 We searched and searched but couldn't find anything on the Pastor's desk, maybe next time.
Randy Blair 9-08
Stacey Bateman 9-26
Chessa Dalton 9-30
Micheal Kidder 9-25
Charles Smith 9-25
Bill Stiles 9-30
Alex Bateman 9-06
Matthew Bateman 9-06
October
 1/Ester 4-72/Esther 8-103/Ezra 1-4
4/Haggai 1,2; Zechariah 1,25/Zechariah 1-6
6/Zechariah 7-107/Zechariah 11-14
8/Ezra 5-79/Ezra 8-1010/Nehemiah 1-311/Nehemiah 4-612/Nehemiah 7-9
13/Nehemiah 10-1314/Malachi 1-4
15/Matthew 1-416/Matthew 5-7
17/Matthew 8-1118/Matthew 12-1519/Matthew 16-1920/Matthew20-22
21/Matthew 23-2522/Matthew 26-2823/Mark1-324/Mark 4-6
25/Mark 7-1026/Mark 11-13
27/Mark 14-1628/Luke 1-3
29/Luke 4-630/Luke 7-931/Luke 10-13
One upon a time there was a town with a new church steeple with a bell that wouldn't ring. People came from miles around to try it. One day a small fellow came up to the priest and said 'I can do it'. The priest said 'Ok, try it.' The little fellow went to the steeple, took three steps back and ran into the bell with his face. BONG!! The bell rang and he was hired. One windy day as he took his three steps back to ring the bell, the wind moved the bell. The little fellow missed the bell and fell out of the steeple. He landed in the middle of the plaza where people gathered to see what happened. The priest came through the crowd and asked, 'Does anyone know this fellow's name?' Just then one person replies, 'I don't know his name, but his face rings a bell!'
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Last month we really out did ourselves! The church had it's fellowship dinner at the Hometown Buffet in north Okla. City. We had a real nice turnout, over 50 people (what was that final count preacher?) He had such a time with that! It was the pastor's 20th year of spreading God's word at Jordan and the church presented the him with scrapebook filled with lot's of memories from the members. A good time was had by one and all! The following Sunday the church also presented him with a plaque to commemorate his 20 years of faithful service.
In the news today, Stacey Bateman gave birth to her twins on Thursday the 6th. They are truly God's little angels, weighing just over 3lbs each. Matthew and Alex are still in Baptist hospital doing great! Congrats Mom and family!!
Keep the Dalton's in your prayers as they travel back home. They have been in North Carolina visiting with relatives.
"Blessed are all they that wait for him" (Isa 30:18).
I longed to walk along an easy road,
And leave behind the dull routine of home,
Thinking in other fields to serve my God;
But Jesus said, "My time has not yet come."
I longed to sow the seed in other soil,
To be unfettered in the work, and free,
To join with other laborers in their toil;
But Jesus said, "'Tis not My choice for thee."
I longed to leave the desert, and be led
To work where souls were sunk in sin and shame,
That I might win them; but the Master said,
"I have not called thee, publish here My name."
I longed to fight the battles of my King,
Lift high His standards in the thickest strife;
But my great Captain bade me wait and sing
Songs of His conquests in my quiet life.
I longed to leave the uncongenial sphere,
Where all alone I seemed to stand and wait,
To feel I had some human helper near,
But Jesus bade me guard one lonely gate.
I longed to leave the round of daily toil,
Where no one seemed to understand or care;
But Jesus said, "I choose for thee this soil,
That thou might'st raise for Me some blossoms rare."
And now I have no longing but to do
At home, or else afar, His blessed will,
To work amid the many or the few;
Thus, "choosing not to choose," my heart is still. |
