CVEM is a 30+ year-old outreach ministry of the Episcopal churches in the Chattahoochee Valley region of the Diocese of Atlanta.  Its mission is to provide charity, empowerment, and advocacy to God's people in need in the Chattahoochee Valley area. The Ministry has also been cited as a model of successful collaboration among ecumenical and interfaith organizations.

CVEM is proud to be a Jubilee Ministry of  The Episcopal Church since 1989.

Our Focus Includes:

• direct assistance for persons in need
• initiatives for children & youth
• empowerment and advocacy for the impoverished & disenfranched
• support & referrals for those who have experienced incest/sexual abuse
• educational classes, workshops & resources

Staff

Vicky B. Partin

Becca Nicolson

Amy Nerone

Communications/Development

Tel: 706-327-0400

Email: CVEMJubilee@aol.com

The Lay Missioner founded this Ministry in response to a spiritual call in 1980.  In addition to her passion and peerless energy for CVEM, she is extremely active in organizations and around issues of social justice, both locally and nationally. Vicky is on the  NeighborWorks Columbus Board of Directors and served as founding board member and Race Relation Dialogue Group facilitator with One Columbus; board member of  B.R.I.D.G.E. education program for high school drop-outs, and Valley Interfaith Promise (VIP).  She served as a Lay Deputy to Episcopal General Convention 2009 and participates nationally within Jubilee Ministries, Episcopal Network for Economic Justice (ENEJ), Episcopal Public Policy Network, and Episcopal Peace Fellowship.

Currently, Vicky is serving as Convocational Lay Representative on the Bishop Nominating Committee which continues through February 2012 when candidates are presented to the Standing Committee.  

Board of Directors 2012

Officers

The Rev. Donna Gafford, President

Agnes Shelton, Vice-President

Donna Sharp, Treasurer & Chair of Internal Affairs Committee

Norma Wolff, Secretary

The Very Rev. Dr. Douglas Hahn,

    Dean of the Chattahoochee Valley Convocation

Twila Kirkland, Immediate Past President

Ginia McPhearson, Chair of External Affairs Committee

Lucy Sheftall, Chair of Governance/Strategic Planning Committee

Members

Representatives from St. John's Episcopal Church, West Point, GA:

The Rev. Brenda Monroe Loes

Emily Cosby

Rita Mullennix

Representatives from St. Mark's Episcopal Church, LaGrange, GA:

The Rev. Allen Pruitt

Mary Lou Dabbs

Represesentatives from St. Mary Magdalene's Episcopal Church, Columbus, GA:

The Rev. Harry Carlsen

Lorraine Cobb 

Representatives from St. Matthew's-in-the-Pines Episcopal Church, Seale, AL:

Betsy Kroepel

Ginia McPhearson

Representatives from St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, Hamilton, GA:

The Rev. Jeff Jackson

Beth Brown

Diane Hinnant

Representatives from St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Phenix City, AL:

Kimberly Call

Carmen Mosley

Representatives from St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Columbus, GA:

The Very. Rev. Dr. Douglas Hahn

Malinda Shamburger

Kristie Sholtis

Representatives from Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbus, GA:

Dr. Peggy Augustine

Muffy Schladensky

Lucy Sheftall

Representative from the Diocese of Atlanta:

The Rev. Canon Debra Shew,

Canon for Community Ministries & Chair of Episcopal Charities Foundation

Representatives-at-Large:

Glenda Bryant, LaGrange, GA

Cynthia Walker,

Beallwood Area Neighborhood Development, Inc. (BAND)