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Mailing address for you to send your financial donation or other gifts directly to the Decatur campus:
Alabama Baptist Children's Homes
P.O. Box 1805
Decatur, AL 35602
Or phone (256) 355-6893.
Regional News in Northern Alabama:
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Jimmie Harris shares a few of his favorite Christmas memories:
Our first Christmas at Decatur campus, family circumstances and sickness resulted in my wife Martha and me having 14 kids, including our four birth children. All of the adults except us were gone, and we had to find places for all 14 of the children to sleep in our cottage. > Read about more of Jimmie’s holiday memories. |
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Making A Difference Compassionate Harrises instill discipline in Tubbs
Delana Brown Tubbs says the extraordinarily organized closets in her home today are proof of the positive impact her former houseparents Jimmie and Martha Harris had on her life at the Decatur campus. > click to read full story |
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Girls told to put feet on their faith at 'Sock-It-To-Me' event
The recent Sock-It-To-Me day camp at Calvary Baptist Church in Scottsboro, Alabama, did much more than provide new footwear for several residents of Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries. > click to read full story |
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Harrises confident in their calling as Decatur campus houseparents
After 19 years with Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries, Decatur campus houseparents Jimmie and Martha Harris say they are exactly where they're supposed to be..
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Making A Difference Jefferson, 21, still 'one of the family' with McCurrys
Late at night when April and Mark McCurry are in bed, they're sometimes startled when the front door opens. Then the next thing they hear is the refrigerator door open, and they go back to sleep without worry.
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Children's Safety is of Utmost Concern
Have you ever been safe? I don't mean when you stood on base after a solid lick on a ball to right field. I mean really safe.
Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries ministers to children who think safe is when you lock yourself behind your bedroom door or when your guardians are at work or asleep. Examples would include:
- the young, black male who slept with his clothes hidden between the mattresses to prevent thieves from stealing them in the night
- the teen-aged girl who would sleep with her socks on and who hid the only $3 to her name
- the traumatized child who slept every day at school because she knew the teacher wouldn't let her mother beat her there.
We at Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries strive to create a safe environment where children can be concerned about the good things in life such as school grades, homeruns, and squeaking their clarinets. Children are nurtured and protected so they can understand that when they pray "Now I lay me down to sleep," they know for sure that our Lord and His servants will keep them safe.
- Jimmie Harris, Houseparent at Decatur Campus
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