A Four-Year Initiative To Build 100 Habitat Homes in Cobb, Douglas and Paulding Counties Between 2009-2012
Five Homes Completed And Two Under Way!
Building Neighborhoods That Work and the 2009 construction season is off to a great start, with five houses already completed and two more currently underway. Click here to see our current construction activity.
First United Methodist Church of Marietta dedicated their completed house on Alexander Street on Friday, June 26. Visit our Facebook page to see pictures from the dedication service. Congratulations to our sponsors (see below) for their commitment, sacrifice and hard work. Hats off to our site project managers who led successful builds and finished on time!
Site Project Managers: Neil Booth (Ericsson), Gary Boylan/Jeff Vanderlip (Walton), Tom Hall (Cobb HS Coalition), Gordon Hellman, Bob Martin (Mt. Zion UMC Coalition), Chris Louis (Marietta First UMC)
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FEATURED 2008-2009 SPONSOR
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Coalition
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church has been building houses with NW Metro Atlanta Habitat since 1995, and have to date built 21 homes for hard-working and deserving families.
Mt. Zion UMC was officially begun on August 19, 1892. The first building was constructed on Post Oak Tritt Road, just off Johnson Ferry Road, across from the Mt. Zion Cemetery. In 1911, "...the church building was old and rotten, in such bad condition that repairs were deemed impractical." The schoolhouse [next to Mt. Zion Cemetery] was newer and in much better repair, and it was not used anymore as a school. "...the men met at the church and tore down the old building. They pulled the schoolhouse across the road on log rollers using a capstan tied to a tree and turned by Chapel's mule, Old Kate. After setting the former schoolhouse on a foundation of rock pillars, they cut two doorways, one for men, the other for women) into what had been the back of the schoolhouse, and boarded up the former front door."
In 1964, Mt. Zion moved to her present location on Johnson Ferry Road. Stones were gathered from nearby fields, as members of the church built what is now the Chapel, which was dedicated in 1994 as the "Ed Turpin Chapel," in honor of Mr. Ed Turpin for his many years of service to Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.
The church has multiple ministries supporting and serving all aspects of the community; its mission extends beyond Marietta and Cobb County to around the world.
Mt. Zion has been the lead church in a coalition of like-minded United Methodist Churches in building Habitat homes. These churches include Due West UMC, Kennesaw UMC, and Mountain View UMC. In addition, the Mt. Zion coalition has hosted corporate sponsors as well, including Heidelberg USA and Nissan/Infiniti.
Thanks to the wonderful folks of Mt. Zion UMC and the UMC coalition for years of faithful support of Habitat, for the hard work and the gift of homeownership to 19 families.
You can see and learn more about Mt. Zion UMC by clicking here to visit their website.
