New Edinburg Column For This Week

Colossians 3: 18-21 "18Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is 
fit in the Lord.  19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.  
20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the 
Lord.  21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 
" 
 
Prayer list for this week includes: Tim Shaw and Theresa Thompson-Brown. 
 
Birthdays this week include: Joy Pilkington (Nov. 29), Adam Weaver (Dec. 6), Theresa Huddleston-Veorster 
(Dec. 6), Donnie Knight (Dec. 9), Nicki Walker (Dec. 10).  A belated Happy 
Birthday to Henry Jones (Dec. 2). 
 
Anniversaries this week include: Phyllis and Wayne Stedman (Dec. 5) 
 
The New Edinburg Fire Department will hold its quarterly meeting this Thursday, 
Dec. 9, at 6:30pm at the station.  All members and area residents are invited to 
attend. 
 
The West Saline Community Center held its monthly meeting last Monday night with 
five board members present.  Topics discussed were interior renovations, roof 
repair, and upcoming use of the facilities. The board voted to switch meetings 
to a quarterly basis.  The next meeting will be in March. 
 
Angels for the Community Library Angel Tree are ready to be adopted. There are 
16 Angels on the tree. Those interested can pick up an Angel at McClellan's 
Country Store. Unwrapped gifts must be returned to the store before Dec 18. If 
anyone would like to help, please contact Alaina Sims at 870-313-2669 or check 
out the New Edinburg Community Library on the web at Facebook or at the library 
website http://nelibrary.webs.com/ 
 
Area resident Derrick Sims is in California raising funds to make his upcoming 
movie "Come Morning" in the New Edinburg/Kingsland area.  If you would like to 
donate to help make this movie, and every little bit helps, one method is to 
visit this webpage: 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/derrickleesims/come-morning or contact 
Alaina McClellan Sims at the number listed further up this column. 
 
Macedonia Church youth group will be having their Christmas play Sunday, 
December 19th at 6:00 pm.  The name of it is "Cooking Up Christmas." 

Joy Claire Pilkington celebrated her second birthday party last Saturday afternoon with many family and friends.

I attended an afternoon singing at Smith Chapel Church of God.  The music was performed by musicians from Monticello and Louisiana and ranged from Gospel to Country.  Afterward we enjoyed great hamburgers and conversation.

If you would like to see an item of interests appear in this column, feel free 
to contact me by phone, internet, or in person before Monday night in order to 
see it in that week's edition.  Items of interest also get published on the 
internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.blogspot.com.  Go Eagles.