St. John Baptist Church Events

GirlRise September - December 2024

September 25, 2024

GirlRise Mentoring Session held at St. John Baptist Church

Topic: Cultural Exchange Event and Passport Creations

Dr. Sheffield provided artifacts from around the world to share and allow the girls to try on garments and headpieces. Artifacts from Italy, Dubai, Spain, London, France, South Africa, and Washington, DC. The girls had the opportunity to create their personalized paper passports. Dr. Sheffield explained how to complete a passport and showed them two original passports as examples. They were given the option to choose travel location stickers to place in their passport. She explained how our culture differed from South Africa. An example was based on the cafeteria food children eat. In one village in South Africa, the children eat porridge for lunch. The girls responded with the types of foods they eat, such as hamburgers, quesadillas, etc. Dr. Sheffield shared her experience with eating a traditional African meal which consisted of cow heel, cabbages, chicken, and pap. They were thrilled to see and handle the different currencies from a a few of the places. They were also amazed to know that my braids cost me only $28.94 which was R500. They drank English Breakfast Tea from London as they created their passports. A PowerPoint presentation was shared with images from Sheffield’s travel to expose them to different walks of life. She explained to the girls just how good they have it in America versus other countries. She did a comparison to the size of beds that they sleep in versus Nelson Mandela's bed at his house and shared pictures from his jail cell at Robben Island. It was a learning experience for all in attendance, even the adults.

GirlRise Mentoring Session

Chips and Paint Activity hosted by Al Muqit Court #199 Daughters
The girls created their own masterpieces during this session.

Mindset for Success Chat: The girls received tips for success in school shared by Dr. Sheffield.

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June 21-23, 2024 - GirlRise Mentoring Weekend Trip:

Event Details:

- The event was scheduled for June 21-23, 2024.

- Activities included a movie night, game night with UNO Flip, Jenga, and Dominoes, Zumba and Line Dancing, Tic-Tac-Toe Relay Racing, and Nail Pampering.

- Inspirational words from Pastor Bell on topics like success and setting goals.

Mentoring Sessions:

- Differentiating between good and bad habits.

- Identifying three personal habits for both types.

- Learning soft skills do's and don'ts.

- Self-care skills discussion.

- Exploring three personal affirmations from their card decks.

Graduates of 2024

Fornt row pictured right to left: Ashley Martin, Lauren E. Ford

Back row pictured right to left: Adrien Thompson, Kelsey Alexandria White, April Nelson-Croom

Not pictured: Te'Shaun Banks, Anndrela Woods

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GirlRise mentoring program - Unlocking your potential: Dive into the power of imagery with our personalized vision board workshop, empowering your dreams one image at a time!

The girls loved their finished projects.

West Alabama Christmas Parade

St. John Baptist Church on the hometown Christmas floats in the West Alabama Christmas Parade. The Largest Parade in the state of Alabama.

Fall Festival Community Impact

St. John Baptist Church community impact day aimed to fostering positive interactions between the church and the local community. It serves as a means of outreach, community engagement, and relationship building.

A key element of the community’s impact day is to provide an opportunity for the community to learn about the different ministries and services offered by the church. St. John Baptist Church community impact day strives to create a warm, fun, and inviting atmosphere for families to enhance the sense of community togetherness.

Festival Refreshments

Punch a Treat

Duck Duck Treat

Pick a Treat

The Fun Maze

Big Bounce Play

Bingo for Treats

St. John Baptist Church Homecoming

Honoring our Lord and Savior
Uplifted, consoled, forgiven and protected
Remembering as we celebrate and give thanks
Chronicling another anniversary as a church family, Held together as a congregation in the palm of His hand

October Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Here at St. John we promote and create awareness throughout the month of October for breast cancer, so we can continue to move forward with being informed and taking the necessary steps to help prevent breast cancer.