Randy McCarthy read from and spoke about .
Funeral Service for Bill Kemper
Bethlehem Primitive Baptist church will host the funeral service for Billy Ray Kemper on December 8, 2025
Full funeral video will be posted Monday evening
Billy Ray Kemper
[June 22, 1952 – December 3, 2025]
Funeral Service
Officiating:
Elder Randy McCarthy
Elder
Songs (Led By : )
- Song 1
- Song 2
- Song 3
Photo Slideshow
Closing Prayer by:
Interment will follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens @ 2PM
Hebrews 12 | Prayer and Thanksgiving
Mark Hasenmyer read and commented from Hebrews chapter 12 (Heb 12:1-17).
Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
.. Hebrews 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Allen Daniels spoke using the theme “What does Thanksgiving really mean?”
Referenced Scriptures: Psalm 50
Forgiveness
Randy McCarthy read from Matthew chapter 18 and spoke about Forgiveness.
Psalm 2, Forward Thinking
Allen Daniels read and commented from Psalm 2.
Mark Hasenmyer continued speaking about the concepts of Psalm 2 and then transitioned to the Crucifixion. He then read from Acts chapter 4 which quotes Psalm 2. Finally, He returned to Hebrews, chapter 11 and 12 with a theme of “Forward Thinking”.
Psalm 116 | Faith, Hebrews 11 (cont.)
Allen Daniels read and commented from Psalm 116.
Mark Hasenmyer continued speaking about Faith from Hebrews chapter 11.
Hebrews Chapter 11 [Faith and Hope]
Allen Daniels spoke about Faith.
Referenced Scriptures: Hebrews 11:1,6, Psalm 1:1-2, Malachi 3:8-12, James 1:12-18
Mark Hasenmyer read from Hebrews chapter 11 and spoke about Hope. He also gave a detailed explanation of verse 4 (Abel and Cain).
Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Hebrews 11 | The Sacrifice for Sin (cont.)
Allen Daniels read from Hebrews chapter 11 and spoke about Faith and Eternal Life.
Referenced Scriptures: John 3:14-17, John 6:35-40
Mark Hasenmyer gave a follow-up message (from Sept. 28) from Hebrews chapter 10 on Jesus Christ becoming The Sacrifice for Sin, and Faith.
Life of Paul, Faithful Sayings
Allen Daniels spoke about The Life of the Apostle Paul and Faithful Sayings.