Pastor's Blog

I received an e-mail from Focus On The Family today asking me to sign a petition stating that “I Stand For Christmas!”  It will be sent to some major retailers who have refused to acknowledge Christmas in their stores, catalogs, advertisements, et cetera.  Focus On The Family hopes to have 100,000 signatures by tomorrow night and the total was at 89,000 when I signed. 

So, I encourage you to visit their website (www.focusonthefamily.com) and click on the “I Stand For Christmas” icon.  Please consider alerting others with e-mail access to do the same. 

I also encourage you to check out the retailers who have, thus far, refused to cooperate with the requests made by Focus On The Family.  You may want to consider whether to give these stores your business during this Christmas season since they don’t acknowledge Christmas. 

Merry Christmas!

Raymond Wilkinson’s father, Curtis Wilkinson, passed away this morning.  He was at home at the time of his passing.  Obviously, the family is in a state of shock so no discussion has taken place regarding arrangements.  I will post them on this site once they are finalized.  Pray for the Wilkinson family during their time of sorrow. 

Please pray for Carla Felps Kyser today as she meets with the doctors regarding her latest scans.  Shea Childress, Joyce Bosarge, & Phyllis Bush need our prayers too.  Bro. Johnny Tucker awaits his doctor’s appointment on Monday. 

Shirley Hill took a fall and injured her knee last week.  She is scheduled for surgery this afternoon but her potassium is low so that could postpone the surgery.  Pray for Shirley.

It is my understanding that Teresa Lara was to have had her surgery yesterday morning.  Louise Mason has written that everything seemed to go well and Teresa should go home tomorrow. 

Derrick & Jodie Wilkerson continue to be on an emotional roller coaster regarding the possible adoption of the baby they have had in their foster care since last May.  It appears he could be taken from them in the near future.  Pray for them and this situation. 

Terry Stephan, Breck Ladd, and Breck’s son will be traveling to Guatemala today to spend some time meeting with pastors to discuss upcoming ministries opportunities.  Terry is the missions coordinator at Dauphin Way Baptist while Breck is the Executive Pastor.  Pray for their week.

Anyone interested in a ski trip in February needs to contact me via e-mail immediately or sooner!  If there are folks from other churches with an interest in joining this trip they need to contact me for the details. 

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