Azalea Village

In the summer of 2005 our leaders decided to begin a new ministry using seven rental houses in our own back yard. We weren’t quite sure what we were going to do, but we trusted that God was leading us to provide some kind of ministry in the form of transitional housing.  Just a few weeks later, Hurricane Katrina hit, and we had the awesome privilege of partnering with area churches in hosting four families from New Orleans right here on the church campus.  We gave this mission project the name: Azalea Village.  Since then, we have been partnering with area agencies and ministries to host several more families in transition including refugees from Vietnam, Iran, Cuba, and Iraq, five formerly homeless families, and two seminary families.  We are also using one house for an ongoing ministry to young girls from the Eastlake area of Atlanta.  In the meantime, we have also been able to transform a jungle of dying trees and vines into an open green-space which serves as a backyard to these families as well as a park for our congregation and community.