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First Church, Gordon, will celebrate homecoming and its 150th anniversary June 4, 11 a.m. Former Pastor Willie Parker will speak and Lydia Berry will provide special music. Past members and friends are invited to help celebrate this special occasion. Lunch will follow the service. Bobby Elliott is pastor.
The idea was so uncomfortable at first. Emma Kate Taylor didn’t even know if it would work. “I didn’t want to be seen as weird,” she said.
It’s not something you see every day — even at an airport. A routine security screening at Alabama’s Gulf Shores International Airport led to the recovery of five stolen Civil War-era cannonballs hidden in a passenger’s checked suitcase.
Ask many young adults why they are going to college, and they’ll likely say something along the lines of “to get a job.” Ask them what kind of job — and why that’s the one they want — might give them pause.
Calvary Baptist Church, Prattville, will host a back to school “bash and splash” Aug. 8, 9–11 a.m.
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