Pastor's Blog

It was not known to the outside world but we had a crawfish eating contest last night which actually carried over to this morning as one contestant could not be present until today.

Long story short – Katelyn “Katie” Howard Tillman is the official crawfish eating champion of the 20-29 year old Sunday School class.  It did not appear she would win until she took her shoes off and then she began to suck those crawfish heads, slurp on that juice, et cetera.  She had crawfish juice running down her chin, elbows, on her blouse, dripping onto her bare feet and was basically a mess!

In her post eating interview with the local media, she said the secret to winning is taking your shoes off and getting comfortable.  She also stated that she would have done even better if the contestants had been standing in mud instead of on concrete.

If you stumble on this entry before the services tomorrow, congratulate Katie on her victory!

Miss Camp e-mailed me yesterday that say that Rebecca Taylor’s paternal grandfather-in-law is in the hospital and not doing well.  His wife just recently passed away.  Pray for the Taylor family.

I received another e-mail that warrants prayer but I really do not want to divulge the reason.  I just ask you to pray and trust that God knows.

The yard continues until noon today and the auction begins at 6:00PM.  What is in the auction?  You will either need to go by the CAB or contact Bro. Jerry as I do not know.

There will be a meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4:00PM to discuss the two motions that will be presented for a vote by the Friendship family tomorrow night.  Our desire is to see the will of God in the life of the Friendship family.

We had a really good Sunday School fellowship last night.  Special thanks to Randall Broome for doing the cooking of the crawfish and oysters.  He did an excellent job!  (At least that is what I am told as I do not eat either.  Crawl fish are too spicy for me and you do not want to know why I do not eat oysters!)  Special thanks to Brad Hutto for being the grill master.   He did great too!  It was all good!

We will have a normal schedule tomorrow.  Lord willing, I will be preaching in the two morning services and the evening service.  We will observe the ordinance of baptism as a part of our evening service.  Baptismal candidates should meet with Bro. Jerry at 5:30PM tomorrow.

Here is a rule of thumb that seems to always work when predicting the outcome of sporting events i.e. the NCAA mens’ basketball tourney.  Let Joe David Bailey make his picks and then basically go opposite of him.  He picked Missouri to win it all – can you believe that!  Yes, Bama got beat but it is always a good day when Duke & Notre Dame lose!  (Quick, can anyone tell me where Lee High is located?  That is what I thought!)

Still have yard work to do today and a garden to plant.  (Meagan “Bo” Older sold me my seed, plants, and fertilizer yesterday)  It is going to be a full day for me.  I am loving this weather!

I pray your Saturday is great with Jesus!