Sunday

“So they said,

‘Believe on the Lord Jesus,

and you will be saved–you and your household.’

Then they spoke the message of the Lord to him

along with everyone in his house.”

~Acts 16:31-32, HCSB~

From James Rimes:

Mike Lee’s mother passed away yesterday morning.
Mike and his wife were in Tennessee but were to get back to Amite last night.

Mildred Lee Barclay

A native and resident of Amite, she died at 8:05 a.m. on Friday, June 13, 2008, at Regency Hospital of Covington in Covington. She was 86. Mrs. Barclay was a member of Wilmer Baptist Church and Walter T. Ott, O.E.S. and was owner and operator of a dairy and cattle farm. She was known for her concern for neighbors, her uplifting laughter and being a avid reader. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Monday and from noon until religious services at 2 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by the Rev. Jason Skipper. Interment in Mulberry Street Cemetery, Amite. She is survived by her daughter, Linda Lee VanWoerkom and her husband, Rick, Waldorf, Md.; two sons, Dr. Jerry Lee and his wife, Pat, Baton Rouge, and Michael D. Lee and his wife, Theresa, Amite; a stepson, Owen Barclay, Amite; four grandchildren; a great-grandchild; devoted caregivers and friends, Bernita Mason and Lisa Henderson. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Burdette Lee; second husband, Dave Barclay; parents, Thomas and Bertha Mulina; and four brothers and two sisters.

Earl G. “Blackie” Bennett

A retired welder and member of Local Union 198, he died Friday, June 13, 2008, in his home in Baton Rouge surrounded by his family. He was 90 and a native of Amite. Survived by his wife, Hazel Hughes Bennett; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Janice Godfrey, New Jersey, Deborah and Benny Langston, Independence, Toni and Darrell Boeneke, Baton Rouge, and Carmen and Mike Henderson, Brookhaven, Miss.; son, Earl N. Bennett, Alaska; 10 grandchildren, Bonnie Ehreneperger and Chandra Kay Balter, both of New Jersey, Ben and Danielle Langston, both of Independence, Jason Lofton, Baytown, Texas, Brandon Lofton, Wallisville, Texas, Courtney and Tiffany Henderson, both of Brookhaven and Maia Weber and Shane Bennett, both of Alaska; and 15 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Clayton and Lois Bennett; nieces, Pasty Woster and Linda Binder; nephews, Bobby Joe Bennett and Rodney Bennett; very special great-nephew whom he helped raise, Taylor Bennett, of Atlanta; many other nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his parents, Frank M. and Jennie W. Bennett; sister, Merele Fortenberry; and brother, Clyde Bennett. Visitation at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., on Sunday, June 15, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Prayer given by the Rev. Bradley McKenzie and a eulogy by Pete Gremillion at 7 p.m. following prayer. Visitation on Monday, June 16, from 8:30 a.m. until religious service at 9:30 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Bradley McKenzie of First Church of the Nazarene. Graveside service at Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Arcola, at 12:30 p.m. Monday. Serving as pallbearers will be Darrell Boeneke, Mike Henderson, Taylor Bennett, Shane Bennett, Jason Lofton and Brandon Lofton. The Bennett family would like to express a special thank you to the Amedisys Hospice.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” (Philippians 2:10).
Mike Benson, Editor

IN HIS BOOK Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, Neil Postman warns us of the danger of a world of information overload…

He reminds us of a chilling futuristic vision-Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, which describes a world thoroughly flooded with information. But that data is manipulated so that none of it has any significance.

A glance at the Internet or a magazine rack hints that we are living in just such a culture. We’re drowning in a sea of information often marketed by the unscrupulous. We need discernment to choose wisely whom we will listen to.

In John 6, Jesus delivered His “I am the bread of life” message (v.35). It was a sermon so controversial that, at its conclusion, many of His followers went away and stopped following Him (v.66). They chose to stop listening to the voice of Christ. When Jesus challenged His disciples as to whether they would also walk away, Peter wisely responded, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (v.68).

In a world swamped with confusing and contradictory information, we can, like Peter, turn to Christ for wisdom. He cuts through the words of confusion with words of life. (Bill Crowder)

Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (John 6:67-69).

Remember, it is Sunday. Keep the Son in you day!

Anna Lee