Year in Review

 

 A YEAR IN REVIEW-2023!

 

 JANUARY -

       JANUARY  1ST -  HAPPY SUNDAY! - THE FIRST OF A BRAND NEW YEAR AND EVERYONE'S EXCITED  IN PRAYING THIS NEW  YEAR IN WITH BETTER DAYS AND LESS SICKNESS - LOOKING FORWARD TO PEACE, AMONG NATIONS, AND AT HOME... BETTER CHURCH ATTENDANCE... SOULS REVIVED AND SAVED.. TODAY'S WEATHER WAS WARM AND THE ATTENDANCE WAS NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OFF AND TRYING TO GET  BACK TO NORMAL -BUT WE WERE SO GLAD FOR THE 51 THAT WERE THERE TO WORSHIP AND PRAISE THE LORD. 

     JANUARY   8TH -    HAPPY SUNDAY!  -  THIS MORNING IS THE SECOND SUNDAY OF THE NEW YEAR AND IT WAS TYPICAL JANUARY WEATHER HOWEVER - THERE WERE  63 IN ATTENDANCE TODAY AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THOSE THAT HAVE COME OUT. SOME WERE IN THEIR CARS STILL BUT THAT'S OKAY -- AT LEAST THEY WERE THERE TO HEAR THE MESSAGE THAT PASTOR BOBBY HAD ENTITLED .. "FOLLOW ME."  SO GLAD TO SEE BUTCH & DEBRA IN PERSON IN THE CHURCH - TALK ABOUT  PRAYERS ANSWERED -  THERE WERE A HOST OF  THEM WHEN HE CAME THROUGH THE CHURCH DOORS - HALLELUJAH! A GOOD MESSAGE - A GOOD CROWD AND A "BEAUTIFUL" DAY   "IN" THE CHURCH.. THE WEATHER WAS RAINY COLD AND DREARY, BUT WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY IT WAS   "IN"  LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH.   SO THANKFUL TO GOD FOR HIS ANSWERED PRAYERS AND BLESSINGS TODAY!      

     JANUARY   15TH  -  HAPPY SUNDAY!   A VERY COLD SABBATH MORNING AT 23 DEGREES AS WE HEAD OUT TO WORSHIP THE LORD TODAY - SNOW WAS STILL LINGERING ON THE GRASSY SURFACES AND WALKWAYS BUT THE SUNSHINE WILL  DO ITS PART IN  MAKING IT GO AWAY - WE HAD A VERY GOOD CROWD OF 67 TODAY AND FOR IT TO BE COLD WEATHER IT WAS GOOD - AND SOME OF OUR REGULARS WERE OUT TODAY - WE'RE THANKFUL THAT THOSE THAT WERE THERE RECEIVED A BLESSING BY BRAVING THE COLD AND BEING IN THE LORD'S HOUSE ON HIS DAY -

   JANUARY  22ND  - HAPPY SUNDAY! YES ...  IT IS A HAPPY AND VERY GOOD SUNDAY! WHY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN GOD'S HOUSE AND GIVE HIM THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP HE DESERVES IN BEING WHO HE IS - THE ALMIGHTY GOD.. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER!  THE WEATHER WAS NOT THE BEST.. RAIN AND COLD - BUT WARM AND EVEN WARMER INSIDE THE LORD'S HOUSE THIS MORNING.  WE HAD A TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF 71 THIS MORNING AND 34 IN SUNDAY SCHOOL -HALLELUJAH! WHAT A PRAYER THAT WAS ANSWERED THAT OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL BE BUILT BACK UP AFTER THE TERRIBLE PANDEMIC AND THAT OUR WORSHIP CROWD WAS BEING BUILT BACK UP AS WELL... A VERY GOOD DAY IN THE LORD!

 

 FEBRUARY

    FEBRUARY     5TH - -  HAPPY SUNDAY! -  STARTING OUT FEBRUARY AS ONE OF THE BEST SUNDAYS IN QUITE A  WHILE  - WHY??   BECAUSE  WE HAD  EIGHTY  (80)  IN  ATTENDANCE TODAY - WITH SIXTY  (67) ON THE INSIDE AND 13 IN THE CARS.  WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY IN THE LORD'S HOUSE - WE ALSO HAD TO JOIN OUR MEMBERSHIP JUNE AND MIKEY CLEM - THEY HAVE BEEN MEMBERS BEFORE BUT DECIDED TODAY TO COME  BACK HOME TO LIGGETT  BAPTIST CHURCH.  PASTOR BOBBY BROUGHT SUCH A GOOD MESSAGE ON THE TALENTS AND BEING A GOOD STEWARD.  ARE WE LIKE THE STEWARD WHO HID HIS TALENT AND HAD NO RETURN WHEN THE MASTER RETURNED?  WE NEED TO BE ACTIVE IN OUR WITNESSING FOR JESUS  AND THE SOULS WE NEED TO WIN FOR CHRIST.  A VERY GOOD, BLESSED AND HAPPY DAY AT LBC - GOD IS GOOD.. ALL THE TIME!

FEBRUARY  11TH ... FOR THE FIRST TIME ... IN A LONG TIME.. WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OUR USUAL "LBC-VALENTINE COUPLES PARTY.  WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE TWO ROOMS AT THE HARLAN CENTER FOR FIFTY ONE (51) IN ATTENDANCE AND WHO BOUGHT TICKETS.  THE THEME WAS "COWBOY & COWGIRL" AND THE MUSIC WAS SOME OF THE OLDER WITH THE LATER COUNTRY LOVE SONGS.  SEVERAL GAMES WERE PLAYED AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN RIGHT "NOT" TO  PLAY THE   "NOT SO NEWLY WED GAME"  IN WHICH THE WINNERS WERE - FIRST PLACE WINNERS WERE MICHAEL & SAVANNAH CURRY - SECOND PLACE WERE PASTOR BOBBY AND KELLY CORNETT AND DANA AND GENE MILLS AND CAME IN THIRD PLACE -  THE FOOD WAS CATERED AND KEEPING WITH THE COWBOY THEME -CAMPFIRE CHICKEN AND AN ALTERNATE YANKEE PORK ROAST WITH ALL THE VEGETABLES - SUCH A VERY GOOD NIGHT AND VERY THANKFUL WE GOT TO HAVE IT THIS YEAR.

     FEBRUARY   12TH -  HAPPY SUNDAY!  - A RAINY, DREARY DAY, IT IS STILL THE LORD'S DAY AND WE WILL BE GLAD IN IT .. WE GIVE HIM OUR WORSHIP AND PRAISE FOR THIS DAY - OUR VALENTINE PARTY LAST NIGHT WAS A TREMENDOUS  SUCCESS.  AROUND 50 OF OUR  PEOPLE SHOWED UP (26 COUPLES) - AND SOME INDIVIDUALS  - THE CENTER IN HARLAN WAS THE PLACE TO BE LAST NIGHT FOR A VERY GOOD FUN AND WELL DESERVED NIGHT OF LOVE AND ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT WAS A GOOD MEAL - AND LOTS OF PRIZES - WE THANK GOD THAT WE COULD DO THAT WITHOUT BEING AFRAID OF VIRUS OR PANDEMICS - BACK TO THIS MORNING.. WE HAD  54  IN ATTENDANCE DESPITE THE THREAT OF A VERY COLD RAIN... MAYBE SOME SLEETING SNOW AND JUST A "BEAUTIFUL" DAY  AS PASTOR BOBBY WOULD SAY - THANK GOD FOR EVERY DAY -NOT TO CONCENTRATE ON THE WEATHER - IT'S SO UNPREDICTABLE.

    FEBRUARY   19TH  -  HAPPY SUNDAY!  A VERY GOOD SUNDAY MORNING WITH BEAUTIFUL SKIES AND AND VERY GOOD DAY IN THE LORD!  THERE WERE A GOOD TURNOUT FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL - 34 AND A GOOD CROWD FOR THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE - ATTENDANCE WAS 63 - PASTOR BOBBY BROUGHT A VERY GOOD MESSAGE OF HOW TO FIGHT THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE DEVIL AND ENCOURAGED US AS JESUS DID WHEN HE WAS LED BY THE SPIRIT TO THE WILDERNESS TO BE TEMPTED BY SATAN AND HOW EACH AND EVERY TIME OF TEMPTATION JESUS OVERCAME THE TEMPTATION WITH SCRIPTURE.  PASTOR BOBBY ALSO ENCOURAGED US TO BE ACTIVE  IN SUNDAY SCHOOL ... A VERY GOOD DAY IN THE LORD!

    FEBRUARY  26TH  - HAPPY SUNDAY!  TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY IN THE LORD - THE CROWD WAS DOWN A LITTLE BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT HAVE SICKNESS - SOME WERE OUT OF TOWN - HOWEVER WE WERE SO BLESSED THAT WE HAD 53 THERE IN ATTENDANCE.  - THERE WAS A SWEET SPIRIT AND WE AGAIN GOT TO HEAR A SPECIAL FROM BRAYLEE AND PASTOR BOBBY - THEY SANG "AMAZING GRACE" - OH BY THE WAY IT WAS  "HOW SWEET THE SOUND" - PASTOR BOBBY HAD A WONDERFUL POWERFUL MESSAGE ON HOW WE SHOULD SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS AND TELL ALL ABOUT HIS WONDERFUL, SAVING LOVE. ANOTHER GOOD DAY AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH!

 

MARCH

 MARCH  5TH - HAPPY SUNDAY! - AND YES IT WAS A HAPPY SUNDAY - WE HAD 67 IN ATTENDANCE AND PASTOR BOBBY HAD  A WONDERFUL AND VERY ENCOURAGING MESSAGE THAT SPOKE OF TAKING A STAND FOR THE LORD EVEN THOUGH THERE'S OPPOSITION .. WITH CHRIST ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE - WE SEEN A FAMILIAR FACE OR TWO THIS MORNING CHARLES HATFIELD WAS ABLE TO COME TO CHURCH TODAY - DEBRA SMITH WAS ABLE TO COME INSIDE THE CHURCH - ALSO RICK BURKHART'S SISTER SHARON WAS ABLE TO BE WITH US - SHE WAS GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE -OUR SMALLEST SINGER SANG FOR US TODAY - LAKYNN CLEM BROUGHT HER TAMBOURINE AND SANG A SONG  SHE WROTE  HERSELF -  GOD HEARD IT BECAUSE SHE SAID IT WAS FOR HIM - A WONDERFUL DAY IN THE LORD - BEAUTIFUL SUNNY WEATHER - A LITTLE COOL BUT JUST RIGHT FOR PRE-SPRING!

     MARCH   12TH -  HAPPY SUNDAY!  - AN HOUR EARLIER - DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME WILL BEGIN IT'S SCHEDULE - EVERYONE LIKES THE DAYLIGHT MORE THAN THE DARKNESS - SO TRUE OF THE CHRISTIAN - A RAINY, DREARY  40 DEGREE RAIN DIDN'T STOP OUR CHURCH FROM PRAISING AND WORSHIPPING OUR AWESOME GOD!  OUR ATTENDANCE WAS WAY DOWN THIS MORNING - ONLY 18 IN SUNDAY SCHOOL AND 34 IN MORNING WORSHIP-

HAPPY PASTOR'S WIFE APPRECIATION DAY AT LBC -  AFTER CHURCH DISMISSAL - WE GATHERED IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL TO TELL KELLY HOW IMPORTANT SHE WAS TO THE CHURCH AND BOBBY'S MINISTRY AS HIS WIFE  (HELP-MEET)   AND HOW MUCH  WE LOVED AND APPRECIATED HER VERY MUCH - A GOOD DAY IN THE LORD WITH SUNDAY SCHOOL -  WORSHIP SERVICE AND FELLOWSHIP - EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER WAS NOT! 

     MARCH   19TH  -   HAPPY SUNDAY!  EVEN  THOUGH IT IS 23 DEGREES AND FLURRIES -- IT DIDN'T KEEP THE 45 PEOPLE OF LBC OF COMING TO GOD'S HOUSE TO  WORSHIP HIM FOR THE WEEK HE GAVE US AND FOR DIRECTING OUR PATHS FOR A NEW WEEK.  OUR ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN FOR NORMAL ATTENDANCE HOWEVER IT WAS UP FROM LAST WEEK - WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL THAT WERE SICK -  SO MUCH OF THE STOMACH VIRUS AND FLU THAT IS GOING AROUND IN HARLAN COUNTY IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS - WE ARE PRAYING FOR THOSE THAT WASN'T THERE BECAUSE OF SICKNESS AND WE ALSO PRAYED FOR THOSE THAT WASN'T THERE FOR WHATEVER REASON- WE HAD A DISCUSSION AFTER CHURCH ABOUT THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEALS AT 5:30 - ALL AGREED THAT WE WILL HAVE ONE MEAL AT 5:30 FOR THE CHURCH ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY EVENING OF THE MONTH - THE REST OF THE MONTH THE YOUTH GROUP AND MISSION FRIENDS WILL HAVE A MEAL FOR THOSE CHILDREN'S GROUPS AT 5:30 EACH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON- IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT TOMORROW AFTERNOON THE WMU LADIES WILL MEET IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL AT 5:30 PM -

    MARCH  26TH  - HAPPY SUNDAY!   WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE IN THE LORD'S HOUSE FOR WORSHIP PRAISE AND THANKFULNESS TO "A GOD WHO STAYS"  (SONG) THE DAY IS BEAUTIFUL - NO SNOW - NO LOW TEMPS - JUST A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE LORD - OUR ATTENDANCE WAS BETTER THAN IT WAS LAST SUNDAY AND IT SEEMS LIKE FOR THE LAST THREE SUNDAYS IT HAS STEADILY GROWN LITTLE BY LITTLE - SO MANY OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SICK AND SOME HAVE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL - WE'LL CONTINUE TO LIFT THESE UP TO GOD FOR HEALING AND PRAYING THAT EVERYONE WILL EXPERIENCE A HEALING FROM THE LORD AND CAN BE BACK WITH US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE -

 

 APRIL

 APRIL 2ND  - -  HAPPY SUNDAY! - AND YES IT WAS A HAPPY SUNDAY -IT WAS PALM SUNDAY -BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD- WE HAD 53 IN ATTENDANCE AND PASTOR BOBBY HAD A WONDERFUL AND VERY ENCOURAGING MESSAGE THAT SPOKE OF BEING A TRUE CHRISTIAN  FOR THE LORD EVEN THOUGH YOUR LIFE IS BUSY WITH ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT AND HAVE TO DO - YOU NEED NOT HAVE A "FAKE" RELATIONSHIP  WITH THE LORD - ONLY MAKING TIME FOR HIM WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT - THE PEOPLE SHOUTED PRAISE TO JESUS... THEN A FEW DAYS LATER THEY CRIED  CRUCIFY HIM  .. A WONDERFUL DAY IN THE LORD -CAROLYN HATFIELD -MINNIE BAILEY AND  SHARON GRIFFITH  SANG SPECIALS TODAY - BEAUTIFUL SUNNY WEATHER - A LITTLE COOL BUT JUST RIGHT FOR PRE-SPRING!

     APRIL   9TH -  HAPPY SUNDAY! HAPPY RESURRECTION SUNDAY! - WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME IT IS FOR LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH ON AN EASTER SUNDAY MORNING- THIS SUNDAY ONCE A YEAR HAS PROVEN TO BE THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE IN THE CHURCH YEAR - WE HAD AN ATTENDANCE OF 121 TODAY AND WE ARE SO EXCITED AND THANKFUL FOR ALL THOSE THAT CAME TO WORSHIP WITH US THE  "RISEN SAVIOR- JESUS CHRIST-"   PASTOR BOBBY HAD  A WONDERFUL MESSAGE ABOUT "BEST DAY EVER- HE IS NOT HERE- HE HAS RISEN" -- PICTURES WERE TAKEN -  EASTER EGG HUNT WAS IN THE  CHURCH YARD - I THINK  THERE WERE  SOME "GOLDEN" EGGS - SEVERAL OF THE "OLDER" YOUTH GROUP WERE THERE -SO GOOD THAT THEY CAME! HAD SEVERAL VISITORS ... BUT NOT MANY THAT HADN'T BEEN THERE BEFORE-SUCH A GOOD - WONDERFUL - BLESSED AND HAPPY DAY AT LBC TODAY! WE GIVE OUR LOVE, THANKS AND PRAISE TO THE LORD... FOR HE IS GOOD!

     APRIL   16TH  -  HAPPY SUNDAY!  AND ONCE AGAIN WE ARE GATHERING IN THE LORD'S HOUSE TO WORSHIP HIM AND THANK HIM FOR YET ANOTHER WEEK- THERE WERE SEVERAL OUT THIS MORNING - SOME WITH SICKNESS  AND SOME TRAVELING - HOWEVER, WE ENJOYED THE MUSICIANS WE NOW  HAVE IN OUR CHURCH -  BRANDON GRIGSBY ON  LEAD GUITAR - JUSTIN  CURRY PIANO PLAYER AND GENE MILLS ON BASS GUITAR - THEY SOUNDED WONDERFUL THIS MORNING - WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE 47 THAT WERE THERE THIS MORNING - 

    APRIL  23RD  -   HAPPY SUNDAY! ANOTHER TIME OF COMING TOGETHER AND PRAISING THE LORD FOR A GOOD WEEK OF ANSWERED PRAYERS - SICKNESS - OPERATIONS - DOCTOR'S VISITS HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST WEEK -HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED WAS TAKEN CARE OF BY OUR "HEALER"  JEHOVAH ROPHE (GOD - HEALER) - THE WEATHER WAS A BIT COOLER THAN NORMAL BUT WE STILL HAD AN ATTENDANCE OF 56 - WHAT A SWEET SPIRIT THIS MORNING - HAD A  REALLY GOOD SONG SERVICE - VERY HAPPY SONGS AND THE MUSIC FROM JUSTIN CURRY - PIANIST - GENE MILLS ON BASS GUITAR AND  BRANDON  GRIGSBY  ON RHYTHM GUITAR - MOLLIE GRIGSBY SANG A SONG - WE WERE TOTALLY BLESSED THIS MORNING FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL SERVICE - GOD IS GOOD... ALL THE TIME!

    APRIL 30TH  -   HAPPY SUNDAY- WHAT A SPECIAL DAY!  TO BE ABLE TO ENTER HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING! GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME AND TODAY IN OUR SERVICES WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE, ONE OF OUR OWN, LISA PERRY TO GIVE US A TALK ON AUTISM AWARENESS OF ACCEPTANCE AND APPRECIATION - A VIDEO WAS SHOWN OF THE IMPORTANCE OF REALIZING THE BEHAVIOR OF SOMEONE WITH AUTISM -  EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER WAS NOT THAT GOOD WITH RAIN ... WE STILL HAD AN ATTENDANCE OF  63 -  LISA GAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL MESSAGE OF UNDERSTANDING THE AWARENESS OF AUTISM - WE THANK LISA FOR THAT INFORMATION - ALSO PASTOR BOBBY  PREACHED AN  AWESOME MESSAGE -  TWO CAME FOR SALVATION - PEIGHTON & ABBEY  JONES CAME  TO GIVE THEIR HEARTS  AND LIVES TO THE LORD - WHAT A WONDERFUL - JOYFUL - HAPPY - TEARFUL - EMOTIONAL AND GREAT DAY IN THE LORD - HALLELUJAH AND PRAISE THE LORD FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL DAY!

 

 MAY

MAY  7TH -    HAPPY SUNDAY! THE DAY STARTED GLOOMY BUT DIDN'T LAST LONG AFTER WE ENTERED TO WORSHIP - SEVERAL WERE OUT DUE TO SICKNESS AND FAMILY REUNIONS AND THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE TRAVELING -HOWEVER WE STILL HAD AN ATTENDANCE OF 53 IN WORSHIP SERVICE AND A BLESSING FROM THE MUSIC - OUR SPECIAL SINGERS COULD NOT BE WITH US BUT AS ALWAYS WE HAD A BACKUP PLAN WHICH INCLUDED GENE MILLS ON BASS GUITAR - BRANDON GRIGSBY ON LEAD GUITAR AND JUSTIN CURRY ON PIANO WHICH WAS SO SPIRITUAL- WHAT A SPIRIT OF PRAISE! THE MEN OF THE CHURCH STAYED AFTER THE SERVICE TO MAKE PLANS TO SET A DATE THEY COULD GET TOGETHER FOR THEIR FIST BROTHERHOOD MEETING WITH GETTING SOME NEEDED REPAIRS AND SPRUCING UP THE CHURCH AND THE CHURCH GROUNDS-WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR ACCOMPLISHING GREAT THINGS FOR GOD'S KINGDOM! A VERY GOOD DAY IN THE LORD AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH!

 MAY   14TH -  HAPPY SUNDAY! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! - IT WAS A GOOD DAY AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH THIS MORNING IN HONOR OF ALL THE MOTHERS - THEY RECEIVED A HANGING FLOWER/VINE BASKET OF THEIR CHOOSING - OUR ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN SOME BECAUSE OF TRAVELING AND SOME SICKNESS HOWEVER, OUR PASTOR AND HIS WIFE ARE ON VACATION AT DISNEY WORLD THIS WEEKEND AND SOME OF THIS COMING WEEK.  WE WISH FOR THEM  A BLESSED AND RESTFUL VACATION - WHICH BY THE WAY WAS AN ANNIVERSARY VACATION - THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY LAST WEEK - WE KNOW THIS WAS LOOKED FORWARD TO HOWEVER  THEY WERE MISSED- ROBIN (QUALLS) REED SANG TWO VERY SONGS AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD DAY AT   LBC   HONORING ALL THE MOTHERS AND GOD'S BLESSINGS FOR A GOOD DAY OF WORSHIP!

     MAY   21ST  -  HAPPY SUNDAY!  TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH - WE ARE HONORING OUR 2023 GRADUATES!  HOW EXCITING IT IS TO SEE THESE THAT HAVE  BECOME GRADUATES OF KINDERGARTEN  - 8TH GRADE MIDDLE SCHOOL -HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE!  WE LOVE THEM - HONOR THEM AS SPECIAL TODAY AND WE PRAY FOR THEIR ADVANCEMENT IN THEIR FUTURES- MOLLIE GRIGSBY MADE A VIDEO OF OUR GRADUATES FROM NOW UNTIL THEY WERE BABIES - IT WAS A VERY NICE VIDEO OF REMEMBRANCE- WE ALSO HAD A NICE LUNCH OF BAR-B-QUE AND THE "FIXIN'S" - A NICE CAKE WERE ALSO SERVED - A VERY GOOD DAY AT LBC - OUR ATTENDANCE WAS UP - HAD 30 IN SUNDAY SCHOOL AND 69 IN WORSHIP SERVICE.

  MAY  28TH  -   HAPPY SUNDAY!  MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND - REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS AND OUR VETERANS THAT HAVE FOUGHT AND  DIED GIVING US OUR CONTINUED FREEDOMS!  THANKFUL FOR EACH ONE WHO HAS GIVEN THEIR LIFE TO KEEP US FREE! A RAINY - DREARY DAY BUT THAT DIDN'T KEEP US FROM PRAISING THE NAME OF JESUS ON THIS SUNDAY MORNING.  OUR CROWD WAS DOWN SOME BUT NOT MUCH WITH AN ATTENDANCE OF 52 --- SINGING WAS A REAL TREAT FOR US TODAY AS WE HAD SHARON GRIFFITH AND CAROLYN HATFIELD AND MINNIE BAILEY BLESSING US WITH SONGS OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP - PASTOR BOBBY SPOKE OF END TIMES THINGS THAT ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE EVIDENT OF END TIMES-  

 

 JUNE  

JUNE 26TH -- JUNE 30TH -- VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

- MONDAY  JUNE 26TH --- FRIDAY JUNE 30TH

MONDAY -  82        TUESDAY - 84      WEDNESDAY -    87    THURSDAY -  109     FRIDAY - 71 

 

 JULY


        JULY    2ND  - -  HAPPY SUNDAY! -  EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER WAS FRIGHTFUL - VERY STORMY WITH LIGHTENING AND THUNDER - YET WHAT A WONDERFUL SPIRIT FILLED SERVICE THIS MORNING- THE TRIO WAS BACK AND THE MUSIC WAS SOUNDING REALLY GOOD - IT BEING THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND OUR SERVICES WERE PATRIOTIC - WE HAD 57 IN ATTENDANCE AND SOME WERE OUT DUE TO VACATIONS - CAROLYN HATFIELD AND MINNIE BAILEY WERE THE SPECIAL SINGERS AND THE CRAFTY LADIES ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR MEETING TOMORROW EVENING AT THE CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL- THANKING GOD FOR A  GREAT VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL LAST WEEK - WITH A HIGH ATTENDANCE OF 106- -2023 VBS IS IN THE BOOKS

     JULY    9TH -  HAPPY SUNDAY!! ANOTHER DAY OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP TO OUR MOST HIGH GOD! EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN CHURCH ATTENDANCE - IT DID NOT BOTHER ANYONE TODAY - WE HAD IN ATTENDANCE 57 - SUNDAY SCHOOL WAS DOWN BUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WERE OUT BECAUSE OF SICKNESS.  PASTOR BOBBY GAVE US AN ENCOURAGING MESSAGE ON COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 3 WHERE THE APOSTLE PAUL SPEAKS OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE A TRUE CHRISTIAN - A VERY GOOD SERVICE - MOLLIE GRIGSBY SANG "I AM REDEEMED"  WITH HER HUSBAND BRANDON PLAYING THE GUITAR - 

     JULY   16TH  -  HAPPY SUNDAY!  - A RAINY,  STORMY MORNING  FOR THIS SUNDAY WORSHIP TIME - BUT RIGHT BEFORE CHURCH THE SKIES CLEARED MAKING FOR A BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY - HOWEVER, GOD IS GOOD NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER - TODAY OUR ATTENDANCE WAS JUST A LITTLE DOWN BECAUSE OF SICKNESS MOSTLY - THE AIR THAT HAS BROUGHT "CANADIAN SMOKE" TO OUR AREA HAS MADE SEVERAL SICK WITH BRONCHIAL COMPLICATIONS - HOWEVER, WHAT A SERVICE  SPIRIT OF GOD WAS THERE - PASTOR BOBBY PREACHED ON BEING SPIRIT FILLED -SPECIAL SINGING FROM ONE OF OUR YOUTH- SKYLAR.. FIRST TIME THAT'S HAPPENED - PRAYING THAT IT WILL CONTINUE - OUR YOUTH AT LIGGETT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT - A VERY GOOD DAY IN THE LORD!

    JULY  23RD  - HAPPY SUNDAY!   VERY  SELDOM DOES IT HAPPEN ...BUT IT DOES AND WILL HAPPEN AGAIN - THIS MORNING WE ARE PRAYING FOR  OUR PASTOR AND HIS FAMILY AS THEY ARE CONSIDERED CONTAGIOUS WITH COVID.  THEY DEVELOPED THIS TUESDAY AND HAVE BEEN STAYING AWAY FROM FRIENDS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS FOR THE REST OF THEIR CONFINEMENT DAYS WHICH INCLUDED THIS MORNING'S SERVICES. BRO. RICK BURKHART STOOD IN THE PULPIT FOR PASTOR BOBBY AND BROUGHT A VERY GOOD MESSAGE - CAROLYN HATFIELD AND MINNIE BAILEY SANG WITH LORA SINGING ACAPPELLA  "THE HOLY HILLS KEEP CALLING ME.   THE ATTENDANCE WAS WAY DOWN THIS MORNING - WITH ABOUT 20 REGULARS OUT - SOME ARE TRAVELING AND SOME FOR SICKNESS - HOWEVER IT WAS A GOOD DAY IN THE LORD!

   JULY   30TH  - HAPPY SUNDAY!  HERE IT IS -THE END OF ANOTHER MONTH AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT ONE - TODAY WE HAD A LITTLE MORE THAN LAST SUNDAY - SOME WERE BACK AND SOME WERE GONE - HOWEVER, PASTOR BOBBY KELLY AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE IN FLORIDA ON VACATION -THIS TIME WAS FOR A FAMILY VACATION- OUR TABERNACLE TRIO WERE NOT THERE - OUT OF THE TWO THAT WERE SICK THE OTHER ONE WAS OUT OF TOWN - SHARON GRIFFITH MADE IT BACK SAFE AND SOUND AND "TEE TOTALLY" WORN OUT FROM HER VERMONT DISASTER RELIEF TRIP -HELPING THOSE THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING IN THE UPPER EASTERN SEABOARD- SO THANKFUL THAT SHE IS BACK HOME - CAMP HAPPY TOP (CAMP HOWARD) ASSOCIATIONAL CAMP WAS A HUGE SUCCESS THIS SUMMER - OUR CHURCH CONTRIBUTED AND DONATED BIBLES AND SOME PREVIOUS VBS STUDY BOOKS - OUR ATTENDANCE WAS 40 THIS MORNING AND WE'RE THANKFUL THAT SOME OF THOSE WERE BACK - THANKING THE LORD FOR THIS DAY AT LBC - IT WAS WORTH THE DRIVE! 

 

 AUGUST

        AUGUST 6TH  - -  HAPPY SUNDAY! - WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH - NUMBER ONE WE HAVE OUR PASTOR AND HIS FAMILY BACK WITH US TODAY - BACK FROM A SUNDAY OF COVID AND A SUNDAY ON VACATION - HOWEVER, WE DIDN'T GET TO HEAR HIM SPEAK BECAUSE TODAY WE HEARD FROM GIDEON SPEAKER, WAYNE COLLETT - HE SPOKE OF HOW WE MUST GET THE WORD OF GOD TO EVERY POSSIBLE PERSON -WOMAN, MAN, CHILD -AND BY OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT THEY CAN PUT THE WORD OF GOD THROUGH BIBLES AND  NEW TESTAMENTS IN MEDICAL CLINICS-HOSPITALS-MOTELS-HOTELS-SCHOOLS-COLLEGES AND THROUGH THE ARMED FORCES- SUCH AN INSPIRING MESSAGE FROM BRO. COLLETT - OUR CHURCH WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORTS THE GIDEONS - AFTER THE SERVICES WE HAD KELLY A BIRTHDAY PARTY - WITH SUBS AND ALL THE FIXIN'S AND OF COURSE BIRTHDAY CAKE - SPECIAL SINGING WAS BY ROBIN (QUALLS) REED - AND WHAT A VERY SPECIAL DAY - GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!

  AUGUST  13TH -  HAPPY SUNDAY!  AND WHAT A HAPPY DAY IT WAS - THE WEATHER WAS COOPERATIVE FOR US TO HAVE A GREAT DAY IN THE LORD - OUR "BACK TO SUNDAY SCHOOL" STARTED TODAY AND WE HAD AN ATTENDANCE OF  28 FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL - WORKING ON THAT "BACK TO SUNDAY SCHOOL" GOAL OF  40 -  THE ATTENDANCE  FOR WORSHIP  SERVICE WAS  74 -  IT WAS SO GOOD TO HAVE OUR PASTOR BACK IN THE PULPIT AFTER THREE WEEKS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO BE FILL THAT PLACE - FIRST WEEK-COVID- SECOND WEEK -VACATION - THIRD WEEK - GUEST GIDEON SPEAKER - HE HAD A GOOD MESSAGE ON HOW WE OUGHT TO SPEND MORE TIME ALONE WITH GOD -AFTER OUR SERVICES TODAY WE ALSO HAD THE "BACK TO SCHOOL BASH" FOR OUR CHILDREN TO RECEIVE SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR THEIR SCHOOL YEAR -(COUNTY STARTS THIS WEDNESDAY- CITY STARTED LAST WEDNESDAY).  WE ALSO HAD OUR GRILLING DEACON ERNIE BOGGS TO GRILL UP SOME DELICIOUS BURGERS AND HOTDOGS -THE LADIES OF  THE CHURCH PROVIDED ALL THE "FIXIN'S" - THE KIDS ALSO ENJOYED THE INFLATABLES AFTER THEY FINISHED THEIR HOTDOGS - SUCH A GREAT DAY IN THE LORD AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH -

AUGUST  20TH  -  HAPPY SUNDAY!  - SUCH A WONDERFUL DAY TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD - SUN SHINING MAKES IT A GOOD DAY TO BE WHERE WE SHOULD BE - IN GOD'S HOUSE GIVING HIM PRAISE AND THANKFULNESS FOR THE WEEK WE'VE JUST HAD - SUCH A SWEET SPIRIT TODAY - WE WERE DOWN IN THE ATTENDANCE - ONLY 53 THERE TODAY HOWEVER, WE WERE VERY THANKFUL THAT BUTCH & DEBRA SMITH WERE IN THE PARKING LOT AND WERE ABLE TO BE WITH US  AFTER A LONG STAY IN LEXINGTON FOR BUTCH'S TREATMENTS -  SHARON GRIFFITH HAS RETURNED FROM TWO SEPARATE DISASTER RELIEF MISSION TRIPS ONE EXTENSIVE TWO WEEKS IN VERMONT AND ONE WEEK IN MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY - SHE SANG FOR US TODAY AND TWO VERY GOOD SONGS ... "THE PROMISE" AND "KEEP ME IN YOUR WILL." A GOOD DAY IN THE LORD - GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!

    AUGUST  27TH  - HAPPY SUNDAY! TODAY WE MISSED OUR PASTOR WHO WAS SPEAKING AT HIS FORMER HOME CHURCH  (FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST)  AT THEIR HOMECOMING SERVICES TODAY - HOWEVER BRO RICK BURKHART FILLED IN FOR PASTOR BOBBY WITH AN ENCOURAGING  MESSAGE. THE ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN - SOME WERE SICK AND SOME WERE OUT OF TOWN - HOWEVER  OUR SERVICES WERE VERY GOOD - NO SPECIFIC SPECIAL SINGER TODAY BUT WE HAD THE NEXT BEST THING OUR CHURCH TRIO OF BRANDON GRIGSBY - GENE MILLS AND JUSTIN CURRY - THEIR MUSIC FROM THE PIANO- BANJO AND BASS GUITAR WERE EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED - THERE WERE EVEN SOME HAND CLAPPING -ANOTHER GOOD DAY IN THE LORD AT LBC -

 

 SEPTEMBER

        SEPTEMBER  3RD  - -  HAPPY SUNDAY! - WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH - HOMECOMING SERVICES STARTING AT 10:00 OR LITTLE AFTER - WELCOME BY OUR PASTOR BOBBY CORNETT -CONGREGATIONAL SINGING - ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRAYER REQUESTS WERE GIVEN -OFFERING - DURING THE OFFERING A VIDEO OF "REMEMBERING LIGGETT" WAS PLAYED SHOWING THE COAL MINING CAMPS -SCHOOL - COMMISSARY - TIPPLE AND COAL CARS BEING LOADED AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE CHURCH WHICH JUST ABOUT EVERY PHOTO THAT WAS TAKEN HAD IN THE BACKGROUND SOMEWHERE - THE CHURCH -  AND THEN MORE CONGREGATIONAL SINGING - THERE WERE NO "SPECIAL" SINGERS BUT HAD INTENDED FOR THE LBC CHOIR TO DO THE SPECIAL SINGING - HOWEVER, OUR PIANIST, JUSTIN CURRY, TESTED POSITIVE FOR STREP THROAT - WE SANG THE OLD TIME FAMILIAR SONGS - "WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN" "VICTORY IN JESUS" "AMAZING GRACE" AND "BECAUSE HE LIVES" -PASTOR BOBBY HAD THE "BOB'S BUDDIES" AND THEIR USUAL COMICAL ANSWERS TO HIS QUESTIONS - AND THEN A WONDERFUL MESSAGE WAS GIVEN BY FORMER PASTOR REV. DENNIS WILLIAMS- A PLENTIFUL AND VERY GOOD MEAL WAS SERVED AFTER THE SERVICES AND A LOT OF REMINEICING  AND GOOD FELLOWSHIP -  THE ATTENDANCE COUNTED  WAS 105 - HOWEVER THERE COULD  HAVE BEEN MORE -   AFTER THE HOMECOMING WAS OVER - LATER THAT AFTERNOON WE GATHERED - 26 OF US FROM LBC - TO VIEW THE BAPTIZING OF CLAIRE BRUCE AT THE MARTIN'S FORK LAKE - SUCH A GOOD ENCOURAGING TIME FOR CLAIRE TO KNOW THAT THOSE THAT CAME OUT TO WATCH HER BE BAPTIZED WAS JUST SHOWING HOW MUCH LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT WAS DISPLAYED - WHAT A DAY WE'VE HAD AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH AND MARTIN'S FORK LAKE - THANK YOU GOD-

     SEPTEMBER  10TH -  HAPPY SUNDAY! IT IS A HAPPY SUNDAY ESPECIALLY  FOR OUR PASTOR TO BE BACK BEHIND THE PULPIT AND TO HAVE MOLLIE & BRANDON GRIGSBY TO SING FOR US TODAY - SUCH A GOOD TIME IN THE LORD - OUR CROWD WAS DOWN SOME THIS MORNING - SOME WERE SICK AND SOME WERE OUT OF TOWN - HOWEVER WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE 44 THAT WERE THERE TODAY AND SUCH A GOOD SPIRIT OF SONG, WORSHIP, PRAYER, AND A GOOD MESSAGE FROM PASTOR BOBBY - THAT OUR LIVES SHOULD BE WHAT GOD WANTS US TO BE - CHRISTIANS - SERVANTS AND WITNESSES FOR HIM - WE'RE PRAYING FOR THOSE THAT WERE MISSED TODAY - BUT THANKFUL THAT WE HAD A GOOD SERVICE -

     SEPTEMBER  17TH  -  HAPPY SUNDAY!  -A SOGGY SUNDAY MORNING  COMING TO THE LORD'S HOUSE TO WORSHIP - HOWEVER IT WASN'T LONG AFTER THE MORNING RAIN THAT THE  LATER MORNING BROUGHT A BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE  -TODAY'S SERVICES WERE REALLY GOOD -SO MANY BLESSINGS -SPECIAL SINGING BY SHARON GRIFFITH AND SUCH A SWEET SPIRIT - A WONDERFUL MESSAGE FROM PASTOR BOBBY AS HE  SPOKE FROM JOHN CHAPTER 2, VERSES 1-11 OF JESUS' FIRST MIRACLE AT A WEDDING IN CANA AND HOW WE SHOULD PUT IN COMPARISON THE COVENANT OF A MARRIAGE AS TO THAT OF BEING A CHRISTIAN - A VERY GOOD MESSAGE - SO THANKFUL FOR THE  67 THAT WERE THERE TODAY - GOD IS GOOD --ALL THE TIME!

    SEPTEMBER  24TH  - HAPPY SUNDAY!   EVEN THOUGH OUR WEEK HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST "PERFECT" FOR HAVING ABUNDANCE OF SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 56 DEGREES TO 82 DEGREES EACH DAY - AUTUMN HAS REALLY GIVEN US BEAUTIFUL WEATHER - HOWEVER IT DIDN'T STOP LBC FROM HAVING A MOST WONDERFUL DAY IN THE LORD'S HOUSE.  THE SPIRIT WAS SO INVITING - GOOD SINGING FROM CAROLYN HATFIELD AND MINNIE BAILEY - BOB'S BUDDIES WERE COMICAL AS USUAL - ALSO HAD A PRETTY GOOD BUNCH FOR CHILDREN'S CHURCH -GOOD PREACHING AND GOOD MUSIC BY OUR "DUET" TODAY - GENE MILLS WAS MISSING FROM THE TRIO AS WERE SOME OTHERS THAT WERE OUT OF TOWN AND SOME WERE REPORTING SICKNESS - WE MISSED THOSE AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE BACK BY NEXT SUNDAY - BUT ALL IN ALL ...A VERY GOOD DAY IN THE LORD -

 

 OCTOBER

OCTOBER  1ST-  HAPPY SUNDAY AND ON THIS FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER WHAT SEEMED LIKE A CLOUDY MORNING TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY NICE SUNNY SUNDAY - AUTUMN TURNING INTO FALL AT LBC - THE CROWD WAS DOWN SOME DUE TO BE OUT OF TOWN AND SOME BECAUSE OF SICKNESS - HOWEVER WE ARE THANKFUL THAT THERE WERE 51 IN ATTENDANCE - PATTY PERKINS BLESSED US WITH SPECIAL SINGING AND THE LBC TRIO WERE ABSENT AGAIN THIS SUNDAY - HOPEFULLY NEXT SUNDAY THEY WILL ALL BE BACK TOGETHER WITH THEIR VERY GOOD MUSIC -THANKFUL FOR A MOST BEAUTIFUL FALL MORNING AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH -

October 8th  -   HAPPY SUNDAY! FIRST SUNDAY IN A LONG TIME THAT IT'S BEEN THIS COOL - 37 DEGREES WITH ONLY A HIGH OF 57 - HOWEVER WE CAN HAVE A "WARM" CHURCH SERVICE AND NOT LET THAT COOLNESS STOP US FROM HAVING ONE OF THE BEST SERVICES EVER!  SUCH A SWEET SPIRIT AT OUR CHURCH THIS MORNING - PASTOR BOBBY BROUGHT A VERY GOOD MESSAGE ON NEVER GETTING TIRED OF DOING GOOD FOR EACH OTHER- OUR CROWD WAS DOWN AGAIN THIS SUNDAY -  57 IN ATTENDANCE AND WE WERE SO GLAD FOR THOSE THAT CAME - HAD TWO SPECIAL SINGERS TODAY - SYKLAR AND ROBIN  - SUCH A VERY GOOD AND BLESSED DAY AT LBC-

 OCTOBER  15TH  -  HAPPY SUNDAY!  - A RAINY AND VERY WINDY SUNDAY MORNING TO BEGIN WITH - WHATEVER THE WEATHER IT'S ALWAYS A HAPPY SUNDAY TO BE IN THE LORD'S HOUSE TO WORSHIP, PRAISE AND THANK HIM FOR ALL OUR BLESSINGS! OUR ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN A LITTLE BUT WE WERE SO GLAD THAT 47 WAS THERE WITH APPROXIMATELY 19 REGULARS OUT - MOST OF THEM WERE OUT OF TOWN - WE'RE PRAYING FOR SAFE TRAVELS HOME- BRO. RICK BURKHART BROUGHT A GOOD MESSAGE DURING THE ABSENCE OF PASTOR BOBBY WHO WAS OUT OF TOWN - WE WERE BLESSED FOR ANOTHER GOOD DAY AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH -

 OCTOBER  22ND  - HAPPY SUNDAY! TODAY WAS TRULY A GOOD DAY IN THE LORD AT LBC - THE MORNING STARTED OUT WITH SUNDAY SCHOOL - CAN'T HARDLY GET OUT OF THE 20'S BUT ONE DAY WE WILL- CHURCH SERVICES WERE SHOWING A N ATTENDANCE OF 81 TODAY - WITH NEW FACES AND SOME ONES WE'VE SEEN BEFORE JUST BACK WITH US - THERE WERE SEVERAL OF OUR REGULARS OUT - SOME DUE TO SICKNESS HOWEVER RIGHT AFTER THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE WE HAD OUR FALL FESTIVAL AND IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS -THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT - IN THE LOWER 60'S AND AS USUAL WE HAD THE "REGULAR" CHILI COOK OFF COMPETITION AND MOLLIE GRIGSBY WON THE PRIZE FOR HAVING THE BEST CHILI - WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL OF THE "OLD FAITHFUL" GAMES AND PRIZES - CAKE WALK - RING TOSS - GHOSTS -GOBLINS AND BATS SCAVENGER HUNT - PUMPKINS - CORN HOLE - HAYRIDE AND THIS YEAR SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND THE KIDS WERE REALLY EXCITED - HORSE RIDES - LOTS OF PICTURES WERE TAKEN AND SUCH A GOOD...GOOD TIME! A GREAT FALL FESTIVAL! THE ENTIRE DAY WAS GOOD AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH - WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR EVERYTHING!

 

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…NOVEMBER 5TH ---WAS THE SUNDAY WE CHANGED  OUR CLOCKS AND “FELL BACK” WHICH GAVE US ANOTHER HOUR - WE HAD 59 IN ATTENDANCE -AFTER CHURCH WE HAD OUR “PASTOR’S APPRECIATION” DAY WITH A DINNER IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL -

NOVEMBER 12TH ---SERVICE WAS A VERY SPIRITUAL SERVICE - SOME GAVE A SHORT TESTIMONY AND PASTOR BOBBY HAD A VERY GOOD SPIRITUAL MESSAGE ABOUT “FAITH”

NOVEMBER 19TH - ---WAS A WONDERFUL  DAY IN THE LORD AS WE GAVE THANKS AND WAS IN SUCH A SPIRIT FILLED GRATITUDE FOR EVERYTHING THE LORD HAS DONE FOR US IN THE PAST YEAR - WE ALSO HAD OUR THANKSGIVING FELLOWSHIP DINNER -

NOVEMBER 26TH --- WAS A SUNDAY THAT WAS THE LAST ONE IN NOVEMBER AND SO IT BEGINS THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AND WE STARTED OUT WITH CHRISTMAS CAROLS IN OUR MORNING SERVICES

 

 

 DECEMBER

 

 DECEMBER  3RD  - -  HAPPY SUNDAY! - AND HERE WE GO WITH THE MONTH OF DECEMBER - IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AND IT'S ALSO THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR. SO MANY JOYOUS THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR .. JESUS! OUR CROWD WAS DOWN THIS MORNING WITH SEVERAL TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN AND SOME WERE JUST A BIT UNDER THE WEATHER. SOME WERE IN THE PARKING LOT THIS MORNING ALSO.  BRANDON GRIGSBY PLAYED "JOY TO THE WORLD"  ON HIS BANJO WHICH WAS VERY GOOD.  THE LADIES CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT EXCHANGE PARTY WAS HELD AT 6:00 AND SOME WERE ALSO MISSING FROM IT THIS YEAR - HOWEVER THERE WERE A LOT FUN FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP - THE GAMES WERE REALLY FUN AND THOSE THAT WERE THERE... ALL HAD A VERY GOOD TIME - THANKING THE LORD FOR ANOTHER BLESSED SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES.

     DECEMBER 10TH -     HAPPY SUNDAY! IT'S  REALLY BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS AROUND OUR CHURCH - CHRISTMAS CAROLS FOR CONGREGATIONAL SONGS -THE TREE IS DECORATED AND LIT - CHRISTMAS PLAY PRACTICES ARE GOING ON WITH BOTH THE CHILDREN'S CHURCH AND YOUTH GROUP AND MISSION FRIENDS- THE CROWD WAS DOWN SOME TODAY HOWEVER WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE 40 THAT WERE THERE THIS MORNING - WE MISSED OUR PASTOR BUT HE AND HIS FAMILY HAD A MINI VACATION PLANNED FOR MONTHS AGO AND THIS WAS THEIR WEEKEND TO FULFILL THAT PRE-PAID RESERVATIONS - PATTY PERKINS SANG A SPECIAL "THERE'S A NEW KID IN TOWN" AND WE ENJOYED THAT - WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR ANOTHER DAY TO BE IN HIS HOUSE-   

     DECEMBER  17TH  -  HAPPY SUNDAY!  - THIS HAS TRULY BEEN A GREAT DAY IN THE LORD AT LIGGETT BAPTIST CHURCH! OUR SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SERVICES FEATURED THE CHILDREN OF OUR CHURCH THIS MORNING - STARTING OUT WITH CONGREGATIONAL SONG "JOY TO THE WORLD" AND AFTER PRAYER REQUESTS AND OFFERINGS WE HEARD SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MUSIC FROM ROBIN (QUALLS) REED WITH "BETHLEHEM STAR" AND LAKYNN CLEM  SANG A CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN SONG "PRAISE THE LORD"  THEN... THE CHILDREN OF BOB'S BUDDIES AND CHILDREN'S CHURCH GAVE THEIR CHRISTMAS PLAY - "O WHAT A GLORIOUS NIGHT"- A SAVIOR IS BORN" - AFTER THE PLAY  PASTOR BOBBY HAD A SHORT MESSAGE ABOUT THE BIRTH OF JESUS AND THAT CHRISTMAS WOULD NOT BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT CHRIST... AN INVITATION AND THE CHILDREN ENDED THEIR PARTS WITH A SONG "O WHAT A GLORIOUS NIGHT" - A VISITOR FROM THE NORTH POLE MADE A QUICK STOP BY LBC THIS MORNING GIVING OUT GIFTS TO EACH CHILD... AND BABIES THAT WERE THERE .. SUCH A NICE SANTA CLAUS.. AND WE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE BLESSED THAN TO HAVE AN ATTENDANCE OF 102 THIS MORNING -PRAISE THE LORD AND MERRY CHRISTMAS -

    DECEMBER  24TH  - HAPPY SUNDAY! -TODAY IS CHRISTMAS EVE AND WHAT A SPECIAL TIME OF THE YEAR ... TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOR -- JESUS CHRIST!  OUR SERVICES THIS MORNING WAS SO VERY GOOD WE HEARD SPECIAL SINGING FROM SHARON GRIFFITH WHO SANG "O HOLY NIGHT" AND PASTOR BOBBY AND BRAYLEE KAZY SAND "SILENT NIGHT" -THE CROWD WAS DOWN SOME BUT WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THOSE 57 WHO CAME OUT TO WORSHIP WITH US THIS CHRISTMAS EVE! ANOTHER GOOD DAY TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD!

    DECEMBER  31ST -   HAPPY SUNDAY - THE VERY LAST DAY OF 2023 IS HERE - TOMORROW WE WILL BEGIN A NEW YEAR - HOPEFULLY AND PRAYERFULLY IT WILL BE BETTER THAN EVER.  HOWEVER FOR THIS MORNING OUR CROWD WAS DOWN SOME WE HAD 43 IN ATTENDANCE BUT SOME WERE SICK AND SOME WERE OUT OF TOWN... AND WE WERE SO THANKFUL FOR THOSE WHO CAME.  WE PRAYED FOR EVERYONE TO GET BETTER AND TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND WORSHIP WITH US. PASTOR BOBBY BROUGHT A VERY ENCOURAGING MESSAGE CONCERNING THE NEW YEAR - AS WE MAKE RESOLUTIONS - SET GOALS AND WORK WITH A BUSY SCHEDULE- LET'S PUT GOD FIRST AND DO MORE FOR THE LORD IN 2024 - HE TOOK HIS SCRIPTURE FROM MATTHEW WHERE JESUS SAID THE HARVEST IS PLENTY BUT THE LABORERS ARE FEW - LET'S TRY TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN OUR CHURCH ATTENDANCE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN - A MESSAGE - A GOOD DAY IN THE LORD

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        APRIL 2ND  - -  HAPPY SUNDAY! - AND YES IT WAS A HAPPY SUNDAY -IT WAS PALM SUNDAY -BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD- WE HAD 53 IN ATTENDANCE AND PASTOR BOBBY HAD A WONDERFUL AND VERY ENCOURAGING MESSAGE THAT SPOKE OF BEING A TRUE CHRISTIAN  FOR THE LORD EVEN THOUGH YOUR LIFE IS BUSY WITH ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT AND HAVE TO DO - YOU NEED NOT HAVE A "FAKE" RELATIONSHIP  WITH THE LORD - ONLY MAKING TIME FOR HIM WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT - THE PEOPLE SHOUTED PRAISE TO JESUS... THEN A FEW DAYS LATER THEY CRIED  CRUCIFY HIM  .. A WONDERFUL DAY IN THE LORD -CAROLYN HATFIELD -MINNIE BAILEY AND SHARON GRIFFITH SANG SPECIALS TODAY - BEAUTIFUL SUNNY WEATHER - A LITTLE COOL BUT JUST RIGHT FOR PRE-SPRING!

 

     APRIL   9TH -  HAPPY SUNDAY! HAPPY RESURRECTION SUNDAY! - WHAT A WOD!

 

 

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