Welcome to Wednesday. I hope this day will be special to you in many ways.
Today’s Verse
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance.
Colossians 3:23-24
Today’s Easter Scripture
1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:
7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”
8 Then they remembered his words.
9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.
10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.
11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.
12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
Luke 24:1-12
Prayer Focus
Several people have had or will have procedures this week.
- Cody Alford – Cut his arm; Home from hospital
- Kenny Ray Gill – Procedure on his back today in B.R.; surgery next week
- Ora Lee Wilson – Procedure in Covington today: surgery next week
- Others – Ferrie Gene Blackmon, Ginger Simmons,
- New babies in our church family – Dean and Daniels families
- More new babies coming soon
Read the Bible in 2026
- March 25
- I John 1-5
Baptist Press
Offering for Missions in North America
- Annie Armstrong Offering
- Offering can be given in any envelope by writing “Annie Armstrong ” on your check and on the envelope
Obituary
Charlie M. “Sonny” Blades
26, 1937 – March 17, 2026
A resident of Amite, LA Charlie M. “Sonny” Blades passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at Belle Maison Nursing Home, at the age of 88. He was born on April 26, 1937, in Kentwood.
Charlie was a man defined by hard work, dedication, and service. He proudly served as a Louisiana State Police trooper, a role in which he earned deep respect for his integrity and commitment to protecting others. Beyond his years in law enforcement, he was well known in the community as a dairy farmer and as the owner of Blades’ Tractor, where his work ethic and reliability left a lasting impression on all who knew him.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 47 years, Donna Blades; two sons, Darrin P. Blades and Leslie Malcolm Blades; his cherished grandchildren, Jessie Blades, Mac Blades, Whitney Boutwell, and Brandon Blades; as well as numerous great-grandchildren. He is also survived by two brothers, Louis “Frog” Blades and Rex Blades; and two sisters, Juan Potts and Peggy Givens.
He was preceded in death by his son, Brian Craig Blades; his parents, Charlie Alton Blades and Ruby Cutrer Blades; and his sister, Bernadette Blades Oliver.
Visitation will be held at McKneely Funeral Home on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. until religious services at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Amite Cemetery.
Coming Soon
- Today, we will have a workday for OCC
- Sunday evening, we will have a fifth Sunday singing followed by a meal
Thank-you for reading my post and praying.
Anns Lee
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