wbmutbb-digest Monday, November 8 1999 Volume 01 : Number 006
Topics in this issue: Re: wbmutbb-digest V1 #5 new digest Re: wbmutbb-digest V1 #4 Complaints? NIPIT! Re: wbmutbb-digest V1 #5 Re: wbmutbb-digest V1 #5 Priorities Article on Mayberry Bible Study Another tip when submitting messages Re: wbmutbb-digest V1 #4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 23:09:52 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V1 #5 DO I HAVE TO WRITE A LETTER TO BE CONDUCTED PERSONALY? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 23:20:10 -0500 From: "DSNance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: new digest I only have two things to say: 1. Jan -- "You Go Girl!" :) 2. Allan -- Thanks for all time you have spent on the digest and the web site for all of us to enjoy! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 23:43:48 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V1 #4 Complaints? NIPIT! Mayberry friends, Those of you who feel the need to complain about the "new" Digest ought to just huuuuuush. Afterall, the Digest, Prayers & Praises and the WBMUTBB site are all maintained as a courtesy to those of us who love Mayberry. We should be saying thanks instead of giving him nothing but heartaches. I'm sure Barney eventually got used to that new stamp machine.... Adios! (or carbolic acid---that's goodbye in any language). Jo Merrill aka MaryGrace ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 00:13:59 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V1 #5 Phew.... Thanks Allan for keeping us all together..I'm so glad that you get to spend more time with your precious family..and still see to it that we get a slice of TAGS.. Thanks for your time and brains!! Marie Moore H.S. AR ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 01:35:36 -0500 From: charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V1 #5 Thanks Jeff, I knew what type, I should have wrote what model. I knew it was a smith and wesson. Yes I carry a smith and wesson 4006 model. I am a police officer. I also heard it could be a model 19, do you know for a fact it is a model 10 Thanks Charles ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 16:34:44 -0800 (PST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ruth Stanley) Subject: Priorities My hat's off to Allen for the great job he is doing & has done in the past in putting out the Dgest. As all Mayberry citizens know Andy spent quality time wih his family which was top priority with him.Jobs come & go, but the time spent with family is irreplaceable. I'm glad if the new format will give Allen more time with his family. Bless you Father figure & Mother figure, you deserve time together & with your son. Aunt Bee 2 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 23:21:54 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Article on Mayberry Bible Study "Genuine concern for others / Mayberry residents teach Bible lessons" Just wanted to share with all you good folks at WBMUTBB that the Mayberry=20 Bible Study that we've been doing at River Road United Methodist Church in=20 Richmond, Virginia has been well-received. I am including a recent article=20 in the religion section of the Richmond Times-Dispatch on our Wednesday nigh= t=20 gatherings. Blessings, Stephen Rhodes Saturday, October 30, 1999=20 BY ALBERTA LINDSEY Times-Dispatch Staff Writer=20 First, there were the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.=20 Then, there was the gospel according to the comic strip characters in=20 "Peanuts."=20 Now, there's the gospel according to "The Andy Griffith Show."=20 The popular 1960s television program is being used for Bible study by a=20 growing number of churches nationwide, including River Road United Methodist= =20 Church in western Henrico County, .=20 The spiritual guides are the fictional characters of Mayberry, N.C. --=20 Sheriff Andy Taylor, Deputy Barney Fife, Gomer Pyle, Aunt Bee and Opie. The=20 characters present timeless morals and values: Genuine concern for others is= =20 what Mayberry was all about.=20 About 35 people gathered at River Road Church Wednesday night to watch a=20 black-and-white episode of the show projected on the wall. The 20-minute "Ma= n=20 in a Hurry," kept everyone laughing.=20 The Rev. Stephen A. Rhodes, the pastor, set the scene:=20 It's a quiet Sunday morning, and Malcolm Tucker, owner of Tucker Enterprises= =20 in Charlotte, has car trouble two miles outside of Mayberry. Tucker is in a=20 hurry to get back to Charlotte for a Monday business meeting. Sunday is a da= y=20 of rest in Mayberry -- a fact that collides with Tucker's hectic lifestyle.=20 The episode is one of Rhodes' favorites because it has the characters in=20 church on Sunday, something the show rarely does.=20 Tucker finds Wally, the service station owner, sitting on his front porch=20 reading a newspaper. He will be glad to get right on Tucker's car Monday=20 morning. "We are closed on Sunday," Wally says.=20 Tucker finally talks Gomer into fixing the car.=20 And the fun begins. The Bible study participants sat in the darkened=20 sanctuary and laughed and laughed.=20 Andy, Aunt Bee, Opie and Gomer go out of their way to make Tucker's Mayberry= =20 stay comfortable. He's invited to dinner at the sheriff's house, but he=20 refuses. Tucker is invited to sit on the front porch. Again, he refuses.=20 When Gomer finally returns with Tucker's car, Tucker is surprised that=20 there's no charge. As he starts to leave, Aunt Bee hands Tucker a goody bag=20 containing two chicken legs and a slice of cake. Opie gives Tucker a lucky=20 penny.=20 Tucker starts his car and declares there's something still wrong. He gets=20 out, and says he will stay overnight and have Wally check the car on Monday.= =20 The laughing stops. The Bible study participants get down to a serious=20 discussion about the episode's key points: patience, priorities in life,=20 appreciation of little things and serving unselfishly.=20 Rhodes has scripture that illustrates each point.=20 One participant doubted Wally's refusal to fix the car on Sunday had anythin= g=20 to do with religions conviction. "He just doesn't like to work on Sunday."=20 Added another participant: "It was the kindness and gentleness of the people= =20 that changed Tucker's mind."=20 Said Rhodes: "Here's a guy who probably doesn't think he needs people. He ha= s=20 people who do things for him. When he forces his will, he loses. The people=20 were able to touch his soul."=20 The Bible talks about being blessed, Rhodes continued. "We are blessed so=20 that we can bless others. That's what happened here. [Tucker] was given=20 something that he could not get on his own."=20 Although the show takes place in the 1960s, it's not as they really were. Th= e=20 '60s were a turbulent time: the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam an= d=20 escalation of the cold war with the former Soviet Union.=20 Rhodes compares the show to Jesus talking in parables.=20 He asked: What does the church have to offer the world? Can we force anyone=20 to do anything? What's the only persuasive power the church has?=20 Rhodes answered his own questions. "By example. We have to stay true to our=20 tradition. Just as Mayberry was not going to change for Malcolm Tucker. . .=20= .=20 Patience and delay achieve more than force or rage ever could. These parable= s=20 tell us there is real strength in patience."=20 "Any technique that gets people to think about the pertinence of what they=20 learn in the Bible is good," said participant Charles Irwin. "I always=20 enjoyed the show, but I never made connections that it was potentially a=20 parable. Our discussions have been very good."=20 The idea for using "The Andy Griffith Show" as a Bible study originated with= =20 two members of Twickenham Church of Christ in Huntsville, Ala., who began=20 using the show as a Bible study tool in June 1998.=20 Rhodes began using the show at River Road in September. The study meets each= =20 Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. and will wind up Dec. 8 with "The Christmas Story."=20 "It's a fun way to do a Bible study," he said.=20 =A9 1999, Richmond Newspapers Inc. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 10:26:05 -0500 From: Theresa West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Another tip when submitting messages Just to add to the tips others (Allan, Paul) have given regarding using an automated list server ... If you have a sizable signature file, you might want to turn it off before sending your message to the digest. I suspect that when Allan was manually compiling the digest, he deleted signature files to keep things looking "clean". The automated list server won't do that, so if you can remember to turn off your signature, it won't clutter up the digest. Now, hopefully, I remembered to turn it off myself before sending out this message! Theresa "Anything good in the mail?" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:36:20 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V1 #4 Just wanted to write and say how much I appreciate Allan and all that he does with the WBMUTBB online chapter. It has been a great stress reliever for me! Being a pastor, I wish more church members would speak up more for their pastors when they try to free up more of their time for their families like so many of you did for Allan! I try to keep everybody happy (of course I realize God is the only One I must truly please) but I am determined not to neglect my family by letting the church run me everywhere. OK that was my little hobby horse for the day and I am sorry this was not much TAGS related! Kenny ------------------------------ End of wbmutbb-digest V1 #6 *************************** ************************************************** ~ Visit our sponsor ~ Weaver's Department Store ~ http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/weavers/ **************************************************
