DRPC Christmas Dinner And Cantata 2025 Pics

 Hey Friends,

Last night we had a fantastic time at DRPC. It was time for the Christmas dinner and the cantata. Here are the pics I snapped last night. 

Odie

Thursday In Pics

 Hey Friends,

There's not much time for words. We have been preparing for two of our Christmas concerts this weekend. The first one is tonight at Dryden Road at 7PM. 

It is an honor to have Bro. Philip, Sis. Deidra and Colton Deane with us. We are excited to be singing with Colton! Bro. Philip preached very well at Dryden Road Pentecostal Church last night. 

Here are pictures from Thursday. It was a full day. Now it is Friday and time for a nap before our day begins again. 

We appreciate your prayers this weekend. See you later. 

Odie 

Practice Practice Practice

 Hey Friends,

Here is a picture from practice at DRPC last night. I know I told you about our mini Christmas tour earlier this week. Read that post by clicking HERE.

BFM is in full out panic and prep mode. The band is sounding awesome. I just hope we can remember everything. I might be singing Christmas songs in my sleep. 

Please keep us in your prayers. Pray for our minds to work properly and our bodies to be well without voice problems.

It is already Thursday as I write this post. I am going to try to get a little rest. 

See you tomorrow. 

Odie 

DRPC Children’s Christmas 2025

 Hey Friends,

First, I want to say thank you for the prayers for our family. Yesterday was not an easy day to say see you later to our Aunt Carol. God helped the family. 

Please keep the family in your prayers as they navigate this difficult season. Many of you took the time to message and check on us yesterday. Your thoughtfulness and prayers are greatly appreciated!

We rushed back from Kentucky yesterday afternoon. We needed to be at church at Dryden Road Pentecostal Church last night. 

It was time for the Children's Church Christmas program. 

This year, the leaders did not do a full kids' play. They had kids say parts and sing some songs. It was so cute.

 I was extremely proud of all of the kids. There were even a few who do not usually like to sing with the junior choir, but they sang the entire program.    

 

Here are a few pictures and a video. I hope you enjoy. 

See you all tomorrow. 

Odie

Remembering Aunt Vivian Carol Montgomery

 Hey Friends,

Our family is grieving a loss. Saturday, God chose to take our Aunt Carol home to Heaven. Read her tribute HERE. 

Thank you for praying for her last week! I requested prayer a couple of days. Her heart was in bad shape. Things did not go as we hoped they would. 

Ultimately Aunt Carol is much better than the rest of us! She is free from the heartache and cares of this life. She will no longer suffer from any ailments. Her 83 years are completed. 

We as a family hurt, because we do not want to be separated from her. She was special to each of us. Our family has always had Carol the sister, aunt and friend. Things suddenly changed for us and we are extremely saddened. 

We will miss our beautiful Aunt. Her smile, laugh and antics will be missed. We have been reminiscing. Thankfully we have many fabulous Carol memories. 

Please keep my Gran, her brother and three sisters in your prayers. Also, there is a host of nieces, nephews and friends.

 

I will close with my favorite memory of my Aunt Carol. This happened when I was around 10. One day my aunts were visiting Gran an Papaw. We were sitting around talking about names. The conversation went to names we all thought were crazy.  

Aunt Carol asked me Odie what do you think of the name Vivian? I had never heard that name! I responded with ooh yuck that's a horrible name!!

Needles to say she loved my reaction. That was exactly what she was wanting me to do. Aunt Carol went on to tell me her name was Vivian!

I was blown away. I had no idea she went by her middle name. I ate humble pie for a while, and Aunt Carol loved it!

That year, for Christmas, she bought me a 36-inch-tall porcelain doll named Vivian. I kept in my rooms for years. Looking at that doll brought a smile to my face. 

The last several years I called her Vivian. I love the name now! She signed all my cards with Aunt Vivian. I am probably the only person that called her Vivian regularly.

Thank you for reading. See you tomorrow!

Odie