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45 Years of Equipping Families to Enjoy the Great Outdoors!

December 26, 2024

The Great Outdoors  presented by: Mark’s Outdoors A special thanks from the family at Mark’s Outdoors for allowing us to serve you for 45 years! Our doors opened in January of 1980 as a small tackle store and has expanded to what you see today! From five employees and less than 2,000 square feet to …

Time for New Year’s Financial Resolutions

December 26, 2024

Money Matters As we think about the changes we want to make in 2025, many of us are mapping out resolutions and thinking of specific words we want to anchor to this year. If you have financial goals for 2025, why not add a few financial resolutions to your list? Here are a few to …

The Perpetually Growing Church

December 26, 2024

Best Books “And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved” (Acts 2:47). Every church was meant to grow. Is yours growing? The Perpetually Growing Church is a how-to book unearthing the best practices of churches experiencing a decade or more of numeric growth. When a local church is a unified, biblically …

Lessons Learned in the Pruning Process

December 26, 2024

Great Outdoors Thunderfoot. That was my daughter Bay’s nickname because of how heavy her foot planted with each step across the hardwood floors of our old house. One day, those steps came pounding down the hall toward our bedroom. My dad sonar also picked up the familiar, yet much more subtle, pinging of her little …

Rick Burgess: Looking into the Future with Faith

December 26, 2024

Cover Story After more than three decades on the airwaves, the iconic “The Rick and Bubba Show” is making way for new ventures and possibilities for host Rick Burgess. The show, which debuted in January 1994, became a mainstay of Southern radio entertainment and made Burgess and his partner Bill “Bubba” Bussey household names and …

The Joy of New Life: Welcoming Baby McKenna

December 26, 2024

Miracle Moments Brought to you by: Molly Maid of Birmingham, www.mollymaid.com/birmingham “… We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, His power, and the wonders He has done.” Psalm 78:4 Watching the children who grew up at Big Oak become young adults who are walking pathways built on the foundation of …

Playful, Patient & Tame: Meet Socks

December 26, 2024

The Family Pet Socks recently came to us and demanded answers. He’s been with the rescue for over a year now. He’s watched other cats come in and be adopted out just as quickly. His own brother was adopted right before his eyes. He’s had several meets and greets with wonderful families and yet, for …

What to Know about Fake Pills

December 26, 2024

Here’s to Your Health Brought to you by Community Partner Compact, www.compact2020.com  You’ve probably heard about fentanyl in the news. Let’s explore what fentanyl is and how it relates to fake pills. Fentanyl is a deadly synthetic opioid that is being pressed into fake pills or cut into heroin, cocaine, and other street drugs to …

Let’s Talk Black-Eyed Peas & Snow Cream

December 26, 2024

The Home Front When I think of January what comes to my mind is the traditional meal I serve my family on New Year’s Day, and how I’m always hopeful that we might get snow this year. So, let’s talk black-eyed peas and snow cream. On New Year’s Day, I serve up black-eyed peas with …

New Year – New Beginning

December 26, 2024

Encouraging Word As 2024 comes to a close, and the New Year begins, we are encouraged to begin a new chapter and make a fresh start.  To help us do that, we need to both take a look back and look forward. Look Back. This involves taking a trip down memory lane.  As we remember, …

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