The Deuce Weekly, 8/21 - 8/26/01

Vol II, Iss XIV
8/21-8/26

Coming in two weeks...
The Deuce Weekly Fall Preview Issue, released Tuesday, September 4th, featuring in depth articles on everything happening in the next few months and beyond! Don't miss it! (which you'll see next week)

*Thursday, August 23rd... Common Ground Volunteers Needed!!! Please Read This!!!
This Thursday is Samford "move-in" day, and Sybil has requested four or five of the Common Ground'ers to please go participate as our representatives. If you are working all day, its understandable, but if you are doing nothing, please call Ashley TODAY for info. This is a great way to pull in new people and to meet new faces, and a great op to share with them Common Ground, and possibly the love of Christ!

*Saturday, August 25th... Nightlife 2001 at Valleydale
An annual youth event where tons of kids are led to Christ! This yer, the concert/rally will be held at Valleydale. Sybil says we never have enough counselors for the youth that want to talk about Christ! To volunteer to help, email Sybil@datacrest.com.

*Sunday, August 26th... Grease at The Alabama Theater
We orginally were going to go Friday, but have moved it to Sunday now. You know the songs, you know the characters, so get ready to hand jive. We'll leave the Nipps at 1:08 on Sunday, or meet us there at the Alabama Theater at 1:43 for the 2pm showtime. I've got some free passes, and already going for free is myself, Campbell, Shawn, Jason Q, Sarah, Meredith, Wookiee and the Nipps. I've got about 5 or 6 more to whomever calls them!

*Saturday, September 1st... IHOP Saturday
Our monthly tradition returns to a regular schedule! Meet this time at the IHOP on 280 at 10 am, for a breakfast all together... and after breakfast, come back to The Deuce where we'll have four televisions proudly displaying the 2001 College Football Season!!!!!!

*Saturday, September 1st... The Deuce Football Championships.
The DFC sign up is now closed. Nineteen guys and the one chick set their sights on the football season, starting September 1st. Its a game of skill, chance, luck and good guesses, all winding down to the playoffs in December. Twenty players, four divisions, two conferences, one championship plate to be held high above the winner's head. The DW editors will keep you posted on how the players are doing so you can root for your favorites! (So... now its season 7. how weird is that)

*Friday, Sept 7th-Saturday, Sept 8th... CG Campout at Oak Mountain
We are going to take a little nature night at Oak Mountian state park. The only cost to you is $10 and your parking fee. Only 30 spots available, and as of yesterday, 22 spots were still open. Sybil says you aren't reserved until you've paid! Contact Sybil@datacrest.com for more details, or call Ashley at the church office, 991-5282. (the Ashley referred to is Ashley Dekker, back when she used to be the student ministry receptionist, before she and Kris W. Dekker left and then came back. And she's going to have another baby, I hear)

*Saturday, Sept 22nd-Sunday, Sept 23th... Welcome Back Weekend at CG
Its our annual big fall coffeehouse, this year with Al Denson in concert, plus a possible return by Derrick Harris. Thats on Saturday night, and on Sunday, a special luncheon for all the college/career ministry, with a mini concert by Al.

*Sunday, October 7th... Atlanta Bears vs. Chicago Bears at the Georgia Dome
Wookiee has asked me to find the interest from everyone to attend this game in Atlanta against these two hard hitting, legendary (bad) teams! Ticket prices TBA. Contact CoachFuly@cs.com for more details.

Coming Soon:
*August 21st... FFH's new album is released (if I'm not mistaken, this is "Found a Place", which went on to change my Christian walk. They've never been this good again)
*September... Caedmon's Call's new album, "In the Company of Angels" is released (was, however, not impressed with this one)
*Sept 29th... Point of Grace/FFH at the Boutwell Auditorium
*Sept 29th... Caedmon's Call at the Oak Mountain Amphitheater.
*October... The Phantom Menace DVD Screening at the Deuce THX Auditorium
*October 5th... Tait and dcTalk in concert, Boutwell. Tix onsale now
*October 11th... Survivor III
*October 12-14th... CG Fall Retreat to Dalton, Georgia
*October 13th... Auburn vs. Florida
*October 20th... DeuceNight, the Semi-Formal
*October 28th... CG Murder Mystery Halloween
*November... Weekend Furlough at Campbell's New Pad
*November 10th... The Wookout Cookout in Millbrook for Auburn vs. Georgia
*November 17th... Iron Bowl Party at Sybil's
*December... Jill and Jason graduate from UA & AU
*December 20th... Common Ground Christmas Time with Sybil
*December 22nd... Its a Wonderful Deuce Christmas
*December 31st... Sybil Johnson's New Years Rockin' Eve
*February 9th, 2002... Deuce Date Party 2
*May 2002... Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones
*May 2002... DeuceFestTre
*June 22nd, 2002... Matt and Ginger's wedding
*June 29th, 2002... WalkAbout dinner theater

The DRL (deuce request live) Top Five of Everything
5... College football. Its almost here.
4... Pro football. Its a week later.
3... Emily Eldridge. Thanks for the stay!
2... Birthdays. I enjoyed mine. :)
1... Birthday presents. Enjoyed those too.
Just missed the cut: Tanya Smith, Jason Quinn, Get Shorty, ceiling fans and Jill Berthon.

If I Can Be Serious For A Moment...
By now, most of the Seattle mission team is back in town... Michael, Merdi, Tommy and others. By Thursday, Eric, Nathan, Sybil and the rest will have returned. Say a prayer for them some time this week, just to help them readjust to everything and help them remember what God showed them this past week. Thanks.

The Spotlight Haiku
Now comes the part of the show where we highlight one of our own who helped to make the Deuce what it is! Though she has been around in a long, long while, we have to salute one of the original Deuce Divas, Leslie Cordell:
She with the curly
hair, our Les we love so much
We miss you, Cordell!

This Week's Top Ten List
Top Ten Rejected Top Ten Topics Featuring People I've Hardly Mentioned in a Long, Long Time
10... Top ten signs Scott Latta needs to trim his ear hair.
9... Top ten signs Darryl and SuLyn won't consider naming their kid Pepe Gaylord.
8... Top ten things overheard at J.T.'s first day as the Cool Wrap artist at Chik-Fila
7... Top ten things Melissa just might knock your head off their, buddy, for. (inside joke)
6... Top ten songs that Randy Travis sings in the hit motion picture Black Dog you'd never hear Brad Latta sing.
5... Top ten ways to mispronounce Meredith Brazzell
4... Top ten ways to misspell Stefanie Jovan... Jovina... Hovana... you know, that blond chick that hangs out with James a lot.
3... Top ten Amys go to Southwestern Seminary, even though we only know of Amy Dennis and Amy Wible.
2... Top ten things overheard at Amanda Abbott's barmitzvah and pancake supper.
1... Top ten threats by Suzanne Free concerning top ten lists that should have been rejected.

Top Ten Christian Albums of All Time
Well, over the last 12 weeks, we have featured the top ten as voted on by you, the DW reader. So here they are, with number one as well.
10. Craig's Brother, "Homecoming"
9. Third Day, "Third Day"
8. Nichole Nordeman, "Wide Eyed"
7. Caedmon's Call, "Caedmon's Call"
6. Nichole Nordeman, "This Mystery"
5. dcTalk, "Jesus Freak"
4. OC Supertones, "The Supertones Strike Back"
3. Jars of Clay, "Jars of Clay"
2. dcTalk, "Free at Last"
Number One...
"Kansas" by Jennifer Knapp.
She was only a Christian three years and had been playing guitar about that long when she released "Kansas", her first album. Jennifer Knapp then drove deep in the hearts and spirits of so many people, young and old, girl and guy, with her folksy sound, her rock riffs and her spiritual and meaningful-to-everyday-sinner-you-and-I lyrics.
"Wanting, needing, guilty and bleeding... unrighteous, unholy, undo me, undo me..." sink deep in your mind as a prayer of sorts. "His grace is sufficient for me" is a line from the song of the same name that conjures up the thought that He truly is all we need!
"Hold Me Now" shares the story of the defense of the prostitute by Jesus, and it is really a song we can all relate too in saying "oh foot of Christ, you wait until her harlotries known" (will you still love me when you know what a crappy person I am?) and Jesus says simply "You say my bride isn't worth half the blood that I've spilled" (dont say you are worthless, because I wouldn't have died if you were).
Perhaps my favorite, yet most convicting line off the whole album, is that from "Martyrs and Thieves", a line that states "There are ghosts from my past who own more of my soul than I thought I had given away... they linger in closets and under my bed and in pictures less proudly displayed." I am actually listening that song now. When that line sings, I just cringe, yet am so proud I am set free from those things.
In writing practically all of her songs, she rises above the shallow "Jesus loves me" lyrics of similar artists, boy bands and girl groups. This is a fine pick for number one....
-ed

Hip Click of the Week
Ever wonder about those hidden tracks on cds or those special features on DVDs? They are called Easter Eggs, and for a huge directory go to www.eegg.com

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