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Aug 29
2012The Mission has been blessed with visits from local church and community leaders...
Rick Burgess of the "Rick & Bubba Radio Show" with Tony Cooper
prior to the chapel serviceThroughout the summer, the Jimmie Hale Mission's Shepura Men's Center was blessed to host many community leaders who wanted to share with the men we serve.
These speakers have shared their testimonies, life stories and heart-felt advice to the men we serve in hopes that they will be inspired to live for God.
Rev Arthur Price of 16th Street Baptist Church prays with a program participant.We are so honored to have these speakers share with us. To date, here is a list of the speakers we've been fortunate to host:
- Dr. John King - Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church
- Jason Williams - Missions Pastor, Briarwood Presbyterian
- Rev. Arthur Price Jr. - Pastor of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
- Dr. Mike McLemore - Director of the Birmingham Baptist Association
- Rick Burgess - Host of the syndicated Rick & Bubba Show on WZZK
- Mike Royer - Co-anchor of weekday evening newscasts and "The Spirit of Alabama" on NBC 13
- Sheriff Mike Hale - Sheriff of Jefferson County, AL
- Dr. Joe Godfrey - Director of ALCAP
- Rev. Kevin Moore- Facilitator/Executive Director of Mission Birmingham
- Dr. Calvin Kelly - Former Senior Pastor at Valleydale Church
- Bill Heintz - Director of the Foundry
- Valton Johnson -President of the Johnson Group, former Director at Virginia College
- James Spann - Meteorologist and TV personality on ABC 33/40
- Dr. Don Hawkins - President of Southeastern Bible College
- Rev. Doug Moore - Evangelist and retired Pastor of First Baptist Church of Mount Olive
- Rev. John Cantelow - Pastor of Sixth Avenue Baptist Church
- Frank Woodson - Executive Director of Mission Birmingham
- Rev. Christ Lamb - Pastor of Glen Iris Baptist Church
- Ken Lass - Anchor on CBS 42
- Dr. Al Sutton - Pastor of Living Stones Temple
- Rev. Tim Henning - Pastor of Trussville Alliance Church
- Rev. Layne Schranz - Associate Pastor of Church of the Highlands
- Rev. Steve Loggins - Director of the North Jefferson Baptist Association
- Rev. John Mount - Pastor of Aldersgate United Methodist Church
- Dr. Mike Shaw - Pastor of First Baptist Church of Pelham
- Tom Zobel - Executive Director of Brother Bryan Mission
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Aug 27
2012Do you know about Discovery Clubs?
Discovery Clubs is the newest member of the Jimmie Hale Mission's family of ministries. We're so blessed to include them as a way to reach out to children in the public school system.
Here, a volunteer works with a child in a local Discovery ClubIn short, Discovery Clubs is an after-school, on-campus program where we share the Gospel with children in elementary school. But for a really good explanation of this program, check out this in-depth interview that ABC 33/40 conducted with the director of Discovery Clubs, Sharon Ezell.
Video clip of interview from ABC 33/40's "Talk of Alabama"
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Aug 24
2012We have a winner for the "Fastest Servers in the South" competition as part of our Christmas in August celebration...
Last year, we kicked off our annual Christmas in August celebration with a volunteer competition. Groups of volunteers from local companies served lunch with us in a friendly competition to see who could serve the fastest. It was such a hit, that we decided to do it again!
Congratulations to our winners, a volunteer group of employees from
Southern Co./Alabama Power who served up a time of 3:18!Last year's winning group was Waste Management, who served lunch to the men of our Shepura Men's Center with a winning time of two minues and 43 seconds. However, we had almost an entirely new roster of competiting teams this year, so in the beginning, there was no clear front-runner.
Video clip from Fox 6 of Day 1 of the competitionHere's our August 2012 roster of competitors:
- Daxko Employees - Monday, August 13th - Serving time of 3:55
- Johnston, Barton, Proctor & Rose Law Firm - Tuesday, August 14th - Serving time of 4:58
- KBR - Wednesday, August 15th - Serving time of 4:47
- Birmingham Business Journal - Thursday, August 16th - Serving time of 5:10
- Intermark Group - Friday, August 17th - Serving time of 4:55
- KLMK - Monday, August 20th - Serving time of 4:01
- Southern Co./Alabama Power employees - Tuesday, August 21st - Serving time of 3:18
- Jack Henry & Associates - Wednesday, August 22nd- Serving time of 4:59
Our excited winners!!
Volunteers from Johnston, Barton, Employees from KBR
Proctor & Rose law firm serve cold drinks
KLMK dons their Santa hats Intermark employees serve in a hurryCongratulations to our winners, the volunteer group of employees from Southern Co./ Alabama Power!! They won the "Fastest Servers in the South" competition with a winning time of 3 minutes and 18 seconds!
Thank you to all of our volunteers and competing teams!
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Jul 18
2012Sign up now for your tour of our rural recovery facility in Blount County...
Client studies at the Cross at Royal PinesRoyal Pines Recovery Center is a 16-week, in-resident, Bible-based recovery program for men, located in the beautiful rural setting of Hayden, AL.
The 73 acres of peaceful quiet allow our clients to focus on their problems and resolutions and we'd like to invite you to view the serene facility for yourself.
Join us this Friday, July 20 for a tour of our Royal Pines Recovery Center. The tour lasts about an hour and will begin at 1 p.m. We ask that you sign up ahead of time, simply so we know how many to expect on our tour. You can sign up for the tour by clicking here or by calling us at (205) 323-5878.
During the tour, you will get the chance to see behind-the-scenes at our program and have the opportunity to ask all the questions you like.
We hope to see you soon!
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