2002-2003 Archives

Hello everyone, Joe Oreskovich the Gravedigger here with a few upcoming highlights from our show and ministry.
Friday August 15th 7-9 PM or Monday the 18th (replay) 7-9 AM I will host Atlanta Live The 2 hour program will focus on our Get Georgia and America Back To Work initiative. My invited guests are Lt. Governor Mark Taylor, Commissioner OF Labor Michael Thurmon, (we will see who they'll send if they can't make it), Dan Vargas of Vargas and Amigos, Amanda Clevenger of WVFJ 93.3 FM and possibly a couple of GDM board to fill in if necessary. We want to discuss the work initiative and brings some networking ideas to the public as well as introducing you to Job TV with some current job openings and the new web site in development for job leads www.gabtw.com WE will also be responding to your live calls that evening.
This Friday 10:00 PM or Saturday 4:30 PM the local airing of the Gravedigger Show on WATC TV 57 and national on Sky Angel 1:00 AM EST Sunday and Tuesday at 3:00 PM EST will have a powerful testimony of my church Southwest Christian preacher Jim Donovans' life. Not what you might think as a ideal family to develop such an awesome calling. He had to struggle with his own fathers alcoholism and the destructive ingredients of a life style, of a father's neglect. That lowered his self image. He didn't feel worthy. "I might be in a Christian college and most of you will become preachers, but not me", Jim Donovan keep repeating his whole life to his classmates. This went on into his adult life. What changed his focus and how did he learn to accept his heavenly fathers love? Jims' whole exclusive story!
The following week, will be interviewing many people from Seekers that are out of work and what their facing in this soft economy. The show will also give many unemployed people the opportunity to give brief bios to my national audience. I hope someone has a lead or might hire them from television. I asking all of you on my email list to please notify employers and businesses to tune in to this broadcast, so we might get this initiative rolling from television. With your help a few people might get a offer. I'm going to play it nationally to bring them hope. They need that encouragement.The Gravedigger Show has won another television excellence award the Hosea Williams Award from People TV. Combined with the Silver Telley a few weeks ago the national award and this one and the two past Silver Gavels', gives us a total of four. The irony of this, I don't do television with awards in mind. I would of entered my show in dozens of categories in numerous competitions to
claim recognition if that was our focus. In four years we entered four
competitions with a single entree in one category (A Television Show). To Jesus' glory we have won all four.
Finally if your a small business or ministry that's struggling with getting
people to know about you, the Gravedigger Show can help with an email
notification (4,000 on the list), web site artical and links to you (632,000
visits) show commercials, or a television show campaign. Mini local, full
local, regional or national. Get started for as little as $50.00 (and up), a
week.

1st week...Honor your heroes day with World Harvest Church and Pastor Mirek Hufton
2nd week...A program on Cancer and the early detection in Georgia and the USA
3RD week...A program with Remax Premier and Dr Linda Avery on first time home buyers and real estate schools
4th week...Ministries that's persecuted Gods Favorite People a 72 year old man Leroy Sanders was jailed feeding the homeless as he's done for ten years.
5th week...Ministries that's persecuted Promise Land in Ellijay Ga founder Al Plume has been jailed twice by a city council that pushing their weight around trying to get him to move out of the area.

Hello everyone, Joe Oreskovich the Gravedigger here with a long past due ministry update. I had previously been sending out updates from my Webtv for some time, but I was donated a computer from Michael Watchulonis at the Super Station the first of the year and have been making a transition. Some of you, are still receiving this mailing via Webtv, because it's time consuming converting and entering all the addresses to my new server. I'm in a process of learning and had over 4000 addresses on my Webtv address book. I have entered about 1000 to this computer. That has taken many months in itself and Webtv wasn't a computer, so there's no way to transfer the files, but enter all
information all over again.
On that note, please forgive me, if your receiving duplicates or triplicates, I
will eventually get it all on one server, so I can check for redundancy.
There's some of you receiving this update for the very first time, and may not want the bother. I recently added some media outlets and my mentor Phillip Bray of Safehouse, had a ministry staff, I included. I get tons of mail and added those addresses as well.. What ever the case, if you want these updates to cease, just reply to me with a please take me off your list, and I will. I'm sending this out from my home computer, so it's not like I won't read your
disgust in receiving it. Ok? For those who say "who's Joe the Gravedigger?" the best advise I can give is try my web site www.gravediggershow.com and read my testimonial 18 months in a cardboard box to the halls of congress and now fives years with a national television show.
The following are some updates for our ministry and the show. I'll try to put it in bullet form, trying not to waste your time with information that might not be of interest. Yet again, others might find it very interesting. Glance at what catches your interest, if anything.

In February of this year, the Gravedigger Show can be seen across the nation on the Dominion DBS Television System. Sky Angel ( Angel One) The air times for Sky Angel (Angel One, receiver no.262 on satellite ) are Sundays 1:00 am est. and Tuesdays 3:00 pm est. Remember there are four times zones nationally.
The regional Direct TV times and WATC TV 57 ( receiver no.57 on satellite) are 10:00 pm est. Fridays and 4:30 pm est. Saturdays. Georgia viewers can see the show in Savannah on WHDS TV 32 and People TV on Atlanta cable. The People TV air time is Sundays at 10:30 am. I'm not sure of the assigned times for Dovenet Satellite and the Word Network as of yet, but will update you as I learn of them.

If you are not familiar with Sky Angels satellite programming for your home, please take my word on this, you should become a subscriber if you want quality Christian programming in your home. I had a satellite in my home and adjusted my feed to the DBS signal a little while back and presto with a small subscription price, I now have over 32 television and radio stations beaming in wholesome programming. Go to www.skyangel.com and check them out. It's really one of the best programming moves I've made for my household and you'll love it!. It's also a way for you to support Christian television. In my home I have satellite and cable programming too I must follow my programming on their networks. Errors can happen, but there's some good secular programs to watch, so you might want to keep both, You won't have to give them up , by becoming a Sky Angel household. Just get some healthy programming choices for your home and of course you could get the Gravedigger Show that you might be missing with Sky Angel.

Oh what an honor! I was told by a professor and retired NBC executive producer that had entered my show, "that the Silver Telly is above the bronze statue and only 3% of the 52,000 entrees this year received it." That's an absolute rarity for Christian television and as good as it gets for most people in television.
Christian television as a whole are snubbed by the secular awards. Consider the best of the best of Disney, The Biography channel, The History channel, Turner South and others sent in their top shows. The Gravedigger Show got the award on it's content, creativity, production, innovativeness and overall programming excellence. Lets give the Lord the glory.
To think, I came from a cardboard box, with no experience to produce, write, create and host this program and have a budget of $50.00 a week to produce this show, as opposed to the 40-50 thousand these other programs have to work with weekly. You can see how the Lord shows up when we say, "send me," instead of "why me Lord!" Just imagine how he wants to bless you, when we finally get out of the boat and step upon the water and do the things he's called us to do. He gets so
much glory from our obedience in trusting him. Can't you just see his precious hand in all this? Christian television with this award must now be taken seriously.

Five years ago I added the public servant suicide line in my show, I had no idea that so many people would call. I started with many police and fire chaplains helping with the shows calls, after all, it was meant for their
brethren, but after 6 months they all quit and left me with a decision. Try to get my church family to handle it with me, or give it up. My church lasted two weeks and quit, that left me yet with another decision. I finally realized time was more precious than (coveted money) with Christians, so I knew I'd have to handle it myself and that's been extremely hard on one person, but the following letter I received last week speaks volumes about that decision. She wrote:

"But over the past year and a half, the devil has done a number on me. He has fought me with illness, my family and my church that meant everything to me, is falling apart. I haven't been able to attend regularly, because of health problems, but then it started getting bad at the church and it got where I didn't want to go. How do you go worship with a bunch of people you don't trust. They say they love you, but when you ask for their time, not money, but a little of their time to talk, they're too busy?
I think of all these problems and sorrows, aches and pains, and then I think of heaven. My husband, who's a deacon at our church, has told me only the church can handle my problems, but I don't trust them anymore. How wonderful and awesome heaven must be and it sounds a lot better to me then staying on this earth. As a matter of fact a couple of weeks ago, I swallowed 2 bottles of pills, I was home alone as usual. I stumbled to the bed to die and turned on the TV. I saw the Gravedigger Show, I watched a good bit that night, Gloria Harrell was giving her testimony and even spoke of her own suicide attempts. It caught my ear. Gravedigger stopped her for a minute and looked into the camera and said, 'the Lord had spoken to him that someone has just swallowed a bunch of pills.' He prayed right then, interrupting Gloria for a moment, that they would throw them up. I laughed at first, but before he finished praying, I was puking my guts out!!!! That lasted for two days! I just couldn't shake that
feeling of wanting to die. Thank God, he was on the other end of the phone when I finally reached out for Christian compassion."

Even though I haven't be able to keep up with current updates to the site I praise the Lord that so many people have found it to be helpful. I pray that some day someone will come along that take this web site on as a ministry.
Since the average visitor spends about 6 minutes on the site, it's not just accidental visits. 80% of the visitors came from servers seeking
gravediggershow.com and that's what I advertise on my television show. The second most visited page on my site is the show schedule where many are seeking to watch some past shows. It's too bad I can't afford the band width to accommodate them.

I've been on this project for almost a year. It seems everyone talking about it and complaining. What do you see new from media or anyone else that's addressing it. When I approach companies or media on an initiative to help, they delegate my request that starts at the top down numerous levels to some intern that will write you back after putting you through hoops and tons of paper work for months that their not interested. I asked our local news paper for their help in this project with some job listings to advertise free on my show. Well that's not going to happen, because they sell advertising and so what if over 100,000 people in Atlanta are giving up. You try feeding your family on unemployment compensation for a year. We absolutely have a serious problem in our country and it's time for some new ideas and not just extending
benefit periods.
I'm tired of seeing companies and people only worried about themselves. If they were handed a pink slip, they would plead with me to do something, as if I could. I've been wanting to give up my show air time for six months to a year to get Georgia and possibly America working again.
I had an advisory staff meeting a month ago with 22 advisors to this ministry. Our Lt Governor office, and our Secretary Of State Cathy Cox came, along with Jimmy Thompson the owner of WATC TV 57 and the General Manager of WVFJ 93.3 radio and VP of Publix to name a few. We have put together a project plan that's 30 pages in length to raise the $500,000 to bring it to pass. I'm calling on all who read this letter to help me find some corporate sponsors who believe that America and Georgia needs this idea and program. We have started a
web site with very little on it, but will give you an idea of our massive
undertaking. www.gabtw.com
We need 10 sponsors at $50,000 or 20 at $25,000 and of course your involvement. Not just a pat on the back and I'll pray for you Joe. You personally can start helping with a monthly partnership seed in this cause. Everyone can do something and should, it's your country too! If you know of someone who would be willing to listen and maybe help as a sponsor, I'll send the project plan out for a possible meeting with them and one of our board members or me, will present it. Please be serious, this is a devastating time for many and I know our program could inspire a nation back to work

The following letter is from someone who believes in my calling and will be sent to many television stations across our country. We are making a couple of hundred dubs of a 16:27 VHS video to be enclosed with this letter. The Lord has used me for two visions so far, that 3 million dollar memorial park that no one said could be built and a television ministry that most said couldn't stay on the air for more than a couple months?. It's now to his glory, that this third vision on getting Georgia and America back to work will come to pass. Are you with me, my friends? Please do what you can on getting corporate sponsors and
start by planting a seed for this project to work, in this ministry. If you
need work plant a seed for it, if you know someone who needs work, plant a seed for them, if you need a better career, plant a seed for that, if you need a job that pays more money or, to be used by our Lord plant a seed in fertile ground, right here. We know corporations might do half the amount, the other half must come from people who would directly benefit from this initiative. I've done, my part. It's now time for you to carry some of this burden with me. Do nothing and everyone will suffer and maybe you'll join the millions of unemployed. The Lord has a way for selfish people to wake up. Just ask me what it was like living in a cardboard box?

Dear Program Director
My name is Vincent Thompson and I'm the Executive In Charge Of Production at WATC TV 57 in the Atlanta Georgia area. WATC TV 57 is a non commercial educational television station, broadcasting family, Christian and educational programming throughout the metropolitan Atlanta area.
Approximately five years ago I had the opportunity and pleasure to meet a man that shared his testimony on our stations feature program, Atlanta Live. His personal testimony on the show that night touched my heart personally as well as our viewing audience in a way that Atlanta has never to this day, forgot.
Something happened that evening that has continued to become one of the best executive decisions, I have ever made, for our station and viewers. I offered a man who had lived in a cardboard box for over eighteen months with a nickname of (Gravedigger ) a television show.
That man, his real name being Joe Oreskovich, looked at me as if I was crazy.
Probably some of you that's reading this letter might agree and certainly doubt that decision. Deep inside my gut, a continuous nagging of the holy spirit was eating away at me. I had a producers instinct to capture this mans life and inspirational message for all to hear and see. I knew the hurting people in society needed something (real ) from the Christian, educational and secular airwave to believe in. They could connect with his and their own plight and I said to myself, "I must convince him to do it".
Joe tried to explain his apprehensions and fears, but I wouldn't take no, for an answer. I don't think I ever really listened completely, as he spoke of outstanding warrants for his arrest, that could cost him his temporal freedom, his lack of training, from a theology standpoint and we both certainly knew he lacked, on air polish, television producing and overall technical experience.
Well, I wouldn't hear of these excuses, the nation needed him and the hope he would bring, so I promised him my assistance to help with television production and the promise the Lord would protect and deliver him from the other. We prayed together that night and Joe slowly lifted his head and looked me straight in my eyes and then paused. With a nervous breaking in his voice he said, "I'm unqualified and scared, but who am I, to be so ungrateful and non-trusting of our Lords ability. He uses anyone he wants". That was five years ago. Now 200 shows and many thousands of life decaying breakthroughs later, I'm so excited and honored to introduce you to my friend..
Joe and the Gravedigger Show has captured many Atlantans' hearts and his national audience on Sky Angel loves the hope he brings. To be very honest with you, outside of the studio and edit production time we provide, he has brainstormed this shows initial concept. Its' been his ideas, time and creativity that keeps it consistently above all others in the ratings. His desire for quality and real subject programming keeps replenishing his viewers dreams to overcome any situation that the sour cards of life has dealt. So much so, that the Gravedigger Show has been honored with two Silver Gavel awards for television content and just this past week honored for television programming excellence, with a national award, a Silver Telly and that's about as good as it gets in television for most of us!I can honestly say, from the stations investment in him, we have a winner in the Gravedigger Show, because little did we dream, so much positive attention would be brought to our station. He has favor with many heads of state and brings them here like their old friends. The secular media can't get enough of him. Magazine articles, feature news stories, radio interviews and even TBS the super station did a national story on him.
I have enclosed a short synopsis of Joes' impact on our city on VHS tape for convenient viewing. It has some Gravedigger Show promos he uses and the ten minute Super Station story. With the tape, is a ministry brochure and a Voice magazine. His testimonial on page 22 was distributed to over 160 countries, so you see just how media values getting his message of hope out to a hurting world. Of course those seeking unique stories or people with followings to substantiate ratings, to sell air time or advertising find his testimony and show creates demand. His show uniquely inspires all denominations and faiths,
because of all the hope he brings.
I would like for you to consider airing the Gravedigger Show in the future. His one hour show has a half hour break built into production, but our station and others choose to play the full hour. Your stations viewers lives will embrace hope in a very different light, but there's also something new being added in his show, that's cutting edge. He is working on producing 26 weeks of programming on getting Georgia and America back to work. We all know the national problem. We have over 100,000 needing work in Atlanta and your area might need a boost with encouragement and some creative ideas. His programming will be generic enough to sustain your local viewers and with a little cooperation from your local Department Of Labor, these shows will get your
community back working as well. The programming will be scripted for local inserts. It's his third vision and I'm not going to doubt the Lords use of him after the first two came to pass.
Take a few minutes and see for yourself his visions. Slide the tape into your machine and it's my sincere desire you see what I saw five years ago.
You may contact Joe directly at 678 317 2480 or email him
at joegravedigger@comcast.net or me personally with any questions.

Joe Oreskovich, the Gravedigger, here with a reminder to tune in
this week and hear the testimonies of two troubled teens that were
jailed or incarcerated and released to society with no family or homes
to live or go to. These circumstances are not uncommon for tens of
thousands of youth today. Do you think they will change their evil ways
without a intervention in their life?
Who is going to step in and show them the light? Think hard... it's not the adult christian mentors who can reach them! It's our unsung christian
youth that go to the prisons and jails to share a witness like a neat
teenager named Royce. Join Royce this week with my special guest Mike McCoy, a retired NFL Green Bay Packer, with a organization called
Champions for Christ. You'll hear from other adults that work with Mike
to connect with the unreachable.
If your looking for light entertainment on television this weekend,
listen to some church sermons or try the World Series, but don't tune in
to this show unless you can bear to see what our youth are facing and
becoming since "Make Room for Daddy" or clean family sitcoms have no place in our culture any more.

Love you,
Joe

Hi folks! Joe the Gravedigger here with this Friday's 10:00pm & Saturday's 4:30 pm show.
Join me with my guests Senator Donzella James & Georgia's Commissioner Of Labor Michael Thurmon. Were discussing the severe anxiety of many Georgians brought about with the current lay offs of IBM and American Airlines employees. Compounding our citizens problems are the 186,000 out of work in our state already, the stock market tumbling and overall fear of Corporate leadership to be truthful. I'm discovering some real panic from my viewers in many family households.
We're going to try to bring some stability and restore some hope with a
open discussion of over coming these hardships. I think you'll feel the
heart beat and gather keen insights from these government leaders.

Please remember, if it's in your heart, to circle your calendar Friday,
August 23 at 8pm to go online at www.TBS17.com and vote for one of the Super Seventeen. They can win $10,000 for their ministry. Everyone of them are so deserving of our vote and recognition. Their real heroes
today when our country desperately needs positive role models for all.
If you can't make up your mind during the 1 hr. special from 8-9 pm (you
can vote till 10:00pm) I'd be honored to be considered. Please tell your
friends about the 23rd. and consider forwarding this to others. That
would help a lot.
For those who don't know my story out of a cardboard box to Glory
www.gravediggershow.com click pictorial biography.

Sorry about the July update I just couldn't get it together. We finally
hit our goal of productions being 8 weeks in advance. I can now get your
updates out with show topics and guests accurately. This will also help
alleviate some of the stress from a one man operation. Thanks for being
patient with the reruns about every other week this year. Starting the
last two weeks of July 2002 we are airing two or three new programs and
then a rerun. Now I can work on improving the quality of this large
ministry operation.
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Gravedigger Ministries welcomes some new board members and advisors to GDM over the last few months.

Vincent Thompson ( Production Manager of WATC TV 57)
Senator Donzella James of the (35th District) and making a strong bid
for a congressional seat in our newly formed District 13)
David Daniels ( Fire Chief Fulton County)
Mirek Hufton ( Pastor & Founder World Harvest Church) in Roswell Ga.(
Note this is the church who held the Honor Your Heroes Day, with me June 30th with so many public safety and war heroes coming to the Lord)
Kathryn Hayman MBA, PHR ( President Achieved Excellence Group Inc.)
Jimmy Thompson ( Founder Owner WATC TV 57, WGGS TV 16 in Greenville S.C. and other successful businesses)
Michael Thurmon (Commissioner Georgia Department of Labor)

I want to personally and publicly thank these distinguished leaders in
our community as well as our presiding board members consisting of
Michael Watchulonis ( Ex Vice President Turner Broadcasting)
Jerome Wright (Firefighter Atlanta. & President Synergy Communications)
Donna Godbee (Office Manager Supply Side)
Winston Minor (Fire Chief Atlanta) Jerry Neal Retired (Deputy Chief Clayton County Fire)
Rick Toney (International Operations Mgr. Satair Aircraft) for helping give
me direction and support to a bum from a cardboard box. Ever thought a
guy from a cardboard box could recruit this kind of help? Isn't God
Awesome?
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GDM has a new logo sub quip "A real ministry burying shatter dreams" It
will appear on our television show logo in the future and most printed
material. The word (real) came from you the viewers and the word
(burying) what else with the name Gravedigger. Isn't that the truth.
It's what we do. We bring hope to so many by digging a hole for the
final resting place of a shattered dream and believe God to turn all of
our "scars into stars" That always has been my message from television
and speaking.
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Gravedigger Ministries been honored lately with two certificates of
recognition from the Secretary of State Cathy Cox and office of the
governor Roy E Barnes. In addition yours truly was honored with a Super
Seventeen Award for my ministry to public safety. My ten minute story
can be seen this Saturday August 3rd 8:30 am on TBS 17 on Interact
Atlanta. The Super Seventeen (a one hour program special) will air
Friday August 23 from 8-9 pm on the Super Station.

If a few of you find it in your heart to vote for me that night at
www.TBS17.com we could win $10,000 for our ministry. We didn't as a
ministry get a chance to be considered for the $35,000 in prize monies
being offered on award night in May. Let's just say, we would have had a
very unfair advantage over the other wonderful winners and decided as a
board to withdraw from it's monetary offerings. Our ministry name can
never be associated with doubt about it's integrity, but we sure could
use this $10,000 prize and I pray for the Lord's will. I'll go another
winter without heat in my home rather than tarnish our reputation on
innuendos. The Lords tells us to shy away from the appearance of evil.
Tell that to the folks in the corporate world like Enron.

I also had the opportunity in June to be asked to share my testimony on
TBN's "Praise the Lord." I heard many souls came to the Lord. Praise God!
Finally my testimony has been downloaded from our web site with some
pictures to be shared with people all over America and 160 countries in
this August edition of the Full Gospel Businessmen monthly magazine
"VOICE" Can you imagine what this guy from a cardboard box was feeling when the editor from this awesome magazine called? What the Lord can and will do when we say to him, "send me Lord instead of why me Lord"
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----The upcoming Gravedigger Shows----
(Friday August 2) (Laura Benefield) a testimony of sexual abuse. drugs,
prostitution and multiple rapes. She was so scared and courageous to
share her life with you. A real Gravedigger in depth interview.
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(Friday August 9) John Henderson a multi millionaire corporate lawyer
living with all the toys. He had it all. Prince to pauper to prince of a
disciple and now really has it all. Want to be millionaire men? Sure you
do your just talking humble if you don't, because deep inside men your
afraid of that cardboard box. Learn what not to do so you can keep it.
That's all! The Lord wants you to stop loving money not be without it.
Johnny testimony will help you.
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(Friday August 16) SPECIAL PROGRAMMING HOUR FOR THE
GRAVEDIGGER SHOW I just haven't made up my mind so close to the State Primary... I'm leaving it to my discretion.
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++Friday August 23 Join me on Atlanta Live 7-9 pm or watch the TBS
Super Seventeen Special or VOTE www.TBS17.com 8-10pm and tune back to Atlanta Live while we talk about the ministry.
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(Friday August 23) Tom Allanson (Poor Tom!) he spent 18 years in prison
for murdering his mother and father. (Poor Tom) Let's get deep into a
killers mind with a Gravedigger style interview. (Poor Tom!) what drove
Tom to it. He killed them both with a shot gun. Tom was an only child of
a wealthy lawyer and his inheritance was only a few shot gun blasts
away. (Poor Tom!) find out this week what that means! It's not what you
might be thinking.Tune in!
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(Friday August 30) rerun Mayor Shirley Franklins inaugural. Guests Mayor Shirley Franklin and plenty of comments from her supporters and guests at the ball. Let's take a peek at what they said then and now determine at the time of this airing 6 months later is she walk or talk. This could be very interesting. I personally think it's walk, but you decide
for yourself.
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(Friday September 6) Mitchalean Johnson and Beth Tumlin join me on
the set with a show topic (mothers of disabled children). What do they
face? Is it easier for a married mom? At first glance most of us think
yes, but would they neglect the husband? How do husbands react? How
much government red tape in this situation. Is there crushing remarks in
raising a child with much needed care? These are real heart warming
testimonies of some real unsung heroes. Finally on the program meet
Mitchaleans daughter and the pride of TV 57 Morgan.
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(Friday September 13) Meet two of this years Super Seventeen winners.
Tim Newbon & Rick and Sharron Padgett, both have ministries with youth and you'll love the stories from TBS Interact Atlanta (8:30am Saturdays) they have the money to do what I've always wanted to do for the Gravedigger Show real magazine type stories. However we give you what they can't give you, personal insight and in-depth interviews. We all had something in common. What is it! Find out this week it's a interesting twist.
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(Friday September 20) Meet two more Super Seventeen winners Cozell
Harris with the Fathers Resource Center and winner of the $20,000 first
prize and MaMa Grace Duke of Christian City. Cozell talks about fathers
who learn to become Dads and MaMa Grace a woman who raised hundreds of foster children that call her Mom. There both quite an example for some of us to emulate.
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(Friday September 27) a rerun It's almost time for the
elections with a little over month to go. What was the Democratic Party
doing in February to make November favorable for them? Join me on
location at the Jefferson Jackson Fund raiser dinner at the World
Congress Center. My guests were Max Cleland, Roy Barnes, Cathy Cox, Joe Lieberman, Shirley Franklin, David Burgess, Thurbert Baker to name a few.
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If you read this long update without deleting I've got a gift for you.
If you live in metro Atlanta drive out to the Car Connection in Tucker
anytime in August or September, mention the Gravedigger Show and get a free car wash. While your car is being washed take a peek around. If
your ever ready for a trade they really have lowest prices and a great
selection of cars. Ask for Michael or Vincent Tobia they know the car
business and really can get you on the road fast. Car wash or trade.
They also have a neat product called Perma Seal (no waxing for five
years. Ask about it. It looks great on my car. www.carconnectioninc.com
2558 Mountain Industrial Tucker 678 382- 1000.
I'm sure glad this is update is done for the next two months, but I've
spoiled the 2700 people in Atlanta that get it. Remember me in your
prayers I'm still living and doing this ministry on fumes.
Gravedigger Ministries 4363 Yates Rd. College Park Ga.30337

Ain't God Awesome,
Joe

Joe Oreskovich the Gravedigger here with a special invite for you and your families to attend a event (Honor your Heroes Day) at World Harvest Church 320 Hardscrabble Rd. in Roswell GA. this Sunday June 30th 10:00 am.

We will worship together including the Military, Veterans and the Fulton County Police, Fire, EMS, and Sheriffs departments. The local Roswell Police and Fire departments will be on hand as well. All kinds of apparatus with special equipment for viewing, fly overs,a fire safety house for the youngsters, food, honor guards, public safety and military heroes. I need some of my faithful viewers to be on hand to give some comments on my on location Gravedigger Show about how important it is to honor our heroes. I realise this emailing gets out to over 2700 people in Metro Atlanta so lets have some fun together. I'm looking forward to a great event and meeting some of you for the first time. Don't ever let the enemy think we've forgotten Sept 11 and were passive. Let's show our heroes we care enough to remember them. Attached is a Jpeg for directions and more information on who to contact. One nation (UNDER GOD), Joe

Hello everyone, Joe Oreskovich the Gravedigger here with a ministry update.

I have to laugh at times the way the devil tries to frustrate our ministries, work or life in general. I just finished writing a update (it took 3 hours) and was making the final touches to send you when... presto!, it disappeared off my Web TV. Gone! Lost to cyberspace, vanished. Ever have something like that happen to you? It was so hard to make myself start over again. I wanted to stop right then and put this off for another day. I knew procrastination would eventually take over. ( I'm good at that at times)

Ever have the devil knock you down, pull the rug from underneath you and then we start whimpering without getting right back up and start over again, immediately? Oh no,"I always get up its just you Gravedigger,I'm a super saint" ( yeah right!) Well I believe that someone on this mailing is going hear a personal message. Someone is being attacked by the devil, so here it is. Rise UP! GET UP!, child of God. You have been blessed with the gift of the Holy Spirit, and the only person that defied death resides in (YOU).

Think about it. Meditate on it for a moment. Tap into this power that lives within you and take authority over the situation. Conquer what's in front of you. Rise Up, child of God! Do it now! Don't quit and let (fear) and certain procrastination set in. Stop the feelings of self pity that's festering in your mind. It's your life so take charge of it. Why would you allow the devil to rent space in your head? Can he pay you any rent parking his thoughts with you? He's a freeloader. (Evict him!) It doesn't take a rocket scientist or MBA degree, to make a simple decision to let a new tenant that pays huge dividends reside with you. Stop those feelings of insecurity, rejection and frustration. Replace satan now, with FAITH. You can do it.

"I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me," should get you started. Stand up and say it out loud five times now! "I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST THAT STRENGTHENS ME" "I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST THAT STRENGTHENS ME" " I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST THAT STRENGTHENS ME" "I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST THAT STRENGTHENS ME" " I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST THAT STRENGTHENS ME"

No, don't sit in your chair. Stand up, raise your hands in the air and jump up and shout it out! Afraid someone will see you? That's the evil one, recognize the thoughts he mulls in your brain to hinder you. Do it in your car or go somewhere. DO IT! DO IT! DOIT! Congratulations, you're back on track, child of God!

Now make the call or finish the project you started. Favor like you never experienced before will fall upon you. You have just partnered with this ministry. Let me know the outcome so I can give Him glory on television. Don't forget! If you decided you really didn't need to say the above chorus out loud, or at all, lifes been good to you. You're not one of the 186,000 Georgians out of work or having to fulfill a ministry without any means of financial support, so you're in a great position to help others. Why not send a love offering to this ministry since your father has blessed you so. Now (that statement) will get the rest of you shouting with us, won't it!

We have some good programs for you over next few months. Michael Thurmond, the Georgia Commissioner Of Labor, was on the show and his department will start partnering with us. We are prayerfully going to put thousands back to work using my television airtime. More info on this will be coming out soon. For a start all job openings in Georgia and nationally are connected to my site. Go to www.gravediggershow.com and get employed. We also produced two one hour forums on predatory lending. Many people are getting ripped off from scams from lending institutions and losing their homes. How can we educate you to stop this. This is a Gravedigger Show exclusive for television. Government channels will be playing the Gravedigger forums soon. Our shows are getting some powerful information to you. Governor Barnes said allot in his latest interview on the Gravedigger Show "I listen to you often, your channel 2 on my dial" What does he know that you might be missing that makes him watch? Think about it!

Friday, May 3, Sheila Zebosnik, an associate producer of Atlanta Live, gives her testimony about incest and child molestation. How did her physical abuse mold her life? Where was God in all this? As a child she remembers pouring her parents wine out and replacing it with water hoping her mother wouldn't drive on the wrong side of the road again. She will also share with you what it feels like to be very young and sit on the street corners for years waiting for someone to come along and take her away. See what the Lord had in store for her life.

Friday, May 10, Mother Louise Reese, The owner of Atlanta's WTMN television network, shares her testimony from a poor little girl shelling peas to a multi millionaire that started many like Pat Robinson of the 700 club in christian television. Your going to hear a real faith testimony at work. Doctors said," You got diabetes Louise and we must amputate both your legs" and she replied," you see three of them"? "Well your not getting neither one of these"! Has her christian faith been enough to have her survive? You'll be blessed listening to Mother Reese.

Friday, May17, Georgia's Commissioner Of Labor, Michael Thurmon... 186,000 Georgians out of work. You'll be shocked on the influence this guy from a cardboard box has on our state leaders. Watch the Lord pour out FAVOR on this show.

Friday, May 24, A real Gravedigger Show surprise for my faithful viewers.

Friday, May 31, Pastor Mark Paschall Marks testimony shares his families loss of his son in a boating accident and the trials of non repentant killer. A legal system that seemed corrupt, put salt on the wounds and hardened his heart for revenge. This is a real Gravedigger interview with someone who really called our show for help! It get real.

Friday, June 7, Part one of the Predatory Lending Forum a Gravedigger Show exclusive

Friday, June 14, Part two and conclusion of the Predatory Lending Forum

Friday, June 21, Replay for those who missed it. ( part one) of the Predatory Lending Forum

Friday, June 28, Replay for those who missed (part two) Predatory Lending Forum

God bless, Joe

Don't miss these on location interviews with the homeless and hurting when we go on location with the Gravedigger Show this week at Inman Park Church Of God. I'll never forget this 23 year old young man who needed some christian love, but christians were just to busy eating a church meal and socializing to bother. Real people! Real Problems! A real gallon of antifreeze to end it all!

Hello Saints,
Joe Oreskovich here with ministry and show updates.

Its been a busy month with many lives coming to the Lord. First I would like to thank Donna Godbee, Don and Leila Landgrebe and Bob Rice with Southwest Christian Church my home church, for making the effort to minister to the homeless at Inman Park Church Of God on Wed Feb 13th. We had a blessed evening with thirteen men, woman and children coming forward to receive Jesus after my testimony. Some highlights of this on location Gravedigger Show will bless your heart especially when you see adults in their seventies and children as young a 9 who must endure surviving in the streets find hope.

It's hard for me to comprehend christians who won't give up their church meal or bible study to minister with us and bring hope to real people who are hurting. It's such a Godly experience that really keeps us humble and grounded in our faith. (Humble) now there's a word I like to hear explained and demonstrated from our church leaders and pulpit preachers.

The Gravedigger Show is making some headway with future productions with on-location shoots now that I've purchased a mini-dv digital camera. I take it with me everywhere. With television, unless you have a flamboyant budget it's hard to have a camera available at a moment's notice. I've missed some incredible television opportunities over the last three-plus years because many things I get involved with might not appear like a television show from the initial stages, but develop as things progress.
Even now, with so many television opportunities being captured, the extra days for editing will force us to continue showing a Gravedigger Show rerun every other week. The programs for future syndication in other cities is a major priority this year. Please bear with us!

Friday March 15
This week on the Gravedigger Show three blessed woman share their testimonies on domestic violence, child abuse and abandonment with (The Middle House) Gail Odem, Lynette Towns and Elaine Brown will have you mesmerized from their personal hardships.

Friday March 22
On location at Inman Park Church of God. This program has some very strong personal interviews. Many street survivors give you a glimpse of what they feel because of my personal testimony and the love of a few christians.Praise God for real christians that took the time to show up. Now that I have a camera with me you can see and hear the life God spared you from. .. Don't miss this!

Friday March 29
Pastors Mirek and Linda Hufton of World Harvest Church in Roswell, Ga shared their vision to the reality of a church ministry that had to endure a life ending cancer threat. This testimony will really let you know if your just playing faith in church or you have it!

Friday April 4
Senator Donzella James gives a courageous testimony.This in depth interview probed her inner feelings as a mother who lost her son to a drunk driver. Could she ever regain her senatorial composure and get over the anguish of a killer who denied his responsibility and took her sons life? (A real Gravedigger interview)

Friday April 12
Anthony Blackman (The Thug Scholar) gives a chilling account of his life walk with street gangs and violence. He was also introduced to the Muslim faith. Find out what happened to him from a very unlikely witness.. The thug scholar will also entertain you with some christian rap music.

Friday April 19
On location Gravedigger Show with the Georgia Democratic Party (The Jefferson Jackson Fund Raiser) held at the World Congress Center. Guest interviews with Joe are;

(1) David Burgess (Commissioner Public Service Commission
(2) Calvin Smyre (Chairman Georgia Democratic Party)
(3) Richard Ray (President AFL- CIO of Georgia.)
(4) Thurbert Baker (Attorney General)
(5) Shirley Franklin (Mayor of Atlanta)
(6) Maxx Cleland (US Senator)
(7) Kathy Cox (Secretary of State)
(8) Roy Barnes ( Governor)
(9) Joe Liberman (US Senator)
(10) and other political party candidates for Ga. Posts

Friday April 26
-------An under cover report---- on a Christian Car Dealer who masquerades as help in the community, but deceives many out of their hard earned money. This report is a on going interviewing process. (Note this report and show is being carefully monitored with legal representation on my request, with the hope more local victims will not be ripped off)

In case of difficulties or non completed interviews with the numerous victims,, a secondary fill in is ready. This powerful testimony from Pastor Mark Paschall who lost his son in a jet ski accident last summer shares his family trauma of a legal system that let him down and vengeance took over his heart. This testimony and interview is powerful!.

The Gravedigger Show there's no other show like it!

The Gravedigger show will continue to be played on WATC TV 57 with (3) extra time slots. Saturdays 7:00 AM
Sundays 11:00 AM
Tuesdays 10:30 AM
in addition to the two (2) standard time slots of Fridays 10:00 PM & Saturdays 4:30 PM ++ WTMN (Christian Television) will continue to play 1/2 hr versions of the same show at different times in Griffin, Newnan and Metro Atlanta area. WATC is seen on cable, free television and satellite. Were getting the extra show times because of the tremendous impact the show is having on our community. (Note) Don't get lulled into expecting to see the Gravedigger Show on these extra play schedules each week, they will change at a moment notice to be replaced by other programming that are constantly being sold to air on WATC. For the time being lets praise God together for the favor of this ministry.

(DRUG & ALCOHOL ADDICTION MONTH) on the Gravedigger Show, netted eleven (11) salvations one (1) aborted suicide two (2) aborted homicides and thirty (30) men women & children getting off drugs and alcohol and entering into recovery programs of some sort. PRAISE THE LORD!

Ninety eight (98) percent of these precious souls and their families couldn't afford a couple of thousand dollars a month for recovery centers and were referred to this ministry or watched the Gravedigger Show to get information on where to go for help. Thank God for WATC TV 57 - they believe in me, hurting and low income families need help too! That's more than I can say for some churches whose business practices of ROI (return on investment) business mentality has indiscreetly, but never up front said," If we help the hurting and the poor they will continue to come back and bleed us dry and one day they will want to join our church!" "OH MY! our congregation would leave if that happened" Remember saints, actions always speak louder than mere words!

I had the opportunity to share my testimony or speak five ( 5) times in January at churches or functions. Two of the occasions stood out above the rest. Sunday, January 20, at Red Oak Baptist Church on Washington Rd in East Point, pastor William Freeman asked me to preach the Sunday sermon, that was a first-time experience for me. Two precious souls came to know our Lord that morning - a thirty something year old man and a 8 or 9 year old little girl.

The Full Gospel Businessmen advance at Rock Eagle was another thrilling moment of my life. I, along with many others, shared their testimonies with a thousand men and with the dynamic preaching of Mark Rutland I don't know the exact count, but I would guess 100 or more men found Jesus that weekend. I will be bringing you television highlights of both of these events in the near future on the Gravedigger Show.

For those who would like to be part of winning souls with this ministry come join with us next Wednesday evening February 13 th at 7:00 pm at Inman Park Church Of God at 1083 Austin Ave (LITTLE FIVE POINTS) for dinner and soul winning at the Moreland elementary school cafeteria. This church ministers to the homeless on Wednesdays and 30-50 homeless persons will be present to here my message. We will be inside and out of the elements to eat and soul win together. This event will be televised with a on location Gravedigger Show. Pastor Doug Meeks can be contacted at 770 934 1234 for directions.

This week on the Gravedigger Show we were on location at Mayor Shirley Franklin's Inaugural Ball. We will be playing excerpts of her interview on the Gravedigger Show as well as on location interviews with police, senators city councilmen and the general public. I believe you will really be blessed by this show. This on location show is the fruit of having more time. We've had to use more reruns the early part of 2002. I'm now getting the time to go on location and get the shows produced and edited for better television. Your going to see a vast improvement of quality and original ideas now that I have a permanent camera with me and slowly learning the tricks of the trade.. We will be continue to play a rerun of the Gravedigger show every other week, so I can get 8 programs ahead in production. We now have three in the can. The quality of the shows for future syndication is of primary importance to me, because you deserve the best television I can produce.

Remember you can't win souls to heaven or comfort the hurting as Jesus commands us to do sitting every month in church making business plans trying to play church. Real church is outside your building. Try getting your hands dirty for a change and do something with your faith. Come join us wednesday or are you to busy again!

Hello Saints, Joe Oreskovich the Gravedigger here. Happy New Year to all of you. I pray the year 2002 will be prosperous for all.

This month of January the Gravedigger show we will be focusing on alcohol and drug addictions and the families it harms. We will be replaying some past programs with Dr. Scott Dunbar Part 1 & 2 starting this week with part one and adding many others over the next few weeks. Some will be new like a real AA meeting in our studio as well as past shows that fit this agenda. (A few more reruns for awhile). This will not only help millions who suffer from this disease, but will allow me to do some programs weeks in advance that can be aired later. I need to get 6-8 weeks out on my programs for allot of reasons. Too much pressure producing a new show every week with no room for Murphy's Law. Besides I haven't been able to do the things on location like I wanted, because their was no room for editing if the show aires the same week. Also the weekly show updates were taking every last drop of time in my busy week, you've might of noticed the morning hours I've had to stay up until to get it out to you. That's insane!

Pretty soon I will be able to get the show updates out monthly with all the highlights when their done and in the can. We should be on track this spring.

Direct TV satellite subscribers were calling in to the show last week. They get the Gravediggershow on 57 on the receiver. If your on Direct TV with local channels you can get us now.

Keep my brothers and sisters living in the streets in your prayers. One of my street friends died a week and a half ago, I had talked to him a few days before. He froze to death! It was on the news. It makes me more determined than every to ask you for your help this year. I'm convinced his life had more meaning and the Lord saw him a precious. If
you would have seen the look of terror on his face in the morgue, you might not claim poverty when I ask you to send a little something to keep this ministry bringing hope to the hurting. I believe the Lord raised me up out of that box for a reason. Even trash like me needed something to cling to. ( They need hope that they can see in a different life with JESUS!)