Category: Announcement

Monday Addition

“Ok, Koltyn Prayer Warriors, its 3:30 am on Monday morning , and we have raised another 2500.00 in 6 hours !! We have now raised 7700.00 of the 10,000.00 goal !! Remember, we want to SURPASS THE GOAL BY 12:00 ( Lunch ) on Monday 12/29/14 !!! LET’S ROLL FOR KOLTYN PRAYER WARRIORS !!!”

If you would like to contribute, I can steer you to the proper people.  Call me or message me.  Thanks, Anna Lee.

P.S. According to Koltyn’s dad, the medicine seems to be helping with the swelling in the eye.  Keep praying.

Monday

“For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised;

He is to be feared above all gods.   

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,

But the LORD made the heavens. 

Honor and majesty are before Him;

Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. 

Give to the LORD, O families of the peoples,

Give to the LORD glory and strength. 

Give to the LORD the glory due His name;

Bring an offering, and come into His courts.   

Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness!

Tremble before Him, all the earth.”

~Psalm 96:4-9~

I have requests concerning three of my special church friends.

  • Mrs. Hazel Smith will be having surgery in Hammond a week from today.  Please begin praying for her and her family this week.
  • Mrs. Kathryn Kuss seems to be “under the weather” again.  Please say prayers she will feel better soon.
  • Mr. Frankie Gehringer will be having another procedure.  Please pray this is effective.

Koltyn Gafford

  • We need everyone to pray right now please. They just noticed Koltyn’s right pupil is larger than the other which could me there is swelling and pressure on his brain. They gave him a dose of medicine to help with the swelling and taking him for a CT scan.  Kristin (Koltyn’s mom)

  • My wife and I can’t Thank y’all enough for what y’all have done, I am so overwhelmed that a sweet little boy can bring this much people together, I would never thought this would happen to one of ours I have always seen on Facebook or the news of other kids getting hurt or sick and it would break my heart, so you never know what life brings you, your life can change in a blink of an eye, so don’t take life for granted, love one another, keep god in your life! Thank y’all for the prayers I believe prayers do heal, god is on our team!! We all love y’all! God bless!  Brad (Koltyn’s dad)

    Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

    “Giving the Gospel Traction” – http://www.imb.org/main/lottie-moon/lmcoatworkview.asp?PageNavID=111&StoryID=13388&LanguageID=1709#.VKEXoMAAs

David worked with Judge Clayton James for many years.  Pray for all those touched by his life as funeral services are held for him this morning at Crain Funeral Home in Franklinton.

Disaster Relief – Pray for Southern Baptist Disaster Relief workers and others as they continue to work in Columbia, MS where a tornado hit last week.  May our disaster relief workers be able to share the love of Jesus for others as well as their own as the help the people to “pick up the pieces” of their lives.  Also, pray for the safety and health of all those working there.

 

Thom S. Rainer – “Eight Things I’m Praying Will Happen in Our Churches in 2015” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIHZAr0VJbM&src_vid=GtcBURtm5Aw&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_648045

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

 

Pray for the youth of the church who have traveled to Gatlinburg, Tennessee for a conference.  Pray their young lives will be molded into a God pleasing form through their experiences there.  Thank God for parents who are willing to accompany them.

I don’t know how you feel, but I was blessed by our Lottie Moon Christmas Offering speakers yesterday.  I hope you were encouraged to support our missionaries through the presentations yesterday.

Anna Lee

Sunday

Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.

~Psalm 55:22 (NIV)~

 

Koltyn Gafford

Last Saturday morning

Just wanted to update all our Prayer Warriors. Koltyn is stable now. He has a slight temp. O2 has been dropped from 100% to 70% so he is breathing a lil on his own. A second chest x-ray was taken abt 3:30 this morning and they said it looks as though there is a very slight positive change but not much. We’ll take any kind of positive change!! He is resting much easier now. Thank you all for prayers. We are extremely blessed to have such an awesome community & social media family to think of us during such a difficult time. I’m just so ready to hear that sweet lil voice call out to me.

Late last night

Koltyn is continues to slowly improve. They are slowly weaning his ventilator. His blood pressure and pulse remain stable and has not required any increase in medications. He continues to run a low grade temp which is expected under these circumstances. His pupils react to light which is wonderful. He does have some spontaneous movements. We will update you all again in the morning after his doctor makes rounds. Again we appreciate your love, calls, and prayers. Your prayers are working! …the Gaffords, Russell’s and Newman family.

Kai Harris Relan was born Christmas Eve and has needed some special attention.  His parents are Jordan and Mechelle Relan.

The baby spent Christmas in NICU at North Oaks.  He has an infection and will spend about ten days in the hospital getting antibiotics.  He has had a spinal tap to check on the infection possibly moving to the brain, but that was clear.  Now, he has been moved to intermediate care.  The parents thank those who have been praying.  It looks like Kai doesn’t have any big problems.

“RETIRED FORMER JUDGE WILL BE LAID TO REST MONDAY IN FRANKLINTON” (Judge James)

http://www.actionnews17.com/Home/retired-former-judge-will-be-laid-to-rest-monday-in-franklinton-218392

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering – “Grateful for Collective Giving” – http://www.imb.org/main/lottie-moon/lmcoatworkview.asp?PageNavID=111&StoryID=13341&LanguageID=1709#.VJ_vtcAAs

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “A Piece of the Puzzle” – http://odb.org/2013/11/13/a-piece-of-the-puzzle/
  • God has set the members,                                                                                        each one of them,                                                                                                          in the body just as He pleased.                                                                                               ~1 Corinthians 12:18~
  • “Count Your Blessings” –  http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/c/o/u/countyou.htm 

Today, as I count my blessings for another year, I am blessed in many ways.  One is extra special today!  I’m so excited.  The Hatchel family arrived mid afternoon yesterday and Boyd and Jennie will be speaking at FBC, K at 10:30 this morning.  That makes me especially blessed today!

Anna Lee

Christmas Addition

But the angel said to them, “

Do not be afraid.  I bring you good news of great joy

that will be for all the people.

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you;

he is Christ the Lord.

This will be a sign to you:

You will find a baby wrapped in cloths

and lying in a manger.”

~Luke 2:10-12~

 

Macy Gueldner

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/macygueldner/journal/view/id/549bab6bac7ee95e56089003

From Macy’s grandmother, Martha (who sat by me at Pine Ridge last night and who has been a friend since we were school girls)

Merry Christmas!!! Let us not forget that Christmas is not about the worldly gifts we receive, but about the greatest gift ever given…..Jesus Christ…. King of Kings!!!! It is not a gift you need to unwrap, it is a gift you must accept by faith. If you have never accepted this gift, I encourage you to do so!!!! It will be the greatest gift you have ever received and will last an eternity!!!!

May you center some thoughts today on the reason for this wonderful holiday!  It’s not what comes to you in fancy paper under a decorated tree, but a life that began many years ago for the purpose of providing us an opportunity to have salvation and an eternity in Heaven with the greatest family that ever existed for eternity.

Anna Lee

Happy Birthday, Jesus!

Luke 2 New International Version (NIV)

The Birth of Jesus

2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.

4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

 

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering 2014

  “Training Takes Travel and Time” – http://www.imb.org/main/lottie-moon/lmcoatworkview.asp?PageNavID=111&StoryID=13342&LanguageID=1709#.VJuh-MAAs

Boyd and Jennie Hatchel, missionaries supported through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, will share during the 10:30 service Sunday morning at FBC, Kentwood.  You are invited to join us in worship.

SBC Disaster Relief – If you are on Facebook, you may want to “friend” this group to receive updates on work in Mississippi following the tornado this week and other projects they are working on.

Recovery from the Amite Tornado – A number of groups and many individuals are helping friends, relatives, and complete strangers put their lives back together in Amite.  What a Christmas blessing they are to those who had  so much damage.

Samaritan’s Purse – I watched Rev. Franklin Graham on the Fox News Christmas Special last night.  This link takes you to that and to other stories you may be interested in.

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

 

Last night, Christmas Eve, David and I were privileged to attend a Christmas Eve service at Pine Ridge United Methodist Church.  Bro. Kevin Smith read Scriptures from Luke 2.  The familiar carols were beautiful.  Communion was special.  We held candles as we sang “Silent Night”.  What a wonderful service with a packed sanctuary.

Bro. Kevin’s message, “An Announcement from a Stable”, contained these three main thoughts.

  1. God humbled himself to be like us.
  2. Christmas is a time for family.
  3. Christmas is for everyone.

Carry those thoughts with you throughout this day!

Anna Lee

Christmas Eve

While they were there,  

the time came for the baby to be born,

and she gave birth to her firstborn,

a son.

She wrapped him in cloths

and placed him in a manger,

because there was no room for them in the inn.

~Luke 2:6-7~

 

Tornado Damage

I’m thanking God for the lives spared when the tornado hit the area of highway 16 and Chicken Farm Road just east of Amite.  These families will have much to thank God for this year.  At the same time, I pray for the families of those lost in Columbia, MS.

Aubrey Stokes’ Obituary

December 14, 1925 – December 20, 2014

http://www.crainfh.com/mobile/obituaries-details.cfm?o_id=2879304&fh_id=13316&forcelayout=mobile#obituaries

Christmas Eve Services

  • Pine Ridge United Methodist Church – 5:00 P.M.
  • Hillsdale Baptist Church – 6:30 P.M.
  • Osyka Baptist Church – 6:00 P.M.

Christmas Service

Spring Creek Baptist Church

  • 6:00 Thursday in new church facilities
  • Silent Lord’s Supper

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Great articles for the Christmas season!

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

Give so this family and other families like them can stay on the field another year to share the gospel message.

http://www.commissionstories.com/africa/videos/view/missionaries-celebrate-christmas-in-west-africa

Devotionals, Scriptures, and a Song

  • http://odb.org/2014/12/23/what-really-matters-4                                                                  ~2 Corinthians 9:15~
  • Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!                                                                                                                                              ~2 Corinthians 9:15~

 

  • http://odb.org/2014/12/24/lasting-peace/
  • He Himself is our peace,                                                                                                                                       who has made both one,                                                                                                                                 and has broken down the middle wall of separation.                                                                                                                                                      ~Ephesians 2:14~

Be sure to invite Jesus into your family time this special day!

Anna Lee

Tuesday

But when the time had fully come,

God sent his Son,

born of a woman,

born under law,

to redeem those under law,

that we might receive the full rights of sons.

~Galatians 4: 4-5, NIV~

 

“For God loved the world in this way:

He gave His One and Only Son,

so that everyone who believes in Him

will not perish but have eternal life.”

~John 3:16, HCSB~

 

Christmas Eve Services

  • Pine Ridge United Methodist Church – 5:00 Wednesday afternoon
  • Hillsdale Baptist Church – 6:30 P.M.

Christmas Service

Spring Creek Baptist Church – 6:00 Thursday in new church facilities

What a blessing!

An electrical fire at Tangipahoa United Methodist Church did no structural damage. The Tangipahoa Church will meet with the Pine Ridge Church Sunday.

What an opportunity!

Many area church collected shoeboxes of gifts for Operation Christmas Child (OCC) and are now collecting funds, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO), to support missionaries and their work.  Missionaries Boyd and Jennie Hatchel will be sharing at FBC, Kentwood at 10:30 on Sunday, December 28th.  They and their ministry, including giving out the OCC shoeboxes, are supported through the LMCO.  You are invited to join us for the service.

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering 

“Because You Gave” – a photo essay –http://www.commissionstories.com/asia/interactives/view/because-you-give-chalkboard-gives-insight-to-imbs-work

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

 

But when the time had fully come,

God sent his Son,

born of a woman,

born under law,

to redeem those under law,

that we might receive the full rights of sons.

~Galatians 4: 4-5, NIV~

“For God loved the world in this way:

He gave His One and Only Son,

so that everyone who believes in Him

will not perish but have eternal life.”

~John 3:16, HCSB~

Anna Lee

Sunday

Shout for joy, O heavens;

rejoice, O earth;

burst into song, O mountains!

For the LORD comforts his people

and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

Isaiah 49:13 (NIV)

Church News for Today
  • Line Creek
    • Santa Claus in the Fellowship Hall @ 4:30 p.m
    • Christmas Candlelight Service @ 6:00 p.m.
  • New Zion
    • Christmas Lunch following morning worship
    • No P.M. services
  • FBC, Kentwood
    • Missions March and Lord’s Supper at 10:30
    • Family Supper at 5:00
    • Candlelight caroling at 6:00
Ethel Nettles Hyde

Born: December 09, 1936
Died: December 20, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10545/id/2877718

Good Reading 

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Just the Right Time” – http://odb.org/
  • Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come.                                                                                                                                                        ~Hebrews 9:11~                                                                    And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby,                                                        keeping watch over their flocks at night.                                                                                              An angel of the Lord appeared to them,                                                                                              and the glory of the Lord shone around them,                                                                            and they were terrified.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ~Luke 2:8-9 NIV~
  • “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” – http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/t/itcameup.htm

This season is about Jesus.  Please go to Sunday School and church at the church of your choice.  Attend some special Christmas events.  Thank God for the greatest gift ever given, Jesus.

Anna Lee

Friday

I tried to publish this just before 5:00 this morning, but the rain kept the satellite from working at that time.  I think the worst of the rain is past for now.

The Word became flesh and took up residence among us.

We observed His glory,

the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father,

full of grace and truth.

~John 1:14, HCSB~

 

Please continue to pray for Andy and Betty Taylor.  They are doing a little better, but still are not well.

Miss Fay Shoemaker is scheduled to return to Kentwood today.  Pray for continued improvement following surgery.

Mr. Bobby Lawson is still at home.  Keep him in your prayers.

Melissa Simpson has developed shingles.  Pray she will have a light case.

Mrs. Kathryn Kuss continues to improve following her fall a week ago.  Pray for her to be better soon.

Please continue to pray for Mr. Alan Ray Blackwell and his family.

The Hope Center in Roseland will be open Tuesday and Wednesday next week and reopen January 6th after the holidays.

We will have our last Friday Morning Bible Study for 2014 this morning.  What a blessing it has been to be involved with this group studying the Women of the Bible.  I look forward to picking up again in January.

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

“Tending the Fire” – http://www.commissionstories.com/asia/interactives/view/plenty-of-work-to-tend-the-fire-in-South-Asia?cid=imbel

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering – FBC, Kentwood is working on filling in the fourth section of our candy cane poster.

Devotional, Scripture, Quote, and a Song

  • “The Heart of Christmas” – http://odb.org/
  • The grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant,                                                                             with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.                                                                                                                                                                ~1 Timothy 1:14~
  • “Tell Me the Story of Jesus” – http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Tell_Me_the_Story_of_Jesus/

I heard Mr. Harlon Toney tell about this song about three weeks ago, so I asked him to repeat it last night.  He told how the first verse tells of Jesus’ birth.  The second verse tells of Jesus’ life.  Verse three is about the death, while the fourth verse tells of the resurrection and heaven.  I had never had this pointed out to me exactly this way.  If you take time to go back and read or sing each verse, you will get a complete story about Jesus.

Be careful on this rainy day!   Even a rainy day is about Jesus!  Keep Him a part of your whole day.

Anna Lee

Thursday

In that day they will say,

“Surely this is our God;

we trusted in him, and he saved us.

This is the LORD, we trusted in him;

let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”

~Isaiah 25:9~

 

Mrs. Alice Faye Lee fell Tuesday night and broke her shoulder.  She saw a specialist in Baton Rouge yesterday.  Pray for her as she heals.
Clinton H. “Bud” Callihan, Sr.

Born: May 19, 1929
Died: December 16, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public:obituaries.view&o_id=2865611&fh_id=10545

Shared by my friend, Carol Bennett Sealey, who worked processing “shoeboxes” in Atlanta last week:

Just learned that yesterday the Atlanta Processing Center finished processing 1,445,117 boxes for 2014. Wow!!! That’s a lot of souls that will be touched and witnessed to. I am so excited that I was able to be a part of a group from our church that went and participated in this awesome event.

Spring Creek Baptist Church Drama Team

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoX9X46W0k&sns=fb

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

  •  Sunday, at FBC, Kentwood, we will have a missions march to show support for missionaries.  Gifts can be received at that time or later.
  • Quotes from Lottie’s time in China
    • “What we need in China is more workers. The harvest is very great, the laborers, oh! So few. Why does the Southern Baptist church lag behind in this great work?”
      Nov. 1, 1873, Tungchow
    •  “How many there are … who imagine that because Jesus paid it all, they need pay nothing, forgetting that the prime object of their salvation was that they should follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ in bringing back a lost world to God.”
      Sept. 15, 1887, Tungchow
    • “Why should we not … instead of the paltry offerings we make, do something that will prove that we are really in earnest in claiming to be followers of him who, though he was rich, for our sake became poor?”
      Sept. 15, 1887, Tungchow

Third Thursday (TONIGHT) – Tonight at 6:30 at the Alford cabin

Friday Morning Bible Study

  • Tomorrow at 10:00
  • Studying Lois and Eunice
  • Acts 16:1-3 &  2 Timothy 1:1-8

Pregnancy Testing, Questions Answered, Information Shared 

  • Friday (9:00-4:00)
  • The vehicle will be parked at Hope Center on Highway 51 in Roseland.

Baptist Press –  bpnews.net

Share the spirit of Christmas and the true reason for Christmas with someone today.

Anna Lee