"People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun's out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light within."

-Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Just do it !

I found this on another minister's Blog, I think this is great stuff.



Do what needs to be done. Say what needs to be said. Listen to the things you need to hear. Learn what you need to learn. Explain what you need to explain.

Rather than constructing elaborate methods for avoiding these things, or elaborate excuses to evade them, just get them done. Instead of letting things slip and continue to weigh you down, get them done and let your actions energize you. The avoidance of effort is just as difficult as effort itself yet avoidance accomplishes nothing positive.

Success is not always easy, yet it is for the most part simple. The way to accomplishment is not hidden. It is in plain view. You can see what must be done. Stop fretting. Quit worrying. Don't complain. You know what you need to do. So do it.

Happy Memorial day!

"Our pledge and our prayer this day are those of free men and free women who know that all we hold dear must constantly be built up, fostered, revered, and guarded vigilantly from those in every age who seek its destruction. We know, as have our nation's defenders down through the years, that there can never be peace without its essential elements of liberty, justice, and independence."

--Ronald Reagan, May 20, 1988

Will Graduates !

Mr. William Gregory Stafford graduated from Pre-K (and I believe with honors)
Congratulations Will! I have a feeling that that your future is incredibly bright.

Global Day of Prayer May 27th

Nations around the world will unite in prayer for the third annual Global Day of Prayer (GDOP) on Pentecost Sunday, May 27. A three-hour television special, hosted by T.D. Jakes of The Potter’s House, evangelist Luis Palau and pastor Jack Graham of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas, will broadcast from the Reunion Arena in downtown Dallas 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. (EST). The global prayer day began in March 2001 with more than 45,000 Christians gathering to unite in prayer at Newlands Rugby Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa. Last year, 199 countries participated in the event. As part of a three-phase strategy, the celebration began May 17 with 10 days of 24-hour prayer and was to end with 90 days of blessing. The Dallas GDOP event will be broadcast live on GodTV.

Memorial services

This has been a hectic week. We had the Memorial services for Irene Tuesday night, and then attended the funnel for Roger on Wednesday. Both services went very well. Please keep both families in your prayers.

The passing of a friend

Brother Armstrong passed away Saturday, and then our friend and neighbor Irene Taylor passed away Sunday.
It is often said, but never truer, times passes quickly. A popular song says;

You can spend your whole life building something from nothing
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway
You can chase a dream that seems so out of reach and you know it might not ever come your way
Dream it anyway

Chorus:
God is great, but sometimes life ain’t good
And when I pray it doesn’t always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway, I do it anyway

This world’s gone crazy and it’s hard to believe that tomorrow will be better than today
Believe it anyway
You can love someone with all your heart, for all the right reasons, and in a moment they can choose to walk away
Love ‘em anyway



You can pour your soul out singing a song you believe in that tomorrow they’ll forget you ever sang
Sing it anyway, sing it anyway

I sing, I dream, I love, anyway

Roger Armstrong funeral arrangments

As many of you know Roger Armstrong passed away Saturday. Brother Armstrong was a tremendous man of faith that will be greatly missed. Please continue to remember his family in your prayers.

Brother Pense sent the following:

Moore's Funeral Home

1504 Loop Rd

Jacksonville, AR 72076

Tuesday evening, May 22 - 7 PM (Family Receives Friends)

Wednesday Morning, May 23 - 10:30 AM (Memorial Service - Jacksonville Church)

Burial: Veterans Memorial Cemetery, N. Little Rock.

Please keep the family in your prayers. I will be officiating the services.

Wayne Pense,

Regional Overseer

Blessing of the fleet

There are certain signs that summer is here. One of the sure signs is the annual blessing of the fleet at the Yacht Club. This year I have been asked to be the Officiant. If you have never seen a blessing like this before, its worth the adventure. Basically I will anchor our boat, each boat will come by ours and point their bow to ours, I will say (read) a prayer and then take a giant super soaker water gun and baptize the bow. I then announce that "(name of the boat) has just been blessed." If the weather is bad or the flow too high, we will walk the docks and do the same thing, without the boat parade. Yep, summer is almost here.

A thought for the day

"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains."

-Anne Frank