Community Calendar for Feb. 25, 2009

Published 2:56 pm Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Gardendale



Wild Game Dinner

Feb. 27 The 13th Annual Men and Boys Wild Game Dinner is coming to Gardendale First Baptist Church Feb. 27. The doors open at 6 p.m. For more information contact Allen Oakley at 488-8716 or visit us online www.gfbc.com. This is a free event.



Winter Wonderland Dance

Feb. 28 The sixth annual 2009 Winter Wonderland Dance with Edd Jones Band is scheduled for Feb. 28. In preparation for the dance, Jackie Tally and Andy Anderson will be teaching lessons each Tuesday night from 7 to 8 p.m. beginning Jan. 20 through Feb. 24 in the exhibition hall at the Gardendale Civic Center.



Singing

March 1 Pineywood Baptist Church, 498 Pineywood Road, will celebrate homecoming March 1. Worship will be at 10:30 a.m., Lunch will be at noon, with a time of singing in the afternoon at 1:30 p.m. with Sacred Harvest providing the special music.



Senior Lunch

March 3 All seniors are invited to be with North Gardendale Baptist Church on March 3 at 10:30 a.m. in the Family Life Center. Special guest singers will be Harold Freeman and his group. Enjoy good singing, lunch and fellowship. For more information call Marie Johnson at 631-4592.



Yard Sale

March 7 The 10-year-old G-Force baseball team will be having a yard sale on March 7 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Shoney’s in Gardendale.



Magnolia Festival

April 18 The eighth-annual Magnolia Festival will be held at the Gardendale Civic Center on April 18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The festival will feature arts and crafts, classic car show, business expo, carnival rides, inflatables, pooch parade, live entertainment and a variety of food vendors. Proceeds of the festival will provide college scholarships to north Jefferson-area high school seniors. Free admission. For more information, e-mail Kathleen Phillips at kphillips1313@charter.net.



Recovery Meetings

Celebrate Recovery meetings at Gardendale-Mt Vernon United Methodist Church meets every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Contact Paul Wiegert at 631-7631.



Mount Olive



Special Classes

Mt. Olive First Baptist Church will hold a new Bible study for men and women on Beth Moore’s Esther: It’s Tough Being a Woman. and Neal Jeffrey’s Man I Want to Be. Women will meet on Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. or Feb. 19 at 9 a.m. or Feb. 22 at 4:30 p.m. Men will meet on Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. Student books for women are $17 and men are $10. For more information call 631-4401.



Free Child Care

There will be free child care in the Mt. Olive area for 3 and 4 year olds. The head start program is now enrolling for the summer. Regular full day childcare is offered. Call 608-1661.



Fultondale



Singing

March 1 Farley Mission Church on Sloss Shaft Road will be having a singing and preaching service hosted by In His Step on March 1. Brother Ed Ford and Nancy Turner will be there. There will also be a fellowship lunch after the morning service and more singing following lunch. For more information call 849-8469 or 647-9595.



Morris



Pageant

March 1 Little Miss Mortimer Jordan Pageant will be held on March 1 at 2:30 p.m. in Mortimer Jordan gymnasium. Entry forms can be picked up at Cherished Moments or by calling Cindy Sanford at 590-6275 or Lori Barnett at 590-0400.



Open House

March 28 The Morris Beautification Board will host an open house and membership drive on March 28, 2-4 p.m., at the Morris Senior Center. For more information, call Betty Wood at 647-0730.



Mother’s Day Out

Enon Baptist Church’s Mother Day Out program will offer childcare for children 6 weeks to 4 years old on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The program follows the Jefferson County School System calendar, so is closed during all of the breaks. For more information call 647-9614.



Other Communities



Brookside Greenway Festival

The 2009 Brookside Greenway Festival will be held on April 4 at Bensko Park from 6 a.m. to sunset. The event will feature the “Frenchie” Negron Classic Metric Century Bicycle Ride, Russian Wild Boar Off-Road Duathalon, arts and crafts, trade day vendors, fishing tournament, 5K and run run, canoe rides, an all-ages midway featuring rides and inflatables for kids, food vendors, cookie eating contest, motorcycle poker run and live entertainment. Free admission. Proceeds benefit the Five Mile Creek greenway. For more information, visit http://www.brooksidealabama.com/events.html.



Critter Club

Ginger Tunnell (Grammy) is teaching “Critter Club” at the Birmingham Zoo. This is a one hour class for 3-5 year olds. They will learn about a new animal each week and have hands on experience with a live animal. This takes place on Tuesdays 10 -11 a.m. and 1:15 – 2:15 p.m., Wednesdays and Thursdays 10 – 11a.m. Register at the class or online at www.birminghamzoo.com (Education). Choose one class or more, choose by date or subject. Parents are welcome, but not required to attend class. For more info call 879-0409 or Grammy’s cell 612-8293. Classes offered now thru May, 2009.



Beauty Pageant

Feb. 27 The Winter Princess 2009 Beauty Pageant Sponsored by Hayden Elementary School will take place on March 14 at 10 a.m. at Hayden High School gym for children up to five years old. There is a $25 non-refundable registration fee. Deadline for registration is Feb. 27. For more information call 647-6578 or go to www.haydenelementary.com.



Singing

March 1 Mt. View Baptist Church will have an old-fashioned singing March 1 at 2 p.m. with special guests, The Turner Family. The singing will follow the regular services. Sunday School is at 10 a.m., preaching at 11 a.m., and dinner around noon. Mt. View is located on Arkadelphia Road; 1 mile northwest of the intersection of Arkadelphia Road and Skyline Drive. For more information call 380-8707.



Singing

March 2 The Jefferson County Education Retiree’s Association will meet on March 2 at 11 a.m. at Mr. Wang’s Restaurant in Homewood. Guest presenter will be Sandy Naramore of Mitchell’s Place: Center for Education of Autistic Children. For more information call 744-0936.



Benefit concert

March 7 Safe Harbor’s third annual Beacon of Hope benefit concert will be March 7, 7 p.m., at Southeastern Bible College at 2545 Valleydale Road, Birmingham. Advance tickets are $20 or $15 for senior citizens and groups. Alabama Blues Brothers and other groups will perform. For more information, call the Safe Harbor office at 981-0995.



Art on the Lake

April 18, 19 Art on the Lake, an annual two-day arts and crafts event in Guntersville, is now accepting applications from artists and vendors who wish to exhibit in the show. This 48th annual event will be held April 18 and 19. For more information, contact Eloise Patton at (256) 582-4378 or visit our website at www.artonthelake-guntersville.com.



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