Free event 5-8pm on the grounds of the Emmet O’Neal Library, 50 Oak St, Mountain Brook, 35213. Hosted by Magic City Smooth Jazz with the help of Thomas Waters State Farm, www.thomaswaters.com. Learn more at www.magiccitysmoothjazz.com, 205-616-1735, www.facebook.com/magiccitysmoothjazz.Read more here! Thomas Waters and his State Farm team helped host Jazz in the Park in Homewood last fall. ...

11 a.m. free worship event at Samford University's Hodges Chapel. Mark Gignilliat will preach a sermon from Romans 11:33-36 called, "Soli Deo Gloria!"

Shopping extravaganza with unique vendors, Café and Sweet Shoppe. Admission $5. Hosted by Just Keep Smiling. 9am-5pm Friday, 9am-3pm Saturday. Cookies with Your Favorite Characters is Sat. 10-Noon. Proceeds assist families with children in medical crisis, www.justkeepsmiling.org.

Listen to a conversation about the relationship between mental health and spirituality and learn how to no longer allow difficulties like depression, anxiety and everyday struggles to limit you during this inaugural retreat held at Shocco Springs, Ala. Read about the retreat speakers and more here. Register at www.nolimitsretreat.org.

Please join us at Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church on Sunday, October 20, 2019 from 4-6 p.m. for this FREE event in our church parking lot! Enjoy inflatables, food trucks, pony rides and more! We will be collecting socks to gift the homeless. Visit http://VHUMC.org/events for more information.