JN
is a voice laughing in the wilderness:
- Pastors and lay
speakers use JN's fresh and timely holy humor in their sermons
and presentations.
- Local church newsletters/bulletins
reprint JN's humor and cartoons by
16 of the Christian world's best cartoonists, including Bil Keane,
creator of "The Family Circus" and Johnny Hart,
creator of "B.C."
- Many church newsletters
— like the newsletter of New Hope United Methodist Church in Proctorville,
OH — are now carrying a full-page of cartoons and jokes reprinted
from JN under the title "A Look at the Lighter Side."
And the people in the pews love it!
- The cartoons in
JN are also reprinted in church fliers and signs, and are
posted on church bulletin boards and on church web sites.
- The joyful Scriptural
messages and holy humor in JN's "Signs and Wonders"
section are often posted on outdoor church signs.
- Sunday school
teachers and youth pastors cheer up children, teenagers, and young
adults with the clean humor in JN. They love the hilarious
humor in JN's "Out of the Mouths of God's Kids"
section.
- Chaplains, health
professionals, and volunteers use the healing humor in JN
to lift the spirits of shut-ins, patients in hospitals, depressed
parishioners, and the elderly in retirement communities.
- The holy humor
in JN is used at church retreats, pastors' conferences,
and "Holy Humor Sunday" festivities (the Sunday
after Easter).
- On Easter Sunday
and Pentecost, JN subscriber church editors use on their bulletin covers
our immensely popular print, "The
Risen Christ by the Sea."
Lift
the spirits of your congregation with the Good News of Jesus Christ
proclaimed with joy, wit and good humor in
The Joyful Noiseletter.
- For a modest
cost, your church can have a warm and exciting church newsletter.
Pastors and editors who are subscribers may reprint all JN
editorial materials, including cartoons, in their local church
publications, free-of-charge and without seeking permission.
- Each month,
you get 10 or more delightful cartoons done by 16 gifted cartoonists.
The cartoons are easily scanned, photocopied, or clipped and pasted, or reproduced on your church web site.
- The church humor
and cartoons in JN are tasteful, timely and often related
to current events, church calendars, the changing seasons, and
family life.
The Joyful Noiseletter…
- … is mailed
five weeks in advance, giving church newsletter editors ample
time to use up-to-date editorial items and cartoons intended for
publication in the succeeding month.
- … is a pastor’s
friend. It will brighten your sermons. JN is light enough
to carry from the pocket to the pulpit to challenge, cheer up,
and wake up a congregation.
- … strives to
be fair and focuses on what unites Christians, not on what divides
them.
- … saves the
hassles of writing to cartoonists, authors, and publishers seeking
permission to reprint.
- … will keep
you informed about new books, CDs, and prints focusing on the
joy, humor, and celebration in our Christian faith.
The Joyful Noiseletter’s
catalog: a treasury of joy and holy humor
The Joyful Noiseletter subscribers receive
our annual catalog, offering multicolor prints of a smiling, joyful
Christ, as well as unique, uplifting books of holy humor.
The phenomenally
popular full-color painting titled
“The Risen Christ by the Sea” by Jack Jewell, depicts
a strong, joyful, triumphant Risen Christ. Many see it as a representation
of “The Easter Laugh”
— God’s
last laugh on the devil when He raised Jesus from the dead.
The best-selling
books in our catalog include: Holy Humor,
More Holy Humor, Holy Hilarity, and More Holy Hilarity by
Cal and Rose Samra, offering the best of the inspirational humor
and cartoons from the first 12 years of The Joyful Noiseletter.
Mary Margaret Jordan wrote in Lutheran Libraries: “These
wholly wholesome and often hilarious books are perfect additions
to church libraries of all sizes.”
We are now offering electronic subscriptions
to The Joyful Noiseletter in addition to our printed version.
The electronic version is mailed as a PDF
file directly to your e-mail inbox, where you can easily cut and paste the the articles, jokes, and cartoons directly into your church publications.
Click here to view a sample copy of the The Joyful Noiseletter (2.14 Mb)
Here's
what you will receive — without delay — when you subscribe to The Joyful Noiseletter:
- An
annual subscription to the monthly Joyful Noiseletter.
- Permission
to use — without charge — all editorial items in JN,
including cartoons, in your local church newsletter/bulletin,
fliers, posters, and signs (for non-profit use only). And the cartoons may be reproduced
on your church web site, too.
- The Joyful Noiseletter’s
catalog.
- A
wallet-size print of "The Risen Christ by the Sea."
For
you, only $29!
All
this for only $29— no more than the price of a hardcover book!
The subscription prices of other specialty newsletters serving churches
range from $50 to $70 a year.
You
may rest assured that your privacy will be protected. We have never
sold or rented our mailing list or telephone numbers, and we do
not pay telemarketers to call you at dinnertime (or any time).
An
old church tradition says that Lazarus laughed heartily for years
after Jesus raised him from the dead. That is why Lazarus' home
in Bethany in the Holy Land is called "The House of Laughter."
We
cordially invite you to join our "House of Joy
and Laughter" and receive The Joyful Noiseletter.
JN
subscribers have discovered that holy humor is a powerful healing, bridge-building,
peacemaking, and evangelistic tool.
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