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Great Reads for the Upcoming Christmas Season
Best Books Expecting Christmas That first Christmas, the world missed His coming. They missed worshipping the newborn King. Two thousand years later, people are still missing Him. What if you’re missing Him? What would this Christmas be like if your heart was prepared to expect Christ? Expecting Christmas offers forty daily readings to help center …
My Heart Cries Out
Best Books The best books are not those which merely convey a message of truth, but those which also convey truth beautifully. My Heart Cries Out (Crossway Books) is an example of such writing. Paul David Tripp has given God’s people a gift with his latest book of meditations and prayerful reflections. Tripp’s writing is, as …
The Soldier’s Heart Retreat: Transformation Ministries
Mission Makers Brought to you by: Community Partner White Plume Technologies, www.whiteplum.com Transformation Ministries (TM) is offering a new program designed to help male and female veterans find freedom from the debilitating effects of PTSD on their lives and on the lives of their families. This faith-based program is designed to bring clinical and spiritual …
Holiday Gift Finds at Briarwood Christmas Shop
Cool Stuff Are you ready to start your holiday shopping? You will not want to miss the unique finds available at the annual Briarwood Christmas Shop on November 7-8, 2019! This free admission event, hosted by Briarwood High School Parent Teacher Fellowship (PTF), offers unique gifts for everyone on your Christmas list. Shoppers will find …
Bringing Lessons to Life
Education Extra Prince of Peace Catholic School (POP) eighth grade students participated in an amazing “green engineering day” field trip to Southern Research’s STEM Education Outreach Center in Birmingham. It complemented their current classroom studies about energy, and they were able to do hands-on applications of energy concepts! The middle schoolers created their own circuit …
Former Pope Guard Visits with OLS
Photo Fun Thierry Roch, former security for Pope Francis at the Vatican and a member of the Swiss Guard, recently spoke to the students at Our Lady of Sorrows(OLS) Catholic School in Homewood. In an assembly, he shared with them what it was like to provide protection for the leader of the Catholic Church. †
Caring for the Church
Photo Fun Leaders of the Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church Women’s Altar Sodality perform many services for the parish and the community including cleaning and caring for the sacristy, collecting food and items for the needy, making rosaries and baptismal stoles, and cooking meals. †
Thank You for your Service!
Photo Fun Vestavia Hills native Petty Officer 1st Class Timothy Marshall is an instructor at Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) where he provides cutting-edge technical training that transforms civilians into mission-ready sailors. “Serving in the Navy means contributing to something bigger than myself on a global scale, and doing my best every day to …
