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BUILDING ON OUR LEGACY OF LOVE

Founded in 1940, the Presbyterian Student Center at UGA has served for over 80 years as
a spiritual home away from home,
a community of belonging for all students,
and a beacon of hope in the world.

Legacy of Love

Throughout our history, the ministry has relentlessly borne witness to the image of God in all people.
In order to build upon this legacy for the next 80 years, we need to meet three goals:

RENOVATE | EXPAND| ENDOW

Pledge & Donate Online

Or, gifts and pledge payments can be made out to Presbyterian Campus Ministry, indicating ‘NEXT80’ in the memo line, and mailed to:

1250 S Lumpkin Street Athens GA 30605

Rendering by Armentrout Matheny Thurmond PC, in Athens, GA.

UPDATE 8/20/2022 - To date, $225K has been raised in Gifts and pledges, meaning that the most urgent need of this campaign—replacing HVAC and Electrical systems—is covered! There’s still a long ways to go, but this is a huge milestone! Thank you to all who have contributed so far!
A complete renovation of the Student Center: Functional and aesthetic upgrades to the Chapel, Lounge, Dining Room & Kitchen, with Efficiency, Accessibility, & Inclusion as core values of the project. The addition of modern communication and connective technology, including a video conference room, will enhance our ability to extend the reach of the ministry, to invite board members from all over the state, and to stay connected with sustaining mission partners near and far.
The back half of PCM’s property is a prime location for the development of an intentional Multi-Religious Living Community. Building on the example of the Cal-Aggie Christian Association at UC Davis, the ministry staff at the PSC recognizes a need to foster mutually respectful, inter-religious understanding, relationship, and partnership on campus. The MLC@UGA will consist of two 7-8 Bedroom Houses, a kosher/halal community kitchen and dining room, shared laundry facility, and community/activity space.
Annual Contribution to Budget: $90K
Confident of the importance of PCM’s witness and ministry on campus and in Athens, one of the primary aims of this campaign is to enhance the sustainability and resilience of the organization which makes ministry possible. To that end, we aim to establish a $3M endowment, which would yield $127.5 in budget support annually. $45K of that would service the property maintenance needs, and $90K endows one full time campus minister office with salary up to $65K and benefits.
Annual Contribution To Budget: $127.5K

This campaign, when completed, will ensure the presence of a PC(USA) ministry with ordained staff at UGA in perpetuity. A target $400K annual budget , in addition to supporting the programatic ministry, will support a robust ministry staff including two full time, ordained campus ministers (one serving as Executive Director & Head of Staff, and one fully dedicated to Student Ministry), a full time business administrator, one seminary intern, and two student interns.

PHASE ONE:
RENOVATE

2022-2026

History & Necessity

The Presbyterian Student Center was completed in 1959, and has seen very few significant updates since.
An urgent need for a new HVAC system in late 2018 led the board of directors to take stock of the facility as a whole, evaluating how well it meets the needs of a thriving campus ministry in the 21st century.

Students hanging out in the lounge before weekly worship, Fall 2018.

Rendering of renovated lounge space (from opposite direction) (Armetrout, Matheny, Thurmond)

Screen Shot 2020-09-17 at 10.30.10 AM.png — Rendering of renovated Dining Room (AMT)

COmmunity Space - Attractive, Accessible, Inclusive

The Lounge, Dining Hall, and Kitchen are set to receive complete makeovers ideal for accommodating meals, small groups, meetings, and hosting guests. Restrooms will be reconstructed as single-occupancy, all-gender units, with family/handicap accessible facilities, and a shower, which allows the PSC to host overnight groups. And finally, the Food Pantry will receive an upgrade befitting its mission!

The ‘Westminster Fellowship’ Chapel and participants, 1964

WORSHIP - Comfort, Quality, Connectivity

A few significant upgrades to technology were made during the COVID-19 Pandemic in order to continue faithfully connecting with students in worship. These additions still need to be professionally integrated, and supplemented to make them accessible to student volunteers. New finishes, lighting and seating will round out the revival of our most sacred space, the PSC Chapel!

100 Faithful Families

An Environmentally Responsible Renovation

Solar panels & low-flow fixtures reduce carbon footprint and overhead cost. Students learning to work toward zero waste consumption multiplies our impact!

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Capital Campaign Inquiry

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Are you a an alum from one of the following?

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PHASE TWO:
Expand

2027-2030

Students from the Multifaith Living Community (MLC), at the Cal Aggie Christian Association in Davis. CA. The MLC is one of the models we are using in developing the Multi-Religious Living Community at the Presbyterian Student Center in Athens.

Housing: MIssion + Sustainability

It is a conviction of our Christian faith that inter-religious understanding, dialogue, and cooperation are crucial, not only to the peace that Christians seek across peoples, but to the maturation of our own religious devotion. With this in mind, Presbyterian Campus Ministry will develop a 15 bed housing facility on the back of our property designed to host an intentional multi-religious living community. In addition to enabling an expansion of our mission and witness on campus, the housing will provide a significant support to the ministry’s annual budget, in the range of $90K per year.

Phase 3: Endow

Resilient Ministry in a Changing World

In 1957, the Synod of Georgia began raising funds from congregations around the state to build the Presbyterian Student Center at UGA. It is a gift for which we give thanks to God every day! And … the world and the church have both changed dramatically since. Ensuring the continual presence of this vital witness to the wide welcome of God on campus requires a new, resilient model of funding. In addition to increasing the generative capacity of our property (see Phase 2), two endowments round out our pathway to developing a resilient, sustainable institution which enables the persistence of faithful ministry in the 21st century.

PSC campus minister, the Rev. Haley Lerner (UCC), presiding in worship on Ash Wednesday, 2022

Ministry Endowment | $2M

This endowment will secure the presence of a qualified, ordained minister at the Presbyterian Student Center, producing one campus minister’s total annual compensation package in perpetuity. Over time, if the PSC is blessed to enjoy the growth of this endowment, we may endow campus ministry seats from both affiliated denominations, PC(USA) & UCC.

Ecumenical worship in the PSC courtyard with UGA’s Episcopal Center (Ash Wednesday, 2021)

Property Endowment | $1M

In its current state (with a 60 year old Air Handler and boiler!!!), the maintenance of the PSC’s property costs ~$45K annually. After increasing the energy efficiency of the property, a $1M endowment—producing $42,500 annually—should more than cover the cost of regular maintenance going forward, and accumulate reserves for larger property maintenance projects as they arise.

Contribute To The NEXT80 Campaign

Gifts and pledge payments can be made out to Presbyterian Campus Ministry,
indicating ‘NEXT80’ in the memo line, and mailed to:
1250 S Lumpkin Street Athens GA 30605

Or give online today!

Next80 Campaign Pledges

Name

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Last Name

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Address

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City

State/Province

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Are You An Alum From One Of The Following?

Class Of

if so, what is your graduation year

100 Faithful Folks/Families

The heart of this campaign is an effort to involve 100 individuals and families from around the state of Georgia who will contribute $1000/year for the next 5 years to this phase of the campaign. When 100 Faithful Folks/Families are committed we will have raised enough money to apply for foundation grants that would help to complete the renovation of the Presbyterian Student Center toward its next 80 years of ministry! Can we count you in?

If 'Other' - Your NEXT80 Campaign Pledge

Please enter the total amount you commit to contribute to Phase 1 of the campaign

$10,000

To be paid:

Any additional notes or message you would like to add

e.g. 'in memory/honor of _____'

NEXT80 Church Pledge Form

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BUILDING ON OUR LEGACY OF LOVE

RENOVATE | EXPAND| ENDOW

Phase I - Renovate ($1.25M) | 2022-'26

Phase II - Expand ($1.75M) | 2027-'30

Phase III - Endow ($3M) | 2031-'35

PHASE ONE:RENOVATE

History & Necessity

COmmunity Space - Attractive, Accessible, Inclusive

WORSHIP - Comfort, Quality, Connectivity

100 Faithful Families

An Environmentally Responsible Renovation

PHASE TWO:Expand

Housing: MIssion + Sustainability

Phase 3: Endow

Resilient Ministry in a Changing World

Ministry Endowment | $2M

Property Endowment | $1M

Contribute To The NEXT80 Campaign

PHASE ONE:
RENOVATE

PHASE TWO:
Expand