Tuesday Evening

Lucy Lee Miller
(January 5, 1931 – February 19, 2012) 

A resident of Greensburg, she died on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at Northshore Specialty Hospital in Covington. She was born January 5, 1931 in St. Helena Parish and was 81 years of age. She is survived by her 3 sisters, Algie Mae Pecue, Baton Rouge, Tresa Ponder, Amite and Maxine Soileau, Lafayette; 1 brother, Carlton Miller, Watson; numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Marshall and Dora Miller; sister, Elsie Nell Sharkey Walker. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 10 a.m. until religious services at 12 Noon Monday, February 27, 2012. Services conducted by Rev. Darryl Miller. Interment Hillsdale Cemetery, Hillsdale. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

 

 

Tuesday

“Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him,

since He always lives to make intercession for them.”

~Hebrews 7:25~

 

From Sherry Rosamond

Please Keep us in your prays as we make decisions on were we will put or daddy at to get help. Also as we wait on some test to see if he has cancer. My daddy is johnnie Smith

Thought for the Day: The three envelopes

A fellow had just been hired as the new CEO of a large high tech corporation. The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately and presented him with three numbered envelopes.

“Open these if you run up against a problem you don’t think you can solve,” he said.

Well, things went along pretty smoothly, but six months later, sales took a downturn and he was really catching a lot of heat. About at his wit’s end, he remembered the envelopes. He went to his drawer and took out the first envelope. The message read, “Blame your predecessor.”

The new CEO called a press conference and tactfully laid the blame at the feet of the previous CEO. Satisfied with his comments, the press and Wall Street responded positively, sales began to pick up and the problem was soon behind him.

About a year later, the company was again experiencing a slight dip in sales, combined with serious product problems. Having learned from his previous experience, the CEO quickly opened the second envelope. The message read, “Reorganize.”

This he did, and the company quickly rebounded. After several consecutive profitable quarters, the company once again fell on difficult times. The CEO went to his office, closed the door and opened the third envelope. The message said, “Prepare three envelopes.”

What do you do when things go wrong? Who do you blame? How do you react? Imagine for a moment that the apostle Paul has prepared three envelopes for you when life gets tough.

The first envelope contains 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (make sure you don’t read it until you really need it!)

The second envelope contains Philippians 1:19-21 (only read it if things are getting worse!)

And the third envelope contains 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 (save this one for extreme situations!)

May God’s Word give you the strength you need to meet the struggles of life this day and every day.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
White House Church of Christ
White House, Tennessee

 

Let’s not try to blame others, but make a decision to do more/better ourselves.

Anna Lee

Monday Afternoon

Andy Taylor

Good doctor visit today Doctor Charglu Is pleased the way the bone has healed. He Is going to take the metal rod out March 13th. Thanks for all of your prayers God is so good. The shingles are still very painful But only time can handle the situation. God will heal me when he is ready And I trust him completely.

 

 

Please pray for Garrett and Courtney Carnes from North Carolina. Garrett has become very close to my nephew, Max Blades. Both are in Afghanistan with the USMC. Garrett stepped on an IED Sunday morning and recieved serious injuries. They had to amputate both legs around the knee area. This young couple are both Christians and strong in their faith. They need our prayers now along with his Marine brothers he has had to leave behind in Afghanistan.

Thanks, Tammie Roberts

 

 

Shelly Verberne Sharkey’s grandfather

Cary G. McAnelly
(October 24, 1947 – February 19, 2012

Cary G. McAnelly was born October 24, 1947 and passed away at 7:49 p.m., Sunday, February 19, 2012 at SW Regional Medical Center, McComb, MS. He was 64, a native of Indiana and resident of McComb, MS.

Mr. Cary is survived by his children, Joe Lupo, Amite, Cathy Duncan and husband Terry, Loranger & Shirley Verberne and husband, Phillip, III, Spring Creek; a sister; a brother; 7 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren & a great-grandson on the way.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Marie Cutrer McAnelly; parents and a sister.

Private Celebration of Life Services will be held at a later date with Interment in the Union Cemetery, Amite, LA

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements.

An on-line-Guestbook is available at www. mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N (Exit 46) and Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash, Bond Eye Clinic and Holiday Inn Express.

 

 

Monday

For the word of the Lord is right and true;

He is faithful in all the does.  

~Psalm 33:4~

 

Mrs. Rebecca Moak and her family need our prayers today.  Mrs. Moak is Stephanie F. McKenzie’s grandmother.

Mrs. Carol Jean Gill was a little better this weekend.  Continue to keep her and her family near the top of your prayer list.

Mrs. Gail Pittman-McDaniel is now at home.  She will continue her therapy for a while.

Mr. Raymond Anthony started chemo last week.  Pray for him as he receives treatment in Hammond.  Also, pray for those who are taking him to Hammond for treatment.

Mike Price will soon be going for more tests to evaluate his lungs.  Pray for Mike and Nyla.

Continue to pray for Caroline Cutrer as she goes through her treatments.  Pray for the whole family as so many things are different for them now.

Pray for Kenneth Birch and Shirley B. Frazier.  They are both fighting back issues that seem to be getting the best of them.  Pray for relief for both of them.

The new Beth Moore Bible study began last night.  It was very good and touched my heart and my family situation just by watching the first video which was about James’ (and Jesus’) family.  The other group will begin Thursday at 6:00.  It’s not too late to join.  Let me know by today or tomorrow if you can.  Also, Beth challenged us to push ourselves to put more into the study than in previous studies.  Thankfully, I believe most of the ladies there last night are willing and will find the time to go deeper into the Bible with this study.  Pray for each lady as they apply the life and book of James to their lives.

All boys and men are invited to supper (cooked by Mike Estay) and a movie Thursday night.  It’s the movie “Courageous”, which shows the story of a man who courted and married his wife twice.  The second time was after a wreck that caused her not to remember him at all.  This will be at FBC, Kentwood at the lighthouse (old post office) at 6:00 P.M.

Pray for the youth from our church and other churches as they are at the winter retreat for a few days.

Thought for the Day: Watch out for Lucille

I heard recently about someone who works in the customer service call center of a national pager company. He deals with the usual complaints regarding poor pager operation, as well as the occasional crank caller demanding to be paged less often, more often, or by more interesting people.

The best call came from a man who repeatedly complained that he keeps being paged by “Lucille.” He was instructed that he would have to call her and tell her to stop paging him.

“She don’t never leave no number, so I can’t call her back,” he said.

After three such calls, someone thought to ask how he knew it was Lucille if she didn’t leave a number.

“She leaves her name” was the reply.

After establishing that the customer had a numeric-only pager, the light bulb came on. “How does she spell her name?” the service rep asked.

“L-O-W C-E-L-L”

When things start to bother us, the problem may simply be that we need to get “re-charged”. Keeping our schedules overbooked, staying busy “doing things”, going here and there — it takes a toll after a while. Before we get stressed out and burned out, we need to learn to take some time to unwind and recharge. Turn off the radio and the television. Oh, and the computer, too! Unplug the telephone if you need to, or better yet, get away from the house. Spend some quiet time with God in prayer and reflection on His Word.

Notice what Jesus did as he was surrounded by a crowd of people, all demanding a piece of his time:

“Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there.” (Matthew 14:22-23)

Watch out for Lucille! Don’t forget to recharge.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
White House Church of Christ
White House, Tennessee

 

Do you need recharging?  Jesus can do that.  Visit your local church for  more information.

Anna Lee

Sunday Evening

Elaine Simmons Holden
(June 23, 1949 – February 18, 2012) 

Elaine Simmons Holden was born June 23, 1949 and passed away at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Hood Memorial Hospital, Amite. She was 62, a native of Independence and a resident of Amite.

Elaine is survived by her daughter, Sabrina Polezcek and husband Ronnie, Amite; son, Billy Brabham, Amite; 4 step-daughters, Brenda Arnone and husband Michael, Osyka, MS, Linda Smith and husband Donald, Amite, Glenda Cox and husband Troy, Amite & Mary Thauex, Amite; 3 sisters, Dorothy Montgomery and husband James, Denham Springs, Ara Jane Westmoreland and husband Alton, Denham Springs & Ruth Simmons, Amite; 3 brothers Boyce Otis Simmons, Amite; James C. Simmons and wife Vernia, Amite & Wayne Simmons and wife Bobbie, Ponchatoula; 19 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Preceded in death by her husband, Dewitt Holden, parents John & Audrey Miller Simmons; brother, Gerald Simmons & step-daughter, Flora Mae Miley.

Visitation at McKneely and Vaughn Funeral Home Amite, on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home Chapel with Rev Wayne Miley officiating. Interment in Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Roseland, LA.

An on-line-Guestbook is available at www. mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N (Exit 46) and Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash, Bond Eye Clinic and Holiday Inn Express.

Floy “Dell” Sanders Phillips
(December 25, 1938 – February 19, 2012)
Jesus took her peacefully from her home in East Fork on February 19, 2012 at 5:28 a.m. She was born December 25, 1938 in Kentwood and was 73 years of age. Dell retired from Carter’s Insurance after 19 years. She came home to devote her time to her growing family. She loved being a grandmother and especially a great-grandmother. She is survived by one son, Wilson Phillips of Natchez, MS, two daughters, Sharon Phillips of Kentwood, and Charlene Blades and her husband, Dewayne “Skip” of Kentwood, four grandchildren, Jim Willson and J. J. Willson of Houston, TX, Monica Smith and her husband, David of Kentwood, and Roseanne Needham and her husband, J. B. of Kentwood, two step-grandchildren, Daniel Blades and Katherine Blades of Kentwood, three great-grandsons, Trea Smith, Jake Smith, and Jed Needham, one step-great-granddaughter, Raven Blades, two brothers, Layne Sanders and his wife, Virginia of Kentwood, and Bobby Dykes of Kentwood. Preceded in death by her loving husband of 27 years, John Irvin “J.I.” Phillips and her parents, Sally Alma Dykes and Harold McCoy Sanders. Pallbearers will be Travis Day, Terry Travis, Brantley Taylor, Michael Sanders, Will Sanders and Ryan Norrell. Visitation at Pine Ridge Methodist Church, Kentwood, from 8 a.m. until religious services at 12 Noon on Monday, February 20, 2012. Services conducted by Bro. Vince Estes, Bro. Mike Shumock, & Bro. Don Meadows. Interment Pine Ridge Cemetery, Kentwood. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.
Marian Louise Varnado Phillips
(Died February 18, 2012) 

A resident of Kentwood she died on Saturday, February 18, 2012 at her home.

Arrangements are incomplete with McKneely Funeral Home, Amite.

 

 

 

 

Sunday

“Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice

is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. “

~Matthew 7:24 NIV~

Beth Moore Bible Study –  James: Mercy Triumphs

FBC, Kentwood

Two groups to choose from

  • Sundays at 4:30 in the church basement (Begins today)
  • Thursday at 6:00 (Begins later this week)
Workbook – $15.00

Baptist Press News

http://www.bpnews.net/

Heart to Heart with Holley: What success really means

Define it with titles.

Step on the scale.

Climb up the ladder.

We chase it until we’re exhausted.

Success.

What does it really mean?

I look through the sacred pages one day looking for an answer.

And I find, all the way through, it really comes back to one word.

Obedience.

Not results.

Not awards.

Not exceeding expectations.

Just obedience.

We are servants who bring our Master joy when we do what he asks.

No more, no less.

Success isn’t as complicated as we make it.

And it’s attainable. For all of us. Every day. Wherever we are.

Even this week.

Doesn’t that make your heart feel freer?

Woo-hoo!

–Holley

Thought for the Day: Summed up in one word
Ole and Lena’s bull took sick and died, so they needed to go to the auction to buy a new one. Ole had to get the crops in and couldn’t leave the farm, so Lena took the train to the city to buy a bull. If she was successful, she would take the train back to the farm, then she and Ole would go to town with the truck to pick up their newly purchased bull.

The bidding was furious at the livestock auction, and Lena found herself bidding on the last remaining bull. It took everything she had but ten cents, but she was finally the successful bidder.

Unfortunately, the train home was fifty cents. “Please, Mr. Conductor, couldn’t you make an exception just once?” pleaded Lena. “Sorry lady,” he replied, “but you can send your husband a telegram to tell him your problem. The office is just down the street.”

At the telegraph office, Lena asked, “Mister, how many words can I send to my husband for a dime?” “It’s ten cents a word,” the clerk answered. Lena pondered her dilemma, then finally said, “OK, here’s the
message: COMFORTABLE.” (Got it? No? Read it again, s-l-o-w-l-y.)

Condensing a lengthy message into one word can be quite a challenge. How would you condense the message of the gospel into one word? Love? Grace? When the New Testament summarizes the preaching of the gospel, it does it in this way:

“Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this scripture, preached Jesus to him.” (Acts 8:35)

Philip’s message to the Ethiopian eunuch, summed up in one word, was Jesus. No doubt, Philip had much to say on the subject. I’m sure he spoke of why Jesus came, what Jesus did for us, and what our response to Jesus needs to be. His message obviously even included a mention of baptism, since the eunuch was led to ask further about that.

But, if the essence of our teaching ever becomes anything other than a focus on Jesus, it is no longer the gospel. All that we say and do is of significance only as it relates to our Lord and our Savior.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
White House Church of Christ
White House, Tennessee

Have a great Lord’s Day!
Anna Lee