Category: Praises, Requests, & Updates

Friday Evening

Please add Mrs. Debi Bales to your prayer list.  She will be seeing a specialist Monday and has requested prayers.

Mrs. Carol Jean Gill is home!  Thank God for all He has brought this family though in the last almost three months.  Thank God for her family that stuck with her daily during this time.  Continue to pray for her improvement.

If you haven’t made plans to attend the brunch in the morning, please consider doing do.  We will have great Christian fellowship.  The food will be delicious.  I hope to see you at 10 A.M.  One last reminder, you can come even if you did not participate in the recent Beth Moore study.

Friday

“Many nations will come and say,

‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD . . .

He will teach us about His ways so we may walk in His paths.’”

~Micah 4:2a, HCSB~

Jimmy Schwartz called yesterday evening when he got home to say he wouldn’t be able to come to last night’s meeting.  His return to Kentwood was delayed yesterday so he could get another unit of blood.  Continue your prayers for Jimmy and his family.

The Third Thursday meeting last night was good.  Christian fellowship is the best!  Mark your calendar for next month.

Please keep the Dykes family in your prayers.

Ladies, plan to attend the brunch Saturday morning at 10:00.  We will be celebrating the completion of James: Mercy Triumphs.  If you didn’t work through the study with us, come on anyway for the Christian fellowship.  If you need directions or other information, please feel free to call me.

The North American Mission Offering (named for missionary Annnie Armstrong) is being received in church across the Southern Baptist Convention.  There has always been a need for mission work here and continues to be that way.  Read this Baptist Press story about one church in the Appalachian area and determine to help with your prayers, your love offering, and/or your muscles.

Baptist Press – http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=37638

Devotional: Practice praise – http://www.ag.org/top/devotional/

Thank God for the blessings of this day.  Ask Him to show you ways to show His love to others.

Anna Lee

Thursday

“Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice!

Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.”

~Psalm 27:7~

Jimmy Schwartz is scheduled to get a bone marrow test and be released today.

Jamie Schwartz will be speaking in church Sunday morning.  He is an American hero!

Continue to pray for Mr. Raymond Anthony as he takes his treatments each week.

Pray for Renee Deck as she waits a couple weeks until her back surgery can be done.

Continue to pray for Marsha Bankston as she and Larry explore her treatment options.

Edward A. Slaven, Sr.
(May 6, 1928 – April 17, 2012)

A resident of Franklinton, he died at 11:20 a.m. on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Riverside Medical Center in Franklinton. He was born May 6, 1928 in Mt. Hermon and was 83 years of age. He is survived by his 2 daughters, Margie Forbes, Kirksville, MO and Betty Ann Chappell, Kansas City, MO; 4 sons, Cleve Edward Slaven, Mt. Hermon, Edward Arthur Slaven, Jr., Amite, Billy M. Slaven, Sr., Newberry, SC and Willis R. Slaven, Amite; 2 brothers, Bobby Slaven, Chatawa, MS and Billy Slaven, Amite; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents, Cleve and Carrie Slaven; daughter, Cathy Ables; 5 brothers and 3 sisters; 2 granddaughters; 1 great-grandson. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., Thursday, and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 10 a.m., Friday, April 20, 2012. Services conducted by Rev. Bob Simpson. Interment Osyka Cemetery, Osyka, MS. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

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

Daily Devotional: Declare – http://www.cfdevotionals.org/links/today.htm

Have a great day!

Anna Lee

Wednesday Evening

From Ruthie Dykes

Service Arrangement for Our Dad….Mr. Coy Dykes Jr. Wake Friday Night from 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM and Saturday 10:00AM Until Religious Services at 2:00 PM. at Our Father’s House Baptist Church 18431 Hwy 1057 Kentwood, La. The Little Church on the Dollar Road just before the Hwy 1057 and 1061 Crossing.

From Mary Criswell

Please add my brother Max (Brent) to the prayerlink. He lives in Ohio and has been diagnosed with Kidney cancer. I’m not sure if it is the same type my brother Joe died with about 2 years ago or not. He is scheduled for surgery May 4th if his cardiiologist gives the ok. He also has problems with his heart.

Patsy Benefield has been moved to Landmark Nursing Home in Hammond.

Wednesday

“Love does not envy,

is not boastful,

is not conceited …”

~1 Corinthians 13:4b HCSB~

Pictures for the FBC, Kentwood pictorial directories will be taken today through Saturday.  If you have not scheduled your time, please do so.  You will receive a free 8″ X 10″.

The Third Thursday meeting at the cabin will be tomorrow night at 6:30.  We look forward to seeing many of you.  If you would like more information, please contact me.

Saturday, there will be a Beth Moore Brunch to celebrate the conclusion of “James: Mercy Triumphs”.  If you were a member of the group, have complete previous Beth Moore studies, or are interested in doing one in the future, please join us at 10:00 A.M. at the cabin.  Contact me for more information.  (Also, if you just want to attend the brunch, come one.  The more, the merrier!)

Sunday evening, there will be a supper and auction at the church which will be a fund-raiser for the youth and children’s summer camps.  The food was great last year!  The auction was much more than a fund-raiser.  It was FUN!  Items auctioned last year were jewelry, coupons for a car wash, yard decorations, wall decorations, etc.  It was a great evening of being with Christian friends and supporting our youth and children.  I think it will begin at 6 P.M.  David Alford will be the auctioneer again.  Enough said!

Our Daily Bread: Beautiful scars

http://odb.org/

Please continue to pray for those mentioned lately and for those who are not listed, but still need our prayers.  What a great responsibility it is to pray for other!  God bless each of you who regularly do that.

Anna Lee

Tuesday Updates

Marty (Simpson) is home and doing good. They numbed his hand so they would not have to put him to sleep. This is much better and getting better will be faster.

Thanks!!!!

Marty, Gretchen, Micah & Sarabeth Simpson

 

Jadon Pailet is continuing to improve – using sidewalk chalk with his right hand, talking more and more, not having seizures, etc.  God can really use a little guy to touch many hearts.  Jadon is a walking, talking, playing, loving,… miracle!

 

Caroline Cutrer is feeling energetic and looking good.  She will not be taking one of her regular treatment for a while.  Other treatments will continue as usual.  Thank God for this break and for carrying Caroline and her family though these past months.

 

 

Carson Ronnie Bridges, Sr.

Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home

Carson Ronnie Bridges, Sr., 70, died April 16, 2012 at his residence in Magnolia.  He was born January 1, 1942 in Independence, LA.  He was the son of Milton A. and Helen Singleton Bridges.  He was a retired offshore derrick worker and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church.  He was a graduate of Kentwood High School.

He is preceded in death by his parents; a grandson, Ron Young; a great-grandson, Jacob Whitehead; a brother, William “Sonny” Bridges and a sister, Ann Gale Shavers.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Delilah Sharkey Bridges of Magnolia;  two daughters and a son-in-law, Rhonda and Rex Conerly of Tylertown and Roslyn Bridges of Huntsville, AL; one son, C. Ronnie Bridges, Jr. of Walker, LA; one sister and brother-in-law, Karen and Doyle Knight of Albany, LA; three grandchildren, James L. Young, Carla Y. Whitehead and husband, Rorey and William Carson Bridges; four great-grandchildren, Jessica Young, Alyssa Young, Kelsey Phelps and Nathan Whitehead and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation is Thursday at Hartman-Sharkey Funeral Home in McComb from 12noon until services at 2PM with Rev. Troy Bankston officiating.  Burial will be in Tangipahoa cemetery in Tangipahoa, LA.

Pallbearers will be James Alexander, James Young, Clarence Russell, Bryant Thompson, Rorey Whitehead and Wilvie Cox.  Honorary pallbearers will be Carlton Rushing, Rex Conerly, Morris Jay Bridges and Bubba Rimes.

Memorials may be sent to Hospice Compassus, 140 North 5th Street, McComb, MS 39648.

Share condolences at Hartman-Sharkeyfuneralhome.com

Tuesday

“‘What do you mean, “If I can”?’ Jesus asked.

‘Anything is possible if a person believes.'”

~Mark 9:23 NLT~

 

Marty Simpson is having hand surgery this morning at North Oaks.  Pray all goes well and the hand heals in a timely manner.

Steve’s sister, BECKY JOINER, has an appointment at M.D. Anderson for evaluation. Please lift her up in prayer during this process.  Her appointment is Tuesday morning.

Kathy Bryan

Daniel Myers, Jr.
(August 11, 1926 – April 16, 2012)

A resident of Amite, he died at 12:09 p.m. on Monday, April 16, 2012 at St. Francisville Country Manor in St. Francisville. He was born August 11, 1926 in Evansville, was 85 years of age and a was a U. S. Navy Veteran of World War II. Visitation at Community Baptist Church, Greensburg, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 12 Noon on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Services conducted by Rev. Larry Stewart. Survived by wife, Jean Myers; daughter, Rosanna Diane Stewart and her husband, Larry; grandchildren, Chris Stewart and his wife, Jennifer, Melissa Stewart, Jermey Stewart, Laura Webb and her husband, Ronny; 2 great-grandchildren, Ainsley and Ian Stewart; 5 sisters, Dorothy, Margie, Joanne, Shirley and Carolyn; 2 brothers, Richard and Donald Myers. Preceded in death by his son, Daniel Boone Myers; parents, Daniel and Ethel Myers. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 That’s all for now this Tuesday morning.  Thanks for caring about others and praying for them.
Anna Lee

 

 

Monday Midday

Sunday, when I told Jimmy Schwartz he was looking good, he said. “Please, don’t say that about me”.  That’s what his nurse told him just before he was admitted to the hospital last month.  I quickly said, “Jimmy, you look terrible!’.  This morning Jimmy passed out at home.  Thankfully, Ruby was at home too.  Jimmy is in North Oaks again and feeling much better.  Please pray for the family as they “ride this roller coaster” with Jimmy.

Pray for Cynthia Smith’s sister and my school classmate, Susan V. Johnson from Amite.  She has had her first radiation treatment and is doing well at this time.  Pray for Susan as she continues her treatment.

Pray for Rev. Mike Shomoch, pastor of East Fork Baptist Church.  He experienced an electrical shock a couple weeks ago.  Friday, he was admitted to Southwest where they did a heart test which indicated two blockages.  Bro. Mike needed two stents.  He’s home and was even able to go to church last night.

East Fork Baptist church will be having a churchwide yard sale Saturday, May 5th from 7:00 until 1:30.  Contact Dana (Justin) Hendry if you wish to donate items for the sale.  She will be available to meet you at the church to drop off your items or will pick them up, if needed.  Mark May 5th on your calendar.

Mrs. Anne Hurst was the guest speaker at the WMU meeting this morning.  She really blessed our hearts as she shared.