Thanksgiving Day potluck + film at Beloved 3-6 PM
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“A Generous Faith” Conference November 5th-6th
The Magic City Acceptance Project’s Communities of Faith Committee and the Human Rights Campaign Alabama invite you to the inaugural “A Generous Faith: Walking With Our LGBTQ+ Community” conference on November 5-6 at Temple Emanu-El and Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham.
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A charge to our neighbor, Rev. Paul Eknes-Tucker
The following was Rev. Angie’s charge to Rev. Paul Eknes-Tucker, the new pastor at our sister church Pilgrim UCC, on the occasion of his installation service Sunday, October 4th, 2015 in Birmingham, Alabama.
I charge you to love wastefully.
Cast seeds of love everywhere
Without thought of where they land,
Without worry about whether
Under the dark earth
They are beginning to sprout
Or whether they will bear fruit.
It is not your job to bring fruit from a seed,
That is God’s work.
Your work is to sow the seeds
Of wanton, prodigal love
In the hearts of your people
And to remember that
All people
are your people.
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AL-TN UCC Meeting this weekend: “A Conversation on Race”
You are invited to the Alabama-Tennessee Association Annual Meeting at Covenant Community Church Friday October 2nd through Saturday, 3rd, October 3rd, 2015. This meeting will begin on Friday with a dinner at 6 pm and will conclude on Saturday afternoon around 3.
On Friday evening, we will hear a keynote address from Rev. Traci Blackmon (shown above), pastor of Christ the King Church UCC in Florisant, Missouri, who is a voice for justice in Ferguson and beyond. We will also enjoy worship led by Rev. JR Finney and the worship team at Covenant.
Saturday, we will have workshop discussions on race and will continue the business of the AL/TN Association of the UCC.
For details and a registration form, please contact Mr. Joe Griffin at Covenant Community Church, 205-599-3363.
Beloved 2015 All-Church Retreat Saturday, October 10th
Join our retreat at Birmingham’s Fresh Air Farm in Bluff Park to discuss our spiritual life, God’s work in our community and our direction as a church.
Friday, October 9th (evening): Church Council retreat
Saturday, October 10th, 9 am – 3 pm: Full church retreat
All are welcome! The cost is free, but we welcome donations to help defray the costs of food and lodging.
“Recovering Racist” film screening October 9th, 6:30 pm
You are invited to the public premiere of a film featuring our Beloved Rev. Lawton Higgs, about his journey from a racist upbringing to founding a multiracial church. This screening is free and open to all, Friday, October 9th, 6:30 pm at Beloved.
More details from the Kickstarter campaign: “In 1984, the Rev. R. Lawton Higgs, Sr. had a religious epiphany standing in the turn lane of 8th Avenue N., in Birmingham, Alabama.
‘I discovered that my beliefs were incompatible with God’s call to love one another,’ he says. In that moment, Lawton became a ‘recovering racist,’ and in the years to follow, he founded a multicultural, multiracial church in the heart of downtown Birmingham, ministered to the homeless, and became an advocate for the poor.”
Potluck Supper Sunday, August 30th, after 6 PM service
This Sunday, August 30th, we’re celebrating the end of summer and the beginning of school with our usual fifth Sunday potluck after the service!
We’ll have the dessert portion covered, with homemade ice cream and all the toppings. You just need to bring yourself, friends or family and your favorite dish.
See you Sunday at 6!
Guest sermon from Beloved Leah Clements: How Will We Respond?
Beloved Leah Clements leaves to go to Candler School of Theology at Emory University next week, and we will miss her dearly. Her sermon last night was a call to action for us all.
She preached on this text from Mark 4:35-41:
“On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him.
A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’
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PrideSpeak: LGBTQ+ Spoken Word at Beloved Thursday, June 4, 2015
15 Year Anniversary Celebration Sunday, June 7th, 2015
Each year, we celebrate our founding with music, worship, food and fellowship.
Sunday, June 7th, 2015
Service & celebration starting at 6 pm. Potluck supper to follow.
See you there, Beloved!
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