Laurie’s Blog

Publisher’s Note The application portal opened on Friday January 12, 2024 for area high school seniors to apply for the 6th Annual Birmingham Christian Family Scholarship Awards. Students are asked to submit a short essay on the following prompt: “How has your Christian faith impacted your decision making in your high school career.” This year …

Publisher’s Note Merry Christmas to You- Our Readers! As we celebrate the season, all of us at Birmingham Christian Family wanted to do something special for readers like you who read and spread Good News with your family and friends each month- either sharing a print issue or reading and sharing one of our articles …

Publisher’s Note Happy Thanksgiving & Merry Christmas to You- Our Readers! As we celebrate the season, all of us at Birmingham Christian Family wanted to do something special for readers like you who read and spread Good News with your family and friends each month- either sharing a print issue or reading and sharing one …

Publisher’s Note As we turn 23, we would like to invite you to come and celebrate with us at our 4th Annual Celebrate the Family Expo! Saturday September 16, 2023 at the Hoover Met Complex Finley Center. Enjoy fun, free activities from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and learn about resources right here in our community designed …

Publisher’s Note Birmingham Christian Family(BCF) is celebrating 23 years of spreading Good News in our community- that’s more than 275 monthly issues of the BCF magazine! We invite you to come and celebrate with us at the 4th Annual Celebrate the Family Expo. The event, packed with free activities for the whole family, is September …

Publisher’s Note This Father’s Day, the team at Christian Family Publications wanted to take a moment to recognize the important roles our fathers have played in our lives and thank them for it. “Big Hug. Big Smile. Big Love. That’s my Daddy. A Big Thank You Daddy for teaching me what it looks like to …

Publisher’s Note This Mother’s Day, the team at Christian Family Publications wanted to take a moment to recognize the important roles our mothers have played in our lives and thank them for it.  “I’m so thankful for my mom’s laugh- it’s infectious- in fact my kids say she gave it to me! On a more …

Publisher’s Note 159 area high school seniors recently shared with us how their Christian faith has impacted their decision making during their high school career. Each student shared these details with us in an essay they submitted as a part of the 5th annual Birmingham Christian Family(BCF) Scholarship program sponsored by the American Village, The …

Publishers Note High School Seniors in the five county Birmingham area have until Thursday March 17, 2023 to apply for the  5th Annual Birmingham Christian Family Scholarship Awards. This year we will have three scholarship recipients who will be able to use their award at the college or university of their choice- $2000 to winner, …

Publisher’s Note My son Benton tried to make his teeth wiggle all through Kindergarten in hopes of having his name on the “snaggel tooth” bulletin board. Finally, at the age of six and a half, he came running to me with not one- but two loose teeth. He grinned and bared it as we helped …