Christ Church United Methodist Sutton WV - Volume 3  Issue 7   June 2008
This beautifully matted and
framed old map of Braxton county
was presented to Sally Howard by
Bob Flint in recognition of her
many years of dedicated service
to the citizens of Braxton County
on the announcement of her
intent to retire.  

We extend our heart felt thanks
and appreciation to Sally and wish
her many joyous year of
retirement.
June 1 - Men's Breakfast 7:00 - Host Bicyclist's
June 1 - Baptism at the River Side Park --  Special Music and Pot Luck Lunch
June 10 - Council of Ministry's Meeting
June 12 - First Movie Night
June 13 - Relay for Life
june 14 - Progressive Dinner
June 15 - Father's Day - Women SingJune 26 - Movie Night
June 29 - Fifth Sunday Sing
June 1 - Stacey Boggs        June 7 - Justin West        June 9 - Mary Stewart
June 9 - Don Fritz               June 18 - Edith Tolley      June 25 - Shirley Squires*
June 26 - Rusty Ware         June 29 - Laura Atkins
June 1 - David & Catherine Hoover                June 6 - Rick & Midge Thorn
June 14 - Don & Roberta Coleman                 June 16 - David & Jan Frame
June 27 - Bob & Wanda Knight
Because of the lack of physical support for this newsletter, I find that I have to really
think about continuing it's publication.  

Therefore, this will be the last issue for the Summer.

After a few months of contemplation, I will decide if there will be any more issues
published after Summer is over.

I hope you enjoyed this publication, but for now I am burnt out, mentally and physically.

Thank you for those who did support it's production and God Bless!

                                                      Don Fritz
The following Biblical information was gleaned from essays presented at the end of the
year Youth Church Session at a Methodist Church in Ohio!  Hope you enjoy!

In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness,
and some gas.

The Bible says, "The Lord thy God is one," but I think He must be a lot older than that.
Anyway, God said, "Give me a light!" and someone did. Then God made the world.

He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't
embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet. Adam and Eve disobeyed
God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden. Not sure
what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.

Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel.
Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like
a million or something.

One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids
was kind of a ham.

Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some
other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.

After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his
brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast.
Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.

Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses
led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten
plagues on Pharaoh's people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and
no cable. God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti.

Then He gave them His top ten commandments. These include don't lie, cheat, smoke,
dance, or covet your neighbor's bottom (the Bible uses a bad word for bottom that I'm
not supposed to say. But my Dad uses it sometimes when he talks about Congress -
whatever that is). Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy
mother.

One of Moses' best helpers was Joshua, who was the first Bible guy to use spies.
Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.

After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot.
He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines.

My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn't sound very wise to me.

After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. One of these was Jonah,
who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore. There were also
some minor league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them.

After the Old Testament came the New Testament.

Jesus is the star of the New Testament. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I
had been born in a barn, too, because my mom is always saying to me, "Close the
door! Were you born in a barn?" It would be nice to say, "As a matter of fact, I was.")

During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the
Democrats.

Jesus also had twelve opossums. The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so
evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.

Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some
Germans on the Mount. But the Democrats and all those guys put Jesus on trial
before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn't stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands
instead.

Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again. He went up to Heaven,
but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is fore told in the book of
Revolution.

There now, that should help you understand things better!