July 15th Edition

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."  Romans 6:23
Prayer list this week includes: Gerald Brown and the family of Bobby Clements.

Birthdays this week include: Barry Huddleston (July 15), Cassidy Trucks (July 15), Randy Sanders (July 16), James Shepherd (July 18), Teresa Hibbert (July 18), Karen Thompson (July 18), Leona Thompson (July 18), Belinda Langford and LaVetrice Gill (July 19), Dylan Dunlap (July 20), Mary Morgan (July 21), Jared Davis and Tully McCoy (July 20), Maggie Sanders (July 21).  Happy Anniversary to: Marshall and Marnell Parker(July 21). Happy belated birthday to Kristin Skelton (July 11).

Bobby Joe Clements passed away Saturday night.  He sounded more like Johnny Cash than Johnny Cash did.

Homecoming Services will be held at Mt Elba Missionary Baptist Church located on Mt. Elba Rd in New Edinburg, beginning at 10:30Am Sunday July 28th with a potluck lunch. Revival services will begin at 7:00PM Sunday July 28th- Wednesday July 31, 2013 . Michael Taylor, former New Edinburg Eagle will be the speaker for Homecoming and Revival . John Greenwood is the Pastor. Everyone is welcome.

The Wagnon family held their family reunion at the West Saline Community Center last Sunday.

There will be a benefit for Amy Pilkington Murphy (daughter of Annette Miller Luff) at the New Edinburg Community Center on August 10th. Amy is suffering from cancer at the age of 28.  It starts with a washer tournament at 2pm, $20 per person with a cash prize to the winning team. Deadline for entry is July 31st. Contact Jennifer Hendrix. At 3pm, there will be a Gospel Explosion with Faint Yet Pursuing (Beech Grove Church's youth praise band) and New Reason. At 5pm, there will be a BBQ at $10 per plate. At 6pm there will be a live auction, and at 8pm there will be a live band the Pennington Brothers.  Please everyone come to this worthy cause.

Welcome to the world Ms. Keely Grace Jackson who was born on July 7. She is the healthy daughter of Chris and LaTonya Jackson.

If you have items of note for this column, please get them to me before Monday for inclusion in that week's column.  Go Eagles.