The Church of the Bells

Growing in Practicing Radical Hospitality – Ways Churches Drive Away First-time Guests

Growing in Practicing Radical Hospitality Congregations that practice Radical Hospitality demonstrate an active desire to invite, welcome, receive, and care for those who are strangers so that they find a spiritual home and discover for themselves the unending richness of life in Christ. Radical describes that which is drastically different from ordinary practices, outside the…

Holman UMC To Host HIV Workshop Launch

The kick-off of a new HIV research project will take place at Holman United Methodist Church on October 10, 2015 from 3pm until 5pm.  Rev. Kelvin Sauls will facilitate the inaugural workshop, entitled “Overcoming Shame and Stigma.”  This will be the first of six workshops.  The objective of the series is to help HIV-positive develop…

September Leadership Trainings

Upcoming Leadership Training for Holman UMC ministry leaders! ### SBC21 Lay Leadership Trainings (9/22-23) Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century (SBC21) Lay Leadership Training is Tuesday, 9/22 and Wednesday, 9/23, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.   Rev. Dr. Fred Allen, National Director of SBC21 (who was with us at the beginning of the…

ELMA Foundation Matching Grant Appeal Tops $523K

ELMA Matching Grant Appeal Tops $523K African donors went over the top on their contributions to Africa University under the ELMA Foundation Matching Grant Appeal. Their gifts exceeded the appeal goal of $500,000 by $23,417. “I would like to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation first, to the ELMA Foundation for providing the matching grant…