The James Cook Family

Bro. James & Sis. Caryla, Carmel by the Sea, California

Rev. Todd Dionne and Kelly & The GRAND Kids
 

Kyle Gets His USAF WINGS

Kyle and Tiffany, December 19, 2009!

K

Klay Calls in An Arrest

Zach and Karyl's Wedding
 

Happy Pappy and the Dionne Girls earlier

Nana and the Dionne Girls later

Our Newest Granddaughter

Arabella Ren Garrett "Bella'

     Pastor James Cook has been in the Gospel Ministry since he was called to preach in 1983. After experiencing God's salvation and being saved in 1979, James and his wife Caryla joined the church at Second Baptist Church, College Park, GA (now McDonough Road Baptist Church, Fayetteville, GA). There, between the years 1979-1983, James was ordained as a Deacon and then later licensed to preach.

     In 1983 James and Caryla and their two children Kelly and Kyle left the Atlanta area to attend New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. While at NOBTS James served as an Associate Pastoral Intern at Ames Boulevard Baptist Church, Marrero, LA. Then, after a brief membership at First Baptist Church, Kenner, LA, James was called back to  Ames where he was called and served as an Associate Pastor.

     Ames Boulevard Baptist Church also ordained Pastor James into the Gospel Ministry on July 20, 1986. The Cook's third child Klay was born in New Orleans and Bro. James graduated in 1986 from NOBTS with an Associate Degree in Pastoral Ministries. 

     In the summer of 1986 James was called as Pastor of White’s Chapel Baptist Church, Moody, AL. The Cook's fourth child Karyl was born in Birmingham in 1988.

     In 1989 Bro. James answered the Call to be Pastor of Talbotton Baptist Church, Talbotton, GA. 

     From Talbotton, The Cook Family moved in 1992 to Dallas, GA  in answering  the call to serve as Pastor of New Canaan Baptist Church. James  resigned in April 2008 after almost 16 wonderful years where he was honored and blessed to serve as NCBC's under-Shepherd.

    James filled the pulpit for several services in varying churches and funerals between his resignation from New Canaan in April 2008 unitl Father's Day 2008 when he began to regularly fill the Pulpit at Victory Baptist Church, Douglasville, GA.  James eventually accepted VBC's Call to be their Pastor on October 5, 2008.

     Caryla and James’ children are all grown now and the oldest Kelly is married to the Rev. Todd Dionne who is pastor of Corinth Baptist Church in Fayetteville, GA. Bro. Todd and Sister Kelly have three girls: Rachel, Chloe, and Leah.

     The Cook’s oldest son is Kyle who is engaged to Miss Tiffany Wade, or Thomaston, GA, and serves in the United States Air Force, as an Airborne Linguist, and Veteran of the "War in the Middle East."

     The Cook’s third child Klay is married to the former Rachel Allen and serves the local citizens as a Paulding County Sheriff’s Deputy.

     The youngest is Karyl and she is married to Zach Garrett and they have a little girl named Bella.  Zach can build anything out of lumber and is a fourth generation family-employee in his family’s building supply business, named "Buy Low" in Rockmart, GA. Go by and see them!

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BOOKS AND READINGS

THE BIBLE: Basic Instuctions Before Leaving Earth; by God; many and various Publishers

THE GRAND WEAVER: How God Shapes Us Through the Events of Our Lives; by Ravi Zacharias; Zondervan Publishers 

CULTURE SHIFT: Engaging Current Issues with Timeless Truth; by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.;  Multnomah Books

STANDING FOR LIGHT AND TRUTH; by Dr. Adrian Rogers; Crossway Books

DEACON RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH THE BODY OF CHRIST: Be The Leader God Intended You To Be; by Dr. Donald E. Ledbetter; Xulon Press 

RECAPTURE THE WONDER; by Ravi Zacharias; Integrity Publishers

LIFE WIDE OPEN: Unleashing the Power of a Passionate Life; by David Jeremiah; Integrity Publishers

BETTER THAN GOOD: Get Motivated! Creating the Life You Can't Wait to Live; by Zig Ziglar; Integrity Publishers

THIS WASN'T SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN TO ME: 10 Make-or-Break Choices When Life Steals Your Dreams and Rocks Your World; by Beverly Smallwood, Ph. D.; Thomas Nelson Publishers

THE CROSS OF CHRIST: 20th Anniversary Edition; by John R. W. Stott; InterVarsity Press