Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Hosea 6:3

Prayer Request from James Rimes:

Darryl Bridges having surgery in New Orleans Tuesday morning. Please pray for Darryl , the family and the doctors.

Thank-you. James for sharing this request.

Additional Prayer Needs

Please pray for two ladies from my Sunday School class. One is Alice Faye Lee. The other is Theople Hurst who fell and is now in St. Tammany Hospital with a fractured vertebra. Your prayers for both of these ladies will be greatly appreciated.

Prayer Focus Today

Today, let’s pray for caregivers as they continue their difficult task of caring for someone 24 hours a day. They are focused on the loved one whose needs daily help and often do not do some things for themselves. Maybe, you can do something special for them by ….

Obituary

Carlton S. Faller, MD

August 18, 1932 – April 14, 2024

Carlton Samuel Faller, M.D. passed away April 14, 2024, at the age of 91, at home surrounded by his family. He was born in Tickfaw on August 18, 1932, raised in Metairie, and graduated from Metairie High School in 1950. He attended LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans graduating in 1958. He was Board Certified in Family Medicine and practiced in Kentwood from 1961 until 2010. He served as a Chief of Staff at E.S. Pike Memorial Hospital and Hood Memorial Hospital, Medical Director at Kentwood Manor Nursing Home and was a former President of Tangipahoa Parish Medical Society.

He married the former Janice Locascio in 1958, moved to Kentwood in October 1961, and has been a faithful member of Kentwood Methodist Church since. In the community he was elected to the Town Board of Aldermen, was a member of the Lions Club, an honorary Rotarian, a founder of KCRA, and was a coach of his sons’ little league baseball teams and his daughters’ softball team. He proudly served the Kentwood Kangaroos Football team as doctor for over 40 years and was honored to have been inducted into KHS Hall of Fame in 2022.

He was preceded in death by Janice, his wife of 42 years, parents Clenny and Myrtis Hebert Faller, sisters Dorothy Achord, Perry Holder and Maxine Selman.

Carlton is survived by his children Julie Faller, Susan Hayes (George), Carlton Jr. (Mary) and John Faller, his grandsons Alec and Elliott Hayes, Miles and Matthew Faller, his brother Jimmy Faller and numerous nieces and nephews. He also leaves behind many very good friends.

Visitation at Kentwood Methodist Church from 5:00PM until 8:00PM on Tuesday and from 10:00AM until religious services at 1:00PM on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Services conducted by Rev. Beryl Billiot. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. 

We, his children are grateful for the loving, tender kindness and care Daddy received from Valillian Sibley and Tookie Lenoir these last years. We could not have survived without them.

We also wish to thank the nursing staff of Modern Hospice.

In lieu of flowers please consider a memorial donation to Kentwood Methodist Church or St. Jude Children’s Hospital. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

OCC Thank-You

You are greatly appreciated if you make purchases, give money, or perform tasks for OCC. Today, I wish to thank the family that helped by sending an Amazon order for the March items and now for the April items we suggested – all five of the items. All five items were ordered and delivered to me last week. What a generous heart for missions! They are seeing, not a picture of us packing shoeboxes, but of a child opening a shoebox that contains some of our essential items, like a toothbrush that is not always possible for them. The child will have the opportunity to gather with other children for some lessons, similar to Sunday School lessons, that introduce them to Jesus and gives them a chance to have Him for their Savior.

Another individual, a man, called to ask what he could order for us. He had a tax refund and was spending a portion of it for Shoebox item. When the order came in he started investing time in dividing it as we need it to pack.

While I am thanking a generous individuals, I also want to thank Sunday School classes that ask Wanda Smith to place Amazon orders for them. She would gladly do so for other classes too. If you give her your money, she will order what you suggest or ask me what is most needed. I love to see the Amazon boxes.

There are two men who have a number of pencils to sharpen. That’s a slow process, but they gladly give their time to give pencils their first sharpening on electric sharpeners.

One more group I need to mention is those who gladly give time when I let them know we have something they can do. There are periodic needs when we unexpectedly find we need some help. I appreciate these volunteers too!

If you have some time to give us, tell us. If you told me and I forgot, tell me again.

“See” you tomorrow.

Anna Lee

See! The winter is past;

the rains are over and gone.

Song of Songs 2:11

Read the Bible Every Day

• Deuteronomy 28:15-68
• Psalm 45:13-17
• Proverbs 9-11
• Luke 11:5-28

Obituaries

Dr. Faller passed away, but the obituary is not available yet.

Lea Smith’s sister Joyce Stegner, of Kansas City, passed away. Her funeral will be in Kansas City.

Nelda Rohner Boyd

August 3, 1927 – April 13, 2024

Nelda Rohner Boyd was born in Montpelier, Louisiana on August 3, 1927 and passed away peacefully on April 13, 2024. She attended Greensburg High School and Southeastern Louisiana College, and proudly served as the secretary of the First Baptist Church of Greensburg.

Nelda was renowned for her extraordinary kindness, enthusiasm, and beautiful smile. She was an exceptional mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and the very best of friends to many. She will be fondly remembered for her unwavering dedication to family and friends and the boundless joy and happiness she brought to all that knew her. 

She was a lifelong resident of Louisiana and a seasoned traveler who became an unofficial ambassador of the state, singing the praises of all things Louisiana during her travels around the country and abroad. She loved attending meetings as a member of the Daughters of the British Empire,  Strawberry Fields Chapter, and her selfless nature exemplified the organization’s national motto: “not ourselves, but the cause.”

Her absence leaves an immeasurable void in the hearts of all who knew her. Nelda’s legacy is carried on by her loving family: her siblings, Floyd and Barbara, Betty, and Jeanette; her children, Suzi and Brent, Bob and Sarb, Barry and Debby, and David and Fiona; her stepson Alan and Debbie; her grandchildren, Lani and Brad, Lee and Katherine, Steven, Kelly and Will, and Brian and Dani; her step-grandchildren Dana, Heather, Fairis, Brock, Lori, Michael, Erin, Lee, Alane, and Matthew; and her great-grandchildren Bennett, Caleb, and Liam. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Childress Boyd.

Services will be private, but in recognition of Nelda’s love of a good party, her family will host a celebration in her honor at a later date. In lieu of flowers, Nelda’s family requests donations be made in her name to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank at brfoodbank.org or First Baptist Church of Greensburg. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Jerilea T. Case

December 21, 1935 – April 12, 2024

A resident of Amite, LA, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2024 at her home. She was born December 21, 1935 in Eunice, LA and was 88 years of age.  She is survived by her children, Kenny Case and wife, Maggie, and Mike Case; grandchildren, Heath Case and wife, Geralyn, Heidi Case Silver and husband, Kaleb Silver, and Ben Case; great-grandchildren, Jade Case, Zack Silver, and Allie Silver; and brother, Harry Thomasson and wife, Martha. Preceded in death by her husband, Murphy Case; parents, Lawrence Joseph Thomasson and Olea Champagne Thomasson; brother, Warren Thomasson; sister-in-law, Gertrude Thomasson; daughter-in-law, Trudy  Case. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6:00PM until 9:00PM on Wednesday and from 8:00AM until religious services at 11:00AM on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Services conducted by Pastor Jeff McKneely. Interment Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite, LA. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Mary Louise Cash Howard

July 6, 1925 – April 12, 2024

Mary Louise Cash Howard died at 3:00 PM on Friday, April 12, 2024, at The Lodge at Tangi Pines in Amite. She was a native of Charlie, Texas. Age 98 years.

Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Visitation will resume at Plymouth Primitive Baptist Church, 3991 Plymouth Church Road, Gloster, Mississippi at 10:00 AM until Religious Services at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Services conducted by Pastor Elder Harvey Bates. Interment Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Arcola.

She is survived by her daughter, Marion Howard Punch and husband Sonny, Lafayette; daughter, Sharon Howard Blanchard and husband Louis, Amite; daughter, Margaret Howard Dubreuil, Denham Springs; son, Harold Lynn Howard and wife, Debbie, Prairieville; grandchildren, Michelle Blanchard Dees (Brian), Hisham Hegab (Beth), Troy Punch (Rachelle), Donald Blanchard (Keri), Renée Blanchard Carpenter (Frederick), Ryan Punch (Shanna), Mark Dubreuil (Heidi), Chris Howard, Kim Howard, April Pellegrin (Justin), Ashley Strehlow, Leslie Martinez (Koby); 41 great-grandchildren; 29 great-great grandchildren.

Preceded in death by her husband, Henry Clifford Howard; her father, Henry Adkin Cash; her mother, Ada Lloyd Cash; three brothers; four sisters; daughter, Linda Howard Hegab; son-in-law, El-Sayed Hegab; son-in-law, Michael Dubreuil; four grandchildren, Bonnie Punch, Joshua Punch, Hala Hegab and Matthew Dubreuil.

Prayer Focus

Today, please pray for these people mentioned and for the other families who have experienced a death recently.

Hospitalized

To the best of my knowledge, these people are still hospitalized at North Oaks:

Mrs. Mary Varnado

Mrs. Betty Catherine Hatcher

Saturday, Workday to Cut Fabric for OCC Totes

• 9:00 A.M.
• Fellowship Hall
• Bring pinking shears if you have some.

Senior Adult Lunch

• Tuesday
• Bus leaves at 10:00
• Call the church office for details

Pine Ridge Ladies

If you are a member of this group, there will be a lunch gathering Wednesday at 10:00.

Please excuse the lateness of this post.

Anna Lee

God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it.

Acts 2:32

Read the Bible Every Day

Deuteromany 17:1 – 28:14

Psalm 45:6-12

Proverbs 11:7-8

Luke 10:25 – 11:4

Baptist Press

https://www.baptistpress.com

Having taught school and Sunday School for many years, I especially liked the first article.

https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/lifewise-academy-teaching-bible-during-public-school-days-grows-nationally

Baptist Message

https://www.baptistmessage.com

This article may be of interest to some of you.

LCU to host Senior Hymnfest 2024

Prayer Focus

God surely is not pleased with the conflict we are hearing about on the news this morning. Pray for the conflict in the Middle East to end soon. It is more pleasing to Him for us to live peacefully with others.

Sunday School Lesson

Today’s lesson is based on Genesis 33 and is a continuation of the life of Jacob.

Have a wonderful Lord’s Day!

Anna Lee

I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them;

I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 11:19

OCC Update

Thanks to you, we no longer need combs, washcloths, toothbrushes,or flashlights. You really blessed our ministry by helping us get these needed items. Stay tuned for future updates.

The items we need for April are:

• Rea pens
• Sewing measuring tapes for sewing
• Cars
• Calculators
• Dolls
• Thanks for helping us get ready to pack the shoeboxes!

Read the Bible Every Day

• Deuteronomy 24:1 – 16:19
• Psalm 45:1-5
• Proverbs 11:5-6
• Luke 10:1-24

Preparation Day for Tomorrow

Be sure to study your lesson or, for adults, Genesis 33.

Plan your meals for the weekend.

Get your clothes ready for tomorrow.

Finish weekly cleaning.

Check on a neighbor or friend.

Blessings

I’m so thankful to learn of ways you are serving others and being a blessing in the lives of others. Today, is a perfect day to help someone clear the limbs from their yards, shop for a homebound neighbor, add a coat of paint to a front door, etc. As you see needs that you are capable ot handling, do so. Both that person and you will receive a blessing. You’ll be surprised at how blessed you are.

“See” you tomorrow.

Anna Lee

For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

Hebrews 9:15

Read the Bible Every Day

• Deuteronomy 22: 1 – 23:25
• Psalm 44:17-26
• Proverbs 11:1-4
• Luke 9:46-62

Prayer Focus Today

Today is a good day to help someone clean up their yard by picking up twigs the wind broke off the trees Wednesday. Most people only need a little work done in their yard. Think of someone who has a need with yard help and either do it or arrange for someone else to clean the yard for them.

What a blessing it is to you when you bless someone else!

Pray about the needs and “Put feet to your prayer”!

Prayer for Churches

Spend some time in prayer for ALL the churches in our area. Some are addressing the needs brought about while others are still praying for growth. Some have wonderful pastors. Some are without pastors or staff members. Some are short of workers. Pray for churches, pastors, membership, baptisms.

Thanks for reading and praying today.

Be an encourager in your own way.

Anna Lee

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

Isaiah 43:19

Prayer Focus

Today, let’s focus our prayers on thanking God for no loss of life in LA and on recovery from the big storm that came through here yesterday. It did some damage in our area, but not like the damage other areas had. Pray for people in those areas. Pray for members of Louisiana Baptist DisasterTeamsand teams from other states who will be busy helping people clean up from the storm, rebuilding, and replacing in areas where there was so much damage.

Thank God for Disaster Relief and those who volunteer through it to help with work needed and to minister to those in the area. Thank God for those who contribute to Disaster Relief. Do you remember that Bro. Gibby McMillan was the first leader of this group? Do you remember that Bro. Stan Statham, who was our former missions director in Two Rivers Baptist Association, is the leader of our LA Baptist Disaster Relief now?

Read the Bible Every Day

• April 11
• Deuteronomy 19:14 – 21:23
• Psalm 44:9 – 16
• Proverbs 10:31-32
• Luke 9:23-45

Funeral Arrangements

Mrs. Mickey Cade

• FBC, Kentwood
• Visitation: Today, 11:00 – !:00
• Funeral at 1:00 P.M.
• Burial at Silver Springs, MS

Prayer Requests

• Coach Shaw
• Mrs. Mary Varnado
• Keith Allen
• Wendell Simmons
• Ginger Simmons
• Mrs. Betty Catherine Hatcher

Please add those on your personal prayer list.

If you have requests for me to add here, please send me a message by using the CONTACT KEY on this screen.

Sunday School Lesson

The lesson for Sunday is from Genesis 32 and is entitled “Wrestled”. It’s about Jacob and his relationship to God.

Receive a Blessing Today . . .

by blessing someone with your time, concern, ability, etc.

Thank-you . . .

for reading and praying today.

Anna Lee

But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

Mark 14:61

Weather Watch

Be an alert weather watcher today. The storms in Texas and west Louisiana will be here later today.

Prayer Focus

Pray for those of us in the path of the storms be be both alert and prepared. Today is a good day to be focused on the weather for much os the day.

Closures

Most schools, if not all schools in our area, will be closed today. Many businesses may also close. Schedules may change too. For example, the Pine Ridge Bible study group will postpose today’s lunch until next Wednesday. Please pass the word.

If you have an appointment today, you may contact your provider and reschedule. I know Spring Creek has cancelled church for tonight. Other churches seem to be on their regular Wednesday night schedule. You may have a power outage, so be prepared for that too.

Read the Bible Every Day

• Deuteronomy 17:61 – 19:13
• Psalm 44:1-8
• Proverbs 19:28-30
• Luke 9:1-22

Today is a good day to check on others to make sure they are prepared for the storm and have what they need to spend the day without power.

Our actions need to be early in the day. You might even want to get someone who lives alone to spend the day with you. Making your home available to others is always a good thing.

Be patient with the linemen if your power does go out. They also need to be careful to protect their lives.

Anna Lee

But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

Mark 14:61

Prayer Focus for the Day

Today, let’s pray for the students who will be graduating next month. Pray they make decisions that will be beneful to them in the future. May they choose the correct jobs, activities, friends, etc.

Read the Bible Every Day of 2024

• Deuteroromony 14:22 – 16:22
• Psalms 43:1-5
• Proverbs 10:26-27
• Luke 8:26-56

Your Personal Prayer List

Use today to update your personal prayer list. If you do not have one, today is a good day to begin one. You can make daily additions as needed, make comments, and even change your format to a form that works best for you.

Your Personal Calendar

Use a regular calendar that has blank spaces for you to write. You can make family and personal notes there. In addition, add. your church activities. You can also add a verse of the day, your outreach comments whether they be for people your age, homebound connections, ect., Bible readings, etc. You can also list the people your are praying for.

Be a blessing to others, help with a church project, pray for family, friends, and members of your church, etc. Show you care about others. Pick up the object someone dropped at the store, in front of your house, etc. Make the world a better place today!

Anna Lee

This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Matthew 26:28

Prayer Focus

Today, let’s focus our thoughts on others.

• Do they have needs you can meet because they are unable to shop, drive, etc. for themselves?
• Is there something in the house or yard that needs attention and that is within you abiblity to do?
• Do they need to talk to a person because they are likely to go days or weeks without hearing from anyone?
• Are they unable to schedule an appointment for some reason?
• Be the one to step up and help them.

Updates

• Pray for Wendell and Ginger Simmons as they continue to recover from surgeries.
• Mrs. Betty Catherine Hatcher is still in North Oaks recovering from surgery.
• Mrs. Mary Varnado is scheduled to be moved from North Oaks to a hospital in New Orleans.
• Coach Shaw is possibly home from North Oaks again.
• Angela Shockley is doing well following her heart surgery. She’s “up and moving around”. Thank God for her progress.
• Jason Dean was able to be back at church yesterday.
• Pray for others who have come home from the hospital, but still need some help to function at home.

Obituary

Violet Travis

January 22, 1952 – April 6, 2024

A resident of Kentwood passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side on April 6, 2024. She was Born in Talisheek, LA on January 22, 1952 and was 72 years of age.  Violet graduated from Pine High School and Pearl River Community College and worked several years as a Registered Nurse at Riverside Medical Center and Lallie Kemp. She enjoyed sewing, playing the piano, working in her flower beds and eating at Olive Garden.  She treasured her time with her precious grand babies. Violet is survived by her loving husband of 51 years, James Travis, daughter Amanda Grantham and husband Tim, grandchildren Jaime Travis, Faith Grantham, Alyssa Travis, Jacob Grantham,  5 sisters in law, 1 brother in law and numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her loving son Matt Travis whom she is now reunited with in Heaven. The family wishes to thank Modern Hospice for the comfortable and compassionate care she received and family support shown during her illness. Visitation will be at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 9:00AM until religious services at 11:00AM on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Services conducted by Bro. Ed Penton and Bro. Richard Magee. Interment will follow in Beulah Cemetery, Kentwood. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Read the Bible Every Day of 2024

• Deuteronomy 12:20 – 14:21
• Psalm 42:1-11
• Proverbs 10:22-25
• Luke 8:4-25

Prayers Needed (Families)

• Pray for the families who need to be “reconnected” with other family members.
• Pray for out youth and children as they form their “system of values”. May they all have good influences in their life.
• Pray for families that do not have a church family too.

I was blessed at church yesterday. I hope you felt that way about your church wherever you attended. Our great God is present everywhere and is available to hear our prayers at any time, day or night.

Senior Adult Lunch

If you are available and would like to attend the senior adult lunch, our church will be “on the road” Tuesday of NEXT week. You can call the church office for more information. (229-8111)

Here’s What Happened

Saturday, in Amite, I met a lady as we were walking in opposite directions. I said something like “Hello.. How are you today?” Her reply was “Blessed”!

I thought she had a great reply. It was honest and from her heart. It made me reconsider my reply when people speak to me. I know I am also “blessed”. This was and can be a simple, but wonderful reply.

Have a blessed day. “See” you tomorrow. If you have a friend, neighbor, or family member who might benefit from reading my posts, feel free to help them locate and bookmark this page.

Anna Lee