Brooke Lauren Pope Memorial Scholarship

The Brooke Lauren Pope Memorial Scholarship has been established at Blue Mountain College in Blue Mountain, MS in memory of Brooke. To send a gift to this scholarship in Brooke's memory, mail your designated gift to:

Brooke Lauren Pope Memorial Scholarship

c/o Blue Mountain College

P.O. Box 160 Blue Mountain, MS 38610

For more information, contact Lakeview Baptist Church.

SonForce Kids VBS

Sonforce VBS was awesome. Many thanks to all the teachers and helpers that made it a success.
Special thanks go to Bro. Clint Overton who set into motion and saw it through to completion.
Also special thanks to Kevin Brush. Who was able to make the sets and characters of SONFORCE
KIDS come to life. For many years Kevin has been putting together amazing designs for VBS and
numerous other church activities. His dedication and commitment to excellence has once
again make VBS an unforgettable experience for children and workers.
Now last but not least the most special thanks goes to our Savior. He is the one who inspires.
He is the one that motivates. He is the one that saves sinners. We are very excited that
16 souls have been redeemed by his blood. Not by fancy song and dance routines but by
the simple gospel message. What a blessing and what a reminder to us of the overwhelming
responsibility we have to minister to the next generation.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

Kevin and Sitting in front of the control panel

This is a closer view of Kevin and the control
of the space station. (HE BUILT) panel.

Kevin wired the entire space station control panel
this is it engaged and ready for action.

Here is one of the SonForce Kids
Kevin made.

My How She's Grown

It was only a few months ago when Abbey started preschool.
She was so tiny and fragile I was so reluctant to let her go.
Despite my reservations she did well and had a great year.
I was looking at these pictures today and WOW has she grow.

Trim the Limbs

The trees were drooping and it was getting very difficult to duck under them while I mowed so Abbey and I got to work and corrected the problem. She's quite a worker, but take a look at Bryant (at the bottom of this post) It seems he can stare at hard work for hours and is not bothered.(but he sure is cute.)
When I would pass by the small insignificant dangly limbs I would have to lower my head and close my eyes to keep myself from injury. Do you realize how hard it is to stay on track with your head down and your eyes closed. The limbs had to go!
Removing the limbs from the tree I began to think about the dangling annoyances that constantly trouble me in my spiritual journey. Millions of things cause constant distraction or aggravation maybe even sin. All this stuff can hinder me from worshiping God in spirit and truth. I think we should all take a close look at the dark corners of our hearts. Perhaps there are some "limbs" that need to be trimmed. It would be wonderful if I could say it will be easy to get rid of this stuff. That is not always the case. As a matter of it is impossible for you to accomplish by yourself, but the good news is that God's grace will assist us with the clean up/out. Our sins and short comings are against God and Him alone. I think we should "trim the limbs" open our eyes and get on track. Remember: "worship is not an event it is a lifestyle" Let's be faithful to our King.