Faith at Work
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, …
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, …
May Cover Story: Scott Dawson
A New Path of Service: Scott Dawson Scott Dawson has already left his mark on all of Alabama’s 67 counties. As the founder of Birmingham-based Scott Dawson Evangelistic Association, he has preached, spoken in schools, organized events on football fields, and hosted students and youth leaders at conferences. He jokes that perhaps ABC 33/40 meteorologist …
Do We Really Live in a Post-Truth World?
Special Feature With the truth twisting, emotional appeals, and personal attacks that characterized this last election season, Oxford Dictionaries selected “post-truth” as the word for 2016. According to the dictionary, “post-truth” means, “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” …
Living Your Values by Swinging a Hammer
Mission Makers Brought to you by: Community Partner Aho Architects, LLC, www.ahoarch.com April is National Volunteer Month, and in recognition of this issue’s theme of “Ways You Can Serve,” Community Partner Aho Architects, LLC would like to tell its story in the hope that it will encourage and inspire others to find similar ways to …
Finding Your Place to Serve: Christian’s Place Mission
Mission Makers Brought to you by: Community Partner Tom Douglass, TomDouglassRealtor.com “Christian’s Place Mission (CPM) is an organization founded on God’s love and hopes to teach everyone to fish,” explains Tom Douglass, a long-time volunteer of the non-profit ministry based in Nauvoo, Ala. Most of the residents in the rural Winston/Walker County live well below …
National Christian Foundation Alabama Turns 10
Mission Makers A Celebration of Generosity: National Christian Foundation Alabama Turns 10 After retiring from the food brokerage business in 2008, Birmingham’s Tom Bradford felt God calling him to use his gifts to establish The National Christian Foundation (NCF) Alabama, an affiliate of NCF, the largest Christian Foundation in the country. He was later joined …
The Woman Driving McDowell Security: Candyce McDowell
Faith at Work Husband and wife teams in business are nothing new, but often-times one gets overshadowed when the business breaks out. As the President of Birmingham based McDowell Security, Jeff McDowell is the face of the business and the one you see quoted most often. However, Jeff is quick to tell you that he …
