Category: Missions

Sunday

“I call on You, God,

because You will answer me;

listen closely to me;

hear what I say.”

~Psalm 17:6, HCSB~

 

Thankfulness Day 9:  Today, I am thankful for Hope Center.  What a benefit this place has already been to those who have received food, shopped, etc.!   In such a short time, Hope has given hope and love to many families  In addition, the people there are ALL VOLUNTEERS, yet not a day has rolled around that Hope wasn’t adequately staffed with some special Christian people.  Not a day goes by that we cannot easily give away crosses, Bibles, and Christian literature.  I’m thankful I can be involved.  I’ve been so blessed!

Please pray for these people who are hospitalized:

  • Bud Callihan – Hammond
  • Bobby Lawson – McComb
  • Chris Wales – Baton Rouge
  • Don Dickinson – Baton Rouge
  • Anne Hurst  – Greensburg
  • Macy Gueldner – Baton Rouge

 http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/macygueldner/journal/view/id/545e72874db921492b4086e9

Devotional, Scriptures, Quote, and a Song

  • “Tear Down the Wall” – http://odb.org/
  • He comforted them and spoke kindly to them.                                                                                                             ~Genesis 50:21~                                               You meant evil against me;                                                                                     but God meant it for good . . . .                                                                                 And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.                                                                                                       ~Genesis 50:20-21~
  • “Anger builds walls;                                                                                                love breaks them down.”                                                                                                                             ~ODB~

If you have prepared your Sunday School lesson, you may find this devotional refers to the same Joseph.  The lesson is “Overcome Hard Times”.  That we all can do if we let God have control.

Have a Sunday that is beautiful in every way.

Anna Lee

Wednesday Evening

Update on Mallory Hatchel 

She’s spending a second night in the hospital.  She’ll be at home for a couple of weeks with home health before returning to school.

Johnny Santangelo

From Megan:
“We met with Lil Man’s radiation oncologist this morning. After looking at the MRI and assessing Lil Man, he still thinks the area they are watching is just pseudoprogression. Lil Man is asymptomatic and feeling great! The perfusion portion of the MRI is not back yet so we will still have to wait on those results. The doctors have cleared Lil Man to go home and he will follow up again in a month. They are very pleased with how he is doing and told him to continue whatever he is doing! We all know the power of prayer and God Almighty are why he is doing so well!! Praise God!! We love you all and thank you for the continued prayers!!” Thanks to all for everything! , Hunter

Donna Fay Miller is continuing to have medical tests and medication changes.  Pray her issues will be resolved soon.

Baptist Friendship House

It is so amazing to watch relationships form and grow with the individuals that come to get snack packs and hygiene kits each week. For some of the people it isn’t just about getting the much needed items placed in the packs. It’s more about getting to spend time in conversation with people that truly care about them and what is happening in their lives. One man comes all the way across town on his bike just to spend time with us. Others, simply enjoy a place to sit down, eat a snack, and read the newspaper. Pray for each person that comes to receive the snack packs and hygiene kits and for the relationships that continue to grow between them and our volunteers and staff.

Tuesday

“I have made you a light for the Gentiles

to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.”

~Acts 13:34b, HCSB~

 

Thankfulness, Day 4:  Today, I want to add friends.  There are many of you.  Some are my age, some older, and some younger.  You live in Kentwood,  Roseland,  Amite,  Fluker, Osyka, Greensburg, and many other places.  We are connected through my school days, my school teaching days, churches, mutual friends, and other ways.  I just know you are there for me with a smile, a hug, a kind word, or a bit of encouragement.  Thank-you, God, for blessing me with so many friends!

Sherry Day shared her big news – NO CANCER!  She received the call yesterday afternoon.  Her family, friends, and many who don’t even know her have prayed.  Thank-you to each one for the prayers.  Thank-you, God, that you still have things for Sherry to do here on earth.

Another neighbor, Chris Wales, will be having surgery this afternoon.   It will be a “spinal decompression and fusion at 3:30 at the BRGenBluebonnet”.   Please pray for Chris and the family.

Continue to pray for Mr. Bobby Lawson who is in the V.A. Hospital in Jackson.

Johnnie “Lil-Man” Santangello will be having a MRI in Arizona this afternoon.  Pray that it shows improvement in treatment of his brain tumor.

Bert C. Sanchez, 59 – http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=bert-c-sanchez&pid=173033850&

Today at 11:00 at The Cafe, we will celebrate the birthday of some special “young” ladies from church.  How special this day is each month.

I’m happy to say that FBC, K has surpassed their goal for the Georgia Barnett Offering for State Missions.  Our goal was $8,000, but we have $9,236.30.  Giving directly to the mission offerings means that 100% goes to missions.  You can still give even though we have achieved our goal.  In fact, you can give to any of our mission offerings any time of the year. Thank-you for realizing the importance of missions!

It was great to be a part of the Baptist Women’s Day of Prayer yesterday.  Cora Morris at Hillsdale does a good job of involving ladies from a number of churches.  The fact that women all around the world were praying for the same thing on the same day was so inspiring.

Hope Center is continuing to do well.  There are 212 people signed up for the food bank and numerous regular customers at the store.  Needs are being met.  If you have any appliances, furniture, or household items, we can find them a new home.  Thanks to all who have volunteered to serve on a regular basis or to come when called.  You make the scheduling process so much easier.

Baptist Press –  bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Perception or Reality” – http://odb.org/?tz=-06
  • Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?                                                                                                                     ~Mark 4:38~
  • “Does Jesus Care?” – http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/d/o/doesjeca.htm
    • Are these words true?  YES!
    • I hope this song comes to you on a day when you need them.

Show know you care too!

Anna Lee

 

Monday

“Let your light shine before men

in such a way that they may see your good works,

and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”

~Matthew 5:16, NASB~

 

Thankfulness – Day 3: I‘m thankful for Operation Christmas Child because it is a way to send shoeboxes of gifts and JESUS to needy children all around the world.   Being able to share the material goods is a real blessing, but sending Christian literature in the appropriate language and at the appropriate age level is such a ministry.  Thank-you, Rev. Franklin Graham for giving us this opportunity for the past 20 years.

Today is the World Day of Prayer for Christian Women.  Kedron Baptist Church will host us at 10:00 this morning.  After the meeting, we will have lunch together so we can visit.  Pray for Christians around the world as they share Jesus.

Glenda McKean is home recovering from rotator cup surgery.  Pray for her during the six weeks she will be unable to use her right arm.  Thank-God for a God who has provided a way to have our bodies healed from some of the things that slow us down and make us miserable.  As you use your favored arm, please remember her as she tries to do everything with her left arm and hand.

Pray for our friend and neighbor, Sherry Day, as she gets the results of last Wednesday’s biopsy.  She and her family would appreciate your prayers today.

I know of numerous people undergoing medical tests/procedures this week.  Mrs. Ashley Statham, Mrs. Theople Hurst and Mrs. Donna Fay Miller are among that number.  Please pray for them.

Kathy Wales asks us to pray for Chris as he has “a spinal decompression and fusion on Tues afternoon around 3:30 at the BR General on Bluebonnet”.   Pray his recovery time is not difficult and goes by quickly.  Pray for Chris as he tries not to do some of the things he is accustomed to doing now.

There was a fire in the Chesbrough area that destroyed the home a family was renting.  Yesterday, I needed to know a little more before sharing the information.  Last night, God sent the family to The Lord’s Church where I had the opportunity to speak with them.  It was C.J. Williams, Cory Didon’s younger brother.  The family, with six children, is staying with C.J’s mother east of Tangipahoa.  Pray for them today as they look for a place to live and make many important decisions.  Thank God for those who have been willing to help and have already done so.

Gold City and Andy Taylor were both very good last night.  I haven’t “tapped out” so much music in a long time.  What a blessing The Lord’s Church provided to our area last night.  It was good to see so many Christian friends of various faiths in one building.

Devotional, Scriptures, and a Song

  • “Does God Care?” – http://odb.org/?tz=-06
  • Hear, O Lord,                                                                                                                 and have mercy on me;                                                                                             Lord, be my helper!                                                                                                                        ~Psalm 30:10 ~                                                                                           When he was deeply depressed,                                                                             he cried out,                                                                                                                  “Weeping may endure for a night,                                                                          but joy comes in the morning”                                                                                                                      ~Psalm 30:10~
  • “Do Jesus Care when My Heart is Pained?” – https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/695

What comfort in those words!

Friday’s Bible Study – Sapphira

  • Read Acts 5:1-10
  • If you didn’t receive a study guide and want one, please let me know.

Remind the ladies of FBC,K of the birthday party tomorrow at the Cafe at 11:00.  All ladies are invited to attend.

Anna Lee

 

Sunday

First, be aware of the time change this morning.  If you didn’t set the clocks back last night, you should do so now, but if you don’t you can go on to church an hour early and enjoy the extra time to read your Bible and pray.  That wouldn’t be a bad idea after all.

“Everyone should be quick to listen,

slow to speak

and slow to become angry, 

because human anger does not produce

the righteousness that God desires. 

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth

and the evil that is so prevalent

and humbly accept the word planted in you,

which can save you.”

~James 1:19b-21 NIV~

Forgiving others is a BIG thing.  It is certainly not a Godly trait to hold grudges.

THANKS!

So many people contributed to the shoeboxes, to packing them, and to shipping them.  We were a little short of our goal for shipping, plus we packed an extra ten boxes so we will need a little extra money today ($7.00/box).  Our church set and surpassed an all time record for the number of boxes packed.  The children who receive these boxes will be so blessed by all the treasures they find.  My hope is that they also find Jesus!

Mrs. Theople Hurst came to church yesterday afternoon to help prepare the boxes for the packing party and stayed until every one was ready for deliver.  Pray for her as she continues trying to get a diagnosis and treatment for her recent health issue.

Gold City and Andy Taylor

It’s not ofter a group such as Gold City comes to the Kentwood area, so make your plans to be at The Lord’s Church at 6 P.M. tonight.  To add some “icing” to the event, Andy Taylor will be singing during the intermission for Gold City.  Tickets were not sold. Donations will be received tonight.

Hope Center had another good week.  We have learned that appliances and furniture are in big demand.  If you have something and cannot transport it, please call Hope to make arrangements for a pick up.  The number there is 247-2235.  Remember, they are not open of Monday, but work half a day on Saturday.  Thanks for volunteering and for making purchases there.  So many people are being blessed.  The number of people signed up for the food bank is more than two hundred!  We are providing better and better boxes each time.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

            “O Lord Almighty,                                                                                                                                                                  blessed is the man who trusts in You.”                                                                                                                                                                 ~Psalm 84:11-12~

Reminder:  Tuesday the “young” ladies of FBC,K will celebrate the October birthdays.  We had to delay this by a week, but will meet Tuesday at 11:00 at The Cafe.  Join us for a sweet time with a number of ladies from the church.

Reminder number 2:  Today is the day to bring your frozen  food for a family.  Please bring your quart size filled bags to my Sunday School classroom before Sunday School.  The food will be delivered this afternoon.  Your efforts will greatly assist the people!

Have a blessed day!

Anna Lee

Saturday

“They continued steadfastly

in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship,

in the breaking of bread,

and in prayers.

And the Lord added to the church daily

those who were being saved.”

~Acts 2:42, 47b, NKJV~

 

Continue to pray for Nancy Carruth and Cindy Carmendelle.  They are in the midst of their recovery process, not at the end point yet.

Annabel W. Rutland

Born: September 17, 1939
Died: October 30, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public:obituaries.view&o_id=2784970&fh_id=10545

Operation Christmas Child Packing Party for Shoeboxes

  • TONIGHT at 6:00 at FBC,K
  • Come out and be blessed by being a part.
  • Think of all the children who will not only receive a gift, but also be introduced to Jesus because of a red and green shoebox.

Gold City Quartet and Andy Taylor

  • Sunday at 6:00 P.M. at The Lord’s Church
  • Donations, but no tickets
  • What an opportunity for people of our area!

Hope Center (Roseland)

Hope had another good week.  People were able to receive/purchase things they needed at a very good price.  Lives of volunteers and customers have been blessed. Thanks to all who have helped in any way.  Stay tuned for more good reports!  God is at work!

Frozen Food Sunday

Tomorrow is our day to bring quart-size bags of frozen foods for a family who is most appreciative.  Thank you to those who have been so faithful each month.  The food will be delivered Sunday afternoon.

Baptist Press –  bpnews.net

Time change tonight!  Turn your clocks back.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Mosaic” – http://odb.org
  • We are His workmanship,                                                                               created in Christ Jesus for good works.                                                                                                      ~Ephesians 2:10~
James 1:22

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

International Standard Version
Keep on being obedient to the word, and not merely being hearers who deceive themselves.

Be sure to read the paragraph about B.B. McKinney.  I love every song listed!
Many people get discouraged.  They focus on the small things and do not see the “big picture”.  Encourage then to continue to do what the Lord has for them to do do and not be discouraged!  Remind them of the goal, the earthly benefits, and the eternal rewards!
Anna Lee

Friday

“Giving all diligence,

add to your faith virtue,

to virtue knowledge,

to knowledge self-control,

to self-control perseverance,

to perseverance godliness,

to godliness brotherly kindness,

and to brotherly kindness love.”

~2 Peter 1:5-7~

 

Glen Magee is doing well following his surgery and is back in the kitchen at Smokehouse.  Thank God for a procedure that helped him.  Pray he continues to improve.

Macy Gueldner

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/macygueldner/journal/view/id/5452bb98a589b40d60285303

The great “Nana” spoken of here is my friend Martha that I requested prayer for yesterday.  She is the one who sent me the very first message requesting prayer fo Macy.  Now, it’s our turn to say special prayers for her.

David and I visited Sherry Day yesterday.  There’s a possibility she may hear from her surgeon today.  If not, it will be Monday.  I know God will let her receive the biopsy results in His time.  Pray for Sherry, her family, and her friends.

Ray Blackwell is back in North Oaks.  Pray for the medical staff as they implant a screen to filter the possible movement of blood clots.

Eula Day Wilson Dunn Jenkins

Born: November 26, 1912
Died: October 29, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public:obituaries.view&o_id=2784024&fh_id=10545

Sunday, we will be collecting frozen food to give to a family.  Pack your food in quart size bags and bring to my Sunday School classroom.  The food is greatly appreciated by the family.

Operation Christmas Child – http://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/

Operation Christmas Child on Facebook is a wealth of stories that will touch your heart.

OCC Packing Party

Join in the Christmas party and help to pack “shoeboxes” that will be given to children around the world by Samaritan’s purse.  The party will be in the fellowship hall of FBC,K Saturday evening at 6 P.M.  Wear your Christmas colors and bring your favorite Christmas party food.  Plan to be richly blessed as you bless little children around the world.

Don’t forget the WMU World Day of Prayer at Kedron Monday at 10:00.  The meeting will be followed by a potluck lunch.  Come and learn more about missions.

Another reminder: Gold City Southern Gospel Quartet and Andy Taylor will be singing at The Lord’s Church Sunday evening.  Donations will be taken, but no tickets sold.  Plan to enjoy a great, inspiring musical evening.

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “What Love Is” – http://odb.org/?tz=-06
  • God demonstrates His own love toward us,                                                       in that while we were still sinners,                                                                 Christ died for us.                                                                                                                                                                  ~Romans 5:8~                                                       “God is love.                                                                                                         Whoever lives in love lives in God,                                                                       and God in him.”                                                                                                                                                                     ~1 John 4:16~
  • “Love Devine, All Loves Excelling”

  http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/d/ldalexcl.htm

I know the change in the weather is good for all of us.  Enjoy a little time outside in God’s wonderful creation.

Anna Lee

Thursday

“But you will receive power

when the Holy Spirit has come on you;

and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem,

in all Judea

and Samaria,

and to the ends of the earth.”

~Acts 1:8, HCSB~

 

Sherry Day’s surgery went well.  She’s at home now and expecting results of the biopsy Monday.  Pray for her as she waits these long days.  May she receive the comfort and assurance of God’s presence and our love during this time.

Another friend has just learned she has breast cancer.  Please add Martha Pevey Drago to your prayer list.

Cindy Juban, Andy Taylor’s sister, also needs our prayers as she continues her battle.  Doctors now say she needs an angiogram and stent.

Continue to pray for Bobby Lawson, Jimmy Schwartz,  Ray and Beverly Blackwell, Mrs. Theople Hurst, Mrs. Kathryne Kuss, Mrs. Catherine Yarborough, Ed and Jeannette Maghee, Phillip and Annie Bell Harrell, Evelyn Bridges, Susie Wales, and Mrs. Elizabeth Carol New.  All these people are at home.

Some people in the nursing home we can pray for today are:  Maxine Turner, Frances Strickland, Julia Forrest, and Angie Redmond.
Alice Henderson Chapman

Born: September 24, 1933
Died: October 28, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public:obituaries.view&o_id=2783061&fh_id=10545

Mrs. Eula Jenkins’ service will also be Saturday morning at Kedron.  Pray for her large family.

Pray for our country as election time approaches.  Pray that people will take time to vote and vote as God would have them to.

Friday’s Bible Study

  • Elizabeth
  • Luke 1:5-66
  • 10:00 at FBC, K’s fellowship hall

Gold City Gospel Quartet and Andy Taylor

The Gold City Quartet from Gadsden, AL. will be in concert Sunday November, 2, 2014 at 6:00 PM at The Lord’s Church in Kentwood, LA. This is a non-ticketed event; donations can be made at the door. The Church is located at 1936 Hwy 440 in Kentwood, LA. (4 miles WEST of I-55 off Exit 57) Call 985-514-7757 or email tlckentwood@aol.com for more information.

Andy Taylor will sing when the quartet takes  a break.

If you like gospel music, I know you will be blessed by being there for this event.

Shoebox Packing Party

  • Saturday at 6 P.M. at FBC,K
  • Wear your red and green
  • Bring some Christmas/Christian love to pack in the shoeboxes to share.
  • Bring some Christmas party food.
  • Prepare to be blessed!

Time Change

  • Lose an hour Saturday night
  • Gain an hour Sunday morning
  • Forgetting this will get you to church an hour earlier than you planned!

Baptist Press –  bpnews.org

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • We have this treasure in earthen vessels,                                                                                                 that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.                                                                                                                                                ~2 Corinthians 4:7~                                                  

             And he said to them,                                                                                                                                                          “Go into all the world                                                                                                                                                          and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.                                                                                                                                                                          ~Mark 16:15~                 

  • “Share the Good News that Chirst is Born” – I have been unable to locate the lyrics this morning, but I hope you remember this song and it sticks in you head today.  I suppose it is in my head, not my computer today.  May you be blessed to know and do what the song says.

Remember, “Share the Good News that Chirst is Born” today.

Anna Lee

Wednesday Addition

My friend, Robin, just shared that her grandmother, Mrs. Eula Jenkins, passed away this morning.  She was 101 years and 11 months old.  Please pray for the family.

Updates on two goals set at FBC,K:

  • Georgia Barnette Offering
    • Goal – 8,000
    • Received – 7,391.30
  • Shipping on OCC Shoeboxes
    • Needed – 1,400
    • Received – 1041
  • Thanks for all who have given so far.
  • Let’s meet and surpass these goals Sunday!

Wednesday

“Casting all your care upon Him,

for He cares for you.”

~1 Peter 5:7, NKJV~

 

Mrs. Theople Hurst is thankful to be home.  Today, she will have some testing done as they try to determine what her problem was.  Pray all goes well.

Jadon’s Journey

As a parent with a child with a rare diagnosis, I can so relate to this. I have spent many hours researching in order to find the best help possible for Jadon. I’m very thankful that his doctors not only listen to me, but research themselves to find the best treatments and therapies for Jadon. If it wouldn’t have been for the research we have done, Jadon wouldn’t be where he is today. So thankful!

Maggie Lee Henson passed away due to injuries she suffered when the church bus she was riding on had a tire issue that caused a wreck.  Her parents kept us updated as we all prayed for healing.  God healed Maggie Lee in heaven.  Her parents have made good things happen because of the years they had Maggie Lee living with them.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/maggieleehenson/journal/view/id/54505f21f0206591577fa637

Edwin Merrell Morris

Born: February 14, 1929
Died: October 26, 2014

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public:obituaries.view&o_id=2777072&fh_id=10545

Packing Party for Operation Christmas Child (Shoeboxes for worldwide distribution)

  • If you have additional items to turn in, please do so this week.
  • The packing party will begin at 6 P.M. Saturday night in the fellowship hall of FBC.
  • Bring you favorite Christmas party food.
  • Wear Christmas colors.
  • Be a blessing to many children!

Our Daily Bread

Yesterday, someone asked me about Our Daily Bread.  Check out the information on this page and the other pages you can link to by clicking on items at the top of the page.

http://odb.org/about/#

Baptist Press –  bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Shadowed” – http://odb.org/
  • The Lord is my light and my salvation;                                                           whom shall I fear?                                                                                                                                                         ~Psalm 27:1~
  • “The Light of the World is Jesus” – http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/w/lworldij.htm
    • Be sure to read the introduction.

Life if busy, but life is good.  Retirement has allowed me to do so many special things.  I thank God for this time in my life.

Anna Lee