Pastor's Blog

Nikki Burwell passed from this life early this afternoon.  They removed the machine from her and she passed fairly quickly afterwards.  She was 37 years old.  Pray for Shaun, her children, Miss Mary and the entire family.

We were not aware that today would be the day when the machine would be removed.  Once Bro. Jerry & Bro. Kerry learned of this, they made preparations to go be with the family but it was too late.  I appreciate their willingness to go to Jackson, MS.

I will post the arrangements on this site once they are finalized.

Lee & Christie Merck are NAMB missionaries in Red Lodge, Montana.  They sent the following in a card to the Friendship family:

1/26/14

Dear Friendship,

Thank you so much for your love for us and for the people of Red Lodge.  Your prayers and support are such an encouragement to us.  We continue to have 40 – 60 people at Common Ground, and had 26 adults and children at our Life Group Bible study in our home last week.  Please continue to pray for our health and endurance, and for the impact that will be made this summer by our mission teams.  

Because He lives,

Christie 

Today’s Bible reading – Exodus 17:8-19:15, Matthew 22:34-23:12, Psalm 27:7-14, Proverbs 6:27-35

Wow, what a super Sunday we enjoyed yesterday!  I give God the glory but I do commend the Friendship family for your faithfulness in attending the service last night.  We had 199 which was really close to our average Sunday night attendance.  No promotions, no gimmicks, just church and you came.  Good stuff!

P.C. “Alex” Alexander did a nice job of sharing about the Pocket Testament League in the services yesterday morning and then in his preaching last night.  You gave him a nice love offering of $748.60.

I thank Bro. Chris Taylor, Tyrone Crawley, Rob Nevin, Liz Whalen, Jerry Whitmore and Raymond Wilkinson for their work in finding a solution to our video projection system.  We hope to have the HD monitors in place soon.  It really all depends on the availability  of the needed equipment.  Thank you to the Friendship family for trusting Liz and these guys.

I spoke to Miss Mary last night right before our service.  Nikki needs a miracle!  Linda Green & Tina Wilkinson are taking Dana to Jackson today to visit with Nikki.  Pray!

Carolyn Blaylock remains hospitalized.  Carla Kyser gets the results of her latest scans today.  Carolyn Holmes’ daughter, Tabitha, has been diagnosed with cancer.  All of these folks need our prayer support.

The picture taking for the pictorial directory begins today.  No cost to anyone.  Church families needed regardless of the size of the family.  Call the church office to sign up.

Keep these dates clear on your clear – Easter Sunday morning, August 17 – 20 and January 25 – 28, 2015.  More details later.

Honestly, the game was on last night but I probably did not actually watch more than three or four plays.  Why bother?  It was 22 – 0 when I got home (I stayed after church for awhile).  Do not ever depend on me to correctly pick the outcome of a SB as I said Denver 27 – 23.  Slightly off on that one!  When does the college football season begin?

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