August 2024 Magazine (Double Edition)
NJR Digital is created to Uplift, Motivate, and Encourage you on your journey. This month's cover artist is Aaron Green. Enjoy this month's recipes from the Reflections from Mayberry. The contributing writers have some real heart felt messages to encourage you along the way. Enjoy!
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ENCOURAGE ~ UPLIFT ~ MOTIVATE<br />
ISSUE 24 <strong>August</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
DOUBLE EDITION<br />
NEWJOURNEYRADIO.COM/NJR-DIGITAL-MAGAZINE<br />
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ALSO IN THIS<br />
EDITION<br />
Joey<br />
Thurmond
TABLE OF<br />
C O N T E N T S<br />
10<br />
Aaron Green<br />
Cover Artist<br />
19<br />
New Journey Radio<br />
Top 5 Power Picks<br />
24<br />
Joey Thurmond<br />
Artist Spotlight<br />
04<br />
Let’s Talk<br />
by Amy Richardson<br />
05 & 26<br />
Reflections from Mayberry<br />
by Donna Journey<br />
06 & 27<br />
Mayberry Recipes<br />
by Donna Journey<br />
13<br />
Chris Freeman Celebrating<br />
50 Years in Gospel Music<br />
16 & 20<br />
New Journey Radio<br />
Top 30<br />
17 & 21<br />
Top 30<br />
Faith Country<br />
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For you have been called to<br />
live in<br />
Freedom...<br />
Use your Freedom to serve<br />
one another in love.<br />
Galatians 5:13<br />
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Let’s Talk<br />
Amy Richardson, Editor<br />
For those who know me, July and<br />
<strong>August</strong> are hard months. Things don’t<br />
get done in a timely manner. Everything<br />
in my life gets put on the back burner<br />
because it’s Mississippi State student<br />
move out and move in. My J.O.B. is<br />
property management. I am a real<br />
estate agent and bookkeeper for a<br />
property management company in<br />
Starkville, MS. Our office is thankful for<br />
the students who move out early since<br />
we have only a matter of 2 weeks to<br />
turn about 100 houses or more than<br />
200 bedrooms and bathrooms. It’s hard<br />
work and takes a lot of man power and<br />
hours to get it all done so that on move<br />
in day, those students are walking into<br />
as clean as possible, well maintained<br />
houses. After that, we have to send<br />
deposits to those who will get money<br />
back. Another week and a half of focus<br />
as I get only things done that must be<br />
accomplished. We long for Labor Day<br />
weekend. Needless to say, everything in<br />
my life gets put on hold.<br />
This year, we planted a little garden of<br />
peas, corn, and melons. We planted late<br />
so I was hoping that the harvest would<br />
come in after my turnover but sure<br />
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enough, it started coming in the week<br />
turnover started. One thing that can’t<br />
be put off is the harvest. That is<br />
unless you want to lose it all. I’ve had<br />
to come home in the evenings and<br />
put up peas. You are talking about<br />
one tired cookie!<br />
Galatians 6:9 comes to my mind. “Let<br />
us not grow weary or become<br />
discouraged in doing good, for at the<br />
proper time we will reap, if we do not<br />
give in.” I was reading an article by<br />
Terri Savelle Foy and in it she said<br />
“The harvest you receive today is a<br />
direct result of the seeds you’ve<br />
sown up to now.”<br />
Galatians 6:7 says, “A man’s harvest<br />
in life depends entirely upon the<br />
seeds he sows.”<br />
There are a few things I want to bring<br />
out about harvest and this is Amy<br />
101. I’m no scholar. Just a child of<br />
God who tries to do my best each<br />
day.<br />
Matthew 9:36-38 “When He saw the<br />
crowds. He was moved with
compassion and pity for them,<br />
because they were dispirited and<br />
distressed, like sheep without a shepherd.<br />
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest<br />
is [indeed] plentiful, but the workers are<br />
few. So pray to the Lord of the harvest to<br />
send out workers into His harvest.”<br />
1. The harvest doesn’t wait on you until<br />
you’re ready. You can’t put off the<br />
harvest. You have to already be ready<br />
to do what needs to be done whether<br />
that is open your mouth and speak life<br />
or shut your mouth and pray. This<br />
world is dying and the workers are<br />
few. Be the worker God needs in this<br />
world today.<br />
2. The harvest is a direct result of the<br />
seeds you’ve sown. With our mouths<br />
we can sow seeds of discord or life.<br />
We have a harvest around us whether<br />
that is friends, family, or someone<br />
we’ve just met. They need positive.<br />
They are looking for truth. Be the<br />
light..<br />
3. Always be about the Father’s work. We<br />
live in a world where we have to work<br />
to make a living. Something I’m always<br />
reminding myself of is “Work to live.<br />
Don’t live to work.” People need you<br />
and you can’t be there if you’re all<br />
used up.<br />
There are people in this world who<br />
need you and who want you to be a<br />
part of their life. Social media has<br />
made it so easy to have a relationship<br />
from a distance, but you can’t do<br />
that. God loves fellowship. Get into<br />
a Bible believing church. Get into<br />
God’s Word. Be the light. Reach the<br />
harvest.<br />
Blessing to you all!<br />
Amy<br />
THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL<br />
BUT THE WORKERS ARE FEW.<br />
MATTHEW 9:37<br />
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Reflections from Mayberry<br />
“Teach Them Well!”<br />
A<br />
s we were traveling back from<br />
Mississippi from a singing engagement an<br />
alert came over my phone that because of a<br />
bad storm we needed to take an alternate<br />
route. I told Greg we had better stop and fill<br />
up with gas not knowing how we would be<br />
rerouted. In the mean time, Ben had heard<br />
the storm warnings and he started to pray.<br />
His exact prayer was “ Dear Lord please let<br />
the storm pass by.” We stopped, got our<br />
tank filled up, used the restroom and<br />
returned to the van. To our surprise when<br />
we got back to the van, ready to take the<br />
alternate route the GPS had returned us to<br />
the original route. We traveled on and there<br />
was absolutely no sign of a storm. After<br />
another hour or so of travel we started<br />
seeing storm clouds that were looking very<br />
angry. Ben noticed the approaching storm<br />
and once again started praying. Greg and I<br />
watched the clouds start scattering after Ben<br />
prayed.<br />
I have always believed that God hears the<br />
prayers of His children and especially of His<br />
special children. It blessed mine and Greg’s<br />
heart to see Ben do what he had seen and<br />
heard us do so many times. Sometimes we<br />
as adults ask God to do things for us and<br />
answer our prayers but do we believe<br />
beyond the shadow of a doubt that prayer<br />
by Donna Journey<br />
will be answered? All of us need to be<br />
more like Ben and pray expecting and<br />
knowing He will answer. There was not one<br />
doubt in Ben’s mind when he prayed those<br />
prayers that they would not be answered.<br />
We know that death is certain and Greg<br />
and I will not always be able to be here with<br />
Ben, but there was such a peace that came<br />
over our hearts to know that Ben knows<br />
who to turn to and that prayer is the<br />
answer!<br />
Do you know that today? Oh that all of us<br />
could have that child like faith like Ben<br />
does. Praising the Lord that Ben has a<br />
friend who will care for him and answer his<br />
prayers even when Mama and Daddy are<br />
no longer here. Most of all we are SO<br />
thankful that Ben knows who to turn to<br />
knowing that HE will answer his prayers<br />
and supply his every need.<br />
Proverbs 22:6<br />
Train up a child in the way that he should<br />
go and when he is old he will not depart<br />
from it.<br />
Donna<br />
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Cover Artist of the Month<br />
Aaron Green<br />
First of all..I want to take this time to Over the years, I've seen God’s hand<br />
point you to the one who matters and move time and time again. It's nothing<br />
who makes all this possible and that is that I've done. I'm simply carrying the<br />
my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. message that Jesus can still save, and<br />
Without him, I'd be nothing, have that no matter what the situation, He’s<br />
nothing, and be headed nowhere.<br />
still on the throne. The goal of this<br />
ministry is NOT to see my name in lights<br />
We have all sinned and fallen short. I or sing on the big stage, but rather to<br />
simply am nothing but an old sinner minister to hearts and encourage the<br />
saved by grace, washed in his blood, church to go on another mile for the<br />
and called by the Holy Spirit. Living Lord.<br />
this life without Christ will leave you<br />
without hope, and miserable.<br />
My current charting song is “He’s Been<br />
There” and my current new project is<br />
I was saved at the age of 7 years old in “He Paid It All”.<br />
a little church in my hometown of<br />
Danville, WV. I was called into the<br />
ministry at the age of 17 years old. I'll<br />
never forget that night and the feeling<br />
of the Holy Spirit calling me to<br />
surrender. I can honestly say, that<br />
through it all, GODS BEEN GOOD!<br />
Life has not been an easy road, to say<br />
the least. However, time and time<br />
again, I have seen God’s word come to<br />
life. He is a friend that sticks closer<br />
than a brother, and his grace is truly<br />
sufficient. When others walk out, He<br />
walks in. He has proven to be my best<br />
friend and I can say that when He’s all<br />
you have, Jesus is all you need.<br />
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I have 3 step sons and a step daughter<br />
that keep me plenty busy. I am also<br />
extremely Active in my home church,<br />
Maranatha Baptist Church, where my<br />
wife serves as choir director.<br />
There are several people I look up<br />
to...one being my father. I can remember<br />
he and my uncles singing in a group for<br />
25+ years and that’s where I fell in love<br />
with gospel music. Another mentor of<br />
mine is Bob Morris. I always know I can<br />
count on him for prayer and sound<br />
advice when it comes to music and<br />
ministry. Some of my favorite groups are<br />
Gold City, Mark Tramell, The Perrys, and<br />
The PromisedLand Quartet.<br />
My music can be found on all streaming<br />
platforms.<br />
Contact info: 304-688-2793<br />
Website: www.aarongreenministries.com
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Chris Freeman<br />
celebrates 50 years<br />
in Gospel Music<br />
J une 26, <strong>2024</strong> - Nashville, TN - Chris<br />
Freeman marks a significant milestone,<br />
celebrating her 50th year in gospel music.<br />
Her journey began in 1974 when she<br />
joined The Hinsons at the age of 17,<br />
quickly becoming a beloved figure in the<br />
Southern Gospel community. The<br />
Hinsons, who were inducted into the<br />
Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2006, were<br />
just the beginning of Chris’s illustrious<br />
career.<br />
To commemorate this achievement,<br />
Chris’s 2016 album “ The Hinson Side of<br />
Me”, which is her only solo work, has<br />
been made available on streaming<br />
platforms via Symphonic. Distribution.<br />
This album is a heartfelt tributer to her<br />
roots and showcases her powerful voice<br />
and deep connection to gospel music.<br />
In 1980, Chris married Darrell<br />
Freeman of the Pathways, and by 1983,<br />
they formed The Freemans. The family<br />
moved to hendersonville, TN, and for<br />
over four decades, The Freemans,<br />
including their children, Misty and Caylon,<br />
and cousin Joe Freeman, have been a<br />
driving force in gospel music. They have<br />
released over twenty - five albums and<br />
achieved numerous number on hits on<br />
the Singing News charts, solidifying their<br />
place in gospel music history.<br />
Chris Freeman’s 50-year journey in<br />
gospel music is a testament to her<br />
dedication, talent, and the profound<br />
impact she has had on the genre. Her<br />
legacy continues to inspire and uplift<br />
audiences around the world.<br />
Throughout her career, Chris Freeman,<br />
originally known as Chris Hawkins, has<br />
been recognized for her exceptional<br />
talent. She earned the title of Queen of<br />
Gospel Music in both 1976 and 1977 and<br />
received multiple Singing News Fan<br />
Awards for Favorite Alto. Her<br />
contributions to gospel music have left an<br />
indelible mark on the genre.<br />
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Oh, How Sweet the Victory<br />
Be listening for these great<br />
songs from our DJs out to radio.<br />
Pylant Family -He Will Take Care of You<br />
Melissa Evans - He Loves the Broken<br />
The Journey's - When All the Saints Get Home<br />
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J U N E 2 0 2 4<br />
1 THE BIBLETONES - I’M STANDING FIRM<br />
2 SOUTH BOUND - MIDDLE OF NOWHERE<br />
3 THE INSPIRATIONS - HE SENT HIM FOR ME<br />
4 TRIUMPHANT QUARTET - GOD IS LISTENING<br />
5 ERNIE HAASE & SIGNATURE SOUND - WE ARE THE CHURCH<br />
6 GREATER VISION - YOUR HEALING IS ON THE WAY<br />
7 KAREN PECK & NEW RIVER - BE READY<br />
8 THE CRAGUNS - WASTED WORDS<br />
9 SUNDAY DRIVE - BREAKING BOUNDARIES<br />
10 CRABB FAMILY - WALK ON WATER<br />
11PEACH GOLDMAN - STORMS I NEVER SEE<br />
12 THE LORE FAMILY - JESUS DOES<br />
13 THE YATES FAMILY - GOD’S GOT A PLAN<br />
14 KINGDOM HEIRS - COME ON IN<br />
15 THE BATES FAMILY - PRAY LIKE THAT<br />
16 2ND CHANCE MINISTRIES - FIND MY HALLELUJAH<br />
17 THE CHITANS - SHOULDER TO SHOULDER<br />
18 CHRONICLE - SET HIM FREE<br />
19 THE HYSSONGS - THERE IS<br />
20 JOSEPH HABEDANK - FORGIVEN<br />
21 LEFEVRE QUARTET - THERE IS A NAME<br />
22 STEVE LADD - PREACH THE WORD<br />
23 GAITHER VOCAL BAND - REVIVAL BROKE OUT<br />
24 JESSICA HORTON - SEATED ON THE THRONE<br />
25 CHERI TAYLOR - IN HIS EYES<br />
26 GLORYWAY - THE GOD WHO NEVER LEAVES<br />
27 DERRICK LOUDERMILK BAND - ON A DAY LIKE THIS<br />
28 ENDLESS HIGHWAY - I’LL GET OVER IT<br />
29 ANTHEM EDITION - HE BOUGHT ME<br />
30 EXODUS - BLOOD BOUGHT CHILD OF THE KING<br />
Award Winning<br />
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FaithCountry<br />
J U N E 2 0 2 4<br />
1 MELISSA EVANS - HE LOVES THE BROKEN<br />
2 TONJA ROSE - I MISS FRONT PORCHES<br />
3 THE SHEPHERDS - IN HIS HANDS<br />
4 SHELLEM CLINE - ONE FOR YOU<br />
5 THE JOURNEYS - WHEN ALL THE SAINTS GET HOME<br />
6 SMALL TOWN SUNDAY - THE DAYS HE CAN BELIEVE<br />
7 CODY MCCARVER - GOD DID THAT<br />
8 11TH HOUR - DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER<br />
9 FERGUSON FAMILY - WHEN IT’S ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN’<br />
10 STEVE BRIDGMON - HIT THE GROUND PRAYING<br />
11 CALEB HOWARD - WATER GRAVE<br />
12 THE MANN CLAN - REDEMPTION REWROTE MY STORY<br />
13 BRUCE HEDRICK AND DELNORA - ON MY KNEES<br />
14 JO LOVE - DOWN ON MY KNEES<br />
15 AUTHENTIC UNLIMITED - MEMORIES OF HOME<br />
16 JEFF & SHERI EASTER - FALL INTO PLACE<br />
17 ANDREW MARSHALL AND DELNORA - SPEAK TO ME<br />
18 DOUG ANDERSON - UNTIL IT WAS ME<br />
19 TODD TILGHMAN - PB&J<br />
20 SCOTTY INMAN - MY GOD<br />
21 THE SOUND - JEANS & JESUS<br />
22 BRANDON ROWELL - BRING YOUR FAITH TO LIFE<br />
23 GREG SULLIVAN - OH HOW SWEET IS THE VICTORY<br />
24 TIM MENZIES - MADE A MESS<br />
25 BIG MO - THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX<br />
26 ANNE WILSON & LAINEY WILSON - PRAYING WOMAN<br />
27 DELNORA - YOU GET TO ME<br />
28 KRISTEN BEARFIELD - HEAVEN’S SWEETER EACH DAY<br />
29 MICHAEL LEE - THE WELL<br />
30 KENNY EVANS - PEOPLE LIKE US<br />
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JUNE<br />
Top Five Power Picks<br />
1 BIBLETONES - I’M STANDING FIRM<br />
2 SOUTHBOUND - MIDDLE OF NOWHERE<br />
3 INSPIRATIONS - HE SENT HIM FOR ME<br />
4 TRIUMPHANT QUARTET - GOD IS LISTENING<br />
5 CRAGUNS - WASTED WORDS<br />
JULY<br />
1 NELONS - THERE’S A HOLE IN THE HEART<br />
2 SOUTHBOUND - MIDDLE OF NOWHERE<br />
3 THE SOUND - JEANS AND JESUS<br />
4 TRIUMPHANT QUARTET - GOD IS LISTENING<br />
5 SOUND STREET - THROUGH THE FURNACE FIRE<br />
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J U L Y 2 0 2 4<br />
1 THE LORE FAMILY - JESUS DOES<br />
2 INSPIRATIONS - HE SENT HIM FOR ME<br />
3 GREATER VISION - YOU’RE HEALING IS ON THE WAY<br />
4 THE BIBLETONES - I’M STANDING FIRM<br />
5 SOUTHBOUND - MIDDLE OF NOWHERE<br />
6 SUNDAY DRIVE - BREAKING BOUNDARIES<br />
7 THE YATES FAMILY - GOD’S GOT A PLAN<br />
8 THE BATES FAMILY - PRAY LIKE THAT<br />
9 TRIUMPHANT QUARTET - GOD IS LISTENING<br />
10 ERNIE HAASE & SIGNATURE SOUND - WE ARE THE CHURCH<br />
11THE CRAGUNS - WASTED WORDS<br />
12 ENDLESS HIGHWAY - I’LL GET OVER IT<br />
13 THE HYSSONGS - THERE IS<br />
14 2ND CHANCE MINISTRIES - FIND MY HALLELUJAH<br />
15 HEART 2 HEART - WHEN THE SAINTS BEGIN TO PRAY<br />
16 PEACH GOLDMAN - STORMS I NEVER SEE<br />
17 KAREN PECK AND NEW RIVER - BE READY<br />
18 THE SOUND - JEANS AND JESUS<br />
19 DERRICK LOUDERMILK BAND - ON A DAY LIKE THIS<br />
20 MARK TRAMMELL QUARTET - AFTER ALL<br />
21 VERNON GREESON - UNSPOKEN REQUEST<br />
22 JESSICA HORTON - SEATED ON THE THRONE<br />
23 CRABB FAMILY - WALK ON WATER<br />
24 NELONS - THERE’S A HOLE IN THE HEART<br />
25 EXODUS - BLOOD BROUGHT CHILD OF THE KING<br />
26 JORDAN FAMILY BAND - LOVE ME BACK TO LIFE<br />
27 TRIBUTE QUARTET - HE PILOTS MY SHIP<br />
28 DOWN EAST BOYS - SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT<br />
29 KINGDOM HEIRS - UNTIL PRAYER CHANGES ME<br />
30 STEVE LADD - PREACH THE WORD<br />
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FaithCountry<br />
J U L Y 2 0 2 4<br />
1 TONJA ROSE - I MISS FRONT PORCHES<br />
2 THE SHEPHERDS - IN HIS HANDS<br />
3 SMALL TOWN SUNDAY - THE DAYS HE CAN BELIEVE<br />
4 CODY MCCARVER - GOD DID THAT<br />
5 MELISSA EVANS - HE LOVES THE BROKEN<br />
6 11TH HOUR - DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER<br />
7 BRUCE HEDRICK AND DELNORA - ON MY KNEES<br />
8 JO LOVE - DOWN ON MY KNEES<br />
9 SHELLEM CLINE - ONE FOR YOU<br />
10 THE JOURNEYS - WHEN ALL THE SAINTS GET HOME<br />
11 ANDREW MARSHALL AND DELNORA- SPEAK TO ME<br />
12 STEVE BRIDGMON - HIT THE GROUND PRAYING<br />
13 DOUG ANDERSON - UNTIL IT WAS ME<br />
14 THOMAS MAC - FRIEND WHO CAN<br />
15 ANNE WILSON & LAINEY WILSON - PRAYING WOMAN<br />
16 DELNORA - YOU GET TO ME<br />
17 CALEB HOWARD - WATER GRAVE<br />
18 THE SOUND - JEANS AND JESUS<br />
19 BIG MO - I’LL BE WAITING FOR YOU<br />
20 TODD TILGHMAN - PB&J<br />
21 DARIN AND BROOKE ALDRIDGE - DEAR LORD<br />
22 BRANDON ROWELL - BRING YOUR FAITH TO LIFE<br />
23 TIM LIVINGSTON - IT HAS TO BE GOD<br />
24 SCOTTY MCCREERY - LOVE LIKE THIS<br />
25 JEFF AND SHERI EASTER - FALL INTO PLACE<br />
26 DWAYNE HUDSON AND REVIVAL - REVIVAL<br />
27 GALLOWAY & COMPANY - BEFORE AND AFTER<br />
28 AUTHENTIC UNLIMITED - MEMORIES OF HOME<br />
29 TATE EMMONS - ORIGINAL SUPERMAN<br />
30 JIMMY RENO - GOSPEL OUTLAW<br />
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John 8:31-32 says, “If you hold to<br />
my teaching, you are really my<br />
disciples. Then you will know the<br />
truth and the truth will set you<br />
free.” Jesus is the truth; real<br />
freedom is eternal life. Only Jesus<br />
can free us from the bondage of sin<br />
and lead us into the freedom of<br />
eternal life with Him. “So if the Son<br />
sets you free, you will be free<br />
indeed” (John 8:36).<br />
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Jesus does not give us freedom to<br />
do as we wish while present on<br />
Earth but the freedom to follow<br />
God’s will. As we seek God’s<br />
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Joey Thurmond<br />
J Recently, Joey released his first<br />
single and music video, a heartfelt<br />
cover of the classic hit "Welcome to<br />
My World". This song holds a special<br />
place in Joey's heart, as it makes him<br />
imagine God singing that song to us.<br />
The overwhelming success of his<br />
version of the song has opened doors<br />
for him to be able to begin recording<br />
what will eventually be three albums.<br />
Artist Spotlight<br />
oey Thrumond, a lifelong<br />
resident of New Hope, GA, has always<br />
been captivated by the world of<br />
performance. His journey began in<br />
his childhood, where he found<br />
inspiration in the joy and<br />
entertainment that performers<br />
brought to those around him.<br />
Watching his parents and<br />
grandparents light up during<br />
performances, Joey knew from a<br />
young age that he wanted to be the<br />
person who could uplift others<br />
through his talents.<br />
Growing up in a Church<br />
environment, Joey sang in the choir<br />
alongside friends and family, however<br />
it wasn't until later in life that he truly<br />
explored his musical abilities. A<br />
significant moment in his journey was<br />
the opportunity to sing for Jack<br />
Green. Although career and other<br />
commitments prevented Joey from<br />
pursuing the opporunity, the<br />
experience alone was a thrill to him.
Joey extends a heartfelt gratitude<br />
to Charlie Sexton for the wonderful<br />
opportunity afforded him to be the<br />
featured comedian on the awardwinning<br />
television series "The Red<br />
Back Revival Sing Along Show.<br />
Through that experience, it has<br />
allowed him to showcase his<br />
comedic talents to a wider audience<br />
and also be featured as a singer on<br />
several gospel television and radio<br />
shows and podcasts.<br />
Joey’s story is one of dedication,<br />
passion, and an unwavering desire to<br />
bring joy to others through his<br />
performances. His journey continues<br />
to inspire those around him. As Joey<br />
continues to move forward, his<br />
mission to uplift and entertain remains<br />
at the heart of everything he does,<br />
touching the lives of many.<br />
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Reflections from<br />
Mayberry<br />
by Donna Journey<br />
A<br />
s most of you know I was brought<br />
up singing Gospel music. At the young<br />
age of three, I started singing with my<br />
family. It is something I love and am<br />
called to do. The world of gospel music<br />
changed drastically this past month<br />
when we lost Kelly and Jason Clark and<br />
Amber Nelon Kistler. I can’t even begin<br />
to imagine the terrible loss that Autumn<br />
Nelon Streetman and Todd Nelon are<br />
feeling along with the rest of the<br />
families who lost precious loved ones<br />
in the tragic plane crash. I ask that you<br />
say a prayer for each of the families<br />
who are grieving this terrible loss.<br />
I am comforted in knowing when they<br />
took their last breath down here they<br />
were immediately in the presence of the<br />
Savior they had sang about all their<br />
lives and the many loved ones who had<br />
gone on before them.<br />
Kelly and I became friends in the late<br />
70’s and remained friends down<br />
through the years. Every time they<br />
would travel to NC to sing if we weren’t<br />
singing we went to hear them. They<br />
always encouraged us and we them.<br />
Ben grew up loving them as I did and<br />
they always encouraged Ben and took<br />
time to make him feel special.<br />
An old song we used to sing has<br />
come to mind SO many times over the<br />
past two weeks. The song “Unfinished<br />
Task” talks about not leaving things<br />
unsaid or undone.<br />
We live in a rushed, hurried world and<br />
I’m afraid many times we do not take<br />
the extra time to slow down to say or do<br />
some things that we may need too.<br />
Take the time, make the call, mail the<br />
card, send the text, say I love you and<br />
share Jesus every opportunity that God<br />
gives you! You never know when it<br />
might be your last chance.<br />
You are so loved and SO missed Kelly,<br />
Jason, Amber and Nate! Thankful and<br />
grateful for your friendship and love<br />
through the years! Christians NEVER<br />
say goodbye just see you in a little<br />
while.<br />
Donna<br />
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McKay Project
WEEKDAYS<br />
Christian radio announcer, Rick McConnell, joins the New Journey Radio<br />
Team. You can tune into Rick Mid-days at NewJourneyRadio.com or<br />
download the New Journey Radio app.<br />
Just to let you know a little about Rick, he's a Movie Buff, a Dad and<br />
Grand Dad- which he says "is a great role!" Rick is the owner of<br />
Monumental Studios in Denver, and Head of National Marketing for Steck<br />
Tax, CPA firm. Rick has worked with over 300 stations in the U.S. and<br />
Canada through Monumental Studios Denver. Rick says, "I'm enjoying<br />
life more than I have in many years-thanks to God and great friends and<br />
family!"<br />
Help us welcome Rick McConnell to New Journey Radio!<br />
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The Not So<br />
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