Prayer Request - 5/7

Bill Gordon, son-in-law of Herschel & Lee McClain, is gravely ill in the VA/Dallas hospital.  He has leukemia.  Please keep this family on your hearts.

Update on Charles Richards - 5/6

Charles Richards had a heart cath this morning.  He hasn't talked to the doctor yet, but Barbara says they put a balloon in left artery of his heart. He is in PRMC/Room 460.  He's comfortable and just had lunch.

Update on Kristi Anthony - 5/6

Update on Kristi, posted by Jay:

We asked for God to open only the doors that He wanted opened. So that we wouldn't force them open and interfere with His plans. Last Sunday night a really good friend and awesome neuro-rehab therapist called me and gave me some of the best advice to date. Among this wise advice was the charge to allow God to lead us in these decisions and allow Him to block anything that He did not want us to ...pursue. That has been our prayer all this week.

We were probably facing two difficult choices, stay home and continue to get really good speech therapy, physical conditioning, neuro-feedback and be surrounded by a lot of great people who care for Kristi BUT still not receive the physical and occupational therapy that Kristi truly needs. The other alternative was really even much more difficult; move away from home again into an inpatient neuro-rehab specialty facility.

We really needed for God to confirm either choice because there was concern and selfishness associated with either choice. God used two very specific events to confirm a choice (or really no choice at all) for us today. The most difficult alternative easily became the obvious choice. God showed His loving concern for us by making the difficult choice to move back to Zale Lipshy so easy today. Now I don't think that it will be so easy when it actually happens but we are certain that this is the right decision. This inpatient stay will be short (hopefully), only a few weeks but they expect to build Kristi's confidence in walking and send her back home with renewed enthusiasm!

The PM&R doctor also confirmed what our wonderful therapist friend told us...Kristi is going to get well. No one knows the time frame, which will most likely be LONG, but confident hope fuels the journey! Please pray for us all. We need prayers for:

1. Insurance to approve the admission
2. Our strength to get through this time
3. The doctors and therapists at Zale Lipshy
4. Our wonderful professionals n Paris to be able to take Kristi back when she returns home - Rachell, Tracy, and Brandy
This may happen within the month and really, the sooner the better. God is in Control - the Anthony's

Weekly Update - 5/2

Patrick's message this morning was "Mary's Offering....And Mine".  The text was taken from John 12:1-11. 

Thank you Kyle for the selection of beautiful songs...the singing was BEAUTIFUL!

 

Our Sympathy:  Susan George asked for prayers for the family of Christian Jake Chandler.  He was killed in action in Afghanistan this week.  His mom, Rhonda Beasley, was from Clarksville and lives in Whitewright now.

 

Congratulations:  Brian & Jeanette Singleton are proud to announce the arrival of Wyatt Austin, who was born on Thursday.

Congratulations to Butch Munday who will be retiring from PJC this week.  Wednesday, May 7th, from 2:30-4:30.

Prayer Requests:

• Joe Daniels, Butch Mills, Shelia Icenhower and Doris McGill were all at worship this morning.  All have been very ill and hospitalized recently.  Welcome back to ALL of you!
• John and Robbie White haven't been with us lately. John's health is failing.
• Nancy Jones is continuing to recover from her neck surgery.
• Kristi Anthony - her on-going physical/mental recovery.
• Lance Johnson - his fight with ALS.
• Dee Lyons - Health
• John Simpkins (Claud and Mary Jones' son-in-law) will have brain surgery tomorrow (5/5).
• Stephanie Fulbright asked that we add Spring Rhodes-Smith family & the Gaffney family to your prayers.  Her brother has had numerous surgeries and other ailments in the last few months.  This family has been through a lot recently and she needs all the strength the Lord can give her.
• Alta Weeks (Elton Weeks' Mom) - Is on hospice, as of this week.
• Ben Holland (Benette Russell's Dad) - Recovering from heart surgery.
• Patrick Durham (Anna Zant's nephew) was in a car accident last week. His back was broken in 3 places.
• Ely Speer (Glen & Joy Barnett's grandson) is continuing to recover from his open heart surgery.
• Dinah Border's granddaughter, Jazzmayne Cook Radtke, is grieving the loss of her grandmother, Zula Cook (from Telephone, TX) who died in her sleep on Saturday.  Keep Jazzmayne, her husband Shane and son Jaxon in your prayers.
• Lou Fain (Allan's Mom) fell and has a hip fracture.
• Debbie Bracken (Robin Fain's sister-in-law) has metastatic breast cancer.

Church Cookbooks:  More recipes are needed.  Please contact Kim Hanley by email at lacoc@suddenlink.com to add your recipes. 
Also, you can now reserve your copies of the new cookbook, which will be going to press soon, by signing up on the list at the Welcome Center.

Help Needed:  There is still a need for a bus driver for one Sunday morning a month.  Please contact James Hanley if you can help with this ministry.  CDL is required.

Senior Sunday:  We will be honoring our 2014 graduates and their families with breakfast before class on May 18th.  If you would be willing to make a donation, please contact Carole Anderson.  See Welcome Center for more details.

Blood Drive:  Wednesday May 14th we will have a blood drive in the Outreach Bldg.  Watch for sign-up sheets to be in the foyer soon.

Simple Supper:  This weeks entree is Papa Murphy's Pizza and banana pudding for dessert!
Please donate at least $2/person.

Pantry Needs:  1 pound bags of beans and rice

Keep The Date:
May 10:  KFC Spring Fling
May 14:  Blood Drive
May 18:  Senior Sunday

Love you - MEAN IT!

Announcing......

Brian and Jeanette Singleton
(and big brother Joseph)
are proud to announce the arrival of: 

Wyatt Austin Singleton
8 lbs 6 oz and 21 in long

Prayer Requests - 5/1

• Jessica Harris has been diagnosed with SVT (singular ventricular tachycardia).  They are trying her on meds first before they perform surgery.
  And, some good news for Jessica...her children's book "Ella the Elephant Visits Granny and Pa" goes to print TODAY!
• Also, Jessica's grandmother, Elizabeth Elrod, had lymphoma previously and it has returned.
• Several of our members have been to see Mary Lloyd recently.  They said that she's in good spirits!  If you want to go see her, please call her first to see if she's up to company.
• Alton Weeks' Mom, Alta, is now on hospice.  she will be 94 years old on May 9th.
• Dinah Border talked with Anna Bolton and said that Roy has had a sleep study test and will have surgery to have 3 stents placed.

More recipes are needed for the cookbook!  The deadline has been extended to THIS Sunday.
There are currently not enough recipes to publish a book! 
It's so easy!  Submit your copies of recipes to the church office, email them to lacoc@suddenlink.com or submit them online. (Contact Kim Hanley for online info.)
There is NO limit on the number of recipes you can enter.
Thanks to all that have already contributed!

 

Our Sympathy....

Please keep the family of Troy Gray Jr. in your prayers.  He has been missing for 3 weeks. 
His body was found last night. 
The Gray family has been going through tremendous heartache, over these last 21 days, of searching for their son.