Tuesday

“In an acceptable time I have heard You,

and in the day of salvation I have helped You.”

~Isaiah 49:8a~

Continue to pray for

Andy Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Harrell
Mrs. Shirley Frazier
Mrs. “Bill” Hughes

Momma and Daddy are so glad Momma is home. She has an appointment this morning. Pray for us as we get her out today.

Jack F. “Jackie” Catalanotto
(March 16, 1955 – September 3, 2011)

A resident of Amite, he died on Saturday, September 3, 2011 at Grace Hospital in Morganton, NC. He was born March 16, 1955 in Amite and was 56 years of age. He is survived by his niece, Angela Catalanotto, Denham Springs; great-nephew, Tristen Barnett; great-niece, Kolbie Fairburn; a host of aunts, uncles and cousins including Anthony Conrad and Joe Conrad and their families. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Michael Catalanotto, Sr. and Mary Ann Cavaretta Catalanotto; brother, John Michael Catalanotto, Jr. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 5 p.m. until memorial services at 7 p.m., Friday, September 16, 2011.

Raoul Phillip Constant
(August 25, 1971 – August 30, 2011)

Raoul Phillip Constant was born August 25, 1971 and passed away at 6:11 p.m., Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at his residence. He was 40, a native of New Orleans and a resident of Roseland.

Raoul is survived by his parents, Michael & Germaine Dupre Constant, Sr., Kentwood; brother Michael Constant, Jr. Kentwood; half sister, Carrie Deffes, Slidell; nephew, Michael Constant, III and wife Rachael, Amite; niece, Erica Michelle Constant, Gulfport, MS; great nieces and nephews, Rico Edwards, Gulfport, MS, Carson Constant, Amite and Alley Constant, Amite; 4 aunts, Brenda Thibodaux, Holden, JoAnn Holden and husband Luther, Osyka, MS, Audrey Wright, Kentwood and Barbara Constant, St. Bernard; 2 uncles, Thomas Constant and wife Gladys, Carriere, MS and Robert Roe, St. Bernard; numerous cousins and extended family.

Preceded in death by his grandparents, Thomas & Shirley Constant and Ramond & Juanita Dupre.

Visitation will be at Kentwood First Baptist Church, Kentwood, LA on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 11:00 a.m. at the Church with Rev. Joey Miller officiating. Interment at East Fork Cemetery, Kentwood, LA.

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

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

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

William Patrick Hornsby of Gulfport, age 35 years died Sunday, September 4, 2011 in Gulfport. A native of Hamond, LA and a resident of Gulfport, MS and Kentwood, LA most of his life. He was of the Catholic faith. He was a graduate of Sumner High School in Kentwood. An avid sportsman his hobbies were fishing, hunting and martial arts. He was preceded in death by his brother, Joseph (Jody) Hornsby, grandparents, Ruth and Buford Sibley and Stanley and Eula Lee Hornsby. He is survived by his daughters, Mikhail Hornsby of New Orleans and Ashley Campo of Amite, LA, his parents Linda and Matt Schloegel of Gulfport and Ronnie and Charlotte Hornsby of Franklinton, LA, brother Hunter Hornsby of Austin, TX.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at BRADFORD-O’KEEFE FUNERAL HOME, 15th St., Gulfport. Visitation from 12:30 P.M. until service time. Interment will follow in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens. View and sign the register book at www.bradfordokeefe.com

Thank-God for His protection during Lee’s time in Louisiana. Pray for the people who or dealing with Lee’s tornadoes and flooding as well as the fires in Texas.

Anna Lee

Wednesday Evening

We got Momma home today even though she has an infection. My two sisters and I worked hard this week to make this happen. Momma and Daddy quickly got in their favorite chairs and were both very happy. I’m not sure who was most happy, but I think I was most tired. Thanks for the many prayers and kind words and deeds for us during the last two months. God has been so good to our family to allow Momma to come home.

Raoul Phillip Constant
(August 25, 1971 – August 30, 2011)

Raoul Phillip Constant was born August 25, 1971 and passed away at 6:11 p.m., Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at his residence. He was 40, a native of New Orleans and a resident of Roseland.

Preceded in death by his grandparents, Thomas & Shirley Constant and Ramond & Juanita Dupre.

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

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

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

Wednesday

Terry Bankston is home and waiting for his third surgery in about two weeks. Please keep Terry and his family in your prayers.

Continue to pray for the Felker family. B.J. is being released today. “Miss” Helen Grace is in a regular room, but not ready to come home yet.

Momma comes home today after nine weeks of hospitalization. Pray for my family. It’s going to take all of us to do what’s on our schedule today. Pray for a smooth transition today and care to go well at her home.

Baptist Press News.

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Hurricane Irene

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Make a difference in someone’s life today!

Anna Lee

Monday Afternoon

“Be anxious for nothing,

but in everything by prayer and supplication,

with thanksgiving,

let your requests be made known to God.”

~Philippians 4:6~

Sarabeth Simpson – Thank God she only had a bruise.

Last night Sarabeth fell and hit her chest on a doll house and had a bruise on the center of her chest. We spent 7 hours at North Oaks last night. The Doctor stated that nothing was broken and that she will be fine but will have a bruise on her chest for a while. Thank GOD that it wasn’t anything wrose.

Marty Simpson

It’s me again. Today, I saw the neurologist as a follow-up to Thursday’s MRI. He said I do not have Trigeminal Neurologia as we discussed last Monday, but a tumor on a nerve near the brain stem. The MRI indicates the tumor is benign. I will have a follow-up appointment after another MRI in three months.

Heart to Heart with Holley: Good things are ahead for you this week!

I open my email. I glance over my to-do list. I look at the appointments on my calendar.

It seems like it will be an ordinary week.

And yet…

Something inside me, something inside you, longs for extraordinary.

I tend to think that those kind of moments just aren’t part of our day-to-day.

What if it’s more that I’m not always looking for them?

Or that I sometimes rush past them even when they’re in my path?

I think of the story of Moses and the burning bush. Moses is in the middle of the desert tending sheep, the equivalent of being in the middle of a work day for us today. Yours might happen in a cubicle in your kitchen with toddlers around your feet, in an airport.

And right there in the middle of that ordinary, God shows up.

I love what comes next…

“When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush….” Exodus 3:4

When Moses stopped to pay attention.

When he took time to notice the extraordinary.

When he turned aside from his to-do list…God changed everything.

Yes, there are seasons when we’re simply called to be faithful, to do the simple and even unnoticed. But you just never know when it’s going to be your time for a burning bush moment. You never know when God is going to step in and do the gloriously unexpected. We don’t have to make it happen. We only have to be watchful and then willing.

It makes me smile to write these words.

Because our burning bush might be just around the corner.

Maybe today.

Maybe tomorrow.

Let’s keep watching, keep waiting–God has more than we can even imagine ahead!

Anna Lee

Saturday

“I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;

with my mouth will I make known

Your faithfulness to all generations.”

~Psalm 89:1~

According to Par, the Felker ladies are doing okay this morning,

Momma will be coming home Wednesday after two months of hospitalization! Pray for the family as we plan to care for her.

My new medication is working very well. The pain is almost gone.

Pray for the Conleay family as they celebrate the life of Mr. Bell this morning.

The Silent Witness

Devotional for Sunday, August 14, 2011 by Allan Smith

Ezekiel 3:18-19 – When I say to a wicked man, “You will surely die,” and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he will die for his sin; but you will have saved yourself. (NIV)

I often hear from Christians that they are satisfied to be just a silent witness. But is that enough?

Let’s listen in on a court case involving the questioning of a witness.

Clerk: Mr. Jones, please take the Bible in your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Witness: Yes I do.
Attorney: Now, on the evening of the alleged crime, you were very close to the crime scene. Is that right, Mr. Jones?
Witness: Yes, sir, I was.
Attorney: And would you please describe to the court what you observed.
Witness: Well, I always take my dog for a walk in that area. I believe that it is important for upright citizens to walk their dogs regularly.
Attorney: True, Mr. Jones, but did you see anything of importance to this case?
Witness: Yes, but I’m not at liberty to share what I saw at this time.
Attorney: I see; you witnessed the crime and choose to remain silent about it?
Witness: Yes, that’s right.
Attorney: Then, you are of no use to this court. You may step down. My next witness, please!

It’s obvious from this court dialogue that the witness had valuable information for the case but was reluctant to share it.

If we are satisfied with just showing others around us what a good person we are, without sharing salvation through Jesus, I feel we miss the boat.

There are lots of unsaved people that we know who live good lives and serve their community well. But they are not required to share the gospel — we are.

Yes, we must exhibit a godly life in service to those around us and pray for the Holy Spirit to open their hearts. But let’s be sensitive to God’s leading and open our mouths to share Jesus with them. Let us not be silent witnesses.

Prayer: Father, many times, we reluctantly hold back from speaking to others about Jesus’ great salvation. We who have surrendered our lives to Him have the blessed assurance of heaven when we die; may we not keep it to ourselves. Holy Spirit, revive the desire in us to see souls saved so that their blood will not be on our hands. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

Allan Smith
Innisfil, Ontario, Canada

Wednesday

“When they went from one nation to another,

From one kingdom to another people,

He permitted no one to do them wrong;

Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,

Saying, ‘Do not touch My anointed ones,

And do My prophets no harm.’”

~Psalm 105:12-14, NKJV~

Mrs. Ann Chapman requests prayer for the areas of our country that are too day. We can add the area that is expecting Hurricane Irene, the area that recently flooded and the area the experienced an earthquake yesterday. Much is happening!

Andy and Betty Taylor are dealing with Andy’s pain from the accident and two surgeries. Keep them and other family members in your prayers.

Our grandson, Mason, broke his arm late yesterday afternoon while riding his scooter at NOBTS. He has a brace on in now and will get a cast in a couple of days.

Daddy will be seeing a doctor about a medication side effect today. Pray for the doctor’s decision in how to best hand this problem.

Pray for the Conleay family as they make funeral arrangements today.

Make time for God in your day today!

Anna Lee

Tuesday Addition

From Melissa Johnson

Please add Delton Davis and Lynette Davis to the prayer link. I just got off the phone with Barbara their daughter and she said her Dad is very sick and is home resting but now all he does is sleep. Mrs Lynette will be having open heart surgey tomorrow at 7 a.m. in Covington. This family needs our prayers with both of their parents sick………

I also spoke to Wanda Bridges and her (Mom) Mrs Velma Anthony is having tests at North Oaks tomorrow morning. Please be in prayer for Mrs Velma.

Mr. Bill Conleay passed away. He will be missed by many people. Randy Conleay’s surgery may be promising. I’ll post an obituary later.

I would appreciate continued prayers for my family. Momma has improved, but is not well enough to come home. My appointment yesterday confirmed my self-diagnosis. Pray for me as I have started medication and will have an MRI Thursday.

Monday Addition

Last week, I asked for prayer for a dental appointment concerning an on-going problem. Once again, no dental problem could be found. Please pray for me as the search for the problem continues this afternoon. Your prayers will be greatly appreciated.

Sunday Afternoon

Pray for Mrs. Evelyn Bridges who is still trying to recover from a recent fall.

Continue to pray for Mrs. Shirley Frazier who is still seeking a diagnosis and treatment.

We moved Momma to North Oaks Rehab today. She’s in room 1713. Hopefully, after 7-10 days there, she will be ready to come home. Thanks for your many prayers for our family. We have come a long way since the last of June.

Doris Crittenden Garner
(December 17, 1927 – August 21, 2011)

A resident of Kentwood, LA, died at 6 a.m on Sunday, August 21, 2011 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, LA. She was born December 17, 1927 in Magnolia, MS and was 83 years of age. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., Monday, August 22, 2011, and from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m .Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Services conducted by Rev. Kevin Smith. Interment Tangipahoa Cemetery, Tangipahoa. Survived by husband, Edward Garner, Kentwood, son, Richard Garner, Jr., Kentwood, brother, Roy Edward Crittenden, Kentwood, 6 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-granddaughter. Preceded in death by son, Ronald “Ronnie” Garner, parents, John Crittenden and Nancy Chisholm Crittenden, brother, Carl Crittenden, grandson, Douglas Garner, and great-granddaughter, Olivia Bailey.

Sunday

“Let us examine our ways and test them,

and let us return to the Lord.”

~Lamentations 3:40 NIV~

Lay Renewal

The Lay Renewal will continue this morning at FBC, Kentwood and will conclude with tonight’s service.

Bill and Randy Conleay

Please keep Randy Conleay in your prayers tomorrow morning. He will be having surgery on his back to try and remove some of the pieces that are pressing on the spinal cord. Hopefully, this will increase feeling in the lower body that is paralyzed. Bill remains about the same. He is still in ICU at North Oaks while Randy is in ICU at OLOL.

Dr. Danny Smith

Spring Creek Baptist Church will be celebrating Bro. Danny’s 20th anniversary as pastor today. They will have Sunday School, 11:00 worship, and dinner on the grounds. You are invited to attend.

Momma

Pray for my family, especially Momma, as we move her to North Oaks Rehab today. Pray for a smooth transition.

Thought for the Day: The Brevity of Life by Alan Smith

The court jester was overcome with grief. His world was at an end! For a long time he had served the Caliph at Baghdad and his court, keeping them amused whenever they called upon him. But in a moment of thoughtlessness he had displeased his ruler who had ordered that he be put to death.

“However,” said the Caliph, “in consideration of the merry jests you’ve told me all these years, I will let you choose how you are to die.”

“O most generous Caliph,” replied the jester, “if it’s all the same to you, I choose death by old age!”

I suppose, if given a choice, that’s the choice all of us would make. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), though, that choice is not ours to make. We know (all too well) the fragile nature of life. And perhaps it is for the best. If we were guaranteed 90 years on this earth, we would be mighty tempted to wait until the last year or so to get serious about God (just like putting off those term papers in college!). With a realization of the uncertainty of life, we recognize the need to be prepared at all times.

“LORD, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my days, that I may know how frail I am. Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, and my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor.” (Psa. 39:4-5).

May you be prepared for the joys that await when this life is over!

–Alan

Have a great “Sonday”!

Anna Lee