John Ray Long, director of missions (DOM) for Madison Baptist Association (MBA) and former Home Mission Board (HMB, now the North American Mission Board) missionary,
North Shelby Church, Birmingham, will hold its annual beeping Easter egg hunt for visually impaired children March 28, 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m., at Triple S Farms
Autauga Association will hold a ladies’ retreat called Clean House March 28, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., at Glynwood Church, Prattville. Page Hughes, author and co-founder of
Northside Church, Calera, will hold a conference called Celebrate the Children on March 18, 6 p.m., with guest speaker, singer and musical ventriloquist Lee Pitts
Though traditionally viewed as a Catholic rite, increasing numbers of Baptists are discovering the discipline of Lent. Growing from the free-church branch of Protestantism, Baptists