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• fh§ §§l^food t^erhfrn Presented by Members ofthe Oakwood College Literary Guild Edited and Compiled by Cecily Daly, Ed.D. Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/joynotesoakwoode2001daly Jo^ks! EDUCATION EXCELLENCE ETERNITY Published in the United States ofAmerica OakwoodCollege PublishingAssociation Copyedited byMarthaWalker CoverdesignbyBillCleveland InternationalStandard Serial Number: ISBN 1-928830-07-2 Printed by Campus Printing Huntsville, Alabama UnlessothenA/ise marked, biblical referencescited inthis bookarefromthe King James Version Otherreferences notedare: NIV 1985 , RSV 1985 TheLivingBible 1985 TheClearWord 2000 TheAnalytical Concordancetothe Bible 1985 TheOakwood Experience Bible Paraphrase©2001 *AHreferences to "TheClub"applyto theOakwoodLiteraryGuild, AmericanChristian Writers, Chapter27. JoyNotes!f^> Contents Dedication Acknowledgments Preface Foreword The Essence of Joy J- The Legend of Joy Notes I The Scroll InspirationalExperience II The Tassel and Tassel Threads AcademicExperience III The Keyboard MusicalExperience IV The Cup SocialExperience Appendices JoyNotes!ni> Dedication Thisbookisdedicatedtoallwho havepassedthrough Oakwood Collegeand havebeenexposedtothe uniqueOakwood College experience. Moreover, this book is especiallydedicatedtoall who enjoyreadingandwriting. JoyNotes.'f^^ Acknowledgments JOY NOTES is the product of the joint efforts of many people to whom we cordially express gratitude. To the many who have gone beyond the second mile we gratefully acknowledge: Financial support President DelbertW. Baker; Juliaette Phillips, Academic Affairs; Anthony Medley, StudentServices; LeiaGooding, DepartmentofEnglish/Communications; LindaWebb, Center forAcademicAdvancement; Fred Pullins, Enrollment Management; Anthony Paul, NationalAssociationforthe PreventionofStarvation (NAPS). Sponsors Ramona Hyman, Gatsinzi Basaninyenzi, Sonia Paul, Karen Tucker, Lorna Harrison, Dorothy Patterson Typesetting/coordinatorforChapter3 AudleyChambers (Sponsor) Keyboarding Lydia Husbands, Cathy Wildman, Kimberley Robinson, Eishah Emmons-Smith, DelanrusSharpeand LindaSkeete Proofreading Martha Walker Coverdesign, layout, editing BillCleveland Special thankstotheone hundredcontributingwritersandto Roy E. Malcolm, whoserved as publishing consultant. Editor VI JoyNotesir^^ Preface JoyNotes! The OakwoodExperience is a compilation of per- sonal experiences from the Oakwood family members (administra- tors, faculty, staff, and students). This book represents the first for- , mal literary project of the Oakwood College Literary Guild/American . Christian Writers - Chapter 27 (ACW 27), formerly known as the Literary Links Club. Therefore, it is both my privilege and my plea- sureto present itto everyone. The ideaofcreating such adevotional was suggested by Mrs. Sonia Paul, shared by many other persons, endorsed bytheclub members, and made possible bythe manycon- tributors. Collecting and organizing these experiences into one book was a difficult task, that at times I wanted to forget, but on the other hand, ithasgiven methejoyofaccomplishment. Themanyauthorsof ourstories havemadeavaluablecontributiontothe reading audience, sharing experienceswhich are meaningfultothem. Inthedaysofthe Israelites, God commanded them, "Take you up every man of you a stone...that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask...saying. What mean you bythesestones? Then ye shall answer them." am convinced that even so today, we should set up written I memorialsofouroutstandingheritageand unforgettableOakwoodCol- legeexperiences. Thesevariedtestimoniesofawonderful, loving God havestrengthened myfaith, and believethattheywill impactthe lives I of each reader to create a spiritual ripple effect as these stories are sharedwithothers. JoyNotesTheOakwoodExperienceisarrangedintofourchap- ters: THE SCROLL (Spiritual), THE TASSEL (Academic) AND TAS- SELTHREADS (AcademicSupport),THE KEYBOARD (Musical)and ' THE CUP (Social). THE SCROLLsymbolizesthespiritual experiencewhich has given people a new and positive outlook on life through an experien- tial knowledge of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. THE TASSEL and TASSEL THREADS symbolize the aca- ^^ demic and the academic support experiences which are unforget- table to Oakwood students. From the outstanding testimonies of these experiences, students have learned to fully trust God to open doors forthem and know that He always has a way out. THE KEYBOARD symbolizes the musical experience which cannot be disconnected from Oakwood because it is an integral part ofourcollege life. Inthischapterthe readerwill becomeawarethatthe JoyNotes!f^^ Vn ministry of the college is to a great extent rooted in its music. The musical experience has been a blessing to many. Through such av- enues as words, music, harmony, musical groups and a number of choirs, God has communicated with many and enabled them to turn their unproductive lives around. The various experiences of THE KEYBOARD attest to this fact. THE CUP symbolizesthe social experience. One must real- izethatthere is awiderperspective than academics only. The social aspect is very important. Through the social activities and extracur- ricularaspects of life, along with the spiritual, musical and academic offerings, students are able to develop through a balanced program representing Him inall areasoftheirlives. v^ CecilyDaly vm JoyNotes!n>