Pastor's Blog

Happy New Year!

Good morning from a seemingly water logged Grand Bay!  If the old adage that “one drop of rain will keep forty Baptists away from church” is true then we will be in negative numbers attendance wise today!  I do realize the rain could be a major deterrent to some of our most senior adults but the rest of us should drive carefully and be in our rightful place this morning.  We would no doubt go to work, school, sporting events, et cetera in spite of the rain.

Sunday School today at 9:15AM.  Morning worship at 10:30AM.  Evening worship at 6:00PM.

I am asking our senior adults to fill the choir loft for our 10:30AM service.  Simply go to the choir loft once you are in the auditorium for the morning service.  This is for anyone sixty five years of age or older.

Church wide bowling fellowship tonight from 8:00 – 10:00PM at the Spanish Trail Lanes in Gautier, MS for anyone attending our 6:00PM worship service.  Cost is five dollars per bowler with a maximum of twenty dollars per immediate family.

My friend, Joe David Bailey, officially begins his tenure as the pastor of Danville Baptist Church today.  Congratulations to Pastor Joe David!

Nanette Brooks Fontenot and I wish each of you a very Happy New Year!  (She basically begged me to put that in the blog or else).

This blog will be ten years old in 2017!  Can you believe it?  Our goal this year is to reach twenty readers!  We can do it!  (My personal goal is to mention my former girlfriend & almost wife, Nanette Brooks, more often!).

Morris got us home shortly after midnight.  Once again, we had a great time of fellowship with Morris & Diane.  Do we have plans to attend the national championship game next Monday, 1/9?  We do, Lord willing.  Lisa and I will leave after the evening service next Sunday to begin our trek South and will join Morris & Diane there.  Can Alabama beat Clemson again?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  That is why they play the game!

I do want to provide props to my older brother, Eddie, for providing us rooms in Atlanta this past Friday night.  Great hotel and great location.  He is a giver and we are grateful!  (I wonder if they have hotels in Tampa that can be gotten with points?  Just saying!).

I pray that you will have a great Sunday with Jesus.

The plan for 2017 will be a reading from the Old Testament along with a reading from the New Testament each day.  Follow this plan and you will read the Bible through this year.

January 2017

January 1 Genesis 1-3; Matthew 1
January 2 Genesis 4-6; Matthew 2
January 3 Genesis 7-9; Matthew 3
January 4 Genesis 10-12; Matthew 4
January 5 Genesis 13-15; Matthew 5:1-26
January 6 Genesis 16-17; Matthew 5:27-48
January 7 Genesis 18-19; Matthew 6:1-18
January 8 Genesis 20-22; Matthew 6:19-34
January 9 Genesis 23-24; Matthew 7
January 10 Genesis 25-26; Matthew 8:1-17
January 11 Genesis 27-28; Matthew 8:18-34
January 12 Genesis 29-30; Matthew 9:1-17
January 13 Genesis 31-32; Matthew 9:18-38
January 14 Genesis 33-35; Matthew 10:1-20
January 15 Genesis 36-38; Matthew 10:21-42
January 16 Genesis 39-40; Matthew 11
January 17 Genesis 41-42; Matthew 12:1-23
January 18 Genesis 43-45; Matthew 12:24-50
January 19 Genesis 46-48; Matthew 13:1-30
January 20 Genesis 49-50; Matthew 13:31-58
January 21 Exodus 1-3; Matthew 14:1-21
January 22 Exodus 4-6; Matthew 14:22-36
January 23 Exodus 7-8; Matthew 15:1-20
January 24 Exodus 9-11; Matthew 15:21-39
January 25 Exodus 12-13; Matthew 16
January 26 Exodus 14-15; Matthew 17
January 27 Exodus 16-18; Matthew 18:1-20
January 28 Exodus 19-20; Matthew 18:21-35
January 29 Exodus 21-22; Matthew 19
January 30 Exodus 23-24; Matthew 20:1-16
January 31 Exodus 25-26; Matthew 20:17-34