Ministry Partners Directory
AHMEN
Click to read about AHMENThe Alabama Honduras Medical Educational Network (AHMEN) is a Christian ministry that partners with volunteers and organizations to share the love of Christ in Honduras through medical relief and educational development.
AHMEN is, at its best, a network of individuals charting a partnership with the Honduran people toward a brighter future. We do dream of a Honduras free of those conditions which touched our hearts almost two decades ago, but we do not dream for our Honduran families. AHMEN instead partners with our Honduran families to help their dreams become a reality.
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(205) 302-3675 |
Richard Bowie — President of AHMEN |
Birmingham-Southern College
Click to read about Birmingham-Southern CollegeBirmingham-Southern College is a United Methodist four year liberal arts college with emphasis on service and leadership, professional and vocational preparation; providing scholarships for United Methodist students, study abroad, and opportunities for international service.

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(205) 226-4861 |
Julie Holly — Chaplain |
Christian's Place Mission
Click to read about Christian's Place MissionMission Statement -- Christian Place Mission, with Gods direction, and leadership, will work to feed, clothe, and give spiritual guidance to Nauvoo, AL and the surrounding areas.
We have many churches of all denominations which ask their members to help us. We are all part of the great body of believers who seek to serve according to God's will. We ask for only one can of food which God blesses as Jesus did with the fishes and bread. Some people donate money so we can buy what we need; others, like Girl Scout troops and school children, hold food drives.
Getting to know our clients and sharing their joys and sorrows touches our hearts. The blessings we receive from our clients far outweigh what we give to our Mission! We invite you to put legs under your faith and come see the miracles at Christian Place Mission in Nauvoo, AL.
We are building a two story building to house two missions which are Christian Place Mission and Inspired Hope Services. Inspired Hope Services will be the free clinic to further help this area.
For more information and request speakers for your church groups, call Carole Newman, Director, 205-410-7029

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(205) 410-7029 |
Carole Newman — Director |
Community Enabler Developer, Inc. (Anniston)
Click to read about Community Enabler Developer, Inc. (Anniston)Community Enabler has been serving Calhoun and surrounding counties for the past 42 years. We provide food, clothing, household items, school supplies, and Christmas assistance.
The Community Enabler Mission is: Enabling the community to become sensitized to the needs of the poor and to participate in public and private advocacy for the disadvantaged. Developing ministries that will meet the needs of the disadvantaged. Meeting the unmet needs of the citizens of Calhoun County.
The primary purpose of The Sable Learning Center is: Redirecting the lives of children/youth in the hope of guiding and helping them develop self-awareness and the courage to help themselves through anger management, reading skills, life skills, computer training, and health care education.

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(256) 237-6144 |
Mrs. Maudine Holloway
— Executive Director
Audrey L. Noel — Office Manager |
Dream Garden, After School Enrichment
Click to read about Dream Garden, After School EnrichmentDream Garden is a ministry to children, youth and their families. It consists of tutoring, counseling, Bible study, recreation, field trips, arts and crafts and computer classes. Children who participate in the after-school and summer programs battle a tremendous number of social issues. Many have seen or been close to situations children should not have to face. Most do not have positive role models and would benefit greatly from the consistent presence and encouragement of loving, caring, Christian adults.

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(205) 492-7125 |
Pashion Lewis — Founder & Executive Director |
Embrace Alabama Kids (formerly United Methodist Children's Home)
Click to read about Embrace Alabama Kids (formerly United Methodist Children's Home)Mission: To follow the example of Christ by embracing all God's children ... one child, one family at a time. We provide safe, loving, Christian homes for neglected and abused children in north Alabama, as well as throughout Alabama and west Florida. Our services also include residential group home care, transitional living, family preservation programs, group homes for young mothers and their babies, and regular and therapeutic foster care.

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334-386-5354 / 800-239-3575 |
Rebecca Morris
— Vice President of External Affairs
Dr. K. Blake Horne — President and CEO |
Epiphany Ministry, Inc. of Alabama
Click to read about Epiphany Ministry, Inc. of AlabamaEpiphany is an ecumenical Christian ministry for young men and women in the custody of the Department of Youth Services (DYS).
Each Epiphany weekend depends on a team of adults from the Christian community to work together to show the LOVE of God to the attending youth who are called STARS.
The STARS attending an Epiphany weekend will receive God’s LOVE through witness, worship services, music, drama, food, and sharing at family tables.
The Epiphany weekend is modeled after other 3-day weekends such as Walk to Emmaus, Cursillo, Chrysalis, Kairos, Happening, and Cross.

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(205) 529-9023 |
Julia Bianchi
— DYS Liaison
Fran Knight — DYS Liaison |
Greater Birmingham Ministries
Click to read about Greater Birmingham MinistriesGreater Birmingham Ministries (GBM) was founded in 1969 in response to urgent human and justice needs in the greater Birmingham area. GBM is a multi-faith, multi-racial organization that provides emergency services for people in need and engages the poor and the non-poor in systemic change efforts to build a strong, supportive, engaged community and pursue a more just society for all people.
- Serving People: We provide food, clothing, and financial assistance to people in crisis. They in turn help us to understand and respond to emerging needs of the community.
- Building Community: We offer faith communities of Birmingham and Alabama the opportunity to serve, to learn about poverty and justice, and to act on their faith and be supported in advocating for justice.
- Pursuing Justice: We work alongside low-income neighborhoods and people to nurture community leaders, provide ongoing leadership development around issues, and bring new leaders into public decision-making processes that affect their communities.

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(205) 326-6821 ext 103 |
Mr. Scott Douglas — Executive Director |
Huntingdon College
Click to read about Huntingdon CollegeHuntingdon College, founded in 1854, is a community of faith, wisdom, and service. Huntingdon serves approximately 1100 students in the traditional undergraduate program and the Evening Studies program, providing an outstanding liberal arts education in an atmosphere that supports spiritual growth and inquiry.
Vision
Huntingdon College is an institution with a rich liberal arts tradition that is grounded in the Judeo-Christian heritage of the United Methodist Church. The College embraces the development and growth of its students in faith, wisdom, and service, providing a solid foundation that will enable them to respond to the needs of today’s global and complex world.
Mission
Huntingdon College, through the use of traditional and non-traditional teaching and learning environments, provides a foundational education in the liberal arts disciplines and professional academic studies across multiple degree levels for students from diverse backgrounds.

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(334) 833-4409 |
The Rev. Dr. J. Cameron West
— President
Sandra B. Kelser — Executive Assistant to the President/Corporation Secretary |
Kairos Outside of North Alabama
Click to read about Kairos Outside of North AlabamaKairos Outside is a special weekend retreat designed to support the female loved ones of men and women who are or have been incarcerated. Families of the incarcerated "do time" right along with their loved ones. In a safe environment with loving people, women interact with other women who are in similar situations and learn to form small support groups to give them strength for the challenges they face.

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(256) 585-5777 |
Dianna Dabbs — Advisory Council Chair |
McCoy Adult Day Care: A Program of the UM Center for Senior Citizens
Click to read about McCoy Adult Day Care: A Program of the UM Center for Senior CitizensThe McCoy Adult Day Care Center provides a very high-quality on-site program of Adult Day Care Services. This includes supervision, health screening, nutrition, therapeutic activities, exercise and lots of love.
Caregivers are provided counseling and support in the care of their loved ones. Periodic classes are offered with information helpful to their situation. Referral services and help are available when time for placement in a long-term care facility becomes necessary.
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(205) 251-2178 |
Lauren Goodman
— Executive Director
Vivian Story — Day Care Director |
Methodist Foundation of North Alabama
Click to read about Methodist Foundation of North AlabamaThe North Alabama United Methodist Foundation is a resource and educational agency of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church that “Fosters the Future through Stewardship, Investment and Scholarship.” The Foundation provides churches and donors creative stewardship opportunities to undergird future missions and ministries. The Foundation also provides important investment opportunities, administers endowments, and cultivates permanent endowment funds for churches.
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(205) 226-7937 |
Mike O'Kelley
— Executive Director
Jean Sandefur — Administrative Assistant |
Methodist Homes of Alabama and Northwest Florida
Click to read about Methodist Homes of Alabama and Northwest FloridaAffiliated with the North Alabama and Alabama-West Florida Conferences, our stable nonprofit organization is a respected innovator in senior housing and care. We create loving, life-enriching, spiritually based communities that serve older adults and provide peace of mind for their loved ones. Within our walls, we are resident-focused, anticipating and meeting their needs. Beyond our walls, we reach out to the community with our knowledge and skills.
Today, Methodist Homes has grown to include thirteen retirement communities in nine cities, providing a home to more than 1,300 people at a critical time in their lives. Our communities provide a breadth of services including independent living, assisted living, rehabilitation, long-term nursing care, Alzheimer’s/dementia care and affordable housing.

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(205) 440-1454 |
Christopher Tomlin
— CEO
Sherri Easdon — Director of Public Relations |
Noah's Art Club Inc.
Click to read about Noah's Art Club Inc.Noah's Art Club is an Art School set up within church environments as an outreach program to offer art education to children within the church community. The mission of the non-profit Noah’s Art Club is to motivate and inspire students in grades four through twelve to pursue their creative artistic abilities
Noah’s Art Club was founded by Carol Befort in memory of her son, Kevin Spies, who passed away from cancer and by Donna Whitmire dedicating her commitment to her late husband, Wilson. June 2013 was our first class.
Wilson Chapel is a historic Chapel that was built in 1917 and is nestled in the Historic Roebuck Springs Community surrounded by many beautiful older homes.

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(205) 836-1041 |
Carol Befort
Donna Whitmire |
North Alabama Disaster Response Warehouse
Click to read about North Alabama Disaster Response WarehouseThe North Alabama Conference has an UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) network warehouse. It serves the Southeastern United States and foreign countries. It is located in Decatur, Alabama.
Our Moto
Everything in the warehouse is doing no one any good. Let’s get it out where it can do some good!
Our Goal
Our goal is to provide a secure weather-resistant storage facility to accumulate, account for, and ship relief supplies to victims of natural and man-made disasters worldwide in support of the humanitarian efforts of the United Methodist Church. The stewardship of the donated and purchased assets shall be the primary activity of the warehouse.
To provide a secure weather resistant storage facility to accumulate, account for, and ship relief supplies to victims of natural and man-made disasters worldwide in support of the humanitarian efforts of the United Methodist Church. The stewardship of the donated and purchased assets shall be the primary activity of the warehouse.

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(256) 341-9961 |
P.E.E.R., Inc. (Promoting Empowerment & Enrichment Resources)
Click to read about P.E.E.R., Inc. (Promoting Empowerment & Enrichment Resources)
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(205) 836-3201 |
Rev. Sally Allocca — Executive Director |
Reaching Accessibility for Methodist Persons (RAMP)
Click to read about Reaching Accessibility for Methodist Persons (RAMP)R.A.M.P. is part of the North Alabama Conference's Disability Ministry Team's program. It offers our churches and church members who need ramps the chance to have one built for little or no cost. We may also be able to help churches with other means of accessibility, such as chair lifts, elevators or accessible bathrooms. We are funded by donations. We currently are accepting donations and hope local churches in the Conference will add our organization to their annual budgets. The number of ramps we can build depends on money and our volunteers. Local churches should send a list of people who will volunteer to build ramps to Susan Lee at slee4al@hotmail.com. The Advance Special R.A.M.P. is an 896 Fund and is combined with our special Disability Ministries Fund. If churches or individuals do not specify whether the money is for R.A.M.P. or Disability Ministries in general, it will be used as needed as determined by the NAC Disability Ministries Team.
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(205) 910-2353 |
Susan Lee — Disability Ministries Convener |
Restoration Mission
Click to read about Restoration Missionvisit their website |
(205) 326-0970 |
Robert Lewis, III
— Senior Pastor
Claudia Lewis — Associate Pastor |
Safe Harbor, Inc.
Click to read about Safe Harbor, Inc.Safe Harbor is dedicated to educating communities about the dangers that face today's young people, and to restoring families who have been negatively affected by their teenager's behavior.

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(205) 981-0995 |
Mr. Rock Hobbs — Executive Director |
Servants in Faith and Technology (SIFAT)
Click to read about Servants in Faith and Technology (SIFAT)Servants in Faith and Technology is a Christian nonprofit organization that provides training in self-help programs for a needy world. SIFAT offers opportunities for Christians to get involved personally, both to learn from others and to partner with them in missions. Each year, SIFAT offers community development training to pastors and leaders from developing countries. SIFAT gives North American churches the opportunity to partner with some of our graduates through short-term mission trips. Mission teams currently serve in Bolivia, Ecuador, Uganda and Zambia. SIFAT also provides programs on our campus in Lineville, Alabama, that help North Americans increase their view of missions and the world. Learn & Serve hosts a youth summer camp, retreats for all ages and one-day field trips for school-aged students. Many activities take place in the Global Village, which has simulated housing from nine countries and an urban slum.

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(256) 396-2015 |
Tom Corson
— Executive Director
Marie Lanier — Promotions and Marketing |
Society of St. Andrew - Alabama
Click to read about Society of St. Andrew - AlabamaSociety of St. Andrew (SoSA) is a national faith-based nonprofit dedicated to following Jesus' command to feed the hungry. SoSA operates the Alabama Gleaning Network, a ministry which recruits gleaners to enter fields and pick what is left behind after the harvest for distribution to nearby agencies feeding those who are hungry. Churches can support this ministry by volunteering to glean, by helping to transport produce from fields to agencies, by participating in salvage gleaning (picking up excess produce from farmers' markets and produce stands), and by financially supporting the ministry, which in 2012 distributed 1.9 million servings of nourishing food to hungry Alabamians at a cost of less than 4¢ a serving. SoSA also offers week-long and weekend gleaning mission work camp experiences for youth, inter-generational and family groups; a VBS mission curriculum; a 12-session hunger-themed Bible study; and devotional materials for Advent, Lent, and Good Friday.

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(205) 245-3215 |
Elizabeth Wix
— Regional Director
Adrienne Standridge — Program Coordinator |
Sumatanga Camp & Conference Center

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(256) 538-9860 |
Rev. Tony Jones — Executive Director |
UAB Department of Pastoral Care
Click to read about UAB Department of Pastoral CareThe mission of UAB Hospital's Department of Pastoral Care is to serve the spiritual needs of patients and families who come to UAB hospital from throughout the state of Alabama and the Southeast. Because UAB is a regional hospital a large number of the patients and families who come to UAB are often isolated from their normal support systems. UAB Chaplains provide servant ministry at the crossroads---they are a vital source of support for patients and families during times of stress and crisis. Two new chaplains have joined the staff to serve UAB Highlands Hospital and Kirklin Clinic. The Department of Pastoral Care insures that a chaplain is available 24/7 in house to respond to emergency calls and referrals from medical staff. The Department also supports an educational mission through its Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program. Currently the CPE program has in training six chaplain residents and five interns. In 1969 the United Methodist Church provided the initial leadership in establishing chaplain services at UAB Hospital when the NAL Conference partnered with UAB Hospital and made the Rev. Kenneth Bohannon (Highlands UMC associate) UAB's first chaplain. The department developed further under the leadership of the Rev. Bob Daffin (UMC elder,WFLA conference). In addition, United Methodist laypersons (many of them doctors at UAB) have been a base of support and advocacy for spiritual care at UAB and have served on the department's advisory board throughout the years. UAB Department of Pastoral Care is a designated Advance Special in the North Alabama Conference. Currently, Dr. Melvin Rodgers (elder, NAL conference) and Rev. Virginia Durbin Millet (elder-LA conference) are staff chaplains at UAB Hospital. The Rev. Malcolm Marler (former chaplain of the UAB 1917 Clinic and founder of the Care Team Network) became Director of the Pastoral Care Department at UAB in 2009.
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(205) 934-2670 |
Chaplain Virginia Durbin Millet — United Methodist Staff Chaplain |
United Community Centers, Inc.
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(205) 925-2944 |
Theresa Johnson — Director |
United Counseling
Click to read about United CounselingA ministry of the United Methodist Church providing counseling and consultation for more than 40 years

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(205) 824-8320 |
Monica Harbarger — Executive Director |
United Methodist Volunteers In Mission (UMVIM)
Click to read about United Methodist Volunteers In Mission (UMVIM)UMVIM exists to promote, encourage and enable Christians to exemplify Christian Love In Action through short-term mission service in the United States and abroad.
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(256) 404-9995 |
Rev. Adlene Kufarimai
— Director of MIssions and Advocacy
Rev. Todd Owen — North Alabama Conference UMVIM Coordinator |
Upper Sand Mountain Parish
Click to read about Upper Sand Mountain ParishCooperative Parish of 8 United Methodist Churches serving a 1,000 square mile area on Sand Mountain in Jackson and Dekalb Counties of Alabama. Founded in 1969, Upper Sand Mountain Parish has Emergency Services and Family Care Programs that serve approximately 5,000 families each year. Expenses that USMP tries to help those in need to meet are food, utilities, prescription assistance, medical costs, gasoline, etc. USMP accepts Mission Service Teams year round to help in providing minor home repair and weatherization, building of ramps for accessibility, operation of an industrial cannery, gardening and gleaning, summer day camp programs for area communities, etc. USMP also operates other ministries including the Heart and Hand Housing Program, Gardens of Plenty, Christmas Toy Stores, Back to School supplies, Back to School workbook expenses, and Manna on the Mountain Backpack Program, and H.O.P.E. Center Temporary Housing Shelter Program. Having experienced tornadoes in each of the last six years, including significant damage in the April 27, 2011, tornadoes, long term disaster recovery services are ongoing through USMP. Whether you are 3 or 93 there is an opportunity for you to be involved with us in mission on Sand Mountain. If you would be interested in being involved in our work on Sand Mountain or having someone come speak to your church about how you can support our misions, please contact us!

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(256) 638-2126 |
Rev. James “Woody” Woodin — Director |
Urban Ministry, Inc.
Click to read about Urban Ministry, Inc.Urban Ministry is the inner city mission of the North Alabama Conference located in Birmmingham, AL. Our mission is to serve poor and low-income persons and families with programs of Compassion and Wholeness.

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(205) 781-0517 |
Rev. Garrett Harper — Executive Director |
Wesley Fellowship - Birmingham-Southern College
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(205) 226-4761 |
Rev. Julie Holly
— Chaplain
Quinten Lochmann — Associate Director of Religious Life |
Wesley Foundation - Jacksonville State University
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(256) 435-2208 |
Rev. D. Jay Robinson — Campus Minister |
Wesley Foundation - UAB
Click to read about Wesley Foundation - UABThe United Methodist campus ministry at UAB.
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(205) 368-5771 |
Cory Swinford |
Wesley Foundation - University of Alabama
Click to read about Wesley Foundation - University of Alabamavisit their website |
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(205) 758-3502 |
Wade Langer — Director, North Alabama Campus Ministries |
Wesley Foundation - University of North Alabama
Click to read about Wesley Foundation - University of North Alabamavisit their website |
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(256) 764-6412 |
Mrs. Linda Williamson — Ministry Aide |