lay director picks up the loose ends so to speak.

CURSILLO #104 - AUGUST 23-26

The weekend will be held at Highlands Presbyterian Camp in Allenspark, August 23-26, 2001. The core team is currently meeting to pray and discern God's will for this time. We are accepting applications for team members. Anyone desiring to participate as a team member should check at his or her church to obtain an application. If applications are unavailable, please contact Joan Stewart at (970)243-9842. She can also be reached at 1341 Cedar Ave., Grand Junction, 81501; e-mail: Klbmail@rmi.net.

Martha Libby and Alan McPeak will be the Lay Directors for the weekend with Jim Talman serving as Assistant Lay Director. Clive and Molly Bonner have agreed to serve as Head Kitchen Angels. Linda McPeak is the Music Director with Debbie Wilson assisting. Father Praveen Bunyan is the Spiritual Director.

This weekend will also have a new group of team members. This team is called the "Cha-Cha" Team. C-H-A stands for Cheerful, Helpful, Available. This team is responsible for support of the Rollo Room and palanca while the Kitchen Angels are responsible for support of all activities having to do with food. Our hope is this will give those hard working support people some time to rest. Our Head Cha-Chas are Nancy and Rich Hause.

Please begin praying for the Team and Candidates for the weekend. Ask God to prepare the Team and to stir the hearts of those He would call as candidates.

A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of root beer and started his journey. When had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park just staring at some pigeons. The boy sat down next to her and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink of his root beer when he noticed that the old lady looked hungry so he offered her a Twinkie. She gratefully accepted it and smiled at him. Her smile was so pretty that he wanted to see it again, so her offered her a root beer. Again she smiled at him. The boy was delighted. They sat there all afternoon, eating and smiling, but they never said a word. As it grew dark, the little boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps he turned around, ran back to the woman and gave her a hug. She gave him her biggest smile ever.

Meanwhile, the old woman, also radiant with joy, returned home. Her son was stunned by the look of peace on her face and he asked, "Mother what did you do today that made you so happy?" She replied "I ate lunch with God. You know what? He's much younger than I expected."

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Embrace all equally! (From The Epistle, St. Paul's Church, Manhattan, KS)