‘Praying for our Schools’ is set for Aug. 1 at 2 p.m.

Pam Gardner (Still Blessed) will be in concert at Lantrip Baptist Church Saturday, July 31 at 6 p.m.
It was this week, July 29, 1472, when the first almanac was printed.
All my life an almanac has been in our home. Stores stocked them and gave one free with a calendar to all their customers.
Still receive an almanac through the mail but a small fee is required.

Happy wedding anniversary July 26 Larry and Janice Stacy (18 years); July 28 Ja and Tracy Leachman (26 years); July 29 Earnest and Annette Goodson (44 years); July 30 Shawn and Phadra
Edmondson, Tommy and Angie King, Sonny and Nancy Fugett, James K-Boy and Darlene Hardin; July 31 Will and Kiley Fleming.
Thanks to James Black of Houston who gave me some “Paw Paw” plants.
Hopefully, they will survive and produce fruit, which aids in diabetic conditions and control of cancer.
A time of “Praying for our Schools” has been set for Sunday, Aug. 1 at 2 p.m. at each of the schools in the county.
One may attend the school of their choice to pray for the next school year.

They had some good services at Friendship Baptist Church last week.
Attended three of the services at Friendship and Willa Kay attended two.
Bro. Parish Hartley spoke the first night I attended and Bro. Owen Hitchcock preached the other two nights
Angie Smith brought special music Thursday evening and Shirley Spencer, accompanied by Debbie Hitchcock, brought the special Friday
Norman Clark was song director for the revival. Bonnie Williams and Kenneth Alexander were the instrumentalists.
Are people reading less these days? According to “The July 14 issue of ‘Christian Century’, Oxford University Press, in August, will shut down its printing arm for good. Their first book was printed in 1478, only a few years after the printing press was invented.

Reason cited was “continued decline in sales” that was “exacerbated by factors relating to the pandemic.”
Several kittens free of charge, variety of colors with one ‘Bob’ tail, may be taken day or night at intersection of CR 111 and 119.
A well-known, Caderetta community, Webster county farmer and business man died last week–Carroll Hemphill, 90.
Sorry to learn of the death of Steve Penick in the housefire at Vardaman.
Large crowd at the Mildred Spratlin funeral in Bruce Saturday. She and her family were among my first acquaintances when I started at Oak Grove in 1965.

Good to have Patsy Leachman back at church Sunday.
Bailey Memorial at Loyd will have revival August 1-4.
Sympathy to all bereaved families.
We pray for those in special need including James and Frances Simmons.