Category: Women’s Ministry

Monday

“So if the Son sets you free,

you will be free indeed.”

~John 8:36 NIV~

 

 

 

Young Jules Tanksley had a good day yesterday.  Thanks to Children’s Hospital in NO for taking good care of many children from our area.  Hopefully, Jules’ parents will be bringing her home soon.

 

 

 

Mr. Frank Erwin may be able to leave North Oaks and return home later today.  His condition is treatable with medication.

 

 

 

James M.  Burch

1931-2019

James M. Burch (Major, Retired, USAF) was born on July 26, 1931, in Liverpool, LA, and passed away Monday, March 11, 2019, at the age of 87. Having grown up on a farm in rural Greensburg, LA, he learned the value of hard work. He was a graduate of Louisiana State University and proudly served our country for more than twenty years in the United States Air Force. He had assignments at Goose Bay Air Base in Newfoundland, Canada, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, TX, and flew missions in Vietnam during the war. Following his military duty, he began his second career as a federal civil servant working in the United States Department of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. His final days were spent surrounded by family during a short stay at the Northeast Louisiana Veterans Home. He was a long-time member of Oakcrest Baptist Church and resident of Baton Rouge but most recently lived in Monroe, LA with Jerre, his wife of 51 years. He is also survived by four loving children, Chip Birch (Lisa), Sheree Burch Phifer (Glenn), Mary Burch Mangham (Doug), and Shawna Burch Johnson (Alan). He also leaves behind eight grandchildren, Trey Birch (Meghan), Travis Phifer (Taylor), Victoria Phifer, Regan Mangham, Emery Johnson, Major Mangham, Reid Johnson, Daniel Birch; and two great-grandchildren, James Birch and Cindy Birch. He is also survived by five sisters, Barbara McDaniel, Jane Duncan, Grace Helen Williams, Cheryl Scott and Beverly Easley. He was preceded in death by his granddaughter, Sarah Birch; parents, Clifton and Rena Burch; sister, Carolyn Easley; and brothers, Jack Burch Sr., Donald Ray Burch and Percy Dean Burch. A memorial service will be held at New Zion Baptist Church in Kentwood, LA, at 11:00 AM on Saturday, April 6, 2019. In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to the . Online Registry/Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com. Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA.

 

 

 

 

Read and Write the Bible – 2 Thessalonians 1: 3-5

 

 

 

The youth of FBC, Kentwood will have a fundraiser for camp expenses next Sunday.  The youth from SCBC will have a BBQ chicken on the following Tuesday.

 

 

 

FBC, Kentwood will present an Easter program Sunday, April 13th at 6 P.M.

 

 

 

Thank God for protecting us during last night’s storm.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

Sunday

“We love because he first loved us.”

~1 John 4:19 NIV~

 

 

 

 

Read and Write the Bible Today – 2 Peter 1:5-9

 

 

 

I don’t know much about this, but FBC Greensburg is hosting a Prayer Boot Camp Monday night from 6:00 – 8;30.  I saw this posted by FBC, Amite, so it must be an associational event.  You may want to check this out.

 

 

 

I hope all of you will find a way to be in church today.  If not, there are numerous opportunities to watch services on television, computer, or phones.  Make church a choice today!

Anna Lee

 

Saturday

Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,  so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

~Hebrews 9:27-28~

 

 

Five month old Jules Tanksley is some problems yesterday at Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, but that worked out to be okay.  Thanks to all who prayed for her yesterday.  I don’t know what today holds, but it certainly is a good day for pray for her again.

 

 

 

There are several people who have had accidents or elective surgeries.  Please pray or them as a group or individually.

 

 

 

Read and Write Scripture Today – 2 Corinthians 6: 6-10

 

 

 

If you are interested in the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North America, you might want to read and  watch some of what is posted on the “Annie Armstrong” Facebook page.

 

 

 

Speaking of Easter, it is not about plastic of boiled eggs or about chocolate eggs.  It is about our Savior who gave his life at Calvary, so we might have eternal life with Jesus in heaven one day.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

~John 1:29~

 

 

 

 

Read & Write the Bible Today – 2 Corinthians 6: 3-5

 

 

 

Eva Naquin McNabb

March 22, 1934 – April 03, 2019

Eva Naquin McNabb, a resident of Kentwood passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at Landmark Nursing Home in Hammond. She was born March 22, 1934 in Houma and was 85 years of age. She is survived by her daughter, Jo Ann Pitre, Independence; a son, Donald Barousse, Hammond; 4 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, Kirby Naquin, Kenner and Joseph Naquin, Metairie. Preceded in death by her husband, Bobby L. McNabb; 3 infant children, Bobby, Keith, and Cheryl McNabb; 4 sisters, Edna Carroll, Leona Perkins, Annie Gautreau, and Rita Savoya; 2 brothers, Andrew Naquin and Percy Naquin; parents, Joseph and Ophelia Naquin. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Sunday and from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 8, 2019. Services conducted by Rev. Don Meadows. Interment Hutchinson Cemetery, Kentwood. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 

 

 

Baptist Press –  bpnews.net

 

 

 

Missions comes in many forms.

  • Cooking for a family who has had a death in a family
  • Helping a child pay to attend church camp
  • Visiting a family who moved into your neighborhood and telling them about church opportunities
  • Giving items for a children’s home
  • Giving household items to a church operated thrift store
  • Supporting mission offerings in your church
  • Packing a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child
  • Providing school supplies to a family having a difficult time
  • Giving a Bible to someone who doesn’t have one and teaching them how to use it.
  • Invite your neighbors to your home for coffee and a dessert while getting to know them better.
  • Take a needy child shopping for seasonal clothing or church clothes.
  • Etc.

 

 

 

I know many people just survive Fridays so they can do weekend activities.  Put some effort into making this Friday productive.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday

The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”

“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

~Matthew 21:9~

 

 

 

Please pray for Robbie Carter of Greensburg who had a kidney transplant yesterday.

 

 

 

Jules Tanksley‘s heart procedure went well.  Thank you for praying.  Her next heart procedure will be in 2.5 years.

 

 

 

Brett Frazier – Let’s continue to pray for Brett as he has several more weeks of therapy to recover from his sickness and hospital stay.

 

 

 

I would like to share a story of Jim and Elicabeth Elliot.

https://www.imb.org/2019/04/01/missionary-legacy-jim-elisabeth-elliot/

If you are not familiar with them, you may want to look them up.

 

 

 

Now is a good time to pray for out 2019 graduates.  Some will finish college, some various trade schools, and some high school.  Let’s pray that as God leads. they follow Him!

 

 

Read and  Write the Bible – I Timothy 6: 11-16

What opportunities will you have today to impact lives in a positive way?  What will you do with those opportunities?
Anna Lee

Wednesday

…fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.

For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

~Hebrews 12:2 (NIV)~

 

 

 

Little Jules Tanksley had her heart cauterization yesterday.  Today, she will have surgery.  Pray for Jules, her family, and the medical team working with her.

 

 

 

Lillian Hyde Brumfield

October 30, 1937 – March 30, 2019

Lillian Hyde Brumfield, a resident of Chesbrough passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at her home. She was born October 30, 1937 in Chesbrough and was 82 years of age. She is survived by 3 sons, Jimmy Brumfield, Kenny Brumfield and Shelby Brumfield, Jr. and wife, Frankie; 4 daughters, Susan Brumfield, Penny Gaines, Lynn Harris and husband, Mitchell, and Helen Vitrano and husband, Victor; 20 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents, Isaac and Lillian Hyde; husband, Shelby Brumfield, Sr.; 2 grandsons Mitchell Harris, Jr. and Michael Rowdon; 1 granddaughter, Sarah Lillian Vitrano; and 6 brothers. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 11:00 a.m. until religious services at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Interment Hyde Cemetery, Chesbrough. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 

 

 

Read & Write the Bible – I Thessalonians 5:15-18

 

 

 

FBC, Kentwood will have youth activities beginning at 5 P.M.  The Children in Action and adults will meet at 6 P.M.

 

 

 

Becoming a Missionary –  If you are interested in becoming an IMB missionary, short-term, long-term, or somewhere in the middle, you will want to check out this site.

https://www.imb.org/go/?utm_campaign=MOBI%2FCT%20%7CLT%7C%20Editorial%20Newsletter&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71313446&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8LXpnBKIfJXX0leqvGN2QVURJy9R1nUYP7gWMOqFNa8RkyOpaIeJZWnvSORllCvlm4JIJMLdJgAhlvHTtjLD-7lwcqvQ&_hsmi=71313446

 

 

Former IMB missionary leader Steve Smith, 57, dies

http://www.bpnews.net/52618/former-imb-missionary-leader-steve-smith-57-dies

 

 

 

I hope you found something here today to help you in some way.

Anna Lee

 

 

Tuesday

[Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time]

Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem.

On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law.

They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified.

On the third day he will be raised to life!”

~Matthew 20: 17-19 (NIV)~

 

 

 

Today, I have three prayer requests for you.

  1. Five month old Jules Tanksley will be at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans for a heart cauterization at 8 A.M.  Please be in pray for her family and the medical staff caring for her.
  2. Brett Frazier is in rehab and at the stage where visitors are not allowed as they really introduce Brett to what he needs to do.  This is often a hard time for everyone.  Pray for the Frazier family today.
  3. Pray for those in the nursing homes and those who are homebound.  These people are often “out of sight” and “out of mind”.  Make this a day to remember them and pray for them.

 

 

 

Read and Write the Bible – I Thessalonians 5: 12-14

 

 

 

Operation Christmas Child – April

During April, you are asked to donate small stuffed animals.  Of course, any items will be gladly accepted.  Items can be left in the classroom next to the choir room.

 

 

 

Thank you for “tuning-in” each day to read and then to pray.

Anna Lee

 

 

 

Monday

God blesses us so we can bless others!

“All the believers were together and had everything in common.

Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.” 

~Acts 2:44-45 NIV~

David and I have been on the receiving end of many kind expressions of love and concern, cards, calls, food, yard work, visits, etc.  We have been richly blessed.  I don’t thing anyone had to sell their possessions to do so, but we certainly have been blessed!

 

 

Read and Write the Bible for April – “Waiting on God” – I Peter 1:19-23

The list of Scriptures for this month are available at FBC, Kentwood.

 

 

An extra Bible reading suggestion for the next three weeks: Starting today read one chapter of John each day.  By Easter you will have read 21 chapters and had read what Easter really means.

 

 

That’s all for now.

Anna Lee

 

 

Sunday

“God’s family is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.” 

~1 Timothy 3:15 GW~

 

 

 

I don’t know about homecoming today at FBC, Kentwood, but I do know the the talented group from years ago, Gloryland, will perform at Gillsburg Baptist Church tonight at 6 P.M.  This will be the first time they have sung as a group in many years.  They will sing at 6 P.M.

 

 

 

Viola R. Jones

September 24, 1933 – March 28, 2019

VIOLA RAYBOURN JONES, (85), loving wife and mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, left this earthly life on March 28, 2019. Viola Mae Raybourn was born September 24, 1933 , the third child of James Alfred Raybourn and Etta Mae Broome Raybourn. Viola married her husband of 61 years, Darrell Dwight Jones of Maurepas, Louisiana, on May 7, 1955. Viola attended Kentwood High School. She met Darrell while attending business college in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Shortly after their marriage, Darrell entered the US Army and Viola moved with him to Fort Polk in Leesville, Louisiana, where she worked on post as an office assistant. Viola and Darrell moved to Brusly in 1964 where they raised their three children. She worked out of the home for many years, doing upholstery work and making custom draperies, and also as a substitute teacher. She later became the office manager for Brusly High School. Viola maintained a strong faith in God, and was active in her Baptist faith, most recently at First Baptist Church in Plaquemine, La. She was a long-time member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Viola and Darrell were avid campers and loved to travel. They were fortunate to visit many of our countries grandest places, traveling to every state except Hawaii. In 1988 they camped their way all across the US and Canada up to the Denali valley in Alaska. One of their all-time favorite places was Black Rock Mountain State Park in Mountain City, Georgia, where they returned for many summers. Their children have many wonderful memories of this park and its rangers, who came to be old friends to Darrell and Viola. In their later years, they spent several weeks each summer in Southfork, Colorado and several weeks during the winter at San Benito, Texas, from which they always returned loaded down with grapefruit. Viola was preceded in death by her loving husband Darrell on April 28, 2016. Viola is survived by one daughter, Deborah Suzanne Jones Torres, and her husband Lyle Charles Torres; and two sons: James Darrell Jones, and his wife Lauren Suzanne Massey Jones; and Daniel Leroy Jones, and his wife Melissa Ann Cade Jones. She had seven grandchildren: Leigh Nicole Jones Adams and her husband Richard Todd Adams; Phillip Matthew Mack and his wife Michelle Clare Folse Mack; Rachel Layne Jones Chappell and her husband Cory Donald Chappell; Jaime Elizabeth Mack Chenevert and her husband Cody Joseph Chenevert; Jennifer Michele Jones Browning, and her husband Gage Daniel Browning; Evan Darrell Mack, and Jared Michael Jones. She also had six great-grandchildren: Piper Eloise Mack, Alice Violet Mack, Georgette Viola Adams, Raylen Leigh Chappell, Silas James Mack, and Jones Ganson Chappell. She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings James Houlon Raybourn, Bonnie Verlie Smith Crawford, and Zettie Janette Raybourn Rhodus. She is survived by two brothers, Percy Ben Raybourn and Adren Lavon Raybourn. As per her wishes, Viola will be laid to rest with a small gravesite ceremony at the Line Creek Cemetery in Kentwood, Louisiana on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 11 am. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation (www.alzfdn.org).

 

 

Read & Write the Bible Today – Proverbs 12:9-14

 

 

 

I have the  Bible reading guide for April and will try to get it to the church this morning so you can follow it.  The theme of the verses for April is “Waiting on God”.

 

 

Don’t forget to support the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North America and to bring your donations for Operation Christmas Child.  The OCC purchases can be left in the Sunday School classroom next to the choir room.  If you prefer to give money to OCC, mark your envelope to say special account for OCC.  Thank you for giving so others can learn about Jesus.

 

 

Have a blessed Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday

The LORD is my strength and my defense ;

he has become my salvation.

~Psalm 118:14~

 

 

I heard that tomorrow is homecoming at FBC, Kentwood.  I’ve been out so much that I know no details.  If someone will fill me in, I will post it.  Thanks!

Read the Bible – Proverbs 19:17 & 22:9
Baptist Press has some great articles today.
I wasn’t there, but I understand the Gathiers had a wonderful concert at FBC, Covington last night.  They are one of my favorite groups.  I always try to catch them on the television on Saturday evenings.
Please pray for all the young families who are not bringing up their children in church and keeping them there as long as they live at home.  This article one of  several I have read lately that broke my heart.

Sidney C. Simmons

January 03, 1933 – March 28, 2019

Sidney C. Simmons, a resident of Bolivar, LA , passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at his home. He was born January 3, 1933 in Magnolia, MS and was 86 years of age. He was a U. S. Air Force Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He is survived by his daughter, Charlotte Newman; 2 sons, Richard S. Simmons and wife, Patricia, and Gary B. Simmons; 3 sisters, Jeanette Maxie, Patsy Dillon, and Iris Kay Walker; a brother, Percy Simmons; 9 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents, Clyde and Golda Simmons; a sister, Ivy Lee Robertson; and 2 brothers, Bernard Simmons and Reginald Simmons. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Sunday and from 9 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 1, 2019. Services conducted by Rev. Tim Lacoste. Interment Bolivar Cemetery, Bolivar, LA. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

I hope I gave you some “food for thought” and prayer today.
Anna Lee