Pastor's Blog

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11)

Brooke Whitehurst had to have an emergency surgical procedure yesterday.  Pray for her to recover quickly.

Wanda Jordan had a heart cath yesterday which resulted in her getting about stent.  Pray for Wanda.

If you can help with the meal for the Suthoff family on Saturday, please contact Katelyn Johnson or call the church office today.  Remember, visitation at 10:AM and the service an noon in our auditorium.

Sonny Bates will begin his radiation treatments this coming Monday afternoon.  Pray all goes well.

Good day in our services yesterday morning and evening.

We have had a Hallelujah Festival for many years which has always taken place in our CAB.  Time for a change.  So, Lindsey Vice and Bro. Abel will be hosting a meeting about this change this Sunday afternoon beginning at 5:00PM in our auditorium.  All interested persons (unless you work in AWANA) are invited to attend.

Bobby and the boys lost yesterday afternoon but they are still in good shape for the Wild Card.  The Wild Card races in both leagues appear to be coming down to the last game or two.

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

The visitation with the Charles Suthoff family will take place on Saturday, September 21, from 10:00AM until the noon service time.  The visitation and service will be held in our auditorium.

The Friendship family will minister to the Suthoff family by providing a meal for after the service.  If you are willing to help with this meal, please contact Bro. Jerry Hovel.

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11)

Received word from Pattie Suthoff this morning that Charles Suthoff has passed from this life.  Charles loved the Lord and was prepared to leave this earthly world.  Pray for the family as they walk through this valley.

Brooke Whitehurst will have a test done today to try and figure out the source of her problems.  Continue to pray for her.

Received word last night that our friend from Mountain Brook, Mr. Lavelle Dendy, has passed from this life.  He was ninety seven years old.  His wife of seventy five years just passed on July 29.  She was ninety four years of age.  It seemed fairly obvious that once Miss Berenice was gone that Mr. Lavelle would soon follow.  Pray for their two daughters and their families.

Regular schedule on our campus this morning and evening.

I took Lisa to the Mobile airport this morning where she caught a flight to Atlanta and will then connect to a flight going to Guatemala City.  This Sunday, 9/22, will be Audrey’s birthday so Lisa has gone to celebrate with her.  She told me that she will be back when she gets back – whatever that means!

Any of our thirteen readers need any fire wood?  You will have to cut it up and haul it.  It is in Grand Bay.  Contact me if you want to know the details.

Bobby & the boys got a big win last night to go back up by a game and a half in the wild card race.  It is now a three team race or so it seems.  Come on Nationals!

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

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11)

Happy forty third wedding anniversary to my brother, Eddie, and his wife, Sue.  They married young and have been a great example of a godly couple.  I think they are going to Hardee’s for lunch to celebrate!  Hope their day in Ohio is great!

Charles Suthoff is seemingly near the end of his physical life on earth.  Pray for Charles, his family and those providing care for him.

Brooke Whitehurst is in the hospital battling blood pressure problems.  Pray for Brooke.

Regular schedule on our campus tomorrow morning and evening.

Bobby and the boys lost last night and are making me a little nervous concerning the wild card spot.  The Nationals, Cubs and Brewers are all in the race for those two spots.  Come on Nationals!  By the way, speaking of the Nationals –  “There are a lot of reasons, because there are a lot of talented players on this team. But allow us to shine a light on something you might not have thought about so much: A year after Washington’s outfield defense was a clear weakness, it’s now a massive strength. They rank No. 1 in Outs Above Average, the Statcast measure of outfield quality. They’ve had the largest year-over-year improvement in the four years that the metric has existed. They have the largest gap a first-place team has had over a second-place team. They’ve been … outstanding.”  Anyone care to guess who is coaching the outfielders this year?  Bobby Henley!

I pray that you will have a great Tuesday with Jesus!  (It is Taco Tuesday!)

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11)

Bernard Suthoff’s brother, Charles, is not doing well physically.  Pray for him.

We were blessed with another good day in our services yesterday – morning and evening.  I hear that the numbers in our AWANA ministry were, once again, good but I do not have the exact numbers.  I did see some crazy socks!

I mistakenly said in the 8:00AM message yesterday that Caleb was eighty years old when he entered the Promised Land.  He was actually eighty five years old (Joshua 14:10).  I then failed in the evening message to mention Ahithophel as the other person in the Bible who took his own life (II Samuel 17:23).  Aninha Barrett gets credit for pointing out these two things to me.  I appreciate it.

The weather forecasters are saying it is going to be hot for the next ten days.  They do give a glimmer of hope that we could get some rain on Thursday.  The good thing is that the humidity is forecast to be in the fifties and sixties which helps.

Bobby and the boys are close (four games) to elimination in the NL East.  It appears they will definitely be in the wild card game.  Win that and, as it stands now, they would head to LA for a divisional series.  The Dodgers need to win seven in order to clinch home field advantage through the NL championship series.

The college football season will get a bit more intense beginning this Saturday.  Alabama has the breakfast game!  Auburn has a big one at A&M.

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

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11)

Regular schedule on our campus this morning and evening.

Crazy sock day for our AWANA ministry.

We had a really effective work day yesterday.  The number of workers was sixteen or seventeen.  Those folks came ready to work and got it done in a hurry.  Did a very nice job too!  Thank you to each person who helped!

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

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11)

Our work day begins at 8:00AM today.  I now know that at least one of our deacons is going to be present as he shared that information with me last night.  Will he be working or drinking coffee?  Time will tell.  With the right numbers present, we can be gone fairly quickly and leave the place looking good.  We need hedge trimmers, ladders, rakes, et cetera.  “All hands on deck!”  We will have water but no food!  Just FYI.

Regular schedule on our campus tomorrow morning and evening.  Lord willing, I will be in the pulpit for all three services.  It will be “crazy sock night” for our AWANA ministry tomorrow.  Obviously, the children are encouraged to wear crazy socks to AWANA.

South hosts Memphis today beginning at 2:30PM, Alabama travels to South Carolina with a 2:30PM start time, and Auburn hosts Kent State with a 6:00PM start time.  I am going to say that two of those three state teams will win.  It would be nice if all three could do so.  That is why they play the game!

Coach Collier and the Bobcats handled the Pirates last night to remain undefeated for the season.  The Faith Academy Rams bested the Mobile Christian Leopards as the Lacy kid ran wild all night (300 yards rushing, 32 points).  Resurrection High won big last night.  Bryant lost to Foley.  (It is interesting to note that Bryant has never beaten Foley)

I am sure it has happened but I have never been to a high school game where one of the head coaches leads in the opening prayer until last night.  Coach Jack French of Faith Academy did the honors before the FA vs MC game.  Not only did he do the honors but he also prayed a very strong prayer.  Way to go, Coach French.  Way to go Mobile Christian for asking the opposing coach to pray.

Deacon Grant Tillman and his family sat by me during last night’s game.  I was good with that until he asked me to “spot” him a twenty.  Are you kidding me?  Do I look like an ATM?  However, Katie is such a sweetheart that I simply overlook her husband. (So glad she is not like her mother!)

One more thing about last night’s game – Hannah was the star of the MC band!  Not even close!

My high school football travels will take me to Bryant next Friday night as Coach Collier and his Bobcats head into the eye of the storm as they will face the Hurricanes.

Bobby and the boys lost to the Braves last night.  I need the Nationals to win the next two to help the Dodgers maintain the best record in the NL as home field advantage could be huge in the postseason.

Leslie Hacker finally got Bob Evans moved in to his apartment.  I “think” last night was Bob’s first night there.  In my opinion, Leslie should let Bob stay with him for the first month or so just to get acclimated to living there as moving to the bayou can be an experience like no other.  (Dana Taylor & Bibbi Bosarge – get the man some white boots!)

The Simply Southern seafood restaurant is scheduled to open in the former Sam’s Superburger building on Monday, October 7.  I am going to go ahead now and encourage you to support this business.  More to come in the way of an endorsement if. . . (waiting on some type of compensation agreement!)

I had some good therapy time yesterday as I spent like four hours on the mower.  Have about another hour today and I will be finished.  Lisa went out of town yesterday but she left strict orders!

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

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11)

Work day on our campus tomorrow morning, 9/14, beginning at 8:00AM.  All hands on deck is the call.  We have had at least two folks who have already come and worked in their room this week because they cannot attend tomorrow.  Very nice of them to do so.  Trimming the hedges will be our main focus in the morning but folks can clean their classrooms, et cetera.  If enough folks show up with the proper tools i.e. hedge trimmers, rakes, and so forth then we can knock this thing out pretty quickly.  It is going to be hot but Kendall Falana has guaranteed no rain.

Regular schedule on our campus this Sunday morning and evening.  If your class uses ice then you might want to consider bringing a bag just in case as the ice make “may” be down this Sunday.  It “may” be working.  Just FYI.  We always have ice it is just that sometimes it is not frozen.

Our second evening of our AWANA ministry takes places this Sunday, 9/15, from 5:00 until 7:00PM.  Pray for this ministry and encourage children to attend.

Deidra needs to hear from those who would like to sponsor a child in the school.  The sponsorship will begin in January 2020.  Contact her at dtaylor0811@gmail.com to sign up or for more information.

I am not a complainer about the weather.  It is hot and there is no immediate relief in sight.  We live on the Gulf Coast so hot weather is expected.  I prefer cold weather.  Lisa will travel to Guatemala next week for Audrey’s birthday and the high temperature in El Tejar on Tuesday was fifty eight degrees – give me some of that!  I made a hospital visit yesterday afternoon and, as almost always (like ninety nine percent of the time), I took the stairs.  When I finished that visit my shirt was wet with sweat.  Basically I am asking Kendall to give us some relief – LOL!

Bobby and the boys are hanging in there as far as the wild card is concerned.  I am convinced they will be hosting that wild card game on Tuesday, October 1.

Bryant travels to Foley tonight; Coach Collier and the Bobcats host Fairhope; Mobile Christian host Faith Academy; Resurrection travels to Leake County, Mississippi.  My plan is to attend the game at Mobile Christian in order to kill two stones with one bird!

Was able to get on a mower by 5:00PM yesterday and mow until dark thirty.  Once again, good therapy for me.  Much more to do today, Lord willing.

I am ready for some college football tomorrow afternoon and evening.

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

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11)

Word came to me through Miss Mary last night that Shawn Burrell has passed from this life.  Arrangements pending.  Pray for the family.

The visitation and service for Will Reynolds’ maternal aunt takes place this morning with the visitation taking place from 9:15AM until the 11:00AM service time.  Everything will be at First Baptist Bayou La Batre.  Pray for the Bailey family.

We had a good day in our services yesterday – morning and evening.  I am thankful for people who are faithful to attend.

Well, our work day work force is now up to four people.  I have had ninety seven tell me why they cannot attend but only three tell me they will attend.  This Saturday, 9/14, @ 8:00AM.  With a good number we will be finished fairly quickly.  All hands on deck!

The weather folks are showing the Gulf Coast dipping into the eighties for daytime highs and in the sixties for night time lows beginning Monday, September 23.  However, a storm could change all of that as it would bring us some rain.  God knows what He is doing in this area so I simply trust Him.

Bobby and the boys beat the Twins last night.  They remain in good shape for the postseason.  Pastor Wes Bates’ beloved Cubbies has now be caught by the Brewers for that second wild card spot.  The Indians have made a major move in the AL wild card race.  Going to be an interesting last couple of weeks in the regular season.

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

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11)

Just typing “9/11” brings a flood of memories.  Definitely a day of deserved solemn remembrance.

I spent yesterday afternoon and evening rejoicing over the wonderful news given to Sanna Collier.  To God be the glory!

Regular schedule on our campus this morning and tonight.  All students, 6th grade through 12th grade, are to meet with Bro. Abel in the CAB.  Those doors will not open until at least 6:00PM.

The visitation with Will Reynolds’ aunt’s family takes place tomorrow, 9/12, from 9:15AM until the 11:00AM service time.  Visitation and service at First Baptist of Bayou La Batre.

Work day on the church grounds this Saturday, 9/14, beginning at 8:00AM.  If enough folks show up, we could be finished in a couple of hours.  All hands on deck, please.

Bobby and the boys were handled by the Twins last night.  However, they remain in a good place regarding the wild card picture.  The Dodgers clinched their seventh consecutive NL West title last night – good stuff!

I am ready for the college football weekend.  If nothing unplanned happens, I will not be traveling anywhere this weekend so after the work day I can come home and just watch football.  At least that is the plan.

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