Youth Mission Dinner & Trivia Night
Sunday, April 19, 5:30 PM

Do you like to eat good food? Enjoy laughing with friends? Have fun playing games? Then you need to join this Sunday, at 5:30 pm in the fellowship hall. Our youth are headed to All People’s Community Center in Los Angeles, CA to be in ministry with people in inner city LA and we need your help. Tickets for dinner are $15/person. Trivia Teams are 6-8 people and there is a $25 registration fee per team with some terrific   prizes for our winners. Bring your checkbooks and open hearts as we support our youth in missions! Tickets on sale now!

“I have come that you may have life, and have it abundantly,” says Jesus.

Join us this Sunday as Rev. Troy Tatum preaches a new series of sermons on receiving the life of abundance Jesus offers. We’ll wrestle with some big questions - like Who am I created to be? and What is God calling me to do? - as we seek to live more fully the lives Jesus wants for us.

Mark your calendars and plan to join us for the 10th Annual Birmingham Crop Hunger Walk this Sunday at Caldwell Park - stepping off at 2:30 p.m.

After several rainy past events, we've moved the walk date a bit earlier and are looking forward to lots of sunshine and fun for our 10th Anniversary.

This 5K family walk event supports the local hunger fighting efforts of Greater Birmingham Ministries and the world hunger programs of Church World Service.

We will have walker registration forms and promotional materials available soon.  Please plan to support this event so we can reach our goal of $100,000.00 raised so far.  Thank you for your wonderful support of hungry families in Birmingham and around the world.

Sharon Orazine, Outreach Mission

Will continue to meet on Sunday evenings at 5:00 p.m. throughout the month of April. The Praise Kids are hard at work rehearsing for the presentation of their musical, "BIG FISH" on Sunday, May 3 after worship in the Family Life Center.

Join us for a Baby Shower!
 
Please join us for a drop in baby shower honoring 
Sarah Ford and Kimberly Jones.
 
Sunday, April 26th, in the Fireside Room
Guests are invited to come and go between
1:00 and 3:00 PM
 
Please RSVP to Shaina Berry by April 19th
859-227-5701 or Shaina.R.Berry@gmail.com
 
Both Sarah and Kimberly are registered at 
Babies"R"Us, Buy Buy Baby, and Target
 

TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 6:30 PM

FEATURING JAMES STRANGE
HOLY LAND ARCHAEOLOGIST & SAMFORD PROFESSOR
BBQ & FIXIN'S FOR DINNER!

James Strange is an associate professor in the religion department at Samford University, where he researches archaeology of Palestine. He teaches courses in New Testament, the archaeology of Palestine, and is Director of the Excavations at Shikhin in Israel. He received his B.A. (Classics) from Furman University, an M.Div. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, an M.A. from the University of South Florida, and his Ph.D. (New Testament and Formative Christianity) from Emory University. Publications include The Moral World of James (Peter Lang, 2010) and Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods (2014). He is married to Laura Strange. They have a daughter, Sarah, who is an RN in the Emergency Department of UAB Hospital, and a dog, Liza, who guards the house.

In just a few weeks you'll have the options of giving online and automating your regular donations with our new electronic giving program. First Christian Church relies on the financial support of the congregation and electronic giving offers an easy way to give on a recurring basis. Be on the lookout for more information soon. Thank you for all you do to support the ministries of First Christian Church!

Don't forget to pick your copy up from Ann Langley or come by the office to get your copy.   Priority will be given to those who had their picture taken.