Pastor's Blog

Sad news seemed to be the order of the day yesterday afternoon and last night.  First, I received a call from Dana Childress telling me that Coach Kevin Jackson’s first cousin had been shot and killed in Baltimore, Maryland.  I called Kevin on his cell phone as he was driving to Dothan to get his mother.  From there, they will drive to Atlanta, GA today in order to fly to Baltimore for the funeral service.  Pray for this family! 

Willie Johnson called to tell me that he had taken his wife, Jodie, to the hospital and she was about to go in for emergency surgery.  She just recently had surgery and now has undergone a second operation.  Pray for Jodie as she recovers from both of these surgeries. 

Larry Whitehurst called last night to tell me that his sister, Sandra, and her husband, Gene, had just found their 29 year old son, John Freeman, deceased in his home.  Tragic enough in and of itself but made even more so by the fact that their only other son, Richie, 31 years old (I think) passed away in April of this year.  I went to Gene & Sandra’s to pray with them and they were obviously in a state of shock and stunned disbelief.  Pray for this family in a special way.

I visited with Riley & Donna Glass in the hosptial yesterday morning and Riley was scheduled to have the second stent placed in his heart around 2:00PM.  With everything else taking place, I did not get an update on him.  Pray for Riley.

Mark Mast will be preaching the memorial service for Miss Vivian Smith this morning at 10:00AM so please pray for him.  His family will be involved in the service also from serving as a pall bearer, reading Scripture, to singing.  The Mast family was very close to Miss Vivian so say an extra prayer for them today too. 

I want to remind the members of the Friendship family of our effort to reach our Lottie Moon goal this Sunday, 12/21.  It can be done!  Pray and give as God leads.  We will give Him the glory for all He does in our midst! 

I pray that you will have a great Friday with Jesus!  Merry Christmas!