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Kampfire for the King raises $320,000 for King’s Home

King’s Home reported its largest crowd to date at the 11th annual Kampfire for the King Celebration, a ...

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Asbury UMC staff ‘astounded’ at Halloween Parade turnout

Asbury’s drive-thru Halloween Parade – the 2020 version of the church’s annual trunk-or-treat event – drew hundreds of ...

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Asbury to host drive-thru Halloween Parade for families

The church’s drive-thru Halloween Parade on Oct. 25 from 4-6 p.m. will feature decorated trunks, copious amounts of ...

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Ready for School: MDO Program celebrates pre-K graduates

Kristie Bradberry became emotional as she saw children in Liberty Baptist Church’s Little Lambs Mother’s Day Out Program ...

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Drive-by boost: Church hosts parade for memory-care program participants

The memory-care program’s Drive-By Summer Kick-Off Parade gave participants and their caregivers the opportunity to return to the ...

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Respite ministry plans Drive-by Summer Kickoff Parade for June 1

NORTH SHELBY — Volunteers and staff from Anchor Community Respite Ministry at Asbury United Methodist Church will hold ...

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Asbury to reopen food pantry in June

Organizers are asking for donations of food and hygiene items in anticipation of a larger-than-normal influx of customers.

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Churches plan alternate approaches to Vacation Bible School

“People are being creative because Vacation Bible School is such an opportunity for us to show the gospel, ...

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Church launches initiative to support local restaurants

After a conversation with a church member, Valleydale Church pastor Patrick Sawyer saw the potential for another initiative ...

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Evangelist ministering through roadside signs

“I’m walking, pointing up…every honk and every wave, every thumb up, every shout, every point to God is ...

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Churches plan creative Easter activities for families

Easter this year will look different amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but local churches are organizing social-distancing-oriented activities for ...

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Christ Church United Methodist hosting PPE Drive

With supplies low across the country for medical professionals and others who need personal protective equipment, Christ Church ...

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Asbury UMC finds new ways to minister during pandemic

“We may not be there, but everything we normally do we are still doing in some capacity,” Amy ...

280 Reporter

David Peacock ministers with music at St. Vincent’s

BIRMINGHAM — The crisp, rhythmic strumming of an acoustic guitar and the primal, sometimes mellow, notes that reverberate ...

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PROFILE: W.J. Posey’s life story has been tied to Coosa Valley Baptist for 43 years

“All of a sudden, everything in my view changed. I had never seen anything like it. I ran ...

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