William D. Dougherty March 8, 1935 – June 1, 2023 William "Bill" Dougherty, 88, entered his heavenly home Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Perryville, Missouri. Bill was born March 8, 1935, in San Antonio, Texas to Raymond and Mabel (Mueller) Dougherty. Raised in San Antonio, he attended Concordia Austin, Texas...

God’s Gift of Parents Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.  “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), "that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."   Ephesians 6:1-3 Parents are gifts and blessings...

May You See Your Children’s Children Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!  You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.  Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your...

The Two Become One Flesh: God’s Gift of Marriage So God created man in his own image,     in the image of God he created him;     male and female he created them.  Genesis 1:27 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and...