About the Council


	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


	Rev. Virginia Tinsley, Director 4511 Jones Bridge Circle Norcross, GA 30092 Phone: 678-533-1379 Fax: 678-533-1447 Email: director@nghhc.org