TCC
JOY
NEWS
TYRO Christian Church JOY Group
October 2015
Hello JOY Groupers!
Happy Fall. It is a fun time of year. Love this cool weather!
JOY LUNCH: Our monthly lunch will be Wednesday, October14th at 12:00
noon in Lon Betts’ classroom. The guest speaker will be Blake Allen. He will
enlighten us about Missions. Bring your favorite main dish, salad or dessert. Last
month we had 8 first timers join the old timers to eat all that fabulous food! There
were 75 JOY Groupers and guests gathered. Guests were Charlotte Helms, Mary
Parks, Ruby Humphrey, Jim Copeland Vickie Walkers, Donna Roper, Johnny
Boldon and Jerre Jay. We hope you will come again! The doors are always open!
BLANKET BLESSINGS: Friday, October 2nd at 9:00am is the time set aside
to work on baby quilts and prayer quilts. If you have any questions, call Maureen
Wassom 620-922-3446, or Phyllis Griffith 620-948-3831.
OCTOBER TRIP: We plan to see the George Washington
Carver Museum and grounds at Diamond, MO where he was
born. He was a world famous chemist who made important
agricultural discoveries and inventions that changed the lives of many poor
farmers. He specialized in peanuts and sweet potatoes. He found 105 uses for the
peanut! We will also visit the Candy House Chocolate Factory in Joplin. Some of
the best chocolates you will ever eat! Lunch at the Cracker Barrel. Departing from
TCC at 8:00am, Saturday, October 3rd. Both places are free. Cost - lunch and
any candy you wish to buy! Call the TCC office to reserve a seat on the JOY Bus.
OCTOBER TRIP #2: Fall Celebration Day for adults 55+ will be held at Ozark
Christian College Monday, October 19th. We will leave at 7:00 am from TCC.
Cost is $10.00 for a delicious meal served by students. The main speakers are:
Randy Gariss, Greg Hafer, with Julie Gariss as the hilarious Gladys Frump. There
will be informative short workshops in the morning and afternoon. It is over at
4:30. We should be home by 6:30-7:00 pm. David Bycroft has offered to drive the
JOY Bus.
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS:
6
Ginny Grimes
8
Connie Davis
9
Del Hand
9
James Hazen
12
Rose Burrows
13
Mike Wilson
15
Evelyn Jack
15
Karen Daniels
16
Gene Sanders
17
Wanda Lindesmith
23
Vicky Thomas
30
Carol Eli
Remember when
we used to laugh at older folks
when we were younger?
What was so funny?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES:
6
Loyd & Ruth Dozier
7
Steve & Ginny Grimes
11
Dave & Kathy Bycroft
21
Gregg & Barbara Bush
Being married is hard work but
the results are worth it!
Two are better than one...
Ecclesiastes 4:9
The greatest challenge in marriage is to find someone who knows all your flaws,
differences and mistakes and yet sees the best in you!
God loves everyone, but I sometimes wonder if he prefers 'fruits of the spirit' over
'religious nuts'!
Faith is like Wi-Fi, it's invisible but it has the power to connect you to what you
need.
The first cordless phone was created by God. He named it "Prayer"...It never
loses its signal and you never have to recharge it. Use it anywhere and
anytime.
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's
will for you in Christ Jesus. I Thessalonians 5:16-18
A friend is someone you can be alone with and have nothing to do and not be able
to think of anything to say and be comfortable in the silence. Sheryl Candice.
And don't you just love it when you see an old friend, it is just like it was
yesterday, instead of years, since you have visited!
Choose faith over worry!
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit
down and listen.
Krista Thomason our guest speaker!!!
Jim Copeland
Charlotte Helms
Dave Frying hamburgers!
GOT IT RIGHT? WRONG.
While attending a Marriage Seminar dealing
with communication, Tom and his wife, Grace,
listened to the instructor say, “It is essential that
husbands and wives know each other’s likes
and dislikes.” He addressed the men, “Can you
name your wife’s favorite flower?” Tom
leaned over, touched her arm gently and
whispered, “Its Pillsbury isn’t it?
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Boldt's Tidbits - The Blessing of the Church
I am continually reminded of how blessed I am to get to be a part of Christ's body, which he called "the
Church." It's not really my doing or our doing that we get to be a part of such a wonderful gathering as the
Church, but it's Jesus' doing.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her
holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a
radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
I like that part about being "holy and blameless" because I know I could never achieve that on my own. I
am a sinner in need of a Savior.
My point is that the church has given me many blessings through the years. Maybe we can be reminded of
some of them today.
Accountability
Fellow Christians can urge and direct me to continue in the faith and grow in my walk with Christ. If I
start living contrary to the Gospel, because of my connection within the body of Christ (Church),
someone will come alongside me and gently show me a better way.
2 Timothy 4:1,2 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and
in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in
season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage - with great patience and careful instruction.
Fellowship
I have some wonderful friendships with people outside the church. I don't want to lose them. But there is
something special about the friendships I have made through the church. Singing together, studying God's
Word together, praying together, laughing together and maybe even crying together develops a bond that
even in eternity will not be broken.
Acts 2:42
They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to
prayer.
Gospel Instruction
God ordained the preaching of His Word. It seems silly that a man could stand up on stage and talk for
30+ minutes and it have any effect. But the Holy Spirit works through preaching. Though preaching can
be done anywhere, even outside of a "church service", it's within an organized church assembly where I
have been touched and convicted the most often, through Biblical preaching.
1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who
are being saved it is the power of God.
Comfort
Sometimes the burdens of this world are too much to bear alone. Without the relationship we have within
His church, and the comfort received from fellow Christians, imagining going through these things alone
is terrifying.
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
These are just some of the things we receive by being apart of the church of Jesus Christ. What a blessing
it is. And to know that someday our bridegroom is coming back for us makes it that much better.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will
rise from their graves. 17 Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be
caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. 18 So encourage
each other with these words.