Sep
18
2008
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IDICE REEVES ENTERS HEAVEN

I was called away from our college/young professionals Bible study around 10:20PM last night to go to the home of Idice Reeves.  She had entered heaven a few minutes prior to that call.  It is now shortly after 12:30AM and they have just taken the body to the funeral home.  Miss Idice was one of the sweetest ladies I have ever known – a champion for Christ!  The Lord gave her 88 wonderful years on this earth and she served Him well! 

It too early to know but, if possible, the visitation and funeral service will most likely be Sunday afternoon.  None of that has been confirmed at this time.  I will post the arrangements here once they have been finalized.  Pray for the Reeves family. 

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Sep
17
2008
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WEDNESDAY, 9/17/08

FRIENDSHIP WINS!  FRIENDSHIP WINS!  FRIENDSHIP WINS!  Last night, the guys from Friendship won their first softball game of the season in only their second game.  Trailing 10 – 5 entering the final inning, they scored 9 runs and then allowed only 3 more runs to the other team to win 14 – 13.  I attended the game and came to this conclusion – Rusty Suthoff serves as the coach in order to get playing time as he is now O for the season!  Congratulations guys! 

The funeral service for Jimmy Copeland takes place this morning at 10:00AM.  Pray for that family.  Miss Kittie’s brother, Ray Trehern, comes home from the hospital today.  Thea told me that Miss Joyce had a better day yesterday than Monday.  Steve Mayfield got a favorable report from the doctors and expects to be back in the church services soon.  Bro. Kerry has been out basically since last Thursday with a sickness.  Pray for these folks and all those who continue to battle cancer. 

The “challenge” will be presented on Sunday evening, 9/28, as a part of our worship service.  It is simple and Scriptural!  I hope many members of the Friendship family will be present in that service to consider accepting it! 

Today is a regular day at Friendship with the morning service and evening activities.  I hope the members of the Friendship family will join us! 

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

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Sep
16
2008
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TUESDAY, 9/16/08

The visitation for the Jimmy Copeland family will take place tonight from 5:00 – 8:00PM at Serenity Funeral Home in Theodore with the funeral service set for tomorrow morning at 10:00AM from the chapel.  Pray for this family during this time. 

Bro. Jerry tells me that our FAITH ministry went well last night.  Thanks to those who take part in this ministry.  Dale Bosarge & I attended the Global Missions Summit at Saraland Baptist which was hosted by the Alabama Baptist State Convention.  It was good to see five folks there from other MBA churches who have been to Guatemala with GRACE Ministries. 

Bobby & Deidra Crawley left at 6:00AM this morning bound for Alaska.  Again, Bobby has taken a job there which is scheduled to last for the next two years.  I think Deidra is coming home in November to take part in a wedding.  Pray for Bobby & Deidra and their families during this transitional time. 

The Friendship softball team hits the field again tonight at 8:00PM.  Lord willing, I am going to attend the game but I may go incognito! 

Bret Hart, I received the package yesterday and wow!  Thanks!  Is that a peace offering before the game this weekend?  You are too kind!

I was asked about the “challenge” yesterday.  If you want to be the first to know, then you will have to be present in the 6:00PM service on 9/28.  It is spiritual in nature and comes after much thought and prayer. 

I must be looking too thin as I received a cake last week from one of our sweet ladies and then homemade raisin bread yesterday from another of our sweet ladies.  Thanks ladies! 

I pray that you will have a great Tuesday with Jesus!   

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Sep
15
2008
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MONDAY, 9/15/08

The Lord blessed and we had a good weekend.  Our Sunday was highlighted with the baptism of Zach Huhn, Austin Jackson, Coley Johnson, Patrick Julian, & Evan Moulds.  Davy Bosarge and Dillon Povilonis came forward during the evening service desiring to follow the Lord in believer’s baptism next Sunday evening.  So, we continue to give God the glory for giving the increase! 

I mentioned in the early service that Bobby & Deidra Crawley are leaving tomorrow, 9/16, to move to Alaska.  Bobby has taken a job there for at least the next two years.  I ask you to pray for them.  However, some folks misunderstood and only heard the “Deidra” part and assumed that was our daughter and her husband, Michael, who are moving.  It is not.  Again, it is Bobby & Deidra Crawley.  Bobby is the son of Tyrone & Jodie Crawley.   

Jimmy Copeland has been on our prayer list for some time now and he passed away yesterday morning.  Jimmy is the uncle of Jennifer Moulds and Julie Whitehurst.  The visitation will take place tomorrow night and the service on Wednesday.  Pray for this family during this difficult time. 

Miss Joyce Bosarge has not experienced any major problems up to this point due to her first chemotherapy treatment.  Carla Kyser was in our second morning service yesterday.  Phyllis Bush continues her treatments.  Sarah Thornton’s brother, Henry Brown, remains hospitalized.  Miss Kittie Camp’s brother, Ray Trehern, spent some time in the hospital over the weekend.  Miss Idice Reeves is at home but is pretty low physically.  Pray for these folks. 

Hurricane Ike may not have been as bad as expected but he was plenty bad.  Pray for those folks who lost loved ones due to this storm and those who received damage.  Pastor Abel Garcia and his family hope to be allowed to return home today.  Continue to pray for those recovering from Hurricane Gustav too. 

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

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Sep
12
2008
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FRIDAY, 9/12/08

The nation continues to watch Hurricane Ike as it nears the Texas coast.  It may not make landfall as strong as originally predicted but the storm surge could be huge.  Roads were actually closed in coastal Alabama yesterday due to flooding from Ike and we are hundreds of miles away from the center of the storm.  So, continue to pray for the folks in the path of Hurricane Ike. 

I would ask you to pray that our weather would be favorable this afternoon as the Boykin family has the funeral service for Miss Kathleen.  Of course, pray for Mr. Frank and the family too.  Thanks to those who helped with the food preparation last night and to those who attended the visitation. 

We have had a blessed week with no one from the Friendship family hospitalized – praise the Lord!  However, Miss Kittie Camp’s brother, Ray Trehern, was admitted to the hospital again yesterday afternoon so pray for him. 

Also, I learned last night that Miss Idice Reeves is low physically.  She remains at home and the plans call for her to remain there under hospice care so please pray for her too. 

Miss Joyce Bosarge had a good day yesterday but the expectations are that she will begin to experience some sickness from the chemotherapy soon.  Pray for her! 

I want to remind our folks that we will observe the ordinance of baptism as a part of our evening worship service this Sunday, 9/14.  Those to be baptized should meet in my office at 5:30PM. 

Two walks are coming up – Walk For Bibles (10/18) and Walk For Life (10/25).  You may be asked to pledge money to some of our folks for these events.  If so, please consider helping.  If you have questions about either walk contact David or Kim French (WFB) or Sherry Woods (WFL). 

A guy in Montana decides to make Al happy and go green by riding his bicycle to work.  This past Monday he tops a little rise in the road only to T-bone a 300 pound black bear.  He was thrown from his ride and then the bear rolled over on top of him.  Ouch!  He hopes to return to work today! 

In France, they have literally called a dog named Scooby to the witness stand in a murder case.  His owner is believed to have committed suicide but the family says she was murdered and the dog was present at the time of the crime.  So, a vet was present in court to see how the dog would react to a suspect.  It was reported that the dog cooperated by barking – hello! 

Got to go to Wal Mart.  I pray that you will have a great Friday/weekend with Jesus.  Go to church!  No more posts are planned until Monday, 9/15.   

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Sep
11
2008
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THURSDAY, 9/11/08

As I typed the numbers, 9/11, my heart grew sad as I thought back to that awful day seven years ago.  Lisa called me that morning and said I should go home and turn on the television because something strange was happening in New York City.  I never imagined.  So, as you go about your day keep the folks who lost loved ones during that terrible tragedy in your prayers. 

Hurricane Ike is a rather large storm and is now expected to make landfall as a category three, possibly four, hurricane.  Join me in praying for the folks along the Texas coast as they make arrangements and evacuate.  Pastor Abel Garcia and his family have gone to San Antonio. 

Continue to pray for Miss Joyce Bosarge as she took her first chemotherapy treatment yesterday.  Also, pray for Mr. Frank Boykin, Marisa, Lynn, Wayne and the entire Boykin family during this time. 

An airline in New Zealand is looking for bald men to serve as walking billboards.  They will have a temporary tatoo placed on the back of bald heads and stand in lines in three airports.  The tatoo encourages folks to use a new system for faster check in.  They are paying $660 for this job and the tatoo washes off in about two weeks.  (Or you could stand in the ninety degrees heat on one of the main highways in Mobile, Alabama holding a “going out of business” sign but I don’t know what the pay is for those jobs) 

I mentioned in yesterday’s post that Grand Bay now has a McDonald’s.  I read last night where a Wisconsin man who is OCD has now consumed 23,000 Big Mac burgers.  He began his quest on May 17, 1972 and has had only one day since then without a Big Mac.  That was the day his mother died to respect her request.  He has literally kept all of his paper receipts from those purchases.  Can you say, “too much time on your hands?”    

I am about to go test my theory that folks don’t bother you when you are mowing your yard at 3:30AM.  I pray that you will have a great Thursday with Jesus.  Remember 9/11.  Remember Calvary!     

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Sep
10
2008
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KATHLEEN BOYKIN ARRANGEMENTS

The visitation for the Kathleen Boykin family will take place tomorrow night, 9/11, from 5:00 – 8:00PM at the First Baptist Church of Grand Bay.  The funeral service will take place on Friday, 9/12, at 2:00PM from the auditorium of 1st Baptist.  Continue to pray for Marisa, her dad, and the entire Boykin family during this time. 

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Sep
10
2008
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URGENT PRAYER REQUEST

Pastor Benny Still called at 7:25AM to share the sad news that Miss Kathleen Boykin has passed away.  This is a total shock as she was involved in a ministry all day yesterday and was at church visitation last night.  Obviously, the arrangements aren’t even thought of at this point but I simply ask you to pray for Marisa and her family during this time of grief! 

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Sep
10
2008
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WEDNESDAY, 9/10/08

Love is in the air!  No, wait – those are love bugs in the air and they are everywhere!  The only happy person in South Mobile County is Joey Switzer who owns the local car washes.  Where do they come from and where do they go when they aren’t here twice a year?  Black snow is what they appear to be as you are driving and, just like snow, they are always coming at you! 

Miss Joyce Bosarge will begin her chemotherapy treatments today so please remember her in your prayers.  Also, continue to pray for the DeYoung family during their time of loss. 

I was able to make phone contact with Danny LeBlanc yesterday afternoon and they are doing well.  His house received some minor damage and his trees had some major damage.  They got electricity this past Sunday thanks to some men from Alabama Power in Tuscaloosa.  (Danny & Angie are actually pretty excited as this is the first time they have ever had electricity!)  I heard that Barney & Linda Rogers are still without electricity but they are doing okay.  I don’t know about Robby & Tia Heath. 

Danny’s parents have a house on Grand Isle, LA and they went there this past Monday for the first time.  Danny said it looks like a war zone.  The house still had five inches of water after having received nineteen inches total.  So, we still need to pray for those folks recovering from Hurricane Gustav.

It still appears that Hurricane Ike will make landfall in south Texas at some point this Saturday.  Pray for the folks in the path of this storm that has already claimed numerous lives and left major damage behind. 

The big news of the day – Grand Bay now has a McDonald’s Restuarant!  (Is McDonald’s technically a restaurant?)  It actually opened for business last week!  Wow, McDonald’s, Sam’s Burgers (2 locations), Hardees, Waffle House, TA truck stop, Dollar General, Family Dollar, Food Tiger, Century Bank, CVS, Walgreen’s, Chevron & GB – soon they will just call us New York City West! 

Facebook and grapevine talk have it that Ross & Kathy Genzink are set to become grandparents in March ’09.  Congratulations to them along with Jeremy & Jenna.  I have always respected Ross as an elder and now even much more so as a grandfather! 

It is a normal Wednesday for us with morning church and then the activities of the evening.  I hope the members of the Friendship family will join us for these services/classes/Bible studies. 

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

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Sep
09
2008
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TUESDAY, 9/9/08

Obviously, I did not post an entry yesterday and, yes, I heard about it from several folks!  Sorry about that!  I could offer excuses but just suffice it to say that it didn’t happen!

We had a good weekend and we thank the Lord for His blessings.  Our attendance was back “up” since it was not a holiday weekend and we weren’t concerned about a hurricance making landfall.  Our AWANA ministry began on a high note.  It was a refreshing thing to “feel” the excitement Sunday afternoon/evening. 

It was a special blessing to have Carla Felps Kyser attend our 10:30AM service this past Sunday.  She has just begun working half of a day as she continues her treatments.  Carla is one of the most positive folks you will ever meet and I ask that you keep praying for her. 

I received word from Michigan on Sunday that Wayne DeYoung’s brother, Dennis, 54, was tragically killed in a farming accident this past Saturday.  I did not know Dennis but do know so many other members of the extended DeYoung family and ask that you join me in praying for them during this most difficult time.  I believe I am correct in saying the funeral service will be this Thursday, 9/11. 

Earl Kirschenman came home from the hospital this past Saturday afternoon and now has to basically do nothing for the next month or so.  Pray for him.  Thankfully, we presently have no members of the Friendship family in the hospital. 

Dale Bosarge and I had the privilege of visiting with Miss Joyce Bosarge last night as a part of our FAITH ministry.  Miss Joyce begins her chemotherapy treatments tomorrow so pray for her. 

The just posted 4:00AM update on Hurricane Ike now has even Louisiana outside the cone which is a good thing for those folks.  It is my understanding that a high pressure system is going to steer it south and west with landfall coming in south Texas at some point late Saturday.  Again, we don’t pray it on anyone but are thankful that we don’t appear to be a landing point for this storm.  The winds have ceased to 80 miles per hour and, prayerfully, it will not pick up much strength before making another landfall.  Pray for those who have been affected already as well as those to be affected.  Also, continue to pray for those recovering from Hurricane Gustav. 

Speaking of the weather, the Tide simply rolled over the Green Wave last Saturday.  I realize the Tide was a bit low in appearance but we simply didn’t want to show the Hilltoppers all of our offensive weapons.  Bret Hart, you can go ahead and tell your boys in Little Rock to expect a High Tide on 9/20 around 11:37AM!   

If I shared all of the “unspoken” prayer requests that I am dealing with right now then you would better understand our need to pray.  Suffice it to say that others need your prayer support so please be fervent in your praying! 

I pray that you will have a great Tuesday with Jesus! 

 

 

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