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Construc tion Missionaries Needed P.3

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C h o i rM i s s i o n

“It’s more than

music; it’s training

for life.”Birmingham Boys Choir

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _YOUR OPPORTUNITIES

ARE HERE!ACTIVE Adult Teams

Guy’s Sharpen Up BreakfastsBible Studies

Book ClubsMellow Brook Singers

Mission Trips Grantswood Projects

Stretch ClassesVisiting Homebound Members

Women’s Ministries

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MONTHLYNEWSLETTER OF

MOUNTAIN BROOK BAPTIST CHURCH

55+ MINISTRY

(Ministry for Adults 55+)

The Birmingham Boys Chamber Choir will be the program for the April ACTIVE lun-cheon on April 12 at 11:30am. Make your reservation for this special program.

The chamber choir is a select ensemble within the Birmingham Boys Choir, made up of boys in grades 6-12. Singing both sacred and secular music, they participate in various concerts and programs through-out the area. The Birmingham Boys Choir is celebrating its 45th year and 40 years under the direction of Susan and Ken Berg.

Since 1978 the Birmingham Boys Choir has been trained by its choirmaster, Mr. Ken Berg, and his staff. He continues to raise the level of excellence which the choir enjoys, and it flourishes under his leadership. Ken Berg is a graduate of Samford University where he received both his Bachelor and Master of Music Education degrees. Ken is a published composer with several different publishing compa-nies.

Susan Berg is Pianist, executive secretary and director of the Junior Choristers. Susan has a private piano studio and

has served in various offices of local music teacher’s organizations. Susan has served as church pianist and children’s choir coor-dinator for several area churches. She is a frequent clinician for younger children’s choirs. She is a Summa Cum Laude gradu-ate of Samford University.

In recent years our church has had mem-bers who encouraged their boys to partici-pate in this meaningful and excellent vocal opportunity to enrich their lives. Currently Wesley and Bates Whetstone sing in the choir as did their older brother Morgan. Joshua and Elijah Calvert have joined them. Thank the Calverts and Whetstones!

The choir is collaborating with Embel-lishments Handbell Choir. There will be a concert on Sunday, April 22 from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm at Metropolitan Church . Tickets are $10 on www.eventbrite.com.

Birmingham Boys Chamber Choir

Sharpen Up Breakfast6:30 am - Heritage Hall

The last men’s breakfast until fall is April 24This is open to boys, young men and adults.

Color Markers ForGrantswood’s Kids

Grantswood children were doing crafts during a recent event that MBBC members coordinated. One child did not want to leave her craft and after she was told that she could finish the project at home, the child respond-ed, “I do not have markers at home.” Before school lets out for the summer, the goal is to provide each child a pack of markers for the sum-mer. Please send a contri-bution to the finance office designated for Color Makers for Grantswood.

Family Mission Trip Golf Tournament

The Family Mission Trip fund raising golf tournament is Monday, April 30 from 8am to 2pm. Contact Sharon Howard ([email protected]) for more information.

Books, CD’s & Prizes

Mellow Brook Singers will be going to Amelia Island in April. A senior center needs good, popular, used books, movie DVD’s and BINGO prizes. Do not buy anything. Just bring what you have around the house that is in good shape and current for 55+ adults. Please do not clean out your old and dated books or worn out items. DUE BY April 20th.

Trips for ACTIVE Christian Living

Collinsville Trade DayCollinsville, Alabama

Meet at church at 7:15 am (Time Change)Depart church at 7:30 amCost: Lunch money

Saturday, April 14, 2018

Come to historic Collinsville, Alabama and experience one of the largest outdoor markets in the south. We have more than you could possibly see on a Saturday, so plan to come back again and again. When you get here you will find all kinds of antiques, collectibles, children’s toys and clothes, work clothes and boots, fishing gear, fresh fruit and

vegetables, furniture, tools and a whole lot more! We have everything from “cribs to coffins.” We also have several food vendors making all sorts of tasty treats. At Collinsville Trade Day you can find homemade ice cream, hand dipped corndogs, authentic Mexican food and of course, hamburgers and hotdogs.

Tennessee Williams Home & Rosedale Historic HomeColumbus, Mississippi

Meet at church at 8:00 amDepart church at 8:15 amCost: $10 plus lunch money

This trip is rescheduled from January when the trip was cancelled due to the threat of bad weather. The bus will leave the church parking lot at 8:15 am. Upon arriving in Columbus, MS we will have lunch at Harvey’s Restaurant.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennes-see Williams, considered the most im-portant American playwright, was born in Columbus, Mississippi in 1911. He spent

his beginning years in an old Victorian home that was the rectory for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, where his grandfather served as minister.

Then we will tour ROSEDALE, which is considered one of the finest examples of Italianate architecture in Mississippi. Rosedale was entirely restored to its orig-inal 1856 state, including original paint colors and wallpaper patterns.

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Amish Country Etheridge, Tennessee

Meet at church at 7:15amDepart church at 7:30 amCost: $10 plus lunch money

Visit one of Tennessee’s old-order Amish communities in Ethridge. Old-order Amish forgo any modern convenienc-es – things like electricity, the internal combustion engine and indoor plumbing. A trip to their farms is like a step back in time. Enjoy Amish country wagon tour, Amish crafts, antiques, glassware, cast iron, vintage jewelry and more. Pick up jams, jellies, pickles, chow-chow, candy,

jerky, butter and cheese. Bring cash to shop.

In 1944, the Amish people migrated to Lawrence County, Tennessee. There are now approximately 300 Amish farms in Ethridge. The Amish community at Ethridge is one of a handful in Tennessee, and at ten church districts, the largest Amish settlement in the South.

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

ACTIVE Monthly Luncheons ACTIVE Christian Living Leadership ACTIVE COMMITTEELarry Bearden, Claudette Bearden, Sale Calhoun, Chris Clark, Rachel Hubbard, David Jackson, Sara Jackson, Nancy Lewis, Clyde McCain, Shirley McCain, Ann McGuire, Mike McGuire, Jean Nunnelley, Buddy Perez, Carol Perez

TEAMSANNUAL BIG TRIP: Ina Faye Anderson, Janie Barnes, Peggy Holmes

AT HOME MINISTRY: Brenda Atkins, Cecil Avery, Chris Clark, Retta Dean, Mary Kate Dyer, Herb Gannon, Toye Gannon, Anna Lou Hemphill, Rachel Hubbard, Joyce Johnson, Rachel Walton, Sue Watkins

DAY TRIPS: Brenda Adkins, Janie Barnes, Sale Calhoun, Buddy and Carol Perez

DECORATING & SERVING: Ina Faye Anderson, Janie Barnes, Jean Guthrie, Nancy Lewis, Ann McGuire, Mike McGuire

MAIL: Brenda Adkins, Claudette Bearden, David Jackson, Beverley King, Emma Laura Patrick, Sue Watkins, June Whitlow

MISSIONS: Pat Ferguson, June Whitlow

MONTHLY LUNCHEON:Sale Calhoun, Clyde McCain, Shirley McCain, Buddy Perez, Carol Perez

PHOTOGRAPHY:

SERVING: Ina Faye Anderson, Janie Barnes, Larry Bearden, Kay Formby, Peggy Holmes, Nancy Lewis, June Whitlow (Cashier)

TELECARE: Brenda Adkins, Shirley Austin, June Whitlow

Alabama 200Lunch: 11:30 amCost: $6

Formed as a territory on March 3, 1817, Alabama became the nation’s twenty- second state on December 14, 1819. ALABAMA 200 that began in 2017, is a three-year celebration of the people, places, and events that form our rich history.

Laura Caldwell Anderson, Director of Operations at the Alabama Humanities

Foundation (AHF) will speak on what Alabama 200 is. Prior to her joining the AHF staff, Laura was with the Bir-mingham Civil Rights Institute where she served as archivist. An alumna of the University of Montevallo, Laura earned graduate degrees from the Uni-versity of West Georgia and the Univer-sity of Alabama with an emphasis on History and American Studies.

Thursday, May 10, 2018

ACTIVE 2020 Passion Play TripMay 24 - June 2, 20206-Night Danube RIver CruiseMunich, Passau, Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest

The epic Passion Play that depicts the life and death of Jesus began back in 1634 to commemorate Oberammer-gau’s citizens surviving the Bubonic Plague. They vowed that if God were to spare them and He did, they would perform a Passion Play every ten years.

Not a single person fell victim to the Plague.This is a trip of a lifetime.

Contact Dr. Kely Hatley if you are interest-ed in booking your space for 2020 Passion Play and Danube River Cruise. The deposit is due by May 30, 2018. BOOK NOW!

18 Tickets Available12 Already Booked!

Construction Missionaries NeededThis summer, June 9-16, 2018, Builders for Christ from Mountain Brook Baptist Church will go to Jacob’s Well Church in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to build a new/larger worship center for this rapidly growing church.

Prior to 2006, Jacobs Well Church was meeting in schools and had 350 people in attendance. In 2006 Builders for Christ went back to Jacobs Well and built a 34,000 square feet sanctuary and children’s education area. Then in 2011 because they had out grown their space for the children, we returned to build a 17,000 square feet children’s wing. Today they have over 2,100 in attendance every weekend. They have outgrown their worship space and we will be constructing a new worship area that will seat 750. They will simul-cast their services into the old worship

area. This will enable 1,300 people to worship at one time. It’s exciting to see God at work in this congregation.

Volunteers are needed to join our team to build a tool that Jacob’s Well Church can use to bring more people to know Christ. “Construction Missionaries” will be roofing, running electrical wire, and installing the ductwork for the heating and cooling systems. We can’t forget the cooks. Everyone enjoys eating and the fellowship time during our meals. To sign up, contact Amy Jackson at the church. Her contact information is (205) 803-3471 or [email protected]. We would love to have you join us. No experience is necessary.

To accommodate folks with commit-ments on Saturday, June 9, a group will leave on Monday the 11th. (by Ed Wills)

• April ACTIVE Luncheon - Thursday, April 12, 11:30 am, Hudson Hall - Cost $6. Hear the Birmingham Boys Chamber Choir under the direction of Ken and Susan Berg.

• April Day Trip - Saturday, April 14, 7:15 am - Cost: Lunch money. Be early and enjoy a trip to Collinsville Trade Day.

• April Mellow Brook Singers Spring Tour - Sunday April 22, 12:00 pm thru Thursday, April 26 to Amelia Island, FL

• May ACTIVE Luncheon - Thursday, May 10, 11:30 am - Cost $6. Learn what is happening to celebrate the Bicentennial of Alabama.

• May Day Trip - Tuesday, May 15, 8:00 am - Cost: $10 plus lunch money. Meet in church parking lot and depart at 8:15 am for Columbus, MS to tour Tennessee Williams Home.

• June Day Trip - Wednesday, June 6, 10:30 am - Cost: $20 (Lunch included). Group will use Don Logan’s suite and watch a Baron’s home baseball game at Regions Park. Trip FULL - Waiting list started!

• June Day Trip - Tuesday, June 12, 7:15 am - Cost: $10 plus lunch money. Group will travel to Etheridge, TN to tour Amish Country.

• July Day Trip - Tuesday, July 7, 8:30 am - Cost: $60 plus lunch money. Group will travel to Alabama Shakespeare Theater in Montgomery to tour backstage and see the musical, Annie.

ACTIVITY SCALELe ve l D e f i n i t i o n

Easy : minimal walk ing

M o derate: walk up toa mi le

Ac tive: walk as much as t wo mi les

Challenging: spend mostof the day on the go

Make Your Reservations

TODAY!

3631 Montevallo Road SouthBirmingham, AL 35213205-871-0331 Church 205-803-3458 Kely’s Office Phonewww.mbbc.org

Calendar At A Glance

ACTIVE Christian Living Issue 32 2018