Dear Friends, After worship yesterday, my family drove around the neighborhood. My kids wanted to see the Halloween decorations on people’s lawns while my husband and I wanted to see all the beautiful trees in their fall glory. I’m always amazed at the warmth of the colors this time of
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Dear Church Family and Friends, The pledges and contributions keep coming in as we work together to raise funds for the church’s current capital improvement projects. To date, $204,330 has been pledged or donated toward our goal of $500,000. Thank you to everyone who has committed to giving so generously!!!
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You’ll recall an email that I sent a couple of weeks ago about our capital needs and our financial goals for accomplishing them. Our most pressing needs include a new HVAC system for our sanctuary and life safety updates (including a wired fire alarm system and new exit hardware on
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Dear Church Family and Friends, When our church was founded in 1887, our forebears had a vision for sharing Christ in Avondale. During its 135 years of existence, God has touched countless lives through worship, baptisms, weddings, funerals, Sunday School classes, Vacation Bible School, and so much more. Many of
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Change is inevitable. Growth is optional. ~John C. Maxwell Dear Church Family and Friends, There are exciting things afoot at the church … and I wanted to let you know about them. We have a new-to-us school moving into the church this week – Red Mountain Community School (RMCS). The
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Dear Church Family and Friends, It’s exciting to have the World Games taking place in and around Birmingham this month. I’m looking forward to going to a few sporting events and enjoying having folks from around the world here in town. One of the venues is right next door to
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Dear Church Family and Friends, One of my favorite Psalms is Psalm 100 because it calls us to sing praises to God and to come into worship with thanksgiving in our hearts. Music feeds our souls and enhances our worship of God whether we come in praise or in sorrow
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Dear Church Family and Friends, I’m excited to welcome YouthServe back to our church campus for their first overnight camp since 2019. This is a great organization – led by our church member Jennifer Hatchett – that brings teenagers together from all walks of life to teach them about community
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Dear Church Family and Friends, Happy birthday, church!!! When I say “church” I’m not talking about our local church here at Avondale UMC … I’m talking about the church universal. This Sunday we, the church, celebrate what’s known as Pentecost Sunday. It’s the Sunday we remember how the Holy Spirit
Continue readingDear Church Family and Friends, The District Superintendent recently tasked the pastors under his care to come up with one word and one picture to describe how their congregation has emerged from the pandemic. When I first read it, I was like, “What???? One word? One picture? That’s crazy talk!” (No
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