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title: "September Community Buzz"
date: 2026-08-31
author: "Laurie Stroud"
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  - name: "More"
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# September Community Buzz

**Community Buzz**

[![Mark and Marlys Kuehnert](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Mark-and-Marlys-Kuehnert-225x300.jpg "Mark and Marlys Kuehnert")](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Mark-and-Marlys-Kuehnert.jpg)Mark and Marlys Kuehnert recently celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary. They say the secret to a long marriage is to love, laugh and forgive.

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[![Dog Daze](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Dog-Daze-225x300.jpeg "Dog Daze")](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Dog-Daze.jpeg)Thank you Trussville Chamber of Commerce for an awesome Dog Daze celebration in Trussville.

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[![Pastor Hellmers and wife Dee](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Pastor-Hellmers-and-wife-Dee-225x300.jpg "Pastor Hellmers and wife Dee")](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Pastor-Hellmers-and-wife-Dee.jpg)Pastor Clifford Hellmers holds a framed copy of a hymn written and sung for him at the recent celebration of he and his wife Dee’s 50 years of ministry at the Lutheran Church of Vestavia Hills.

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[![Megan Montgomery Foundation check presentation to UAB Theatre](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Megan-Montgomery-Foundation-check-presentation-to-UAB-Theatre-300x156.png "Megan Montgomery Foundation check presentation to UAB Theatre")](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Megan-Montgomery-Foundation-check-presentation-to-UAB-Theatre.png)The Megan Montgomery Foundation recently announced their newest grant of $40,000 to UAB’s Department of Theatre to produce “Red Flags,” a theatre production designed to help young people recognize warning signs in relationships and prevent relationship violence. Learn more about the Foundation at the [Celebrate the Family Expo](https://birminghamchristian.com/event/7th-annual-celebrate-the-family-expo/).

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[![Owen Weldon throws first pitch](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Owen-Weldon-throws-first-pitch-225x300.jpg "Owen Weldon throws first pitch")](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Owen-Weldon-throws-first-pitch.jpg)Owen Weldon, threw out the first pitch for *Birmingham Christian Family* at the recent Faith and Family Night at the Birmingham Barons. Owen’s mom Dori is the event coordinator for the [Celebrate the Family Expo](https://birminghamchristian.com/event/7th-annual-celebrate-the-family-expo/)!

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[![Women's Business Council Summit](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Womens-Business-Council-Summit-225x300.jpg "Women's Business Council Summit")](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Womens-Business-Council-Summit.jpg)COMPACT’s Leah Lightner and T Fox Salon and Spa owner Traci Fox will be two of the women speaking at the upcoming Women’s Business Council of Shelby County Summit October 14, 2026.

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*[![Laurie at Good Day Alabama](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Laurie-at-Good-Day-Alabama-300x225.jpg "Laurie at Good Day Alabama")](https://birminghamchristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Laurie-at-Good-Day-Alabama.jpg)Birmingham Christian Family* was recently featured on WBRC-TV’s Good Day Alabama and other area news media to share about the [Celebrate the Family Expo](https://birminghamchristian.com/event/7th-annual-celebrate-the-family-expo/).