JOY Club

PROGRAM:

March 25:
Speaker-Dan Feryance
Feature- Rev. Stan Parris

Next Month- April 22
Speaker- Rev. David Long
Feature- Murder Mystery

J.O.Y. Club News
March, 2008

Volume 8 Issue 3

Lorraine Ford, Mary Griggs, Marvin & Mary Hannabass, Vickie Holland, Wanda Kirk, Elsie Mc Knight, Carl Ware and Janet Robertson.

SENIOR PRAYER LIST

Linda Boitnott, John Hartman, Carl Talbott, Alice Jones, John Moody, Dan Feryance, , Vicki Holland, Ruth Palmer, Barbara Ware, Richard Rolley, Audrey Prillaman, Joan Lettrich, Lois Welch, Betty Simmons and Raymond Board.

MAY 2- Save the date
The Youth of the church will be putting on a banquet for the senior adults.

April 16- The ladies will meet at the church at 9:00am and go to the P. Buckley Moss Museum.

EASTER ANSWERS LIFE’S BIGGEST QUESTION

Each day we hear or ask a countless number of questions. Some are whimsical queries from curious kids: “Can elephants fly?” Some are simple questions about the everyday matters of life: “Can I use the car tonight?” “Would you pick up a gallon of milk on your way home?”

Others are personal questions whose answers determine or affect the course of our lives: “Will you marry me?” “Were the cancer tests negative?”

Finally, in a category all by themselves are a handful of profound questions, universal in nature, that occur to most people at one time or another: “Is there a God?” “What’s the purpose of life?”

One of those universal questions came from the lips of a man whose property had been destroyed, whose children had been killed, and whose body was covered with terrible sores and wracked with tormenting pain.

“Can the dead live again?” asked anguished Job. That question, recorded in what is regarded as the oldest book in the Bible, has lurked in the consciousness of perhaps every thoughtful human being since that time.

It’s one of those questions that call for a definitive answer—and we want the answer to be “yes.”

Standing at the tomb of a friend who had died, Jesus spoke to the friend’s mourning sisters, the assembled crowd, and to all succeeding generations: “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never die.”

That’s Jesus’ ringing Easter answer to Job’s searching question.

Since there is indeed life after death, our great concern is to be ready for it.

By his death on the cross, Jesus Christ sacrificed himself for us, thus reconciling us to God. By his resurrection from the dead after three days in the grave, he destroyed death and its power.

To share in that triumph, admit to Jesus that you have sinned and believe that he alone is Savior and Lord. “If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness” (1 John 1:9)

HOSPITAL ADMISSION

Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement.

The FIRST patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.

The SECOND sees his family doctor after waiting 3 weeks for an appointment, then waits 8 weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn’t reviewed for another week and finally has his surgery scheduled for a month from then. Why the different treatment for the two patients?

The FIRST is a Golden Retriever. The SECOND is a Senior Citizen.

Next time take me to a vet!!

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MARIJUANA in FIREWOOD

“Hello, is this the Sheriff’s Office?”
“Yes, What can I do for you?”
“I’m calling to report about my neighbor Virgil Smith…He’s hiding marijuana inside his firewood! Don’t quite know how he gets it inside them logs, but he’s hiding it there.”
“Thank you very much for the call, sir.”
The next day, the Sheriff’s Deputies descend on Virgil’s house. They search the shed where the firewood is kept. Using axes, they bust open every piece of wood, but find no marijuana. They sneer at Virgil and leave.
Shortly, the phone rings at Virgil’s house. “Hey, Virgil! This here’s Floyd…Did the Sheriff come?” “Yeah”
“Did they chop your firewood?”
“Yep!”
“Happy Birthday, buddy!”

COURT SETS ATHEISTS’ HOLIDAY

In Florida an atheist became incensed over the preparation of Easter and Passover holidays. He decided to contact his lawyer about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations accorded to Christians and Jews with all their holidays while atheists had no holiday to celebrate.

The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the long passionate presentation by the lawyer, the Judge banged his gavel and declared, “Case Dismissed!”

The lawyer immediately stood and objected to the ruling and said, “Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and many other observances. Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah..yet my client and all other atheists have no such holiday!”

The Judge leaned forward in his chair and simply observed, “Obviously your client is too confused to even know about, much less celebrate his own atheists’ holiday!”

The lawyer pompously complained, “Your honor, we are unaware of any such holiday for atheists. Just when might that holiday be, sir?”

The judge patiently reasoned as follows:
“It comes every year on exactly the same date—April 1. Our calendar already sets April 1 as April Fools Day.”
Psalm 14:1 explicitly states,"The fool says in his heart, there is no God.”

Clearly, if your client says there is no God, then by scripture, he is a fool, and April 1 is his holiday.” Now kindly leave my courtroom and have a good day!”