BIRMINGHAM Mountain Brook Church, Birmingham, will host Fisher Humphreys, professor of divinity, emeritus, at Samford University in Birmingham, for a public lecture series on “The Purposes of God” on Oct. 17, 6 p.m. He also will lecture at Samford on Oct. 16, 3 p.m. and Oct. 18, 10 a.m. For more information call 205-871-0331. Doug Dortch is pastor.