United Methodist Connectional Missions

United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
To aid in extending Christ's love, United Methodists have established the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) as a channel for sharing the compassion of their Lord wherever God's people are in need. Today, UMCOR's ministries--aiding refugees, providing relief in disaster areas, and confronting the challenge of world hunger and poverty-- are helping to heal the hurts of humanity in more than 100 countries. UMCOR maintains a corps of trained disaster response specialists for quick reinforcement of local efforts, and it keeps a supply of relief materials in warehouses for dispatch when and where required.  When a disaster strikes, United Methodists start asking what they can do to help. UMCOR responds by using its experience to show local churches and annual conferences how they can get involved in the most constructive way and by reinforcing local relief efforts with resources provided by the whole church. For more information on getting involved, please visit the UMCOR website at www.gbgm-umc.org/umcor.

United Methodist Children's Home
The mission of The United Methodist Children's Home is to serve the needs of children and their families in crisis.  An agency of the United Methodist Church's North Georgia Conference, the Children's Home is dedicated to meeting needs with love, concern, and a high level of professional and administrative competence.  Their services are family-centered, reality-based, and goal oriented.  Services are provided at the Columbia Drive campus, in off-campus foster care, and throughout North Georgia from satellite offices. The Children's Home is committed to growth in the number of people served and continued improvement of services offered.  They also seek to develop new approaches to meet needs.  You can get more information at their website www.umchildrenshome.org or call 404-327-5820.

Wesley Woods
Wesley Woods Center of Emory University includes Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital (1987), a 100-bed specialty facility. Founded by the United Methodist Church and Emory University, Wesley Woods Center serves more than 30,000 older adults and chronically ill individuals each year. In addition to the hospital, Wesley Woods has an outpatient primary care clinic staffed with geriatric specialists, a 250-bed nursing care facility, a 201-unit residential retirement facility with one floor of 18 units dedicated to personal care. Wesley Woods is well known for its inpatient, outpatient, and partial hospitalization programs in depression, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, sleep disorders, and rehabilitation. The center also provides personal care management and medical assessment services for older patients and their families.  You can contact Wesley Woods at 404-728-6203 or www.emoryhealthcare.org.