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Sunday

If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ,

if his love has made any difference in your life,

if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you …

agree with each other,

love each other,

be deep-spirited friends.

~Philip. 2:1-2, Msg~

Please continue to pray for the following people and their families.

Mrs. Faye Price
Mrs. Margurite Vernon
Mrs. Della McDaniel
Rev. Butch Reviere
Chuck Pittman
Mrs. Kathryn Sanders
Dr. Earl Council
Mrs. Ann Chapman
Tiffany B. Currier
Kathy Wales
Caleb Estay
Mrs. Jeanette McGehee
Mrs. Avis Sullivan
Bert and Vivian Newton
Mr. “Cete” Dillon
Bobby Simpson
Mr. Joe and “Miss” Othell Williams
David Allen
Curt Allen
Robbie Lynn C. Kirby
Mrs. Betty Bethel
Mr. Orin Davidson
Jimmy Schwartz
G.G. McElveen
Robert Ricks

CaringBridge Sites

Nichole Renee’ Minor
(January 17, 1979 – December 10, 2009)

Nichole Renee’ Minor was born January 17, 1979 and passed away December 10, 2009 at her residence in Natalbany. She was 30 and a native of Baton Rouge.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

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

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

Alvin Beaujeaux

(September 6, 1950 – December 11, 2009)

Mr. Alvin Beaujeaux was born on September 6, 1950 to Alvin and Lucille Keating Beaujeaux and passed away on December 11, 2009 at 10:28 P.M. at LSU Health Systems-Bogalusa Medical Center in Bogalusa, LA. He was 59, a native and resident of Bogalusa, LA

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.

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

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

Flick

FLICK “THAT’S TONIGHT at 8 on ABC…”

Flick. “A high pressure system is moving in.” Flick. “He kicked the ball wide of the goal!” Flick. “I’ll take ‘World History’ for $600, Alex.” Flick. “In the news today…” Flick.

What’s happening? It’s a TV viewer giving the thumb a good workout with the remote control, looking for something to watch, filtering through the maze of choices.

Each time we stop on a channel, we’re made a choice. We’re making a decision to allow that program to influence us in some way. But are we being discerning? Are we using our time wisely and beneficially? Will what we watch build us up or tear us down? Sometimes we need to simply click the TV off. (Dave Branon)

“For you were once darkness,

but now you are light in the LORD.

Walk as children of light…

proving what is acceptable to the LORD”

~Eph. 5:8, 10~

Associational Lottie Moon Christmas Tea

First Baptist Church, Amite

Saturday, December 19,2009

2:00 P.M.

Sign a list at your church or let me know by Wednesday. All girls and ladies are invited to attend and celebrate the life of one of the pioneer missionaries to China. Attend and be blessed.

Have a wonderful Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Posted by Mike Benson

Thursday

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father

and of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit.”

~Matthew 28:19a~

Continue to pray for Mr. “Cete” Dillon. He’s not well yet.

Pray for Rev. Butch Reviere as he has a MRI today and meets with his doctor tomorrow.

Mrs. Margurite Vernon of Arcola is in ICU at North Oaks. Pray for her and for her family as they continue to help care for her.

Tiffany B. Currier

The second try to open a valve did not work. Pray for Tiffany as she takes blood thinners and waits to see if her body will solve this problem on its own. Pray for Tiffany as she lives daily with this health concern.

CaringBridge Sites

KneEmail

“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

THE BIBLE ACKNOWLEDGES the problem of anxiety…

An awful lot of people’s answer to anxiety is medication. I certainly don’t want to make light of the very serious issues of anxiety with which many people must cope in their lives. Often, medication must be a part of the response. Peter shows us something important, though. He calls on us to cast our anxieties on Christ because He cares for us. There is an answer for our anxiety and it’s found in Christ. But notice what else we learn from this context.

Starting in 4:12, Peter begins mentioning the suffering Christians must endure. It begins here with the “fiery ordeal” and goes on to talk about suffering as a Christian in verses 14, 16, and 19. Then, in chapter 5, he picks up the theme again in verses 9 and 10. This discussion in chapter 5, though, is also where Peter talks about Satan as a “roaring lion” prowling about, seeking someone to devour (v. 8). It is just prior to this that Peter says we should cast our anxieties on Jesus because Satan is looking for victims and immediately following encourages us to resist him, knowing the “same experiences of suffering” is common to Christians throughout the world (v. 9).

Anxiety is a weapon in Satan’s arsenal. Often it does come from the suffering we must endure as Christians. If we think we’re going to be able to reach a state of zero anxeity we’re mistaken. Paul does tell us to be anxious “for nothing” (Philippians 4:8). But, he goes on to tell us to do the same thing Peter does. Paul says pray about it, Peter says give it to Jesus: same thing. We have responsibility here. We must resist Satan. We must look to others who are also suffering.

We mustn’t give up and give in to anxiety. It is a real, everyday issue to be faced by Christians because Satan will use it to devour us. (David Deffenbaugh, Bill McFarland)

“Casting all your care upon Him,

for He cares for you.”

1 Peter 5:7

LOTTIE MOON (Part 3)

Lottie extended her work into the interior, especially P’ingtu and Hwangshien, until additional missionaries arrived to carry on the work. Only then did she allow herself to take a much-needed furlough, the first in 1892, and the second in 1902. Lottie was very concerned that her fellow missionaries were burning out from lack of rest and renewal and going to early graves. The mindset back home was “go to the mission field, die on the mission field.” Many never expected to see their friends and families again. Lottie argued that regular furloughs every ten years would literally extend the lives and effectiveness of seasoned missionaries. (Today missionaries get a furlough roughly every four years.) She also took a month of rest during the year.

The War with Japan (1894), the Boxer Rebellion (1900), and the Nationalist uprising (that overthrew the Qing Dynasty in 1911) all profoundly affected mission work. Famine and disease took their toll, as well. When Lottie returned from her second furlough in 1904, she agonized over the suffering of the people who were literally starving to death all around her. She pled for more money and more resources, but the mission board was heavily in debt and could send nothing. Mission salaries were voluntarily cut. Unknown to her fellow missionaries, Lottie Moon—the Southern belle who was once described as “overindulged and under-disciplined”—shared her own meager money and food with any and everyone around her, severely affecting both her physical and mental health. In 1912, she only weighed fifty pounds. Alarmed, fellow missionaries arranged for her to be sent back home to the United States with a missionary companion, but she died on Christmas Eve on board ship in Kobe Harbor, Japan. Her body was cremated and the remains returned to loved ones in Virginia for burial.

Since her sacrificial death at the age of seventy-two, Lottie Moon has come to personify the missionary spirit for Southern Baptists and many other Christians, as well. The annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for Missions has raised a total of $1.5 billion for missions since 1888 and finances half the entire Southern Baptist missions budget every year.

http://www.trailblazerbooks.com/books/Moon/Moon-bio.html

Mrs. Willie Mae Page Lee
(December 29, 1922 – December 9, 2009)

Mrs. Willie Mae Page Lee was born on December 29, 1922 and passed away at 4:55 a.m. on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at Golden Age Nursing Home in Denham Springs. She was 86, a native of Mer Rouge, LA and a resident of Denham Springs.

Mrs. Willie Mae is survived by 5 daughters, Margaret Ann Lee, Albany, Barbara E. Collier, Ponchatoula; Sue L. Glass and husband, Bobby, Denham Springs, Pattie Page Lee, Sharon, TN, and Cara W. Fonrouge and husband, Pete, Albany; 3 sons, Percy Truman Lee and wife, Jackie, Healey Field, MS; Mickey Lee and wife, Sandy, Kentwood, and Billy Lee and wife, Annette, Independence; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by her parents, Bunyan and Dora Thompson Page; previous husbands, Percy T. Lee and Lonnie E. Williams; 3 sisters, Evelyn Hudson, Fannie Lee Allen, Lois Carrier; 4 brothers, Hirm Page, Edwin Buck Page, Robert C. Page and Harold Page.

Visitation will be at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. until Religious Services in the Funeral Home Chapel at 1:00 p.m. with Bro. Jessie Tate officiating. Interment in the Loranger 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 Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Bill Hood Chevrolet.

Pray for the Wilkinson family as they have final services for Billy Wilkinson today.

Merry CHRISTmas!

Jesus is the reason for the season!

Anna Lee

Tuesday

From Bill Frazier

Please add Laken Parker to the prayor list, He is just 17 years old and the doctors told him today that he would totally lose his sight. Please pray that the doctors are wrong, and something can be done.

I also had a message yesterday from Laken’s grandfather requesting prayer for this situation.

Wallace B. Carney, Sr.
(September 10, 1926 – December 7, 2009)

U.S. Veteran Wallace B. Carney, Sr. was born September 10, 1926 and passed away at 11:30 p.m., Monday, December 7, 2009 at his residence in Tunica, LA. He was 83 and a native of Independence, LA. Mr. Wallace was a retired security officer from Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and also served our country during WWII in the US Army.

He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Eva Mae Jones Carney, Tunica; 2 daughters, Ann Carney Lane and husband, Michael, Amite and Denise Carney Lemoine and husband, Donald, Mt. Hermon; 2 sons, Wallace “Sonny” Carney, Jr. and wife Nancy Ritchie, Tunica and Johnny Carney and wife Alana Courtney, Tunica; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild; numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents Alex Bradford and Lillie Ballard Carney; a sister, Eloise Mamie Carney Lilly; 2 brothers, Herman Redell Carney and Glen Leland Carney.

The family would like to extend special thanks to Jess & Jerry Ridgedell, Malcom “Coon” & Kathy Willson, David & Jane Regan, Senior Hector Barrios, P.T. and to all those who helped care and pray for Mr. Wallace when he needed it most. Also a special thanks to Pinnacle Home Health and Dr. Medina & Staff.

Visitation will be at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Friday, December 11, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. until Religious Services at 12:30 p.m. Interment in Ford Cemetery, Independence.

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

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Bill Hood Chevrolet.

LOTTIE MOON

Southern Baptist Missionary to China

Lottie Moon was born in 1840, third in a family of five girls and two boys, on the family’s fifteen-hundred-acre tobacco plantation known as Viewmont. Her father, Edward Moon, was the largest slaveholder (fifty-two slaves) in Albemarle County; he was also a merchant and a lay leader in the Baptist church. But Lottie was only thirteen when her father died in a riverboat accident.

The Moon family valued education, and at age fourteen Lottie went to school at the Virginia Female Seminary [e.g. high school] and later the Albemarle Female Institute, where she earned both her bachelor’s and Master of Arts degree in teaching. A spirited and outspoken girl, Lottie was indifferent to her Southern Baptist upbringing until her late teens, when God touched her heart during a spiritual revival at Albemarle.

There were precious few opportunities for educated females in the mid-1800s, though her older sister Orianna became a physician and served as a Confederate doctor during the Civil War. Lottie helped her mother maintain Viewmont during the war, once hiding the family silver in a field from approaching Union soldiers, but when the threat evaporated, she was unable to find it again.

After the Civil War, Lottie taught at female academies first in Danville, Kentucky, and later helped set up Cartersville Female High School in Georgia. The school was thriving academically (though not financially) under her leadership as associate principal when she felt a quite different call: to go to China as a missionary.

Single women on the mission field? Most mission work at that time was done by married men. But the wives of China missionaries T. P. Crawford and Landrum Holmes had discovered an important reality: Only women could reach Chinese women, and they needed help. To everyone’s surprise, Lottie’s younger sister Edmonia accepted a call to go to North China in 1872. Lottie followed a year later. She was thirty-three years old.

(To be continued tomorrow)

I saw photos of the Lottie Moon Tea at FBC, Ponchatoula. It was beautiful! I’m looking forward to the Lottie Moon Tea at FBC, Amite on the 19th at 2 P.M. All ladies and girls are invited to attend. Just let me know so I can put your “name in the hat”.

Merry CHRISTmas!

Jesus is the reason for the season!

Anna Lee

Monday Evening

URGENT PRAYER UPDATE
IMB
DECEMBER 7, 2009

AFRICA. Thank you for your continued prayers for the national Baptist partners in a southern Africa country that you are lifting before the Father’s throne. Strong disagreements have resulted in false accusations, police intervention, and upcoming court appearances. Despite the daily “bad” things that are happening, good things are happening each day as well! God is in control, and He will overcome. As you are able, please pray these promises over the entire issue: 2 Chronicles 20:15; Joshua 1:9; Isaiah 43:1-2; Psalm 121:7-8; Psalm 120:1-2; Psalm 33:10, 11, 18-22; Matthew 16:8; Ephesians 6:12; Romans 8:28; Jeremiah 29:11; 2 Peter 2:9; Psalm 37:3-9, 23-25; Matthew 10:18-20, 26; and 2 Corinthians 4:7-10, 15-18. Thank you for praying!

Billy L. Wilkinson
(June 7, 1941 – December 5, 2009)

Billy L. Wilkinson was born on June 7, 1941 and passed away at 10:25 a.m., Saturday, December 5, 2009 at MD Anderson Medical Center, Houston, TX. He was 68 a native of McComb and a resident of Fluker.

Mr. Billy is survived by 2 daughters, Ginger Darlene Gaskin and husband Geoffrey, Newnan, GA and Misty Rae Nichols and husband Josh, St. Clairsville, OH; 2 sons, Patrick Shane Wilkinson and wife April, Fluker and Benjamin David Wilkinson, Kentwood; 2 sisters Barbara Jo Williamson, Collins, MS and Brenda Rollinson and husband James, Smithdale, MS; brother, Thomas Merle Wilkinson and wife Donna, McComb, MS; 6 grandchildren, Jordan, Kadence, Owen, Isabella, Gracie and Adalena.

Preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Darlene Wilkinson, father, William H. “Willie” Wilkinson, “Paw Paw Wilk”; mother, Eva Mae Sanders; step-father, Stanley Sanders.

Visitation will be at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Thursday, December 10 from 8:00 a.m. until Religious Services at 1:00 p.m. Interment in the Roberts Cemetery, Osyka, MS.

Pallbearers will be Marvin Zeigler, Rudy Landry, Doug Gardner, Don Kent, Eric Kent, Benji McNabb, Audie Braase, and Walter Doty.

Special thanks to cousin Beverley Stewart of Osyka. We know the sacrifice you made to put our father’s care first in your life. There are no words that can say how much we thank you & love you for being there for us and him when his care was needed most. Also for providing our dad with a spiritual guidance each and every day.

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

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Bill Hood Chevrolet.

Monday

You became imitators of us and of the Lord;

in spite of severe suffering,

you welcomed the message with the joy

given by the Holy Spirit.

And so you became a model to all the believers.

~ 1 Thessalonians 1:6-7 (NIV) ~

Dr. Earl Council is in Ruston to get some units of blood this morning. Pray the doctors will soon determine the problem so it can be addressed.

Mrs. Kathrine Sanders has appointments scheduled for this week. Pray for her and Alice Mary this week.

Caleb Estay was continuing to do well. He may be able to go home real soon. Pray for Landon and Alyshia as they care for him that they will have wisdom and confidence.

From Mrs. Ann Chapman

Dear Family and Friends,
Wanted to let you know the halo is gone…Praise God! I now have a neck brace on. I have to wear it 24/7, no removing. I will go back to the doctor in six weeks for an X-ray. The brace certainly feels better than the halo. The halo had a vest, lined with lamb’s wool, that went down to my waist. I now feel like I can fly, I feel so free and light. The brake is healing, but not well…please keep praying.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Love,
Ann

Continue to pray for Mrs Faye Price and her family. Pray for energy to continue to face each hour of each day.

Pray for the sweet Morris family as they have the wake and celebration of Wayne’s life this morning at Kedron. I thank God for allowing me to teach with Cora and to teach three of her four children.

Billy L. Wilkinson
(June 2, 1941 – December 5, 2009)

Billy L. Wilkinson ws born on June 2, 1941 and passed away at 10:25 a.m., Saturday, December 5, 2009 at MD Anderson Medical Center, Houston, TX. Mr. Billy was 68 and a resident of Fluker.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

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

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W behind to Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Bill Hood Chevrolet.

Pray for the Wilkinson family as they have services for Billy.

A church mobilized

When God’s people pray, the Gospel can penetrate difficult places. Just ask members of Beulah Baptist Church in Hopkins, S.C.

Beulah Baptist is a 200-year-old church that averages about 275 people each Sunday. In 2007, pastor Brad Bessent led the congregation to begin praying about partnering with the International Mission Board. They specifically prayed about adopting an unreached people group, those with an evangelical presence of less than 2 percent.

Through prayer the church recognized and answered God’s call to take responsibility for spreading the Gospel among the Bambara. The Bambara are a West African people group of 6 million — nearly all Muslim.

Working together with IMB missionaries Steve and Susan Roach, the church set its sights on a village of about 3,000 Bambara in Mali. There were no evangelical churches in the village and no known Christians.

Short-term missions teams from Beulah continued praying for the people and visiting their village every six weeks. They openly shared the Gospel with anyone willing to listen.

After nearly two years of prayer and 12 trips to the village, Beulah Baptist witnessed more than 100 Bambara come to faith in Christ.

“I’m convinced that God called every one of us to fulfill the Great Commission,” Bessent says.

“If we don’t get our churches mobilized, there are going to be millions of folks who continue to die and spend eternity in hell because nobody told them about Jesus.”

Pray
Pray for more churches to catch the vision of adopting an unreached people group and having a part in bringing them to Christ.

CaringBridge

Remember to collect blankets, hats, and gloves for distribution to the homeless in New Orleans. You can learn more about needed ministries there through http://www.brownbagsforjesus.com.

Another reminder is the Lottie Moon Christmas Tea on December 19th at 2 PM at First Baptist Church, Amite. Let the church know is you will be able to attend.

Thanks for praying today. Your prayers mean so much to so many people. If you have praises, updates, or requests to share, please contact me through this site.

Have a great day remembering that Jesus is the reason for the season!

Anna Lee

Sunday

“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion?

Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life.

I’ll show you how to take a real rest.

Walk with me and work with me-watch how I do it.

Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.

I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.

Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

~ Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG)~

Ethel Mae Durbin Bourgeois
(September 26, 1923 – December 4, 2009)

Died at 7:00PM on Friday, December 4, 2009 at Lane Regional Medical Center in Zachary, LA. She was a native of Montpelier, LA and a resident of Zachary, LA. Age 86 years. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Sunday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 10 a.m. Monday. Services conducted by Rev. David Luce. Interment Montpelier Cemetery, Montpelier, LA. Survived by her husband, Percy Bourgeois, Zachary , 2 daughters, Gloria Mobley and her husband, Andy, Calhoun, and Susan Durbin, West Monroe , daughter-in-law, Jennifer Bigner Durbin, Amite, 2 step-daughters, Linda Redden, Watson, and Susan Simpson, Baton Rouge, grandchildren, LaDonna Coleman Bender and her husband, Mike, Keller, TX, Clint Coleman and his wife, Tammy, Calhoun, Scott Coleman and his wife, Tracey, Plattsburg, NY, Mellissa Durbin Leto and her husband David, Sr., Amite, Kimberly Durbin Curry and her husband, Stephen “Nim”, Hillsdale, John Daniel Durbin and his wife, Andrea, Gulfport, MS, Ken Rogers, West Monroe, and Nichole Smith and her husband, Cody, West Monroe, 18 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandson, Preceded in death by, first husband, Leland J. Durbin, Sr., and son, Leland J. Durbin, Jr. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Clint Coleman, Scott Coleman, Ken Rogers, John Durbin, David Leto, Jr., and Clinton Coleman.

Peoples of the Canary Islands

Pepe and Shari Lopez (names changed) rely heavily on relationship-building to enhance their ministry opportunities in Fuerteventura, one of seven Canary Islands located off the west coast of Africa.

Many islanders are immigrants from northwest Africa who have come looking for a better life in the European Union. Some enter the country legally, while others go a more dangerous route on rickety boats or makeshift rafts.

Earning these people’s trust is a lengthy process, but the Lopezes have found that providing free, no-strings-attached services — such as teaching — help tremendously. Shari leads multilingual children’s camps, and Pepe teaches a free Spanish class. Omar, a Muslim, is one of Pepe’s most dependable students. Because of Pepe’s dedication and free teaching, the trust level among his students has skyrocketed — especially with Omar.

The friendships built during the classes and camps have helped Pepe and Shari reach areas of the community that previously would have been nearly impossible.

Pray
Pray that Pepe and Shari will continue building deep relationships with fellow islanders.

Because you give
“The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is our ‘life support.’ We could not live, function or remain here should Southern Baptists not be praying for us all the time,” Pepe says. “We are the tangible extension of your life and your ministry. So much of what we see around us — schools, hospitals, people and government … they are all in dire need of the Gospel. How could we continue to reach out to them if you do not pray and give?”

Don’t forget to bring your blankets, hats, and gloves to me so I can pass them on to Dena P. Simmons. She’s going to work through BrownBagsandJesus.com to get these into the hands of the homeless in New Orleans who live under a bridge.

Catalog

TIS THE SEASON to receive catalogs in the mail….
Every trip to the mailbox ends with an armload of slick holiday catalogs. Each one claims to offer me something I need–immediately. “Don’t wait!” “Limited offer!” “Order now!”

The lure works. I open the pages to discover what I didn’t know I needed. Sure enough, I see things that suddenly seem essential, even though a few minutes earlier I didn’t know they existed. Manufacturers use catalog illustrations to create desire for their products.

In a way, Christians are God’s catalogs. We are His illustration to the world of what He has to offer. His work in our lives makes us a picture of qualities that people may not know they need or want until they see them at work in us.

As you browse holiday catalogs, consider what the “catalog” of your life says about God. Do people see qualities in you that make them long for God? (Julie Ackerman Link)

“You are our epistle written in our hearts,

known and read by all men.”

~2 Cor. 3:2

Posted by Mike Benson

Jesus is the reason for the season!

Anna Lee

Friday Night

Kenneth Wayne Morris, Sr.
(August 20, 1941 – December 4, 2009)

Kenneth Wayne Morris, Sr. 68, passed away peacefully in the early afternoon of December 4, 2009 surrounded by his family at his home in Amite. He was born in the Woodland Community August 2, 1941. Mr. Wayne served as a Deacon of Kedron Baptist Church, a graduate of SLU with a degree in Biology and a Master’s Degree in Administration and Supervision, and was a retired dairy farmer.

He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Cora Strahan Morris, Amite; 3 daughters, Debra Morris Pizza and husband Joey, Hammond, Donna Morris, Amite, and Kim Morris Sims and husband Shane, Brandon, MS; 12 grandchildren, John, Joede & Little Joey Pizza, Ricky LeBlanc, Gabbie Morris, Trey, III, Kaitlin, Nicole, & Austin Morris, TJ, Tyler Grace and Baby Sims; numerous niece & nephews.

Preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Wayne Morris, Jr.; parents, Alton and Alma Lee Sharkey Morris; 2 brothers, Alton Morris, Jr. and Danny Morris.

Visitation will be at McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Sunday, December 6. 2009 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Monday, December 7, 2009 at Kedron Baptist Church from 8:00 a.m. until Religious Services at 11:00 a.m. with Bro. Jake Williams officiating. Interment in the Kedron Cemetery.

An on-line Guestbook and to view a Video Tribute is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W behind to Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and Bill Hood Chevrolet.

Pray for this sweet family. Wayne fought a long hard battle. He’s now in his heavenly home!

Friday Afternoon

Pray for the Carter family as they travel to Kentwood for the memorial service of Jean C. DeMauro.

Will you please add our family members that will be traviling tomorrow in the rain/snow that will be coming for the service.

Just a rmember that the memerial service will be tomorrow at 2 at Woodland.

Thank you ,
Lawana

Two requests from Melissa Johnson

Please pray for Morris Stickland and Timothy (Bull) Popwell. Mr Stickland is in a Covington, La Hospital and Bull is in a Hattisburg Ms hospital.
They need our prayers……

Thursday

In response to all he has done for us,

let us outdo each other in being helpfuland kind to each other

and in doing good.

~Hebrews 10:24 (TLB)~

David Allen got a release to go back to work. Thank God for his return to better health. Pray he gets better and better.

Mrs. Ann Chapman had her halo removed yesterday. She still wears some of the other “equipment”, but will get her next halo in heaven. Thank God for her progress.

Mr. Cete Dillon is doing better. If all goes well today, he may come home today or tomorrow. Keep him in your prayers.

Pray for Robby Lynn C. Kirby. She’s been having health issues again.

From Faye Raborn

Update on Malaysia Garner..remember she was born October 1 and weighed 1# after losing some ounces in the first few days and now tops the scales at 3# 6oz. The Lord surely has His hand on Malaysia and the medical staff in Jackson who care for her 24 hours a day. Many medical problems still prevail. We know God performs miracles far beyond our understanding. Bryan and Donisha THANK everyone for prayers that have been sent up for their precious little baby girl. Please continue praying and believing in the days ahead as Malaysia faces her struggle each day.

CaringBridge

Another former student:

William Charles Langston, Sr.
(December 11, 1958 – December 1, 2009)

U.S. Veteran William Charles Langston, Sr., 50 years old, was born December 11, 1958 and passed away sometime in the early morning hours on December 1, 2009. As my father’s daughter, I know that if he had the chance, these are the words he would say in parting: To my darling wife of 24 years, Lydia Ockman Langston, you are the love of my life. You made me the man I am today, a man I hope you were proud to call your husband and the father of our children. To my son, William Charles Langston, Jr., you have made me prouder than you will ever know. No father could ask for a better son. Give Heather Bentivegna Langston, my daughter-in-law, a kiss and always treat her right. To my daughter, Evangeline Alanna Langston, Daddy’s Baby Girl, I have not abandoned you. Just wave when you pass over a bridge and know I’m waving back. To my step-daughter, Melanie Howell Foreman, her husband, Tommy Foreman, and my four grandchildren, Layla, Morgan, Elizabeth and Johnny, I’m watching over you. To all of my family: I know you’ll cry. I know you’re sad, but I’m Home now with my Maker and Protector. I love you and will miss you. One day, I’ll welcome you Home, too. Also lovingly survived by mother, Annie Juanita Langston, 79, and two brothers, Carl Benjamin Langston, Sr. and Donald Langston, two sisters, Carloyn Langston Athey and Catherine Langston Thomas, mother-in-law, Helen Price Ockman, 79, and many nieces, nephews and in-laws. Preceded in death by father, Carl Avery Langston, Sr., one brother, David Langston, and father-in-law, Earl Antoine Ockman. He was a U. S. Navy Veteran and for the past 12 years was a Tug Boat Captain for River Parish/Moran Towing Company. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Thursday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 10 a.m. Friday. Interment Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite, LA. He was a Husband, Father and so much more. Daddy, we love you.

Vietnamese of Cambodia

Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, is dotted with numerous floating villages occupied by much of Cambodia’s Vietnamese population. Because so many Vietnamese are fishermen and find it difficult to gain land rights in Cambodia, they prefer to live on the water in tight-knit communities. They take care of each other — from sharing generated electrical power to caring for one another’s children.

Most residents in the floating village of Kbal Taol had never heard the name of Jesus — but that changed in March 2008. A Christian worker named David* visited the villagers to tell them about the One who is a fisher of men. During one of David’s many visits a Vietnamese man named Tim* became especially interested, so David gave him a Bible. On one of David’s subsequent visits, Tim invited David to his home for dinner.

After dinner, the talk turned to spiritual things. Tim had begun reading the Bible David gave him and had many questions. Around 3 a.m., Tim accepted Christ.

“That is the longest visitation I’ve ever had,” David said with a smile.

Tim is the first believer in Kbal Taol. By God’s grace, he will not be the last.

Pray
Pray that other Vietnamese in Kbal Taol and surrounding villages will be open to the Gospel and will put their faith in Jesus Christ.

KneEmail

“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10

Mike Benson, Editor

J. EDGAR HOOVER ran the FBI, no question about it…

As a result, almost all of his subordinates were on the lookout for ways to impress their powerful boss. A young FBI man was put in charge of the FBI’s supply department. In an effort to cut some costs and impress his boss, he reduced the size of the office memo paper. One of the new memo sheets soon ended up on Hoover’s desk. Hoover took one look at it, determined he didn’t like the size of the margins on the paper, and quickly scribbled on the memo, “Watch the borders!”

The memo was passed on through the office. For the next six weeks, it was extremely difficult to enter the United States by road from either Mexico or Canada. The FBI was watching the borders. Why was the FBI watching the borders? They thought they had received a warning from their chief. But they hadn’t. They had transformed an innocuous comment into a solemn warning. Steve Farrar

“Therefore each of you must put off falsehood

and speak truthfully to his neighbor;

for we are members of one body.”

Ephesians 4:25 NIV

Have a great day!

Anna Lee

Tuesday

We who are strong in the faith

ought to help the weak

in order to build them up in the faith.

~Romans 15:1~

From Caleb Estay’s grandmother, Annette

I’m just getting home and settling in. Caleb Landon Estay made his arrival at 10:43 a.m. Weighing 6lbs, 3 oz. 19 in long. He’s absolutely gorgeous, of course I think he looks like Landon. He will be having surgery about 12 noon tomorrow to repair the mylemeningocele. Thanks to everyone for your prayers, it means so much to me.

Caleb is in NICU at the hospital where Annette works! Keep praying.

Pray for Mr. Cete Dillon. He’s not feeling his best.

Butch Reviere has more tests this week and next week and then meets with his doctor on Friday. Keep him on your prayer list.

Pray for Bert Newton of Roseland. He’s having an angiogram today.

Pray for Mr. Joe and “Miss” Othelle Williams. They are both pretty well homebound. Thank God they have a son who is able to stay with them and care for them.

Mrs. Della McDaniel continues to improve. Keep her on your prayer list a little longer.

Chuck Pittman is thankful for your prayers and continues to covet them.

Kathy Jo Thompson of Amite had to have surgery at Bethesda, Maryland. Read her CaringBridge journal to get an update. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kathyjothompson

William “Gene” Cox, Sr.
(August 25, 1941 – November 30, 2009)

William “Gene” Cox, Sr. was born on August 25, 1941 and passed away at 11:45 a.m., Monday, November 30, 2009 at his residence in Walker, LA. He was 68 and native of Antlers, OK.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

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

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N and Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash and the new Hood Automotive.

Mary “Claire” Doize Capdeville
(December 8, 1918 – November 26, 2009)

Mrs. Mary “Claire” Doize Capdeville, on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2009 passed away at the age of 90, at the Gallatin Health Care Home in Tennessee. A native of New Orleans, she lived in Amite, LA and Bethpage, TN. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Harold “Ace” Capdeville and her son, Harold “Rocky” Capdeville, II. She is survived by her daughters, Carolyn Diann Brunet and Mary Eliza “Beth” Strahan, 10 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, a sister, Doris “Dot” Thompson of Amite, and a loving family and devoted friends. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 1 p.m. on Wednesday until religious services at 2 p.m Wednesday. Services conducted by Deacon Michael Agnello of St. Helena Catholic Church, Amite, LA. Interment Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite, LA.

Week of Prayer for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering – Day Three

Lezghi people of the Caucasuses

Fear of the supernatural is part of daily life for the Lezghi people, who make their homes in the Caucasus Mountains of Central Asia and Eastern Europe.

Though they profess to be Muslim, nearly all Lezghi wear amulets or charms to ward off evil spirits; broken teapots hung from homes and thorns hung from vehicles’ rearview mirrors serve the same purpose. Holy places called pirs (pronounced peers) provide Lezghis a place to offer sacrifices and consult witch doctors to garner favor with spirits.

Most of the more than 650,000 Lezghis have never heard the Gospel. Southern Baptist workers Carl and Amy Stroller (names changed), from Wake Forest, N.C., are working to change that.

But progress is slow and there are few workers. Carl and Amy have served among the Lezghi for more than 10 years and seen little results. But that doesn’t stop them from sharing.

Today the Strollers are busy nurturing a Lezghi church they helped start and are looking for new opportunities to tell others about Jesus. Despite the challenges they face, they remain faithful to the task.

“The biggest hardship working with the Lezghi is their overall resistance to the Gospel,” Carl says. “We thought these people only needed to hear about Jesus and they would start coming to faith. Their eyes have truly been blinded.”

Pray
Pray that God will open the hearts of the Lezghi and protect the Strollers from discouragement.

Baptist Press

November 30, 2009

VIRGINIA–IMB reports 500,000 baptisms in 2008. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31778

VIRGINIA–Missionaries see first fruits. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31779

WASHINGTON–Critics: Dom. partners bill undermines marriage. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31780

CANADA–Canadian church of 50 makes film. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31783

ALABAMA–Churches sponsor film, bring it to local theaters. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31781

WASHINGTON–Man conscious during 23-year ‘coma.’ http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31782

CALIFORNIA–FIRST-PERSON (David Jeremiah): Your faith, on trial. http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31784

Dena Potts Simmons has asked our help with a project called Brown Bags and Jesus (http://www.brownbagsandjesus.com/). Her son, David, is collecting new and used blankets, hats, and gloves for the homeless who live under the Claiborne bridge in New Orleans. The items will be given out on Christmas Eve. If you want to help please bring me the items you have. I will pass them along to her.

We have all heard about the homeless who live under the bridge. I checked out the site and hope you do too. Then, gather up the items you wish to contribute.

This could be one of the most meaningful gifts you will give this year! Don’t miss this opportunity.

Thanks for your many prayers today!

Anna Lee