Otmj Thursday, November 5, 2015
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beyond the kitchen
At a Cooks On A Mission session to prep Thanksgiving food in the kitchen at Mountain Brook Baptist Church are front, from left: Kim Hardwick, Aimee Turner, Lisa Elliott and Karen Abel. Back: Erin Futch, Jane Hauth, Sherrie Futch and Joann Stramaglia.
By Donna Cornelius Food and church go together like peanut butter and
jelly–especially in the South. Sunday school classes take food to the sick and bereaved. Congregations gather for bountiful fellowship meals. Women’s groups automatically think “let’s do a cookbook” when the organ fund needs a little bolstering. At Mountain Brook Baptist Church, one group takes cooking to another level of service. The women who make
Cooks On A Mission’s Work Feeds the Body and the Soul up Cooks On A Mission know their way around a kitchen – but their ministry doesn’t stop there. Cooks On A Mission includes about a dozen women. While eight of them are involved week in and week out, others participate when they’re able, including some who are college students.
Cooks On A Mission member Sherrie Futch said the group started about three years ago. “The first thing we did was Backpack Buddies,” Futch said. “It’s all over the county; we do it at Helena Intermediate School. A counselor identifies children who are at risk for being hungry over the weekend. We provide a bag full of food for these kids.” Futch said her group got involved with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the UAB Women and Infants’ Center
See cooks, page 35
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Duty Calls New ministry reaches out to those who served. Veteran’s day Page 15
‘in Heaven celebrating’ Mountain Brook teen passes away after cancer battle. opinion Page 2
Guide To Winning Spartans sweep McGill to earn second state volleyball championship. sports Page 40