City of Refuge-Programs

Our programs are broken into two main divisions; The "LifeLine" and Resource & Training.

The “Lifeline” is the initial entry point for exposure to the programs of City of Refuge. Our mission is to meet the initial needs of the last, the lost and the least of the city of Atlanta. This entry point gives the greatest opportunity for both volunteerism and charitable support. Our purpose is to take literally the words of Christ in Luke 14:23 to “go into the highways and byways and compel them to come in” to the Master’s banquet.

The Resource and Training Department of City of Refuge has been established to provide tools and provisions that will enable individuals and families to make positive, long term changes in their lives. While the outreach programs of the “Lifeline” provide immediate, short term assistance in times of crisis, and service delivery is based purely upon need; “Resource and Training” are provided over months, even years, and service delivery is based upon a demonstrated commitment, and capacity, to change.

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LifeLine Programs

KidMix

KidMix is a program targeting children and families in specific at-risk neighborhoods. Every week the streets are filled with the sound of children singing, shouting, and cheering in the high-energy, high-impact version of Children's Church called KidMix. Click above on KidMix for full details!

Feeding

All areas of our feeding program provide the last, the lost and the least with the basic need of food. City of Refuge offers feeding programs to the homeless of Atlanta 7 days a week. Click above on Feeding for full details!

Safe Haven Center

Safe Haven is a ministry designed to impact the communtiy by establishing a loving environment where both the phyical and emotional needs of a person are met. Safe Haven currently meets on Tuesdays from 10am-2pm. For more information, click on Safe Haven Center above!

The 180 Degree Kitchen

The newly opened 180 Degree Kitchen is a multi-purpose commercial kitchen that serves as the hub of all CITY OF REFUGE food operations.

Clothing Closet

Our clothes closet is stocked with new and gently used clothing that we provide to those living on the streets of Atlanta. Clothing is a basic necessity that most of us take for granted -but most homeless people have little more than the clothing on their backs. Click on Clothing Closet for full details!

Victoria's Friends

Victoria’s Friends, a valuable ministry partner to City of Refuge, is a support group to dancers. The program is designed to assist women who are or have been involved the dance industry. Victoria's Friends conducts a free "Living Your Dream" workshop every Thursday from noon until 2pm at City of Refuge. For more information about Victoria's Friends, click here.

Resource & Training Programs

Compassion Atlanta

Compassion Atlanta seeks to become a Coalition of highly effective, knowledgeable and interconnected benevolent care organizations working alongside one another to eradicate the presence of poverty and its associated effect in metro-Atlanta and North Georgia. Click on Compassion Atlanta for full details!

Shelter

In addition to the Eden Village Transitional Living Center, City of Refuge provides emergency shelter during cold weather months for up to 80 women and children.

Hannah's House

Hannah's House was originally a residential foster care facility staffed and managed by City of Refuge personnel and directed by Paula Canant. Over the last decade more than seventy children have received Godly care from Paula Canant, Director, and others who have worked under her leadership. Click on Hannah's House for full details!