Gospel Meeting in West Groves, TX (Port Arthur area)

at 03/20/10 2:37PM

Sunday, March 21-26

Sunday Bible Study: 9:00 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship: 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Evening Worship: 6:00 p.m.
Monday-Friday: 7:00 p.m.

Gene Samford

Bible Study --- ”DREAM of NEBUCHADNEZZAR”
SUN. A.M. --- “THE BLESSINGS OF ATTENDANCE”
SUN. P.M. ---- “SINFULNESS OF NOT ATTENDING”
MONDAY --- “WHAT MAKES A STRONG MARRIAGE”
TUESDAY --- “THE LAW DONE AWAY”
WEDNESDAY --- “LOVE, AN ACT OF WILL”
THURSDAY --- “DAVID AND GOLIATH”
FRIDAY --- “THE THIRD HEAVEN”

If you're in the area, we hope to see you!

Sounds like a lot of great lessons!!! Wish we could come .... a little too far away for us, though ;)

by mommaroush at 03/20/10 2:38PM
Wish I could!

by anne at 03/20/10 3:16PM

"That poor old wooden head"

at 03/17/10 9:53AM

I'm still plugging along at the exercising, but the walking-daily-with-no-excuse fell by the wayside for one reason or another. OOOOH. That sounds lame. :( But I have done SOMETHING almost daily for the last two weeks. With the muscle loss in my lower legs, there are other types of workouts/exercises I need to concentrate on before pounding the pavement everyday; but pounding the pavement is still my goal.

This morning I worked out on the Gazelle for about 30 minutes...accompanied by...The Sons of Pioneers..."Drifting along with the tumble-ing tumbleweed!" Gene has a CD and it made a great accompaniment for gazellin'.

I learned (re-learned!) the demise of Jesse James and Billy the Kid. And poor ole' Kalija; that poor old wooden head! Someone bought his sweetheart! :( I never knew the actual truth about that love-lorn totem-pole because I grew up with the Homer and Jethro version. Anyone remember them? (By the way, all three of us siblings think the other one ended up with that album. Hmmm)

And then there was "Cool, Clear Water" which came when I needed it most...at the end!

Enjoy the day! Ours looks to be sunny and cool.

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I understand exercising falling by the wayside. For me, one day of interruption and not being able to do it leads me into not even thinking about it on subsequent days. Apparently I don't have it too high up on my To-Do list :)
I try to tell myself that hoisting an 18 lb cutie is work out enough!

by kennen at 03/17/10 10:48AM
Now that song is rattling around in my head...lucky me. And, no, I have never purchased a Van Halen recording (I lived in the dorms, I heard everything when in college).

by hartschloss at 03/17/10 10:52AM
Not to be a Tattle Tale (Tail?), I think I remember seeing that album in Jimmy's stash. But of course, I can't really testify to that in the Stevens Court of Justice since I'm married to him. What is that law that makes me exempt from testifying against my spouse.....?

I keep hearing health advisors who advocate our moving 30 minutes a day. Seems like a long, painful, slow way to relocate.

by anne at 03/17/10 11:11AM
She was the daughter of Sittin' Bull
This wooden Indian dame
She told Kaw-Liga Squattin' Heifer was her name
Kaw-Liga (echoing war whoops)
When he tried to hold her many charms
Kaw-Liga, he got splnters in his arms.

I have a Homer & Jethro cd with this song on it. I'll have to listen to the original song before H&J got a hold of it. ;-)

by fmr1222 at 03/17/10 11:41AM
^^^^ha ha! Thank you! Here's more of the H & J version that I remember:

Poor Old Kaw-Liga finally got a kiss!
Poor Old Kaw-Liga wished that he had missed!
Is it any wonder, that his face is red?
Kaw-liga, he had termites in his head!

by aleta at 03/17/10 11:45AM
I well remember Homer & Jethro. My parents had one of their albums. I guess I should say may dad still has it. I ought to have him transfer it to a cd for me. My folks like comedy albums, did you ever hear of Wendy Bagwell? They played that every time we had company. He was more of a story teller like Jerry Clower (another one of my favorites).

by hoosierbybirth at 03/17/10 11:57AM
I would have loved to have been exercising with you to those wonderful songs. Laughter burns calories right?

by squeaky at 03/17/10 12:26PM
Now I'll have those tunes in my head all day! Fun music memories.

by iloveponds at 03/17/10 1:45PM
Well, I am embarressed to say (which is why I have not posted anything new) that my exercise class went by the wayside all too fast. First, the gal I was going with was sick and now I am sick....the class even though free is just a bit too far to have to drive each time, so re-thinking that since I DO have a wii and "several" exercises games for it....wouldn't it make more sense to do it in the comfort of my own home without going anywhere....although I have yet to get in a routine, I "plan" on doing so......soon....:)

by momster at 03/17/10 2:30PM
I got in 2 miles after I got home from work :o)

by mert62 at 03/17/10 5:39PM
I remember H & J too. I think I even went with my parents to see them once when I was little.

by kamille at 03/17/10 6:52PM
Thank you! I hope that the angels do good too!

by soysauce at 03/17/10 9:32PM
How do you know you have muscle loss in your lower legs? I don't have strength in my legs, especially if I am on the floor, and try to get up, have to put my weight on my hands on something higher, and push up. Is that what you have? What causes it?

by kayt at 03/17/10 10:38PM
I think Gene and my dad would have gotten along just great! The Sons of the Pioneers were one of my dad's favorite old C&W groups. Can't forget about Hank Sr. either. I think "cool. clear water" was a Frankie Lane song.

Remember Frankie Lane? He was the one that made Rawhide famous. That show brought Clint Eastwood to the TV screen.

TV was a lot better back then, but then so was everything else. You could raise your children without the government telling you how to do it.

by rtlittlejohn at 03/18/10 12:22AM
I am still walking several times a day with our dog Casey....not 2 or 3 miles but every little bit helps.
Haven't heard of anyone using those songs to exercise by.....but whatever works.......you go girlfriend!!

by ginnyann at 03/18/10 7:32AM
BTW, did you know that Hank Williams wrote the song Kawliga on a napkin in a little diner close to a lake in Alabama...He saw a wooden Indian standing outside this place...went in for a cup of coffee and started writing the song....at least I think that's how it went....someone else may know more details.
Folks from Alabama especially.

by ginnyann at 03/18/10 7:35AM
I think there may be a Sons of the Pioneers album in the stacks in our basement. John bought it years ago because it had "San Antonio Rose" on it. I'll just have to go dig that up and see if I can be inspired by it to use our Gazelle!

by themother at 03/18/10 3:24PM
No, he didn't - I quickly blurted out "we're sitting by the band at the game" "bye"!

by textilet at 03/18/10 7:27PM
Nice (;

by allie_may4 at 03/18/10 8:31PM
I have not walked this week due to my hip really bothering me. I have been to the Chiropractor 2 times so now I have to recover from that. excuses, excuses.. :-)

by rockinrobin at 03/18/10 8:44PM

Hidden under all that hair

at 03/16/10 6:35PM

...must have been a Bluetooth, but the lady in Palais Royal today looked to me like she was talking to herself. Loudly, and authoritatively, while often making eye contact with me. Was she worried that I thought she looked silly?

Well, she was right.

You'd think they'd know how they look, but everyone thinks they're different than everyone else...

by tryphena at 03/16/10 6:50PM
Oh, you make me smile (: Uhm, I want to say I'm sorry if I sounded disrespectful when I commented the other day, I wasn't trying to.

by allie_may4 at 03/16/10 6:55PM
Do they really hae to talk as loudly as they do? I mean, there is a microphone near their face, right?

by anne at 03/16/10 7:03PM
How many times have you answered before you realized that they were talking to the Bluetooth? Me - lots of times! You'd think I'd learn!

by themother at 03/16/10 7:53PM
LoL I see the women with the "head wraps" and they have their cell phone wrapped up in there, sticking out about half-way, just talking away. And YES they do look silly!! But what really gets me are the ones that walk around with their phones on speaker!! Oh Brother!!

by mert62 at 03/16/10 7:57PM
I see people all the time, walking around a store, having a conversation with...no one. I guess they have that thing in their ear. Strange.

by lovinstlouis02 at 03/16/10 9:14PM
haha

by skidget at 03/16/10 9:32PM
You know, I think every time someone appears to be talking to themselves and I mention it, they usually point to their ear and show that they are talking on a cell phone with a Bluetooth to someone. It gets me every time.

by rtlittlejohn at 03/17/10 3:58AM
Thanks,,,,yes, I replaced his toothbrush....tried to think of everything to get him well. Hopefully this round of stuff will work.
I am always turning around thinking someone is talking to me and find they have one of those things on their ear.

by ginnyann at 03/17/10 6:54AM
That's why I choose not to buy one of those things..lol

by youngcavers at 03/17/10 6:56AM
Remember the days when all we had was a regular land-line phone and we left it at home on the wall?? We could drive places, shop, go to the restroom without talking on the phone??!! I kinda' miss those days!

by jerzgirl at 03/17/10 7:05AM
My husband always got those looks when wearing his hands-free bluetooth....LOL

by momster at 03/17/10 7:22AM
We used to think people that talked to themselves were a little "off". Now, everyone is doing it. :)

by linda_g at 03/17/10 9:28AM
haha, that is funny!

by mrs_rosshead at 03/17/10 11:50PM

Monday musings

at 03/15/10 11:05AM

Aren't you glad that the time change happens on the Lord's Day? If it's got to happen, I'm glad it's on a day when we are used to getting in gear anyway for things that transcend time and concerns of this earthly life.

Okay...go ahead; call me Pollyanna. I don't mind. That's the road I choose to take!

We have one member who I don't think would agree with me. She arrived in time for worship and wondered why EVERYONE was settling in the auditorium. She told me afterward that she thought we'd made a change and weren't having Bible Class anymore and was quite disturbed, until she happened to take a look at the clock on her cell phone and then...she felt very small. Do you have any time change *woops* stories?

Our attendance was low yesterday as many were out of town with spring break beginning. But we did have one family visiting with us, former members, whose son, Luke, used to be one of my students. Luke is such a special young man - Gene describes him as one "in whom is no guile". So tender, honest and pure in heart. He looked like he had grown 6 inches in this last year since they have been gone, and I commented on that. He said, "Yes, I have been burning a lot of calories. (nose scrunched) Is that what happens when you burn calories?" I love that boy. We miss him and his whole family!

The cabinet idea in my classroom seems to be working well. The students come in anticipating a part in the lesson. Samantha's "job" yesterday was to pretend she was Moses and to speak to the rest of the class the words of Moses at the end of his first speech in Deuteronomy. I told her to listen to me read the 2 verses and then put in her own words what Moses said (The Lord Himself is God; keep His commandments; teach them to your children; you will live long). I failed to take into consideration that Samantha is our thorough, don't-leave-anything-out student, so this sort of messed with her brain. When she finally got started, she was very shy and weak about it. After a few proddings, she finally shouted out, "The Lord is God; Keep His commandments!" and so forth, with some whispered hints from me. My first thought is that I shouldn't give her those type assignments, but then again, we won't grow "all nice and rounded" if we're not pushed out of our comfort zones and made to think outside the box. My goal is to help them put the lesson in their own words. Accurately, of course.

The cabinet idea is also testing the others who want to steal the answers from the child-of-the-moment. Of course, we all have that issue with the children now and then, don't we? But this creates an obvious "this is their job" and "you are out of line". So everyone is learning better cooperation skills.

I appreciated your comments below when I posted about this idea. If it got your juices flowing for your own situations, I'm thrilled. I enjoy hearing of the things that you try.

Well, my friends, make it a good day!

I reaped the benefits of daylight savings time today when Ryker slept until 8!!

I have two time change stories. We have one friend who thought ALL clocks change on their own so one year she was late too. We have another friend who thought you had to stay up until 2am to change them. We all just laugh at him :)

by kennen at 03/15/10 12:20PM
Never met a Pollyanna I liked better!

by anne at 03/15/10 1:17PM
Somebody said that to me about setting up to 2:00 and I was embarrassed that I laughed at them.

by squeaky at 03/15/10 1:30PM
Pollyanna is one of my FAVORITE movies!!! Bob accuses me of playing the "glad game" LoL

by mert62 at 03/15/10 3:34PM
About 10 years ago our family was at the breakfast table on Sunday morning eating our oatmeal @ 8:30 when Russ jumped up and shouted " We're late for services"!! He had just remembered the time change! So it was really 9:30 the time our worship starts! Russ had to call the building and have them delay the Lord's Supper while we hurriedly got dressed. We got teased about that for months!!

by ginasitter at 03/15/10 5:05PM
I actually plan on making his food. The pediatrician recommended I wait until he's 6 months to do that though. I have no doubt it will be more cost-efficient.

by kennen at 03/15/10 6:50PM
Hey, Pollyanna! Nothing wrong with facing the inevitable cheerfully. We make it a practice to move our clocks forward after supper on Saturday night rather than at bedtime. That seems to trick me into going to bed earlier. No malfunctions to report...

by tryphena at 03/15/10 8:22PM
I love reading your updates :) No stories this year and we all arrived on time and I think you are right - having somewhere as a place to go helps get us up and going. That said, all of us struggled getting out of bed this a.m.!

by mr_and_mrs_berry at 03/15/10 8:55PM
We used to try (when possible) to move the clock up early Saturday afternoon or even on Friday night! Then in the fall, we'd wait till the kids went to bed to get our "extra" hour. It worked till they got old enough to tell time themselves. Sigh. My mom's favorite story is about my sister Rose -- when she was about 5, she heard everybody talking about "losing" an hour. When she woke up Sunday morning, she remarked, "That really WAS a little bitty night!"

by themother at 03/15/10 9:31PM
I love more sunshine in our waking hours! It just takes me a day or two to get used to it! : )

by mrs_rosshead at 03/15/10 10:37PM
Michelle and I are teaching the Wednesday Night kid class this month. Michelle bought a book of Bible skits. We are taking 2 weeks to do a skip. The first week to practice and the 2nd week to refine, while learning the lesson as well. For example, our first skit was King Josiah. It emphasized the importance of reading and studying God's word.

by turner120995 at 03/16/10 12:10AM
But I am also reminded of what I heard that a friend of mine did back in Atlanta. I may get the details wrong, but what he did was this... He gave all of the students something at the beginning of the class and told them that they must keep it in their grasp for the entire class period. He then proceeded to teach a lesson of Christ's sacrifice from Phillipians 2. At the end of the class period, all of the students had to give back the candy bar they had been holding...

5Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6Who, being in very nature[a] God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

by turner120995 at 03/16/10 12:15AM
No "woops" this time....but there have been some in the past..
My sister-in-law had a time trying to figure out why her cell phone didn't change time automatically.....then she turned it off and back on and there was the correct time. ??????????

by ginnyann at 03/16/10 8:07AM
Scott and I have been both an hour early to service and an hour late. oops! We learned our lessons. Since kids have come on the scene we are up early enough to make it no matter what. :)

by jenmurff at 03/16/10 8:49AM
Thanks! Me too!

by ginnyann at 03/16/10 9:11AM
I like DST for my call center job (no big shift changes as often), but don't like it for Cub games (no longer on the same time as Indiana now).

I would never be confused with Pollyanna.

by hartschloss at 03/16/10 11:16AM
We had one lady in OH that every fall, she was actually on time for bible class. She usually only came for worship. =)

by crysi at 03/16/10 12:38PM
I saw that yall were going to West Groves, also Pineland I heard. Might try to make that on a Sunday! I think I know a place I could stay ;-)

by mom2reese at 03/16/10 1:42PM
I am having a lovely day, thanks! Are you having one?

by allie_may4 at 03/16/10 2:56PM

The Beautiful Weather is Calling!

at 03/13/10 8:27AM

Time to get out, sweep out the garage, and do some yard work.

Have a great day!

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Enjoy your day!

by wise at 03/13/10 9:25AM
We're getting rain and wind, but it's supposed to be nice weather for several days, beginning Tuesday.

by video_nana at 03/13/10 9:45AM
It's cloudy and drizzly here, but I saw my first ROBIN this morning! It's spring!!

by split_rock at 03/13/10 9:54AM
Not here, it's raining, damp, 45 degrees, and good old fashioned pneumonia weather in Indianapolis this morning.

by hartschloss at 03/13/10 10:21AM
^Yeah, that sounds about like our weather today. Yuck. We had a couple of nice days this week, but I think that was just a tease. Oh well, we enjoyed them, while they lasted. Maybe they'll be more like it soon.

by nick_katie at 03/13/10 12:18PM
Enjoy! We are having some Spring weather, which means light snowfall and then sunny! I love it! Can't complain, especially compared to last winter!!

by mrs_rosshead at 03/13/10 12:46PM
It is flooding up here and back to 40 degrees today. Believe I will hold off and just keep David company

by friedaj at 03/13/10 12:58PM
No nice weather...raining ugh. Oh that's already been said about Indy.
U know what? Raining is not horrible, it will make things grow. God wants it to rain here, I'll go with it. I just pray it stops this month and dries up so my hubby get busy in the fields.

by crysi at 03/13/10 8:20PM
And Thank you for your prayers.

by crysi at 03/13/10 8:43PM
It certainly was beautiful today! I'm loving this weather!

by kennen at 03/13/10 8:46PM
I'm getting the tomato planting urge--makes me think of your Dad. If I could grow tomatoes
like his--what would I do with all of them?

by frances at 03/13/10 9:21PM
We had several near-perfect days in a row last week and we got a lot of stuff done outside! The last few days have been cooler and rainy though. I love spring!!

by jerzgirl at 03/14/10 6:30AM
Thanks for the positive feedback on Hannah's article! :)

by sallyanne at 03/14/10 2:19PM
We really didn't have good success with the Topsy-turvy---but plan to try again. Our inconsistency in watering may have been the trouble.

by frances at 03/14/10 3:57PM
Hurray for Gene and his new suit!!

by frances at 03/14/10 4:09PM
Forget the garage, have you seen my hallway nook? Where else could I stash when my workroom is housing two of the guys!

by granny at 03/15/10 1:09AM
I'd have to find my garage floor to sweep it.

by tryphena at 03/15/10 7:02AM
Sunshine today after about 4 days of rain....no flooding around our area but some people had "extra" water in their yards, et.
So far my fern has survived...I don't think it got cold enough to hurt it. We'll see.

by ginnyann at 03/15/10 8:38AM
Still waiting for beautiful weather here....I hope it is soon!! :)

by momster at 03/15/10 9:12AM
Thanks for posting the Tumbleweed song on Anne's blog. That was a favorite song of mine, and since I grew up in Nebraska, knew exactly what that song was about! I played it this morning, and my husband asked for a Sons of the Pioneers CD, if I could find one. Hooray! He's VERY difficult to gift things that will please him. He actually remembers going to see them in Modesto, California, decked out with chaps and two pistols and holsters. At about 5 years old, he thought he was really something.

by herb_lady43 at 03/15/10 10:00AM