Sunday

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~

 

Please pray for Kenny Ray Slaven, grandson of Mrs. Bessie Hayden.  Kenny Ray hurt a hand at work and is in room 2412 at North Oaks.  Pray he has a good recovery from his injury.

 

Evelyn “Heloise” Andrus Catha

Born: August 21, 1934
Died: November 21, 2015

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Last Sunday, James Rimes share a magazine with me.  He marked a particular article and identified it as “Thankful”.  The magazine is the November 15th issue of “B & B” ( Bluffs and Bayous).  The article. “Turkey Trot”, is very interesting.   The author lists eight things he is  thankful for.  They are:

  1. Family and Friends
  2. Able to Worship Freely
  3. Able to Live Out in the Country
  4. Running Water, Indoor Plumbing, and Electricity (the greatest is the running water.)
  5. Farming is Mechanical
  6. Good Health Care
  7. Computers a

 

Saturday

Give thanks in all circumstances,

for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

~1 Thessalonians 5:18~

 

Mrs. Frieda Jones got some lab reports back.  They are good.  There is one more lab report, but it will be about two weeks in the process.  Please pray for Frieda as she heals.

Barbara Forshag has shingles despite having had the shot.  Pray the shot at least lessons the pain and duration somewhat.

Barbara Hurchinson is doing very well now.  Thanks for praying for her.

 

Read the Bible in 2015 – Acts 17-18

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

 

 

Women’s Ministry

  • The will be NO BIBLE STUDY the day after Thanksgiving.  We will complete our study of Women of the Bible the following week with a study of the “Widow with Two Coins”.  You may want to read Mark 12:41-44 and Luke 21:1-4.  I also have a study guide if you want one.  Just ask.
  • Tuesday, before Thanksgiving, we will have the monthly “Young” Ladies’ Birthday Party at The Cafe at 11 A.M.
  • We will be collecting stamps for Christmas cards for parish prisoners until Sunday, November 29th.

 

 

The Community Thanksgiving service will be at FBC, Kentwood Sunday evening.

 

FBC, Kentwood is collecting items for the residents for Kentwood Manor.  Contact the church office, 229-8111, to learn what is still needed.

 

Thankfulness: Day 21 – Today, I’m thankful for the IMB, International Mission Board for providing for missionaries who tell unreached people about Jesus all around the world.  Beginning November 29th, we will celebrate the annual Lottie Moon Week of Pray for International Missions.  Lottie was a missionary to China and helped raise awareness in churches here so more funds would be given to support more missionaries.  She was very effective in doing so.

 

Have a blessed Saturday.  

Be a blessing to someone today.

Thank-you for reading and praying today.

Anna Lee

Friday

“Now we who are strong

have an obligation to bear the weaknesses

of those without strength,

and not to ours selves.”  

~Romans 15:1, HCSB~

 

Thankfully, Jane Wickham is better and home again.  Pray that she will now be free of infection.

Jill Brister continues to do well following her neck surgery.  Pray she will endure the neck brace well for the remainder of the treatment time.

Keith Womack will be going to Shreveport for kidney stone surgery Monday.  Pray for relief from pain and no complications from surgery.

Mrs. Anne Hurst was in prayer meeting Wednesday.  It was so good to see her again.  She is thankful for her hospital stay because she feels so much better now.

Mr. James Miller is so much stronger than he was a week ago.  Pray for him as he begin treatment December 4th at St. Tammany.

 

 

Jerry Keith Porter

Born: October 17, 1955
Died: November 18, 2015

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Third Thursday at the cabin was great last night.  We had a large crowd and musicians/singers from five different churches as well as Bro. Gibby to share some comments with us.  Third Thursday is my favorite day/night of the month!  Thanks to everyone who attends and makes it all so special..

 

Read the Bible in 2015 – Zechariah 8-14

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

 

Women’s Ministry

  • Bible study this morning at 10:00  (We will begin a study of the book of John in a few weeks.)
  • Books of stamps are needed so we can stamp some Christmas cards for parish prisoners.  Deadline: Sunday, November 29th
  • We have achieved out Georgia Barnett Offering goal for 2015.  It will soon be time to begin the drive for funds for international missions.

 

Monthly Breakfast at Pine Ridge

Sunday morning at 8:00 the members of Pine Ridge United Methodist Church will host their monthly breakfast buffet.  Donations this month will go to a lady who has had a lengthy health issue.  You are invited to join them on the fourth Sunday each month.  A different person/cause is the beneficiary each month.

 

Devotional, Scripture, Quotes, and a Song

 

Thankfulness: Day 20

Expectations are wonderful.  Sometimes we live to meet our own expectations and sometimes for those of others.  Many have an expectation of Jesus’ return “One Day”.  I’m thankful to be in that number looking forward to that day and trying to make sure others have the same thing to look forward to.

I hope and trust you have a similar expectation.

Anna Lee

Thursday Addition

I lost part of TPL this morning.

 

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

Thursday

“Don’t worry about anything,

but in everything,

through prayer and petition with thanksgiving,

let your requests be made known to God.”

~Philippians 4:6, HCSB~

Yesterday, when I offered to do something for Jane Wickham, she only asked for prayers.  So many people need to know the power of prayer and then use it.

Jane Wickham is at North Oaks.  Her request is for prayer.

Freida Jones went home yesterday afternoon.  Keep her in your prayers as she heals.  The  surgery went well.  Now, pray for the healing process.

Kendall Ott is doing well.  He was also able to come home yesterday.  He will get good care at home.  Pray for his healing.

Jesse Dean has had some difficult days following his neck surgery.  Pray for him as he sees this doctor today.

Mrs. Anne Hurst was able to be at prayer meeting.  She is thankful for the progress she has made.  Keep her on your prayer list.

Both Kenneth Birch and Kenny Ray Gill had surgery Tuesday at Our Lady of the Lake.  Pray for the recovery process and for long-term healing.

Boyd Hatchel’s new position – http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=111f752deefc7515c101c86fb&id=a10964f3b9

Read the Bible in 2015 – Ecclesiastes 9-10

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Third Thursday at the Cabin – Tonight at 6:30

Women’s Ministry

  • Friday Morning Bible Study begins at 10:00.
  • Books of stamps are needed for the Christmas cards for prisoners.  Please get your stamps to me by Sunday, November 29th
  • Next Associational WMU meeting will be in January at East Fork Baptist Church.  It will be our annual meeting to honor WMU ladies who have passed away during 2015.
  • “Young Ladies’ Birthday Party – Tuesday at The Cafe at 11:00 A.M.

 

Thankfulness: Day 19

Today, I’m thankful for all the ways others have shown love to me throughout my life – family, school teacher, church members, school mates, co-workers, etc., the all their love together does not come near to the love God has for me.  That doesn’t excuse us from expressing our love through works or actions though.  Lord, help me to do a better job of showing my love for others by my words and my actions.

Anna Lee

 

Wednesday

The LORD is slow to anger and great in power;

the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.

His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,

and clouds are the dust of his feet.

~Nahum 1:3~

 

 

I’m thanking God for watching over all of us last night.  The weather got bad as that big wind hit about 11:00, but the reports I have heard are only of minor damage.

Please continue to pray for all the Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes that are being collected around the world this week.  Our shoeboxes were turned in at Franklinton.  A member of that church said they packed 700 shoeboxes this year!  I know God will bless each of the 700 children who receive one of those shoeboxes.

 

 

Charles Preston Stevens

Born: October 01, 1932
Died: November 16, 2015

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Article on adoption written by Victoria Nielsen

http://theodysseyonline.com/mississippi-state/college-student-change-childs-life/218318

 

Third Thursday at the Cabin 

  • Tomorrow night at 6:30
  • Come see what God has for us!

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Friday Morning Bible Study (10 A.M.)

  • “Salome, Mother of the Zebedees”
  • Matthew 20: 20-24; 27:56;  Mark 15:40-41; 16:1-2

Read the Bible in 2015 – Psalm 131-133

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

 

Thankfulness: Day 18

Today, I’m thankful for my husband who loves me and protects me daily.  This is evident in so many ways.  I so thankful that as a young person God guided me to make a big decision about my future that included him.  I’m thankful God gave me a Christian husband who exhibits his love for God and others on a daily basis.

 

 

Walk in the SonLight today!

Anna Lee

Tuesday

“I call to You for help, LORD;

in the morning my prayer meets You.”

~Psalm 88:13, HCSB~

I enjoy the quiet of the early morning where I can search out different Scriptures for different reasons.  I always can find something that is appropriate for my need.

 

Kendall Ott had a kidney removed at North Oaks yesterday.  The surgery went very well. Please keep Kendall and his family in your prayers as he recovers.

Joey Feek – http://www.countryliving.com/life/a36892/joey-feek-cervical-cancer-hospice-care/

 

Daniel W. Bianco

Born: November 07, 1984
Died: November 11, 2015

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Frances Josephine Costa

Born: February 13, 1925
Died: November 14, 2015

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Third Thursday – We will gather at the cabin Thursday at 6:30.  Come get a blessing.

Read the Bible in 2015 – Ezra 1-5

Baptist Press – bpnews.net

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

 

Thankfulness – Day 17

Today, I’m thankful for hugs.  I get more of them now than ever before in my live.  I treasure each one.  A hug represents love and/or protection.  I high value both of those.  Some days, a hug seems like the best medication for the problems/troubles I’m facing.  A physical hug helps, but sometimes I need to “feel” God’s love.  Songs like “Safe in the Arms of Jesus” and “God Will Take Care of You” are worth more than all the medication any doctor can prescribe.

 

I trust you know you know what makes you feel those “special hugs from God”.

Anna Lee

Monday

In my Father’s house are many rooms;

if it were not so, I would have told you.

I am going there to prepare a place for you. 

And if I go and prepare a place for you,

I will come back and take you to be with me

that you also may be where I am.

You know the way to the place where I am going.”

~ John 14:2-4~

 

Please pray for Angie Nielsen’s mom as she has surgery today in Baton Rouge.

Bro. Ronnie Nielsen has taken a position on the staff of FBC, Center Star, AL.  Angie and the children will be staying in Mississippi until the school year ends.  Pray for them as they go through the next few months.

Mr. James Miller is feeling better after the blood he received Friday.  Please continue to pray for him.  He is at home.

 

The Lottie Moon Christmas Tea was wonderful yesterday.  Thanks to all who attended and to all who worked so hard for the event.  There were a hundred ladies of all ages present.  I’m already taking notes on what we can do next year.

 

Operation Christmas Child

Today, many of us will be delivering our shoeboxes to the collection sites.  With great joy, our boxes will be delivered to FBC, Franklinton.  Boxes will be collected all week at each site.  Before long, they will be in the hands of children.  In each box, we will also be sending “Jesus”.

From Operation Christmas Child:

Here’s one example why including a soccer ball in a shoebox is a GREAT idea…

Allow us to introduce you to “The Greatest Journey” football team in the Island of Ukara. This team is very interesting because one boy got a soccer ball in his shoebox gift. When the children were invited back to the church to start The Greatest Journey follow-up discipleship course, they started playing ball when they would finish their lessons. Then they invited other boys who were not saved to join their team. As they played together, the TGJ students shared about Jesus with them. 30 children received Christ as a result of this! Now they have formed one big team from all the Ukara Churches who participate in TGJ. The whole community is praising God for The Greatest Journey because it has brought a big impact in the lives of the children with great love and unity. Even non-Christian families are now allowing their children to come to the church and through this the gospel is being preached not only to children, but to the families as well – and it all started with a soccer ball in a shoebox gift!

The Third Thursday gathering at the cabin is this week at 6:30.  You are invited to participate.

 

Missions Project: We provide Christmas cards for inmates of the St. Helena and Tangipahoa parish jails each year so they can write to family members.  I need your cards by Sunday, November 29th in order to deliver them.  You may choose to do the delivering yourself.  You can help in several ways:

  • Stamped Christmas cards
  • Stamps for Christmas cards I have
  • Money for stamps ($10.00 per book of stamps)

 

 

Read the Bible in 2015 – Deuteronomy 13-15

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

 

Thankfulness: Day 16

Preparation is a good thing!  I learned that in teaching, cooking, cleaning, gatherings, meetings, etc.  As good as preparation in or daily lives is, it is much greater when it   comes to preparing for eternity.  I’m thankful my immediate  family is ready to face eternity, but continue to pray for some of the members of my extended family.  Is your family “Ready”?  How about your friends, neighbors, and those you do not know, but who live all around you or even far away?  Be prepared to “Pray, Give, Go, and Send”!

Anna Lee

Sunday

“[God] shows how to distinguish right from wrong,

how to find the right decision every time.”

~Proverbs 2:9 TLB

 

Upcoming Surgeries

  • Monday – Angie Nielson’s mom
  • Tuesday – Freida Jones, Kenny Ray Gill, & Kenneth Birch

 

Joey and Rory Feek – http://thislifeilive.com/a-bus-full-of-joy/

 

Read the Bible in 2015 – I Peter 4-5

Waylon Bailey – http://waylonbailey.com

Thom S. Rainer – ThomRainer.com

 

Devotional, Scripture, and a Song

 

Thankfulness: Day 15

“[God] shows how to distinguish right from wrong,

how to find the right decision every time.”

~Proverbs 2:9 TLB

What I do is them my decision.  I’m thankful He is there to offer guidance in the large and small decisions of my life.  

It’s Lottie Moon Christmas Tea Sunday.  I can only  invite you and encourage you to attend.  You have to make the final decision.  (God helps with decision making.  See the verse above.  Ask Him if you and yours should attend the tea.)