Wednesday

“But whoever listens to me will dwell safely,

And will be secure, without fear of evil.”

~Proverbs 1:33, NKJV~

Kerry Ebarb Family

Yesterday afternoon’s bad  weather caused a tree to fall on a house on Ave. H, next to Mrs. Mary Ann Cutrer.  The house seems to be a loss, but thankfully the family is okay.  Four month old twins were checked out at the hospital, but their injuries were only minor.  A two year old was uninjured.  I’m not sure where the family is now, but from the news releases I have read and reports of a neighbor, they lost most of their belongings.  I’ll try to get some more information for you in case you would like to help them in any way.  After seeing the pictures of the home, I know we need to thank God the family is okay.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  1. “Wisdom from Above” –  http://odb.org/2014/06/25/wisdom-from-above/ 
  2. The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable. —James 3:17
  3. “Have Thine Own Way, Lord” http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Have_Thine_Own_Way_Lord/

Baptist Press –  http://www.bpnews.net/ Vacation Bible Schools

Vacation Bible Schools in our area are going strong.  If you have children or grandchildren who are not attending one, check them out.  It seems the churches have found additional curriculums this year and are not overlapping as much as in previous years.

Ladies’s Night: Purses

The ladies decorating and preparing food would greatly appreciate it if you would call the church office, 229-8111, to get your name on the list of those attending.  It is not absolutely necessary, but certainly would be helpful.  The event will begin at 6:15 tomorrow in the fellowship hall of FBC,K.

Thanks for reading and praying today.  Your prayers mean so much to so many. Anna Lee

Tuesday

“God has listened;

He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.

~Psalm 66:19, HCSB~

 

Austin Rose

Austin, whose parents are from Amite, was diagnosed with a rare leukemia one year ago.  Today, his is healthy and  looking forward to his senior year.  Thank God for Austin’s progress during this time and the unwavering faith of his mother, Denise.

Mrs. Allie Dillon

“Miss” Allie is in an induced coma in ICU at North Oaks.  Pray for her, her medical staff, and her family.

Mrs. Shirley Frazier

“Miss” Shirley is spending some time with her daughter.  Pray she has a good stay.

Jean C. Easley

Jean’s journey has been long and hard.  Yesterday, she was moved from Greensburg to Slidell.  Pray for her family as they faithfully attend to her.

Mike Hurst

Pray for Mike as he continues his journey with cancer.  I know his family is appreciative of your prayers for him and  for the family.

“Young” Ladies Birthday Party

We will meet at the Cafe at 11:00 this morning to honor the following ladies who have June birthdays:

  • Betty Fussell
  • Barbara Hutchinson
  • Sandra Arnold
  • Maxine Turner
  • Alcyon Hayden

Join us if you are available.

VBS

Vacation Bible Schools are in full swing north, south, east, and west of Kentwood.  If you have children or grandchildren, this is a week of great opportunity for them.

Ladies’ Night: Purses

If you are planning to attend this event Thursday at 6:15 at FBC, Kentwood, please call the church office, 229-8111, and give Lauree your name.  We want to have a good count so our preparations will be adequate.

Baptist Press – http://www.bpnews.net/

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Have a great day!

Anna Lee

Monday

   “Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,

because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”

~I Cor. 15:58~

 

Mrs. Wood

Bro. Danny Smith’s mother-in-law is back at Sage Rehab in Baton Rouge.  Pray for her and for her family.

Tom Brister

Pray for Tom as he has surgery Wednesday in Lacombe.

Bobby Simpson

Pray for Mr. Bobby as he has a fourth surgery on his shoulder Thursday.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Ladies, don’t forget to birthday party Tuesday at 11:00.  Also, if you plan to attend Ladies’ Night Thursday, please call the church office (229-8111) to have your name added to the count.

Vacation Bible Schools this week at New Zion, East Fork, and  FBC, Amite.  All will be held in the evening hours.

Be a blessing to someone today!

Anna Lee

Sunday

“I don’t mean to say I’m perfect.

I haven’t learned all I should even yet,

but I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ saved me fo

r and wants me to be.

No, dear brothers, I’m still not all I should be.” 

~Philippians 3:12-13 LB~

Mission Team

Randi Shaidaee and the other members of the medical mission team are in Honduras. Pray for them as they minister in the name of Jesus.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

“Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party

  • Tuesday
  • 11 A.M.
  • The Cafe

Ladies’ Night: Purses

  • Thursday
  • 6:15
  • FBC, Kentwood Fellowship Hall
  • Bring your purse and one to give away (can be gently used)
  • Desserts will be served

Vacation Bible Schools this week

  • FBC, Amite
  • New Zion Baptist Church

Breakfast at Pine Ridge Methodist Church

  • This morning at 8:00
  • Donations benefit a needy family

This is the Lord’s Day.  Spend time in Bible study and worship with others.

Anna Lee

Friday

“Whatever your hand finds to do,

do it with all your might.”

~Ecclesiastes 9:10a, NASB~

 

Caroline Cutrer

Three years after her leukemia Caroline is almost ready to return to a normal life.  I know the family is so very thankful for all the prayers for her and for the family as a whole.

Sandra Eudy Mays 

“Sandra’s surgery went well. Thanks for the prayers!”

Frances Daniel Smith

Frances was diagnosed with stage one cancer yesterday.  Surgery is scheduled for July 2nd.  The doctor is very optimistic this was caught in time and should be in her past soon.  Frances is from Amite and now lives in Brookhaven.

Services for Mrs. Irene Morris

“Miss” Irene’s obituary is not available yet, but I was told her service will be Wednesday.  I’ll share the obituary when it becomes available.

Bible Study at 10:00 this morning at FBC, Kentwood.

Pine Ridge will host their monthly breakfast Sunday at 8:00.  It will benefit a local family.

Ladies’ Night at FBC,K will be next Thursday at 6:15.  The theme is “Purses”.  We need a headcount, so please call the church office or contact me.  You will need to bring your purse plus another purse (can be gently used) to fill with goodies and give as a “happy” to someone of your choice as you discover the need.

The “Young” Ladies’ Monthly Birthday Party will be Tuesday at The Cafe at 11:00.  Join us if you can.

The Third Thursday meeting at the cabin last night was such a blessing.  We had a “house full” including people from six different churches.  Christian fellowship is the best!!!

Baptist Press –  BPNews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

May our actions, voices, and lives point others to Jesus!

Anna Lee

Tuesday

“God reigns over the nations;

God is seated on his holy throne.”

~Psalm 47:8~

 

Becky Lynn Graves

Please pray for Jill Brister’s cousin, Becky Lynn.  She has had some serious complications following the birth of her son, Aidan James.

Luther Davis of Amite

Mr. Luther fell and is hospitalized for tests.  Please pray for him and his family.

Young Ladies’ Birthday Party

Ladies of FBC,K are invited to The Cafe at 11:00 this morning to celebrate the May birthdays.

God’s Storehouse in Amite

FBC, Kentwood collected peanut butter during the month of May.  I don’t have a final count, but will get one Friday.  Each jar of peanut butter had a label containing John 3:16 applied for a silent witness every time the peanut butter was seen/used.  God’s Storehouse has asked for jars of jelly/jam to be collected during June.  Bring them to FBC, K and leave them in the stairwell to the office.  Please note the we can only take purchased jelly/jam. not home canned, due to health regulations.

Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School will begin Monday morning at FBC, K.  We will be looking for children who are three years old though those who completed 5th grade in school this year.  Children can be delivered to the auditorium for 8:20 and picked up in the auditorium at 11:30.  Contact the church office at 229-8111 for information about registration and a t-shirt.

Other Vacation Bible Schools

  • June 16th at SCBC
  • June 23th at NZBC and EFBC

I don’t know times or ages for these, but you can contact someone from these churches if you need more information.

Ladies’ Night: Purses 

Our meeting is scheduled for June 26th at 6:15.  Sign up at the church or call the church office for more information.  You are requested to bring your purse and one (new or gently used) to pack at the meeting and then share as a “happy”.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Our Daily Bread – “Blessed Forgetfulness”

http://odb.org/2014/05/27/blessed-forgetfulness/

I am the door.
If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved.
~John 10:9~
“He took the children in His arms,
put His hands on them,
and blessed them.”
~Mark 10:16~

“Safe in the Arms of Jesus”

http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/a/f/safearms.htm

Have a blessed day!

Anna Lee

Friday

“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father

and of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit.”

~Matthew 28:19a~

 

Ainsley VandeVuss (daughter of Jason and Ellen Morris VandeVuss)

Ainsley, who had surgery Wednesday and is a year old, developed pneumonia and was admitted to the hospital last night.  Pray for little Anisley, her family, and the medical people working to help her get well.

Johnnie “LilMan” Santangelo

Thanks for all the prayers for Johnnie and his family.  He seems to be doing well with his treatments.  He and his family are still in Arizona.  They are most appreciative of your prayers and their strong faith is still firmly in place.

Steve Hatchel of McKinney, TX

Boyd’s dad will have surgery to remove a brain tumor Monday in Plano, TX.  Boyd will fly to TX and stay for a week while Jennie and the children stay in Prague.  Thank-you for praying for this family.  Their faith will carry them through this.

Anne Hurst

I spoke to “Miss” Anne yesterday.  She will be in the hospital a few days to receive medication for an infection.  She is anxious to be well and back outside.  She is the room across for “Miss” Annie Bell Harrell.

Joseph Duane “Ratler” Phillips
(March 7, 1957 – April 23, 2014)

http://mckneelys.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2493600&fh_id=10545

Ishmel David “Tiny” Ballard
(September 21, 1953 – April 24, 2014)

http://mckneelys.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2493592&fh_id=10545

Ladies’ Night: Chocolate and Friends

Thanks to all who helped plan and carry out the meeting last night and all who came.  I  look forward to our next meeting in two months.  Mark your calendar for June 22nd.  The steering committee will meet Sunday at 3:00 to evaluate last night’s meeting and to begin our plans for the next event.

Friday Morning Bible Study

After our study today, we will eat lunch at the church.  Our meeting begins at 10:00.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

“Fearful Fish”http://odb.org/?tz=-07

“The world was made through Him,
and the world did not know Him.”
~John 1:10~
“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”
~John 1:14~

“I Love to Tell the Story” – http://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/1064

I enjoyed the comments.  Most of them sound like something I could have shared.

Thanks for praying for these and other needs.  You make a difference to so many people.

Anna Lee

Thursday

“A new commandment I give to you,

that you love one another . . .

By this all people will know that you are my disciples,

if you have love for one another.”

~John 13:34-35, NKJV~

 

Mrs. Anne Hurst

“Miss” Anne had a wonderful sunrise service Sunday, but is hospitalized in Greensburg now.  Please add her to your prayer list.

Mrs. Alfred (Eva) Smith

Eva is my sister’s aunt and mother-in-law.  She lives in northwestern Alabama and is not doing well.  Please pray for peace and comfort for her and for her family.

Steve Hatchel

Our son-in-law’s father has a brain tumor and will have surgery next week.  Please be in prayer for Mr. Steve, the family, the medical staff, and especially for Boyd.  I doubt he will come stateside for the surgery.

Baptist Press

BPNews.net

Devotional, Scripture, & a Song

“Never Let Down” – http://odb.org/

“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning.”      
~Lamentations 3: 22-23~
“Great is Thy Faithfulness” –  http://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/19

Ladies’ Night: Chocolate & Friends

  • Begins with chocolate at 6:15 and the program at 6:30 tonight
  • Looking forward to how God is going to bless each one in attendance

 

Tuesday

“Therefore does my Father love me,

because I lay down my life,

that I might take it again.

No man takes it from me,

but I lay it down of myself.

I have power to lay it down,

and I have power to take it again.”

~John 10:17,18~

 We were buried with Him through baptism into death,

that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,

even so we also should walk in newness of life.

~Romans 6:4~

Baptist Press

BPNews.net

Ainsley VandeVuss

Pray for Ainsley VandeVuss as she has tubes in her ears redone tomorrow.  Pray for her family as they care for her.

Linda Blount Johnson

Pray for Linda as she tries to relax and wait for her stress test and then test results.  Relaxing and waiting don’t  always come easy.

Mr. and Mrs. Angelo (Marie) Giardina

We saw one of their sons Monday.  He said both his parents have been dealing with health issues.  He gave me permission to ask for your prayers for them and for the family members as they care for their parents.

REV. DENNY BRUMFIELD, AGE 47

And a resident of the Crain’s Creek Community died at 12:30 pm Sunday April 20, 2014. He was a minister of the Lord for over 25 years, first as a youth pastor at several churches and then as the pastor of Thomas First Baptist Church for over 12 years. Denny graduated from Bowling Green School in 1984 and continued to give back to the school by coaching youth football and basketball for many years. He also coached Dixie Youth Baseball for 20 years and enjoyed fishing when he could. Denny was a loving husband and a very “hands-on” Dad to his own children and a mentor to the hundreds of children he contacted over the years. Denny was a giving person that helped people through all walks of life. He was a friend to all those he met and he will be sadly missed.

Survived by:

Wife: Laurie Thomas Brumfield of Crain’s Creek

Daughter: Kayla Ellen Brumfield

Son: Jacob Colden Brumfield

Brother and Sister in law: Frederick and Tanna Brumfield of Clifton

Sister and Brother in law: Lisa Brumfield Jenkins and Brent Jenkins of Clifton

4 Brothers in law and Sisters in law: Richard and Linda Thomas, Ronnie and Anita Thomas, Kevin and Tisha Thomas, Zander and Stacey Thomas

3 Sisters in law and Brothers in law: Sherry and Bill Pope, Shannon and Delbert Dillon, Lorraine and Joseph Branch

13 Nieces and 14 Nephews

Also several aunts and uncles and numerous great-nieces, great-nephews and other family.

He was preceded in death by his parents Denman Colden Brumfield and Imogene Thomas Brumfield, 2 nieces Grace Brumfield and Brandy Shannon Dillon, and nephew Samuel James Brumfield and his father in law Richard Ned Thomas and mother in law Edna Earle Thomas.

Visitation will be at Crain Funeral Home Tuesday April 22ndfrom 5 pm until 9 pm and after 9 am on Wednesday. A funeral service will be held at 11 am Wednesday in the funeral home chapel with Dr. Gene Richards and Rev. Percy Frazier officiating. Burial will follow in the Thomas/Forest Haven Cemetery.

Obituaries can be viewed online at http://www.crainfh.com

 Young Ladies’ Birthday Party 

We’re celebrating April birthdays tomorrow at The Cafe at 11:00.  Please join us if you can.

Ladies’ Night: Chocolate and Friends

This will be Thursday night in the fellowship hall of FBC, Kentwood.  We’ll eat at 6:15 and begin the program at 6:30.  Expect some fun and some serious moments.

Friday Bible Study

We meet in the fellowship hall of FBC,K at 10:00 on Friday mornings.  You’re welcome to join us.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

The Upper Room, “Nurturing Children”

http://devotional.upperroom.org/blog/2014/04/rowland041914

“Train up a child in the way he should go

and when he is old,

he will not depart from it. “

~Proverb 22:6~

“Jesus, Friend of Little Children”

http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/j/f/l/jflchild.htm

Expect a great day tomorrow!

Anna Lee

Monday

“I cry aloud to the LORD,

and He answers me from His holy mountain.”

~Psalm 3:4~

 

Macy Gueldner

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/macygueldner/journal/view/id/5353fb7ca689b43a10dbdf1b

Debbie Dennis

Frances Gay’s friend will receive her new kidney today.  Pray the complete process goes well for both the donor and the recipient.

Johnnie “LilMan” Santangello

Johnnie and his family celebrated Easter as many of you did.  They attended church and had a great home-cooked meal prepared by his mother, Cheryl.  Continue to keep this family in your prayers.  Thank God they are enjoying good family time, even if far from home.

Mrs. Ruby Luke 

Wilcox Funeral Home has not updated their obituaries yet, but Mrs. Luke’s funeral is today.  I will continue to search for her obituary.

Interesting Reading  and Special Song about Jesus’ Life

The Life of Jesus

http://christianity.about.com/od/newtestamentpeople/p/jesuschrist.htm

Song – “Jesus Calls Us”

http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/j/e/jesuscus.htm

Opportunities Especially for Ladies this Week

Tuesday – Young Ladies’ Birthday Party

    • The Cafe
    • 11:00 A .M.
    • Celebrating April birthdays

Thursday – Chocolate and Friends

    • FBC, Fellowship Hall
    • 6:15 P.M.
    • Register by calling FBC

Friday – Bible Study

    • 10:00 A.M.
    • FBC, Fellowship Hall

“Serve the Lord with Gladness” this week.

Anna Lee