Since 1990, the Housing and Homeless Council has given  grants totaling more than $3.7 million.

This map shows the location of organizations that have received grants. Many have received multiple grants.

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The North Georgia United Methodist Housing & Homeless Council is an agency of the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church and was created to help churches and other non-profit organizations in ministering to the very poor and homeless. The Council grants funds to churches and non-profit agencies that provide shelters, soup kitchens, transitional housing, clothing closets, and other services to very poor and homeless persons. Grants are funded from an annual homeless offering in United Methodist Churches and some from other donations.

The Homeless Offering
Funding for the grants comes from the Homeless Offering, usually taken in United Methodist Churches the fourth Sunday in February, designated by the Annual Conference as Homeless Offering Sunday. (Some churches take the Homeless Offering on other Sundays that are more appropriate for their local church calendar.)


Council Members
The Council is made up of a clergy and a lay representative from each of the 12 districts in the North Georgia Conference plus up to 12 at-large members. There are additional ex-officio members representing other boards and agencies. These members are volunteers, elected by the Annual Conference. They give generously of their time, energy, skills, knowledge and resources.

 

Chair                                        Matt Murphy

 

At-Large Representatives    Shaysha Kingsbury       Leslee Samuelson

                                                Sonny McDowell          Moses Woodruff

                                                Ron O. Davis               Pat Flynt

                                                Phyllis Edson                Jachqué Ratliff

 

District Representatives             Lay                              Clergy

Athens-Elberton                       Jan Orr-David              David Gravitt

Atlanta-College Park                Onell Sheats                 Kathy Morris

Atlanta-Decatur-Oxford           Dianne Spencer            Matt Murphy

Atlanta-Emory                          Sharon Elliott                Louis Miller

Atlanta-Marietta                       Sara Worden                Cindy Campbell

Atlanta-Roswell                        Gwen Knight-Warner   Mary Gene Lee

Augusta                                    Russ Walden                Carolyn Moore

Northwest                                Isabella Lisborg            Skip Mitchell

Gainesville                                TBA                             Jeff Ross

Griffin                                       TBA                             Ed Judy

LaGrange                                 Linda Wilburn               Jennifer Andone

Rome-Carrollton                      James Wyatt                 Cindy Conner

 

 

Cabinet Representative           Richard Chewning

Connectional Ministries Rep   Jasmine Smothers

Advocacy Team Rep                Dave Allen Grady

Outreach Team Rep                 Beth Barnwell

 

Emeritus Members                   Mary Tierney        Verdery Cunningham

                                                   Bette Prestwood           Maud Tyler

 

Reserve Members                    Douglas Jewett             Harry Hawkins

                                                   Kim Loesing                 Diane Parrish

 

Consultant                                Lige More

 

Director                                    Virginia Tinsley

Forms for Housing and Homeless Council members:

Mileage Reimbursement Forms

Site Visit Forms

 

Upcoming Events

 

Workshop for Applicants

Wednesday, February 1

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2012 Homeless Offering

Sunday, February 26

 

Homeless Offering materials will be distributed at district events, delivered, or mailed during January.

 

Housing & Homeless Council Meeting

Thursday, March 8, 2012

10:00 a.m.

Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church, Norcross

 

 

 

 

To contact us:

Rev. Virginia Tinsley, Director
4511 Jones Bridge Circle
Norcross, GA 30092

Phone: 678-533-1379
Fax: 678-533-1447
Email:  director@nghhc.org