Columbiana United Methodist Church

We will have a special time of prayer tomorrow morning during worship for students and schools. Students, bring your backpacks to worship at 10:30 am. Then our pool party, with a hotdog lunch, is at 1:00 pm at the 500 Club. The entire church family is invited for lunch and fellowship.

Today our students and teachers return to the classroom. Our prayers go with them! Blessings to all who do this sacred work!

Thanks to the Shelby County Reporter for covering our VBS! Tons of fun.

Columbiana United Methodist Church treats kids to VBS weekend - Shelby County Reporter Children participated in crafts and games while learning about God’s love and support for them during the Columbiana United Methodist Church’s recent VBS weekend.

Announced this evening was our new episcopal appointment. Welcome to Bishop Jonathan and Mrs. Felicia Holston. He begins serving both Alabama conferences on Sept. 1.

During the 2024 SEJ Conference, the Committee on Episcopacy (COE) announced that the Alabama-West Florida Conference and the North Alabama Conference would become an Episcopal area and share a bishop while remaining two separate annual conferences. The new area is called the Alabama Panhandle Episcopal area. Tonight the COE announced Bishop L. Jonathan Holston will be assigned as the bishop of this area effective September 1.

Here is the complete list of SEJ episcopal assignments:

Alabama Panhandle Episcopal Area (Alabama-West Florida and North Alabama Conferences) — Bishop L. Jonathan Holston
Florida Episcopal Area (Florida Conference) — Bishop Tom Berlin
Georgia Episcopal Area (North Georgia and South Georgia Conferences) — Bishop Robin Dease
Holston Episcopal Area (Holston Conference) — Bishop Debra Wallace Padgett (also serving the West Virginia Episcopal area in the NEJ)
Kentucky-Tennessee Episcopal Area (Kentucky Conference, Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference and Central Appalachian Missionary Conference) — Bishop David Graves
Mississippi Episcopal Area (Mississippi Conference) — Bishop Sharma Lewis
North Carolina Episcopal Area (North Carolina Conference) — Bishop Connie Shelton
South Carolina Episcopal Area (South Carolina Conference) — Bishop Leonard Fairley
Virginia Episcopal Area (Virginia Conference) — Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson
Western North Carolina Episcopal Area (Western North Carolina Conference) — Bishop Ken Carter

Welcome Bishop Holston! And to our friends in the Alabama-West Florida Conference, we look forward to sharing this new chapter of ministry with you!

We have a few more slots for hosts in our cooling station for liberty day. Sign up at this link:

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Liberty Day is Saturday!

Columbiana UMC will again have our Multipurpose Room open as a cooling station. Stop in to cool off, refill your water bottles, and use the restroom.

New this year, we will also have a sensory room available. This room provides visitors with a low-light, quiet, sensory-friendly area where they can decompress (while also cooling off). It includes fidget toys, comfortable seating (for parents and children), educational books, noise blocking headphones, and various sensory objects/toys to help alleviate stress.

Thank you to everyone who came out to help with today's bed build. What a blessing it is to serve our community in this way!

Columbiana United Methodist to build beds for needy children - Shelby County Reporter The Columbiana United Methodist Church is set to partner with the Birmingham Southern Chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace to build 20 beds for needy children on Saturday, June 22 in the parking lot of CUMC between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.

We are looking for hosts for Liberty Day! We will be opening our multi-purpose room as a cooling station and providing water, access to our restrooms and our sensory room.

Hosts need only to be present during the time the facility is open. Two hosts are required at all times for our Safe Sanctuaries compliance. Please consider spending half an hour or more helping to provide this service to our community.

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The game area will be set up in the multi-purpose room. Supper will be served from 5-6 pm in the small Dining Room during the summer. Stay after supper or come at 6 pm to join the fun. Kids and youth can free play, join a game or make a game of their own. Kids, 5th grade and younger, will need an adult chaperone to stay because there is no organized childcare. Mark your calendars and invite your friends!! You don’t have to eat supper or attend CUMC to participate in GAME NIGHTS! But if you would like to eat at church, call or email the church office by Mondays to reserve a plate. 205-669-7164 or [email protected]. Adult plates:$7 Kids plates: $3. You are welcome to bring outside food or snacks.

We need YOU to volunteer for VBS! Sign up at this link or call the church office. Thank you!

VBS Volunteer Sign Up If you can help one night or both nights, we need you! Sign up here if you can help with VBS on Friday, July 19, Saturday, July 20 or both days. 5:30 pm until 8:00 pm.

During this morning's service, we were honored to recognize three of the twelve recipients of this year's CUMC scholarships - Jon Michael Gay, Faythe Moore, and Addie Smith. These outstanding students have demonstrated academic excellence and a deep commitment to their faith and community.

To all of this year's recipients, your church family is proud of you and will continue to keep you in our prayers. May God bless you in your journey ahead!

“This is how they will know you are my disciples….that you love one another as I have loved you.”.

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Rejoice in the Lord, always. I will say it again, rejoice! Philippians 4:4
We had a wonderful celebration of our risen savior at CUMC. Post your Easter pictures in the comments.

We hope to see you this Easter Sunday at CUMC!

Columbiana United Methodist Church Open Hearts. Open Minds. Open Doors.

They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna! ” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” John 12:13

See you at 10:30 am. Hosanna!

The Egg Hunt and bounce houses will be at the church tomorrow due to the chance of rain. 2-4 pm. See you then!

This Sunday! We are hoping and praying for NO RAIN. We will let you know a rain contingency plan if needed.