Midway Covenant Christian School
Classical Covental Christian
4635 Dallas Hwy.
Powder Springs, GA 30127
(770) 590-1866
www.midwayschool.org
Now enrolling K4-8th Grade
LEFT: Mike Gilliam, a volunteer missions director
at Mt. Bethel, works during a food box packing
session inside of the MUST Ministries Donation
Center.
ABOVE: One of the notes written by children who
attend Congregation Etz Chaim and Mt. Bethel
United Methodist Church, both in east Cobb, is
packed during a food box packing session.
Both congregations collected donations throughout early April,
which include the 40 days of Lent and the days leading up to Passover.
According to MUST Ministries, the 40-pound box of food that
$40 provides can feed one elderly resident for about a month.
Members from each place of worship have been volunteering to
meet at Etz Chaim and the MUST Ministries Donation Center to help
pack and deliver food boxes to struggling elderly residents. Children
from each congregation wrote notes of encouragement to go along
with each box.
While Lawson and Slomovitz started the project, Mike Gilliam, a
volunteer missions director at Mt Bethel, is leading it.
“We’re all part of the body of Christ and we all have a call to ministry,”
Lawson said. “So Mike, as a member of the church, this is part
of his particular calling that he senses, and so he’s kind of running
point on this particular project.”
Gilliam is responsible for communicating to the church what the
project is about, organizing the church’s fundraising eorts, assembling
a team of volunteers and coordinating with Slomovitz to make
sure both congregations are working together eciently.
“We’ve all been working together,” Gilliam said. “I’ve just been
the one that’s kind of been doing the nuts and bolts of it (at Mt.
Bethel) … I think it’s fantastic. I mean, my only complaint, I guess, is
that I wish we could have done something like this sooner. There’s
really no reason why we shouldn’t be able to work together. In fact,
I think there are some more joint ideas in mind for the future.”
Marietta Educational Garden Center
seeks donations for renovations
The Marietta Educational Garden Center has launched a capital
campaign to raise $400,000, money that will help renovate and
repair the 172-year-old property.
The center, also known as “Fair Oaks,” completed a campaign
for renovations 50 years ago when the property was donated to the
Gardens Clubs of Marietta by the W. H. Benson family. Built in 1850,
the three-acre property has served as the home of many Marietta
families and the lodging for General Joseph E. Johnston of the
Confederate Army during the Civil War before being converted into
an education center. The site serves as a hub for all 20 garden clubs
in Cobb County, as well as an education center and event venue
popular for weddings, Young said.
“We’ve just been run by volunteers ever since,” she said.
50 COBB LIFE | SUMMER 2022
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