Shades Mountain Church, Vestavia Hills, anniversary

August 25, 2011

Shades Mountain Church, Vestavia Hills, will celebrate its 100th anniversary Sept. 18. The celebration service will be at 9:30 a.m. There will be a New

Mountain Brook Church, Birmingham, retirement reception

August 25, 2011

Mountain Brook Church, Birmingham, will hold a reception Sept. 11, 11 a.m., honoring Senior Minister James D. Moebes as he retires after 38 years of

Baptists respond to areas devastated by April tornadoes

August 25, 2011

• The disaster relief team of Community Baptist Church, Maylene, in Shelby Baptist Association has aided tornado survivors since April 27. We chose to stay

Decatur’s Central Baptist choir ‘blesses’ recovering churches

August 25, 2011

The lights went out, causing a scramble for candles and flashlights as the musicians prepared to play and sing. Power was finally restored but the

Rioters in England, Somalia show scope of human hunger

August 25, 2011

Please, sir, I want some more.” Who can forget these haunting words of a desperately hungry 9-year-old boy in Charles Dickens’ novel “Oliver Twist”? The

Rooks, Lilly Claude

August 25, 2011

First Baptist Church, Russellville Franklin Baptist Association Favorite Bible Verse: Psalm 46:1 Favorite Hymns: “It Is Well With My Soul” and “How Great Thou Art”

Murray, Robert Frederick “Rob”

August 25, 2011

Robert Frederick “Rob” Murray, recreational ministry director for Valleydale Baptist Church, Birmingham, died Aug. 13. He was 56. Murray graduated from the University of Southern