Greensboro Urban Ministry-
2018 IMPACT REPORT
Greensboro Urban Ministry began as a grassroots effort when leaders from a handful of downtown congregations noticed the great disparity and need in our community. Their goal was simple – to provide the most basic needs of a human being; food and shelter. Now, more than 50 years later, GUM relies on the kindness and […]
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On the Front Lines of Help and Hope
Many people come to Greensboro Urban Ministry through a program — as a client, volunteer or donor. Often, the full range of programs provided at our agency are not as well known. In our newest video, learn about the many ways Greensboro Urban Ministry seeks to provide crisis assistance and hope to those in need […]
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Greensboro Urban Ministry
Expressing the love of God to people in need through practical action in the Greater Greensboro area.
Donate
Your donations to Greensboro Urban Ministry allow us to provide life-changing services for men, women and families. We have several front lines where we meet men, women and families in crisis. For us, the needs that fill our emergency assistance lobby each morning, our Potter’s House Community Kitchen at lunch, and our shelters each evening are […]
How We Help
Our mission is to express the love of God to our neighbors in need by offering food, shelter and solutions. Our vision is stable lives for our neighbors. Our social workers, chaplains, staff and volunteers help those in need to experience this love by helping them find paths to economic stability, personal fulfillment, and spiritual well-being. […]
Volunteer
Greensboro Urban Ministry offers lots of ways for you to get involved. Our volunteers come in all ages and abilities — we all share a belief in one person’s power to make a difference. And together, there is so much we can do! So bring yourself, a friend, your colleagues and join us on the front […]
About Us
Greensboro Urban Ministry’s mission is to express the love of God to our neighbors in need by offering food, shelter and solutions. Our vision is stable lives for our neighbors.
We have served the Greensboro community since 1967.
Poverty is an equal-opportunity destroyer. Lack of food, funds and affordable housing create true disasters in the lives of our guests. Our goal is to be there first with them to help them dig out of the rubble and return to stability as quickly as possible.
Learn more about us by reading our website, the latest news in our homepage News Tab section, our Recent Posts at the bottom of each page, and on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.
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Thank you to our corporate sponsors:
Greensboro Urban Ministry’s Corporate Sponsors provide important support and awareness-raising for our events and special campaigns. Hover your mouse over the corporate logo to see which events each sponsor is participating in to support the work of Greensboro Urban Ministry in our community!
- 2018 IMPACT REPORT
- Make Hunger History in 2019
- Giving Of Oneself to the End
- 2019 Winter Newsletter
- Winter Fund 2019
- Gone But Not Forgotten: In Memorial of Duncan Butler
- Be the Light!
- On the Front Lines of Help and Hope
- It’s On! Mother’s Day Challenge
- Thanks for a successful #FeedGSO food drive
- January Newsletter
- A Circle of Light
- Fed. Sheltered. Safe.
- Season’s Blessings
2018 IMPACT REPORT
Greensboro Urban Ministry began as a grassroots effort when leaders from a handful of downtown congregations noticed the great disparity and need in our community. Their goal was simple – to provide the most basic needs of a human being; food and shelter. Now, more than 50 years later, GUM relies on the kindness and […]
Make Hunger History in 2019
Dine in or carry out on Tuesday, May 7th and support Greensboro Urban Ministry! Serving Greensboro Together is a highly successful, all day community event that supports our ministry. Participating restaurants throughout Greensboro agree to donate 10% of their total sales on a given day to help Greensboro Urban Ministry fight hunger. Dine at one […]
Giving Of Oneself to the End
January 24, 2019 is a day that will forever be etched in the memory of the chaplaincy department and the Stephen Ministry team at Greensboro Urban Ministry. It was the date that our beloved Fred Werstlelin transitioned from this life to his eternal reward in heaven. For the last 20 years, Fred has been a […]
2019 Winter Newsletter
In from the Cold So far this winter season, we have had 27 white flag nights. During this time Greensboro Urban Ministry’s Weaver House lobby is opened to host an additional 25 men and women in addition to the 100 guests already sheltered on site. Using the City of Greensboro Winter Emergency Response Plan as a […]
Winter Fund 2019
The Winter Emergency (WE) shelter program provides shelter for men and women experiencing homelessness in Greensboro. Greensboro Urban Ministry works with congregational partners to offer additional shelter beds during the cold winter months, December through March. Guests work with case managers to connect with community services and seek employment which we hope will lead to self-sufficiency. Volunteers at […]
Gone But Not Forgotten: In Memorial of Duncan Butler
For more than 20-years, I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Duncan Butler. It was a friendship which began at Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church over a shared love of music and a desire to pass that along to the younger generations. Throughout the years, we would see one another at various events, but in 2011 I […]
Be the Light!
Recently, we noticed the same car parked under the street light in our lot for several nights in a row. “I don’t have anywhere to go. I have a job, I just need to get on my feet,” said the woman in the car. ~ Current Resident of Weaver House On that morning before the sun […]
On the Front Lines of Help and Hope
Many people come to Greensboro Urban Ministry through a program — as a client, volunteer or donor. Often, the full range of programs provided at our agency are not as well known. In our newest video, learn about the many ways Greensboro Urban Ministry seeks to provide crisis assistance and hope to those in need […]
It’s On! Mother’s Day Challenge
The Mother’s Day Challenge is on for 2018, and we’ve got exciting news: Thanks to your support last year, you’ve inspired more donors to sweeten this year’s pot. In May 2017, we asked you if you could double a $10,000 anonymous challenge gift – and you answered with about $11,600 in donations! This caught the […]
Thanks for a successful #FeedGSO food drive
Thanks to your support, this spring’s #FeedGSO Community Food Drive raised 65,325 pounds of nonperishable food and $4,663.77 in cash donations for the food pantry. Local grocery stores, News 2 Food 2 Families, Well-Spring Retirement Community and three dozen congregations teamed up with Greensboro Urban Ministry (GUM) for the spring #FeedGSO Community Food Drive on […]
January Newsletter
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A Circle of Light
It’s 7 p.m. at Grace Community Church, and the Wednesday dinner for the Glenwood community is ending. Twelve of the dinner guests bypass the parking lot and head into the Weaver Extension (WE) site next door. The WE site is a shelter partnership with Greensboro Urban Ministry that provides a safe bed for 12 men […]
Fed. Sheltered. Safe.
From Dec. 1 through March 31 each year, Greensboro Urban Ministry partners with congregations to provide 70 more shelter beds for homeless men and women. These Weaver Extension (WE) sites are keeping more people fed, sheltered and safe this winter. The cost for Urban Ministry to provide the Weaver Extension (WE) program will be approximately […]
Season’s Blessings
At Greensboro Urban Ministry, we value working with you, our supporters, to create a circle of light into which our guests can step to find help and hope. Here are a few moments from our holiday season. Hover your mouse over each photo to read more about each image. We wish people of all faiths […]
