V-day at Beloved

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SPECIAL PERFORMANCE! Join us this Valentine’s Day, (Saturday, February 14th) from 7-9 p.m. at Beloved for a staged reading of “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer,” a collection of pieces by world-renowned authors and playwrights.

Presenters at this performance will include Laura Secord, Anne Bailey, Shaunteka Curry, Salaam Green, Cynthia Drake, Johnny Coley, DeJuana McCary, Mimi Latoine and Alicia Clavell.

These diverse voices rise up in a collective roar to break open, expose, and examine the insidiousness of violence at all levels: brutality, neglect, a punch, even a put-down. All proceeds will benefit the YWCA Central Alabama‘s Domestic Violence Services and Programs.

A complimentary buffet featuring Mediterranean soups, salads and appetizers will be offered. Wine may be brought for personal use. Suggested donation: $10 at the door.  All proceeds will go to Central Alabama’s YWCA Domestic Violence Services and Programs.

Limited seating. Arrive early or email/text reservations to Neko:  205-542-9689, neko.uchina@gmail.com.

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A statement on marriage equality

We rejoice as the walls that deny legal protection and societal recognition for lifelong covenants of marriage come tumbling down!

The sanctity of marriage – a lifelong covenant of spirit, heart, body, and mind made on behalf of love, family and community – cannot be defined or withheld by the majority of elected officials or the masses – or even bestowed by the courts. It belongs to God!

“Thus says the Lord, ‘I am doing a new thing, can you not behold it?'”

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New Year’s Revolutions

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Instead of New Year’s resolutions, I have something else in mind: New Year’s Revolutions.

A revolution is a radical change, a change at the root, a complete turning.

A revolution casts out forces of death and replaces them with forces that are just and life-giving. Continue reading New Year’s Revolutions

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Encouragement and hope at Advent

Earlier this month, we took part in a joint Advent service with our friends at Covenant Community Church, First Congregational UCC and Pilgrim Church UCC. We were asked to present on the theme of “hope.”

Advent is a time of hope in a dark place.

Our Beloveds read the following letters, written by children who have lived their whole lives in Somali refugee camps – letters giving encouragement to Syrian children who are now also refugees. Messages included the words “You are not alone,” “Don’t be hopeless; we are with you,” and “We will get peace; Syria will become peace.”

May these be hopeful words to you, whatever struggles you face.

*Photos and story via BBC News Magazine.

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“I‘m a refugee like you”

A Somali girl holds up the letter she has written

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Advent & Christmas at Beloved

Special Advent Concerts!

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Sheep, Goats and Jesus people

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I was amazed to see

That the appointed scripture reading for today

Is Matthew 25:

When you did unto the least of these,

You did unto me.

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Giving thanks at Beloved

You’re invited to join us for TWO shared meals at Beloved this Thanksgiving Day…

2nd Annual Turkey Lunches for Thanksgiving Day Workers

Thursday, November 279 am to 11 am

Great turkey lunch-off of 2013

Once again, we’ll be serving our neighbors who work on this holiday of sharing.

Last year, we delivered over 200 lunches and had a wonderful time.

Volunteers can bring turkey and fixings, assemble sandwiches and deliver lunches!
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All Saints Day celebration Sunday, November 2nd at 6 p.m.

This Sunday at Beloved Community, we celebrate All Saints Day.

Sunday night at 6:00 pm

We invite you to bring something for the altar

that reminds you of someone who has been a “saint” in your life,

someone who has passed away or someone still living,

someone you know personally or someone you may never have met…

Who is “a saint?”

 “Those men and women who relish the event of life as a gift and who realize that the only way to honor such a gift is to give it away.”

-William Stringfellow

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Reading Changes Lives: Join us in the UCC One Read

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This fall, we’re reading the book Hotdogs & Hamburgers as part of the UCC One Read. This great book highlights the issue of adult illiteracy and the church’s response to our neighbors who are struggling to read. We’re joining with our fellow UCC congregations to help through tutoring, advocacy, and being more involved in local schools.

Join us Wednesday nights at 7 for our Bible study to discuss the book with us!

Here is what Beloveds have to say about the book so far:

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Feature on Beloved in Birmingham Magazine

“I believed there was a hunger for a church where people could come together across race and economic and religious backgrounds, a place where they all could be told they were precious in the eyes of God…There are not many churches where you’ll have a doctor sitting next to a homeless person sitting next to a college professor sitting next to a schizophrenic.”

Birmingham Magazine feature 10-2014Birmingham Magazine wrote a feature on Beloved Community Church. Check it out here!

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