Our Daily Bread is a safe space for those in need to gather around the bounty of a table prepared by the compassion of the greater Athens community and be fed. First Baptist Church is partnered with Downtown Ministries to provide weekday meals to our neighbors in need. During the restrictions of social distancing due to COVID -19, prepackaged. take-away meals from local restaurants have been served daily from noon to 1:00 p.m.  We have now transitioned back to volunteer meals four days a week.  One volunteer team will prepare and package the meals with another team handing them out.  There are new guidelines in place to address Covid-19 concerns.  Please click here for details about our volunteer guidelines. Watch this space for information about a return to service in the Fellowship Hall at First Baptist Church. Sign up to help online today and if you are able to help at Our Daily Bread on November 12, please contact Interim Minister of Missions Connie Ivester.

Normal Operations: 
Two meals are served daily, Monday through Friday. Breakfast is served from 8:00 – 9:00 a.m., and lunch is served from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Meals are served in the fellowship hall of the First Baptist Church of Athens, located at 355 Pulaski Street.

Many community volunteers from congregations, businesses, student organizations, and civic organizations are among those who give of their time and resources to provide these meals year-round.

First Baptist Church and its members provide a lunch meal each month on the second Thursday. Our members also serve as lunch volunteers and greeters each week. If you are interested in volunteering to help with one of these meals please contact Connie Ivester, our Interim Minister of Missions for more information.

Additional opportunities to volunteer as a greeter or helper are also available through Downtown Ministries. For more information and to inquire about additional volunteer opportunities, follow this link to Downtown Ministries.

Provide a Meal Volunteers

What’s Involved?
Preparing lunch for 100 people

When?
Monday through Friday:
Lunch: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Where?
FBC Fellowship Hall

Several weeks each year, we host guests from Family Promise of Athens. A number of volunteers are needed to serve with this vital ministry. Whether you’d prefer to serve as an evening host, make a meal, or simply help with set up, we invite you to consider volunteering for our next hosting week. New volunteers will be paired with someone with experience. If you have not volunteered for this mission work before, it will require some modest training that is very quick and easy and can be done via computer.

For more information about our partner Family Promise, click here see a video that tells some of their story.

What?
Provide donated food for distribution through the Food Bank.

When?
Food can be delivered at your convenience.  See FBC publications for donation suggestions. 

Where?
Drop items on the loading dock at 640 Barber Street

Clarke Department of Family Services’ Angel Project provides Christmas gifts  for children in Foster Care. If you would like to adopt a child, click here for details. Cash donations are also welcome. Unwrapped gifts should be delivered to FBC by Wednesday, December 7.

Questions? Contact Carol Rayburn Cofer.