I am entering my 29th year in Port O’Connor. Having been invited to help start a church by six people, two of which moved before I arrived, I came on the second Sunday of February, and our Editor Joyce Rhyne, is our only member who has been here for most services. She surely should receive “The Endurance Prize”!

Saying “Good Bye” has never been easy for me, especially when it is a very dear friend and part of our Church Family. We loved John Scott and truly miss him at the Chapel! My last phone conversation with him was on January 24, and my last text message was telling me he would have to work on Sunday, January 29. It came in at 8:29 Saturday evening. I told him we would miss him and loved him, not knowing that in less than 12 hours we would receive the news of his tragic death! We were honored to have a memorial service for John on February 8, and there were many of his coworkers and friends, as well as his Chapel Family in attendance. Our prayers remain with his family as they learn to move forward without John, especially his beloved Susie Onishi and her mother Grace.

Our community has also had the great loss of Hunter Hadley. Although I do not remember meeting Hunter, his mother Kristen and grandmother Vicky were once active parts of the Chapel family. Our prayers continue for his family and for McCoy Wagner’s complete recovery. We need to be aware of the many others who are also hurting as a result of this tragedy – those who helped recover McCoy, those who helped search, and especially those who recovered Hunter.

One thing we must learn again and again is that life is so uncertain! Tragedies strike without warning and when we are totally unprepared. Please stop reading this article right now and call or talk to someone you care about and take the opportunity to express your love – we never know when it will be for the last time.

Last month, Pastor Joane and I preached a revival in  Victoria at Friendship Church. It was an exciting time seeing the Lord move upon hearts and witness them beginning to make changes that will better their relationships with each other! As I write this, we are involved in another revival with many additional congregations and are seeing the same things! God is wanting us to move up closer to Himself and those who are doing so are finding greater and peace and blessings they never knew existed! Pastor Joane is leading other Ladies Retreat in Houston, and I will be preaching a Men’s Retreat in Sweeney before month’s end.

“Love is in the air” so I have heard, so the Chapel noted this Christian attribute with a Valentine’s party. Although we were in competition with the Super Bowl we had a good turn-out and a great time.

Fisherman’s Chapel is an interdenominational congregation whose goal is to help people love the Lord with all their hearts and to love each other! Our Sunday service schedule is Bible Study at 10:00 a.m., followed by Morning Service at 11:00. Sunday evenings, we meet at 6:00 p.m. On Wednesdays, we meet at 7:00 for dinner, followed with ministry of the Word. Everyone is welcomed and all will receive a warm greeting. All are urged to, “Come, grow with us!”