One Community 01.29.11

WOW!

Tonight was our area's first One Community Gathering and wow!

We are overwhelmed by the response to this idea. Eighteen couples got together tonight. Many have been involved in Community for some time. Others have been away for some time. And others still have never been in Community! We felt the Holy Spirit tonight in a very real and tangible way through these couples!

 

We presented "Changing the World One Couple at a Time" where we shared how other WWME couples have been changing our marriage and lives for the better. Now its all of our turn to go out and share God's love with others.

We are flying high tonight!

See you all next month February 26. Pizza at 5PM at St Ferdinand Church in Cranberry Twp. Presentation at 6, done by 7:30. Babysitters will be provided.

World Marriage Day is Sunday February 13th!

Dear U.S. Lovers,

We urge you to visit the home page of the United States Council of Catholic Bishops ( www.usccb.org ).  The front page story is about World Marriage Day and credits WWME as promoting this World Marriage Day and also notes that World Marriage Day received the Apostolic Blessing of Pope John Paul II in 1993.  The article also refers readers to our World Marriage Day website (http://wmd.wwme.org).  We are so grateful to our World Marriage Day coordinators Deacon Mario and Olga Lopez and Fr. Joe DiMauro for all the work they have put into publicizing World Marriage Day!  Please share this in your Areas, pass it along to all the circles and communities.

We have the Bishops’ attention!  Now it is time for us to show them what we can do!

With our love, 

ScottandKaren & Fr. Tom

"Feed my sheep" (John 21:17)

Also, the Diocese of Pittsburgh will be celebrating World Marriage Day on Feb 12th at St John Neumann Parish in Franklin Park. It will start with a mass at 5:30pm, Father Bob Guay will be presiding. There will be a wine and cheese reception following the mass. The evening will be capped off with a presentation by Father Joe Freedy. This is for all couples who are engaged or married so please invite your friends. There is a $10.00 per couple donation requested.

To register please call the Office for Adult and Family Formation. 412-456-3160


Love!

Bill n Heather

We are one community!

WWME is a movement that is bigger than any of us alone, it is led by the Holy Spirit and is made up of national, regional, and local area presenting team couples and priests who all volunteer their time to keep this movement alive. While our area leadership team is busy coordinating the weekends, the soul of our area is kept alive by the community of encountered couples in our local sharing circles. Every weekend and the growth of our area are direct results of the hard work of all you devoted couples and the presence of the Holy Spirit among us.


Our vision for our area starts with our Community. We are excited to unite and strengthen this wonderful area and to see us all grow together.

Beginning January 29th, it is our pleasure to invite all of you to our first area-wide Community gathering for enrichment and sharing at St. Ferdinand Church in Cranberry Twp.  Pizza will arrive at 5:00 just after the 4:00 mass and the presentation will begin at 6:00 to be followed by 10&10 and small group sharing. We are arranging for babysitters and a kids' room as well so everyone can come. If you have older children who are willing and able to watch the younger kids, please let us know. Please RSVP by emailing bill.heather.kreke[at]gmail.com

This will be an ongoing monthly Community gathering for all encountered couples in our area. We look forward to seeing you there!

The dates for the next five months are as follows. All Saturdays.

Jan 29
Feb 26
March 19
April 16
May 21

Love and Hugs!

Bill n Heather Kreke

January 2011 Section Meeting

We just attended the January quarterly section meeting for WWME.

Did you know that our area is part of a whole section including all of PA, most of NY, NJ, MD, and DE?

We had a lot of good discussions there including some improvements coming to the national website at www.wwme.org and the online application process for couples coming to the weekends.

Our fearless section leaders, Mark and Joyce, had a friend of theirs make beautiful crosses with the WWME logo on them for each of the sections. Here's the area leadership board with their crosses and a close up too.

Hello!

Hi There,

Welcome to the new Worldwide Marriage Encounter Southwest n Central PA Area Community Blog!

That's a mouthful, right!

We are Bill and Heather Kreke, currently the area leaders for WWME. We've started this blog to get in touch with the other encountered couples in the area and to get them in touch with each other and with the WWME mission.

We will be posting various topics that may be helpful to area couples as well as news about the WWME movement and opportunities for couples to step up and help.

Stay tuned!

Love!

Bill n Heather