MAY 14, 2014 MEETING OF THE ATLANTA CHAPTER OF THE FCM

THE MAY 14, 2014 MEETING OF THE ATLANTA CHAPTER OF THE FCM WAS HELD AT THE HOME OF 
JOHN AND JULIA JEFFERSON.  THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WERE:  JOHN AND JULIA JEFFERSON; LELAND 
DAVIS; JUDY NEYLAND; RANDY BURT; MARK CHILDERS; EUGENE MCBRAYER AND OUR VERY SPECIAL 
GUESTS, BOB AND CHERI COLBY.
AFTER WATCHING PART OF A LAFLIN DVD, WE ADJOURNED TO THE MAGIC ROOM FOR A NIGHT OF 
SHARING.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JUNE 12, 2014.  WE WILL NOT MEET THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST.
FOLLOWING THIS MESSAGE IS A SUMMARY OF OUR MEETING.
KEEP THE "SON" SHINING...
JOHN JEFFERSON

MINUTES:
EUGENE OPENED OUR MEETING WITH PRAYER.  
THE GROUP WATCHED ONE BONUS EFFECT FROM DUANE LAFLIN'S NEW DVD, GRAND MAGICAL 
ENTERTAINMENT, CALLED "THE RARE, AWESOME, WEIRD, CRAZY, ESP TRICK".  JOHN 
SHARED THAT HE ADAPTED THE EFFECT FOR USE WITH OUR CHURCH GROUP.  HE CALLED IT "THE 
LORD, MESSIAH, ALIVE, BIBLE CARD TRICK".  JOHN GAVE EACH A COPY OF THE SCRIPT WE 
USED FOR OUR PERFORMANCE.
AND THEN THE BIG EVENT!!  JOHN DEMONSTRATED HIS NEWLY MADE...FLOATING TABLE!!!  HE SHOWED 
THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLTY THREE WAYS TO FLOAT THE TABLE AND THEN EACH MEMBER WAS ABLE TO 
FLOAT THE TABLE WITH SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FROM JOHN!!  JOHN TOOK THE TABLE APART, PIECE 
BY PIECE,  AND SHOWED HOW EACH SECTION WAS MADE.  THE BOOK, HOW TO BUILD A FLOATING 
TABLE, BY BRYAN BLANKENSHIP, JR. CAN BE PURCHASED ON THE INTERNET.   JOHN GAVE SEVERAL 
HELPFUL HINTS TO IMPROVE THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN IN THE BOOK.  NOW WE CAN ALL SAY WE HAVE 
ACTUALLY FLOATED A TABLE!  THANKS JOHN!!
EUGENE INTRODUCED HIMSELF AS A PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN DOUGLASVILLE AND SHARED THAT HE 
INTRODUCED "WONDER BUBBLES" TO A GROUP OF SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AND THEY 
REALLY LOVED THE EFFECT.
MARK THEN DEMONSTRATED HIS DOLLAR BILL TRICK.  HE RELATED IT TO THE STORY IN THE BIBLE 
ABOUT THE MAN WHO GAVE MONEY (TALENTS) TO THREE PEOPLE AND THE WAY THAT EACH ONE USED HIS 
TALENT.  MARK PROCEEDED TO CHANGE THE ONE DOLLAR BILL TO A FIVE AND THEN A TEN!!!  MARK 
EXPLAINED HOW THE EFFECT WAS MADE--EXCELLENT TRICK THAT CAN BE MADE AT HOME USING A GLUE 
STICK AND AN EXACTO KNIFE, AND OF COURSE, A TOTAL OF SIXTEEN DOLLARS!!
RANDY SHOWED HIS CLOCK TRICK PREDICTION.  THE ANSWER WAS THE NUMBER ONE AS "THERE IS 
ONLY ONE GOD", OR  " JESUS IS NUMBER ONE IN YOUR HEART".  RANDY THEN GAVE 
US A COPY OF THE CLOCK AND HIS PATTER HE USES WHEN HE PERFORMS THE TRICK!!  THANK YOU, 
RANDY!  
NEXT UP WAS JUDY.  SHE RECENTLY PURCHASED SEVERAL STORY BAGS AND SHE PERFORMED THE EASTER 
STORY FOR US.  WELL DONE, JUDY!!  SHE HAS PERFORMED THE EFFECT FOR HER SUNDAY SCHOOL 
CLASS AND IN A NURSING HOME.  WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU, JUDY!!!!
OUR GUESTS, BOB AND CHERI COLBY, THEN SHARED THAT THEY NOW PERFORM STAGE MAGIC SHOWS FOR 
THEIR COMMUNITY CHARITY EVENTS.  JOHN AND I ATTENDED THEIR MOST RECENT SHOW 
BY"TREBOR, THE ALMOST AMAZING" AND WERE ROYALLY ENTERTAINED!  BOB AND JOHN 
WORKED TOGETHER  AT THE COMPUTER COMPANY, IBM.  THEY HAVE SHARED THE LOVE OF MAGIC FOR 
MANY YEARS.  WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT BOB AND CHERI WERE ABLE TO COME TO OUR MEETING.  WE DO 
HOPE THEY WILL RETURN!!
LELAND THEN DEMONSTRATED HIS "CROSSING THE RED C" EFFECT.  HE THEN SHOWED US 
SEVERAL SCIENCE WATER "TRICKS" USING CONTAINERS OF 
WATER, TURNING THEM UPSIDE DOWN WITH JUST A PIECE OF PAPER ON TOP AND THE WATER STAYING 
IN THE CONTAINER!  HIS NEXT WATER TRICK INVOLVED 3 STYROFOAM CUPS AND THE DISAPPEARING 
WATER WITH A JESUS SILK PRODUCED AT THE END!  LELAND DOES HIS GOSPEL EFFECTS FOR A LARGE 
GROUP OF CHILDREN AT CHURCH.  HE RELATED THESE FFECTS TO THE CROSSING OF THE RIVER BY THE 
ISRAELITES.  HIS MESSAGE WAS THAT THE "SOMEONE" IN CHARGE OF THE PARTING OF THE 
SEAS WAS, INDEED, GOD.  THE PEOPLE HAD TO TRUST GOD TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE.  LELAND'S 
UNIQUE IDEA WAS TO PUT EACH USED CUP INTO A BOX AND LEAVE ONLY THE FINAL CUP ON THE 
TABLE.
JOHN THEN PERFORMED THE KNOT IN  A BAG ROPE TRICK.  HE DEMONSTRATED THE 
"SECRET" AND THEN GAVE EACH PERSON THE ROPES IN THE BAG!  SUPER EASY EFFECT AND 
FUN TO PERFORM!
LELAND THEN ASKED FOR IDEAS FOR HIS NEXT TOPIC AT CHURCH, JOSHUA AND JERICHO.  JOHN 
SHOWED HIM THE BRICK WALL EFFECT AND OTHERS GAVE SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS.
WE CLOSED IN PRAYER.
WE WILL MEET AGAIN ON JUNE 12, 2014.