Volunteers organize cakes, cookies, cupcakes, homemade candy and cake mixes for Coffee Baptist Association’s annual donation to the Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries
First Church, Shelby, will celebrate its 125th anniversary Jan. 9–10. All former pastors and members are invited to a dinner service Jan. 9, 6 p.m.
First Church, Brewton, will host a recognition service for Pastor Jack Fitts on Jan. 10, 9 a.m. There will be a worship service only in
Pleasant View Missionary Church, Holly Pond, will hold a Watch Night on Dec. 31, 8 p.m. Guest singers will be The Singing Commodores. Refreshments will
First Church, Birmingham, exceeded its Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goal Dec. 13, raising $56,129. Jim Cooley is pastor.
Shades Mountain Church, Vestavia Hills, will host a health expo Jan. 6, 3:30–8 p.m. It will include health screenings, physical and spiritual health booths, senior
More than half of the nation’s governors declared their state’s borders closed to Syrian refugees after the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris. But some
Religious denominations are an important fixture in American culture. For many the name of the denomination outlines the scope of one’s religious family. As Baptists,
