Baptist News

St. Clair Association Sulphur Springs Church, Trussville, packed 1,106 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, surpassing their goal of 1,000 and the 2015 total of 910

Shelby Association Siluria Church, Alabaster, will host Tim and Charlotte Cearley to speak Dec. 4, 11 a.m. Tim Cearley is the director of programs for

Pine Barren Association Vredenburgh Church will hold a Christmas fellowship following the 11 a.m. worship service Dec. 11. Thomas Anderson is pastor.

Pine Barren Association Bible Fellowship Church, Camden, will hold a benefit singing for Tyler Halbrook on Dec. 3. The church also will hold a live

North Jefferson Association Donnell Brown is the new pastor of New Beginnings Community Church, Graysville. He previously served as director of missions for Morgan Association.

North Jefferson Association Theophilus Knowles is the new pastor of First Church, Brookside. He holds degrees from Arizona State University in Tempe and The Nation

North Jefferson Association First Church, Mount Olive, will hold a senior adult Christmas banquet Dec. 9, 6 p.m. Guy Anderson will be the special guest.

Morgan Association First Church, Hartselle, honored Beth Brown in a retirement reception Nov. 11. She served as church secretary of First, Hartselle, for almost 20