View fullscreen The community welcomed home the Orange Beach High School girls softball team and the 2A State Championship trophy on Friday with a parade and celebration. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Wilson As the team bus got close, it was met by Orange Beach Police and Fire vehicles for a light and siren escort down the Foley Beach Express. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Wilson (From left) Head coach Shane Alexander, principal Robbie Smith and Jody Hodo. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Wilson Orange Beach City Council member Jeff Boyd gets the team to autography his team photo t-shirt. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Wilson
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Foley applies for grant for intersection improvement project Posted
By Jessica Vaughn
FOLEY - The City of Foley has applied for a grant through the House Committee on Appropriations. The committee recently was accepting community funding project requests. Foley’s request is for intersection improvements at Foley Beach Express and Miflin. The city has asked for one million dollars to go towards the project.
“We looked at a lot of different projects and a lot of thought went into this,” said Foley Mayor Ralph Hellmich. “We’re competing with all the other cities in Baldwin and Mobile Counties.”
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ALDOT prepares synchronization project along Highway 59 in Foley
Plans in place to synchronize entire 59 corridor Posted
By Jessica Vaughn
FOLEY - The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is preparing to begin a synchronization project on Foley traffic lights along Highway 59. The work will be part of ALDOT’s RTOP (Regional Traffic Operations Program.) After the new technology is installed, motorists can expect to find more traffic signals synchronized to be green simultaneously, allowing for improved traffic flow. These improvements will contribute to reduced wrecks, quicker evacuations during emergency situations, more consistency, less fuel used and less pollution.
Never may the theological and the pastoral be separated.
I know, never say never. But the above stated rule is an exception. Why? Theology is inherently pastoral, and the pastoral is by definition theological.
The recent upheaval within the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) about “gay Anglicans” stems from ignoring this rule. It was sadly unnecessary, for recent history is strewn with ecclesial examples of exactly the same thing. Invariably, the path to a liberal sexual ethic begins with the argument: “We know the theology. But let’s be pastoral about this.”
The “but” is the problem. It’s just not the case that theology is hard-nosed theory, while concrete circumstances demand gentle pastoral implementation. On such a view, the pastoral tail invariably ends up wagging the theological dog, and the theology gets adjusted to the pastoral setting. The outcome, in terms of sexual morality, is invariably the same.
Martyn Minns
Located in Canada, the Diocese of the Trinity is a satellite of the CoN. ACNA is a breakaway group unaffiliated with the Anglican Communion. Its precursor was the Convocation of Anglicans in North America led by Martyn Minns. The Diocese of the Trinity originated in CANA. ADoTT and other ethnically Nigerian dioceses of ACNA aligned directly with CoN in 2019.
In January of this year, ACNA’s College of Bishops issued a pastoral statement on sexuality and identity. That statement, and a subsequent “Dear Gay Anglicans” statement signed by a group of lay and ordained, provoked the ire of CoN and other conservative provinces of the Anglican Communion. The “Dear Gay Anglicans” statement was apparently posted on the website of ACNA’s Diocese of Pittsburgh. It was removed at the request of the interim bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Martyn Minns.