AUMC in the News

• 2009-10-24 – Woodlawn Methodist Looks to Bounce Back from Fire (al.com) A May 31 fire left the historic sanctuary of Woodlawn United Methodist Church in rubble, but its congregation remains hopeful of rebuilding and perhaps rejuvenating in the aftermath.
• 2010-06-20 – Dozens of Methodist Ministers move to new pulpits today (al.com) The Rev. Brandon Harris, 31, preaches his first sermon as senior minister of Avondale United Methodist Church today at 11 a.m. The 250-member church has weekly attendance of just over 100 and has recently begun to have success in reaching young …
• 2011-04-14 – Mission Report: North Alabama Methodists to Choctaw Nation (al.com) “When she got off the school bus and saw the light bulb burning in the living room she started to dance around in happiness,” said April Martinez, the mother of six said…
• 2012-01-01 – Around the Block: Get to Know Avondale (Birmingham Magazine) The 4000 block of Fifth Avenue South: A look at a little neighborhood undergoing a big renaissance, thanks to a renovated park, a booming new bar and other neighbors old and new. …
• 2012-04-07 – Easter at Avondale Park (Today in Birmingham) After a more than 20-year hiatus, thenewly renovated Avondale Park will once again host an Easter Sunrise Service on Sunday, April 8. …
• 2012-09-28 – Church Beyond the Walls: The "Magic City Miracle" (WELD) There is a group of young, idealistic United Methodist Church (UMC) ministers in Birmingham who believe that churches should be more than mere buildings and that church congregations should be deeply involved in helping to make their communities …
• 2012-09-30 – Over 1,000 volunteers participate in Magic City Miracle (al.com) More than 1,000 volunteers showed up this afternoon to participate in the first-annual Magic City Miracle community service day. …
• 2012-10-08 – Avondale community-wide health fair (WBMA) Avondale United Methodist Church will host a community-wide health fair Saturday, October 13th, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. This is a no-cost health screening for aging people and those of low income. …
• 2012-11-08 – Avondale health fair to provide free flu shots, … (al.com) A community health fair on Saturday in Avondale will provide free health screenings and flu shots. …
• 2013-05-22 – Avondale gym renovated for ministry as Samaritan Place (al.com) The gymnasium of Avondale United Methodist Church is being renovated to become a ministry center called Avondale Samaritan Place….
• 2013-05-29 – Two Ala. Eagle Scouts, two different reactions ? (WIAT) The recent decision to allow openly gay boys to participate in Boy Scouts of America is causing major controversy. …
• 2013-09-25 – New students, new parents, new reality, & change (WELD) Gentrification series continues with a look at education in Avondale…
• 2013-10-13 – "Day of Service" brings hundreds of volunteers to Avondale (WBMA) A Birmingham neighborhood is getting a helping hand on its way back from the brink.
• 2013-10-30 – Birmingham's new face of philanthropy (Opinion @ al.com) Alabama is an especially tough place to live if you’re a single mother. In fact, if you are a single woman with children in Alabama, there’s almost a 50/50 chance that you will live in poverty. Sadly, for the last 15 years, the poverty rates in Alabama…
• 2014-01-29 – Coping With Snow (WBHM) Roads across the Birmingham area remain slick a day after snow blanketed a wide swath of Alabama. At least five people have died in weather related accidents. Some parents are still trying to get to children sheltering in schools. With many cities and …
• 2014-02-22 – Double Whammy: Storm knocks roof off pastor's Avondale church (al.com) The high winds that swept through Birmingham early Friday morning knocked the roof off the Beloved Community Church in Avondale, and also knocked a tree down on the pastor’s roof at her house in Homewood….
• 2014-02-24 – Storm damaged church holds service in neighboring church (WBRC) A local pastor not only suffered storm damage at her house, she also saw last week’s storms do damage to their place of worship …
• 2014-02-27 – The Women's Fund to award $50,000 for projects … (al.com) The Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham will award $50,000 to two innovative community partnerships that seek to address generational poverty issues among local women and children…
• 2014-04-16 – Renovating a Neighborhood (WELD) Charlie Duggan turns vacant Avondale houses into vibrant homes. …
• 2014-05-22 – Plugged into service (WELD) Avondale Methodist programs care for, engage community members …
• 2014-09-24 – Avondale: Where Birmingham Comes Together (About Town) The city of Avondale is not just designed for bars and restaurants- it’s designed to offer the people of Birmingham a place to come together. …
• 2015-06-15 – Carpenter's Hands Builds Handicap Ramp for 107-year-old (al.com) A 107-year-old Birmingham woman now has a wheelchair ramp to help get in and out of her home in the Thomas neighborhood, thanks to a Christian ministry called Carpenter’s Hands …