As we continue our search for a new pastor, Beloved will welcome guest preachers each week from a variety of different traditions. Come join us and be a part of our diverse, open community!

July 3rd at 6 pm: Rev Sally Allocca, Pastor at East Lake UMC. Rev. Allocca is the founder and director of Promoting Empowerment and Enrichment Resources (P.E.E.R.) in East Lake, working to transform her community through the church and through East Lake Farmer’s Market, Community Kitchen and Mobile Market. Rev. Allocca was named a White House Champion for Change in 2012.

July 10th at 6 pm: Rev. Dr. Richard Stryker, pastor of River of Living Water UMC in Jasper. In 1992, he co-founded a multiethnic congregation in Memphis. He has served for many years of ministry in North Alabama through the UMC conference. Having lived through part of Liberia’s civil war, Rev. Stryker has the passion of a social activist and a prophetic call to reach all people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

July 17th at 6 pm: Rev. Sarah Shelton, Pastor of Baptist Church of the Covenant on University Blvd. A Birmingham native and longtime pastor at Baptist Church of the Covenant and, earlier, Brookwood Baptist Church. Sarah’s congregation has partnered with Beloved on the Family Promise ministry for homeless families, as well as our recent prayer vigil for Orlando, and, in previous years, on hosting the Cuba Caravan.
July 24th at 6 pm: Rev. Moneka A. Thompson was born in Montgomery, received her BS in Criminal Justice from Alabama State University, her MS in Justice and Public Safety from Auburn University at Montgomery, and her Master of Divinity from Hood Theological Seminary, in Salisbury, NC. She is an Ordained Elder in the AME Zion denomination and has also served as an AME Zion pastor. Moneka is the Staff Chaplain for The Kirklin Clinic.
July 31st at 6 pm: Rev. Dr. Cecelia Walker is an associate pastor at Trinity Baptist Church in Birmingham. Walker serves as director of pastoral care and director of clinical pastoral education for Baptist Health Systems. A Birmingham native, she earned a bachelor’s from Birmingham-Southern College, a Master of Divinity from Beeson, and a doctorate from the Interdenominational Theological Center Morehouse School of Religion.

Join us also on Wednesday nights at 7 for our weekly Bible study. At Beloved, you are always welcome to come as you are, be who you are, and help us grow into the community of people we were created to be!