In addition to our home parish interactions and personal ministries, Integrity Alabama, its members and friends facilitated, partnered and participated in many events representing one or more aspect of our mission and ministry:

• Our fourth annual Christmas blanket drive service project celebrated unprecedented giving, both monetarily and through more than 60 volunteer hours.  We were able to provide 1,058 blankets through ten social service agencies at more than a dozen distribution points.  This year's effort benefited Birmingham-area homeless, working poor, immigrant families, indigent nursing home patients, clients of two homeless shelters, people affected by AIDS and mentally ill group home residents.  We also contributed to 310 gift boxes to clients of Birmingham AIDS Outreach and AIDS Alabama, including Agape and Jasper Houses, congregant living facilities for people with AIDS and addiction challenges related to HIV disease.  Episcopal distribution points included the needy and homeless serviced by Grace Church-Woodlawn,  St. Andrews, Trinity Church-Bessemer and All Saint’s-Homewood .  click here for more ..........

• A liturgy of remembrance for Billy Jack Gaither and all who have died as a result of hate was led on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery

• We celebrated the Feast of St. Aelred with Grace Church – Woodlawn, hosting a dinner for more than 100.  Dr. Louie Crew, Integrity founder, preached.  Crew has served in many ECUSA positions, including the House of Deputies and Member of Executive Council.    click here for more ..........

• Regular monthly meetings with speakers and worship were held.  Popular meetings featured the Dr. Steve Haeberlee, a renowned political science professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Harry Knox of the Freedom to Marry collaborative in New York City.

•  A resolution initiated by Integrity calling attention to violence committed against transgender people was submitted for consideration by Diocesan convention.    A number of information al packages and flyers were distributed from our diocesan convention booth in Montgomery.  Integrity members and friends contributed heavily to an ingathering of items benefiting clients of Montgomery AIDS Outreach.

• Our convener (2002-2004) Brad LaMonte  served on the international board of directors.

• Then today, Sunday, Integrity Alabama was represented well at the Magic City AIDS Walk held in Birmingham benefiting Birmingham AIDS Outreach (BAO) when members manned an informational booth at Caldwell Park and participated in the march, carrying a large icon of Bishop Gene Robinson.

• More than 20 people from across the state and Tennessee attended our fifth annual Spring Retreat . “Justice, Prayer, Scripture and the Living God” was led by the Rev. Ed Bacon.  His parish (All Saints-Pasadena, California) has risen to national acclaim, founding Beyond Inclusion and co-founding the Witness and the Every Voice Network and is considered premier progressive resources for information and communication on issues of justice and peace.

• Integrity participated in the Interfaith Pride Week kickoff service for Central Alabama Pride. Information packages and olivewood crosses were distributed from an Integrity information booth at Central Alabama Pride’s Sunday in the Park.

• In August, a number of members and friends, including Integrity founder Dr. Louie Crew, participated in the annual Jonathan Myrick Daniels pilgrimage in Hayneville.  A diverse crowd of more than 20 assembled for a post-event theological reflection in Montgomery led by Crew.

• Integrity members and leaders were prominent participants and volunteers in various lecture series including Bishop John Shelby Spong and Matthew Fox events in Montgomery and Birmingham.

• In September, several members were actively involved in the third annual Day of Equality sponsored by Equality Alabama.

• In October,  several members participated in the “Justice is Orthodox Theology” conference in Atlanta which coincided with the 30^th anniversary of Integrity’s founding.  Included in the noteworthy speaker lineup was Bishop V. Gene Robinson who celebrated the Eucharist.

• In the fall, members and friends gathered several times for potluck supper -theater events in Birmingham.

• Popular spring and fall home Eucharists were held in Birmingham.

• Throughout the year, we provided networking and referral assistance to GLBT persons in need.