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“Remembering the Last Hours”
Photo Fun Eighth grade students at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School(OLS) reenact the passion and death of Jesus Christ, as they presented a live version of the Stations of the Cross in a school assembly. Fifth-grade students at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School reenacted the Passover Meal or Last Supper that took …
Pay Yourself First
Money Matters presented by: Vision Financial Each month you settle down to pay bills. You pay your mortgage lender. You pay the electric company. You pay the trash collector. But do you pay yourself? One of the most basic tenets of sound investing involves the simple habit of “paying yourself first,” in other words, making …
Sowing the Seeds of Christ-Centered Learning in Fairfield
Mission Makers “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.”Proverbs 22:6 With a dedication to Christ-centered teaching and service, Foundations Early Learning & Family Center has quietly grown from an ambitious vision to a thriving preschool in Fairfield, Ala. Foundations opened in 2013 …
Lending a Hand: North Shelby Baptist
Mission Makers Manual labor is the avenue members of North Shelby Baptist Church are using to share God’s love. In 2018, the church has 10 projects underway or in the works that involve “construction evangelism.” A team of about 20 church members recently spent a week pouring their physical and spiritual energies into helping Alder …
Safe House Ministry Continues with Help of HEART Fund
Mission Makers After Tropical Storm Nate pummeled a safe house for girls in Nicaragua, a HEART (Humanitarian Emergency Aid for Rebuilding Tomorrow) Fund grant is helping it get back on its feet — and helping it offer crisis care to its neighbors. The $2500 gift couldn’t have come at a better time, said Landa Carnes, …
Think Through Your Retirement Account Beneficiaries
Legal Matters Presented by: Community Partner Bradford & Holliman, Estate Planning, www.bradfordholliman.com A will designates how you want your assets distributed, but the reality is that most property passes to heirs through less formal means. Joint ownership and beneficiary designations on financial accounts and real estate avoid probate and bypass the terms of your will. However, …
Overcoming Limitations: Experiencing Freedom & Independence in Your Home
Healthy Living One Friday evening, just as I turned on the stove to begin making dinner, the phone rang. I turned the burner off (safety first!) and answered. The caller was Bill, asking if we would be willing to open our office the following day to show his dad a stairlift. He explained that the family …
Turning Chaos into Calm
Special Feature Brought to you by: Community Partner Accounting for Profits Turning Chaos into Calm: A CFO for Hire Helps Growing & Struggling Businesses Is your small or mid- size business having trouble? Do you lay away at night wondering if you will receive enough money tomorrow to make payroll? Is there something not quite …
Q& A with Dr. Kristi Sayers: Candidate for Shelby County Superintendent
Faith at Work Q. How has your faith impacted your desire to serve our community as an educator and an elected official? A. My faith impacts every decision I make. I know that God placed people in my life along the way to act as a support system. Those people were teachers, my parents, my friends’ parents, …
