Category: FBC

Thursday

“Then He said to His disciples,

‘The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.’”

~Matthew 9:37-38~

Mr. Raymond Anthony is home again.  Please continue to pray for him and his family.  Caregivers often are not remembered in our prayers.

Larry Watts is improving.  Pray for his continued improvement.

Mrs. Shirley Frazier will be seeing a doctor in Baton Rouge today.  Pray she is better after she has this procedure.

Mrs. Mary Alice Blackwell and her family need your continued prayers.  Don’t forget the fish dinner to help defray some of her expenses.  Tickets are available at FBC, Kentwood for the August 18th lunch.

Bock Sims continues to be in rehab in Lincoln, Nebraska.  Please pray for improvement.

Don’t forget the revival at Bethel Baptist Church for the remainder of the week.  Dr. Joe Baugh is the speaker.  Everyone is invited.

Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day

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Have a terriffic day!

Anna Lee

Friday

“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power and the glory,

the victory and the majesty; for all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours;

Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted as head over all.”

~1 Chronicles 29:11~

Please continue to pray for Ms. Grace Helen Smith.  She’s been sick for a long time.

Please add Mrs. Hellen Morris to your prayer list if she is not there already.

Mr. Morris Easley is very sick.  Please pray for him and for his family.

My thoughts – 

In less than a month, Roseland lost three well known and  much loved ladies – Judy Hendry Pritchett, Elizabeth Bethel Bennett, and Marsha Chambers Bankston.  Please pray for the families, but also realize life is fragile.  Also, Marsha and her mother, Mrs. Vera C. Hayden, passed away in a short period of time, less than three months.

After death comes, it is too late to choose where you want to spend eternity.  Make that decision before it is too late for you!  Encourage your loved ones to make that decision.  After a person dies, you cannot pray them into heaven.  What are you waiting for?

Some important dates at FBC, Kentwood 

  • July 27th – 29th – Back-to-school weekend for youth
  • July 29th at 5:30 – Homemade ice cream and homemade cookies fellowship
  • July 30th – Deacon fellowship meeting
  • August 4th – AWANA training at Greenwell Springs/See Bro. Mike for more information
  • August 5th -Back-to-school swimming party at the Estay’s pool from 2 – 4 P.M.
  • August 14th – Fish fry to benefit Mrs. Mary Alice Blackwell (Buel’s Catering) @ Brown Morris/Tickets at church office
  • August 18th – WMU Conference in Bedico in Ponchatoula from 9 – 3/at FBC, Kentwood next year

 

Do something special for someone today!

Anna Lee

Tuesday Addition

All the procedures yesterday lead to a hard day for Marsha Bankston and a long day for her family.  Let’s pray for the rest of the week to be better for them.

Thanks to members of New Zion Baptist Church for inviting us to their lunch today.  Lunch was good.  We got to hear a the beautiful voice of  Lori Frazier Foster and hope to hear her again one day.  God richly blessed her with the ability to sing!

Please be reminded of the gathering at the cabin Thursday evening at 6:30.  James Rimes will lead the devotional and bring his guitar to sing for/with us.  “Ya’ll come!”

Another reminder is the quarterly WMU meeting at New Zion Friday morning at 10:00.  Bring a covered dish and join us.  Pray for us if you cannot be there.

The plans for Sunday evening at FBC, Kentwood have changed.  Be on the alert for a card from the church in the next day or two.

Monday

“Let the Spirit change your way of thinking.”

~Ephesians 4:23 CEV~

The unit of Sunday School lessons on the Holy Spirit is eye-opening!

 We had another good church fellowship last night.  Next week, we’re having watermelon.  See you at 5:30 Sunday night.

The cabin will be the location of our monthly gathering to fellowship and hear from James Rimes.  He always has such good devotionals.  He’s also bringing his guitar.  Join us at 6:30.  We would love to have you.

A devotional thought for today:

http://www.proverbs31.org/devotions/

Learn to depend on God and the Holy Spirit more this week.

Anna Lee

Sunday

This will be brief for now.  The server for The Prayer Link was down and being serviced earlier this morning.

Pray for Rev. Ronnie Nielsen as he says his farewell to his church in Mississippi today and begins this work in Florida soon.

Pray for those from FBC, Kentwood who will be leaving for camp at 3 P.M. today.

Don’t forget “Pie in the Sky”, our fellowship them tonight.  Bring any kind of pie and join us at 5:30 in the fellowship hall.

CaringBridge: Logan Watts – http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/loganwatts

 

 

Monday

“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God,

and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.”

~1 John 5:1, ESV~

I saw (and ate) a lot of chocolate last night at church.   We had another great Sunday fellowship night.  Now, we have to wait until Sunday to have “Pie in the sky”.  I also have to decide what kind of pie to make.  Come join us at FBC, Kentwood if you are not in another church at that time.

The youth and children from FBC, Kentwood will be attending camp soon.  Please begin to pray for them now.

Please pray for Mr. and Mrs. John Alan Blackwell as they make the move to Moss Point, MS.  She is almost finished with the radiation treatments, but has more chemo to continue.  Pray this move works well for all the family.

Today, I would like to introduce you to a site that has devotionals (and other things) for children.  I hope you will explore such sites to share with your children and grandchildren.  Maybe, some of them will also touch our hearts.  Give it a peep.

http://www.truthforkids.com/kids-devotions-online/

I’m thankful for the forecast that says more rain.  Isn’t God good?

Anna Lee

Sunday

“And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named,

lest I should build on another man’s foundation, but as it is written: ‘

To whom He was not announced, they shall see;

and those who have not heard shall understand’.”

~Romans 15:20-21~

Please be in prayer for Mr. A. W. Reed.  He is hospitalized at Out Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge.  Cyndi said she knows the family will be appreciative of prayers.

Don’t forget the 5:30 fellowship/worship service this evening in the fellowship hall of FBC, Kentwood.  We will be eating chocolate and more chocolate.

VBS Schedules

  • The Lord’s Church, Kentwood – July 9 – 13 @ 6:00 – 8:00
  • FBC, Roseland– July 9-13  5:30 P.M. – 7:30 P.M.; Family night – July 13
  • Greensburg – July 23 – 27 @ 5:30 – 8:00 – Registration on July 22

Have a wonderful day worshiping God today! 

Anna Lee

Saturday

From the Sunday School lesson last week:

“But when he, the Spirit of truth,

comes, he will guide you into all the truth.

He will not speak on his own;

he will speak only what he hears,

and he will tell you what is yet to come.”

~John 16:13 NIV~

I’m thankful for rain.  We have had a good, soaking rain for two days now.  According to the weather report I read, we may get more rain in the next few days.

Jason and Ellen VandeVuss have made it back to the states.  I’m thankful for their willingness to go and tell.

Our Jason and Becki (and Mojo, the dog) ate on the way home.  I’m thankful for their brief visit and for Braden and Peyton getting to stay a few extra days.  I’m thankful for new memories!

Becki mom, Donna Robinson of Gonzales, visited the hospital for a while yesterday.  Thankfully, they only determined she was dehydrated.  She back home again.

Daddy, Grant Smith, enjoyed seeing my company yesterday.  I enjoyed him being here and getting to watch him eat fresh fish that the family caught yesterday morning.

Everyone’s life and experiences are different.  What part(s) of you little would are you thankful for this morning?

I thankful for Christian writes like Holley Garth who can express their thanks to God so well.

http://www.holleygerth.com/heart-to-heart-with-holley/2010/11/24/when-your-heart-just-needs-to-say-thanks.html

Brian K. Holmes
(October 16, 1972 – July 5, 2012)

Brian K. Holmes was born October 16, 1972 and passed away at 7:32 a.m., Thursday, July 5, 2012 at his residence. He was 39, a native of Anderson, SC and a resident of Springfield, LA.

Brian is survived by his wife, Melissa N. Holmes; 2 daughters, Meagan Laurel Holmes & Sarah Abigail Holmes; father, Robert Holmes and wife Bonnie Jean; mother Cassandra Holmes; brother, Robert M. Holmes; 2 sisters, Melanie H. Douzat and husband Willis & Carole Jones; numerous aunts, uncles and extended family.

Preceded in death by his grandparents, Bennie Reese & Dorothy Ann Holmes.

Visitation at McKneely and Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Sunday, July 8,12 from 12:00 noon until Celebration of Life Services at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home Chapel with Rev. Darryl Miller officiating. Interment in Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite, LA

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

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

 Tomorrow evening we (FBC, Kentwood) will celebrate again worship in the fellowship hall at 5:30.  The food theme will be Chocolates’ Dream.  I hope you will join us if you do not have other church plans.

 

Have a fantastic Saturday!

Anna Lee

 

Fourth of July

“On this Independence Day I am reminded of all those who have sacrificed for my freedom. Let me not take my freedom, both physical and spiritual, for granted. May I always remember that my freedoms cost others their very lives. Lord, today, bless those who serve and continue to place themselves in harm’s way for my freedom. With favor and bounty meet their needs and watch over their families. This I pray in Christ’s name, amen.”                                                                                                                                P0sted by Compassion Net of SBC

 

Pray for my friend Larry Bankston today.  Pray for him to have strength as Marsha is sleeping a lot.

Jadon’s Story

http://jadonsisstory.blogspot.com/

Heart to Heart with Holley

http://www.holleygerth.com/heart-to-heart-with-holley/?currentPage=10

Baptist Press – BPNews.net

Beth Moore in Colorado Fire

Disaster Relief

Fred Luter

etc.

FBC, Kentwood with have Sunday evening service/fellowship with the theme of Chocoholic’s Dream.  Join us at 5:30 to enjoy more chocolate than you ever have had at one time before.

 

Thursday

“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,

intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

For kings, and for all that are in authority;

that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

Who will have all men to be saved,

and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

~1 Timothy 2:1-4~ 

Continue to pray for Wayne Forrest’s family.  He is still in St. Tammany.

Judy Liberto’s car was hit fromt the rear as she was turning into a driveway.  Thank God her injuries were not life threatening.  Pray she will not have a lot a pain as she recovers from some fractures.

Pray for Rene Deck as she recovers from injuries to her back and her leg.  It’s hard to slow Rene down.

Pray for Mrs. Mary Alice Blackwell that her treatment will not make her sick.

Pray for Larry Bankston and his sons, Daniel, Michael, and Stephen.  Only a miracle can bring their Marsha back to them as she was.

 

Please spend some time reading this and then watching the video clips.

Bedouin tent inspires prayer
Visitors to the SBC exhibit hall found a tent at the IMB site. Inside were five locations of challenge and opportunities for prayer. And a chance to make a Great Commission commitment.

Pray that those who put a nail in the cross will remember their commitment and follow through with sharing the Gospel.

Experience a virtual walkthrough of the prayer tent.

Missionaries tackle God-size task in dangerous slums of Caracas

Only 1 percent of the 5 million people of Caracas, Venezuela, are evangelical Christian. Many of the spiritually lost live in the city’s barrios(slums), among the most dangerous in the world. The narrow streets are plagued with constant crime, substance abuse and gang violence. But Ed and Pam Engle say ministering to these people is worth it.

 

Last night, at prayer meeting, James Rimes led us last night to be better encouragers.  Who would God have you encourage today?

Anna Lee