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

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;

his love endures forever.

~  I Chronicles 16:34~

 

Please pray for the Dillons.  “Miss” Ruby has been admitted to North Oaks with some dehydration and an infection.  She’s in room 4102. Mr. “Cete” is with her.
I have an update on Kayla J. Evans and her baby girl, Finley.  They are both doing well at this point.

Russell Wiley Crawford

December 09, 1939 – November 27, 2017

A resident of Spring Creek passed away on Monday, November 27, 2017 at Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center in Independence. He was born December 9, 1939 in New Orleans and was 77 years of age. He was a U. S. Army Veteran and a member of Spring Creek Baptist. He is survived by wife, Marilyn Kelting Crawford; daughter, Becky Crawford; son, Randy Crawford; 2 grandchildren, Chase and Kaysie Crawford; sister, Carol Fairburn, all of Spring Creek. Preceded in death by parents, George and Flora Crawford; sister, Margaret Roberts; 2 brothers-in-law, Fred Roberts and Gerald Fairburn; nephew, Scott Fairburn; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Eugene and Lucille Kelting. Visitation at Spring Creek Baptist Church from 10 a.m. until religious services at 12:00 Noon on Thursday, November 30, 2017. Services conducted by Dr. Danny Smith. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Spring Creek Baptist Church Building Fund in memory of Russell. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Read the Bible – Philemon, Psalm 24, and video of Philemon at http://bibleproject.com
Work is progressing on the Two Rivers Associational Annual Lottie Moon Tea.  Let me invite all ladies (3-103 years old) to come to First Baptist Church, Kentwood at 2 P.M.  Sunday. In additional to some tea and other treats, you’ll hear a missionary who has returned to the states and witness the musical talents of the children and youth of our local churches.  The ladies will be decorating their tables Saturday morning.  I know they will be beautiful!  If this is your first holiday event, it will put you in a Christ centered focus for the Christmas season.  If you miss it, there will be no second chance.  I’m looking forward to seeing you Sunday at 2 P.M.  We are thankful to have our children and youth help with serving of food, as well as singing.
The children of FBC, Kentwood will have missions tonight and work in a little last-minute practice time for the tea.  We begin in the sanctuary at 6 P.M.
The ladies will have their regular Bible study, of Ezekiel, Friday morning at 10 A.M.  The prophesy is interesting.  We are comparing those days to the present days and praying for our nation and world to turn back to Jesus.
The “shoeboxes” we packed are getting the Christian literature that will introduce them to Jesus added this week and boxes divided up for their final destinations as well as packaging for overseas shipping.  The boxes might travel by plane, ship, boat, wagon, bus, car, truck. camel, horse, on even be carried in on the backs of people.  All opened boxes will bring joy and an introduction to Jesus!
Sunday, we will begin our Week of Prayer for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.  We received slightly more than our goal for the Georgia Barnett Offering for North American missions.  I look forward to exceeding this goal too!  We will again have our Missions March as introduced to us by Dr. Tom Higginbothan, a former IMB missionary who served as interim pastor at FBC, Kentwood a few years ago.
Sunday is the deadline for bringing in STAMPED Christmas cards for the prisoners at the parish jail.  David and I will personally deliver the cards to the jail next week.  No number of cards is too large or too small!  We’ll pray each one impacts a family with the true Christmas message this holiday season.
It’s a great week!  Follow Jesus in the Christmas season this year!  Merry Christmas!
Anna Lee

Tuesday

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

~Psalm 100:4~

I received a letter and a suggestion for our next Bible Reading Plan from Bill and Velta Morris.  Updates on their health were also included.  That’s what I want to share with you this morning.  First, he said birthdays have brought along some wear and tear (They are not the only ones!), but that makes them grateful because God has been faithful and continues to bless them.  Velta will have another scan in January.  After a couple rounds of radiation, her nodes are almost normal in size.  He also stated that one day they will come back and he and Velta will “walk through that door when they do”.  In the meantime her ministry includes things like sitting with folks and delivering meals.  Bill said he and Art team teach a Sunday School class of about 55 each Sunday with Velta serving as their “right arm”!  As you may know, Bill and Velta are as special to me as his parents were to me in my earlier years in Kentwood.  I find myself speaking of them periodically, probably more often than any other couple of their age.

 

Yesterday was Mrs. Grace Chadwick’s 96th birthday!  She is from Roseland and a fixture of our past lives.  As a matter of fact, I have a list of ladies who attended the baby shower before I was born.  “Miss” Grace was there.  I can show you the area of the church where she faithfully sat at Roseland Baptist Church.  Her husband helped my daddy study to be a Mason.  I have lots of memories of them!  Today, when we visit the Greensburg nursing home we “look her up” if she has not already found us!  She always blesses us with numerous “stories” from our shared past.

 

 

 

https://swbts.edu/news/releases/southwestern-seminary-preserves-legacy-lottie-moon/

You can use this like to get the the LIVE BROADCAST at 1 P.M. today.  I will be working at the church at that time to prepare for the Lottie Moon Tea, so I hope someone will record it for us to use in the future,

 

Read the Bible – Titus, Psalm 23, and video on Titus at http://bleproject.com

 

Don’t forget the “Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party this morning at 11 A.M. at The Cafe.

 

What a great time of the year!

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday

In that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name;

make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.

~Isaiah 12:4~

Before the Christmas season, it seems like we will be experiencing the flu season.  I understand the schools, the nursing home, and families are experiencing lots of flu cases.  Be careful not to get the flu and if you do, don’t share it.

 

Finley Lauren Evans was born yesterday.  Both Kayla and the baby are doing well.  Pray for baby Finley as she adds new excitement to the Simpson and Evans families

 

Ronnie Brabham’s daughter, Emma, was in an accident yesterday.  Her baby, Luke James, was born weighing 3.6 lbs.  Pray for mom and baby.

 

James Rimes has been “under the weather”, but is improving.  Pray for him to soon be 100%.

 

Please continue to pray for David’s brother, Jimmy Alford, and sister-in-law, Janie.

 

Our granddaughter, Mallory, was here for a few days, but had a successful flight and drive back to college.  I thank God for this mature, young lady in the family.

 

 

Read the Bible – II Timothy 1-4, Psalm 22, & video on II Timothy found at http://bibleprojecct.com

 

Next Sunday is collection day at church and during the Lottie Moon Christmas Tea for stamped Christmas cards for Tangipahoa parish prisoners.
The Tea will be at 2 P.M. at the FBC fellowship hall.

 

Have a great Monday and a great week!

Anna Lee

 

 

 

Sunday

 

 I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness;

I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.

~Psalm 7:17~

 

Read the Bible today – I Timothy 5-6 & Psalm 21

 

Baptist Press – http://bpnews.net

 

Baptist Message – http;\://baptistmessage.com

 

“Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party 

  • Tuesday
  • 11 A.M.
  • The Cafe
  • Honors ladies with November birthdays

 

Coming Soon – Two Rivers Associational Annual Lottie Moon Tea

  • FBC, Kentwood
  • Sunday, December 3rd
  • 2:00 P.M.
  • Speaker – Rachel Robbin, served in Czech Republic
  • For ladies of all ages
  • Music provided by children of various churches

 

Have a wonderful Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

Saturday

4 For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 

5 because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

~1 Timothy 4:4-5~

 

I’m happy to report that Rob Anderson, Robert and Ora Lee Wilson’s son-in-law, is home from the hospital.  Let’s thank God for Rob’s improvement.

Let’s pray for the many travelers who will be going home today.  May each one be extra careful on this holiday travel day.

 

Aubrey Ray “Foots” Strahan

November 16, 1928 – November 24, 2017

A resident of Amite passed away on Friday, November 24, 2017 at his home. He was born November 16, 1928 in Amite and was 89 years of age. He was a U. S. Army Veteran of the Korean War, a member of Friendship Baptist Church and retired from the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He is survived by his wife, Billie Callihan Strahan, Amite; 3 daughters, Virginia Strahan Bailey and husband, Neal, Grand Bay, AL, Wanda Strahan Hammac, Mobile, AL, and Gwendolyn Strahan Wilkerson, Theodore, AL; 1 son, Aubrey “Alan” Strahan and wife, Margaret, Amite; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 2 sisters, Peggy Strahan Rester, Denham Springs, and Patsy Strahan Hall and husband, Robert; sister-in-law, Sara B. Strahan; brother-in-law, Russell Krueger, Jamestown, ND; special friends, JC Ricks and Roy Seal. Preceded in death by parents, James Clenzie Strahan and Velma Lee Strahan; brother, Robert Earl Strahan; sisters, Wilda Nell Krueger, Elizabeth “Dib” S. Brown, and Doris S. Toney; 2 infant brothers, brother-in-law, Sidney Brown and Billie Ray Toney; great-grandchild, Brynn Elizabeth Woods; sons-in-law, Richard A. Wilkerson and Carlos L. Hammac. Visitation at Friendship Baptist Church, 62502 Friendship Church Rd., Amite, LA from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Sunday and from 10  a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. on Monday, November 27, 2017. Interment Friendship Cemetery, Amite, LA. Memorial Contributions may be made to Friendship Baptist Church. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 

 

Read the Bible – I Timothy 3-4 & Psalms 20

 

Pine Ridge United Methodist Church will be having their monthly breakfast tomorrow morning at 8:000.  Come enjoy one of the best breakfast buffets around and give a donation to help with a need for a person in/from the community.

 

I think it is okay, even suggest you keep your eyes and heart open, to the many ways you are blessed all year long.

Anna Lee

 

 

Friday

15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

~2 Corinthians 4:15-16~

 

Rhonda Hendry of Chesbrough broke her arm in two places.  Please pray for her as she sees specialists for additional treatment.

Gary Hendry, a former football player and coach, is hospitalized at Lakeview in Covington for testing.

 

Evelyn Hughes Stevens, formerly of Roseland, passed away.  I did not find an obituary yet.

 

Read the Bible – I Timothy 1-2, Psalm 19, & video on I Timothy found  at  Bible Project.com

 

I’m looking forward to the “Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party Tuesday at The Cafe at 11 A.M.

 

I’m also looking forward to visiting Pine Ridge United Methodist  Church Sunday at 8:00 A.M. for their monthly breakfast benefit to help an individual or family having a difficult time.  I was talking to a lady last week who had a series of medical problems a few years ago.  She told me what a wonderful surprise it was to open a card one day and get a check from Pine Ridge United Methodist Union.  She also told how helpful it was to  get her through those difficult days.  I think it was especially nice to know the ladies of PRUMU were concerned for her and praying for her.

 

This is a good season to check with those who live alone.  Sometimes they need a little encouragement or help.  You might be the one who can meet their need!

Anna Lee

 

 

 

 

Thanksgiving 2017

 

 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,  

I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.

~Ephesians 1:15-16~

 

Read  the Bible – II Thessalonians, Psalm 18, and video on II Thessalonians found at Bibleproject.com. 

 

Wendell Simmons had gall bladder surgery yesterday.  All seems to be well with him.  Pray for him as he recovers.

 

 

Beverly Ann Pittman

September 04, 1937 – November 22, 2017

 

A resident of Kentwood passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2017. She was born September 4, 1937 in Spring Creek and was 80 years of age. She is survived by her daughter, Melissa Smith and husband, Mike; son, Benjamin Pittman; 3 grandchildren, Shelby Lynn Wilkinson and husband, Shawn, and Corey and Chloe Johnson; 2 great grandchildren, Rylin Chaise and Wyatt Gage Wilkinson; and 2 sisters, Betty and Josephine Holton. Preceded in death by her parents, BW and Lois Pittman; and her sisters, Charlotte Pittman and Johnise Pittman Watson. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 9 AM until religious services at 11 AM Monday, November 27, 2017. Services conducted by Rev. Don Meadows. Interment Spring Creek Cemetery, Spring Creek. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.  I hope you have family to share this day with.  If not, I hope you can go somewhere to enjoy a special meal and be around people.  David and I usually eat at Cracker Barrel in Brookhaven, but today we have half of our family here.  We’re thankful for many blessings, whether we have family or not.  Be sure to take time to “Count Your Blessings” and the the One who provided you with so much materially and eternally.
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.