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Georgia UM Colleges, Universities & Wesley Foundations

604 · 2026

This report compiles campus-ministry highlights from Georgia's United Methodist colleges, universities, and Wesley Foundations, including worship, discipleship, mission trips, and community service across roughly twenty campuses.

This composite report gathers campus religious-life highlights from Georgia's United Methodist colleges, universities, and Wesley Foundations. Examples include: Andrew College launching weekly Monday worship; Clark Atlanta University welcoming its largest, highest-GPA freshman class and hosting a Pushout film dialogue with UWFaith; Columbus State Wesley hiring its first "homegrown" intern; Emory Chaplains' "Beloved Community" worship and WISE pre-orientation; and Emory Wesley re-establishing its Wesley Fellowship in January 2026.

Further highlights: Georgia Gwinnett College Wesley building 70 beds with Sleep in Heavenly Peace; Georgia Southern's Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Selma and Montgomery; Georgia Tech Wesley's facility renovations; Kennesaw State Wesley partnerships with St. Paul UMC and Murphy Harpst; LaGrange College students rebuilding homes in Savannah; Paine College's growing Wesley Fellowship; Reinhardt's first international mission trip to Peru and its "22 Initiative"; UGA Wesley sending 198 students to Jamaica and 40 to Cuba; West Georgia Wesley's "Sweet Tea Tuesdays"; Valdosta State Wesley's residential community; the Wesley Foundation of Macon's Backpack Buddies ministry; Wesleyan College hosting the South Georgia Annual Conference opening worship; and Young Harris College launching a campus food pantry serving over 900 people.

Source: 2026 NGC Handbook — report 604 (Georgia United Methodist Colleges, Universities, and Wesley Foundations) · p. 252

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