Rigney Ministries

May we recognize and honor the presence of the Holy One this Christmas season.
Then those who feared the LORD spoke with each other, and the LORD listened to what they said. In His presence, a scroll of remembrance was written to record the names of those who feared Him and always thought about the honor [...]

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McKenzie did a beautiful job singing Joseph’s Lullaby at Goodyear Baptist Church last Sunday. She will be singing it again next week as part of the youth Christmas drama at Unity Baptist Church, where she was invited to play the role of “Ancient Mary” in a play that compares the ancient story of Jesus’ birth [...]

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Benjy, McKenzie, and I spent the afternoon stuffing shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child, the special Christmas evangelism effort sponsored by Samaritan’s Purse. We stuffed one girl box and one boy box, put our two with a handful of boxes that had been stuffed by some caring women from Benjy’s workplace, and delivered them to [...]

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Benjy, McKenzie, and I enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast with our good friends at Goodyear Baptist Church the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Benjy has helped out with the music at Goodyear from time to time this year, and we appreciated the invitation to share this special meal with them.

A well dressed man! The deacons decided to wear [...]

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Here we are at the Thanksgiving season again. Didn’t we JUST do this? Time hurries by so fast … and often, without even noticing, we receive and consume an abundance of blessings. I’m so thankful the founding fathers of our nation saw the need to stop all activity one day each year and consider the [...]

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Benjy was invited by Pastor Jim Slowey to lead the praise service of First Baptist Mclain at the first of the month. As usual, we got there long before the service started so Benjy would have time to work with the sound equipment and coordinate with the pastor and the choir. While he takes care [...]

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Last Tuesday, McKenzie and I dropped by to check on our good friend, Fran Gerhart, from Harmony Baptist Church. She is recovering from breast cancer surgery. Doesn’t she look great! Keep her in your prayers, though. She still has radiation and chemo ahead of her.

Thursday evening, Benjy sang at the annual Widow’s Banquet, hosted by [...]

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I love, love, love autumn … the colors, the flavors, and the respite from the heat and humidity of late summer in the deep south. While summer lends an intense energy to our lives, autumn tones it down and mellows things out a bit. Let’s all say … Ahhhhhhh. There! Doesn’t that feel better? Enjoy [...]

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Last week, we were in revival with New Palestine Baptist Church, one of the oldest churches in our area. It’s a beautiful old church, and I just loved walking around the grounds and enjoying the remnants of handiwork done by congregations from days gone by. Over the years, there have been a number of improvements [...]

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If you’ve never heard Dr. Argile Smith preach, you’ve really missed a treat. He has a preaching style that is unique among ministers … he is a story teller. Brother Argile jokingly declares that his voice is the “Walmart garden variety,” because he is more soft spoken than most, but when he begins to weave [...]

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