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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>It has been a year of both constancy and change for Emmaus Chapter. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Emmaus continues its weekly Saturday evening hospitality ministry. We do evening prayer, have a potluck meal and fellowship, discuss the lectionary readings for the next day, and do Comp line. Attendance varies from 5 to 18, averaging about 12. While most attendee's are "regulars" - long time friends of Rivendell, we do have several new friends who have started attending.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Most weekday mornings, if any of us are in town, we can be found at the Grace-St. Luke's chapel doing morning prayer. On Wednesday mornings, we frequently attend a street ministry church service at St. Mary's Cathedral. On Tuesday evenings, we meet with our companions in Texas via Google Hangout for online evening prayer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have five postulants: Margie and Roger Wolcott, Chuck and Lori Miller, and June Averyt. Gillian was a postulant for a few months, but found it difficult to stay with study, and elected to be a friend of Rivendell instead of a postulant. The Wolcotts have been friends of Rivendell for a number of years. The Millers were invited to a Saturday evening meeting by the Wolcotts, and found here something they were searching for, so inquired about postulancy. The Wolcotts also were interested, so the next thing we knew we had a full class of postulants. We have chapter meetings on the first and third Saturdays each month. Chapter meetings usually start with a Eucharist (Chuck is a minister, so officiates), then we have been studying and discussing the formation materials. At present, we are about half-way through the postulancy materials.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our plans for next year are to finish the postulancy formation materials with the postulants, and to continue with our ministries. Once we finish the postulancy formation materials, we will probably discuss the novice formation materials, although there is also some interest in reading and discussing some other books. We are planning a "Tolkien" retreat this summer for formation unit B.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Murray<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>