Murphy-Harpst is grateful to Bishop Robin Dease and the North Georgia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church for their celebration of our Centennial year. In addition to designating July 21 as a day for the 2024 Murphy-Harpst Special Offering, the Bishop named Murphy-Harpst as the beneficiary of the Conference worship offering.

During the service, Rev. Dr. Gary MacDonald, Murphy-Harpst’s Stewardship and Advancement manager, gave the prayer over the gifts,  which by the close of Conference totaled near $30,000! During the Conference, Rev. MacDonald also updated the gathered on the expanding work of Murphy-Harpst, and Rev. Scott Fuller, vice president of Advancement, addressed the laity during their annual luncheon. Murphy-Harpst representatives were also guests of the United Women of Faith at their annual breakfast, where our own Deaconess Susan Stroup is among the leaders.

Many conference goers came by the Murphy-Harpst display table to pick up materials and hear about the work being accomplished with Georgia’s at-risk youth. The Wesleyan roots of Murphy-Harpst are deep, having first been established through the work of a Methodist Women’s Home Missioner. Today as an independent non-profit, Murphy-Harpst continues to receive critical support from United Methodist and other Methodist churches, as well as from sister denominations who engage the care Murphy-Harpst provides.