Luke 9:22-24 "22Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. 23And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. "
Prayer list for this week includes: Frank and Agnes McClellan, Sue McClellan, Leonard Huddleston, Max and Lorene Dyer, Tyler Parker.
Birthdays this week include: Jennifer Mercy (Jan. 11), Wayne Beck (Jan. 12), Coy Ray Martin (Jan. 13), Debbie Briant (Jan. 14), Dustin Briant (Jan. 15). A belated happy birthday to Bro. Billy Wilson (Jan. 9) and to Alexis Whitlock (granddaughter of Patricia Huddleston) who spent her 13th birthday at the movies with her boyfriend and boyfriend's mother.
A few weeks ago, I reported that Chris Wilson, who was cleaning out the Stewart Store, was from Pansy. My mistake... he's actually from Herbine. Sorry about that, Chris.
In case you missed it, we received a heavy snow Sunday afternoon. I measured 3.5 inches in my yard; others reported as much as 4 and 5 inches. Thankfully, snow is all it was and we didn't lose electricity and we certainly didn't lose anyone to fatalities. As of tonight (Monday), there's a serious danger of a freeze with all the slush still around; here's praying nothing bad comes from that.
The snow certainly didn't keep people away from Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church last Sunday. I attended on invitation and the sanctuary was full. The church service consisted of a short sermon and then many songs by the visiting Gospel group In Him, who reminded me of older Gospel groups from the past such as The Florida Boys and Porter Waggoner. Afterward, there was a birthday dinner for Pastor Billy Wilson in the fellowship hall laden with a lot of excellent homecooked food. My thanks to the members of Macedonia FWB for making me feel so welcome.
Mrs. Ollie Moring identified some of my ancestors in a photograph I showed her Sunday, specifically Frank and Margurite Thompson who were the grandparents of my grandmother Cara Thompson Boney.
If you have items of interest for this column, feel free to share with me before Monday night in order to get it in that week's edition of this paper. I also put this column on the internet at http://WeAreTheEagles.blogspot.com. Go Eagles.
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