Meek Church, Arley, will help sponsor Arley-Davidson Days Oct. 9–11. All bikes are welcome. The fundraiser will support the Arley Youth Endowment. For information visit
New Haven Church, Anniston, will celebrate homecoming Oct. 18, 10 a.m. The Galloways, of Nashville, Tenn., will provide special music. Lunch will follow. Roy L.
First Church, Mobile, is offering a new ballet and tumbling class for 3- and 4-year-olds at the church’s preschool on Wednesdays. Kendra Partridge of Mobile
Mountain Creek Church, Marbury, will celebrate its 101st homecoming Oct. 11, 10 a.m., with former Pastor Wayne Smith as guest speaker. The Kellys will provide
A congregation’s health depends less on theology than methodology, according to a first look at an upcoming national study by Hartford Seminary’s Institute for Religion