In collaboration with U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, introduced a bill Tuesday (Sept. 24) that would require social media platforms to carry a warning label on mental health risks.
Merle Kyles, age 93, has been teaching Sunday School and Vacation Bible School to children for 48 years at New Salem Baptist Church outside of Reform on County Road 3. Her church and her family have spoken of her impact on their lives.
Jackie Masters of York is the quintessential church secretary. “That was my mission, my calling,” says the 87-year-old. With the exception of seven years of retirement in the early 2000s, she has been her church’s secretary since 1972.
When Jennifer Dobson’s daughter, Lily, was 8 years old, they had an experience at a pumpkin patch that changed the way they looked at things.
Johnny Walker, who served as pastor of York Baptist Church in the 1970s, died Aug. 28. He was 77.
Gerald Max Sims, who served as a bivocational music minister for his entire adult life — most recently at Central Baptist Church in Florence — died Aug. 8.
People are often afraid of finding their purpose because they think it won’t make sense to the rest of the world, said James Spann, chief meteorologist for ABC 33/40. He later added, “Every job is a ministry.”
With the college football season now upon us, University of Alabama fans will soon be hearing from Chris Stewart as he calls games as the official “voice of the Crimson Tide.”
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