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Friday – Snow Day!

I’ve been trying to write this since 11:30 last night, but the weather didn’t cooperate.

 

I think this is a good verse to practice more and more each year:

“The King will reply,

‘Truly I tell you,

whatever you did for one of the least

of these brothers and sisters of mine,

you did for me.’

~Matthew 25:40~

 

Last night, I was going to tell you we were not going to have Bible study this morning.  I think when you took one look of the white environment we all live in today, you were able to make that decision for yourself.

 

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering Week of Prayer – https://www.imb.org/day-6/

 

 

Read the Bible – I Peter 1-2, Psalm 33, and video on I Peter

 

 

Be extra careful on this snow day!

Anna Lee

 

 

 

Thursday Second Addition

Bettye Fussell

 

I also learned that Mrs. Evelyn Bridges passed away this morning.  She has been at the Greensburg Nursing Home for a few months.

 

 

 

Two deaths in one church family in one morning.  Two more sweet Kentwood ladies now in heaven and healed of their health issues.  What a sweet thought!

 

Ora Lee Wilson will be in charge of food for the services for both families.  Please call her and volunteer to prepare something for each family.

Thursday Addition

As hard as it is to post this, I can rejoice knowing Bettye is healed in heaven where there is no sickness or death.  Her friends and family can see her again one day if they choose to follow her to heaven.
Bettye Wicker Schilling Fussell

June 01, 1944 – December 07, 2017

 

On Thursday, December 7, 2017, our beautiful Bettye was called to meet our glorious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She gave her all during this devastating journey but God knew it was time. Bettye was born on June 1, 1944 and has always been a resident of Kentwood but for 6 years, when her husband, Harold, was in college in Monroe, LA. She is survived by her husband, Harold L. Fussell; son, Ken Fussell  and wife, Cyndie; daughter, Jill Fussell Smith and husband, Chris; five grandchildren, Ryan and Megan Fussell and Colby, Jacey, and Kyler Smith; sister, Fran Schilling Walker and nieces, Ashley and Amber Walker. She was preceded in death by her parents, H. Leonard and Natalie Schilling; granddaughter, Christy Smith and her brother in law, James (Jimbo) Walker. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 6 PM until 9 PM, Friday, and from 8 AM until religious services at 10 AM Saturday, December 9, 2017. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to a non profit organization called Becki and Bettye’s Victory Bags c/o Misty Welch, 9731 Ravenwood Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70818. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Monday

Let us acknowledge the LORD;

let us press on to acknowledge him.

As surely as the sun rises, he will appear;

he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

~Hosea 6:3~

 

Thank you, Lord, for giving us a great opportunity yesterday to share our love for You, missions, and each other!  May seeds have been planted in hearts that will impact the world for Jesus!

 

Ora Lee Wilson was thrilled yesterday to share that her son-in-law, Rob Anderson, is finally getting better.  Thank God for the good report and future prospect of Rob living a healthy life again.

 

Read the Bible Today – Hebrews 9-10, Psalm  29, and the video on Atonement found at http://bibleproject.com

 

Week of Prayer for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, Day 2 – https://www.imb.org/day-2/

I hope you will have a desire to learn about the need for people around the world to be introduced to Jesus.  May our gifts to this offering be used worldwide to share the most precious message in the world, Jesus!

 

May we be diligent in our efforts to do our part!

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

~Colossians 3:17~

Mrs. Ruby Dillon is already a little better,  Thank God for medical personnel  and for modern medicines.

The Cutrer family seem to be experiencing several health issues at the same time.  Pray for Mr. Gaylon and for his grandchildren.

 

 

William Alec Leon Simmons

May 31, 1985 – November 26, 2017

A resident of Kentwood passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017 at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite. He was born May 31, 1985 in Hammond and was 32 years of age. He is survived by his parents, William Brent Simmons and Beth Simmons; brother, William Steven Scott Simmons and wife, Kaylee; sister, Laken Simmons Carlin and husband, Kynan; nieces and nephews, Nicholas Scott Simmons, Logan Eddie Carlin, and Raylee Elizabeth Simmons; and his grandparents, Sam and Kay Alford and Gaylor Wilson. Preceded in death by his grandfathers, Benny Simmons and Harold Wilson. Visitation at Line Creek Baptist Church from 1 PM until Memorial Services at 3 PM on Saturday, December 2, 2017. Interment Line Creek Cemetery. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 

Wanda Dykes McDaniel

October 05, 1939 – November 26, 2017

A resident of Kentwood passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017 in Leesburg, VA. She was born October 5, 1939 in Magnolia, MS and was 78 years of age. She is survived by her son, Samuel Eugene Broyles, Kentwood; daughter, Melanie McDaniel Cummings, Leesville, VA; and her grandchildren, Samantha Broyles Miller, Robert Broyles, and Mici Cummings. Preceded in death by her parents, Homer and Lexie Dykes. Visitation at East Fork Baptist Church from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 2, 2017. Services conducted by Dr. Ernest M. Graham. Interment East Fork Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.
  • There’s excitement in the air.  The Lottie Moon Christmas Tea is only a few days away.  I hope to see many of you Sunday afternoon at 2 P.M.  We’ll have Lottie Moon Tea Cakes, finger foods, various teas, a missionary speaker, local children singing, etc.  All this while sitting at a beautifully decorated table!  Come join us as we pray for international missionaries and for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering which will be collected in our churches beginning next Sunday.
  • Next week, the children studying missions will set up a nativity scene at the church.  Be sure your children and grandchildren are there to participate as they learn about the reason we celebrate the Christmas season.
  • Read the Bible – Hebrews 1-2, Psalm 25, and the video on Hebrews which can be found at http://bibleproject.com.
As we close out the month of November for 2017, I hope you have taken note of the many things you have to be thankful for.
Anna Lee

 

Wednesday Update

I have two updates to share:

  • Rob Anderson is having some problems and additional testing is being done.  His parents are flying to be with Rob and the family.  Ora Lee asks you to please pray.
  • Jimmy Alford‘s doctor called him to say a team of doctors from Ochsner in New Orleans reviewed his case yesterday and decided he will have either radiation or chemo & radiation before Christmas.  We covet your prayers too.

Thanksgiving Eve

Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. 

 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.

~Psalm 95:2-3~

 

Rob Anderson had surgery Tuesday.  Shiela Wilson Anderson was able to get out of Boston Wednesday, but missed Rob’s surgery.  Thankfully, all went well with the surgery.  Pray for Rob as he recovers.

 

 

Pray for the mission team from Montpelier Baptist Church as they continue to serve on the mission field this week.

 

 

There will be NO Friday Morning Bible Study this week due to the holiday.

 

 

Working the collection week for Operation Christmas Child was a real blessing.  An unexpected blessing was to meet some daily readers of The Prayer LInk. That is always special to me.  I appreciated each of you who read and pray.  Another blessing was when a man arrived from a distance away from Kentwood.  He was delivering a shoebox his wife had packed and wanted to be sure it was sent.

I cannot say enough about the people from FBC, Kentwood who came and worked.  At times, we all worked hard, but we also had times when we sat and visited. as we waited for the next delivery.  It was an opportunity to get to know our own people a little better.  That was a blessing too!

Volunteer at a Processing Center

Millions of shoeboxes are collected during National Collection Week. Before these special gifts can bring hope and joy to children around the world, each one has to be carefully inspected and made ready for overseas shipment by volunteers like you. You can help prepare shoeboxes for delivery by volunteering at one of our eight processing centers across the United States. About 80,000 volunteers serve annually at our processing centers.

We have opportunities at the processing centers for volunteer groups of all sizes. You can volunteer as an individual or with family and friends.

 

You can read more about the process, see the sites for packing, and select the dates that fit your schedule.  You can go as an individual or a part of a team.

This is a goal of mine I hope to achieve one day.  Please let me know if you get to go and what you think.  I have talked to other friends who have gone.  They highly recommend it!

 

Read the Bible – I Thessalonians 5 & Psalm 17

 

Be sure to celebrate this holiday with thankfulness in your heart. Use this day to begin to make your list of blessings this morning.

Anna Lee