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 (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!
Fall Kickoff is Thursday, September 10!
Thursdays, August thru May; Select Days during Summer | Youth and Activities Building
Snack in a Backpack provides food to children who are at risk of hunger on the weekends. The program currently serves 500 local elementary children, plus 48 children in refugee families. For more info, contact us here or Sign up 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.
Habitat for Humanity Build 2027 dates TBA Contact: Jennifer Scott Ward.
Wesley Woods Mother’s Day Offering Every May, Give here.
August Sunday Service Projects 2027 details TBA