Immediate Church Family*: 

Bill and Billy Lewis; Robert Lowry; Dudley Payton; and Skippy Thompson.

Extended Church Family*:

Shelli Carpenter (friend of the Leonards); Austin Casey (Jack and Betty Bagent’s grandson); Ellie and Gigi Casey (Jack and Betty Bagent's granddaughters); Mary Lane Day (Jeff Day’s sister); Rachel Eastman (Jack and Betty Bagent's grand-daughter); Tim Hampton; Hugh and Pat Huffman (former members of HPC); Joann Huffmeir (friend of Jay Nesom); Rene Johnson (friend of Jeff Day); David Leak (friend of the Leonards); Marilyn Lewis (Bill and Billy Lewis’ daughter-in-law); Donna Lowry (Robert Lowry's wife); Brenda McBride (friend of the Bagents); Dee Merchant; Don Morgan (friend of the Bagents); Aleta Pickholtz; (Mike Reimringer (Barb Pfeifer's nephew); Residents of Magnolia Brook suffering with an outbreak of Covid-19; Richard Waldrop (friend of Jay Nesom); and Larry Wilcoxson (friend of the Leonards)

*New names added to the prayer list this week are in italics. 

Birthdays:

September 3 - 9: Billy Lewis (5), Eric Kleinpeter (6), Sherry Hutchinson (8)



Anniversaries:

September 5 - Bob and Connie Buck

September 21 - Rob and Amy Stewart

Request for Prayers and Support

DeRidder Wildfires

The Rev. Jerry Egbert and Ruling Elder Boksoon Egbert have reached out to the Presbytery today with the crises that is presently occurring in Beauregard Parish with the extensive wildfires and evacuations. Churches in the area are helping to provide shelter for persons evacuated and support for frontline firefighters.

First Presbyterian Church and the Korean New Worshipping Community of DeRidder are presently in need of funds to help with this effort. Rev. Egbert is respectfully requesting that no material donations be provided because this is just the beginning of the crises, and they have no place to store or unload physical donations. Only monetary donations are needed at this time. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is also assisting us in this response.

Individuals or churches can donate one of two ways:

To donate by mail, send checks to:

First Presbyterian Church, DeRidder

202 N Royal St

DeRidder, LA 70634

To donate online, go to the Presbytery’s website (www.pbysouthla.org) and click on the link at the top of the page that reads, “Click here to support disaster relief and other ministries.” This will take you to the giving page where you can select “PSL Disaster Response,” enter an amount, note “DeRidder Fire Response” and follow the instructions to complete your donation.

Nothing will work unless you do.

Maya Angelou

Special thanks to those whose work goes unnoticed because it is done so well.

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Welcome Arturo Fernandez,

Highland's new pianist

Arturo Fernandez was born and raised in Trujillo, Peru. In 2019, he was awarded a scholarship at Florida Gulf Coast University, where he currently studies piano performance under the tutelage of Dr. Michael Baron. While at FGCU, he has had the honor of being the winner of the MTNA Senior Piano Competition for the State of Florida, the Gray Perry piano competition and the Byrd two-piano competition. Arturo is also the current winner of the MTNA–Stecher and Horowitz Two Piano National Competition and has been a prizewinner at many other competitions while performing frequently. This fall, he will start a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano at LSU with Prof. Ana Maria Otamendi - and serve as Highland's new pianist. Please give him a warm welcome.

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Session Meeting

Wednesday, September 6

10:00 a.m.

Session will have its September Stated Meeting on Wednesday, September 6, at 10:00 am in the Conference (Quilter's) room. More information will follow. Please let Louise know if you will be unable to attend.

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In the Pulpit this Sunday

Rev. Jeff Day will be in the pulpit this Sunday. His sermon is titled "Loving Hands" and is based on John 13:1-17, 31b-355 and Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19.