Category: Hurricane Katrina

The Florida Baptist Witness did a story on the great folks from Sawgrass Fellowship coming to help Lakeshore Baptist Church in the wake of hurricane Katrina. SUNRISE (FBW)–A…

I talked to some folks day before yesterday who came down to Lakeshore for the first time since the storm. They could not believe the utter devastation, the…

CNN featured Lakeshore MS Tuesday night in a piece called “Forgotten Town.” Gary Tuchman narrates: You’ve probably never heard of the tiny town of Lakeshore Mississippi, but you…

My friend, Chris Bostick, finally reported in after the storm. He is OK, but his house is gone. Chris’s grandfather, Ed, and I were good friends. After Ed…

Our pianist, JoEll Fricke lost everything in the storm. Pictured above, you can see her house collapsed on top of her car. Her and her husband Geb just…

Everyone in Lakeshore had their own well, providing their property with water. The storm severely damaged or destroyed all the pumps, motors, and tanks for these shallow wells.…

Yesterday, I went into New Orleans to check on my house for the first time since the storm. As my wife and I drove into the city we…

For the last three weeks I’ve been talking about Lakeshore where Katrina destroyed all our church member’s homes as well as all the church buildings. I live (lived)…

This morning I preached from Luke 7:11-17. 11 Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12 As he…

Yesterday, Jimmy Draper and his entourage surveyed the Hurricane Katrina damage along the gulf coast of Mississippi. Dr. Draper serves as president of Lifeway Christian Resources, the publishing…