Youth/Kids
Are You Ready for Family Camp?
Ahhh…just thinking about summer vacation gets me excited about warmer weather, longer days, and meaningful family time together. The options of where to go and what to do are countless, and trying to please my crew had become more of a dreadful chore than an enthusiastic adventure…until a couple of years ago when we had …
Finley Center Opens
New Finley Center Opens to Summer Sports Campers Summer sports campers will be some of the first individuals in our community to enjoy the new 155, 000 square foot Finley Center at the Hoover Met Complex. The first of its kind in Alabama, the indoor event center will host basketball, flag football, volleyball, soccer activities …
Dino Day at Our Lady of Sorrows
“Dino Day” As a part of their science curriculum, Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School second graders, including Abby Smith and Ace Pryor, had the opportunity to create their own dinosaurs and dinosaur masks for “Dino Day.”
Listen Up!
Bringing Out the Winner One of the greatest weaknesses that we have seen in parents over the years is not knowing how to listen to their children – or choosing not to listen. Listening is essential to knowing where your children are and where they may be headed. Practice. Listening is a learned and practiced …
Are We There Yet?
Castin’ N Catchin’ to Help Kids with Heart Disease When Brody Simpson was born May 8, 2015, his parents Jason and Lacey Simpson expected everything would be normal, but as soon as Lacey had a C-section, they realized they were wrong. Brody had outer birth defects that led doctors to discover that he has Shone’s …
Special Feature: Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries
Party at the Parks Celebrates Foster Families On Saturday, May 6, make plans to join Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries (ABCH) for our third annual Party at the Parks event! Come enjoy for FREE, inflatables for all ages, photos with fairytale princesses and superheroes, face painting, yard games, snow cones, music, and popcorn. …
Education Extra: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School
OLS Teachers Provide Service Outside the Classroom Homewood, AL-(March 6, 2017)-The teachers at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School (OLS) recently dedicated a day of service to their community. Dividing into groups, the educators visited specific organizations and devoted their time and knowledge to helping others outside their classrooms. The nonprofit organizations they visited during …
