Category: Baptist Press

Thursday

“I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,

that you should be for salvation

to the ends of the earth.”

~Acts 13:47~

Today, I’m going to start with a thought my daughter-in-law, Becki, shared on her blog. She periodically writes thoughts, mainly about her family, in a very special way. Read for yourself.

RelatedPeople often tell me how cute Peyton is and and as her moma I happen to agree with them. Of course when they say she also looks just like me, well…that is just icing on the cake! I mean, if she is cute and they think she looks like me…well you do the math! But seriously, I like knowing that there is a resemblance between me and her. It shows that we are related.

After hearing someone make another comment yesterday about Peyton and I, I started thinking, as tickled as I get to hear that about Peyton, how much more tickled is God when He hears that about one of His children. I want people to be able to see the resemblance between me and my heavenly Father. I want them to know that He and I are related. I just hope that He doesn’t view me as the “odd ball” family member we all seem to have.

When people look at us, do they see a strong resemblance to the Father? Do they see a little resemblance? Do they see any resemblance at all?

Cottage Prayer Meetings Tonight:

  • Mary Young
  • Andy and Betty Taylor

Many people in our church and community are in need of our prayers. I’ll remind you of a few, but please prayer for the ones I list as well as others.

  • Mrs. Annie Bell Harrell
  • Mrs. Margaret Callihan
  • Glenda Schilling
  • Joan Hagan
  • Mr. Charley Kuss

Some names from outside our community that you can also include on your prayer list

  • Mrs. Frann S. Clark
  • Mr. Riley Clark (Veteran’s Home)
  • Mrs. Lucille Pledger (moved to nursing home last week)
  • Rev. and Mrs. Landrum Salley
  • Mrs. Betty Bethel

LAST FRONTIER. Beggar children, ages 8, 9 and 11, walked several miles to get to a believer’s house. Their clothes were soaked from the long walk in the rain, as their only umbrella was broken. They had no shoes, yet their smiles were bright and wide. The believer was happy to see the children. She had not seen these children in awhile. They and other beggar children like to come to her house to get food, water, and sometimes a bath in clean water with soap. They don’t have enough money to go to school. They are unable to read. She sat with the children under the porch roof in small chairs, reading to them and serving them as the heavy rains fell outside. She prayed with them as well as gave them books and crayons. They had never had crayons before and looked at them curiously, needing a demonstration. “Lord, help these children to know You!” the believer prayed silently. Please pray with her for these children and others like them to know Jesus.

FOCUS ON WEST AFRICA: CARRYING LIVING WATER TO A THIRSTY PEOPLE. God is using churches of all sizes to evangelize and plant churches in West Africa. He continues to call out laborers into the white harvest fields of this region of the world. During the West Africa Summit in April 2008, forty-five churches made decisions to partner at some level in West Africa. Please begin now to intercede for the next West Africa Summit that will be held at First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tennessee, on Nov. 5-7. This summit has great potential for increasing partnerships between Southern Baptist churches in the United States and unreached people groups in West Africa. Ask God to once again stir the hearts of His people to bring the Good News to those without a witness in West Africa. As you remember this summit, ask Him how you, too, can be involved. http://www.gowestafrica.org/

MUSLIMS: PRAYING BEYOND THE WALL. As Muslims continue to celebrate Eid up-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of the month of fasting, pray that many will realize that all their personal efforts to win God’s favor have been futile–for man’s righteousness is as filthy rags to our holy, righteous Creator. Pray for these people to begin to seek Truth: from friends who are believers, through evangelistic literature or Scriptures they have been given, through radio or television programs, or on the Internet. Pray for Muslim men and women to seek and find righteousness, everlasting hope, and true joy in Jesus Christ–a true and eternal reason to celebrate! http://btw.imb.org/


BRAZIL. Please pray now for two very important ministry events taking place this month and next. First, pray for the Tent of Hope ministry project that will take place this month, beginning on Oct. 5. The Tent of Hope ministers to the hundreds of thousands of religious pilgrims coming to Belem during the festival of Cirio. Some walk barefoot or crawl many miles to participate in this yearly event. Pray for those from the IMB, the Brazilian Home Mission Board, and other Great Commission Christian groups taking part in evangelism and social-ministry impact events. Pray especially for the three-day My Hope Brazil (Billy Graham Association) preparations and programs to be televised on Brazilian national television on Nov. 6-8, and for many Christian homes that will invite lost friends to watch the programs with them!

PRAY TO THE LORD OF THE HARVEST (Matthew 9:36-38): JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (joh-HAHN-is-burg). A heavy burden is on the hearts of Eastern Metropolitan Evangelism Team members for the northern areas of South Africa where a multitude of people live who need Jesus. A volunteer team from Alabama joined Wade Coker on Sept. 25 and will continue ministering through Oct. 2 in the Malamulele area of Limpopo province among the Tsonga-Shangaan people. The team worked with three struggling churches to train them during a two-day conference. Now they are going out in the neighboring villages, proclaiming the gospel message of Jesus Christ. Please ask the Lord to work through His servants to strengthen these churches and to draw many to faith in Christ. Pray that the Lord will call out missionaries to serve in this area where there is no IMB missionary presence. drd5650@earthlink.net

Please pray for womens fellowship meeting on 2nd October 08.

please pray for ministry at Shenoy nagar& Red hills in Chennai India.

please visit my webpage http://www.churchofchristindias@blogspot.com

Bro. E.K. Nathaniel

Baptist Press

October 1, 2008

WASHINGTON–U.S.-Muslim engagement key to security, prosperity. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29038

MASSACHUSETTS–Boston-area Arabic Baptists ‘reaching out.’ http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29039

MICHIGAN–ELECTION 08: Mich. voters weigh legalizing embryonic stem cell research. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29040

LOUISIANA–Bayou community welcomes Baptist help. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29041

TEXAS–In Galveston, Baptists help kindle hope. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29042

TENNESSEE–Financial freedom gets New Testament boost. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29043

TENNESSEE–Navy chaplains’ requests yield Bibles, books. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29044

TEXAS–FIRST PERSON (Keith Collier): Hurricane relief showcases cooperation. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29045

KANSAS–FIRST-PERSON (Phil Boatwright): DVD addresses tough faith questions. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29047

Virginia Massey Guy
(October 9, 1936 – October 1, 2008)

Mrs. Virginia Massey Guy was born on October 9, 1936 and passed away at 6:25AM, Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at the St. Helena Parish Nursing Home, Greensburg. She was 71, a native of Mississippi and a former resident of Denham Springs and resident of Greensburg.Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

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

A J Hart
(March 24, 1956 – September 25, 2008)

A J Hart
Mr. A J Hart was born March 24, 1956 and passed away at 12:17PM on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at the North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. He was 52, a native of New Orleans and a resident of Independence. A J was the son of Mrs. Helen Johnson & late Ernest Hart of Independence. He is also survived by 3 sons, Brad Hart, Scotty Hart, & Jason Hart of Brookhaven, MS; 3 sisters, Frances Failla, Independence, Geraldine Howell, Loranger & Mary Hart, Hammond; a brother, Willie Hart, Independence; 2 grandchildren, & numerous nieces & nephews.

Preceded in death also by his 2 sisters, Peggy Hart & Sandra Sue Hart.

Visitation will be at the McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Saturday, September 27, 2008 from 6:00PM until 9:00PM and on Sunday, September 28, 2008 at the Little River United Pentecostal Church, Tickfaw, from 1:00 PM until Religious Services at 2:00PM with Rev. Adriene Spikes, officiating. Interment in the Church Cemetery.

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

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W behind Coggins-Gentry Ford.

Frances Smith Corkern
(December 6, 1944 – September 29, 2008)

Died at 6:44PM on Monday, September 29, 2008 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, LA. She was a native of Tylertown,MS and a resident of Independence, LA. Age 63 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. on Friday until religious services at 12 Noon on Friday. Interment Tangipahoa Cemetery, Tangipahoa, LA. Survived by 2 daughters, Peggy Sue Landers and Donna Marie Landers, 2 sons, James Ray Johnson and Thomas Earl Johnson, 10 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Frances Ann Johnson Golmon, parents, Roy Earl and Ollie Estell Smith, 3 brothers, Roy Earl Smith, Jr., Chester Clark and James Smith, 1 sister, Elowese Clark.

Have a terrific Thursday!

Anna Lee

Wednesday

My dear brothers and sisters,

be quick to listen,

slow to speak,

and slow to get angry.

James 1:19 (NLT)

Jason Alford said he was down to one crutch (and a knee brace?) and hopes to be free of crutches soon. Physical therapy is working! Pray for Jason as he continues to imporve and as he puts more weight on his leg and expects it to perform as if there had been no injury.

Several people have important doctor visits this week. Pray for them.

TODAY’S PRAYER
INTERNATIONAL MISSION BOARD
OCTOBER 1, 2008

“I will praise You, O Lord,

among the peoples;

I will sing to You among the nations.”

(Psalm 57:9)

WORLD LEADERS. “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence” (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Please pray today for Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung of Vietnam (southeastern Asia).

A note from Ed Cox, director of the IMB’s International Prayer Strategy Office:

Thank you so much for your faithful intercession each month for the many conferences and events hosted by the International Mission Board. May God’s blessings abound…

Thank the Lord for the 248 missionaries who will be commissioned today, October 1, for their overseas ministry assignments. They have successfully completed their eight-week field personnel orientation and will be departing very shortly. Please lift them and their families up before the Lord as they say their goodbyes. Several of the participants are still awaiting reception of their visas, and some of them have homes to sell prior to departure. Your prayers will be greatly appreciated. May the Lord show Himself mighty on their behalf…

Pray for our October 6-13 Stateside Assignment Conference, which will provide a time of debriefing, equipping and inspiration for 214 of our missionaries and 109 missionary kids (MKs). May each one of them be refreshed and renewed during these days…

Intercede for the IMB’s Global Advance Council, a gathering of key mission influencers who support the work of the IMB. Pray for Billy Hoffman and the rest of his team as they prepare for the October 8-10 event. May each participant experience safe travel and “divine leadership” as they meet together…

Ask God’s blessings on IMB home office staff as they participate in the “Lead Like Jesus” simulcast leadership conference on October 17. May our Father speak into each heart through the many speakers. May lives be transformed through the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit…

Please lift up our October 20 through December 18 Field Personnel Orientation (FPO) session. This session will group 254 of our newest missionaries and 109 MKs for a time of equipping and spiritual enrichment prior to their first term of overseas ministry. May the Lord bless them with excellent health, keen minds to learn, and open hearts to experience fully all He has planned for them during these days of orientation…

Intercede for the 34 new missionary candidates who will be attending the October 21-24 Candidate Conference. Ask the Lord to bless them with safe travel to Richmond, to guard their children from illness and accidents during their absence, to reveal His perfect plan for their lives, and to bless the consultants with an extra ounce of His wisdom. May each candidate leave Richmond with a clear understanding of where God would have him/her serve Him…

In closing, I would like to ask you to pray for God’s blessings on the IMB staff as they serve you and our missionaries with faithful and caring hearts. May they sense God’s loving presence each step along the way…


INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS PRAYERLINE
INTERNATIONAL MISSION BOARD
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

“The LORD make His face shine on you,

and be gracious to you;

the LORD look with favor on you and give you peace.”

(Numbers 6:25-26, HCSB)

Dear Intercessors, this is Eleanor Witcher of the International Prayer Strategy Office, asking you to plead for peace.

“Peace” was the number-one prayer request of the pastor of the church in an Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp just outside of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Previously the camp was located seven miles farther away, but because they were attacked by rebels, they were shifted closer. The camp is home to 60,000 people. When viewing pictures of the camp, it is apparent that the people there had little hope. Usually when photographing children, they are happy to be in pictures, but these photos were of distracted, discouraged children with few smiles. The IDP live in tents that look very much like the tops of the old covered wagons traveling the American West in the 1800s. These tents are even smaller.

The second prayer request from the pastor was for the spiritual and physical needs of the people. The planting season, May and the first of June, has long since past. They now look to plant in 2009.

The Congo Team further shares, “We have heard of a group of pastors in the East who have been called by God to take the gospel to the rebels in East Congo. Pray that God will make a way for them to share His Word and to bring salvation to these rebels. Pray also that the many, many people who have suffered at the rebels’ hands will be able to forgive them. Other positive information is being shared about good results coming from the East Congo area. Rejoice and please continue to pray!”

* Please pray with these Internally Displaced People for “peace” in East Congo.

* Ask God to provide for both their spiritual and physical needs.

* Ask the Lord to shine His face and favor on these who are suffering.

Baptist Press

September 30, 2008

WASHINGTON–Congress moves to protect unborn babies. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29029

SOUTH KOREA–Bobby Welch connects with Korean evangelicals. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29030

SOUTH KOREA–Welch encourages chaplains in Korea. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29031

SOUTH KOREA–Welch exhibits F.A.I.T.H. in Korea. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29032

TEXAS–Baptist relief at 3.7M meals & counting. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29033

TEXAS–Galveston Baptists share reports, plan ahead. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29034

LOUISIANA–Churches become post-Ike relief hubs. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29035

KANSAS–FIRST-PERSON (Phil Boatwright): ‘Fireproof’ adheres to the laws of movie-making. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29036

LOUISIANA–FIRST-PERSON (Keith Manuel): Fall celebrations. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29037

Cecil C. Little, Jr.
(February 5, 1953 – September 30, 2008)

U.S. Veteran Died at 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at Kentwood Manor Nursing Home in Kentwood. He was a native of Amite, a former resident of Roseland, a current resident of Kentwood and a U. S. Army Veteran. Age 55 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Thursday. Services conducted by Rev. Jerry Blackwell and Rev. Jason Skipper. Interment Wilmer Cemetery, Wilmer. He is survived by his parents, Cecil C. Little, Sr. and Mary Belle Little, Roseland; son, Christopher Bennett, Roseland; granddaughter, Krysta Holton; sister, Gloria D. Rowe, Kentwood; 2 brothers, Stanley D. Little, Franklinton and Larry G. Little, Prairieville. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Hulon and Irma Little and Abner and Esther Brown, Sr.

Cottage Prayer Meeting

Wednesday – Fellowship Hall

Join us as we pray for revival. If you cannot be there, pray on your own. Pray for :

  • Revival leadership
  • Musicians and choir
  • People who will be in attendance
  • Members to renew their relationship w/God
  • Those who need to form a relationship w/God
  • Follow-up after the revival

Make today another wonderful Wednesday!

Anna Lee

Monday

“As for me, I will call upon God,

and the Lord shall save me.

Evening and morning and at noon

I will pray, and cry aloud,

and He shall hear my voice.”

~Psalm 55:16-17~

Baptist Press

 

TENNESSEE–‘See You at the Pole’ gets students praying. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28988

WASHINGTON–ERLC urges stronger tobacco regulation. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28989

TEXAS–After Ike, churches assess their future. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28990

OHIO–Ike’s impact felt far beyond Texas, Louisiana. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28991

TENNESSEE–‘Hounddog’ movie depicts child rape. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28992

HAWAII–Hawaiian kids claim ‘Outrigger Island.’ http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28993

HAWAII–VBS partnership boosts sister churches. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28994

HAWAII–Mainland church travels to Hawaii for VBS. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28995

TEXAS–FIRST-PERSON (Bob Stith): Did God create Ray Boltz gay? http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28996

INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS PRAYERLINE
INTERNATIONAL MISSION BOARD
Monday, September 29, 2008

“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and freedom to the prisoners.” (Isaiah 61:1, HCSB)

Dear Intercessors, this is Debbie Cox of the International Prayer Strategy Office, inviting you to pray for those in prison.

As the big door swung closed and the keys jingled in the lock, the missionary couple and two national partners were secured in the prison for worship and praise. This was the second time in as many months, and familiar faces began coming into the room. After a time of singing, the Living Word was preached in English and Xosa, followed by prayer requests from the inmates. Only after a few hours, did the time of worship, prayers and fellowship end.

Behind these prison walls and doors at Kirkwood Prison in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, are men who know the Lord. Several have come to know Him since arriving in prison, asking forgiveness of the sins and crimes they have committed. Please pray for the group of 25-30 men who come to worship and learn more about God. Pray for those who have a relationship with the Lord; may it continue to grow and mature. Intercede for the Christian prisoners who give leadership in the prison to be bold in their conviction to follow Jesus, stay rooted in His Word, and lead a prayer life that will enable them to be beacons of light in a dark place. May they keep their eyes on Jesus so as not to become discouraged.

Please pray that this, and similar, prison ministries will continue to grow, adding souls to the kingdom of God.

Remember the families of inmates, who face many hardships without a son, husband or father.

Ask God to reveal any specific responsibility you may have in reaching out to those in jail and prison in your community or to their family members.

Deacons for the week

  • James Miller
  • Harrell Sharkey

Cottaqe Prayer Meetings @ 6:30 P.M.

  • Tuesday
  • George Eddie and Alice Fay Lee
  • Joey and Karen Miller
  • Wednesday
  • Fellowship Hall @ church
  • Thursday
  • Andy and Betty Taylor
  • Mary Young
  • Friday
  • David and Anna Lee Alford
  • Judy Fowler

Fall Revival @ FBC, Kentwood

  • October 5-8
  • Sunday @ 10:30 A.M. and 6:00 P.M.
  • Monday – Wednesday @ 6:30 P.M.
  • Dr. Preston Nix – Covington
  • Bro. Daryl Dunigan – Franklinton
  • Nursery provided for all services
  • “Ya’ll come!”

Have a marvelous Monday!

Anna Lee

Saturday

And all of you must put on the apron of humility,

to serve one another;

for the scripture says,

“God resists the proud,

but shows favor to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:5 (TEV)

Baptist Press

September 26, 2008

GEORGIA–‘Fireproof,’ on both sides of camera, promotes a biblical view of marriage. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29005

CALIFORNIA–‘Fireproof’ makes Hollywood premiere. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29006

GEORGIA–Director recounts making of ‘Fireproof.’ http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29007

TENNESSEE–REVIEW (Dwayne Hastings): If you see only one movie this year…. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29008

NEW YORK–Land joins protest of Ahmadinejad dinner. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29009

TENNESSEE–MARRIAGE DIGEST: Calif. marriage amendment supporters lead in fundraising. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29010

TENNESSEE–IN THEIR OWN WORDS: Barack Obama & John McCain on the federal courts. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29011

ARGENTINA–Towers of solitude: Reaching Buenos Aires. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29012

ARGENTINA–Getting behind closed doors in Buenos Aires. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29013

ARGENTINA–Immigrants seek work, life in the city. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29014

ARGENTINA–A proud Muslim finds the path to peace. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29015

ARGENTINA–One by one, Jews seek Jesus in Buenos Aires. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29016

CUBA–Cuba’s hurricane survivors getting Baptist relief. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29017

VIRGINIA–WORLDVIEW (Erich Bridges): Cities: challenge of a new era. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29018

LOUISIANA–FIRST-PERSON (Kelly Boggs): For naught: dinner with Ahmadinejad. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29019

 

 

Theda “Nana” Ovino
(June 16, 1929 – September 26, 2008)


Died at 7:45 a.m. on Friday, September 26, 2008 at Gulf States LTAC of Hammond in Hammond. She was a native of Piave, MS and a resident of Amite. Age 79 years. She was a member of Arcola Baptist Church. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 12 Noon Monday. Services conducted by Rev. Bob Simpson. Interment Montpelier Cemetery, Montpelier. She is survived by 2 sons, James J. Ovino, Jr., Metairie and Gregory Ovino, Baton Rouge; brother, William Newbill, Sacramento, CA; and many other loving family members. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Ovino; daughter, Sheila White; parents, George and Myrtle Newbill.



DOING

 

You probably heard about Larry Walters several years ago. Larry was a 33-year-old man who decided he wanted to see his neighborhood from a new perspective. He went down to the local army surplus store one morning and bought forty-five used weather balloons. That afternoon he strapped himself into a lawn chair, to which several of his friends tied the helium-filled balloons. He took along a six-pack of beer, a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich, and a BB gun, figuring he could shoot the balloons one at a time when he was ready to land.

Walters, who assumed the balloons would lift him about 100 feet in the air, was caught off guard when the chair soared more than 11,000 feet into the sky — smack into the middle of the air traffic pattern at Los Angeles International Airport. Too frightened to shoot any of the balloons, he stayed airborne for more than two hours, forcing the airport to shut down its runways for much of the afternoon, causing long delays in flights from across the country.

Soon after he was safely grounded and cited by the police, reporters asked him three questions:

“Where you scared?” “Yes.”

“Would you do it again?” “No.”

“Why did you do it?” And I love this response. He said, “Because you can’t just sit there.”

Now, don’t get me wrong. What Larry Walters was a terribly stupid thing to do. But I wish more Christians had the attitude that we need to do be something — “because you can’t just sit there!”

Last week, I wrote about the importance of knowing, doing and being in our Christian lives. Yesterday, I expounded on the idea of “knowing.” Allow me this morning to say a few words about the need to “do”.

James wrote, “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” (James 1:22). He goes on to describe a man who reads the Bible, but he doesn’t put it into practice. He says he is like a man who looks in the mirror. He sees his hair is messed up, he needs to shave, he has a dirty smudge on his cheek, but he goes his way and does nothing about it. Looking in the mirror has done him no good. So is the man who reads God’s Word, but makes no effort to put what he reads into practice. But, “He who looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.” (James 1:25).

In Matthew 25, Jesus described the scene of the Day of Judgment. He describes the separation of the sheep from the goats (and our eternal destiny) based on what we have done. It is clear from the words of Jesus that Christianity is a series of verbs, action words — visit, feed, clothe, go, teach, encourage, give, love.

So, what are we accomplishing for the Lord? What are we doing? The Lord doesn’t demand the unusual or the sensational, but he does expect something. What are we doing? We’re not truly living Christian lives unless we’re doing the work of Christ. We don’t just need to know; we need to do.

We need to strive for balance in our spiritual lives. There are some Christians who spend all their time learning God’s will. Constantly studying, learning, getting a handle on every obscure passage and an argument against every false doctrine. But they never get around to doing. And there are others who are busy doing good works, but they haven’t spent enough time with God’s Word to know if they’re really following God’s will. But God’s desire is that we have both knowledge and obedience:

“That you may have a walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.” (Colossians 1:10).

May God make you “fruitful in every work” as you “have a walk worthy of the Lord.”

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Reminder: On Mission in Kentwood at 8 A.M. today.

Anna Lee

Wednesday

There are three things that will endure –

faith, hope, and love –

and the greatest of these is love.

~1 Corinthians 13:13 (NLT)~

Pray for families who have lost loved ones through death recently.

  • Benefield family
  • Williams family
  • Dunn family
  • etc.

Pray for the lost family members that they may find salvation through Jesus.

  • Supply you personal family list.

Pray for many who have been housebound or requiring medical care lately.

  • Charley and Katherine Kuss
  • Nat McKinney
  • Hannah Shockley
  • Susie Wales
  • Annie Bell Harrell
  • etc.

Benefield, Jerry Nell McGeehe

East Fork Baptist Church, Kentwood, at 10:30 a.m.

Baptist Press

September 23, 2008

TENNESSEE–Hunt calls for a ‘Great Commission resurgence.’ http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28973

TENNESSEE–Excellent progress at home & abroad, Chapman says. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28974

CALIFORNIA–Calif. Southern Baptist board endorses marriage amend. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28975

TEXAS–Ike recovery heads into long-term phase. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28976

LOUISIANA–ADVISORY: Hurricane deductibles threaten church budgets. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28977

GEORGIA–Despairing refugees find hope in feeding ministry. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28978

FLORIDA–FIRST-PERSON (James A. Smith Sr.): Saudi textbooks, religious freedom and why it matters. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28979

WEDNESDAY WINDOW ON THE WORLD – September 24, 2008

SHAN DAI OF CHINA, THAILAND AND LAOS (shawn-DIE). Most of the local workers are back from traveling to test the translation made of the Scriptures and to encourage other believers. Praise the Lord for answering your prayers for their safety and success in travel. In one area, the worker discovered 100 new Shan Dai believers! This is an awesome discovery. The local church in that area has really been evangelistic, and more Dai are believing than ever before. They are hungry for discipleship and the Word in their language. There are some issues that make it difficult to minister to these brothers and sisters. Please pray that there will be good relationships with the local government, and that these people will be strong in their newfound faith.

ASHENINKA OF PERU (ah-SHIN-uh-kah). The Asheninka Strategy Group writes: “Changes in our team makeup due to a loss of national workers has led to a decrease in our activity in the vast Ucayali River area where there are many Asheninka communities in need of a witness. Pray for the Lord to send help either through national or IMB workers to renew and sustain the work of church planting in this challenging region of central Peru’s jungle.”

BIBLE SCHOOLS OF TANZANIA. You are a father of five. In the middle of the night, your family was forced to run or be killed by rebels. You all walked for days and miles, wearing only the clothes on your backs. You had no food and worried every day that your children would die. One day you arrived at a refugee camp. You had a place to live, food to eat, and medical care. There were even schools and churches. It was not home, but it was safe and there were others there like you. You became a Christian and were growing in your faith. There was even a Baptist Bible school for you to attend when God called you to be a pastor. Now they have decided to close the refugee camp. You and your family are homeless–again. You wonder, “What will we do? Where will we go? We are afraid to return to our homeland because it is still not safe. What is God thinking?” This is the plight facing the pastors of the Mishamo Baptist Bible School. Pray for these pastors, their families, and other believers who are being displaced again. Pray that they will trust in God and that they will know that He will protect them and provide for them. Pray that their faith will be strong and that they will have opportunities to witness boldly to others who have lost all hope.

  • Have you ever had to run from your home at night to save your life?
  • Have you ever had just the clothing on your back?
  • Have you ever had no food and no way to prepare food if you had some?
  • Has your church home ever had to close down?
  • Be thankful if you can answer “No” to these questions.
  • Pray for those who can answer “Yes” to all of the questions.

Have a wonderful Wednesday.

Anna Lee

Tuesday

“Well done, my good and faithful servant.

You have been faithful

in handling this small amount,

so now I will give you many more

responsibilities.

Let’s celebrate together!”

Matthew 25:23 (NLT)

 

(Can you and I expect to hear “Well done”?)

 

 

See You at the Pole
at 7 a.m. Wednesday
By Staff

Baptist Press


NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Students across the nation will gather to pray at the flagpole in front of their schools Wednesday as part of See You at the Pole, the annual student-led, student-initiated prayer event begun in 1990.

See You at the Pole — which typically takes place at 7 a.m. local time — gives students an opportunity to pray for one another, for their school and their nation, and it also allows Christians within each school to get to know one another.

The event started with a group of youth in Burleson, Texas, in 1990. This year’s theme is “Connect” — as in, connecting with God — and is based on the story of 1 Samuel 3. Samuel, organizers note, began his relationship with the Lord as a young person.

“It all started for Samuel when he made a connection with God at an early age,” a letter to students on the See You at the Pole website states. “And he chose to continue to connect with Him daily throughout his life. It’s tough being a Christian student today, isn’t it? You have to make a lot of choices about who you are — and who you’re not. You have to try and follow God in a world that misunderstands Christianity and tolerates its principles less and less all the time.”

The prayer-focused event is held at the beginning of the year intentionally, officials say, so that Christians who meet at the flagpole can then encourage one another throughout the school year.

Last year more than 2 million teenagers across the nation participated in See You at the Pole. Teens in Australia and Canada also hold their own events.

Compiled by Michael Foust, an assistant editor of Baptist Press. For more information about See You at the Pole, visit http://www.syatp.com.

I suggest you read the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) at http://www.syatp.com to learn more.

We can pray today for the success of this international time of prayer on school campuses around the world. We can support students by standing with them as they pray.

Anna Lee

If you wait for perfect conditions,

you will never get anything done.

~Ecclesiastes 11:4 (NLT)~

Kathy Dyer continues to have health concerns. She is now home recovering from surgery. Everyone’s prayers have been greatly appreciated. Please continue to pray for her and our family during this time. Matthew 18:19-20.

Jennifer Dyer

Hello,

I was reading on your site one day about vbs at first bap church,all of a sudden I thought about ritz crackers and grape koolaid and how lovely the teachers were back well over 30 years ago.then I caught myself daydreaming and woke up to say those were the great days that have passed.soooo to all you folks that have a part in vacation Bible School,at kentwood First Baptist Church,just remember a child holds fond those sweet memories that will last a liftime….hats off to all of you and GOD BLESS….Lisa Westmoreland

 

 

Don’t forget to participate in the Prayer Walking opportunity tomorrow morning at 7:30. Meet at the church. As you walk and pray, you will “sow as you go”!

 

 

 

Baptist Press

September 18, 2008

TEXAS–Families, churches pick up pieces after Ike. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28943

TEXAS–HBU adjusts to Ike’s damage. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28944

WASHINGTON–Death penalty for apostasy likely in Iran. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28945

ALABAMA–WMU launches Korean-English resources. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28946

NORTH CAROLINA–Build relationships, campus ministers exhorted. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28947

CALIFORNIA–EDUCATION BRIEFS: Speaker series launched at Golden Gate. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28948

TENNESSEE–FIRST-PERSON (Art Toalston): Hurricanes, economic upheaval & crisis. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28949

FLORIDA–FIRST-PERSON (David Burton): God’s Plan for Sharing: Jesus calls us to sow as we go. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28950

KOMpray

Kids on Mission Pray

Prayer Requests

“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

KIDS MAKE GREAT MISSIONARIES

You know, missionaries go to other countries to serve God. Many missionaries are married and have children, so their kids go live in the other country too. Well, did you know that in some places, there are more missionary kids than grown-up missionaries? Wow! The missionaries tell us that the children are very important in their work. For one thing, kids keep them smiling! The babies also get a lot of attention. The local people come up to talk and give the missionaries all kinds of ideas about how to be good parents.

Younger children play with the other children in the neighborhood. That gives missionary parents a chance to get to know their neighbors. How do older children help? They have coaches and teachers at school. Mom and dad missionaries meet the coaches and teachers and tell them about Jesus-if the older children haven’t told them first!

Missionary children know that many of their friends don’t know about Jesus. They are always praying about witnessing to their friends and teachers. Please pray for the neighbors of missionary kids, for their teachers and coaches, and for their good friends. Pray that they will hear the story of Jesus and want Him to be their Savior.

MORE PRAYER REQUESTS FROM MISSIONARY KIDS

Please pray that my family would continue to do well in Gaborone, Botswana. We recently moved there from Zambia. Please pray for school. MEREDITH, age 12, (Central, Eastern and Southern Africa)

Pray for my sisters to become believers. I like being a MK (missionary kid) because I get to go to a lot of countrys. COLBY, age 9 (South Asia)

Please pray for my neighbor because she is very sick-maybe cancer. DANIELLE, age 9 (Pacific Rim)

I really want to get into Grace (an international school). I also want to make lots of friends. Please pray for me. HOPE, age 11 (Pacific Rim)

I want you to pray for my family because we have to move and don’t know where we will go. Pray that my friends, Sana, Shafar and Nabila, will become believers. Thank you. SAMANTHA, age 10 (South Asia)

Please pray for people in my school that they will stop saying bad words. Also please pray for the Malagasy people. They believe in ghosts and spirits and that their dead ancestors live still. CALEB, age 11, (Central, Eastern and Southern Africa)

I live in a city with 6 million people. I have just moved here so I really need your prayer right now so pray for me to get accustomed to such a big city. Pray also for me because the city I live in has a really high crime rate. Thank you for all your prayers and for supporting me, thanks again. NATHAN, age 12, (Central, Eastern and Southern Africa)

Week of Prayer for the

Georgia Barnette State Missions Offering

“I feel a special calling to assist in the rebuilding of lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,” says Kelly. “Because of the great pain endured by so many, a great harvest is ready to be picked for the Kingdom of God.”

“…and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday,” Isaiah 58:10. “Because our ministry is in a city which experienced such devastation, it would seem that the scripture listed above would take on greater meaning, yet I believe the scriptures speak to a greater purpose of the Church as a whole. As with the scripture we believe and desire to join God in His plan for the nations and follow the role He desires for our particular body of believers,” reflects Kelly.

Kelly O’Connor is the pastor of Carver Baptist Mission Church in New Orleans. This church is housed on the campus of the Carver Baptist Center. “I feel a special calling to assist in the rebuilding of lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,” says Kelly. “Because of the great pain endured by so many, a great harvest is ready to be picked for the Kingdom of God.”

While Carver Baptist Mission Church is still in its infant stage, this ministry has witnessed a number of individuals receive Christ as Savior. “As a result of the salvations, we have begun to disciple many who have given their lives to Christ. One individual has really shown consistent growth in his personal character and witness. An example of his personal growth can best be described by his disposition, hunger for God’s Word, and witness to our community. He is now leading others to a relationship with the Lord,” recalls Kelly.

Please pray that lives are genuinely changed in the community surrounding Carver Baptist Mission Church. Pray for leaders who live and value integrity. Also, pray that souls will be saved and that the new believers will be receptive to discipleship.

Have a fantastic Friday!

Anna Lee

Thursday

“God reigns over the nations;

God sits on His holy throne.”

~Psalm 47:8~

Hannah Shockley is home, but will be having additional tests. Please continue to pray for her and her family during this time.

Susan Rimes’ sister, Lisa Davis, has been having some more difficult days lately. Please pray for Lisa and her family to experience God’s presence as He walks through the days with them.

A number of people are undergoing tests for various concerns. Pray for each need.

Opportunities:

  • Share group meeting 2 6:30 tonight at the Alford cabin
  • Prayerwalking in Kentwood @ 7:30 A.M. Saturday
  • OnMission in Kentwood @ 8:00 A.M. Saturday, September 27
  • Cottage prayer meetings for revival the week of September 29
  • Fall Revival at FBC, Kentwood October 5-8; Pray for those who will be in attendance.
  • AWANA is back! 4:50 P.M. Sundays

MISSIONARY PERSONAL NEEDS. Praise the Lord for His wonderful provision! In answer to prayer, God has provided the R family with a place to live during their stateside assignment. (They had to change their dates, and mission housing is usually booked years in advance and can be difficult to find.) He even gave them a home that is near their son’s college! Praise the Lord that nothing is too difficult for Him.

MUSLIMS: PRAYING BEYOND THE WALL. The 12 countries of North Africa and the 288 million people who live in them are overwhelmingly Muslim; however, there are Christians living in each of the countries. Pray for these believers to live sanctified lives that honor Christ and demonstrate His love and holiness to their Muslim family, friends and neighbors. Pray for God to use radio and television broadcasts to introduce His Word and His ways to the Muslims of North Africa. Ask God to raise up an ever-increasing group of visionary, passionate and effective witnesses and church planters to build His kingdom in North Africa. Finally, pray for North Africans to place their faith in Jesus Christ. http://btw.imb.org/

Week of Prayer for

Georgia Barnette Offering for Louisiana Missions

“My life as it was, is no more. My life is now in service to God’s message of the Gospel,” reflects Randy. “…and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday,” Isaiah 58:10. “My life as it was, is no more. My life is now in service to God’s message of the Gospel,” reflects Randy.

Randy Smith is the church planter for Cross Brand Cowboy Church in Robert. He preaches God’s Word in a western atmosphere. “This ministry is built around horses, roping, and bucking bulls,” says Randy.

Cross Brand Cowboy Church is reaching many unchurched individuals because of the cowboy activities that it offers. “Larry, who was unchurched, started coming to Cowboy Church because he liked to rope steers. He came to know Jesus as Lord and is now at church every Sunday,” recalls Randy.

Please pray for a permanent building site for Cross Brand Cowboy Church. Also, pray for the lost people in the western culture. Ask God for guidance as the leadership plants this church for God!

Baptist Press

September 17, 2008

TENNESSEE–Media takes note of Baptist disaster relief. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28936

TEXAS–Ike keeps Baptists in the kitchen. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28937

TEXAS–ANALYSIS: Market drop not a time for panic. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28942

COLORADO–ELECTION 08: Colo. ‘personhood’ amendment would answer question Roe posed. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28938

TEXAS–Engineers examine HBU complex; ETBU hunkered down for Ike. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28939

TENNESSEE–He introduces Jesus into the conversation. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28940

GEORGIA–FIRST-PERSON: Using ‘GPS’ to engage others for Christ. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28941

TEXAS–Baptists gear up to 500,000 meals a day. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28935

KNOWING, DOING, BECOMING

I heard about a story about a man whose wife wanted to buy a pet monkey. The husband protested strongly. He said, “Where will the monkey eat?” She said, “He’ll eat at the table with us.” He said, “But what will he eat?” And she said, “He’ll eat the same thing we do.” He said, “But where will the monkey sleep?” She said, “He’ll sleep in bed with us.” He said, “But what about the smell?” She said, “I got used to you, I reckon he will, too.”

So often when we think about the need for change, we are quick to think of ways that somebody else needs to change. We are much more hesitant to recognize that there are problems in our own life that need to be dealt with. But Christianity is a growing process, a process by which we are constantly looking for those things that need to be changed and improved, and then taking steps to do just that.

In the next several TFTD messages, I want to share with you some things that relate to changes that may need to come about in your individual lives. They are certainly changes that I’d like to see in my own life. In regard to our Christian lives, I think there are three areas that we need to focus on — we need to KNOW the will of God better, we need to DO more of the work of Christ, and we need to BECOME more like Christ.

Knowing, doing and becoming — I really think those are the three pillars of the Christian life. I believe that’s what Christianity is all about.

“For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.” (Colossians 1:9-10).

Do you see the ideas of knowing, doing and becoming in Paul’s prayer for the Colossians? In my next message, I’ll begin a closer look at each of these points.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Please feel free to share praises, requests, and updates. We would love to pray with you.

Anna Lee

Wednesday

Never tell your neighbors

to wait until tomorrow

if you can help them now.

~Proverbs 3:28 (TEV)~

Week of Prayer for

Georgia Barnette State Missions Offering

Day 4- Jeff Hoffman

“God has called us to minister to the physical and spiritual needs of those around us. We are seeking to apply this revelation by keeping our eye on the poor and the lost souls we come in contact with daily,” reflects Jeff. “…and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday,” Isaiah 58:10. “God has called us to minister to the physical and spiritual needs of those around us. We are seeking to apply this revelation by keeping our eye on the poor and the lost souls we come in contact with daily,” reflects Jeff.

Jeff Hoffman is the pastor/church planter at Second Chance Church in Arcadia. This body of believers seeks to reach and disciple ex-offenders for Christ. “When released from jail, persons have a difficult time transitioning into society. We try to minister to them spiritually and help restore them as productive citizens in the community,” says Jeff.

“A man recently released from jail was touched by our ministry. We made a connection with Jim through our jail ministry when he accepted Jesus as His Savior. He was very faithful to our ministry while in jail. Since his release we have helped him with life skills, family relationships, and discipleship. We’re helping him find work in the service industry and a place to live,” states Jeff.

Please pray for the leaders as they seek to provide Jim spiritual support in the days following his release. Also, pray for his daily walk with the Lord. Pray for people to be born again and to establish an abiding relationship with Jesus Christ. Pray that those ministered to by Second Chance Church will reestablish healthy relationships with their families. Pray for Jeff and other ministry leaders as they commit to accountability for themselves and for the new believers.

In connection with the Georgia Barnette Offering FBC, Kentwood will have a prayerwalk Saturday morning at 7:30 A.M. Fell free to join us as we pray for our community and our state.

I hope you will be able to find time to read some of these articles. You’ll learn of damage to Louisiana churches and possible future plans for the people. You also read comments for people you may know such as Lonnie Wascom and J.P. Miles.

Baptist Press

September 16, 2008

LOUISIANA–After Ike, churches ponder their future. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28928

TEXAS–Ike’s toll continues to unfold. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28929

GEORGIA–Hungry Georgians fed 14,000 meals by volunteers. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28930

LOUISIANA–In Baton Rouge, recovery continues. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28932

TEXAS–Houston Baptist Univ. damages: $8-10M & up. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28931

OKLAHOMA–Ray Sanders resigns Oklahoma convention posts. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28933

GEORGIA–FIRST-PERSON (Ken Weathersby): Who’s in your wallet? Laying a prayer foundation for evangelism. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28934

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Anna Lee

Saturday

 

 

“I have called upon You,

for You will hear me, O God;

incline Your ear to me,

and hear my speech.”

~Psalm 17:6~

 

 

Hurricane Ike is hitting Houston now. Please continue to pray for all the people in the path of Ike.

Pray for members of the Billy Graham Rapid Response Disaster Teams, Southern Baptist Rapid Response Teams, and others as they respond to the needs following Ike.


From Melinda Russell (Stateside assignment in Texas):

Roger and I arrived home this evening from our 13 days of traveling (taking Kyle to Union then on to visit with friends and attending a missionary appointment service in GA). We had a great time and I will share more in the October prayer letter.

I wanted to share with you two prayer requests. Yesterday Karla Geddes (Team Romania in Galati) mother went home to be with the Lord. She had been fighting cancer for ten years. Karla has been in Missouri with her mother for the past three weeks. Karla will be flying home on the 13th immediately after the service. Praise the Lord, Karla and her Mother had some very special times together these past few weeks. Pray for Karla as she makes the flight back home alone, and pray for Troy and the children in RO without her.

Pray also for the Banks family. Today/Friday afternoon (Bucharest time) Wes’ parents arrived for a two week visit from Jonesboro GA. This was Mr. Banks first visit to RO. They had left the airport and were traveling into Bucharest when they were hit head on by a car that crossed the double lines. The only one hurt was Mr. Banks. He broke his leg (compound fracture). He had broken this same leg a few years ago. He is currently in the emergency hospital. He will need surgery. They are hoping it can be done on Monday. Wes is staying with him in the hospital tonight (Friday). Pray for Charlie that he can rest well, for healing of his leg, and for a great surgeon to do the surgery. Pray for the rest of the family. As you can imagine they are shaken up. Also today the 12th is Tamara’s birthday and Coulter will be 5 on the 14th. Pray for them all to feel God’s love as he holds them in his arms.

Thank you for praying!

Love,

Melinda

Yesterday was two years since David’s heart valve replacement and by-pass surgery. We thank God for the great success for that surgery and the two great years he has had since surgery.

You may find several of these articles interesting. Note the new missionaries commissioned in Georgia – where Melinda Russell said she had been.

Baptist Press

September 12, 2008

SOUTH KOREA–9/11 remembered by soldiers in Korea. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28893

WASHINGTON–Chaplains’ freedom to pray is congressman’s concern, not retreat. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28894

TEXAS–Baptists gear up for post-Ike challenge. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28909

TENNESSEE–IN THEIR OWN WORDS: John McCain and Barack Obama on abortion. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28895

NORTH DAKOTA–N.D. woman spends $6,500 to bring ‘Fireproof’ to her town. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28896

MISSISSIPPI–Gulf Coast churches celebrate new facilities. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28897

LOUISIANA–Baptist volunteers busy in Baton Rouge. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28908

FINLAND–EKG transcends culture, Baltic missionaries told. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28898

GEORGIA–83 new international missionaries appointed. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28899

WASHINGTON–ERLC urges U.S. action on Orissa violence. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28900

TENNESSEE–INTERNATIONAL DIGEST: Saudi official kills daughter for conversion. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28901

KENTUCKY–FIRST-PERSON (R. Albert Mohler Jr.): Leading their flock off a cliff. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28902

Leon “Pete” Broussard, Jr.
(November 5, 1927 – September 12, 2008)

Mr. Leon “Pete” Broussard, Jr. was born November 5, 1927 and passed away at 12:50AM, September 12, 2008 at his residence. He is the son of the late Leon B. & Mathilda Broussard. He was 80, a native of Baton Rouge and a resident of Kentwood.

Mr. Pete is survived by his wife, Beverly Morgan Broussard, Kentwood; a daughter, Donna Blevins, Jackson; 3 step-daughters, Barbara Lee Bourgeois, Atlanta, GA, Constance “Connie” Copperfield, Tampa, FL, & Amanda Juneau, Greensburg; 3 step-sons, John Wayne Smith, Mt. Hermon, Glenn Hedrick, France, & Gary Hedrick, France; Also preceded in death by a daughter, Geraldine Lege’, a sister & 2 brothers.

A memorial mass will be Saturday, September 27, 2008 at St. Jude Catholic Church, Greensburg, at 3:00PM with Fr. Joe Camilleri, officiating.

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.

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