FRIENDSHIP
Locust Fork Church will hold a retirement reception honoring Pastor Rufus Harris on July 30, 2:30–4 p.m. Harris has served in ministry for almost 40 years, nearly 19 of those as pastor of Locust Fork. He also has served churches in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi. He and his wife, Emily, have two children and three grandchildren.
Senior pastors at Southern Baptist churches have had to make do with less pay and even less purchasing power recently.
The Warrior crew were the only firefighters from Alabama to assist in the early days of search and rescue at Ground Zero following 9/11. Others from the state assisted in cleanup efforts, but these four were onsite before midnight 9/12/01.
Discovery Clubs after-school Bible club is reaching nearly 80 classrooms in 29 schools in the Birmingham area, and volunteers confirm God is working.
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