Justice at Glenn
How can we transform the world? By answering the call to:
Educate ourselves and others about the root causes of injustice our society and how we as followers of Christ are to respond. Learn more here.
Advocate for systems that support people and working for change in the laws, policies and systems that create or maintain injustice. Learn more here.
Create personal connections by being present with people who are struggling and suffering in a way that affirms their humanity and dignity. Learn more here.
You are invited to come join this journey! Contact justice@glennumc.org to be in contact with our Justice team.
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
Intown Cares Food Pantry Tuesdays and Saturdays, 9:30am-1pm. Visit intowncares.org.
Snack in a Backpack Thursdays during the school year, 3-5pm. (Details below)
Lost and Found Youth (LnFY) Second Thursday of every month 11:30-1:00pm. Contact: Joan Lord.
Glenn Snack in a Backpack
Glenn’s Snack in a Backpack ministry provides food on Fridays during the school year to children who are at risk of hunger on the weekends at several local schools. In Georgia, one in 6 children go to bed hungry; and children are most vulnerable on the weekends without access to school meals. During the past year Snack has...
• served approximately 400 children a week including students at Hope-Hill, Perkerson and Bethune elementary schools as well as students at GVP (Global Village Project) and additional refugee children in the Clarkston area.
• distributed more than 16,000 bags of food and received more than 60,000 lbs of food from the Atlanta Community Food Bank
• included fresh fruit in the bags for each child
• engaged volunteers of all ages to set-up, recycle, pack and load bags into vehicles on Thursdays; make school deliveries on Fridays; place orders with the Food Bank; developed weekly packing plans; unloaded Food Bank deliveries on Thursday mornings; shopped at the DeKalb Farmers Market and grocery stores for fresh fruit, produce and other items unavailable at the Food Bank; monitored inventory; and much more!
Come join us! For more info, contact us here or Sign up to volunteer here.
Ongoing weekly needs for food — donations can be dropped off by the church mailboxes inside the Church School Building, directly at the Youth and Activities Building, or shipped to our address listed on the Amazon Wish List here. Basic needs are: 1 lb. jars of creamy peanut butter, 1 lb. bags of dried beans, lentils, white rice, dried fruit, nuts; boxes of granola bars; individual boxes of raisins or nuts; individual servings of canned chicken, tuna, chicken Vienna sausages.
Save-the-Dates
Trinity Table Legacy Dinner
Saturday, May 23, 5pm | Trinity UMC
As one door closes, another door opens. Join us for one special night to celebrate 43 years of community, stories, and impact in this space as we also celebrate what‘s next. Dinner $50 and raffle tickets are $10. All proceeds will go towards moving costs of Trinity UMC. Register here.
VBS Mission Fundraiser & Summer Service Projects
For our church-wide Summer Sunday Service Projects in August, we have set high goals to gather donations for 5 partner organizations. If the VBS kids can achieve the 5 goals of Snowball Mountain Challenge, we believe we can collect the items needed throughout the summer and/or the financial donations to meet these challenges. Give online here for bulk purchases or check out the wish lists below. Donations will be collected in the Care Closet of the Church School Building.
50 backpacks full of school supplies
30 welcome kits for refugee neighbors
50 hygiene kits for unhoused neighbors (supplies provided - suggested $10 per person donation)
20 care packages for young adults transitioning out of foster care
250 to-go meals for hungry neighbors
Dine Out for the VBS Mission
Monday, June 1st, 4:00-8:00pm | at Panera - Emory Village
Enter promo code FUND4U at checkout or tell your cashier to support our VBS Mission fundraiser supporting our five service projects this summer (see links above).
Branan Towers Senior Housing Summer Picnic
Monday, June 22 | Branan Towers
The theme this year is a beach party with beach music. The Gum Strummers will perform and there will be picnic food and games. Please join us; it's an all generational event. If you are able to join us to help with the event, watch for the SignUp Genius in the coming weeks. Contact Diane Bryant for additional information.
August Sunday Service Projects -
Good Neighbor Days! Signup below to volunteer and donate:
-Sunday, August 2nd, 9:45am - School Supplies Drive with Snack in a Backpack
-Sunday, August 9th, 9:45am - Essentials for Refugee Neighbors with The Welcome Co-Op
-Sunday, August 16th, 9:45am - Hygiene Kits for Unhoused Neighbors with Intown Cares (supplies provided - suggested $10 donation)
-Sunday, August 23rd, 9:45am - Essentials for Young Adults in Foster Care with Wellroot Family Services. Details TBA
-Sunday, August 30th, 9:45am - Meals-to-Go with Trinity Table
Habitat for Humanity Build 2027 dates TBA Contact: Jennifer Scott Ward.
Wesley Woods Mother’s Day Offering Every May, Give here.