Hopewell Church of Milledgeville

Local & global

Missions

We are committed to sharing the love of Jesus both in our local community and around the world through service, outreach, and partnership. From meeting needs close to home to supporting global missions, we strive to be the hands and feet of Jesus wherever He leads.

“Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples”
Pslams 96:3

Brighter Days Ministry

Brighter Days Ministry

Hopewell Church is proud to support Brighter Days, a ministry that unites our community to serve those in need through acts of love and compassion. By partnering with local businesses, organizations, and individuals, we aim to create a collective impact and foster hope for the future. Your generous giving helps us extend the love of Jesus, bringing light and transformation to those in our community. 

Adopt a School

Adopt a School

In August of 2018, the principal of Midway Hills Primary School was a guest speaker at the Administrative Council meeting.  She told about the needs of her “babies” and discussed how we could assist. 

The Lucy Harrington Circle and the Hopewell Men’s Club of Hopewell joined forces and went to work.  As mission projects, these two organizations have donated funds and purchased clothing,  coats, underwear, socks, and school supplies.  These gifts of the heart have had a huge impact on the children in need at Midway.

The Methodist Home for Children & Youth

The Methodist Home for Children & Youth

In 1856, The Bibb County Widows and Orphans Home was established “outside the city of Macon.” In the years after the Civil War, citizens in Middle Georgia suffered along with the rest of the region from lack of jobs, income and food. Rev. Jessie Boring, a Methodist Civil War chaplain, worked to establish a place of refuge for needy children and youth. In 1872, Bibb County sold this Home to the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church for one dollar.

The organization began its journey from an orphanage to a residential treatment and foster care provider. The Methodist Home shelters children while nourishing and enriching each child’s life to prepare them to transition into productive, healthy adult members of society. The Methodist Home in Macon has evolved from a 92-acre working farm with a few small buildings to a beautiful residential campus, which provides hope and happiness to at-risk children and youth.

The Methodist Home is a faith-based organization working to better equip at-risk youth and families for the future. Our mission is to be a model agency that restores childhoods, strengthens families and cultivates a people-building organization.

Elijah's Barrel

Elijah's Barrel

This ministry is an extension of the Chard Way Food Pantry of Milledgeville.  Chard Way makes available food to those in need.  Hopewell's United Men's Club has their membership bring food stuffs monthly to their meeting.  The items are then collected and provided to the Chard Way Food Pantry.

Little Mission House

Little Mission House

The little white church located in the narthex of Hopewell was built by church member, Ollie Roach, to resemble Hopewell and to house quarters given on Sundays by children and adults to support local missions. The missions to support will be selected to support children's missions in the community.

Lucy Harrington Circle

Lucy Harrington Circle

Mission Initiatives
Our mission initiatives include:

Providing opportunities to grow spiritually
Equipping women & girls to be leaders
Providing transformative educational experiences
Organizing for growth & flexibility
Working for justice through service & advocacy 

The Lucy Harrington Circle meets on the first Monday of the month at 6:30 pm.  Dinner is served

Prayers & Squares

Prayers & Squares Est. 2017

Prayers & Squares is an interfaith outreach organization that combines the gift of prayer with the gift of a hand-tied quilt.  Unlike many other groups that make quilts for charitable causes, the purpose of Prayers & Squares is not to make and distribute quilts, but to promote prayer through the use of quilts.  Our motto is: “It’s not about the quilt; it’s all about the prayers.”

The idea behind these prayer quilts is simple.  A heavy thread is used to take stitches through the quilt layers, and the ends are left free to be tied with a square knot.  As each knot is tied, a silent prayer is offered for someone in need – someone who has asked us to pray for them.  The quilt is then given to that person.  What makes each quilt unique is not the pattern, color, or workmanship, but the fact that prayer is symbolically tied into each one. These “comforters” are a statement of faith, and a testimony to our belief in God and in the power of prayer.

Check the church calendar for meetings dates.

Hopewell Men's Club

Hopewell Men's Club

The ministry of men in the local church is defined as a core group of men, partnering with their pastor, to invite and initiate spiritual growth opportunities for all men of the church. Everyone has different gifts, graces and areas of interest. Therefore, opportunities for participation would include diverse ministries of the church, such as prayer groups, missions, Bible studies, retreats, workshops/seminars, small groups in the Wesleyan tradition, leading and participating on committees, teaching Sunday school classes, youth ministries, scouting, mentoring and assisting in leading worship service. The focus is not inward, concentrating only on those who attend a set meeting, but outward to all men, assisting them to engage the process of spiritual growth.

The Methodist Men's Club meets the second Monday of the month at 6:30 pm.  Dinner is served.

Uganda Well Mission

Uganda Well Mission

    In 2024 the Hopewell Church congregation decided to sponsored a new water well near Katosi, Uganda where Autumn Perry’s Mission Team works. The well was needed in an area where clean water is very hard to find. Autumn connected us with a non-profit organization, the Christian East African Economic Development Trust (CEED), which has well drilling operations in Uganda.
We initiated conversations with CEED in May of 2024 and started raising the  $7600 needed for the well in June. The funds were raised the well planning process was initiated in November. In late February 2025 the well site was located near the village of Katosi with the help of Reverend Joseph Kanyike. The first week of April we the received news that the drillers struck water and the well was a success. Now 1000’s of people in Katosi will have clean water! Praise be to God. 

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