Men's 710 of 2009 Each second Tuesday of the month, Zion Lutheran Church hosts a Men's Fellowship, which includes a complimentary breakfast and a special guest speaker beginning at 7:10 a.m. in the Fellowship Building to last about an hour. Visitors are always welcome to leave early if work schedule requires. Photos of some of the past Men's 710 Fellowship. - Click to Enlarge. Men's 710 - December 8, 2009 Our gathering this month shared a pancake and omelet breakfast and discussed building and construction. All were invited to this hour of fellowship time where we discussed a variety of issues and programs related to housing in Baldwin County. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - November 10, 2009 Our speaker for this month, Staff Sergeant Clifton Robinson, Active Army Recruiter for Baldwin County, posed briefly at the U.S. Army Recruitment Station located in the Eastern Shore Center. November 11 is "Veterans' Day." Zion invited the Staff Sergeant to update them on recruitment and military service in 2009. "I want to get the Army name out there," Robinson will tell you. The recruiters' target group is 18 to 25 year-old young men. Their emphasis is on what the Army offers young people. Robinson will explore modern day recruiting practices with the men of Zion's Men's 710 on the day before our nation honors its veterans. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - October 13, 2009 Writer and "recovering domestic abuse victim" John Shivers was the special guest of Zion this month. His own website (www.johnshivers.com) describes him as a "word-weaver," not a "word- smith." A weaver connects the threads of a story to release a completed quilted fabric. A smith hammers the pieces of story into a unit, individual pieces are forced to fit together. It is not the same process. Both have a story to tell, and Shivers has been weaving for a long time. October is "National Domestic Violence Awareness Month" and John Shivers is "a recovering domestic abuse victim. It's a day-by-day process, and anyone who thinks that children don't carry those emotional scars into adulthood, is only fooling himself. The impact of violence continues to color every decision the victim will make." Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - September 8, 2009 Robertsdale Physical Therapist Rick Zitnik was the special guest speaker for Zion this month. Rick Zitnik discussed physical therapy and its application to ongoing health problems related to chronic body pain and body orientation. He discussed recovery of normal physical function after injury using his exercise, postural alignment, and manual therapy strategies. Rick Zitnik's PT practice is located at 17773 Highway 104 in Robertsdale. His clinic may be reached at (251) 947-7930. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - August 11, 2009 Accomplished musician Kadisha Onalbayeva discussed her musical sojourn which began in Kazakhstan and has brought her to the United States. She has been the pianist, organist, and music director for the First United Methodist Church in Plaquemine, Louisiana. Miss Kadisha also enjoys strong family support from her daughter Malika and her husband Dr. Michael Coleman, a son of Fairhope who teaches on the college level in Pensacola (Dr. Coleman is also the organist for Zion Lutheran Church). Miss Kadisha discussed her experiences in coming to the U.S. to pursue a graduate degree in composition and piano performance, her experiences with Hurricane Katrina with its evacuation and relocation, her anticipation of starting a career as music teacher, pianist, and composer, and she even played some pieces on the piano. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - July 14, 2009 Phil Owen was our guest in July. He currently represents Lloyd's of London through Southern Alabama Insurance Agency for home insurance. He discussed a variety of insurance issues impacting folks in Baldwin County and the actions that individuals can take to be preparing for storm catastrophes. He addressed the insurance situation prior to the storms of the early 2000s and insurance changes which resulted to us after historic storm-related losses and to insurance carriers and their losses which changed coverage and access to insurance today. Phil Owen may be contacted at (251) 945-6666. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - June 9, 2009 David Williams discussed the changes going on in the newspaper industry and coping mechanisms necessary for papers to survive the current downturn in subscriptions. David is a 1976 Graduate of the University of Alabama, with a B.S. in Marketing. He owned and operated an Advertising Agency for 25 years in Homewood, Alabama. The past 8 years, he has been the Associate Group Publisher and Advertising Manager of the Gulf Coast Newspapers here in Baldwin County. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - May 12, 2009 Mack Gibbs spoke about the fundamentals of decision making in finances at the May meeting. Mack is a financial professional who has been in the field for seventeen years. He is a Registered Representative and works with his wife Linda at Fundamental Financial Services located in Foley. Mack discussed the building blocks used to establish a solid financial plan, one that addresses areas of risk, meeting liquidity needs, growing assets, minimizing taxes, planning for retirement distributions, as well as developing a plan to transfer assets to children and grandchildren. Questions related to Fundamental Financial Services, may be directed to (251) 987-5490 or jgibbs@fscadvisor.com Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - April 14, 2009 Michele Prockup, Director of Catholic Social Services of Baldwin County, was the special guest speaker for Zion this month. Director Michele Prockup, and Robert Yates, volunteer from Christ the King Church, hold two bags ready to be filled from the Food Bank operated by the charity. Yates sees that each bag carries a message of God's blessing along with groceries. Questions related to CCS and its ministry may be directed to (251) 947-2293. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - March 13, 2009 Post-Kidney Transplant-Recipient Tom Forsman (l) discussed his journey from kidney failure following heart surgery to transplant recipient with men this month. Tom's father, Warren Forsman (r) accompanied Tom for this meeting. Forsman received a kidney transplant at the Ochsner Clinic of New Orleans on November 20, 2008. "People don't understand the process and the problems in obtaining a kidney," Forsman noted. He discussed the management of patients with kidney failure and the long road to receiving a donated kidney by transplantation. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - February 10, 2009 Judge Robert Wilters visited Zion for a discussion of The New Drug Court Program in Baldwin County. Wilters reports that, “This is a more treatment-oriented Court outcome, with intensive outpatient or inpatient treatment, extensive and random drug screening, and close supervision." Judge Robert Earl Wilters, is a graduate of Baldwin County High, the University of Alabama, and the Cumberland School of Law. He has a background in the practice of law, law enforcement, and county prosecution. He has served in the judiciary of Baldwin County as both District Court Judge and as Circuit Court Judge in the 28th Circuit. He has been supportive of a variety of community programs, most notably relating to student drug awareness. He has been active in a variety of Baldwin County community and professional organizations. Given the community interest in this topic, all men and women in Baldwin were invited to this February hour program featuring a complimentary light breakfast. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Men's 710 - January 13, 2009 Chaplain Wayne "Dusty" Doubrava of the Christian Motorcyclists Association will meet with men this month. Doubrava operates Wedco Jewelry in Silverhill. At the same time as his business was developing, Doubrava was attending motorcycle meets and rallies. He kept running into people from the Christian Motorcyclists Association (the "CMA"). There was no chapter in Baldwin at that time. But then about a year ago, a national chapter organized as "Heavens Thunder Chapter #955" and Doubrava got involved. He says, "I now have the opportunity to combine my joy of riding motorcycles with my Christian faith. I have been a member of the CMA for a year or more now and I serve as Chaplain of the Baldwin County Chapter 955." It turns out that the CMA is one of the largest motorcyclist associations in the world, 140,000 members strong. Click here to read more about this fellowship meeting. Click here to see past Men's 710 from 2008. Click here to see past Men's 710 from 2007. Click here to see past Men's 710 from 2006. Click here to see past Men's 710 from 2005. Click here to see past Men's 710 from 2004.