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Local Outreach

For more information or to become involved contact Co-chairs Lew Allen lewallen@uga.edu and JoBeth Allen jobethal@uga.edu.

We invite all interested members and friends of Oconee to join in these outreach endeavors:

  • Serving 6 times a year at Our Daily Bread, the second Monday of January, March, May, July, September, and November
  • Serving with Princeton United Methodist Church the Interfaith Hospitality Network every 13 weeks to provide meals, transportation, and other hospitality to families in transition
  • Staffing a Benevolence Market booth
  • Working at an Athens site on the MLK Day of Service
  • Supporting monthly missions in the community and around the world
  • Parking for God – collecting donations at UGA home football games; all donations go to local agencies serving those in need including Our Daily Bread, Athens Area Homeless Shelter, Athens Nurses Clinic, IHN, and Project Safe
  • International Dinner and Spaghetti Supper – proceeds support local and/or global areas of greatest need
  • Learning and acting through SACRED – Social Action as Christians Responding and Encouraging Dialogue
    • SACRED-environment (working for stewardship of the environment)
    • SACRED-peace (working for just and lasting peace and against war)
    • SACRED-poverty (working for affordable housing, fair pay, alleviating hunger, affordable health services)
    • SACRED-women (working for women’s equity and welfare)
    • SACRED-gay rights (working for civil rights for gay and lesbian families)
    • SACRED-immigrants (working for human rights for immigrants)
    • SACRED-beloved community (working for improved relationships in Athens among African American, European American, and Latino communities)
    • SACRED-international (working for global justice in war-torn countries such as Darfur, and responding to natural disasters)
    • SACRED-educational equity (working for increased educational equity in Clarke County Public Schools, closing the achievement gap in graduation)
    • Note: each SACRED group is composed of interested individuals and does not represent an Oconee Street position on any of these social issues.

   

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Oconee Street United Methodist Church
Location: 717 Oconee Street, Athens, Georgia
Phone: (706) 543-1327
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6707, Athens, GA 30604