Category Archives: LGBTQI

Congregational meeting for pastoral vote, Oct. 9th

Almost one year ago, the members of Beloved Community Church entrusted a search committee to select a pastoral candidate for the church’s approval. Since then, we have spent hundreds of hours diligently and prayerfully reviewing in-depth ministerial profiles of fifteen applicants, including candidates from all over the United States, the UCC and other denominations. With great consideration, we narrowed our search to a few.

After interviewing each candidate twice, hearing them preach in person and talking to their references, we recommend Jennifer Sanders as the best candidate to pastor Beloved Community Church.

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Memorial Service for Orlando, June 15th, 8-9 pm

Join us in a vigil of prayer, silence, conversation, and creative expression to remember the lives of those killed and injured at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. We will grieve the senseless bloodshed and pray to end violence and discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people everywhere.

Offered by The Abbey, Baptist Church of the Covenant, Beloved Community Church, Birmingham Friends Meeting, Covenant Community ChurchPilgrim Church UCC, Saint Junia UMC, and Woodlawn UMC.

We will meet outdoors between Beloved and The Abbey, weather permitting (131 41st Street South, Birmingham, AL 35222). If it is raining, we’ll be inside one or both of the buildings.

Contact Jennifer Sanders for more information.

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Central Alabama Pride Parade Saturday, June 11th, 8 pm

Join us to march in the Central Alabama Pride parade Saturday, June 11th, and let our neighbors know that Beloved is a place for all people!

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Lineup and registration at 7 pm on 7th Ave. S (corner of 30th St. S). Parade starts at 8:30.

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We will be walking on foot, carrying Beloved’s banner and handing out brochures.

Contact Donny Humphrey with any questions.

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Lenten Reflection from Rev. Lawton Higgs: Praxis

Luke 4: 5-8 Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said to him, “To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.'”

Romans 10: 11-13 The scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him. For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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“A Generous Faith” Conference November 5th-6th

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The Magic City Acceptance Project’s Communities of Faith Committee and the Human Rights Campaign Alabama invite you to the inaugural “A Generous Faith: Walking With Our LGBTQ+ Community” conference on November 5-6 at Temple Emanu-El and Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham.

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PrideSpeak: LGBTQ+ Spoken Word at Beloved Thursday, June 4, 2015

Earmark your offering to support Central Alabama Pride!

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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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Human Rights Campaign Faith Forum at Beloved July 22, 2014

Above: Beloveds marched in Birmingham Pride, 2014
Above: Beloveds marched in the Central Alabama Pride Parade, June 2014

By Greg Garrison

Published on July 23, 2014 at al.com.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Lauren, 23, stood up in the middle of Beloved Community Church in Avondale on Tuesday night, holding her Bible. “I’m a lesbian,” she said. “I really didn’t want to be gay.”
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