Category: WMU

Sunday

 Remember this:

Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way

will save him from death

and cover over a multitude of sins.

~James 5:20~

(As I prepared my Sunday School lesson for today, I found a note at the end that encouraged us to invited people to Sunday School next Sunday to learn of the resurrection and its impact on our future.  That certainly is  good idea.  This morning, hears a verse to give us more encouragement to do so.)

Read the Bible in 2015 

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

Thom R. Rainer – http://thomrainer.com/

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Who are You?” – http://odb.org/
  • When [Jesus] had come into Jerusalem,                                                                                             all the city was moved,                                                                                                                     saying, “Who is this?”                                                                                                                                                                                    ~Matthew 21:10~
  • “Jesus is the Sweetest Name I Know” – http://nethymnal.org/htm/j/i/jisnikno.htm

Announcements

  • Several area churches are having a Fifth Sunday Singing tonight.
  • Hope Center will be OPEN Good Friday.
  • The next associational WMU meeting will be at New Zion and features Rev. Randy Durant speaking on missions and the mission trips made by Montpelier Baptist Church.
  • Pine Ridge United Methodist Church will have a Good Friday service.
  • Friday Bible Study will not meet Good Friday.
  • The office of FBC, K will not be open Good Friday.
  • Inspiration Park will have a sunrise service next Sunday morning.
  • FBC, K will have two morning worship services and no evening services next Sunday.
  • April 23rd is the date of the next Ladies Night at FBC, K.  All ladies from 3 to 103 are encouraged to attend.

Have a wonderful Lord’s Day.  May it impact your day in an extra special way today.

Anna Lee

Thursday

 The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving,

even though we have rebelled against him;

~Daniel 9:9~

Renee Deck Terrell did well in surgery and is back at home.

Mrs. Nita Russell has had to have surgery after her fall at North Oaks.  She will be moving to rehab tomorrow.  Her daughter, Cathy Russell, is still in North Oaks.  You may know Nita as the mother of Faibra Cade or the step-mother of J.C. Miller,

Keith Sumeral was involved in an accident on Highway 16, Amite Tuesday afternoon.  He is okay.  In fact, everyone who was involved will be okay.  Let’s thank God for watching over the occupants of both vehicles.

Bobby Lawson – Please continue to pray for him and his family.

Darren Fontz (son of Diane Strickland) has begun chemo.  Please pray for him and for his family.

Pray for John Dyer (not the local one, but Jana Creel’s brother-in-law) as they work to determine this problem.  So far, they have eliminated the possibility of Parkinson’s.

Martha Pevey Drago will be having surgery.  She wrote this last night.

Tomorrow is surgery day! One step closer to getting this over with!!! Surgery is scheduled for 8:30am. Please pray that all goes well and please pray for my doctors and all the medical staff who will be working on me! I know that the Great Physician will be right there with me guiding their hands and thoughts while healing me. Thank you all for praying for me and my family!

Read the Bible in 2015

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Let that hymn be in your thoughts today!

Anna Lee

Monday

One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek:

that I may dwell in the house of the LORD

all the days of my life,

to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD

and to seek him in his temple.

~Psalm 27:4~

Thank-you for praying for Harold Stokes.  He is home and recovering well.

Koltyn Gafford (Written by his mother)

Koltyn has had a very eventful weekend. Although all good things must come to an end and sadly ours is ending with a trip to the ER. We have been noticing what seems like “Absence Seizures aka Petit Mal Seizures” sudden blank stares for short periods of time like he has just been startled. They are getting more frequent and the Dr. told us to bring him straight to the ER for further testing. Praying everything is ok with our ‪#‎littlemiracle‬. Thanks to everyone this weekend for your support for ‪#‎KoltynBradley‬ it means the world to our family the love & support our amazing community has shown us.

Rod Venable will be having surgery this week.  Keep him and Bridgette in your prayers.

Please continue to pray for Joe Easley and his family.

Another family that is in need of our prayers if that of Bobby Lawson.  He is at home.

Read the Bible in 2015

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Son Reflector”– http://odb.org/
  • This man came for a witness,                                                                                                                 to bear witness of the Light.                                                                                                                                                       ~John 1:7~
  • “The Light of the World is Jesus” – http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/w/lworldij.htm

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions

This offering provides 50% of the funds for missions in North America with 100% of the money collected going straight to missions.  Support missionary work here at home.

Have a great week!  Be sure to take Jesus with you wherever you go!

Anna Lee

 

Saturday

“The Lord is my light and my salvation—

whom should I fear?”

~Psalm 27:1a, HCSB~

 

Pray for my friend, Barbara B. Gaines, as she battles a very rare form of lung cancer.  She has a good attitude and looks good.  Please pray for her family too!

Macy Gueldner

They’ve identified the bacteria as E Coli. It started in her gut and traveled to the bloodstream. Pretty serious stuff, but it responds well to almost any antibiotic, so that’s why the meds started working right away. If her cultures from today are clear tomorrow, we’ll go home on IV antibiotics for 10 days.

Annie Armstrong Offering for North American Missions

Read the Bible in 2015 

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Justice and Mercy Combined” – odb.org/
  • The Lord is good,                                                                                                                                           a stronghold in the day of trouble.                                                                                                                                                   ~Nahum 1:7~
  • “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” – http://nethymnal.org/htm/w/a/f/wafwhij.htm

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Have a great Saturday!

Anna Lee

Tuesday

 Blessed is the man

who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked

or stand in the way of sinners

or sit in the seat of mockers.

~Psalm 1:1~

 

Pray for our neighbor, Sherry Day, as she sees a doctor Thursday to make plans for future treatment/surgery.  Pray for Sherry and her family as they face what God has ahead for them with faith and courage.

Pray for the Harold Stokes family of Amite as Harold has open heart surgery today.  Pray for comfort and patience during the surgery/recovery time.
Eric John Rowdon

Born: September 27, 1979
Died: March 13, 2015

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public:obituaries.view&o_id=3008762&fh_id=10545

Jane Wood Hallmark

Born: November 13, 1951
Died: March 15, 2015

http://www.mckneelys.com/home/index.cfm?action=public:obituaries.view&o_id=3008889&fh_id=10545

Young at Heart will meet at New Zion at 10:30 this morning.  There will be speakers to talk about mission work in Africa and then a potluck lunch.
Read the Bible in 2015

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

I’ve loved this hymn and related to its message for years, but never known of its origin.  This explains the words I have loved and needed so much at times.

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions

Thom M. Rainer’s

  • Homepage – http://thomrainer.com/
  • This site always contains thought-provoking articles!  You might want to begin checking it on a regular basis.

Friday Morning Bible Study – “Women of the Bible – Anna”

Live each day like it might be your last day.  That is true for all of us, no matter our age or current health situation.

“The best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.”

Anna Lee

Monday (posted early)

“O God, save me by your name,

and vindicate me by your might.

O God, hear my prayer;

give ear to the words of my mouth.”

~Psalm 54:1-2, ESV~

 

Please pray for the Strickland family and their many friends.

This week has the Third Thursday of the month, so we will be gathering at the cabin at 6:30.  Remind someone else that this is the week.

Ladies, don’t forget the mission study at 10 this morning at Montpelier. You’ll get to learn more about how the Annie Armstrong offering is used in Canada and the United States.

Don’t forget about the Annual Assoc. Meeting tomorrow evening at First Baptist Church of Amite tomorrow night at 6:30. Come enjoy the choir and orchestra from William Carey and preaching by the LBC President, Steve Horn.

The Friday Bible Study will meet at 10 A.M. Friday.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Secondhand Faith” –  http://odb.org/2010/05/19/secondhand-faith/
  • Another generation arose after them                                                                   who did not know the Lord                                                                                           nor the work which He had done for Israel.                                                                                                                         ~Judges 2:10~
  • “Faith is the Victory” –  http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Faith_Is_the_Victory/

This is a new week.  Be sure to give God His share of your time and efforts this week.

Anna Lee 

Sunday Addition

For God, who said,

“Let light shine out of darkness,”

made his light shine in our hearts

to give us the light of the knowledge

of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

~2 Corinthians 4:6~

 

Henry J. Hoffstadt, Jr.

Born: June 26, 1932
Died: March 13, 2015

Henry John Hoffstadt, Jr. (82) died on Friday, March 13, 2015 at Richard Murphy Hospice House in Hammond, LA. He was born in New Orleans, LA. Henry served in the US Navy during the Korean War, worked as District Manager of South Central Bell in Baton Rouge, and founded Hoffstadt Farms in 1977. Henry is survived by his wife of 52 years, Florence Moate Hoffstadt; two sons, Henry J. Hoffstadt, III and Harrell M. Hoffstadt and daughter, Holly Hoffstadt Strong; seven grandchildren, Brittany Hoffstadt, Hank Hoffstadt, Jonathan Hoffstadt, Nicholas Hoffstadt, Charlie Strong, Shelly Hoffstadt and Alaina Strong and sister, Lynda Hoffstadt Walker. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry John Hoffstadt, Sr. and Alma Harrell Hoffstadt and four sisters, Alma Hoffstadt Neal, Blanche Hoffstadt Montz, Camille Hoffstadt Casey and Earllea Hoffstadt Perez. Rosary begins at 8:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at St. Helena Catholic Church in Amite, La. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. in the church hall and funeral Mass to follow. Interment will be at Hoffstadt Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Richard Murphy Hospice Foundation, 1109 S. Chestnut Street, Hammond, LA 70403. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “God is Listening” – http://odb.org/
  • My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord;                                                   in the morning I will direct it to You,                                                                        and I will look up.                                                                                                                                                                                            ~Psalm 5:3~
  • “Sweet Hour of Prayer” – http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/h/shop.htm

 

Ladies, you are all invited to Montpelier Baptist Church at 10:00 in the morning to learn more about the Annie Armstrong Missions Offering.   Following the meeting, there will be a pot luck lunch.

 

 

Saturday


” ‘ “The LORD bless you and keep you;  

the LORD make his face shine upon you

and be gracious to you; 

the LORD turn his face toward you

and give you peace.” ‘

~Numbers 6:24-26~

 

Anne Newton Ellzey of Roseland moved to her heavenly home to join her husband, Jerry, and other family and friends.  Pray for her children, grandchildren, friends, and many former students in the Amite area.

Read the Bible in 2015 – Mark 1-2 – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+1-2&version=NIV

  • If you are following this, you have now read five books of the Bible and parts of six others.  Aren’t you thankful you have done this?
  •  If you haven’t started reading, the year is not lost, begin today.

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Annie Armstrong Offering for North American Missions – http://www.sbhla.org/bio_anniearmstrong.htm

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “The Go-Between” – http://odb.org
  • The people stood afar off,                                                                                                                             but Moses drew near . . .                                                                                                                         where God was.                                                                                                                                       ~Exodus 20:21~
  • “Sweet, Sweet Spirit” 

This is your day to make some preparations for the Lord’s Day.  Doing some today will make tomorrow a better day.

I trust you have had a great week, despite the weather, the job, some of the problems  in your life, etc.  It is the week God gave you.  He had a purpose.  Did you handle it the way He wanted you to?

Anna Lee

Friday


“The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few.

Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest

to send out workers into His harvest.”

~Matthew 9:37-38, HCSB~

 

Chip Caraway

Chip is doing well and is at home.  Thanks for praying for him.

Eddie Muse

Eddie is much better.  Thank-you for praying.

Harold Stokes

Harold, of Amite, will be having heart surgery at OLOL Tuesday.  Please begin praying for him and his family.

CaringBridge – Macy Gueldner

We are now more than halfway done with the last phase of Macy’s treatment!!! 7 weeks of induction, 8 weeks of consolidation, and 61 out of 120 weeks down of maintenance… only 59 weeks to go! Macy’s counts were good again today. This marks several weeks of good counts, so I’m expecting an increase in chemo soon. She got Vincristine today and started her week of steroids… YUCK! This should be her “bad week,” but last month’s wasn’t too bad, so please pray for a not-so-bad bad week.

All in all, we’re enjoying our semi-normal, crazy life. I don’t know about y’all, but I’m counting down the days until Spring break!! It can’t get here soon enough! We’re loving the warmer weather, but could stand to dry out a bit. Where’s the sun? Has anyone seen it?

Cynthia Vining Smith

Born: July 21, 1942
Died: March 11, 2015

A resident of Kentwood, died at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. She was born July 21, 1942 in New Orleans and was 72 years of age. She is survived by her daughter, Deborah Smith Cooper and husband, Andre, Memphis, TN; son, James Leslie Smith, East Fork; 3 grandchildren, Mitchell Dane Smith, Memphis, TN, Jordan Andre Cooper, Memphis, TN and James Dakota Smith, Ft. Smith, AR; 1 sister, Susan Johnson and husband, Lonnell, Amite; and 3 nephews, many cousins and other family members. Preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Ray Smith; father, John Tillman Vining; mother, Essie Mae Morris Vining and sister, Johnnie Mae Vining. Visitation at East Fork Baptist Church, Kentwood, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 14, 2015. Services conducted by Rev. Mike Shumock. Interment East Fork Cemetery, Kentwood. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Obituary for W. Nix Miller

Nix Miller, age 68, of Tuscaloosa, AL died March 10, 2015 at Hospice of West Alabama. The memorial service will be at 2pm Friday, March 13, 2015 at Pinkard Funeral Home, Haleyville, Alabama. Burial will follow at Winston Memorial Gardens. Visitation will precede the service at 1pm.

Nix was preceded in death by his parents Marguerite & Huey Miller Sr, & brothers Huey Miller Jr, and Brent Miller of St. Helena Parish, La. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Beverly G. Miller, his daughter Miranda Miller Little, John Boone Little(grandson), Johnny Zeb Little(son by marriage) all of Tuscaloosa, Al.; sister Wanda(Earl)Callender, West Feliciana Parish, La, brother Stan(Kathy)Miller, East Baton Rouge Parish, La, Hardy(Lisa)Miller, Baton Rouge, La, and John(Juvelyn)Miller of St. Helena Parish, La. Brother in law, Thomas(Susan)Graham, Highland Village, TX & Max(Dianne)Sanders, Haleyville, Al. He has countless other beloved cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.

Mr. Miller was awarded a football scholarship to the University of Louisiana-Monroe & earned a BA & MA degree at the University of North Alabama, Florence, Al. He was an educator with the Haleyville City School system for 14 years. He was also an entrepreneur and the founder of Miller’s Seafood of Haleyville, Al and owned Miller’s Seafood, Inc. DBA D’Johns Restaurant, St. Francisville, La for a collective 27 years. He was a member of the Tuscaloosa County Cattleman’s Association and First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa. He is presently a member of First Baptist Church, Haleyville, AL.

Nix was a very loving & compassionate husband, daddy, grandfather, father in law, son, brother, uncle, teacher, employer, & friend to many. He will be missed by all of his former students, customers, and friends, but mostly by his family. To know him, was to love him. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Hospice of West Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Al. For more information visit www.hospiceofwestalabama.com

Pallbearers will be: Tim DeLaney, Cody DeLaney, JJ Summers, Nathan Dobbs, Will Romine, Bobby Taylor, Will Walker, and Shane Cook
Online condolences may be left at www.pinkardfh.com.

Read the Bible in 2015 – Isaiah 56-61

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Giving Up Our Mirrors” –  http://odb.org
  • [Bezalel] made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze,                                                                  from the bronze mirrors of the serving women.                                                                          ~Exodus 38:8~
  • “Spirit of the Living God” –  http://www.hymnary.org/text/spirit_of_the_living_god_fall_fresh

Annie Armstrong Mission Offering –  http://www.sbhla.org/bio_anniearmstrong.htm

Some people just try to endure/get through Fridays.  Do better than that.  Make today really count for God, others, and yourself.

Anna Lee

Thursday

 But for you who revere my name,

the sun of righteousness will rise

with healing in its wings.

And you will go out

and leap like calves released from the stall.

~Malachi 4:2~

 

Please pray for Cynthia Smith of the East Fork community.  She is in North Oaks.

Pray for Anne Ellzey of Roseland.  She is also in North Oaks and not doing well.

Mrs. Oma Zachary of the Hillsdale area is also in need of our prayers.  Of course, as you pray for these ladies, pray for their families.

Eddie Muse has been admitted to North Oaks.  Pray for his family, Eddie, and the medical staff caring for him.

Philip Morgan had a spinal surgery that is now requiring another procedure.  Pray this is successful.

Skip Caraway’s surgery went well.  Please continue to pray for him during the recovery period as he waits for the pathology report.

Pray for Kentwood senior adults who have been on our prayer list a number of times lately.  For example, Mr. Bobby Lawson, Joe Easley, Mrs. Catherine Yarborough, Mrs. Hellen Morris, Mrs. Cecile Alford, Mrs. Mildred Birch, and others.

Mr. Edward Garner

http://webapp2.meaningfulfunerals.net/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10545/id/3001825

Baptist Press  – bpnews.net 

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

  • “Hand Me The Binoculars!”  –  http://odb.org

  • The heavens declare the glory of God;                                                                                            and the firmament shows His handiwork.                                                                                ~Psalm 19:1~                                                                                                                                                     

Read the Bible in 2015 – Job 21 – 22

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions 

http://anniearmstrong.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2015-AAEO-NAMB-Funding-Chart.pdf

The BCM lunch at SLU went well yesterday.  There was plenty of help and all the food people/classes was delivered to the church on time.  Also, the helpers who went did a good job.  Let’s prepare to do it again next year….

Take in the beauty of the world God created.  Choose something like the clouds, a tree, a rainbow, a leaf, a bird, or a horse to admire.  Think what a a mess you would have made if you had tried to create anything.  Thank God for His creation.

Anna Lee