by mcl | Mar 2, 2020 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
by KATHERINE HOITT Mississippi Boychoir helps kids drop their phones and SING Just about every week of the school year, a group of boys and young men get together for an hour and a half. They put away their homework, unplug from their social...
by mcl | Jan 1, 2020 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By SARAH MCLAUGHLIN 20 Years of Timber Creek Camp If you’ve ever visited Timber Creek Camp in Pulaski, you know it’s more than a camp: It’s a home. To the 8,000 people who visit Timber Creek annually, the vision of the camp’s founders, David and...
by mcl | Nov 3, 2019 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By JANET SPEARS I had no idea… “I had no idea” is the statement often made when the Goodwill of Mississippi story is told. Most people have no idea what this organization really does and how it affects people in this state....
by mcl | Oct 1, 2019 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
Giving kids a Lifeline Just about a year ago, the local board of Bethany Christian Services cut ties with the organization and came under the umbrella of Lifeline Children’s Services, an adoption agency based in Birmingham that equips churches to...
by mcl | Jul 1, 2019 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By Katie Eubanks From homeless to providing a haven Twenty-five years ago, Bridgett Macklin was homeless. For nine months, she lived in a Christian shelter. Many years later, after an “encounter with the Lord” at a three-night revival...
