fifth Annual Have fun the Household Expo Recap!

Particular Function

Birmingham Christian Household (BCF) celebrated 25 years of sharing GOOD NEWS on the 5^th Annual Have fun the Household Expo offered by Benton Nissan of Hoover on September 14, 2024. Listed here are only a few of the highlights from the free day of household enjoyable on the Hoover Metropolitan Advanced’s Finley Heart!

Metropolis of Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato and Benton Nissan of Hoover’s Normal Supervisor Ken Banks helped us kick off the day of enjoyable. Particular due to our Celeb Chef Emcees WBRC-TV’s Janice Rogers and WERC’s JT and our Expo Emcee Mark Harvard who stepped away from his day job as asso­ciate pastor at Clearbranch Methodist to announce all of the jam packed Expo actions for the 4th 12 months in a row. 

The primary 200 households that arrived on the Expo obtained an Expo swag bag packed stuffed with nice giveaway gadgets from Expo sponsors.

The Chick-fil-A Herd of Cows danced with Expo attendees and handed out plush cows.

Every attendee obtained a Birthday Bingo sheet after they arrived. Each sales space had a particular stamp and if attendees crammed out six rows of stamps by visiting every sales space, they have been entered to obtain nice prizes like a $100 Walmart present card courtesy of WAY-FM, $50 Publix present playing cards from Alabama Credit score Union, $50 Mark’s Open air present playing cards courtesy Mark’s Open air, instances of Bud’s Greatest Cookies, and far more. Seen right here is Mark Whitlock of Mark’s Open air who supplied Bingo present playing cards.

Stay reward and worship music was loved by all due to Kevin Derryberry who joined us for the 5^th 12 months in a row!

Kids loved getting their faces painted without spending a dime, courtesy of Painted Personalities.

The Hoover Belles joined us for the enjoyable day and welcomed attendees to the Expo.

Inflatables, balloon animals, interactive video games and free Bibles from River of Life Church have been an enormous hit within the Expo’s River of Life Youngsters’ Zone. Pastor Mike Woods explains, “We’re dedicated to serving our neighborhood and sharing the love of Jesus each likelihood we get. At this time greater than ever we have to share and mirror biblical household values.”

An enormous due to Eugene’s Sizzling Hen and The Lil Bougie Foodie for offering Expo attendees with scrumptious meals.

Because of The Arc of Central Alabama’s RecylABILITY for offering free shredding companies to Expo attendees. Candy Coronary heart Service Guild of Birmingham and the Birmingham Squadron’s Commander additionally helped with the shredding. RecylABILITY Director Letessia Penick shared, “It was so successful. We had plenty of shredding and likewise plenty of individuals asking us concerning the mission of The Arc of Central Alabama and the way they’ll become involved.”

Lovable adoptable canine and cats with Two by Two Animal Rescue loved plenty of consideration on the Expo and Bam Bam, a four-year-old cat, even discovered his endlessly residence!

The Candy Grown Alabama Celeb Chef Stage was a crowd favourite of the day. WBRC-TV’s Janice Rogers and WERC’s JT wel­comed a brand new chef to the stage each half-hour. The road up of native cooks included Josh Schaff and Chef Chris Ippolito of Cayo Coco Restaurant; Julie Kimbrough of The Meal Prep Mamacita; Annie McDaniel of Miss Annie’s Residence + Kitchen; BCF contributors Kathleen Phillips of Grits and Gouda, Danna Standridge, creator of Happiness is Home made, Y’all, and Katrina Adams of Within the Kitchen with Ok Marie; and Meals Community Star finalist Martie Duncan.

Particular due to our Expo sponsors for making the occasion a actuality and sharing nice household assets, free leisure and giveaways to attendees!

Title Sponsor: Benton Nissan of Hoover

Celeb Chef Stage Sponsor: Candy Grown Alabama

Main Sponsors: Avadian Credit score Union, Kids’s of Alabama and Jimmie Hale Mission

Occasion Sponsors: Alabama Credit score Union, Jefferson Credit score Union, Renewal by Andersen, Strickland Counseling, Verizon, and Vulcan Termite & Pest Management

To view extra photographs of the enjoyable day, go to our Fb web page. Plans are already underway for the 6^th Annual Have fun the Household Expo- mark your calendars without spending a dime enjoyable on Saturday, September 13, 2025!