Saturday

“I have hidden your word in my heart

that I might not sin against you.”

~Psalm 119:11 NIV~

Mr. Kenneth Felker is taking “Miss” Grace Helen back to the hospital today for more attention to her knee.  As you pray for her, please also pray for B.J. who also seems to have an infection.

Please say prayers for the ladies who will begin a Beth Moore study Sunday or Thursday.  May we push ourselves to put more effort into this study than we have ever done before so that our results will be the best yet.  Currently, there are 38 planning to attend.  The study will be James: Mercy Triumphs.  Please contact me if you need information about the study.  Pray hearts will be changed by this study.

Pray for those who much be out in this rainy weather today.  Also, pray the weather causes no tornadoes that do massive damage to property or take any lives.

Heart to Heart with Holley Blog: Taken by Surprise (Guest Writer)

I run. Whenever I can. But no longer do I run along the gorgeous streets in Australia. Oh how I miss those… Instead I am running around in circles in Indonesia. Literally.

It’s a little dull. In fact, incredibly monotonous. As I bound around a track where I live, I see the same guards, people, plants, buildings…every run. The most exciting part is passing the lobby every lap, because I get to dodge taxis, buses, cars, guards and dozens of school children. But it’s always the same.

So I was astounded this week when something looked different. Right next to the grey path. I could see a haze of bright pink on the grass. It was stunning. And surprising.

I looked for the source of this beauty. Under the leaves of a rather simple looking tree, were the most beautiful flowers. I don’t think I had ever seen such a flower before. They captivated me.

How had I missed them? They must have been under the canopy for some time, yet it wasn’t until the petals dropped to the ground that I noticed. I would have missed this moment of beauty otherwise. Which made me wonder.

What are you missing? What beauty is before you that you are failing to see? Everything feels the same but you have missed something gorgeous. In a person who is familiar? Maybe your husband, or your child. Are you still looking for the beauty in them? I want to be looking. Or perhaps, like me, you make assumptions about your environment. Fail to see the new, the surprising.

And can you see what remains after that blur of pink dresses the green below? Exquisite cups of grace. Left to enchant us.

What is left behind by you? When you brush alongside people every day of your life. Is there residual beauty? A word of encouragement? Of sympathy? Or Joy? Possibly subtle, but unmistakable and beautiful.

Perhaps the biggest question. Does your impact on others cause them to look up? You leave some shredded pink on the ground and they have to find the source of that. They don’t want to miss out.

When Jesus lived on this earth he gave extraordinary, vibrant, surprising love. To his closest friends. To strangers. He still does. And people wanted to know him. Because that source was intriguing. Worth stopping. Gazing up. Being captivated by.

There would be no grey, no green left in Jesus’ wake. Just pink.

What colour is on the ground surrounding you today?

Look beyond the grey. If someone is placing pink mist before you, give thanks. And as you surge through another ‘ordinary’ day, leave something exquisite.

May all around you be compelled to look up. To the giver of all good things. To the source.

By Pauline, Six Good Figs

Have a great day despite the weather.

Anna Lee

Friday Death Notice

Infant Lige Leslie Hendry was born February 16, 2012 passed away at 11:15 a.m. on February 16, 2012 at Lakeview Medical Center, Covington, LA.

Lige is survived by his parents, Travis L. & Hannah Lopinto Hendry, Amite; a sister, Emily Hendry, Mt. Hermon; maternal grandparents, Frank & Mary Lopinto, Amite; paternal grandfather, Patrick Hendry, Chesbrough; maternal great-grandmothers, Carolyn Bel, Bolivar, MO & Josie DePhillips, Amite; numerous aunts, uncles, and extended family.

He was preceded in death by 2 sisters, Mary-Margaret Hendry & Leslie Marie Hendry; paternal grandmother, Margaret Welch Hendry.

Private funeral services will be held at a later date.

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

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


Friday

“’Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you.’

And off he went, proclaiming throughout the town all that Jesus had done for him.”

~Luke 8:39, HCSB~

Baptist Press: Linsanity, Tebow-mania & the evangelistic witness

Bryan Cribb
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Thought for the Day: Encourage one another


You will likely recognize the name of Jackie Robinson as the first African-American to play Major League baseball. In his first season with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson faced hatred nearly everywhere he traveled. Pitchers threw fastballs at his head. Runners spiked him on the bases, ugly insults were written on cards and spoken from the opposing dugouts. Even the home crowds in Brooklyn saw him as an object of reproach.


During one game in Cincinnati, the taunts and racial slurs seemed to reach a peak. To make matters worse, Robinson committed an error and stood at second base humiliated while the fans hurled insults at him. Another Dodger, a Southern white man by the name Pee Wee Reese, called timeout. He walked from his position at shortstop toward Robinson at second base, and with the crowds looking on, he put his arm around Robinson’s shoulder. The fans grew quiet. Robinson later said that arm around his shoulder saved his career.


That reminds me of a similar story in the Bible. Saul was a most unlikely candidate for Christianity. I doubt if he was on anybody’s soul-winning list. Except God’s. The reason is that you would have been locked up or killed before you got through the first Bible study. The words Saul and persecution were synonymous. So, Saul had a bit of a problem when he became a Christian. Everybody was afraid to get close to him. The members of the Jerusalem church thought that Paul was pulling a fast one, that he was only pretending to be a disciple (verse 26).


After all, that was a perfect plan — pretend to become a member of the church, get the names of all of the members, call the Sanhedrin and then take the whole bunch to prison. Sounds like a spy story, doesn’t it? But, they weren’t about to fall for that one! But Barnabas accepted him.


There are a couple of things about Barnabas that we need to imitate. First of all, he was a man who insisted on believing the best in others. When others suspected Saul of being a spy, Barnabas insisted on believing he was genuine and real. The world is largely divided into people who think the best of others and people who think the worst of others. “[Love] doesn’t keep track of wrongs….never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping, never gives up.” (I Corinthians 13:5,7, GOD’S WORD).


Barnabas was also a person who didn’t hold a man’s past against him. It happens so often that whenever a man makes a mistake, he is forever condemned in our eyes. It is a wonderful characteristic of God that he doesn’t hold our past sins against us. We, too, should never condemn a man just because he has failed in the past.


What a great example! We’ve all been there — standing in need of someone to face our problems with us. And we have those around us who need the encouraging arm around the shoulder.


“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” (Galatians 6:1-2)


Have a great day!


Alan Smith




Have a great Friday.  Take time to encourage someone today.


Anna Lee

	


	





	

		
		
Thursday Evening Obituary
	


	
	
	

		
Vera Lindsey Matherne was born November 28, 1934 and passed away at 1:20 p.m., Thursday, February 16, 2012 at Heritage Health Center, Hammond. She was 77, a native of Kentwood and resident of Amite.


Ms. Vera is survived by her son, Leroy Matherne, Jr. and wife Josephine, Independence; 4 sisters, Pearline Williams, Ft. Pierce, FL, Mary Strickland, LaPlace, Margie Lascaro and husband Anthony, Amite & Lida Coates and husband Warren, Pumpkin Center; 3 brothers, Fred Lindsey and wife Barbara, Wesson, MS, John Lindsey and wife Barbara, Kentwood & Tommy Lindsey and wife Becky, Amite; 4 grandsons, Jessie Matherne, Justin Matherne and wife Jana, Curtis Matherne and wife Sybil, & Timmy Caldwell; great –granddaughter, Olivia Matherne; special friend, Stanley Matherne, Houma; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.


Preceded in death by her husband, Leroy Matherne, Sr.; parents, John & Elaine Brabham Lindsey & daughter, Lynn Cross.


Visitation at McKneely and Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. until Celebration of Life Services at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home Chapel with Rev. Charles Reitz officiating. Interment in New Zion Cemetery, Kentwood, LA.


An on-line-Guestbook is available at http://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.

	


	





	

		
		
Thursday Afternoon Obituary
	


	
	
	

		
Earl Leon Hughes

(May 12, 1927 – February 16, 2012)




A resident of Roseland, he died on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite. He was born May 12, 1927 in Roseland and was 84 years of age. Mr. Hughes was a U. S. Army Veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife, Betty Jo Hughes, Roseland; daughter, Joyce Hughes Rohner, Amite; sister, Hazel Bennett, Brookhaven, MS; grandson, James “Scooter” Rohner and his wife, Beth, Amite; 2 step-grandsons, Mark Rohner, Holden and David Rohner, Albany; 1 great-grandson, Jayden Rohner. Preceded in death by son, Richard Earl Hughes; parents, Cecil and Willie Hughes; 3 brothers, Thomas, Carl and Sidney Hughes; sister, Linda Hughes; son-in-law, Charles W. Rohner. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 12 Noon on Saturday, February 18, 2012. Interment Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Roseland, LA. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.


 






 

	


	





	

		
		
Thursday Afternoon
	


	
	
	

		
From Debbie Cutrer Powers


Please put my KaLeigh back on the prayer list, we have to go to a ped cardiologist in the morning. She has been having some issues with a rapid heartbeat and elevated Blood pressure. Poor thing when it rains it pours for her. Just keep her in ya’lls prayers




Also, please add Chloe Neyland to your list.  Lisa had to take her back to the hospital today for some problems that had developed.  I don’t know if they are going to keep Chloe or send her home.  Prayer will be appropriate at this time though.

	


	





	

		
		
Thursday
	


	
	
	

		
“Call to Me,


 and I will answer you, 


and show you great and mighty things, 


which you do not know” 


~Jeremiah 33:3~


Pray for Mr. Bobby Simpson and Mrs. Ruby Dillon as they continue their physical therapy sessions.


Pray for Mr. Raymond Anthony as he continues his cancer treatment for the next few weeks.


Pray for Jeff Tolar who is continuing to deal with neck problems.  Jeff lives in Florida.


Continue to pray for Mrs. Shirley Frazier and her brother, Mr Kenneth Birch, as they both seek relief for back problems that are plaguing them.


Pray for Mr. Earlo LaBauve and Mrs. Gail Pittman-McDaniel as they continue to improve in rehab.


Heart to Heart with Holley (Gerth): Joy Feast


http://www.incourage.me/2012/02/joy-feast.html


Third Thursday Meeting (covered dish supper, fellowship, devotional led by Mr. James Rimes, and prayer time)


    

  • 6:30 tonight
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  • Alford Cabin
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  • Call for more information.
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Beth Moore Bible Study: “James: Mercy Triumphs”




    

  • Two groups (Sunday afternoons or Thursday evenings)
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  • Workbooks – $15.00
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  • Contact FBC, Kentwood or me for more information
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Have a wonderful day!


Anna Lee



	


	





	

		
		
Wednesday Afternoon
	


	
	
	

		
Update on Carol Jean Gill from her sister-in-law:


Hi, all. Carol Jean has had a busy couple of days. She is breathing on her own but now has a trach to make her more comfortable. She also has a feeding tube in her abdomen. We are so proud of her. It is so tempting to sneak her little dog, Daisy, into the hospital to see her. Thanks for the prayers and keep them coming.