Prayer Focus for the Day

Today let’s remind ourselves and others this day is a celebration of Jesus!

Celebration of Jesus

Tonight at 6:00, we will have a special service at FBC, Kentwood. It is a candlelight beautiful service! It is from 6:00-6:30. We would love to have you and your family. The service is for anyone who wishes to attend. If your church is not gathering tonight, fell free to join us. See you tonight!

Read the Bible Every Day

• Christmas Eve
• Nahum 1:1-3:19
• Psalm 146:1-10
• Proverbs 31:13-14
• Revelations 15:1-16:11

Read Luke the Month

Today, we will read Luke 22.

Obituary

Mattie Purser Bishop

September 6, 1927 – December 20, 2024

A resident of Collinsville, AL and a former resident of Amite, LA, passed away on Friday, December 20, 2024 in Collinsville, AL. She was born September 6, 1927 in Hazlehurst, MS and was 97 years of age. She retired from South Central Bell with 35 years and 4 months of service and a member of First United Methodist Church in Amite, LA. She is survived by daughter, Sally Bishop Sterling and husband Ken; 2 grandchildren, William Stanley Hand and John David Hand; 3 great-grandchildren, Mary Grace Hand, Anna Leigh Hand, and Elizabeth Claire Hand. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Bishop; parents, Will and Sally Purser; sister, Mary Purser Ragland; and brother, Woodrow Purser. Visitation at First United Methodist Church of Amite from 10:00AM until religious services at 11:00AM on Friday, December 27, 2024. Services conducted by Rev. Tim Barnes. Interment Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite, LA. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

(This is the mother of my school years friend, Sally. Sally, her parents, and grandmother were always so sweet to me.!)

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Have a wonderful day. Find a way to show your love for someone who is not a member of your family.

Anna Lee