MONDAY, 12/24/18
“Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4:32)
Our Christmas Eve service will begin at 5:00PM today and end by 6:00PM. Music, the Lord’s Supper and a brief message from the Word. Pastor Clint Landry will bring the message. My hope is for us to have a full house. Nursery provided for children two years of age and under. Pray, attended and bring others with you.
Praise the Lord! We enjoyed a wonderful Sunday in our three services and Sunday School yesterday. The afternoon service was a success as Jeanette and the choir did a wonderful job of presenting the Gospel through song. The attendance was really good as it was much better than in recent years. Jeanette does a wonderful job of being a choir director. Her heart is to lead us in worship through music and it shows. Obviously, she had lots of help in various areas and I appreciate each person who helped in any way, those who prayed and those who attended. All glory to God! (By the way, my plans are for us to have the 2019 adult choir Christmas musical on December 22 at 3:00PM. Just FYI.)
Praise the Lord! Elaine Brown is no longer on the vent or the heart pump. She is awake, alert and talking to her family. As her sister Edna Pearl told me over the weekend, “this is our Christmas miracle!” Lord willing, I will visit with Elaine this morning.
Thank you to Tina Wilkinson for coordinating the ministry of providing a meal for the Ruby Gulley family yesterday. Thank you to each person who helped by providing food. Thank you to the members of the Friendship family who attended the visitation with the family and/or the service. The celebration of life service was good. Keep praying for Winston and family as they walk through this valley.
I have the privilege of taking Bob Evans to the airport first thing this morning as he is going to spend Christmas with his daughter and family in Connecticut. I will then be heading toward the hospital.
The church office is open today, will be closed tomorrow and then open at 8:00AM on Wednesday. I am in town and on call in the event of an emergency. Speaking of that, I am not a cell phone person. We keep a landline in order to be reached at night in the event of an emergency. That number is 865 4912. (During the daytime the telemarketers keep that line busy!) My cell phone is not on at night. I basically do very, very little in the way of texts. I do iMessages but only if I am online with my laptop.
I pray that you will have a great Christmas Eve with Jesus. If you are local (nine of our thirteen readers are) then please join us at 5:00PM for our service. O come let us adore Him!