Monthly Archives: October 2005

Vic Geauthreaux

10/21/2005 – 5:13 am

Like many houses and camps near the gulf, Vic’s house sat atop 14 foot stilts. About a half mile from the beach, in the picture, Lynn, Vic, and I stand where wide wooden steps used to lead up to his front porch. A balcony walked all the way around both sides to a [...]

By Don A. Elbourne Jr. | Posted in Hurricane Katrina | Comments (3)

A Place of Worship

10/19/2005 – 3:50 pm

For the first five weeks after the storm Lakeshore Baptist Church held Sunday worship services on the rough cement slab where our church building used to sit. We enjoyed the shade of a blue tarp for three of those weeks as we sought encouragement and strength from the preached Word. Habakkuk 3:1-19, Luke 7:11-17, 2 [...]

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The Hurricane of 1915

10/15/2005 – 5:05 am

Lakeshore Baptist Church began in 1911 in the home of R. C. Crysell. Shortly after erecting a church building a hurricane pounded our community leaving the structure in ruins. Ninety years later we find ourselves in a similar situation. Like then, the generosity of fellow believers came to our assistance to rebuild and move forward [...]

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Grace Partners

10/14/2005 – 11:53 am

If you followed my blog before the storm, you might recall a couple of controversial entries concerning “Johnny Hunt on Election” and a follow up entitled “Johnny Hunt, Election, and Mathew 18.” Through those discussions I met Nathan White, a member of Grace Bible Church near Atlanta. When his pastor, Dave Stephenson, expressed [...]

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Sisters Baptist Church

10/10/2005 – 5:57 am

Help has flooded in from all directions. Last week we had two church teams from Georgia, one from Texas, and another from Kansas. Later I will try to post in greater detail about these wonderful folks. This morning I’d like to mention one of our earliest contacts after the storm. Dan Hodges, former Director of [...]

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In every high and stormy gale…

10/2/2005 – 4:17 am

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly trust in Jesus’ Name.
When darkness seems to hide His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood.
When all around [...]

By Don A. Elbourne Jr. | Posted in Hurricane Katrina | Comments (3)