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UMCOR celebrates 70 Years of Hope in 2010
Written: 3/11/2010
by Melissa Hinnen, Director of Communications for UMCOR, General Board of Global Ministries What does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? —Micah 6:8 (NRSV) For 70 years the people of The United Methodist Church have put the spiri...

Vernon UMC reaches out with spirit of Conference priority of new congregations
Written: 3/10/2010
Vernon First UMC is blazing new trails in Lamar County of the Southwest District. Vernon First UMC voted to move forward in starting a satellite church offering Spanish worship to West Alabama. This vote rose out of the SPRC meeting in September of 2009 during which leaders were responding to a que...

Hopewell UMC begins new ministry to empower a new generation
Written: 3/9/2010
Submitted by Debbie Williams, member of Hopewell UMC Ever wonder why God puts you in the places He does? During a break at the 2008 North Alabama Annual Conference two members of Hopewell UMC found themselves sharing a bench in the lobby with two lay members from Hanceville UMC. That brief convers...

Trustees Chair offers Camp Sumatanga update
Written: 3/4/2010
Camp Sumatanga Update While Camp Sumatanga had its challenges last year, as did many organizations during the recession, thanks to the members of the North Alabama Conference, Camp finished 2009 on a strong note. When Bob Murray reported at 2009’s Annual Conference that Camp needed $300,000 t...

Chile Earthquake: North Alabama Conference missionary and Methodist Bishop in Chile report on damage; UMCOR Sends Aid to Chile
Written: 3/3/2010
On March 2, 2010 North Alabama Conference Director of Mission and Advocacy Rev. Matt Lacey spoke with John Elmore, GBGM missionary to Chile affiliated with the North Alabama Conference by phone this morning. Here is Matt’s report of that conversation. John and his wife are currently fine. H...

North Alabama pastor finds calling in coaching
Written: 3/2/2010
by Tim Ghianni, United Methodist General Board of Discipleship This article first appeared in Newscope, a weekly e-newsletter for United Methodist leaders, Vol. 38, Issue 4 / January 27, 2010. Morie Adams-Griffin, 34, finds much joy as pastor of Living Waters UMC in Belgrade, Montana. But he knew ...

Chile Earthquake Disaster (Updated)
Written: 2/27/2010
Saturday, Feb 27, 9:00pm UMCOR has now set up a site in order to receive aid. Visit at: http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/newsroom/releases/archives2010/earthquakeinchile/ -Matt Saturday, Feb 27, 4:30pm I have received word that John Elmore, a North Alabama Conference affiliated missionary with GB...

Retired pastor Rev. Woodfin Grove publishes first book at age 91
Written: 2/27/2010
Retired pastor Rev. Woodfin Grove's book, Logia, came from the press on his ninety-first birthday in late 2009. Entitled, Logia, which comes from the Greek word for "sayings" or "utterances", the book focuses on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount with the atte...

Health and Spirituality: a retreat on spirituality and healing for people who have terminal or chronic illness and their families to be held in March
Written: 2/25/2010
On the third weekend in March (March 19-21, 2010) the North Alabama Conference will sponsor a retreat on the topic of “Spirituality and Healing” at Camp Sumatanga. Over the past two or three decades the importance of Spirituality has received great attention in healthcare. Everyone know...

North Alabama continues to send relief supplies to Haiti
Written: 2/24/2010
A 40 foot container packed with disaster relief supplies left Decatur at the end of last week and will arrive in Haiti on March 2. The supplies include items donated by North Alabama United Methodists and others who have heard about the church’s work there and wish to help the people of Haiti...

New Bethel UMC members and friends celebrate a Black History moment brought to you by Coca-Cola
Written: 2/23/2010
February is Black History month and here’s a story connecting a Black history moment in the United States to a rural North Alabama United Methodist Church. A one-time member of New Bethel UMC (Mountain Lakes District) was one of the first non-celebrity African-American women to appear in a Coc...

Encounter2010 weekend helps youth embrace fullness of the Trinity
Written: 2/22/2010
On February 19-21, 2010, youth from across the North Alabama Conference gathered in Florence, Ala., for an intimate weekend at EncounterE3! National speaker and author Steve Case led the youth in talking about embracing the fullness of the Trinity. Worship leaders Lost and Found gave the youth incr...

Asbury UMC to host Prayer and Missions conference to equip �full circle� 360� disciples
Written: 2/18/2010
Asbury United Methodist Church in Madison, Ala., (Northeast District) is hosting a two-day prayer and missions conference on Feb. 26-27, 2010. With more than 50 breakout sessions the event features renowned speakers and cross-cultural workers from all around the world. Keynote speakers are Marilee ...

Invitation to the Oberammergau Passion Play
Written: 2/17/2010
“Pasty and I would like to invite you to come and join us, and a group of pilgrims from North Alabama for the historic Passion Play in Oberammergau, Austria,” said Bishop Willimon. The Oberammergau Passion Play is a 6-hour musical and dramatic presentation of Holy Week, a one-of-a-kind e...

River City Charity Chili Cookoff to benefit UMRA
Written: 2/13/2010
On Saturday, February 20 from 11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., the spicy scent of chili will fill the air under the big tent at Ingalls Harbor in Decatur as Toray presents the second annual River City Charity Chili Cookoff. Teams will compete for “Best Chili in the River City” and patrons will ...

One Great Hour of Sharing is March 14. Materials now available
Written: 2/12/2010
When the first tremors of the earthquake in Haiti rocked that island nation, UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) staff were already in country, strategizing how United Methodists could help improve the lives of the people there. Their work is a direct result of the One Great Hour of Sharin...

The Carpenter's Hands ministry repairs homes and builds relationships
Written: 2/10/2010
A house is considered substandard if it does not provide safe and adequate shelter; endangers the health or safety of a family in its present condition; has one or more critical defects such it does not have operable indoor plumbing; it does not have electricity or has inadequate or unsafe electrica...

Church of the Reconciler to hold memorial service, raises awareness of city's growing homeless population
Written: 2/10/2010
The Church of the Reconciler in downtown Birmingham is a multicultural, multiracial United Methodist congregation that has an active ministry with Birmingham’s homeless population. On Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, leaders from the Church of the Reconciler held a press conference to announce a m...

Jasper First UMC Sunday School class lives out calling to be the hands of Christ
Written: 2/8/2010
The Celebration contemporary worship service at Jasper First UMC features a segment called “The Hands of Christ." During this time, pastor Tex Ergle highlights some ways members can be involved in the mission work of the church and therefore be the hands and feet of Christ as they live th...

West End Community Garden celebration planned for March 20
Written: 2/5/2010
The Community Garden of Birmingham’s Community Church Without Walls is based on the firm belief that the way to a community’s heart is through its stomach. The garden, now ready to begin its third growing season, is realizing its vision to revitalize Birmingham’s West End communit...

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