Conquerors JOY Timothy Club Organizations Enhance To strengthen young Christians and . bring them closer to Christ was the main ' JOY. Front row: Boker-sponsor, Waites, McDonough , Stinchfield, Harrison, Wenger , Huschen. Back row; Salmon , C. Smith , L. Smith , Yaeger, Fisher, Lafferty, - photo by Wes Holland. Timothy Club. Front row; Ware, Spencer, Zito, Kennedy, Epps, White, Hays-sponsor. Second row; Savage, Overton, Crone, Robbins, Sublett, Rogers, Withem, Ballard. Back row: Helbig, Bearden, Fuchs , Rosta, Kee, Williams. - photo by Matt Wissinger. Conquerors. Front row: Swain, Ward, Couch, Gist. Back row: West john, Ashlock, McDonough. - photo by Matt Wissinger. 66 Special interest groups purpose of the Conquerors. The group, sponsored by Eddie Camp· bell, encouraged young Christians through various skits, puppetry, discussions, games and songs in different areas of the states where the church accepted them the most. This year, the group went to Glade· water, Texas and to Conway. At Glade· water, Conquerors conducted a weekend retreat for about 50 young people ranging from seventh grade to sophomores in high schooL In Conway, the group performed a series of skits for about 200 people at a youth rally. Before leaving on a trip to a youth rally one of the members stated, "We want to reach the hearts of young people and encourage them to look for Jesus when they need Him. Also to help them feel like they are conquerors, as it says in Romans 8:37, 'But in all these things we overwhelmingly conqueror through Him who loved us' ." j~~ JOY is a women's service club. The letters in the name, JOY, stand for Jesus , Others next and Yourself last. Through the club, activities are planned which will give the women on campus ways to serve others and grow closer to God. During the fall semester JOY decided to continue their program of helping young girls in Searcy. The committee, Little Sis· ters , matched orie or sometimes two col· lege students with a young girl. They spend time together whenever it can be ar· ranged. Some past ideas for activities were taking them to church, campus movies, a playground, out for ice cream, or just to spend the night in the dorm. Little Sisters had a swimming party duro ing the fall semester at the old pool. They also had a Christmas party along with Big Brothers. They really had a lot of fun. All of the college students br<>ught gifts for their little brother of sister. They served reo freshments and sang carols. In this way, they were able to spend time with their own kids and get to know the other boys and girls too. "In Little Sisters we stress showing that we care. If they can see Christ's love in our lives, hopefully it can influence the children and their families." JOY had a devotional during the fall semester with the theme "Created for Car· ing." It was a spontaneous devotional for all the women on campus. Almost every· one contributed a song, a prayer, or a
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