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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.

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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.

 

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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.

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“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.”

Read more about the film on al.com.

RSVP on Facebook.

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Arise annual meeting Saturday, September 12th in Montgomery

Alabama Arise is our featured ministry for the month of September. Arise is a coalition of groups across the state advocating for low-income people at the state legislature. Rev. Angie was a co-founder of Arise in the late 80’s, and since then, Arise has won victories on tax fairness and tenant-landlord rights.

Some issues that Arise has been working on this year include:

-protecting and expanding Medicaid to provide healthcare for all low-income Alabamians

-funding for affordable housing, education and public transit

-protecting borrowers from predatory payday and title loans

As a member group, Beloved can send up to 6 voting representatives to the Arise annual meeting in Montgomery to help decide on our issues and strategy for the coming year.

The meeting will be held Saturday, September 12th, from 10 am – 3 pm at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Montgomery.

Click here to RSVP and talk to Robyn about carpooling!

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Potluck Supper Sunday, August 30th, after 6 PM service

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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!

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Education Roundtable Sunday, August 30th, 2:30 PM

This Sunday from 2:30-4:30 join the Education Roundtable for a discussion on school funding and our state’s budget crisis at Beloved.

Featuring information from Robyn Hyden (Alabama Arise) and Trisha Powell Crain (Alabama School Connection).

Click here to read an article about the meeting and hope to see you there!

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Minimum Wage Town Hall meeting Thursday, August 20th

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Update: August 19th, 2015- Good news! This event has been canceled due to the Birmingham City Council enacting a minimum wage increase ahead of schedule!

Great work and congratulations to those who organized for months to make this happen. Birmingham is now the first city in the deep South to raise the wage!

Read more at US News & World Report.

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Movie night Tuesday, August 18th

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Sister City Connection: Spoken Word Fundraiser July 23rd

On Thursday, July 23rd, join us at Beloved from 6:30-8:30 pm for a spoken word fundraiser to support some of Birmingham’s best youth poets!

This is a unique event featuring Birmingham’s own women’s spoken word collective, Sister City Connection, performing in concert with youth poets from Birmingham’s Real Life Poets.

Continue reading Sister City Connection: Spoken Word Fundraiser July 23rd →

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99 Films: Screening of Freedom Riders Tuesday, July 21st

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