Our mission: compassion and wholeness.Compassion means meeting immediate

needs (food, shelter, transportation).

Wholeness means meeting long-term

community needs (education, health and

wellness, neighborhood revitalization and

economic development).

Will you join us?Urban Ministry has provided programs of

compassion and wholeness to inner-city

Birmingham for 36 years, and we have served

the West End Community for nearly 25 years.

We still have a long way to go to address the

great needs in our community: high rates

of poverty, unemployment, poverty-related

health problems, lack of resources, and a lack

of opportunities for our children. To

transform our surroundings - to interrupt the

cycle of poverty - we need to work together.

Find out how << you can make a difference here in

Birmingham.

Join us.Eat at the Community KitchenStop by Monday-Friday, from noon to 1 p.m. for a hot lunch.

Find helpTo make an appointment, please call 205-781-0517 on Monday, Tuesday,

or Thursday morning, between the hours of 9 a.m. and noon.

Serve with usTo inquire about serving in the Community Kitchen, the Joe Rush Center,

Urban Kids, or WE Gardens, contact Danny Jones at 205-781-0517, or

email danny@urban-ministry.org.

Hours and locationsUrban Ministry is open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The

Community Church without Walls meets in our building Wednesday and

Thursday nights and Sunday afternoons.

WE (West End) Community Gardens visiting/work hours are

Wednesday and Saturday mornings during the Spring and Summer, or

Wednesday and Saturday afternoons during the Fall and Winter.

The Joe Rush Center for Urban Mission is located at 1126

Wilkes Rd, Midfield, 35228 and is available for use year-round. Contact us

at 205-781-0517 to inquire about using this facility for your mission team.

1229 Cotton Ave. SW www.urban-ministry.org Birmingham, AL 35211 205-781-0517

info@urban-ministry.org

> Compassion Meeting immediate needs

The Joe Rush Center for Urban Mission connects volunteers to revitalize inner-city communities by painting houses for low-income homeowners. Our dorm facility, located at Walnut Grove United Methodist Church in nearby Midfield, hosts work groups and mission teams for week-long service camps.

The Community Kitchen serves a hot lunch daily from 12-1 p.m.Our homelessness prevention social worker connects visitors to the HMIS Continuum of Care system and other services.

>> Wholeness! Meeting long-term needs

Give, pray, serve, grow <<! Join us to complete the circle

Urban Kids offers after-school and summer learning programming for kids in grades 3 through 8. We provide academic assistance, arts and cultural enrichment, healthy living support and mentorship. Contact us at 781-0517 for details on enrolling your children free of charge.

Emergency Care includes utility, food and transportation assistance. Our social workers provide case management for low-income seniors (60+) and families at risk of homelessness. We also connect clients to Christmas assistance and other programs.

West End (WE) Community Gardens grows healthy food and healthy community by employing young people from the West End Community in green jobs and leadership training, hosting free community gardening classes and festivals, and making fresh affordable produce available in a food desert.

Growing together. It is our vision that when our programs create compassion and wholeness, those who serve and are served will continue our mission, growing our circle of compassion and creating a healthy, whole community.

Urban Ministry is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and your contributions are tax-deductible.

Visit www.urban-ministry.org to see our current needs, donate online, view volunteer opportunities, and

connect with our staff.

Contributions can be mailed or delivered to:

Urban Ministry1229 Cotton Ave. SWBirmingham, Alabama, 35211