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Monday 9am - 2pm Tuesday 9am - 2pm Wednesday 9am - 2pm Thursday 9am - 2pm Sunday 9:30am - 11am

Church of the Reconciler

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Our mission is to restore people to loving relationships with themselves, with their community, and with God.

We're a United Methodist Mission Church whose congregation is composed primarily of those who are unhoused, transient, or struggling with the consequences of poverty. We have a wonderful and caring staff and host many volunteers from partner churches, amazing organizations, and individuals.

• Our service is at 9:30am every Sunday Morning
• Bible Study is open to the public every Monday and Wednesday at 10:00am in the sanctuary.
• Community Table is a fun and intentional spiritual time that can be anything from music to prayer to games; it's every Tuesday at 10:00am
• Sacred Musing is our Brew Pub Study Group that meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. Come hang out and let's chat and learn!
• Bring us your #5 plastic so we can recycle it in our shop! We usually have sack lunches or meals to give to those in need. We would be overjoyed if you'd consider joining us as a volunteer or giving to our cause of helping the unhoused and eliminating homelessness from Birmingham.

10/19/2026

Tell Tony happy birthday today! (Or when you see him next). Tony is a veteran and a long time member of Church of the Reconciler. He loves our community, encourages our staff, and we all love him! Happy birthday, Tony. God bless you.

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Tony wears a black jacket, a black shirt, a skull and cross bones on his ball cap (a little surprising given his warm smile!), and a wooden cross necklace and a black, yellow, red, and green beaded cross necklace. He sits in our sanctuary on a busy day.

09/28/2026

Feeling grateful for our community and the awesome fellowship and food we shared in our church cook out last Thursday. Didn’t make it to this one? Hope you’ll come by soon and make a friend.

Image Descriptions: 1 - Peewee and Aaron smile by at their table with delicious plates. In the background a crowd is enjoying the food and fellowship. The cross on the stage wall is in the center back.

2 - Dominique smiles by the serving line. She is the dessert server. Props to her for sharing the best part!

3 - JJ and Kent stand arm in arm at the serving line. JJ raises a fist (wearing his serving glove) in excitement. They are serving the buns and meat. Kent wears his vintage A&W Rooter T

4 - Warren Austin from Church at Ross Bridge helps serve as friends go through the line

5 - The CHEF, Benny! Puts an arm around Pam by the grill on the church loading dock. We couldn’t have a cook out without the lead chef and the lead cleaner! Thanks, y’all!

6 - April smiles and waves while at the table with her plate. We love her hat, which is white and says, “I heart Insights” (With a read heart and black letters). We love insights, too, April!

That’s a wrap on the fall cook out. Stay tuned for Fall Resource Fair and… February Chili Cook Off!!!

(Descriptions above) (but really cook-in)

09/21/2026

We are grateful for a beautiful day apart for our church staff, provided by our board of directors. We got to spend the day with woods and water, enjoy quiet time and meaningful conversation. We feel more connected to each other and more ready to serve our community.

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1) Ben’s hand holding a leaf while he sits on the cabin porch with green trees and pond in the background
2) Sarah’s hand holds a small black snail she found while wading in the creek
3) Chaco sandals sitting on a rock by the creek
4) Bright yellow wild flowers in the foreground and green trees in the background
5) Tall wild grass in the foreground beside the trail around the pond
6) Bright sun shining through leaves beside the trunk of a tree
7) Pam, Dylan, and Jimmekka smile while sitting on the back porch of the cabin with trees and ivy in the background
8) Sarah and Ben smile on the back porch of the cabin, with the stone wall of the cabin in the background
9) Bright green poster says “Our Team” written by hand. Different colored post-it notes with handwriting cover the poster
10) Close up of the poster: A pink sticky note says, “Our team is…” Other sticky notes around it say: “Fun. Hopeful. Awesome!! Compassionate!! Gifted. Self-less. Life!”
11) Different Poster close up: A yellow sticky reads “People should come to COTR because…” Other sticky notes around it read: “God is here! We care. We look out for each other no matter what.”
12) Another close up of the poster: Green sticky note says, “When people come to our church, I hope…” Other sticky notes around it read: “They find freedom. They leave feeling that they are loved”

09/16/2026

“Healing and Vulnerability go hand in hand” — Sharrif Simmons
We’re so grateful for Sharrif Simmons and UAB Arts in Medicine partnering with us to share music and poetry in a safe and encouraging environment. We find this work with him brings us joy, tears, memories, strength.

Today Sharrif visited our partner nonprofit Community on the Rise Community On The Rise for their “Wellness Wednesday,” a program for their staff wellness and bonding.

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Left to right Pastor Sarah, Lisa, Avery, Michelle (Community on the Rise staff), Sharrif, Mya, Michelle (Arts in Medicine staff). All stand in the Community on the Rise classroom and smile at the camera.

08/20/2026

How can you smile like Pam? Come to this Sunday’s volunteer training! We hold volunteer training twice a year. Meet staff and other volunteers, learn our vision, practices, and how to get around our giant building. Refreshments included. All welcome.

See ya Sunday Aug. 23, 1:00-3:00
112 14th Street North Birmingham

description Pam has a huge smile, one hand on her hip, and wears her light blue Church of the Reconciler shirt. Her face says, “Come on down! You’ll love it!”

08/17/2026

Kinda Chic to learn someone’s childhood prayers. In prayer circle Pastor Sarah noticed that one of the members quoted from “Now I lay me down to sleep…” differently from how she learned it as a child. That was pretty cool because she remixed a version of it for her own kids, too. So in prayer circle last week Pastor Sarah brought the three versions she had learned so far: One from childhood, one from a prayer circle member, and the one she taught her own kids. Then, while we were talking about these, another member shared another slightly different way that his grandmother had taught him to pray “Now I lay me down to sleep…” So here are all of our versions. Feel free to share or tell us your own!

Text from Images: “Now I lay me down to sleep (a remix). I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should live another day, I pray the Lord to guide my way (Remix by Verna’s mom. Now I lay me down to sleep. My precious soul the Lord to keep. If I should die before I wake, my precious soul the Lord to take (Remix by Dancer’s grandmother). Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my heart to keep. I thank God for this good day. Now help me sleep the night away (Remix by Pastor Sarah).”

“Original” (?) Prayer: “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.

In each remix we see something important. Verna’s mom taught her that the Lord is there not just to keep her soul, but also to guide her way every day. Dancer’s grandmother taught him that his soul (and every person’s) is precious! Pastor Sarah taught her kids that each night’s sleep is a gift from God.

description: The image of each slide is the same: A Dark blue background with golden outlines of clouds and stars and large white text of the prayers.

08/05/2026

Have you heard we make a pretty mean PB & J?
We love starting each day with physical & spiritual nourishment with our beloved community members. Most of the time our sack lunches are provided by our awesome partners in ministry, but sometimes we need to supplement with some in-house work.

Thanks to everyone who helps love, encourage, and serve our community!

Pictured here: John, Rodney, and Pastor Dylan assembling PB & J and paper bag lunches in our church kitchen.

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08/03/2026

3. 2. 1. jump! 🤣 We had a blast celebrating church house shirt day with our kiddos and seeing what words they associate with their church. Cheerfulness. Encouragement. Love. Enthusiasm. What creative, wonderful people!

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1) left to right: Marshall, Kobe, Daniel, and James pose in the church house shirts they decorated during worship
2) Kobe gives a big thumbs up and smile wearing the “encouragement” shirt he decorated with lots of colors and Christian symbols
3) Marshall leans toward the camera with a smile as he decorates his “cheerful” church house shirt
4) Daniel very focused on stenciling his shirt with some help from dad Tyler
5) Kobe and James use stencils on their shirts at the kids’ table with Pastor Sarah preaching on the stage in the background
6) left to right Marshall, Kobe, Daniel, and James in various stages of jumping for their picture in their church house shirts. Only Kobe is in the air
7) similar to number six but only James is in the air

07/30/2026

What if instead of complaining about what schools are not doing, we learned from what they are doing?
Our August sermon series, “Get Schooled in Church,” is on learning tips from K-12 education for our life of faith and discipleship. We welcome you to celebrate schools by wearing clothing that shows your school spirit in church this week and any Sunday in August!
This Sunday we kick off our series with how schools build a community ethic. Kids have fun living into their school’s values, and we can have fun living into the community values set by Jesus. “Don’t Think You’re So Smart!” It’s in the Bible. Romans 12:16 (CEB).
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1. Photo of Woodlawn High School - a red brick building with accents of grey stone archways and turrets. Yellow text on the image says “Get Schooled.” Original photo by Pat Byington for Bham Now
2. Photo of a round, brightly colored stained glass window with red, yellow, and blue clouds and sun rays, with a dark wood surrounding and dark wooden cross over the middle. Yellow text on top of the image says "In Church." Photo taken in Asbury United Methodist Church’s sanctuary.

05/30/2026

We’re proud of Lorenzo, “Lo” for telling the whole conference today that what he appreciates about Church of the Reconciler is to experience LOVE there. Lo is the most recent member to officially join the church, and we love being present to his Faith journey and being blessed by his gifts of prayer and service. Lo said, “The love I feel at Church of the Reconciler makes me want to go out and love others.” That’s what it’s all about. Thank you, Lo! You were a great speaker today.

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Lo stands at the podium of the Asbury United Methodist sanctuary (location of conference) Pastor Dylan Rigg is to the right of Lo. Above them is the colorful round stained glass window with wooden cross in front of it. Lo wears his light blue Church of the Reconciler t-shirt with an unzipped red fleece jacket over it.

Address

112 14th Street N
Birmingham, AL
35203

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 2pm
Tuesday	9am - 2pm
Wednesday	9am - 2pm
Thursday	9am - 2pm
Sunday	9:30am - 11am

Telephone

+12053246402

Website

http://www.churchofthereconciler.com/

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