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At
Austell First, we are on a mission for God to BLESS our community
and the world.
United Methodists have believed, from the beginning, that each of us is
called to participate in the outreaching ministry of Jesus Christ. The
founder of the Methodist movement, John Wesley, described this work in
simple, practical terms:
"Do all the good you can, in all the places you can, to all the people
you can."
Putting
our faith into action is at the very heart of our Christian calling.
Austell First blesses our community:
In Our Building:
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Feed My Lambs
tuition-free preschool
August through May
Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
watch a video |
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Firming After 50
Free Low-Impact Aerobics
Every Wednesday night
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Certified Group Fitness Instructor Cindy Standard
will keep you motivated from beginning to end.
The class is geared towards those over 50 years of age,
but open to everyone. |
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"No child shall be hungry in Austell"
Backpack BLESSings is a weekend food program
for elementary-age children in Austell, Georgia.
Each Friday, students are given a backpack of food
to take home for the weekend. The student returns
the backpack to school each Monday so that it may
be filled again for the next weekend.
Volunteers are encouraged to help pack the
backpacks every Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m.
during the school year here at Austell First
United Methodist Church. |
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Financial Peace University
is a 13-week life-changing program that teaches you how to beat
debt, build wealth
and keep your own economy thriving. More than one million
families worldwide have attended FPU.
Each lesson is taught via DVD
by financial expert Dave Ramsey.
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Community Partnerships:
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Christian Aid Mission Partnership (CAMP)
We supply financial support. Church members volunteer at the
clothes closet and food pantry. We give school supplies each
August. We provide Easter baskets for low income families.
We provide plastic grocery bags and mayonnaise throughout
the year. CAMP partners with us on our Backpack BLESSings
student weekend feeding program. |
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Austell Primary School
We are an official Partner in Education with this
school that is located next door to the church. We host
Teacher Appreciation Lunches twice a year. We volunteer at
their annual Fall Festival, PTA meetings and student
achievement events. Church members are reading mentors for
students. We lead a prayer event at the school at the
beginning of the school year. We worked closely with the
school to aid 16 families devastated by the 2009 flood. |
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Austell Intermediate School
We provide volunteers for their annual Fall Festival,
working at game and food booths. We provide gift cards for
the teacher of the month. We lead a community prayer event
at the school at the beginning of the school year. |
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Garrett Middle School
We provide food for a teacher breakfast at the beginning of
the school year. We lead a community prayer event at the
school at the beginning of the school year. |
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Don’t Mention Age (DMA)
This group of senior adults has been meeting and taking
day-trips around North Georgia for decades.
New people are always warmly welcomed. |
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Bethel Gardens Assisted Living Home
We prepare and give birthday gift baskets of goodies to each
of the residents. We have also given an afghan lap blanket
to each resident at Christmas. |
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Worldwide Mission Activity
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The United Methodist Church
Rethink Church |
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United Methodist Committee on Relief
UMCOR is the not-for-profit global humanitarian aid organization
of The United Methodist Church. UMCOR is working in more than
80 countries worldwide, including the United States. It’s
mission, grounded in the teachings of Jesus, is to alleviate
human suffering—whether caused by war, conflict or natural
disaster, with open hearts and minds to all people. UMCOR
responds to natural or civil disasters that are interruptions of
such magnitude that they overwhelm a community's ability to
recover on its own. UMCOR is currently working in our area to
help us recover from the historic 2009 floods. |
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Imagine No Malaria
is an initiative of the people of The United Methodist
Church to eliminate malaria deaths in Africa by 2015. Every
45 seconds an innocent child in Africa dies from malaria
(800,000 people a year!). Every year, there are about
250 million malaria cases (that’s slightly less than
the US population) Malaria is a preventable disease.
In partnership with our brothers and sisters in Africa, the
gifts and resources shared through Imagine No Malaria
will empower an entire continent to achieve a sustainable
victory over the disease. We will accomplish this goal
together with a comprehensive approach to fighting malaria
that includes improving prevention, education, communication
and treatment.
One approach is to provide bed nets. Just $10 purchases an
anti-malaria bed net. Bed nets work in two ways: They stop
mosquitoes from biting during the night and spreading the
disease, and the insecticide on the net kills mosquitoes
when they land on it. |
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