Sunday

Psalm 100 (NIV)

A psalm. For giving thanks.

1Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.

2Worship the LORD with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.

3Know that the LORD is God.

It is he who made us, and we are hisa;

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

4Enter his gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

5For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;

his faithfulness continues through all generations.

 

Charlie Gill, Sr.
(June 7, 1948 – February 26, 2011)

Charlie Gill, Sr. was born June 7, 1948 and passed away at 4:14 p.m., Saturday, February 26, 2011 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was 62 and a resident of Greensburg.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Information will be added Sunday afternoon.

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

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

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W next to Hood Automotive and behind Mr. Tom’ Car Wash and Holiday Inn Express.

 

Gladly attend church and study the Bible today.  It’s His day!

Anna Lee

Saturday Evening

Bertie W. Hano
(June 23, 1913 – February 26, 2011)

A resident of Amite, LA, died at 9:34AM on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite, LA. She was born June 23, 1913 in Tangipahoa Parish, LA and was 97 years of age. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. Monday, February 28, 2011. Services conducted by Rev. Joey Miller. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood, LA. Survived by son, Luther Hano and his wife, Annette, Roseland, 7 grandchildren, Dwight, Bruce, and Dan Kliesch, Donde Hano Bridges and her husband, Mitch, Heather Hano Muse and her husband, Brock, Chad and Dustin Hano, 12 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews. Preceded in death by husband, Lafayette Hano, parents, Clarence and Rosa Kinard Westmoreland, daughter, Aileen Kliesch, 3 sisters, Clara Easley, Ruby Harper, and Eva Burt.

 

 

 

Saturday Afternoon

Bro. Joey left a message on my answering machine that Mrs. Bertie Hano passed away this morning.  Arrangements are incomplete at this time, but you can begin praying for the family.  Thanks!

Pray for Boots and Mary Prescott.  Boots is recovering from double knee replacement surgery as Mary is beginning the long process of dealing with a broken upper arm. I know they will appreciate your prayers.

Also, I have a request from someone who is leaning to deal with a new medical issue.  As you pray for them, please pray for all the others who have medical, emotional, and spiritual concerns.

Mid-day Saturday

Paul Graham
(September 10, 1951 – February 25, 2011)

A resident of Amite, he died at 5:34 p.m. on Friday, February 25, 2011 at his residence. He was born September 10, 1951 and was 59 years of age.

Arrangements are incomplete with McKneely Funeral Home, Amite.

 

 

 

Thomas Chapman
(August 23, 1928 – February 26, 2011)

A resident of Kentwood, he died at 2 a.m. on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Kentwood Manor Nursing Home in Kentwood. He was born August 23, 1928 and was 82 years of age. He is survived by his brother, Buck Chapman, and wife Peggy; sister, Gerry Dearman, and husband Ernest Carroll.

Arrangements are incomplete with McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood.

 

 

Saturday

A friend loves at all times,

and a brother is born for adversity.

~Proverbs 17:17 (NIV)~

 

THE HANDS OF CHRIST

During World War II, a church building in Strasbourg was destroyed.  After the bombing, the members surveyed the area to see what damage was done.  They were pleased that a statue of Christ with outstretched hands was still standing.  It had been sculpted centuries before by a great artist.

Taking a closer look, the people discovered both hands of Christ had been sheered off by a falling beam.  Later, a sculptor in the town offered to replace the broken hands as a gift to the church.  The church leaders met to consider the offer and decided not to accept it. They felt the statue without hands would be a great illustration that God’s work is done through his people.

Truly, in the church, we are the “hands of Christ”.  If Christ is to minister to the poor, it must be through our hands.  If he is to take care of the sick, it must be through our hands.  If he is to reach out to those who are lonely, it must be through our hands.

“Together you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of that body.” (I Corinthians 12:27, NCV)

See something around you that Christ needs to take care of today?  He has no hands……..but your hands!

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Helen Street Church of Christ
Fayetteville, North Carolina

 

Hands, get busy doing His work today!

Anna Lee

Friday Death Notice

Mrs. Dale Bridges passed away early this morning.

 

Mildred Goss Bridges
(January 27, 1926 – February 25, 2011)

A resident of Kentwood, she died on Friday, February 25, 2011 at Southwest Regional Medical Center in McComb, MS. She was born January 27, 1926 in Loranger and was 85 years of age. She is survived by husband, Dale Menton Bridges, Kentwood, 3 daughters, Connie Varden and her husband, Laney, Plaquemine, Mona Stewart and her husband, Paul, Greensburg, and Teri Hanks and her husband, Daryl, Greensburg, 4 sons, Marshall Dale Bridges, Kentwood, Reggie Bridges and his wife, Tammy, Crystal Springs, MS, Brad Bridges and his wife, Janet, Kentwood, and David Bridges, Kentwood, 15 grandchildren, Steve and Ron Varden, Keith and Bruce Bridges, Scott and Lacy Stewart, Benjamin Bridges, Haley Conleay, Ashley, Angel, Amber, Adrian, and Adam Bridges, Angie Barrios, and Levi Bridges, 12 great-grandchildren, Addie, Brady, and Olivia Varden, Kylie, Matthew and Isabella Bridges, Bethany, Blaine, and Brett Bridges, Avery Keller, Addy Bridges, and Wyatt Conleay. Preceded in death by daughter, Marilyn Barrios, son, J. D. Bridges, parents, Dudley Levi Goss and Mary Cooper Goss, 2 brothers, Albert “Red” Goss and Lloyd “Boots” Goss. Visitation at Tangipahoa Baptist Church from 8:30 a.m. until a celebration of her life at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Services conducted by Rev. Greg Stewart. Interment Tangipahoa Cemetery, Tangipahoa. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Tangipahoa Baptist Church, 40 Hwy 440, Kentwood, LA 70444.

Mildred Goss Bridges
(January 27, 1926 – February 25, 2011)

 

Friday

“If you want to know what God wants you to do,

ask him,

and he will gladly tell you …

But when you ask him,

be sure that you really expect him to tell you.”

~James 1:5-6 (LB)~

 

Madison Callihan is now back at home with her family.  Please continue to pray for all the people who are sick with the flu and/or pneumonia.

Larkin Dorris is thanking God!

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/larkindorris

Mary Ryan Williams
(January 25, 1908 – February 23, 2011)

A resident of Greensburg, she died at 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at St. Helena Parish Nursing Home in Greensburg. She was born January 25, 1908 in New Orleans and was 103 years of age. Mrs. Williams retired from Southern Bell and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, Montpelier Garden Club and Montpelier Baptist Church. She is survived by her brother, Raoul Ryan, Ponchatoula and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse L. Williams; parents, Richard and Sierra Ryan; sister, Inez R. Cox; brothers, Richard H. Ryan, John A. Ryan and Eugene D. Ryan. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Interment Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite, LA.

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“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2.10

Mike Benson, Editor

CONSIDER THE EYE…

Look out the window.  Your field of view catches a vista perhaps a mile wide.  It all appears projected onto half of a sphere a the very back of your eye, the retina, less than three centimeters in diameter.  Yet your brain sees within those three centimeters of information a world a mile wide and knows it is no Disney cartoon the size of a postage stamp.  Light from the outside world has reached your retina with only slight distortion.  That’s because somehow those clever genes in your body produced crystal clear, transparent cells for the eyes’ outer casing, the cornea and the lens just behind the cornea, and the thick fluid that fills the globe of the eye between the lens and the retina.  Amazing.  All those totally clear cells and fluid even though most of our body is opaque or translucent.  Some cells of your eyes are yours for life.  As you age, more are added, but the ones you were born with are still with you as well.

The iris, which is controlled by an array of muscles, regulates the amount of light entering based on feedback from the retina.  Behind the retina is a heavily pigmented layer that absorbs light not captured by the retina.  A second array of muscles changes the shape of the lens, bending the light more or less as per the extent of the lens’s curvature, focusing the incoming images sharply on the retina.  (All land vertebrates use the system to sharpen the image.  A fish lens acts in a mannter similar to a camera, focusing by moving the lens backward or forward.)  Of course, the concept of focusing assumnes the brain makes some decision as to what a “sharp” image means.  Might the world really be blurry and we just see it as sharp?

All those muscles working in unison with no conscious thought on your part, and all in the blink of an eye, and all originally stored in one fertilized cell.  Gerald L. Schroeder, The Hidden Face of God, “Meiosis and the Making of a Human,” 82-83

“By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.” Psalm 33.6

 

Enjoy some of God’s creation today.

Anna Lee