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A Little Homework Goes a Long Way When It Comes to Your Taxes

December 26, 2018

Money Matters presented by: Vision Financial If you fail to estimate your federal income tax withholding properly, it may cost you in a variety of ways. If you receive an income tax refund, it essentially means that you provided the IRS with an interest-free loan during the year. By comparison, if you owe taxes when …

Where to Invest Family Time in 2019: Consider an International Mission Trip

December 26, 2018

Mission Makers Brought to you by: Community Partner Brilliant Web Works, www.brilliantly.net When your teenage son chooses Haiti over Disneyworld, you know you’re doing something right as a Christian parent. When your 11-year-old shares his salvation story in a park with over 100 people, you don’t have to wonder if the cost was worth it for …

Estate Planning for the New Year

December 26, 2018

Legal Matters Presented by: Bradford & Holliman, Estate Planning, www.bradfordholliman.com A good new year resolution is to pay for estate planning for your grown children.  Not only is it a good idea, it is a great idea!  An estate plan is something they need and just may save them immense heartache, anxiety and money in the …

Ask for Help: Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s

December 26, 2018

Healthy Living Not everyone has the time, energy, or resources to be a round-the-clock caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s Disease or related dementias. It can be challenging but we at Brookdale University Park work with residents and caregivers to find their interests and passions to incorporate into our community! We take a person-centered approach to …

Resolve to Spend More Time Outdoors in 2019

December 26, 2018

The Great Outdoors presented by Mark’s Outdoors The Christmas season has come and gone and now it’s New Year’s Resolution time. I encourage you to set goals for yourself and your family and hopefully make this year even better than the last. As a rule, New Year’s resolutions usually revolve around things like fitness. “Ok, …

Flourish in 2019: Overcome the Darkness!

December 26, 2018

Faith At Work  In January of each year I pray for a word-a word that I can use throughout the year to pray on and encourage me in my daily walk. Several years ago, that word was Flourish-when God first laid it on my heart, I didn’t quite understand why this was the word He …

Healthy Pursuits for 2019

December 26, 2018

Encouraging Word  As we begin a new year, I thought of two Bible verses that will encourage and enable us to successfully deal with the obstacles and challenges that life can bring. II Timothy 1:7 says, “For God has not given us a spirit of timidity (fear), but of power and love and discipline.”  A …

Why Can’t I Ever Seem to Get All My Ducks in a Row?

December 26, 2018

Education Extra Brought to you by: White Plume Technologies, www.whiteplume.com Learning to “Cope with Life” and the things that life throws at us, has been a major source of stress in a person’s life since the beginning of time. The funny thing is…God created our brains to deal with multiple tasks and problems at very …

God Did It!

December 26, 2018

Special Feature Through the collaboration of hundreds of Jesus loving people and a leadership that is sold out to Jesus every hour of every day, the I Cared Enough Thanksgiving Outreach has been happening for 18 years. Can you believe that?! 18 years of sacrifice and faith rides of trusting and waiting on God and …

New Resource to Help Local Families in Crisis

December 21, 2018

Mission Makers Sav-A-Life Pregnancy Resource Center in Vestavia recently dedicated its new education building at a ceremony honoring the ministry’s founders, Wales and Jean Goebel. The Wales Goebel Family Education Center will house Sav-A-Life ‘s rapidly growing programs for family support and counseling.  Wales Goebel Ministry gifted the commercial building at 1484 McGuire Road in …

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