Yesterday’s sermon topic from David hit home with me.
Yes, paganism beliefs and practices are alive and well in Huntsville, Alabama. They are recruiting our brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, teachers and bosses. They have meetings, spiritual services, and practice rituals here in our neighborhoods…all along side them, their children. They appeal to all ages, gender, and races.
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John Peck from the Huntsville Times wrote a 16Aug07 story entitled, “City’s trails a 20-year effort.” In it he quotes National Geographic Adventure magazine’s September 2007 edition saying that Huntsville is one of America’s “top adventure towns.”
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1187256020161830.xml&coll=1
Peck said, “National Geographic Adventure, which claims 2.3 million readers, chose Huntsville in a state-by-state survey of areas where adventure opportunities abound. The magazine hit the newsstands Tuesday. Hiking and mountain biking trails were singled out in a brief summation of Huntsville’s selection.”
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From David Thew: “Olde Towne Brewing Company burned down in the middle of the night. I spoke with Don Alan Hankins awhile ago. I am heading there to be with him after this email. Fire officials call it a total loss. Pray for Don Alan. Take time to intercede for him. He is a new believer and this will be devastating.”
WHNT.com has coverage of this event here: http://whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=6748435
No person was hurt in this fire. Over 40 firefighters were on the scene. The fire started around 2:30 am this morning. The buildings beside the Olde Towne Brewery building were not damaged. The fire is under control. WHNT has coverage the fire on their website.
We will be praying for Don Alan and those associated with the building and the brewery business. Don Alan has been so gracious to Sojourn and other churches and organizations. He has added much value into the Huntsville community by donating time, money, and space.
Update: AL.com’s Marian Accardi interviewed Don Alan. Here’s the text from her story on AL.com:
Old Towne Brewing Co. owner and master brewer Don Alan Hankins said this morning he wants to rebuild the microbrewery that was destroyed by fire overnight.
Hankins didn’t know the extent of damage to the equipment in the building, including four large fermenters. About $5,000 worth of beer that was to be shipped today was in the walk-in cooler.
“I’d like to keep Old Towne Brewing Co. going, I just don’t know where,” he said.
The business at 214 Holmes Ave.. represents “a couple of million dollars” worth of investment, said Hankins, and “a lot of blood, sweat and tears.”
“I’m seeing all this” destruction, Hankins said, “and all I can think about is my cat.” His cat, Hops, lived at the brewing business and hadn’t been found as of this morning.
City building inspectors determined Thursday morning that the building is structurally unsafe, said James Tabor, the assistant fire marshal. The city’s Public Works was called on to bring in heavy equipment to remove the east wall of the building and any fallen beams, he said.
“The fire marshal’s office will conduct an investigation after it’s safe,” Tabor said. “This is going to be an all-day process, and we may be here into the night. We’re trying to save the front wall,” said Tabor.
Jimmy Ivey, district chief with Huntsville Fire & Rescue, said firefighters were battling the blaze inside the building for about 30 minutes when they noticed that the air-conditioning units were sagging. Firefighters were pulled from the building, and about five minutes later, the roof collapsed.
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Coming soon for Sojourn Men: Theology Pub. Beginning Monday, February 12, 6-8pm.
Get ready to carve out a couple of hours every other Monday night as we meet at Olde Towne Brewery to discuss bible, theology and life. There is free wi-fi in the brewery so you can bring a laptop.
Sign up below.
1 Corinthians 10:31,
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David Thew
Sojourn Founding Pastor
Thursdays nights, 11Jan - 08Feb, 8pm at Olde Towne Brewing Co.
Bruce Martin takes Renown’s conversation to the next level with a series entitled “Good Sex.”
11Jan - Sex in the City
Band: Eyes Around
18Jan - Sex and God
Band: Brad Reynolds
25Jan - Sex and Morality
Band: Ben Trussell
01Feb - Sex and Marriage
Band: Bone Dry
08Feb - Sex and the Single
Go to http://renownhuntsville.org/ for more information
continue reading »Joanna Broad is the Production Manager of The Arts Council in Huntsville. They still have availability for chairmen and other volunteers for Panoply 2007. The dates are: April 27-29, 2007. Read the following from her:
We are still looking for volunteer chairmen for Panoply! Chairmen simply attend meetings and help plan their respective activity. They also recruit volunteers in some cases. We could not produce the festival without our Chairmen!
I wanted to let you know about some open slots. If you or someone you know would like to get involved, please let me know as soon as possible. This is a great way to get out in the arts community!
continue reading »Autumn Calvert (and Steve) is a good friend of Sojourn Church. She has been a guest worship leader for us several times. If you like acoustic, soulful blues check her out. In fact, it is hard to put her in a catagory. She is a Huntsville artist that is on the rise. Look for her explode onto the national scene.
She is a finalist in the The Momentum Awards sponsored by Indieheaven and CMS Productions. She is up for awards int he following categories:
Song of the Year
Female Vocalist of the Year
Acoustic Artist of the Year
You can vote for her at www.indieheaven.com/go.idh?section=mawards.
Also, you can go to the following site to listen to and buy her music: www.indieheaven.com/view_artist.idh?artist_id=76384
Go Autumn!
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David Thew
Sojourn Founding Pastor
Meet Judy Webb. She says she’s “just an average girl with an amazing God. I was never that brave, never really outgoing, usually was afraid of new situations. I often times would try to hide who I really was in order to fit into a crowd.” Read more about her story and what she thinks about the Sojourn community.
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