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In the News


24 hours of charity in Alabama Gives Day

Alec Harvey, Birmingham News, January 30, 2012


Go "Whole Hog" for Alabama Gives Day on Feb. 2

Shermika Dunner, Magic City Post, January 30, 2012


West End Weekend Retreat


Lauren Patterson, Woodlawn & West End Service blog, January 2012



Gifts at Christmas


Bishop Will Willimon, North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church blog, December 19, 2011

2012 Mission Grant Recipients


North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church website, November 10, 2011

Advent of Hope Banquet to celebrate Urban Ministry


"Faces," The Birmingham News, November 4, 2011

Alabama Service Trip 2012


Amherst Community Center Alternative Spring Break website, October 2011

Mo' Greens PLEASE! Third Annual Collard-Green Cook-Off and Wellness Expo


My Green Birmingham,
October 7, 2011


Champion for Health: Ama Shambulia


Champions for Health blog, October 1, 2011

Hunger-Fighting Cereal at UAB


Amber Ritchie, UAB Kaleidoscope, September 20, 2011

Hoover's Discovery United Methodist Church goes 'green' in Vacation Bible School


Melissa Turnage, The Birmingham News, July 20, 2011

Birmingham youth groups from Church Without Walls, First United Methodist unite

Melissa Turnage, The Birmingham News, June 29, 2011

Ama Shambulia uses a local garden to grow a community


Angela Cleary, My Green Birmingham, June 28, 2011


Kids Break Open Piggy Banks to Support Urban Ministry


Deb Welsh, North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church blog, June 20, 2011

Downtown fund-raiser banquet to benefit WE Community Gardens


Jason Horn, Magic City Post, March 17, 2011

Feel good eatin': 2 fun food benefits in the near future


Christiana D. Roussel, Birmingham Weekly, March 17, 2011

West End Community Gardens fundraiser


Amanda Storey, Food Revival, March 7, 2011

West End Community Gardens, Birmingham, Alabama


Judith Allen, Dig For Peace, January 28, 2011

Whole Foods to donate 5 percent of sales to WE Community Gardens


Jason Horn, Magic City Post, January 10, 2011

IFC Local Food Hero: Ama Shambulia

People Can Lead Healthy Lives: Current Grants & Initiatives


Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham website, 2011

Birmingham's West End Community Gardens hosts second annual Collard Green Cook-Off


Bob Carlton, The Birmingham News, October 15, 2010


Sumatanga to reconnect with Urban Ministry campers

North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church blog, October 7, 2010

Birmingham, Alabama: Does Urban Revitalization Help Property Values?

Tom Horn, Birmingham Appraisal Blog, August 17, 2010


Feeding the Hungry Sustainably


Greater Birmingham Ministries blog, August 6, 2010

Community gardens are pride of Birmingham's West End


Bob Carlton, Birmingham News, June 18, 2010

Urban Ministry DVD now available

North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church blog, May 11, 2010


Birmingham's West End Community Church Without Walls Revitalizes with Gardens


Red Mountain Post
, April 6, 2010

Speaking of eating for community gardens


Madison Underwood, Birmingham Weekly, March 19, 2010

West End Community Gardens Fundraiser Banquet


Deborah Lockridge, Bhamdining.com, March 3, 2010

Mission Trip Alabama 2010


Central United Methodist Church blog, Ontario, Canada, February 2010

Women in Ministry in North Alabama


Will Willimon,
A Peculiar Prophet, February 24, 2010


West End Community Garden celebration planned for March 20

North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church, February 5, 2010


The Community Church Without Walls


Susanna Wesley Society website, 2009

Rush Center at Urban Ministry plans busy summer

North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church blog, February 29, 2008


Urban Ministry celebrates terrific summer of ministry


North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church blog, September 24, 2007