Lifestyle

During the club’s business session, members discussed their annual Spring Tractor Ride. Howard explains, “This year we will be riding approximately 50 miles. Plans are to begin at Joel Bryant’s shop, travel to Donnie Lasyone’s camp, have a catfish lunch and head back to the beginning. Mind you, this not a straight route. We will be traveling the backroads. The reason for this is so our tractor drivers can see God’s creation. A person can see a lot by traveling in a car. But on a tractor, one can see things that you can’t see in a car, getting closer to nature and letting the wind blow against you. And then just riding and waiting to find a member stalled on the side of the road. That gives us something to talk about or rag the member. That’s what makes it good clean fun. As president of the club, I’ve been there and believe me they will their fun.”

The North LA Vintage Tractor Club meets the first Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Mama’s Iron Skillet in Winnfield.

Antioch Community Church and Antioch Cemetery Association invite you to join them for their annual memorial service on Saturday, May 24. The church and cemetery are located in the Brewton’s Mill community in Ward 10 in Winn Parish, off LA Hwy 126 between Dodson and Readhimer. The church service begins at 11am and will be followed by a covered dish lunch. The purpose of this special day is to remember and honor those loved ones and friends who have gone on before.

Bringing the morning message this year will be Rev Lamar Carpenter, pastor of Beulah Baptist Church in Grant Parish. Bro Lamar, a native of Calvin and graduate of Calvin High School, has strong ties to Brewton’s Mill as well as to the Antioch Community Church and Cemetery. Bro Lamar and Pastor Hayward Hossler, along with the church family, are looking forward to the opportunity to fellowship with friends and family on this special day.

John Bennett, Marketing Representative 2, Northeast Louisiana Veterans Home, Louisiana Department of Veteran Affairs spoke to the Kiwanis club, Tuesday, April 22nd. He was raised in Spearsville, La.

He is US Army, Chaplain Corps, Vietnam Combat Veteran and also US Coast Guard Yeoman Career Field and Paralegal and a graduate of Northeast La. University. The Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veteran Affairs is Colonel Carlton McGinley.

Winn Parish has 1000 veterans which is a high percentage for a parish of our size. In Louisiana there are 261, 000 veterans. Southern states have more veterans because they seem to serve more. There is the federal VA and each state has a VA. The state Vas help veterans to get benefits from the federal VA. Veterans have earned their benefits and should apply for them.

Fort Johnson, formerly Fort Polk, is still an active base. Barksdale was established in 1918 and is still going strong.

King Jesus will soon return to earth! He will be coming back to get all who have believed in Him, to take them back to Heaven (where there are many magnificent white horses, like in our story, “The King’s Horse”) to live with Him forever.

He wants to be your BFF—Best Friend Forever—and take you with Him to Paradise, where there is freedom and joy and plenty of every good and beautiful thing—and where there are no bad things, no scary things; no darkness at all.

Spirits lives forever, and Jesus created you as a good spirit who lives in a body (until your body dies), so you are already going to live forever. The choice is yours whether you live with Him in Paradise, or forever separated from Him in hell.

Every good thing in your life is from GOD, Who loves you so much that He sent Jesus (His only Son, The King!) to die for you.

Winn Parish Medical Center teamed up with Career Compass Internship for High School Seniors. “Learning by Doing” is the key and this program helps students relate their course schoolwork - WorkKeys Employability Curriculum to the actual world of work. Addison Griffin a senior at Winnfield Senior High School completed the 106.2 hour program. Addison gained knowledge in many areas of the medical field which she will take with her in the fall as a Nursing Major at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. WPMC loves playing a part in the community, educating and growing students to join the workforce especially in the medical field.

Calvin

Left to right: Mila Webb, Ariella Stone, Kam Mattox, Riley Robinson, Stetson Yruegas. Teacher Kim Dupree, Principal Justin Tinsley, Kiwanian Mary Lou Blackley

Autumn Leaves residents enjoyed a day of voting for the upcoming election! Thank you, Mr. Bryan Kelley from the Winn Parish Registrar’s Office for giving our residents this opportunity to vote in house…we REALLY appreciate you!!

Grade 4 (L-R): Marcie Vidrine, Karlee King-Armstrong. Not pictured: Kole Stewart, Assistant Principal Resa Johnson, Kiwanian Margaret Coon, Principal Byron King, Kiwanians Ethel Howell and Sheriff Josh McAllister.

These are some of the things I’ve learned about prayer, in my prayer class at Bible college: (1) As I read in a book called Honor the Blood, when we apply the Blood of Jesus to a situation, it is not to be as a ritual, but “a living experience” that will always bring deliverance. Hallelujah!

It is good to plead the Blood of Jesus over ourselves and our loved ones, over situations and processes, even things we own, etc., daily, and any other way the LORD leads.

(2) We need the precious Holy Spirit helping us every moment of our lives! He is the One Who gives us life; Who helps us learn to pray, and Who helps us to do so. Hallelujah!

As I am learning more and more, “prayer” involves so much more than just the repetition of certain Scriptures and other words; it is to be the flow of the all-knowing, creative, unlimited but unchanging Holy Spirit.

Hallelujah!

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration “Keeping the Dream Alive” will be held Monday, January 20, 2025.

This year’s program includes “Wanted”, Men in Suits, “I Am A Man”, Call Me Mr., March/Parade will be held at noon, with line up at 11 a.m. The Grand Marshal will be Minister Nadine Cage. Program Speaker is Temico Myers of Inter Faith Haven of Love Church and Special Guest Jody & Company. There will be lots of gospel singing and Free Food, so come on out and enjoy the festivities.