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Sat, Oct 11
September 24, 2025 - The Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church is hosting a Bake Sale on Saturday, October 11, 2025 on the Timpson Square from 10am until sold out!
Sun, Oct 12
September 23, 2025 - The Annual Short Cemetery Homecoming is set for Sunday, October 12th. Please make plans to attend and see the new progress being made at the cemetery. Lunch on the grounds at 12 noon. Help with the upkeep of the cemetery by making donations in person or mailing them to Short Cemetery, P.O. Box 915, Center, Texas 75935. For more information call John at 936-239-7100 or Bubba at 936-590-1252.
Faith
September 29, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, September 29.
I made a new friend last week. He lives in a beautiful part of Washington D.C. called Embassy Row. The neighborhood got that name because it’s where many ambassadors from around the world have their homes. It’s also the location of a very special church - the National Cathedral.
On September 29, 1907, a crowd of 20,000 people that included President Teddy Roosevelt, gathered to see the cathedral’s first stone laid. On September 29, 1990 - 83 years later - President George H.W. Bush was present when the great church was finally completed. Cathedrals take a long time to build. The one in Cologne, Germany has the record of 632 years!
Our National Cathedral has hosted the funerals of countless famous figures. President Bush, himself, was one. And so were presidents Eisenhower, Reagan, Ford, and - just this past January - Jimmy Carter. Services were held there for Martin Luther King, Helen Keller, and Neil Armstrong. The legendary astronaut’s casket was illuminated by sunlight streaming through a stain glass window containing a rock he brought back from the moon.
This church is considered, by many, to be America’s church, a “house of prayer for all people.” People gathered there to pray at the end of World War II and at the close of the Vietnam War. And on September 14, 2001 - three days after 911 - they gathered there once again. The second President Bush brought a moving message of comfort and hope, as did evangelist Billy Graham.
The man who has been called “America’s pastor” shared a sermon about foundations. He told the crowd, a congregation that included leaders of our government and ambassadors from around the world, that the only part of the Twin Towers the terrorists could not destroy were their foundations, concrete platforms reaching seven stories down into the earth. He then reminded our wounded country that God’s love was a firm foundation as well, a foundation that would give us hope and confidence and strength to go on. Billy Graham is gone now, but the mighty National Cathedral remains, and so does the love of God.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
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September 25, 2025 - Faith is a common denominator in all of our lives. We daily express faith in something. In fact, we cannot live a single day without exercising faith. To be sure, we have faith in the physical world.
When you woke up and went into the bathroom this morning, you flipped a switch and you had faith the light would come on. When you get in your car, you have faith that it will start. When you mail a letter, you have faith the postal system will get it to the right address. When you go to the pharmacy, you have faith that the pharmacist will give you the right drugs. When you get in an elevator in a high rise building, you have faith in the low bidder on the construction project.
In his first epistle, John writes of victory in overcoming the world. The world to which John refers are those things which are in the world. John writes in I John 5:4-5, “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the word, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God.”
Our faith must be a faith that leads us to live Jesus’ kind of live, His way. Jesus said, “Not every one that saith unto me Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 7:21)
Faith in Jesus that leads to victory must come from the Word of God. We must spend time letting God speak to us through His word and speaking to God through prayer. There can be victory in overcoming the world. This victory is the victory of faith.
It’s something to think about... tbp
Center Church of Christ
www.centerchurchofchrist.com
September 24, 2025 - The Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church is hosting a Bake Sale on Saturday, October 11, 2025 on the Timpson Square from 10am until sold out!
September 23, 2025 - The Annual Short Cemetery Homecoming is set for Sunday, October 12th. Please make plans to attend and see the new progress being made at the cemetery. Lunch on the grounds at 12 noon. Help with the upkeep of the cemetery by making donations in person or mailing them to Short Cemetery, P.O. Box 915, Center, Texas 75935. For more information call John at 936-239-7100 or Bubba at 936-590-1252.
September 22, 2025 - David Mathis is spending time with family this week and his Daily Devotion will return on Monday, September 29.
September 22, 2025 - The historical Old East Hamilton Cemetery will have its annual Homecoming and Dinner on the grounds on September 28, 2025, from 11am to 3pm. This is always a wonderful time of visiting, honoring our loved ones, and singing, as well as conducting the annual business meeting for the cemetery.
As always, donations are welcomed and encouraged for the upkeep and maintenance of this beautiful cemetery. We look forward to seeing everyone this year!
If you are unable to attend but would still like to donate, please contact Doyle Miller at 936-368-2246, and he will be glad to accept your donation on behalf of the cemetery. For those who may not know, Dudley Cox passed away on August 21, 2025. He very diligently took care of the cemetery many years, and will certainly be missed.
September 19, 2025 - Did you ever wake up early Sunday morning, the neighbors are all in bed, the streets are quiet and the yards are empty? The world is asleep as you prepare for worship on the Lord’s day. That’s what you get for being a Christian.
Did you ever leave dishes in the sink, a blouse un-ironed and the floors un-swept to visit a sick friend or run an errand for someone confined to home? That’s what you get for being a Christian.
Did you ever work with a group of people who use profanity and live loose lives morally who think you are strange because you are a Christian and not like they are?
All of that is what you get for being a Christian. Yet, think what is yours for being a Christian:
- You are a child of the King.
- You are loved and cared for.
- You have a peace and happiness the world does not know and cannot take away.
- You shall inherit eternal life.
- You have a Father to whom you can take all your unresolved problems. A Father who abolishes fear and doubt.
All of those things are yours when you become a Christian, a follower of Jesus Christ, living His kind of life, His way.
It’s something to think about... tbp
Center Church of Christ
www.centerchurchofchrist.com
September 16, 2025 - The Lily of the Valley Church of God in Christ will be celebrating their 111th Church Anniversary on Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 3pm. Guest speaker will be Supt. Fremon Bryant, Superintendent of the Shelbyville District. Come and celebrate together!
The celebration will be held at 620 Greer Street, Center, Texas 75935 with Elder Cleon D. Williams, Sr., Pastor.
September 16, 2025 - Homecoming for Mt. Herman Cemetery located on Hwy 7 West in the Mt. Herman community in Center, Texas will be held on Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 12-Noon.
We will also be have the Historical dedication of the cemetery and the new marker will be unveiled. We invite you to come see the new marker and enjoy food and fellowship. The cemetery will be taking donations as well for the yearly upkeep. You may give to any board member or if you cannot make it but would like to donate please mail to:
Mt. Herman Cemetery
c/o Deanne Sample
1106 CR 4314
Tenaha, TX 75974
We are also collecting names and addresses of those whose loved ones are buried here so please get with a board member to leave your info. Hope to see you there.
Deanne Sample- Secretary/Treasurer
September 15, 2025 - The Askew reunion will be held Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 10am to 2pm in the Clever Creek Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.
All Askews and those related are invited. Bring your favorite dish and join the fun. Meal served at 12 noon.
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