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 -

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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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