Saturday

“Whoever wants to be great must become a servant.”

~Mark 10:43 MSG~

CaringBridge Sites”

Baptist Press

November 19, 2009

WASHINGTON–Pro-lifers: Senate health bill unacceptable. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31722

WASHINGTON–D.C. suit asks for voter input on ‘gay marriage.’ http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31723

LOUISIANA–La. Baptists express CP support. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31724

WASHINGTON–Northwest Baptists welcome 13 churches. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31725

GEORGIA–Churches become ‘Missionary Encouragers.’ http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31726

LOUISIANA–CP VIEWS (Reggie Bridges): Cooperating for missions. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31727

INDIANA–CP VIEWS (Paul Brewster): My two cents worth. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31728

TEXAS–FIRST-PERSON (Penna Dexter): ENDA VS. religious liberty. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31729

KOMpray (Kids on Mission Pray)
November 20, 2009

“Let the little children come to Me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these,” Luke 18:16b

Thanksgiving Dinner

Have you ever heard of the country of Bhutan?  When you say it, it sounds like boo-TAHN.  Look it up on a map, and you will find it close to India, Bangladesh and Nepal—way over in the eastern part (the right side of the map). Most of the people are Buddhist, not Christian.

There are many people from Bhutan who have moved to the United States.  About 300 live near Richmond, VA, and lot live in Texas.  Maybe there are Bhutanese (boo-TAH-nees) people living in your city too…

Christians are going to invite some of these Bhutanese people to their houses to have Thanksgiving dinner with their families. They will eat turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy.  The people from Bhutan like chilies in their food so maybe they will slip some hot chilies in the dressing!

Pray for the families that invite these Bhutanese people into their homes. Pray that they will explain that Thanksgiving is a holiday when we give thanks to God for His blessings.  Pray for the people from Bhutan that they will want to learn more about God.

Guess what? I’m praying for you too—praying you will have a GREAT Thanksgiving and that you will say “Thank You” to God lots of times for all the wonderful things He is doing for you.

Prayer Requests from Missionary Kids

Pray that the International School will be able to start their campus in Kuala Lumpur.  MA, age 12 (Southeast Asian peoples)

My family has just moved to a new village in Niger.  Already the Lord has brought me many new friends and I love to run up and down the paths in our village.  Today we had church in our front yard and many people came to hear us sing and tell stories from the Bible.  Please pray that they might come to understand the love of Jesus. NOAH, age 3 (Sub-Saharan African peoples)

KneEmail
“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor
FAITH IS INDISPENSIBLE in the lives of individual Christians (Hebrews 11:6)…
Faith is also the vital ingredient for church growth.  The words “faith” and “belief” are used almost 500 times in the New Testament.  No individual or congregation can ever be great without faith!
The contemporary religious scene offers no shortage of church growth experts who tout a wide variety of leadership styles, management plans, and growth strategies for building bigger, better, more exciting churches.  In the final analysis, however, real growth in any congregation will never rise above the level of faith of its membership and leadership!
How can you determine whether or not a church possesses genuine faith?
A church with faith is a working church. James says, “But someone may wells say, ‘You have faith and I have works’; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works” (James 2:18).  A church’s faith is measured by the energetic service, involvement, and sacrificial commitment of its members.  Faith finds a way!  We must dream, but we must also work our dreams!
A church with faith has its heart on God. We must never leave God out of the picture.  Too often we talk of future plans and needed works as though God were not even involved.  We conclude that some things are “impossible” or “out of the question” because we have eliminated God from the discussion.  We made the mistake of trying to calculate the future of the church with an adding machine and a slide rule, without leaving room for God!  We may plant and water, but it is God who gives the increase!
Genuine faith is highly visible — it can be seen!  Our problem is that we try to build churches the wrong way around — we want the results of faith without the rigors of faith!  But faith cannot be counterfeited or imitated.  It must be real to produce real church growth!  Bobby Dockery
KneEmail: “So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” Romans 10:17

Dorothy Courtney Stevens
(October 16, 1921 – November 20, 2009)

Dorothy Courtney Stevens

“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; When adversity takes the place of prosperity; When friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; When trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.” – Washington Irving

Mrs. Dorothy Courtney Stevens was born October 16, 1921 and passed away at 2:45 a.m., Friday, November 20, 2009, at Hood Memorial Hospital, Amite. Mrs. Dorothy was 88, a native and resident of Amite.

She is survived by daughter, Margaret Ann Stevens McCoy and husband Bobby R. McCoy, Baton Rouge; son, Larry Earl Stevens and wife Cindy Dees Stevens, Amite; three grandsons, David McCoy and wife Rene, Prairieville; Derek McCoy and wife Shirley, Baton Rouge; Robbie McCoy, Baton Rouge; two granddaughters, Kimberly Stevens Guillory and husband Heath, Ponchatoula; Kristen Stevens, Amite; three great-grandchildren, Madeline, Patrick Wallace and Evangeline McCoy, Prairieville; sister, Margaret Courtney Stevens, Amite.

Preceded in death by husband, Wallace Earl Stevens; parents, Harney and Bessie Shumway Courtney; brother, Norman Courtney.

Pallbearers are David McCoy, Derek McCoy, Robbie McCoy, Ray Bellot, Gerald Melancon, Paul Johnson, and Charles “Butch” Slade. Honorary pallbearer is Greg Dreher.

Visiting at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Monday, November 23, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m and on Tuesday, November 24 from 8:00 a.m. until Religious services at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Mike Foster officiating. Interment in Stevens Cemetery, Amite, LA.

An on-line Guestbook and to view a Memorial Video Tribute is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash & Bond Eye Clinic.

Have a great day preparing for the Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

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