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eMatrimony News Flash - June 6, 2004

Jack & Karen Baker and Ralph & Jane Becker
Marco & Irma Saldaña and David & Velia Nevarez

eMatrimony News Flash
June 6, 2004

Thank you to all who have been visiting eMatrimony.org. We are sending this email to you because either you, or someone who loves you, asked us to send you updates about eMatrimony. If you have not yet visited eMatrimony.org, please do so. If you are bilingual in Spanish, be sure to click on the link Versión en Español at the top of the home page to see the wonderful work the Spanish-speaking sections are doing with eMatrimony.org/Spanish.

We (Jack & Karen) were faced with a decision about sending this News Flash today or waiting until there was more content to report. It has been our intent to send a News Flash every three weeks and to incorporate a listing of the articles published since the last News Flash. The reality is in the past three weeks we have submitted two articles instead of the preferred nine or more. We could list all of the reasons we did not take time to submit more articles, but realize most people understand busy and over-committed. We could have tried to flood eMatrimony with articles and sent the News Flash next week hoping no one would notice the schedule had slipped. But, we decided it more within our values in Worldwide Marriage Encounter to share our weaknesses and ask forgiveness.

We ask you, our readers, will you please forgive us for not fulfilling our obligation to you to provide new material for eMatrimony over the past three weeks? We also ask for your prayers that we will be able to better manage our time.

You could help us by sending articles about what Worldwide Marriage Encounter is doing in your area, how WWME has affected your relationship, any dialogue topics that have helped you in your relationship or about the Convention or other WWME activities in your Area or Section this summer. Please send articles to

New articles include:

· Under News, an article about the first Weekend in Alaska in four years, and a reprint of a November 1978 Worldwide Spirit magazine article telling of how the Weekend was introduced in Germany. Both articles tell of how one or two couples can change the world where they live. You can make a difference if you have a dream and you believe. Your chances for success are improved when you work like everything depends on you and pray like everything depends on God.

When you visit eMatrimony please remember to check our prayer Intentions & Requests. Our family relies on your prayers when they ask us to include their special intentions.

Help eMatrimony to grow!
- Is anything interesting happening in your area?  We need your input! Your articles and your opinions about what you want to see are important to keeping eMatrimony new and exciting.
- Include an eMatrimony flyer in every weekend take-home packet, and make flyers available at all Community and Presenting Team meetings and functions.
- Forward a copy of this News Flash (or a link to its web page) to other encountered couples and priests in your area, and encourage them to submit their email addresses to receive future news flashes. To sign up, all they need to do is send a blank email message to

In Christ's Love,

Editors:
English: Jack & Karen Baker
Bellevue, WA

Español: Marco & Irma Saldaña
San Diego, CA

Webmasters:
English: Ralph & Jane Becker
Milford, MA

Español: David & Velia Nevarez
Chandler, AZ

eMatrimony Mission Statement:
As an online publication of Worldwide Marriage Encounter, eMatrimony serves as a resource to support, encourage, and challenge couples, priests, and religious to live the values of the WWME experience and grow stronger in their efforts to renew the church and change the world.

This News Flash can be found at:
www.eMatrimony.org/news/ematrimonynewsflash_20040606.htm

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