Tickets are now on sale for AvonFest 2016 … this is our annual fundraiser for Avondale Samaritan Place.  Come out to Cahaba Brewery on Sunday, September 11 from 5:30-7:30pm for some fellowship with friends, good brews and food, a silent auction, and most importantly, to celebrate and support the shared ministry between Avondale and Canterbury UMCs that is Avondale Samaritan Place.  You can purchase tickets for $50 online, Sunday morning, in the church office, or at the door.  If you have any items you’d like to donate to the silent auction, please contact one of our ASP Board members (Alison Jenkins, Jill Wheeler, Ginger Branson or Malinda Weaver).

Our church is proud to be a STAIR site for Birmingham school children.  STAIR is an after school reading program that helps 2nd grade children become stronger readers.  We need volunteers throughout the school year.  Each volunteer is assigned a child so they can read together, play word games, practice phonics and write stories.  The relationship that is formed not only helps them in reading, but it gives them a safe space to grow and develop.  Contact Alison Jenkins for more information or visit STAIR’s website.

New Members
We're excited to welcome into membership Wayne Key on August 28.

Please be in prayer for ...
Tricia Black, Ann Johnson, Shirley Misenhimer, Susan Erwin, Susan Maddox, Tom & Freda Gann, Walter Key, Dot and Gaylon Hardin, Wade Skidmore, Aaron Baskerville, Betty Hutchins, Charlotte Harrell, Jeanette Gamble, Jackie Hogan, Chris Davis, Chris Fancher, Clarissa Hardnett and family, Lindsay Sullivan, Kerrie Welds, Mary Bryan, Chris Maddox, Cherry Bayliss, Pat Cates, Laverne Weinmann