Archives for September 2017

By Message Staff After hearing his pastor share about the need for ministry for Hurricane Harvey victims in early September, Mickey Watson felt led to form a team with other members of Amite Baptist Church. For several weeks, teams from the church traveled to Texas, cooking meals, gutting homes and delivering supplies. Like many other Louisiana Baptist churches, Amite Baptist Church in Denham Springs spent two days working on homes in Beaumont, Texas. Watson said the effort was a way for their church to bless the people of Texas, much like they were blessed when teams came to help in the recovery process last year following historic flooding in south Louisiana. “Over half of the people that traveled from Amite to Texas to assist with the cleanup flooded last year and our hearts knew exactly what these people were going through,” Watson told the Baptist Message. “We just loved being able to show the love that God showed us and to returned a big thanks. “Our ministry last year lasted a little over two weeks and we fed more than 16,000 meals basically from my driveway and delivered them daily to neighborhoods and gave them away at the church,” he continued. “We realized how much a plate of fresh food meant. We were … [Read more...]