Dodson, Louisiana

Dodson First Baptist Church

Dodson, Louisianan

     
     Several years ago I arrived in Winnfield, Louisiana early on a Sunday morning at a church which I'd been allowed to park and shower at the previous year, while ministering in the nursing homes in the area.

      When (what turned out to be) the new pastor arrived, I introduced myself and the ministry asking if I could park, as in the past. Shortly thereafter he and a long-time member called me into an office and refused to allow me the use of the facility.

      Their reason; the church property was owned by their denominations district headquarters and they were afraid they could lose the use of the property.

      In a foggy daze I walked out to the van and drove away not even knowing what direction to take. Simply started driving.

      Ten miles further on, in the bump-in-the-road town of Dodson, I turned right (following what in retrospect must have been the Holy Spirit) for a few blocks when I spotted an old church with some men standing out on the front portico. As I walked up answering their questions about myself, they immediately asked me to bring in the guitar.

      We had time to visit before services and by starting time, they'd given me the sermon time, a place to park by the church and even opened the empty parsonage behind the church so I could get showers.

      Valley's and Mountaintops.

      This year these Dodson folks have arranged for me to minister at a nearby sister-church on Sunday morning, their church Sunday night and on Monday morning for a large group of men at the nearby Teen Challenge facility.

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Larry Eugene Stevens.

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Yours in Christ, Larry