Housing and Homeless Offering is this Sunday

2/25/2010

The Homeless Offering is set for this Sunday, February 28. Please make plans to hold this very special offering in your local church this Sunday. 

Offering monies collected will be distributed to ministries which serve poor and homeless people throughout the North Georgia Conference. This is the 21st year the Homeless Offering has been collected, with over $3.1 million distributed making a difference in the lives of homeless and poor people throughout north Georgia.

There is a misnomer that the funds collected only go to projects in the Atlanta area; however, the needs of homeless and poor people are great throughout our entire conference area.  We are proud that we have been serving those in need, and meeting them where they are, for over 20 years.  Thank you North Georgia for your assistance in helping us answer God’s call to assist the needy.     

Also, the application deadline for the spring’s Housing and Homeless Grant is Monday, March 1.  We have already received application requests from ministries in Young Harris, Carrollton, Porterdale, Woodstock, Greensboro, Augusta, Manchester, Buford, Athens, Austell, and Atlanta.  Housing and Homeless Council members visit the applicants before making recommendations about distributing the funds.

For more about the Housing and Homeless Council, please visit www.nghhc.org.