Pastor's Blog

The visitation with the Fore family will take place tomorrow night, 2/18, from 5:00 until 8:00PM at the Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home on Three Notch Road in Tillman’s Corner. 

The funeral service will take place on Friday, 2/19, at 10:00AM from the chapel of the Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home with the committal taking place in Mobile Memorial Gardens. 

Continue to pray for Barbara, her mother, her two siblings, and the entire Fore family.

Rhea Wilkinson departs today for Illinois and basic training.  Pray for her along with Raymond & Tina.  Pray that her brother, Jace, will wipe that smile from his face!  LOL!

The family of Dick Fore will meet with the funeral home directors at 12:30PM today to set the arrangements.  As far as I know, the family is uncertain as to what the final arrangements will be until they can find out what the funeral home’s schedule is.  Pray for Barbara and the family.

Miss Merle Phillips will have a scope done this morning to check for a blockage in her lung (as I understand it).  Pastor Travis was scheduled to arrive late yesterday afternoon and I assume he did. 

Nanette Fontenot has been keeping me updated on Jayne English and there is really no significant change.  There was a death in Nanette’s extended family so please pray for them. 

Keep praying for Carla Kyser, Miss Joyce Bosarge, & Pelham McGehee in their respective battles against cancer. 

One of my first cousins, Brad Turrentine, was diagnosed with a brain tumor this past weekend.  He will have surgery at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham next Wednesday, 2/24.  Your prayers are appreciated.

Pastor Jack Bailey’s mother is not doing well and they have called hospice to help with her care.  My sister-in-law, Sue, and her family will most likely place Sue’s mother in assisted living this weekend. 

News items that have caught my attention in the last few hours – peta (lower case is intentional) is mad at Rep. Steve King of Iowa because he killed a racoon trying to get into his house.  They say the animal was merely cold!  I am going to go out on a limb and say that the members of peta don’t have living rooms full of coons, rabbits, squirrels, and other small animals simply because it is cold outside!  Tom Compagner & peta!

I have never seen the television show “Family Guy” but they made fun of Sarah Palin’s 22 month old son, Trig, who has Down Syndrome.  How low is that?  Who the family is does not matter!  The Palin family has called them “heartless jerks” for this cruel act.  I think you know my thoughts!

A firm politically connected to a friend of Bill Clinton’s was awarded a no contract bid for work in Haiti.  I can hear the audible gasps! 

I was saddened, but not surprised, to learn that the moutain climber who fell in the crater on Mount St. Helens had passed away.  However, it is good that they recovered his body yesterday. 

On to the curling news – the USA men had a tough day yesterday losing to Germany (7-5) and Norway (6-5) while the USA women lost to Japan (9-7).  I think we need new brooms!  The men take on Switzerland today while the women battle those pesky Germans!  Congrats to the Canadian teams as they won all three of their matches (is that what you call them – help me Rex) yesterday. 

I squeezed in a game & a half of high school basketball yesterday at the USA Mitchell Center.    It was good!

T. Garrett, you gave me bad info!  I’m shocked!

Regular Wednesday around here.  I have a funeral at 3:00PM today for a family without a pastor.  The only thing is know is that the lady was 90 years old.  Pray that I can be a witness. 

I pray that you will have a great Wednesday with Jesus! 

P.S. – Why doesn’t Joe David “Mason” Bailey blog any more?