Outreach & Missions
Mission Opportunities for Everyone
At the core of Eastminster’s identity is a desire to assist our community and neighbors, both near and far. Our partners are local, regional, and international.
Local Partnerships
Caring Tree
During Advent, we collect donations to support families in our community. Partnering with Brockett Elementary and Stone Mountain Elementary, we provide Walmart and Kroger gift cards to 20 families. Each child in a participating family will receive a Walmart gift card, and each family will also receive a Kroger gift card to help with food and household supplies. Linda Redman and Mary Ann Howard lead this ministry. Visit our information page.
Clifton Sanctuary Ministries
Clifton Sanctuary Ministries operates a homeless shelter out of a church. Providing year-round overnight and transitional housing, it cares for 30 men a day and has served more than 9,000 since opening its doors in 1979. Residents have a wide variety of problems from heart conditions to diabetes to substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. Eastminster provides annual funding to Clifton. Visit their website here: www.cliftonsanctuary.com
Mission Haven’s Clothes Closet
The Eastminster Clothes Closet functions as a distribution point for donations from our congregation. Clothing that is in good shape and currently in style is collected and donated to our various mission partners. Donations can be brought to the church Clothes Closet/room 210 on the second floor, near the Church Office. Susan Adle leads this ministry.
Lilburn Co-Operative Ministry
Eastminster donates food and supplies and a few volunteers work in the co-op. We provide annual funding to this co-op. Contact Janet Uthlaut to get involved. www.lilburnco-op.org
Stone Mountain Ecumenical Co-Operative Ministry
Eastminster donates food and supplies and a few volunteers work in the co-op. We provide annual funding to this co-op. Contact Janet Uthlaut to get involved.
Regional Partnerships
Thornwell Home for Children, Clinton SC
Thornwell’s referral network receives more than 300 calls from families in crisis; and, each year, more than 100 children find their way to our home. Most come to us battered and broken, frightened, full of sadness and despair. Thornwell offers them a safe haven; a warm, loving, family-style community in which to grow and thrive. Eastminster sends youth and adults to Thornwell for work projects annually. We provide annual funding to Thornwell. Beverly and Steve Roberts lead this ministry. Visit their website here: www.thornwell.org
The Eastminster Care and Help Offering (ECHO)
The ECHO offering is taken up every other month (January, March, May, July, September, November). A portion of the ECHO offering is given to the Stone Mountain and Lilburn Co-ops and an overseas portion goes to the Giathenge Feeding Center in Kenya, a project of the Presbyterian Church in East Africa.
Jim McGill - Missionary in East Africa
Imagine the first sip of clean water touching your tongue. For families in East Africa, that simple moment can change everything. Clean water means health, dignity, and hope—a chance to break free from cycles of poverty. With enough water for drinking, sanitation, and hygiene, communities can thrive and build new opportunities in agriculture and livestock that once seemed out of reach.
Jim McGill offers technical guidance, supports project implementation, and partners with churches and local leaders in urban and rural East Africa to create sustainable development and lasting WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) solutions, while also aiding in broader Reformed Church of East Africa evangelism and outreach activities. Visit his website here: www.rca.org/global-mission/missionaries/jim-mcgill