Category: Praises, Requests, & Updates

Sunday Update

Bobbie Magee just called to say the doctors were able to settle “Miss”” Theople’s gall bladder down and allow her to get some much needed sleep.  That allowed them not to do the surgery last night.  She’s at St. Tammany in Covington.  Bobbie was unsure of when the surgery might be done.  Please continue to pray for “Miss” Theople.

Sunday

For the wages of sin is death,

but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

~Romans 6:23~

 

Mr. Charles Miller, Bro. Darry’s dad, had some complications yesterday and was still in ICU.  Please continue to pray for Mr. Charles, his family, and the medical staff.

Last night at 9:30, Bobbie Magee called to say her sister, Mrs. Theople Hurst, was at Hood Memorial where it was determined she needed gall bladder surgery.  There was a question about where she was going for the surgery.  I’ll post later with that information.

Please continue to pray for and support the hurricane victims and those who are working to help them.

 

 

Don’t forget to bring your food and cleaning supplies in for the LA Baptist Children’s Home to church today.  They will be picked up early in the morning.  Tonight, will not be too late.

Revival begins this morning at FBC, Kentwood.  Worship service is at 10:30 this morning.  A nursery will be provided for all services.  There will be no classes for children tonight or Wednesday night so that the children can participate in revival services.

The Georgia Barnett Offering for Louisiana missions is being collected in all area churches.  Please support this offering.  Disaster Relief is one of the benefactors of the gifts we give through Georgia Barnett.

Operation Christmas Child –  Today, we are collecting small toy trucks, cars, tractors, and planes.  Next week, we will be collecting wash cloths and soap.

This week is Third Thursday at the Cabin.  We are looking forward to seeing you at the cabin Thursday.  If you have been considering us, come on.  We begin at 6:30.

 

Read the Bible – Mark 7-8 & Psalm 106

 
Today is the Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Saturday

“Do you remember how the Lord led you through the wilderness for all those forty years,

humbling you and testing you to find out how you would respond,

and whether or not you would really obey him?”

~Deuteronomy 8:2 TLB~

 

 

Please pray for Darryl Ray Carruth of Greensburg who is having an eye transplant Wednesday..

Please pray for Mr. Charles Miller, father of Bro. Darryl, who had three stents placed in his heart at Covington yesterday.

David had carpal tunnel surgery yesterday at Ochsner in Kenner.

 

 

The Two Rivers Associational Harvest Revival will be tonight at Hillsdale Baptist Church at 6:30.  Everyone is encouraged to attend.

 

 

The revival at Kentwood will begin in the morning.  You are also invited to attend the services of the revival which will extend through Wednesday.

 

 

Bible reading plan – John 5-6 & Psalm 105

 

 

Thank you for praying for these and other people who have been listed recently and for the revival services at Hillsdale and Kentwood.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

Friday – Posting Early

Keep yourselves in God’s love

as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ

to bring you to eternal life.

Jude 1:21

 

Donna Fay Miller made another trip to see her doctor and is scheduled to go back Tuesday.  She seems to be facing a heart procedure, an ablation, soon.  Keep her in your prayers, please.

Mrs. Ruby Dillon has had a number of good days, but today was not one of them.  Please pray tomorrow is a good day.

Betty Simpson‘s tests today worked out well.  She has one more test to get results from.  Betty thanks you for praying.

 

 

Reminders:

  1. There will be NO Bible study today.
  2. The truck from the LA Baptist Children’s Home will be here early Monday morning to pick up our donations.  If you have something to send, please be sure to get it to the church Sunday.
  3. The Two Rivers Baptist Association has disaster relief teams volunteering to help with the recent hurricanes.  If you would like help, please send bleach, hammers, square shovels, work gloves, etc.  Thanks-you!
  4. Next week, David and I will host the monthly Third Thursday gathering at the cabin at 6:30.  We look forward to seeing many of you there.
  5. Sunday, the children will have Bible drill class at 6:30.  The children are learning so much that will be valuable for the remainder of their lives.
  6. Wednesday, when we have missions class, please remind you children and grandchildren to wear their new vests.
  7. OCC items we are collecting this week – miniature cars, trucks, and tractors.
  8. OCC items we will be collecting the following week – washcloths and soap.
  9. “Young” ladies’ birthday party will meet at The Cafe on Tuesday, September 26th at 11 A.M.
  10. Association revival at Hillsdale Baptist Church Saturday at 6:30 P.M.
  11. Revival at FBC, Kentwood – Sunday – Wednesday.

 

Bible Reading Plan – Mark 3-4, Psalm 104, and video “Heaven and Earth” on http://bibleproject.com

Baptist Press – http://bpnews.com

 

As we pray today, let’s remember all those whose lives have been forever changed due to the hurricanes.  We all know the recovery process will continue for years.  Pray for the people to “stay the course” with God’s love felt in the difficult days ahead,

Anna Lee

 

Thursday

Pray also for me,

that the message may be given to me

when I open my mouth

to make known with boldness 

the mystery of the gospel.

~Ephesians 6:19 (HCSB)~

 

 

George Cutrer of Osyka is now home after nine days of hospitalization and more procedures than he expected.  Pray for rest and recouperation!  Pray for Ruth as she continues her role as chief caregiver.

Betty Simpson has been having some outpatient tests done this morning. Pray for her as she has another heart test done this morning.

Phillip Strickland had an outpatient biopsy done yesterday.  Pray for him and his family as they await results.

Please continue to pray for Donna Fay Miller and her A-fib problem.

 

 

Read the Bible – John 1-3, Psalm 102, and video “John 1-12”

Baptist Press – http://bpnews.net

 

 

Coming October 1st, a new program, a new program for children, Worship KidStyle. It will take place at FBC on Sundays and Wednesdays at 6:00. It will be like a mini VBS, according to Bro. Wendell.  Component will be Bible Story, Kid Worship, Missions, Crafts, and Recreation.

 

Operation Christmas Child will be collecting mini trucks, cars, and tractors Sunday.  Thank-you to all who are participating and looking forward to the packing party on November 4th.

 

The fall-food round-up truck for the LA Baptist Children’s Home will be at the church first thing Monday morning to collect the food items we are sending to them . Some suggestions:

  • Body wash
  • Bottled juice
  • Children’s cereal
  • Cleaning supplies
  • Cooking oil
  • Freezer bags
  • Hand soap/Sanitizer
  • Naapkins
  • Onion soup mix
  • Pop Tarts
  • Rice
  • Velveeda cheese

Bring your items to the stairwell area at the office entrance to the church.

 

The Friday Morning Bible Study will NOT meet this week.

 

We will have an ongoing collection of items for Disaster Relief in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida.  Some ladies have been contacted to serve on the food preparation team.  Men have been called in to help with tree removal and mud-out.  We have teams “on the ground and working”!

 

 

Thank-you, not only for praying, but for participating in the mission projects we love to do for others.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

Wednesday Addition

Pray for Donna Fay Miller.  She continues to have A-fib, even after a couple of recent hospital stays for that problem.  She’s waiting for a call from her doctor now.  In addition to the A-fib, she also has an aggravating cough and cold.  Please pray for improvement in her condition.

Tuesday Addition

Rev. Don Meadows

Post from his wife, Tammy:

Thankful for very positive results for my hubby. His heart is completely healthy, no blockages whatsoever. Praise God! Thanks to all our friends and family for your prayers, texts, calls, and visits.

The next message from her was that they were back at home in the Sixth Ward.

I’m so thankful Bro. Don did not have heart problems!

Tuesday

“God . . . is able to do far more

than we would ever dare to ask

or even dream of —

infinitely beyond our highest prayers,

desires,

thoughts,

or hopes.”

 ~Ephesians 3:20b TLB~

 

 

Sunday night I woke up with severe chest pains. Tammy brought me to Southwest Hospital in McComb Ms. to get checked out. The EKG determined I was not having a heart attack but they kept me for observation. This morning I had a stress test and an echocardiogram. The stress test showed some abnormalities so the Cardiologist has scheduled me for a Heart Cath In the morning. I would appreciate the prayers

  Don Meadows

 

Darin J. Fontz

September 15, 1966 – September 9, 2017

Darin J. Fontz, 50, a native of Kentwood, LA and resident of Thibodaux, LA passed away on September 9, 2017.

A visitation will be held in his honor on Saturday, September 16, 2017 at St. Joseph Catholic Co-Cathedral, Thibodaux, LA from 8:00 am until the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 am. The burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery, Thibodaux, LA.

He is survived by his wife of 18 years, Celeste R. Fontz; daughter, Lauren Fontz; parents, Diane and Dallas Strickland; sisters, Jill Brister and husband, Robert and Jodee Corkern and husband, Brian; father and mother-in-law, Judge David and Connie Richard; sisters-in-law, Lisa R.Richard and husband, Michael and Michelle R. Chiasson and husband, Mark; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Joel Dowell Fontz; grandparents, Russell and Nell Lewis, and Albert and Mary Frances Fontz.

In lieu of flowers the family is asking for donations to be made to St. Genevieve Catholic School and EDW High School in Darin Fontz’s memory.

Online condolences can be given at www.landrysfuneralhome.com
Landry’s Funeral Home, Inc. is in charge of arrangements.

http://www.landrysfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Darin-Fontz/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=autopost#!/Obituary

 

 

“The Rains Have Stopped, but the Flooding has Not”

A Legacy of Faith

http://www.faughnfamily.com/the-rains-have-stopped-but-the-flooding-has-not/

 

 

Read the Bible – Mark 13-14 and Psalm 109

 

 

Pray for all those who are recovering from Hurricane Harvey and those who are still wondering or have just found out about the damage or loss of their homes due to Hurricane Irma.

Anna Lee

Monday

Whatever you do,

work at it with all your heart,

as working for the Lord,

not for human masters.

~Colossians 3:23~

 

 

Donna Fay Miller told me yesterday that she spent several days in the hospital last week.  I told her that explained why I wasn’t able to catch up with her.  Please pray for her as she continues to face A-fib issues and pneumonia.

Juanita Pritchett is home and ready to resume her regular activities.  Thank-you for praying as she had a heart procedure last week.

Mr. I. W. Simmons is undergoing tests to determine how to battle his new health concern.  Pray for him, his family, and for the doctors.

Please continue to pray for David’s brother, Jimmy Alford, as he awaits additional tests.

Continue to pray for those recovering from Hurricane Harvey and those facing Hurricane Irma today in Florida and southeast USA.

Summer Clemons Blades made it back to Kentwood after she and her daughter, Megan, faced Hurricane Irma while on a small island last week.  We thank God for protecting them and many other.

 

 

 

The youth did a very good job of leading worship yesterday at FBC, Kentwood.  We had a full house.  The most important thing is that two people made professions of faith.

 

 

WMU meeting – 10 A.M. this morning at FBC, Amite.  Y’all come.  We will be focusing of the week of prayer for Louisiana Missions and the Georgia Barnett Offering.

Georgia Barnett Emphasis– https://georgiabarnette.org/gbo/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/GBO-2017-Istrouma-Baptist-Church.mp4

 

 

Bible Reading Plan – Mark 11-12 and Psalm 100

Baptist Press – http://bpnews.net

 

 

Have a marvelous Monday!

Anna Lee

 

 

 

Sunday

Unless the LORD builds the house,

the builders labor in vain.

Unless the LORD watches over the city,

the guards stand watch in vain.

~Psalm 127:1~

 

George Cutrer of Osyka has had another problem and will need to be hospitalized a few more day.  Keep praying for him.

 

Pray for the people in the path of Hurricane Irma.

 

Darin Fontz article – http://www.houmatoday.com/sports/20170909/former-ed-white-coach-darin-fontz-dies

 

The children WILL have their regular Bible drill class tonight at 6 P.M. even though there are cottage prayer meeting going on all around town.  Revival services at FBC, Kentwood will begin in one week.

 

“Who is Georgia Barnett and What Difference Does it Make?”

 

WMU Georgia Barnett meeting tomorrow at 10 A.M. at FBC, Amite.  Rev. Don Meadows of Taylor Creek Baptist Church will be our speaker.  Tomorrow will be a good time to join us.

 

 

Have a wonderful Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee