Athens PBJs

Athens PBJs bridges friendships and builds community between homeless and non-homeless people in Athens, Georgia for the sake of the gospel.

04/01/2022

As PB&Jam approaches, don't forget to order your Athens PBJs shirt!

The corner of Athens' College Avenue and Clayton Street, pictured on our shirts, means a lot to our community. This street corner is where the PBJs community has been made - a place where people can come to get to know one another and be changed by friendship. When you buy a shirt, you're helping us...

06/09/2020

Statement of Solidarity

Athens PBJs bridges friendships and builds community among people experiencing homelessness and those who are not.

We believe that God has created all people in His image and with a divine love that we can never fully comprehend but are called to reciprocate by indiscriminately and intentionally loving all people. We long to see the Kingdom of God in Athens as it is in Heaven. This Heavenly Kingdom includes every race, tribe, nation, and tongue.

As a community, we collectively mourn the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and too many others as a result of racial injustice and oppression. Unfortunately, racism remains across our nation and in our Athens community. We condemn all forms of racism, white supremacy, systemic discrimination, and police brutality and stand in solidarity with all people of color. Acknowledging that we do not have all of the answers to such problems, we will continue to devote ourselves to listening to and learning from our friends of color, including through engaging in difficult conversations regarding race and privilege in our own community.

As we pursue our mission of bridging friendships and building community with people regardless of race or other differences, we stand arm-in-arm with the black members of our community and strive to daily love our neighbors as Christ has loved us.

05/13/2020

Friends of Athens PBJs,

With joyful hearts, we celebrate another year in which God has faithfully unified and loved the people of Athens. For 11 years now, people from all different walks of life have been meeting at the corner of College and Clayton to share a meal and be changed by friendship.

We'd like to share a few stories from these friendships and ask that you consider donating $5 or $10 to help sustain our providing food and bridging friendships and community between the homeless and non-homeless in Athens. We use these donations to fund weekly Sunday lunch gatherings, dinners for bi-weekly bible studies and other special events such as tailgates and holiday parties. In specific response to COVID-19, we have also decided that a portion of the proceeds will go to support two partner organizations - Our Daily Bread and Sparrow’s Nest Athens - as they continue to operate and provide vital services to our homeless friends in ways that we cannot. We are grateful for these organizations and their continued commitment to the homeless community in Athens, especially in these adverse times.

You can donate by venmo , or by clicking the "Donate" page on our website, athenspbjs.org. We also have $15 t-shirts for sale! You can buy one here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Wh_8SXkafTpA2TL4McukkJ-mv4W7VEViHCWxJtZzl9A/edit

Thank you for taking the time to read these stories and celebrate the friendships made through Athens PBJs!

Disclaimer: Some names have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals.

09/08/2014

Athens PBJs is starting up Men's Bible Study Thursday, September 18th! Pick-up at 5:30 in front of The Grill. As of now, we will be meeting for bible study every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month!

08/17/2014

Another school year underway. Athens PBJs will continue to be on the corner of College and Clayton downtown at 2 p.m. all year! Please do join us and bring your friends, we'd love to have y'all.

07/09/2014

Athens PBJs is continuing to meet every Sunday this summer. Come join us on the corner of College and Clayton downtown at 2 p.m. All are welcome, bring your friends!

03/26/2014

Athens PBJs will be having a four-part Men's Bible Study starting tomorrow, March 27th! Pick-up at 5:30 in front of the Grill. Spread the word!

02/27/2014

Athens PBJs will meet this Sunday (as it meets every Sunday) At 2 pm on the corner of College and Clayton downtown. Spread the word and tell your friends!

02/17/2014

Athens PBJs Men's group is going to be headed to the Hawks Game this Wednesday, February 19th. This will be the first professional sports game for so many of the guys!

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Bridging Friendships and Building Community

One night in December 2007, at a local Atlanta restaurant, six friends began discussing the difficult and complicated issue of poverty. Each person shared her or his own idea about the best remedy for the epidemic. If one thing was clear it was the belief that there is no easy answer but there is a clear and present need.

Following the dinner, a few friends decided to prepare brown-bag meals and take them to the homeless in Atlanta- a regular, fairly common act of service. The experience was contagious, and they decided to take the simple act of service to Athens where they were students. Athens PBJs began.

The group’s focus was providing food to the hundreds of homeless people living in the city. In the first half of 2008 PBJs prepared and delivered over 1400 brown-bag meals to shelters and people in Atlanta. The organization had its start, but a change was on the way.

As they began to consider more the problem of homelessness, Athens PBJs leaders realized that there seemed to be a deeper need than the physical provision of food. The deeper, more unmet need was friendships and community. So in the summer of 2008 Athens PBJs’ focus shifted from providing food to using it as a medium to bridge the homeless and non-homeless populations in Athens.