Author: Anna Lee

Monday Afternoon

Fredrick “Freddie” Porter
(October 1, 1942 – February 27, 2012)

Fredrick “Freddie” Porter was born October 1, 1942 and passed away at 4:50 a.m., Monday, February 27, 2012 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was 69, a native and resident of Hammond, LA.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Interment in Spring Creek Cemetery, Kentwood, LA.

An on-line-Guestbook is available at www. mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N (Exit 46) and Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash, Bond Eye Clinic and Holiday Inn Express.

Monday Midday

From Ashley Raborn

Please remember to keep Sammy Ott in your prayers. He is back at MD Anderson this week, where they will be starting a new type of chemo tomorrow. Please keep him and Tammy in your prayers.

From Frima Kay Schneeweiss

Donna just called me and is taking mom (Mrs. Pauline Strickland) back to the hospital by ambulance this morning with difficulty breathing. Billy (Billy Carl Strickland) is suppose to find out today results of MRI to see if he starts chemo and radiation or just chemo. Also, Don’s sister in New Jersey will probably need a kidney transplant and Don may be a suitable donor. Please keep us all in your prayers. Thanks for your concern.  I miss y’all too!

Monday

“Teach a youth about the way he should go;

even when he is old he will not depart from it.”

~Proverbs 22:6, HCSB~

Continue to pray for Jimmy Schwartz and Mrs. Katherine Sanders who are at North Oaks.  Thank God for all the qualified medical people at church yesterday who stepped up to help when needed.  What a blessing to have had them there to begin helping immediately.

Mrs. Barbara Erwin is having some problems walking.  Pray she only overdid it last week and that she doesn’t have a bigger problem with her artificial hip.

The Beth Moore study of James is in week two.  Last night four additional people joined us.  I’m already looking forward to the Thursday night group.

Thought for the Day: Storms of life

The following quote comes from Kim Sherer:

“One night while my young son, Ryan, was sleeping, a storm began brewing outside. After a loud clap of thunder, I heard him wake up so I headed toward his room to comfort him. He asked me to stay with him until he fell asleep. As I lay there I realized he hadn’t asked me to make the storm go away, but to stay with him. How many times, I wondered, have I asked God to take away the storms of life, when instead I need to ask him to stay with me and help me weather them more peacefully?”

What a beautiful thought!

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4)

Father, we do indeed pray for your comforting presence in the storms of our lives. As much as we might desire for the storms to go away, it is much important to us that you remain with us and see us through the storms. Thank you for your assurance that you will do that for us. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
White House Church of Christ
White House, Tennessee

Have a wonderful Monday.  Remember, He is with you during the storms of life!

Anna Lee

Evening Updates & Additions

Jimmy Schwartz is dehydrated and will stay overnight.  Additional testing will be done tomorrow.  He’s in room 4020 at North Oaks.

Mrs. Katherine Sanders is in room 3115B at North Oaks.  Her hip is fractured.

Mrs. Shirley B. Frazier and her brother, Kenneth Birch, both are continuing to have back problems.

Please be in prayer for all four of these people.  As you pray for them pray for their families and caregivers.

Sunday Early Afternoon

Jimmy Schwartz became ill during church this morning.  One of his sons says Jimmy is having some tests run, but it seems he will be okay.

Mrs. Kathrine Sanders fell after church and has been taken to North Oaks.  I’ll post more about her condition later.

Chase Sharkey was injured on his job last week and very seriously injured a couple of fingers.  Please pray for them to heal well.

Sunday Morning Addition

From Becky Graham Purvis

My heart breaks for the Wimberly family. Samuel went to his Heavenly home last night. Please remember them in your prayers. Also remember Jeremy (Purvis) and Sarah as they minister to a group of shocked and devastated students. Specifically, pray for Jeremy, for strength and words to comfort, as he speaks to a prayer gathering of students on the football field at 9:30 – Samuel played football for the PBS Eagles. Life is precious folks!

Samuel was the seventeen year old son of the pastor of Parkway Baptist Church. Pray for his parents,  Colin and Gina, his siblings, and the Parkway church and school family.

Sunday

“If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

~John 8:31b-32 NKJV~

Lindsey Sanders is doing much better, but more tests are doing done to evaluate her heart problem.  Keep praying.

Mike Moore of West Monroe, will be leaving Monday for Menphis where his cancer behind his eye is evaluated now that surgery has been done.  Please pray for Mike, his family, his friends, and those treating him.

Baptist Press

http://www.bpnews.net/

Please continue to pray for the many grieving families.  Our area has experienced a number of deaths in the last month or so.  Grieving is not over when the memorial service is completed.  Friends and church families mean so much at such times.

Beth Moore sessions for week two.

Sunday at 4:30

Thursday at 6:00

Come early and enjoy visiting with members of your small group.  If you missed the first session, you are welcome to join us now.  I will schedule a time to show session one again.

Thought for the Day: Missed opportunities

The story is told of a young man who wished to marry the farmer’s beautiful daughter. He went to the farmer to ask his permission. The farmer looked him over and responded, “Son, go stand out in that field and I’m going to release three bulls, one at a time. If you can catch the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter.”

The young man stood in the pasture awaiting the first bull. The barn door opened and out ran the biggest, meanest-looking bull he had ever seen. He decided that one of the next bulls had to be a better choice than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull pass through the pasture out the back gate.

The barn door opened again. Unbelievable. He had never seen anything so big and fierce in his life. It stood – pawing the ground, grunting, slinging slobber – as it eyed him. Whatever the next bull was like, it had to be a better choice than this one. He ran to the fence and let the bull pass through the pasture, out the back gate.

The door opened a third time. A smile came across his face. This was the weakest, scrawniest little bull he had ever seen. This one was his bull. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just right and jumped at just the exact moment. He grabbed… but the bull had no tail!

Life is full of opportunities. Some will be easy to take advantage of, some will be difficult. But once we let them pass (often in hopes of something better), those opportunities may never again be available.

The same thing is also true of opportunities to serve Christ. God often opens doors — opportunities to speak up for Him, opportunities to minister to someone who is hurting or in need, opportunities to make an influence on the world around us. If we allow them to pass by (perhaps because we are waiting for something easier to come along), we may miss out on them altogether.

“Continue praying, keeping alert, and always thanking God. Also pray for us that God will give us an opportunity to tell people his message.” (Col. 4:2-3a, NCV)

“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.” (Gal. 6:10).

May you take advantage of the doors God opens for you this day!

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
White House Church of Christ
White House, Tennessee

Reach out and catch the opportunities you have before you this week.

Anna Lee

Saturday Midday

Glenn Ray Phillips
(September 13, 1958 – February 24, 2012)

A resident of Kentwood, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2012 at Lallie Kemp Medical Center in Independence. He was born September 13, 1958 in Independence and he was 53 years of age. He is survived by his two daughters, Amber Phillips and Ashley Billings; one son, Joseph Phillips; fiancé, Paulette Simmons, all of Kentwood; step-daughter, Mindy Simmons, Tickfaw; two sisters, Louise Causey, Amite and Liz Phillips, Holden; two brothers, Joe W. Phillips and James Phillips, both of Amite; 10 grandchildren, Nicholas Castella, Montana Billings, Colton Phillips, Zola Billings, Mason Billings, Zayne Phillips, Aliesa Warwick, Brookley Simmons, Sydni Brown and Dustin Carter; great-grandchild, Brogan Welch. He was preceded in death by his parents, J. L. and Bertha Lee Phillips; sister, Irma Bennett; two step-children, Deana Warwick and Clifton Simmons; granddaughter, Kallie Brown. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Sunday and from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Monday, February 27, 2012. Services conducted by Rev. James Phillips. Interment will be in New Zion Cemetery, Kentwood. One online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Saturday

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.

Do what it says. 

Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says

is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and,

after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 

But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom,

and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard,

but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.”

~James 1:22-25 NIV~

Jadon’s Story keeps getting better and better.  Thank-you, Jesus, for all you have done in this young life, in this family, and in the community of people who have prayed for Jadon.

http://jadonsisstory.blogspot.com/

Missionary Blog Digest: Expect the unexpected

http://missionaryblogdigest.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/expect-the-unexpected/

Samaritan’s Purse: Overcoming stigma with love

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/Samaritans_Purse_Today/

Operation Christmas Child: Stories

http://feeds.feedburner.com/shoeboxstory

I trust you will take time to read some on each of the four sites I listed here today.

To God be the Glory!

Anna Lee