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McDonald County Press Obituaries
Camron Lee Bridges March 8, 1992-March 6, 2010 Camron Lee Bridges, 17, of Pineville, Mo., died Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. He was born March 8, 1992, in Panama, Mo., the son of Eric Bridges and Sharon Lea. Read More »
Men’s Breakfast Planned For Saturday At Noel Methodist Church
Steve Powell greeted the congregation and guests for worship on a warm March Sunday morning. We celebrated the birthdays for Barbara Cory, Ruby Emanuel, Jim Stauber, Robert Porterfield, Dawn Stauber and Robert Stauber. Read More »
AWANA Store Night Planned For Wednesday
300 FEET BELOW MEYRIN, Switzerland — Many were the prayers that went up Sunday for our youth, including the young people involved in the auto accident Saturday night. Read More »
Baked Potato Bar Will Be Held Sunday, March 21
We would like to share with you the upcoming events being held or sponsored by the Pineville/Lanagan Methodist churches. The community is always welcome to come and join in any and all classes. Read More »
Horse Whisperer Event To Be Held Saturday, April 17
In the second of his series on “Spring Cleaning,” drawn from John 2:13-15, Bro. Jared focused on anger. Righteous anger is in control, not out of selfishness, not over another person’s weakness and based on injustice. Anger may be out of control, selfish at its roots and rob you of the ability to focus. This anger can be caused by fatigue, frustration, rejection or just plain selfishness. Anger can be dealt with. Dealing with it in a biblical way is best. Read More »
Writer Expounds On Scriptures For Daily Living
Row, row, row your boat is such a common song. But actually rowing a boat can be fun at first and then it gets to be exhausting. Just like living your life by legalism, which is trying to follow God’s laws and traditions. If we chose to live by the law, we simply can’t do enough good things to please God. We become self-righteous and we continually look at all the good deeds we have accomplished. The second way to choose to live is like a cruise ship. We live by the desires of the fl esh seeking our own pleasures. Activities designed to your needs, food at any time you want it and continually served. This leads to emptiness and heartache. However, if we live like a sailboat (no oars, no motor, completely dependent upon the wind, all we must do is hoist the sail), then we will be living life by the Spirit. Read More »
‘Is There Such A Thing As Good News ?’
God is good. That’s the good news. When we are surrounded by the bad news day in and day out, there are times when we wonder, “Is there such a thing as good news?” The answer is a resounding, yes! Read More »
Fellowship Lunch Scheduled To Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
Sunday, Feb. 28 Sunday was another great day at Honey Lake Community Baptist Church. We had many visitors; Marty and Amanda Taff, Gary and Dena Pugh and Bud Hensley. Bud brought his guitar with him and joined our band “Higher Bound.” Gary told of his work in the jail ministry and prayers were off ered up for his ministry as well as for those who are in need of spiritual guidance within the church. All in all, the music was awesome, as was the message Dr. Moring brought. Read More »
First Fellowship Breakfast Set For March 13
Sunday, Feb. 28 What a beautiful day we were blessed with to come together to worship our Lord! We praise Him for an awesome day of worship. Read More »
Baptism/Confi rmation Orientation To Take Place Thursday
Announcements are: Ruth Circle at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday; Exercise class from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday ; “Live Like Your Life Depends On It” 10 a.m. to noon Thursday; no choir practice; Thursday orientation class for Baptism/ Confi rmation immediately following school; First Friday Supper at 5-6 :30. Read More »
Bethlehem Church To Host Revival
The Bethlehem Free Will Baptist Church will hold a revival from Monday, March 15 through Friday, March 19, beginning at 7 p.m. each night. Evangelist Randy Dalton will be featured. Read More »
Gospel Singing Set At Tiff City Church
The Tiff City Community Church will host a gospel singing event at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 7. The featured group is an all Native American group from Jay, Okla. Read More »
Birthday, Anniversary Celebrated At Beginning Of Sunday Service
Robert Stauber greeted our congregation and guests for worship on the last Sunday of February. We celebrated the birthday of Kelsey Thornton and the wedding anniversary of David and Elaine Howlett. Read More »
Youth Group To Minister An Saturday Night High
Our adult Sunday school class is a few weeks into a study on the Galatians “Fruit of the Spirit.” The lessons began with “Defining Biblical Character.” This week the lesson reminded us “We are called to Virtue.” We will begin the introduction to the Fruit of the Spirit next week and will cover each of the fruit for the following nine weeks. Read More »
Willis Family Provided Special Music For Morning Service
Extravagance is usually thought of negatively, but Sunday’s lesson praised a woman who was extravagant in her worship of Jesus. Read More »