OLD BETHEL NEWS

  • Betty Whitehead holds her birthday cake on September 21.
    Betty Whitehead holds her birthday cake on September 21.
  • Some of Red Hat’s making their gnomes are .Carol O’Quinn, Betty Whitehead, Donna Masson, Mary Jane Wright and Mary Fosson.
    Some of Red Hat’s making their gnomes are .Carol O’Quinn, Betty Whitehead, Donna Masson, Mary Jane Wright and Mary Fosson.
  • Bro. Richard Kaufman will preach at Old Bethel’s 176th Homecoming on October 1.
    Bro. Richard Kaufman will preach at Old Bethel’s 176th Homecoming on October 1.
  • This is the group that helped Lisa Burkheart celebrate her birthday on September 20.
    This is the group that helped Lisa Burkheart celebrate her birthday on September 20.
  • Bro. Roger and Connie Matkin received an anniversary gift and a beautiful card from their Bellwood Baptist Church family presented by Marvin Wyatt last Sunday Morning.
    Bro. Roger and Connie Matkin received an anniversary gift and a beautiful card from their Bellwood Baptist Church family presented by Marvin Wyatt last Sunday Morning.
  • Marie Calhoun celebrated a part of her birthday with lifelong friends, Connie Matkin and Patsy Robertson with a great meal at Trail Boss in Natchitoches last week. We’re wishing her many more birthdays to celebrate.
    Marie Calhoun celebrated a part of her birthday with lifelong friends, Connie Matkin and Patsy Robertson with a great meal at Trail Boss in Natchitoches last week. We’re wishing her many more birthdays to celebrate.
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    LIZ DURR 318-352-8898

    Old Bethel was a small country church dating back as far as 1840, making it the seventh oldest church south of the Mason-Dixon Line and the second oldest church still in existence from the entire original Louisiana Purchase of April 20, 1803 transacted by Robert Livingston. Old Bethel was constituted in 1847. They became a member of the Sabine Association, 1848. Since that time there have been 35 pastors at Old Bethel. Currently our Interim Pastor is Bro. Wayne Salley.

    Old Bethel Baptist Church will celebrate their 176 Homecoming this coming Sunday, October 1, 2023. Bro. Richard Kaufman will bring the message. The band, “Home Grown Tomaters” will lead the music. After the worship, we will have lunch in the Fellowship Hall. The theme “the Folded Napkin” taken from John 20:7. Those on the Homecoming Committee, John and Lanell Settle, James and Sandi Strickland, William and Emily Ammons and Dorothy Gibson welcome everyone to visit us on our homecoming day, October 1, 2023 and join us for a delicious meal.

    This past Sunday, Bro. Wayne Salley brought the message from Luke 16:13. His theme was the gift of giving. He said. “Our whole purpose is to serve God. We have money, but it is not ours. It is all Gods. We give because everything belongs to God. (Psalm 24:1) In Philippians 4:18 - a pleasing sacrifice”. He read 2 Corinthians 8:1-7. When we work for the Lord, He will reward us. God has a purpose for us. We should pray about our situation. Bro. Wayne said that he had planned a different sermon for us today, but every time he opened his Bible, he saw the brochure about Georgia Barnette. When he saw that brochure he thought about how much his grandma loved WMU and working with WMU. He ask Dorothy Gibson to read about how the Georgia Barnette Offering got started.

    Marie Calhoun celebrated her birthday with lifelong friends, Connie Matkin and Patsy Robertson last week. They went out to eat at Trail Boss Restaurant.

    Marvin Wyatt of Bellwood Baptist Church presented an anniversary gift and a beautiful card to Bro. Roger and Connie Matkin this past Sunday.

    First Baptist Church of Zwolle served 297 people at Clara Springs fourth Friday fish fry last Friday.

    Clara Springs Farm and Family Day is Saturday, October 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost $1 per person. All proceeds goes to the Puerto Rico Mission trip which is scheduled for October 28- November 4. Rockin 1 Auction, crafts/food vendors, Clara Springs cinnamon rolls for sale, fun for the entire family. The booth costs are $20 - $25.

    Last Wednesday, Malcolm and I went to Shreveport to Ramirez to celebrate my niece, Lisa Burkheart’s birthday. There were about 15 people there to help her celebrate. Her birthday was September 19.

    Last Thursday, September 21, the Natchitoches Red Hat sisters held their event at Betty Whitehead’s home. The event was Liz Durr’s (my) event for September and also, Betty’s birthday. We combined the two. I made gumbo and cheesecakes, Betty made rice, Mary Jane Wright made potato salad, Donna Masson brought the birthday cake, Carol O’Quinn brought tea and cornbread, Cheryl Lofton brought chips and dips and crackers, Wanda St. Andre brought water, and Mary Fosson brought a cheeseball and crackers. After we ate we made gnomes to put on our pumpkins we painted at Mary Fosson’s event. We all had a good time.