by mcl | Oct 3, 2016 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By Emily Moore 200 Million Flowers Rescues Children Jamie Walley did not think foster care was for him. It’s ironic now, considering he is a resource parent and the Director of Church Relations and Training at 200 Million Flowers, a faith-based nonprofit...
by mcl | Sep 3, 2016 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By Marilyn Tinnin 2016 WellsFest and WellsFest Art Night Benefit the Center for Violence Prevention The 33rd WellsFest takes place September 24 at Jamie Fowler Boyll Park, next to Smith-Wills Stadium on Lakeland Drive. All proceeds will go to the Center...
by mcl | Jul 2, 2016 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By WENDY HATCHER A recent warm summer afternoon unveiled what was surely a bewildering sight to neighbors in Jackson, Mississippi, as a tiny white-haired lady held a pair of scissors taller than herself in a triumphant ribbon-cutting ceremony for an inmate...
by mcl | Jun 1, 2016 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By MARILYN TINNIN Civil Rights activist, Bible teacher, community developer, author, and modern folk hero, Dr. John M. Perkins turns 86 this year. The co-founder of the John and Vera Mae Perkins Foundation (JVMPF) and the founder of the Christian Community...
by mcl | Apr 6, 2016 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By Marilyn Tinnin “America is at a crossroads, and I believe we should take every opportunity to stand up for the things of God and His Word. The most important thing we can do as Christians is to pray. ” So said Franklin Graham four months ago when he announced that...
by mcl | Nov 2, 2015 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By Leeann Stamper Metropolitan Bank attracted 100 influential women leaders from the Jackson area to their first Women’s Forum Breakfast this past April. Metropolitan is a seven-year-old bank that recently reached $1 billion in assets, and boasts a very strong core of...
