Georgia

Americus, GA
Koinonia Partners

SOOP Application To apply for one of the service opportunities below, complete an online application, or print and mail a PDF application (Adobe Reader required) and send it to: Mennonite Mission Network ATTN: SOOP 500 S. Main P.O. Box 370 Elkhart, IN 46515-0370

Service Opportunities: Koinonia is an intentional Christian community welcoming people of all faiths. Our ministries include a community outreach center with programs for youth and elders; a local home-repair partnership; hospitality to visitors; a volunteer program; and education on peace and justice, religious faith, Koinonia history, etc. To support our community we sell books, community-made arts and crafts, treats made from pecans we grow, baked goods, etc., through our store and catalog. Volunteers serve in a variety of tasks, including bakery work, pecan processing, maintenance, meals on wheels, gardening, youth center assistance, etc. Volunteers also participate in community life, share resources, live together, and study and take time for spiritual life together. Our volunteer terms are January, February-April, June-August, and September-December. For those who wish to serve for a shorter time, visits of up to two weeks may be arranged.

Lodging: Volunteers receive room and board and, if desired, a $15 weekly stipend.

Comer, GA
Jubilee Partners

Service Opportunities: Jubilee Partners is a Christian service community in rural northeast Georgia whose primary work is resettling refugees. Volunteer work includes a variety of tasks, including teaching English as a second language, maintenance, cooking, childcare and gardening. Volunteers have study sessions each week on issues important to Christian living in an intentional community.

Lodging: Room and board are provided in the community building. SOOP volunteers are responsible for transportation costs to and from Jubilee. There are three volunteer terms a year: January through May, June through August, September through December. SOOP volunteers are not required to stay the whole term, but those staying shorter times may not be fully integrated into the structures and activities of the regular volunteer program.

Griffin, GA
New Hope House

Service Opportunities: New Hope House is a Christian service community in rural central Georgia one hour south of Atlanta. New Hope House maintains a guesthouse for family members visiting death-row prisoners. Staff often travel around the state accompanying families of defendants during death penalty trials. SOOP volunteers can choose to take part in hospitality, court accompanying, building maintenance or grounds maintenance. You can work at your own pace. No previous training is needed for court work. Those with a sympathetic ear who like to offer encouragement are welcome.

Volunteer time can be flexible to accommodate trips to Savannah and Tybee Beach on the Atlantic Coast, just four hours away. The Florida state line is also a four-hour drive from New Hope House.

Lodging: New Hope House provides room and board. Accommodations include three bedrooms, one and a half baths, equipped kitchen, spacious living room and dining area, washer and clothesline (a dryer in the guesthouse). Two couples could easily occupy the space. Staff persons occupy the other side of the duplex. The guesthouse is separate from the duplex.