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Family News

As you know, we still have many on our sick list. We have a few to add. Ollie is still having trouble

 concerning her foot and the reaction to her medicine. Perry is going to have surgery January 7

 at St. Bernard to have a kidney removed. Mary Lou (Kilgore) Campbell, is in the hospital with

severe pneumonia. Jackie Gray, son of Peggy Gray, is in really bad condition also. Please remember

 all of these.




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Food Committee

January

Wanda Layton
Marsha Davis
Ollie Templeton

Pantry Item
Canned meats

Birthdays

Chandra Templeton (1st)
Helen McGee (2nd)
Carol Crider (4th)

Nursing Home

Mary Cox
Fay Russell
Irene Pinkston
Rufus Bradley

Shut-ins

Louise Fears
Myrtle Wagner
Ellen Markle
Anna Ruth James

Military Personnel

Chris Reed
Ricky Benson
India Brewer
Thomas Blevins
Dennis McGinnis
Bryan Hulett
Mike Gregson
Scott Church
Paul Douglas
Sammy Criswell
William Criswell
Jeff Criswell
Clayton Propst
Chris Wade

Anniversary

Sermons

For 1-06-08

AM: Happy New Year
PM: Turn the World Upside Down

From the Preacher’s Pen

For Auld Lang Syne

“We’ll drink a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne.” So ends the song often sung at the passing of the old year and the entrance of the new. The phrase “auld lang syne” is a Scottish expression meaning the “good old times”. As we leave the year 2007 in the dust and welcome 2008, it is good to reflect upon events that have transpired and look forward with anticipation to the coming of the new. Challenges will be met; disappointments will come and there will no doubt be the unexpected. Such is life. Ups, downs, in betweens. I suppose if everything in life could be predicted, we would get bored.

Small children keep us on our toes. So do life’s surprises. Some are good; some not so good; some down right bad. If we do not keep our compass in working order, we can get confused and even lost in the swirls we face.

In football, a running back is trained to keep his eyes on the opponent’s goal line. No matter what happens during a play, his focus, his attention, is zoomed in on reaching his destination. Yes he sees the obstacles between him and the goal but he never loses sight of his predetermined end. He may be put down several times but he always gets back up and when that one opening comes and he sees daylight, he heads straight for it with full speed ahead. You will not see him stop or even look behind him. Ever forward is his direction.

As we live this very volatile life, we must do much like the runner. Sure, sometimes we are going to be dealt some hard blows. We may just want to stay down but to stay down is to die. We must get back up and go some more and somewhere there is going to come that opening and we can run right through it and give it all we have.

Don’t spend too much time thinking about the past. There is time for that at the finish line. Go with God who is our strength and the maze of life will not be nearly so hard to navigate. Mac
He wants everyone to be lost with him. He wants all to burn and cry in agony with him in the pits of hell forever. We must believe he is real and tell the world about the saving blood of Jesus so they can be saved and escape his snare. The world starts with our family, friends and neighbors. Tell them of deliverance through Christ. Hurt their feelings if it will save their souls. Let them be angry with you if it leads to salvation. Mac