Dear friends, Since last fall St. Dunstan’s has been sponsoring a refugee family from Myanmar. That relationship has come to an end. Since most of this work happened away from the church many of you may not know much about it. Suzanne Johnson, our vestry...
St. Dunstan’s has a bold initiative for Lent – to raise money to forgive $5 million in oppressive medical debt for Atlanta families. We are working in partnership with Rest in Peace Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization that purchases bundles of medical debt...
St. Dunstan’s helped supply 300 backpacks filled with toiletries and clothing to hand out to immigrants who are released from a detention center in South Georgia....
Friday, June 23, 2017 Ramadan Feast Friday evening, June 23, 2017, St. Dunstan’s hosted a Ramadan dinner for our Syrian refugee family. During Ramadan, the Muslim month of intense prayer, fasting, and nightly feasts, healthy adult Muslims do not eat or drink...
Dear friends, As you know, for the past couple of months we have been hoping to begin a ministry with newly arrived refugees. Unfortunately, our timing was not good. Just as we began planning to sponsor a family, the travel ban and hold on refugees went into place....
I heard yesterday from our contact at New American Pathways that although they have no new families of refugees scheduled for arrival in the immediate future, there are families who are already here and could use a sponsor. Only about 10 percent of the families who...
