CHURCH NEWS

Antioch Baptist Church
3501 Hwy 828
Farmerville
318-368-3591
Early Worship – 8:30 a.m.
Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m.
Bethel Temple Pentecostal
Church
2144 Hwy 33 N.
Marion
Sunday School -11 a.m.
Sunday Worship -12 p.m.
318-608-6766
Canaan Baptist Church
502 Canaan Church Rd.
Spearsville
Sunday School -10am
Sunday Worship -11am
870-312-3440
Bro. Brian Williams
Conway Baptist
Church Homecoming
4323 HWY 549
North of Farmerville
Dean Baptist Church
2309 Hwy 827
Marion
Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship – 11 a.m.
Wed. 6:30pm
318-292-4463
Sunday the Adult Christmas
Program presented Emanuel.
Before the program Ellie Mae
Kennedy played songs on her
keyboard. So proud of her
sharing her talents.
Bro Aleck is preaching through
Matthew on Sunday mornings
and Revelation Wednesday
nights.
Opportunities to worship: Sunday
School 9:45 am, Worship
11:00 am. No Sunday night
services until January, Wednesday
night 6:30. No choir practice
until January.
There is a place for everyone.
If you are looking for a church
home we would love to have
you at Dean.
Upcoming events:
12/21- Children’s Christmas
Program 12/21- Rehab Ministry
6 PM
12/28- Candlelight Service
5:30 PM
Nursing home gifts will be delivered
Saturday. If you would
like to help, meet at Arbor Lake
at 9am.
Cookbooks are still available.
If you would like to purchase
a cookbook contact Pam Roberson,
Brooke Reeves, or Jessie
McVicker, price is $20.00. This
is a fundraiser for the youth.
Downsville Baptist Church
9535 Highway 145
Downsville, LA 71234
318-334-7777
Dr. Alan Miller, Pastor
Evergreen Baptist Church
1380 Par Rd. 4410
Bernice
318-285-9484
Farmerville Methodist
Church
301 Anthony Street
Sunday School – 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship – 11a.m.
Nursery Available
GLOW Kids – Wednesdays
@ 5pm
Youth Meeting – Wednesdays
@ 5:45
318-368-3840
Rev. Hank Hamilton
Kindness. “Is it true; is it kind,
or is it necessary?” This quote
is from Socrates (Essential
Thinkers – Socrates). Socrates
was a Greek philosopher who
was known for his relentless
questioning of and pursuit of
virtue. He shifted philosophy
to ethics and his way of life,
character, and thought exerted
a profound influence on Classical
antiquity and Western
philosophy. Socrates famously
said; “the unexamined life is
not worth living”.
Socrates admitted that his understanding
of piety was radically
different from the conventional
understanding. He
used his intellect, not merely
a ceremonial test, to determine
whether he and/or others were
pious. He didn’t believe in
‘blind’ ceremonial practices
of civic religion. He thought
you needed to examine your
life and ‘know’ what your virtues
were and that you should
spend your lifetime searching
for a better understanding of
the godly and the reverent.
This religious self-examination
must have struck his fellow
citizens as bizarre because it
was not ‘the norm’. Socrates
was unapologetic about this
new way of thinking about
being devoted and faithful to
‘the gods”. He was also Not
apologetic when telling others
about receiving the divine
sign – a voice that has come to
him since childhood – warning
him away from certain undertakings
and in doing so giving
him unfailing advice.
One could think that God was
speaking to Socrates. Very
well could have been. We
know that God spoke with
many people in Biblical times.
Hmmm; we’re still in Biblical
times! AND He does still
speak to a few select people.
I would venture to guess that
God’s bottom line to all of us
is to be; truthful, kind and do
what is right and necessary.
Who is our biggest role model
for doing what is right? Christ
Jesus. Who is our biggest
role model for being true, being
kind, being humble, being
compassionate, loving and forgiving?
Christ Jesus.
That encapsulates Jesus,
doesn’t it? Forgiving AND
Giving. Giving us the way,
giving us hope, giving us the
gift of salvation. In this earthly
gift-giving season, let us look
to our lives and gift all those
around us by being the most
Kind person ever!
First Baptist Church
Farmerville
400 N. Main St.
318-368-3848
Pastor Kurt Auger
Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship -11 a.m., 6
p.m.
Weds. – 6 p.m.
“Behold, a virgin shall conceive,
and bear a son, and shall
call his name Immanuel.” – Isaiah
7:14
“Let us today go down to Bethlehem,
and in company with
wondering shepherds and adoring
Magi, let us see him who
was born King of the Jews, for
we by faith can claim an interest
in him, and can sing, ‘Unto
us a child is born, unto us a son
is given.’
Jesus is Jehovah incarnate, our
Lord and our God, and yet our
brother and friend; let us adore
and admire. Let us notice at the
very first glance his miraculous
conception. It was a thing unheard
of before, and unparalleled
since, that a virgin should
conceive and bear a Son.
The first promise ran thus,
‘The seed of the woman’, not
the offspring of the man. Since
venturous woman led the way
in the sin which brought forth
Paradise lost, she, and she
alone, ushers in the Regainer
of Paradise.
Our Saviour, although truly
man, was as to his human nature
the Holy One of God. Let
us reverently bow before the
holy Child whose innocence
restores to manhood its ancient
glory; and let us pray that he
may be formed in us, the hope
of glory.
Fail not to note his humble parentage.
His mother has been
described simply as ‘a virgin,’
not a princess, or prophetess,
nor a matron of large
estate. True, the blood of kings
ran in her veins; nor was her
mind a weak and untaught one,
for she could sing most sweetly
a song of praise; but yet how
humble her position, how poor
the man to whom she stood affianced,
and how miserable the
accommodation afforded to the
new-born King!
Immanuel, God with us in our
nature, in our sorrow, in our
lifework, in our punishment, in
our grave, and now with us, or
rather we with him, in resurrection,
ascension, triumph, and
Second Advent splendour.”
~ Taken from Charles Spurgeon’s
(1834-1892) Morning
Reading for Christmas Day,
courtesy of Christian Classics
Ethereal Library (www.ccel.
org).
Our Christmas Day service is
at 10 AM. You are also invited
to our Worship Service every
Sunday at 11 AM, 400 No.
Main, Farmerville; or stream
our services via Facebook,
“FBC Farmerville”, or on
Hulu. Pastor, Bro. Kurt Auger;
Minister of Music, Bro. Ronnie
Parks.
First Baptist Church
Marion
3097 Taylor St.
Sunday School – 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship – 10:30 a.m.,
11:30 a.m.
Sunday Night – 6 p.m.
Wed. – 7 p.m.
318-292-5411
Pastor Bubba Hoggatt
Haile Church of Christ
270 Mina Parker Rd., Marion
Sunday Worship – 9:30 a.m.,
10:45 a.m.
Weds. – 6:30 p.m.
Hopewell Baptist Church
1578 Lem Rd., Spearsville
Sunday School – 10am
Sunday Worship – 11am
Sunday Night Worship – 5pm
Wednesday Night Bible Study
– 6:30pm
Lakeview Missionary
Baptist Church
10078 Hwy 15, Farmerville
Sunday School – 10 a.m.
Sunday Worship – 11 a.m., 6
p.m.
Weds. – 6 p.m.
Liberty Baptist Church
325 Liberty Baptist Church
Rd.
Linville
318-292-4177
Liberty Missionary Baptist
Church Spearsville
Bill Styron, Pastor
Sunday School – 10am
Sunday Worship 11am
Sunday Evening – 6pm
Wed. – 6pm
318-558-1581
Litroe Church of God in
Christ
357 Riley Trestle Rd Marion
LA 71260
My Father’s House
4774 Hwy. 151 Downsville
318-278-9301
Mt. Patrick Baptist Church
1232 Patrick Church Rd.
Bernice
New Hopewell Baptist
Church
113 Plum St., Bernice
Rev. Greg Williams
Sunday School -9:45am
Sunday Worship -11:15am
Wed. -6:15pm
Bible Study Teleconferencing
605-562-8401 Access Code
6708350
Christ Ass. Union Food Pantry
every last Thursday of month
1-5pm. Will need copy of license/
ID and a bill proving address
(Union Parish Residents
Only)
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Catholic
600 E. Water St., Farmerville
Saturday Mass (Spanish) -7
p.m.
Sunday Mass (English) -11:30
a.m.
1st Weds. Mass – 6 p.m.
Confessions Saturdays 6:00 –
6:45 p.m.
318-368-9239
Spearsville Baptist Church
259 Spearsville Rd, Spearsville,
LA 71277
318-778-3291
Redeemed Church of
Marion
3062 Taylor Street
Sunday Worship – 10 a.m.
(318) 201-5306
Pastors Richard and Mickie
Hinkle
Pastor Richard Hinkle would
like to invite you to Redeemed
Center of Marion. We are
located at the former Marion
High School Gymnasium on
3062 Taylor Street in Marion.
We meet each Sunday at 10:30
for praise and worship, as well
as an uplifting Word that will
inspire and encourage you to
rediscover your purpose in
life..
Rocky Branch Baptist
Church
Sunday School – 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship -10:45 a.m.,
6 p.m.
Weds – 6:30 p.m.
Associate Pastor Stephen
Murry
News: Brenda Pace
Matthew 6:19-24 – “Do not lay
up for yourselves treasures on
earth, where moth and rust destroy
and where thieves break
in and steal … For where your
treasure is, there your heart
will be also. Treasures on earth
can be food, clothing, as well
as monetary. We should store
up what cannot ruin, rot, or be
robbed. Wealth can be invested
or in a bank, but it can be taken
from us or we, from it! It will
not go with us, when we pass
away. All we have is a ‘lease’
on life; when we leave, nothing
will go with us.
Eyes are said to be a ‘window
to the soul’. When ‘windows’
are clean, the Light will come
through, but if not, light is limited.
It depends on the spiritual
condition of the eye. We should
see wealth, as God sees wealth,
since everything comes from
God. We are to lay up for yourselves
treasures in Heaven.
Those who tithe have a ‘heart’
condition – seeing well, storing
well, serving well.
“No one can serve two masters;
… he will be loyal to the
one and despise the other. You
cannot serve God and mammon
(money). We should invest
time in Christian service. The
King of Kings will not play 2nd
fiddle. Internal things do not
have Eternal value; however,
Eternal things (things of God),
will have Internal values.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.;
Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.,
6 p.m.; Wednesday evening –
6:30.
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Sunday School – 9am
646 Hicks Frazier Rd.
Farmerville
Sunday Worship 10am
Wed. Bible Study 6pm
Rev. Adrian Nelson
Zion Hill Baptist Church
899 Cypress Creek
Farmerville
Zion Hill Missionary Baptist
Church
1409 Zion Hill Church Road
Dr. Tommy L. Carr, Pastor