Would you like to learn how to start a ministry at your church of using plastic bags to make sleeping mats for the homeless? Eastern Hills Baptist in Montgomery will be hosting a Mat Ministry Workshop this Saturday (Oct. 26) 9 a.m.-noon.
On Sept. 24, the University of Montevallo BCM and Montevallo First Baptist Church co-sponsored “Ask Anything” to allow students, church members and area youth the chance to ask anonymous culture-related questions to a panel of experts.
The University of Mobile dedicated the Celia Wallace College of Health Professions during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 17 that honored Wallace, a longtime supporter of the university and a visionary leader in the health care industry.
Alabama Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison, D-Birmingham, recently filed a bill to establish a new funding mechanism to fund public transportation, a measure that she says is necessary to improve the state’s low labor participation rate.
More information is now available for families, schools and other education services providers about how they can participate in the state’s new tax credit for education.
As of Oct. 7, 643 people had requested help with tree removal in Aiken County, South Carolina, in the wake of Hurricane Helene, and people are still pouring in with job requests. An ABDR team is also serving meals in Alma, Georgia.
Ladell Blanton, who served as director of missions for Bethlehem and Pine Barren Baptist associations from 1999 to 2003, died Oct. 3. He also served for years as a pastor in Mississippi.
Alabama Baptist State Convention president Craig Carlisle has agreed to serve a second one-year term in the role if elected by messengers to the upcoming annual meeting in November.
